WiLS Level 1 Member News
New Library Consultant in the Office of Learning and Information Technology
Felice E. Maciejewski (pronounced ma-chee-ef-ski) is the new Library Consultant in the Office of Learning and Information Technology. She was born and raised in the Milwaukee area. She lived and studied in Heredia, Costa Rica as an exchange student as well as Bologna, Italy through the UW/Indiana University JYA program. She is a product of the UW System with a B.A. in Italian from UW-Milwaukee and an MA in Library and Information Studies from UW-Madison.
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Felice got her start in libraries working as a student assistant "shifter" at Memorial Library on the UW campus. She also worked in various LTE and classified staff positions at Memorial and the former Middleton Libraries. Felice worked as a Circulation Librarian at Purdue University and as the Head of Access Services at Tulane University in New Orleans. She left New Orleans just in the nick of time, two weeks prior to Katrina, to take the library directorship at St. Norbert College. There she oversaw the planning, construction, and move to the state-of-the-art Mulva Library. She has two beautiful daughters, Ariela and Leah, one dog, Phoebe Buffet, and a collection of over 150 nativity sets from around the world. She is enjoying the view from the 15th floor of Van Hise and is delighted to be back in Madison. She is located in 1502 Van Hise, and can be contacted at 890-2208. Her email is fmaciejewski@uwsa.edu.
* This is a new article series for YourWiLS and we welcome future suggestions for new staff highlights. Email Jen Champoux at jchampoux@wils.wisc.edu, if you have suggestions.
Billing Tips of the Month
2010-2011 Level 3 WiLS Memberships billed
The Level 3 WiLS Memberships, effective September 1, 2010—August 30, 2011, have been invoiced to deposit accounts and open invoice accounts, where applicable. Level 3 WiLS Membership allows your institution librarians to take advantage of the discounts the WiLS Cooperative Purchasing (Coop) Department offers for databases and other library products.
Deposit account Level 3 invoices were posted to accounts on September 9, 2010 and will not be mailed. They are, however, printable online, by logging into you My WiLS Account, myaccount.wils.wisc.edu/Login.aspx
Open invoices were mailed last week to institution contacts on file with WiLS. Please approve for payment upon receipt and forward to your Accounts Payable Department for payment to WiLS.
Deposit Account Replenishments
Replenish invoices have been emailed to all institutions that have gone below a zero balance in their deposit account. Please approve and submit these invoices for payment to WiLS, as soon as possible. WiLS is carrying your balance when your account goes below zero, as WiLS has already paid OCLC your current charges. Deposit account balance that have been negative for 90 days, will be assessed finance charges by WiLS and will be reported to OCLC as a delinquent account. WiLS appreciates your effort to keep a positive balance in your deposit account at all times.
We are working through the list of deposit accounts that have not yet replenished for FY11. If your institution is in need of a replenish invoice from WiLS and you have not yet received one, please email schenning@wils.wisc.edu or call 608-263-5051 with your requests or questions.
Shirley Schenning
Financial Accounts Manager
Cooperative Purchasing Staff Updates
A reminder that Cheryl Bradley retired at the end of August. If you are a K12 or Public Library and have questions about your subscriptions, please contact Sara Gold at 608.265.4167 or sgold@wils.wisc.edu
If you are an Academic Library please contact Kirsten Houtman at 608.265.4167 (note new phone number) or khoutman@wils.wisc.edu
For billing and payment questions please contact our Financial Accounts Manager, Shirley Schenning 608.263.5051 or schenning@wils.wisc.edu
Academic Trials
Please don't forget to check out the DATABASE TRIAL EXTRAVAGANZA for Academic Libraries at wilscoop.wordpress.com/category/trials/academic Through mid to late October, we're offering trials for:
- Alexander Street Press' Music Online and Women and Social Movements in the United States
- ArtSuite from Wilson which includes Art Full Text, Art Retrospective, Art Museum Image Gallery, Cinema Image Gallery and Avery
- Bridgeman Education
- BYKI OCA Academic eAudiobook Collection, BYKI Education Language Learning and Universal Class
- EasyBib
- JoVE
- Mango Languages
- Oxford's Berg Fashion Library, Digital Reference Shelf, Bibliographies Online, Dictionaries Online, Scholarship Online, Social Explorer
- Palgrave Macmillan's Connect, Dictionary of Economics Online, Statesman's Yearbook Online
- Paratext's Reference Universe, 19th Century Masterfile, Public Documents Masterfile
- ProQuest's Wisconsin Newsstand and National Newspapers Core
- ReferenceUSA
- ShipIndex.org
- Sociometrics' Social Science Electronic Library and HIV RAP
- Springer ebooks
- Taylor and Francis' ebooks, Europa World Year Book Core and Europa World Plus
- Tell Me More
K-12 Trials
Gale Student Resources in Context Trial www.galetrials.com/default.aspx?TrialID=2076;ContactID=9423
Valid until 10/31/10
Check out the new Gale Interface in this video
Facts on File Database Trials valid until 10/31/10
Online Databases: www.fofweb.com/Demo
eLearning Modules: online.factsonfile.com
Account Log-In:
Username: WILS
Password: trial
Technical Contact
Email: support@factsonfile.com
Phone: 1-800-322-8755 ext. 4230
Visit www.factsonfilepromo.com/promomaterials to locate Tip Sheets and Additional Promotional Materials.
