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Gale Courses: Discount Through WiLS

1/23/2017

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WiLS is proud to announce a partnership with Gale to deliver Gale Courses to WiLS cooperative purchasing public library members at a deeply discounted cost per enrollment.  Gale Courses can help you support your library’s educational mission and staff development.
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Gale Courses, derived from Ed2Go courses for higher education, deliver hundreds of engaging, instructor-led online courses focused on professional development, technology skills, and personal enrichment to transform lives and foster positive changes in your community.

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An Insidious New Gmail Phishing Attack... (from Jacob Siegal/Yahoo!)

1/18/2017

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​A new phishing technique is fooling internet users into giving hackers access to their Gmail accounts. According to WordPress security plugin creator Wordfence, the way that the attack works is that hackers send emails to the contacts of compromised accounts containing a seemingly innocuous attachment. When the user clicks the attachment, a new tab opens in the browser that looks nearly identical to the Google sign-in page. If the user inputs their log-in information, it goes straight to the attacker.

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Hacker News, a commenter describes an incident that occurred at his school last year in which several employees and students were tricked into handing over their account information to attackers after receiving compromised emails and opening the attachments, thus perpetuating the cycle: (Read more...)
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Kahoot!  Quiz and Survey Maker (from Jean at SCLS)

1/3/2017

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At the All Directors Meeting last month, Tessa Michaelson Schmidt from DPI used a cool game to end the Annual Report: Before, During, and After workshop. It was a really fun way to wrap up the presentation and reinforce some of the main takeaways. As I watched, all the participants were really engaged in the game, laughing, and working together to figure out the answers. What an awesome tool to use for workshops - for your patrons or for your staff.
​It's called Kahoot and it's free to use! Simply create an account to get started. Then play the intro quiz to get familiar with the game and then create one of your own.  ​(Read more...)
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