Below are the headlines from the October 16, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Recommended Materials Quarantine Time Reduced
• Impact of Emergency Order 3 on Wisconsin Public Libraries
• Accepting Applications for Project READY Learning Cohorts
• DLT Seeks LSTA Advisory Council Members for 2021-2024
• Topics from the October Libraries Transform Newsletter
• Pint Size Polkas: Summer 2021 & Discounted Virtual Programs for Off-Season

Below are the headlines from the October 9, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• New and Upgraded EBSCO Resources in BadgerLink
• Bright Idea? Share It with Your Peers: Submit a PLA Webinar Proposal
• CSLP Newsletter: September 2020
• Family COVID Survey - University of Wisconsin
• Beanstack News
  • Epic! Integration Now Available in Beanstack
  • Register for Beanstack Webinar Focusing on Non-summer Reading Challenges for all Ages
• October Webinars from NEWI

​Below are the headlines from the September 4, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• September Webinars Listing from NEWI
• September 17 Drive Thru Job Fair Locations
• New CCBC Website with Enhanced Search Features
• Nominations Now Open for IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service
• Collaborative Summer Library Program Newsletter
• How to Ignore Email Conversations in Microsoft Outlook
• Wildlife In Need Center: Connecting Communities through Wildlife Education
• Circulation Assistant - Egg Harbor Library

Below are the headlines from the 7/10/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Annual Report Summer Programming Update
• Opportunity Out of Adversity: Digital Access in Rural and Small Libraries
• Professional Development: Digital Bytes in the Time of COVID-19
• Tips for Leading Productive Meetings with Microsoft Teams
• Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change
• Mini-grant Opportunity: Support Health Insurance Enrollment in Your Community
• IMLS Opens Library Grants for National Leadership, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Programs
• Simple Animations in Canva for Social Media Posts

Below are the headlines from the 06/05/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Public Libraries Reopening Guide
• Compassionate Accountability: Dealing with Problem Behaviors in the Library
• CARL Training Registration
• NEWI Update: Webinars in June
• Customer Service Online Training, via Ryan Dowd
• Crossroads: REALM Project Updates, Phase 1
• Youth Services Programming Palooza Recording

Below are the headlines from the 05/29/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Wisconsin Youth Services Program Palooza Webinar
• NFLS Sponsoring Pulitzer Prize Nominee Nigel Poor at WLA Fall Conference
• Census 2020 Activities Resume
• Beanstack Tips
• Compassionate Accountability: Dealing with Problem Behaviors in the Library
• Free Recorded Webinars from Information School, UW-Madison
• Unemployment Insurance Basics: Assisting Library Patrons (Webinar)
• Upcoming WebJunction Webinars
• REMINDER: WiLS Ideas to Action Fund Applications are Due Monday, June 1st

Below are the headlines from the 05/22/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Palaces for the People: Part 4
• IMLS CARES Act Grant Reminder
• Register for Trustee Training Week
• Virtual Training: BadgerLink's TeachingBooks & Book Connections
• Record-setting Learning on WebJunction
• June is Rainbow Book Month
• Color the Great Lakes

Below are the headlines from the 05/08/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Welcome, Kim Meyers!
• Grant Opportunities
• Crossroads: Libraries and COVID-19
• In Times of Crisis: Managing Key Relationships
• Latest Youth Services Blog Posts on Youth Services During COVID-19 (WLA)
• Modified CSLP Summer Library Program Materials
• Miss Wisconsin Summer Library Program
• Ben's Bubble Show

CSLP put together a set of modified summer library program materials for service during the time of COVID-19.
 
Below you will find instructions for how to access the additional resources (PDF download from CSLP, or editable docs using CSLP login). Beneath the instructions, you will also find a letter from CSLP about these materials.

How to Access: Online access will be made available at https://www.cslpreads.org/. A PDF version will be located on the front page of the website for easy printing and download capabilities (a red rectangular button—the large PDF downloads as soon as you click it). For a more editable version CSLP members are encouraged to sign into their CSLP account and access content from the online manuals.

Once logged into the Online Manual:

1. Scroll down to the “Artwork and Program Files” section of the manual
2. On the righthand sidebar locate the “Summer 2020 Reimagined” category
   
3. Click on the checkbox to the immediate right of “Summer 2020 Reimagined” to bring up a list of all the files, or
4. Click on the “+” icon to the right to bring up the age group categories.

Below are the headlines from the 05/01/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• NFLS Libraries Offering Curbside Pickup
• WLA Leadership Development Institute ​Conference Scholarship
• WLA 2020 Conference Call for Program Proposals: Deadline Extension to May 29th
• Ancestry Library Edition: Remote Access Extended
• CE Opportunities Added Recently
• Virtual Training on BadgerLink Resources
• Guidelines for Reopening WI Public Libraries Released
• Beanstack: Investment in Online Reading Platform & Mobile App for Wisconsin Libraries
• Wisconsin Humanities Cares Grant
• Magician Daniel Lusk's ONLINE Magic show Package
• Colossal Fossils Online Summer Programs: Dinosaurs and Dragons

