The Tech Days East series of 3 workshops are coming up soon, and there's still time to register!
• Sep. 10, Franklin Public Library
• Sep. 11, Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve (Appleton)
• Sep. 12, Monona Public Library
Each day includes a keynote presentation, and concurrent breakout sessions & hands-on learning activities on topics like Electrifying Teen Programs; Tech ‘n Scouts; Help Your Patrons Cut the Cable Cord; PlayStation Virtual Reality Demo; Digital Archiving Made Simple; Extending the Third Place; The Future of Public Library System Technology; and Intro to Computational Thinking & Connected Learning in Youth Services.
Upcoming Events
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Oct 9, 9:30am
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Oct 9, 1:30pm
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Nov 10, 11:00am
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Nov 6, 9:30am
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Nov 13, 10:00am
What's New for Member Libraries
What's New in WALS
Salutations!
Today’s Topic: Creating displays with other library's materials...and Insert Link shortcut in MS Office.
Just a gentle reminder that borrowing time-sensitive books from other libraries to put on display in your library is not appropriate behavior for WALS libraries. We are asking libraries to honor patron holds and share their holiday materials when patrons place holds on specific titles, but that doesn't extend to "sharing" with staff from other libraries to create local displays of seasonal materials in their library....Read more...
What's New in General
Effective April 10, 2014, the OverDrive Media Console (OMC) mobile app for BlackBerry will no longer be available to download on BlackBerry, BlackBerry 10, and Playbook devices.
BlackBerry users with the app installed prior to April 10 will be able to continue downloading eBooks and audiobooks via OMC. However, no further development or testing will be dedicated to it.