Public Library Trials
Films on Demand
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Films Media Group) has been the premier publisher of quality educational video for public libraries, universities and schools for nearly 50 years. In response to requests for a subscription service, we have organized our digital archive of 7,000+ films into a comprehensive digital video collection.
Films On Demand has over 7,000 films from producers such as ABC, BBC, CNBC, CBS, CBC, NBC, PBS, Bill Moyers, Jim Lehrer and many more.
Films On Demand will work on library patrons Apple/Mac computers (Intel processor). All of our content also includes unlimited and remote access with out any platform for your libraries to purchase or any platform for your library patrons to install.
Please link attached brochure here
The following is the link to the YouTube promotional video which will provide you with some additional information. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ihP4L4y1M
For a trial please contact Bob Bridges: 800-322-8755 x4379 OR 608-848-4290 (Direct Phone) bbridges@infobaselearning.com
EBSCOHost Free Trial for K-12 Libraries
To Login to the Free Trial:
go to: trial.ebscohost.com
User Id:
ns129170
Password:
password
The following databases are available as part of this trial. Please click the hyperlinks below for the database description, title coverage list, and other pertinent information for each database.
• Biography Reference Center
• English Language Learner Reference Center
• Ponts of View Reference Center
Resource Sharing Update
Access News
The September 2010 Access News is available on the WiLS web site.
WiLS WorldCat Resource Sharing Online Courses
October 12 & 13 (1- 3 pm CT)
WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics
This course covers the basics of using the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing system for Interlibrary Loan. The course in online format will be delivered over 2 days consisting of two hour long sessions as a lecture demo with hands on homework exercises of about another 1 hour per day. There is a supporting website included. See www.wils.wisc.edu/courses
Fees
$100 Non-Level 1 WiLS Members (register)
$50 Level 1 WiLS Members (register)
October 18 & 20 (1- 3 pm CT)
WorldCat Resource Sharing Tricks
The on-line webinar version will be delivered over 2 days consisting of two hour long sessions as a lecture demo with hands on homework exercises of about another 1 hour per day. There is a supporting web site included. See www.wils.wisc.edu/courses
Fees
$100 Non-Level 1 WiLS Members (register)
$50 Level 1 WiLS Members (register)
Digital Project Dispatch
Dogs of Wisconsin Libraries Dog of the Month
The Dog of the Month is Opus, a Basenji, who's the companion of Jeff Dawson, The Director of Lester Public Library in Two Rivers. Opus, and her brother, Milo (who will be added to the collection any day now) are named after Bloom County characters. Jeff says that "Opus is a delight! She is an independent girl who loves hanging with her pack and likes to curl up with her humans and reads whatever her pack is into at the time."
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College of Menominee Nation Library awarded IMLS grant for digitization
Congratulations to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and the Special Collections Department of the College of Menominee Nation Library for their recent receipt of a Native American Library Services Enhancement Grant from IMLS. The library will work with Wisconsin Heritage Online to catalog and digitize a large collection of rare and historically significant archival materials, many related to the story of the Menominee Tribe's struggle for sovereignty from 1954-1974.
Newest Wisconsin Heritage Online (WHO) collection: Preservation Racine, Inc.