Below are the headlines from the 04/24/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• In an effort to keep it short and sweet...
• American Archivist Issues Now Available
• Online Puppetry Workshops for Summer Reading Programs
• Palaces for the People Virtual Discussion: Part 2
• Online Learning Opportunities from WebJunction
• Connecting People & Strategies in Strange Times: May 5th
• US Census Bureau Pivots in the Face of COVID-19
• Newest COVID-19 Related YSS Blog Posts

Below are the headlines from the 04/03/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Library Card Registration, Renewal and Digital Services Available to Community
• Supporting Parents and Caregivers of Young Children
• Wisconsin PBS Stations' At-Home Learning Launch
• Collaborative Summer Library Program Newsletter
• CCBC Choices: Great New Books Webinars
• Recollection Wisconsin Digital Projects Toolkit & other Digitization Professional Development Opportunities
• Events Canceled or Postponed

Below are the headlines from the 03/06/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Register for WAPL 2020 - and Win Prizes!
• CSLP 2020: Additional Online Manual Content
• OverDrive's New Hold Redelivery is Live
• Customer Service Webinar Series
• Streamline for Success: Library Programs and Services Reboot - Registration is Open!
• NEWI: Free webinars on going fine-free, marketing your events, makerspaces on a budget & more this month
• TODAY: Summer Food Service and Public Libraries

​Registration is now open for the webinar Summer Food Service and Public Libraries webinar.
 
Webinar Information:
When: Friday, March 6, 2020
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Where: your computer.  The program will be recorded and archived
Speakers: Amy Kolano, Summer Food Service Coordinator, Dept. of Public Instruction and regional public library staff
 
Program description:
The Summer Food Service Program provides free meals to low-income children during school vacations. More than 26 million children eat school lunch every day when school is in session, and about half of them receive their meals free or at a reduced price due to low household income. But what happens during the summer months?  The Summer Food Service Program offers those children nutritious food when school is not in session. During Summer 2018, Wisconsin served 2.9 million meals at 965 sites operated by 240 sponsoring organizations, including public libraries.
 
This webinar will provide information about Wisconsin’s program and will share ideas about ways that public libraries in the state have partnered with local agencies to become host sites for the summer program.  Join us and as we hear from Summer Food Service coordinator, Amy Kolano, and public library staff about ways that libraries have successfully hosted the Summer Food Program in their communities.

There's still time to register: you have two opportunities to attend our Youth Services and SLP 2020 workshop!

• Wednesday, February 12, 2020
  Brown County STEM Innovation Center, Green Bay
  Register at: https://newilibraries.org/ce/YouthServicesFeb2020-GreenBay


• Tuesday, February 18, 2020
  EAA Aviation Museum, Oshkosh
  Register at: https://newilibraries.org/ce/YouthServicesFeb2020-Oshkosh

Schedule for each day:

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grant Purchase
• ALA Announces Free Facilitation Skills Training for Small & Rural Library Workers: Applications Due January 20, 2020
• Registration Open for Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference
• Important Update on the CSLP 2020 Artwork and Products
• Marinette County Libraries’ New Website
• PLA Awards & Grants Applications - DUE TODAY

​Go to the NEWI list of free webinars to find continuing education opportunities in which you can participate without leaving your library; most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems.
 
Here’s a sample of webinars offered this month:

• Say Yes to Census 2020 – learn how your library can help your community be counted; this census has the potential  to create changes to political representation and Federal funding; (December 3)
• Getting Ready for an Audit: Everything You Need to Know (December 3)
• Summer Library Program and Early Literacy (December 5)
• PR + Media Relations 101 (December 10)
• Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with CodeSciGirls (December 11)
• eBooksForAll Campaign Update on Macmillan Publishers’ embargo on new eBook titles for public libraries (December 17)
• Recruiting and Retaining Younger Generations as Trustees and Friends: Advocates of All Ages (December 18)
• Summer Reading Program 2020: Imagine Your Story (December 31)

Missed a webinar? It might have been archived, so check NEWI’s list of webinar recordings you can watch for free, anytime.
 
NEWI is a continuing education (CE) partnership of library systems located in North Eastern Wisconsin.  The NEWI website aims to be a central source of CE info for staff working at libraries in four library systems: Manitowoc‐Calumet Library System (MCLS), Nicolet Federated Library System (NFLS), Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS), and Winnefox Library System (WLS).

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grant Purchase
• NSLA Summer Learning Awards: Win $10,000!
• Census 2020 Webinar: Tuesday, December 3
• 2020 WAPL Conference Call for Proposals
• Jeff Quinn's SRP Library Magic Show
• ALA Accepting Applications for Library Census Equity Fund Mini-Grants (Apply by Nov 22)

The National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) seeks applications from youth-serving organizations nationwide for the 2020 Summer Learning Awards sponsored by the New York Life Foundation. This coveted award recognizes exceptional informal or enrollment-based summer programs that keep students safe and healthy, support their academic growth and improve the well-being of our nation’s most vulnerable children and youth. 

Eligible candidates for the Summer Learning Awards must submit their application by December 4, 2019 and demonstrate strong outcomes in promoting healthy youth development during the critical summer months through creative curricula, unique programming and effective family engagement strategies. This is a chance for you and/or your peers to be recognized as the best of the best in the field of summer learning and to shine a spotlight on all the amazing work you do for children and youth in your program.
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Each award-winning program will receive: