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

• Free Webinar: Addressing Ableism in Your Built Environment
• Apply for PLA Awards & Grants by December 6
• CSLP 2020 "Imagine Your Story" Incentives & Decor Catalogs: Arriving Next Week
  
• Figure Eight: A Northern Lakes Mystery by Jeff Nania
• Is Internet Explorer going away?  Not really.
• Ryan Dowd's Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: Online Training Coming in 2020
• Small Library Strategic Planning: Funding Available

Webinar content will help prepare participants for conversations with their organizations’ key stakeholders such as administrators, IT personnel, and content creators. Participants will gain knowledge and confidence to navigate digital preservation discussions and advocate for their organization’s long-term digital asset management and preservation work. Join us for this free learning opportunity! 

In case you missed the September 6, 2019 webinar, you can now review the slides, watch the webinar recording and view supporting materials.

Another round of the WPLC OverDrive Support Course is set to start on September 30th.  It’s an online 5-week course, designed to help library staff provide front-line support to OverDrive users.
 
It covers:  

• the basics of OverDrive (including Libby)
• common and not-so-common support questions, and
• the tools for providing support such as Marketplace, OverDrive Help, and the WPLC OverDrive Support Google Community.

Below are the headlines from the 08/02/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• Best of Luck to Megan!
• BadgerLink Outage August 9 - 12
  
• WLA Spotlight on Inclusive Services: Submit Your Example and You’re Done!
  
• Perspectives on Reading - Call for Submissions
  
• WiLSWorld Shorts: Digital Preservation Advocacy
  
• Digital Readiness Survey from Recollection Wisconsin
  

Below are the headlines for the 06/14/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• 2019 Library Improvement & Innovation Grants Awarded
• NEWI-Area Library Staff Named Members of 2019 Youth Services Institute Cohort
  
• WLA 2019 Awards: Now Accepting Applications
  
• Door County Library is Hiring
  
• WiLS Ideas to Action Fund: Applications Due Today
  

Eight scholarships of up to $350 each will be awarded to current or future library professionals who may face barriers to attending WiLSWorld. 

​People from underrepresented groups in librarianship are strongly encouraged to apply, as are library school students, folks that have to stay overnight to make the travel work, and new professionals. ​Apply by July 1, 2019.

Below are the headlines for the 06/07/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• NFLS Website has New InfoSoup Page
  
• New Delivery Tubs are Coming
  
• Something to Keep in Mind During Your Summer Library Program
  
• WiLS Ideas to Action Fund: Deadline Extended to June 14
  
• Winnefox Library System is Hiring: New Assistant Director
  
• Are you planning a visit to a legislator's office while at ALA?
  

Below are the headlines for 05/24/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• Things got a little wild at the NFLS office last week!
• WiLS Ideas to Action Fund: Submissions Due May 31
• Water Summit June 4-6, Door County
• iSchool CE Payment Policy Change
• Programming & Resource Ideas for Libraries
• 2019 LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION GRANT