Since 1976, Preservation Racine, Inc. has published a newsletter documenting historic preservation efforts in Racine County as well as the organization's annual Tour of Historic Buildings and Century Homes events. Archivist Anna Stadick of the UW-Parkside Archives and Area Research Center facilitated the scanning of the newsletters by UW-Parkside students and Sharon Baldukas, Preservation Racine's historian, assigned metadata for each issue. The digital collectioon was developed with support from Wisconsin Heritage Online under the Nicholas Family Foundation Outreach and Training Grant and is hosted by the Milwaukee Public Library. |
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OCLC News
Check out these OCLC newsletters:
OCLC developer community creates more mobile apps
People in the OCLC community have been hard at work all summer long to bring you inspiring possibilities—and many of them are now available. Particularly for mobile, there are many new applications that showcase library results created with the WorldCat Search API and WorldCat Registry APIs to download and try out:
CampusBooks — Find free textbooks (iPhone or Android)
BookMinder — Create a personalized list of books that interest you (Android)
iRecommend — See which books you should be reading (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)
iBookshelf — Create your personal portable book database (iPhone and iPad)
MyLibrary — Organize your personal media collection (iPhone and iPad)
MyBox Office — Keep track of your DVD and VHS movies (iPhone and iPad)
Disc Tracker — View your CD collection (iPhone and iPad)
"Geek the Library" Campaign Now Available to All U.S. Libraries
Awareness campaign aims to build support for public library funding across the U.S.
Geek the Library, a community-based public awareness campaign, is now available for adoption by any U.S. public library. The campaign is designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries in today's challenging economic environment and to increase local library support. Geek the Library has proven ability to improve public perceptions about local library funding needs in test communities. Details about how libraries can use the campaign to increase local support are available at www.get.geekthelibrary.org.
WorldCat knowledge base functionality has now been integrated into WorldCat
Electronic content is now easier to find, use and manage, as a result of WorldCat knowledge base enhancements to OCLC services. Now your library can provide fast and easy resource sharing for your electronic resources. WorldCat knowledge base functionality is included as part of your OCLC Cataloging subscription.
Review.oa.oclc.org/oclcwww/resourcesharing for more information.
OCLC Member Link-Up at ALA Midwinter
Save the date: Friday, January 7, 2011
OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series Presentation Mobilizing Usage Data: Scholarly Metrics and Recommender Systems
Friday, 22 October 2010
Johan Bollen
Associate Professor
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
Overview of Presentation
Scholarly communication has become increasingly mediated by online services. The usage logs of these services have opened new possibilities for scholarly impact assessment and advanced services to support scholarship. In this presentation, Johan Bollen will present the outcomes of two distinct lines of research related to the mobilization of large-scale, scholarly usage data.
First, Bollen will provide an overview of the MESUR project which started in 2006 with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Second, Bollen will discuss the possibility of novel services to support digital scholarship on the basis of large-scale, near real-time usage data.
Additional Information
Johan Bollen
informatics.indiana.edu/jbollen/Home.html
Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research
cnets.indiana.edu
MESUR
www.mesur.org/MESUR.html
You are welcome to attend this presentation in person or remotely via WebEx. Registering in advance allows us to plan sufficient refreshments and to alert you if for any reason the lecture needs to be rescheduled. Advanced registration is encouraged, but not required.
To register to attend in person, please RSVP by e-mailing disbrowk@oclc.org or calling OCLC Research at (614) 764-6073 and indicating your name, affiliation and telephone number.
To register to attend online via WebEx, click here.
After you register online via WebEx, you will receive an e-mail message that contains instructions for logging on to WebEx, where you will view the meeting slides online through your Web browser (please note that WebEx recommends using Internet Explorer or Firefox, as Chrome and Safari are not supported). When you log in to the webinar, the presentation audio will be available through your computer headset or phone.
If this is your first time using WebEx, please log on a few minutes early to download the required software.
For WebEx technical support, call:
US/Canada Toll free: (866) 299-3239
International Toll: +1 (408) 435-7088
A recording of this presentation will be made available online at:
www.oclc.org/research/dss/
Cataloging & Technical Services Resources
RDA: What Do I Need to Know?
RDA is here, and many of you may be wondering what this means for your library, what changes need to be made and what practices are best. Read more about OCLC's policy
RDA slides
These slides are recommended for learning more at your own pace: www.rda-jsc.org/docs/RDA_part_2_201005.pdf
RDA Test Partners
UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies and UW-Milwaukee School of Information Science are part of the group of library schools who are test-partners for RDA.
Minitex Blog
Looking for a reliable source for technical services news? Check out the Minitex Blog About Technical Services.
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Other News
September Minitex/OCLC Mailing is now available:
www.minitex.umn.edu/Communications/Oclc
The issue includes:
- Come See Us at Annual Conferences
- FAST Guide Book Published
- RDA Q&A
- New OCLC RDA Resource Page
- Fall ALCTS e-Forums
- Announcing the OCLC Batchload Discussion List
- Digital Collection Gateway Enhanced
- Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group on Facebook and Twitter
- CONTENTdm Featured Collections
Writing contributions by WiLS staff.
WiLS phone: 608.263.2773
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