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#4 public library system worldwide in total digital circulation![]() Wisconsin – February 8, 2021 – In 2020, Wisconsin’s Digital Library, provided by a collaboration of all 16 of the state’s public library systems, broke records by lending nearly 7 million digital books and audiobooks. For each of the last six years, Wisconsin’s Digital Library has seen steady usage growth between 10% and 20%, highlighting the value of public library lending of ebooks and digital audiobooks. This year, with access to physical library buildings limited throughout the state and many school districts teaching students virtually due to the pandemic, the digital library’s importance to the residents of Wisconsin was even more clear. New users of the library jumped 30% and checkouts increased nearly 20% over 2019. Below are the headlines from the December 18, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
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To support this feature, the auto-checkout setting has been removed from your library's OverDrive collection. Going forward, users will receive a notification when a hold is available prompting them to either borrow the book, select “deliver later,” or cancel the hold.
The Together We Read program is open to all OverDrive library partners in your country. The title will automatically be added to your digital collection at the start of the program(*). To borrow the Together We Read title, your users will simply log in to your digital collection and the eBook will be prominently displayed on your OverDrive-powered website and discoverable through the digital library catalog. *Participation in the Together We Read program is on an opt-out basis.
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Keyword: Accessibility
The next Big Library Read kicks off on Nov. 4 and the winning title is I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones - available in ebook and audiobook format.
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![]() The Libraries Transform Book Pick is an opportunity for public libraries across the U.S. to offer the same ebook to library users without any waitlists or holds. It allows libraries: - To bring readers together in the community and beyond - To engage readers with new titles and genres - To showcase digital collections as well as reading resources and activities ![]() Free marketing resources are available to help public libraries promote this innovative new digital reading program and encourage patrons to checkout After the Flood. Sign up for the Libraries Transform initiative to access the free Book Pick tools, including a flyer, press release template, social media graphics, table tent and much more!
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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:
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![]() Mark your calendars! This year’s WPLC Annual Membership Meeting will be held during WAPL on May 1, 2019 at 1:00 pm at the Central Wisconsin Convention & Expo Center in Rothschild. Here are just a few things that will be discussed:
Through the Wisconsin Author Project, made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, libraries are helping local authors get the recognition they deserve for writing great books. Wisconsin residents who are authors of self-published adult or young adult fiction will be invited to submit their work. One winner will receive $1,000, inclusion in a full page spread in Library Journal, be honored at PLA 2020 in Nashville, and be recognized at the awards ceremony of the Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference in October.
Submissions are due by May 31st. The submitted books will be reviewed by staff at Library Journal and by members of the Wisconsin library community. The winner will be announced this fall at the Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Library Association. For marketing materials and more information, or to submit a book for consideration, visit the Wisconsin Author Project website.
The next Big Library Read kicks off April 1 and the winning title is:
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Homes: A Refugee Story
by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah & Winnie Yeung The remarkable true story of how a young boy emerged from a war zone – and found safety in Canada – with a passion for sharing his story and telling the world what is truly happening in Syria. The title will be available for unlimited access in Wisconsin's Digital Library between April 1-15. The title, along with a promotional spotlight at the top of your page, will be added at no cost. ![]() BiblioBoard 101 Webinar Friday, March 8th at 1:00 pm Learn how to provide tools to support your local authors while also growing your readers' access to digital resources - all available for free and with no waiting! For creators, those resources include Pressbooks, SELF-e, and the Wisconsin Author Project. For readers, BiblioBoard Library provides access to much of this content created by Wisconsin authors and a lot more, all available to read immediately - no waiting for holds and no logging in. Join WPLC Project Managers from WiLS, Melody Clark and Andi Coffin, in a free and virtual webinar as they share information about these four resources and how you can help users find and use them. This presentation will be recorded and shared.
Please contact wplc-info@wils.org(link is external) if you have any questions.
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