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Below are the headlines from the May 28, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Door County Library: A Digital Readiness Case Study
• Apply Now: NASA@ My Library
• Wisconsin DNR Explorer Program
• Dismantling Racism in Collaborative Collections
• Digital Readiness Fairs
• Build a Better Library Website Boot Camp

Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library is among 141 Wisconsin libraries and school districts who will receive nearly $3 million in 2021 TEchnology for Educational ACHievement (TEACH) Information Technology Infrastructure grants. 

“It is critically important that Wisconsinites across the state have access to high-quality educational resources,” said Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Joel Brennan. “Many rural libraries and schools often do not have the funds available to invest in their technology infrastructures to ensure that accessibility and the opportunities that come with it.”

Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library will receive $210 in TEACH funds. “The Sister Bay/Liberty Grove branch has a beautiful outdoor garden space where many activities take place during good weather,” said branch manager Christina Johnson. “The new access point provided with TEACH grant will make it possible to have good quality internet which is so important to daily life. We’ve seen a big demand increase over the past few years, and this will expand the WiFi coverage into the garden, bringing more connectivity to our community which is greatly needed.”
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Below are the headlines from the January 29, 2021 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Take ALA's Survey For a Chance to Win National Library Week Swag
• TeachingBooks' New Book & Author Chrome Extension
• Beanstack: New 2021 Challenges
• LAWDS Training on Use of Labor Market Indicator Tools
• ALA's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Training Calendar

​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

Ever get emails followed by "replies to all" that do not pertain to you? This short video will show you how to ignore specific email chains in Microsoft Outlook - keeping your email inbox just a little cleaner.

Below are the headlines from the August 21, 2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• 2021 County Tax Exemption Calculation Guide Available
• "Lead the Way" Conference Scholarship
• Getting Hit On By Customers: Women (and Men) Share Their Tools for Stopping Unwanted Attention
• Register for Tech Days 2020
• Library Journal’s Summit: What’s Next? Libraries Adapt to the New Abnormal
• Attention NFLS Directors: We're Trying Something New

Below are the headlines from the 7/24/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Be Ready to Help Patrons Prepare for the InfoSoup Update
• Closed Captioning Library YouTube Videos
• COVID-19 Recovery Resources Guide
• Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference Call for Proposals
• Rural Libraries Invited to Apply for Digital Access Grants
• Register for September 23-24 Tech Days
• The Public Library's Role in Elections: Voter Education in a Post-Truth Era
• Lead the Way: Libraries at the Heart of Community Engagement
• PLA 2020 Virtual Conference: Available On-Demand

Below are the headlines from the 7/17/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:

• Register now for Trustee Training Week 2020
• Three Things You Can Do to Promote Anti-Racism Efforts In Your Library
• COVID-19-related Cybercrime: Microsoft Takes Legal Action
• Marketing Materials for the "New" InfoSoup Coming this August
• Transition Planned In-Person Adult Programs to a Virtual Environment
• Antiracist Collection Development & Programming for Middle School & High School Youth (InfoPeople Webinar)

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

Click here to view the webinar recording for WiscNet Community Conversation: Connecting People & Strategies in Strange Times.

Posted 4/28/2020
It's not too late to join WiscNet for a special WiscNet Community Conversation: Connecting People & Strategies in Strange Times next week, May 5 from 10:00-11:00am.

Normally WiscNet Community Conversations bring WiscNet to you as they travel around the state to different areas and help WiscNet members connect to one another locally. Obviously they can't do that right now, so they're Zooming at you instead.

Partaking in a panel discussion will be a few of your wonderful WiscNet Board Members: 

• Brian Casey from Stevens Point Area Public School District
• Tom Lange from Chippewa Valley Technical College
• Sarah Lipke from CESA 10
• August Neverman from Brown County

They'll discuss what’s working for them right now, and what’s not; how they’re connecting with their communities and improvements to be made; and how they’re reaching out to students, staff, and/or citizens that are most disengaged/vulnerable. We’ll also pick their brains about the future: how will they take what they’re learning now and apply it when this happens again?

There will also be time for you to share your own situations, experiences, expertise, and lessons already learned as well as ask questions of each other.

RSVP on WiscNet's website to join.

Learn more at https://mailchi.mp/wiscnet/well-be-online-next-tuesday-may-5-for-a-special-wiscnet-community-conversation?e=d9587b45b8

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) shared several upcoming and "on demand" virtual continuing education opportunities, some free and some at reduced cost. 

FREE Webinar Recordings (available any time) include:

The video is also broken into shorter segments. Click the "Read More" link below to see these shorter videos.