All sessions will be held from 1:00-4:00 pm. Attend at any of the following locations:

October 5: Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Rice Lake
October 10: UW-Waukesha
October 12: Viterbo University, La Crosse
October 18: Marathon County/Wisconsin Valley Library Service, Wausau
October 21: UW-Oshkosh
October 24: Fitchburg Public Library

There is no cost to attend. Register Now >>>

Hope to see you all there!

Join us Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at the Pyle Center in Madison for the third joint meeting sponsored by Resources for Libraries & Lifelong Learning and WiLS. In the morning, the keynote is David Atkins from University of Tennessee. In the afternoon, the attendees can choose separate tracks for Wiscat or for OCLC. Registration fee is $35 a person. Register here.

 

WiLS Membership Renewals
Invoicing has been completed for all Level 1 & 2 WiLS Memberships, which run from July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012. Unless you requested otherwise, these memberships will were invoiced to deposit accounts in early July 2011.

Level 3 memberships, which run from September 1, 2011-August 31, 2012, will be invoiced from deposit accounts, when applicable, in late August or early September 2011, unless we are directed otherwise.

Wisconsin Heritage Online (WHO) Membership Renewals
WHO Memberships, which run from July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012, have been invoiced to accounts as WiLS was directed last year.

FIX OCLC Subscription Codes in Effect as of July, 1, 2011
Some of you may notice that there were product code changes for OCLC Cataloging, Resource Sharing, and Access subscriptions from GSCxxxx to FIXxxxx product codes.

All libraries that have an OCLC ILL subscription should now be receiving transactional lending credits at $0.44 each under product code OTC4561, for the actual number of lends for the month.

Does your WiLS/OCLC Deposit Account Need to be Replenished?
There are a number of accounts that have gone below a zero balance either prior to or with this billing. Please logon to your My WiLS Account and check your deposit account balance.

If your account is at, near, or below zero, please email replenishment requests, including any special wording needed on the replenish invoice, or replenishment questions to Shirley Schenning at WiLS, schenning@wils.wisc.edu or call 608-263-5051.
Here are a few reminders about the replenishment process:

- WiLS requests a replenishment to your deposit account that will cover either 12 or 6 months of estimated charges for FY12, unless your account has sufficient funds that will carry over and cover FY12 charges.

- A prepayment bonus will be credited to accounts that have 12 months of charges on account with WiLS by September 30, 2011.
  
- A replenish invoice will be emailed to you, usually either the same day or within a day or two of the request, unless you request it to be faxed or mailed.  

Shirley Schenning
WiLS Billing Manager

Congratulations to three librarians at UW-Green Bay! Paula Ganyard, Jeff Brunner, and Kathy Pletcher won the Founders Awards. The Founders Awards are awarded for excellence in service and teaching. To learn more about the award and honorees, please visit UW-Green Bay's website.

Jeff Dawson, director of Lester Public Library in Manitowoc-Calumet Library System, will be part of a panel presentation entitled Community Needs Assessment and Engagement for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Libraries Initiative Peer Learning Meeting, Tuesday September 20, in Seattle, Washington. The panel, led by Michael Porter from Library Renewal, will share with Global Libraries Initiative partners our success stories. Jeff will present Lester Public Library's story of utilizing social software on the Internet. In particular, through Flickr they have strengthened the bond between the library and the community they serve. The focus of his discussion will include plenty of photos and feature how the library has made an emotional connection with residents of Two Rivers and beyond utilizing technology found on the Internet.

The focus of the Global Libraries Initiative is to narrow the digital divide on a global basis via libraries. The Initiative hopes to provide technology, mainly the Internet, to 90% of the world's population without current access. Recent awardees from the Gates Foundation's Global Libraries Initiative include the countries of Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Botswana, Romania, Australia and Nepal. Previous annual Peer Learning Meetings have been hosted by Finland, Mexico, Chile and Latvia.

Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List, providing a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall. The creation of Beloit's former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief and Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride, it was originally created as a reminder to faculty to be aware of dated references, and quickly became a catalog of the rapidly changing worldview of each new generation. Mindset List websites at Beloit College and at mindsetmoment.com, the media site webcast and their Facebook page receive more than a million hits annually.

September
13	Deflection on WorldCat Resource Sharing(online)
14	Custom Holdings on WorldCat Resource Sharing(online)
15	Patron-Initiated Resource Sharing(online)
20	Innovations from America's Best Small Libraries
22	Scan & Deliver
23-24	2011 Local History and Historic Preservation—Stevens Point
26	Putting the Public Back in Public Libraries
28	WiLS and RL&LL Annual ILL Meeting—Madison

Mergent Trials
Set up Mergent trials of InvestorEdge or Mergent Online by sending an email to Kirsten.  

Learning Language Trials  
BYKI, Mango, PowerSpeak, and Tell Me More are being offered through the month of September. Please contact Sara at sgold@wils.wisc.edu
for trial links.

AtoZ Databases
We are excited about AtoZ Databases, previewed at ALA. It offers marketing and directory information for both commercial and residential listings. A trial is available through September, please contact Sara at sgold@wils.wisc.edu for login and pricing.

Imprint Plus
A new order direct vendor is Imprint Plus  Imprint Plus, the inventor of the reusable name badge, began in 1982 as a mom & pop metal working shop. As the only manufacturer of reusable name badges, Imprint Plus has customers in 60 countries and works with over 500 libraries and educational institutions.  Imprint Plus is a Woman-Owned Business and is also EarthRight EBI Certified.  Listing in Coop

Please email Kirsten for any questions, quotes or trials. Please let Kirsten know if you would like to be added to the Academic Contacts email list. She sends out news and offers on this list.

Trials
WiLS is happy to announce that we are forming a partnership with Springshare and can now offer libraries trials and small discounts on LibAnswers, LibGuides, LibAnalytics, LibCal and Mobile Site Builder.

Another new vendor is American Psychiatric Publishing and WiLS is offering trials of DSM Premium and DSM-IV-TR.  They will be introducing a new interface to their databases at the end of September.  Also from that time, their journals will no longer be available via High Wire.  Add-on subscriptions are also available to CMG Journal and CME.

Bowker is offering 40% off of the complete package of Bowker's Book Analysis System (Books in Print(BIP), Book Analysis System(BBAS) and Resources for College Libraries (RCL)).  Libraries who already subscribe to BIP will get 25% off a subscription to BBAS (which includes RCL). For FAQ on BBAS see here. The deadline for this offer is November 18 for a group to begin on December 1st.  Please email for more information.

Through December 1, there is a discount offered on Springer ebooks and ejournals with an additional discount for libraries that purchase ebooks AND ejournals.
For ejournals libraries maintain full archival rights and electronic access on SpringerLink to their current title list plus full electronic access to all of Springer's Journals (1,824 Titles) from 1997-Present.  Full title lists are here.
For ebooks, libraries purchase on an ownership business model and have unlimited simultaneous users to over 23,000 titles depending on the packages purchased.  Full title lists are here.

Through October 15 CQ Press is offering a 20% discount on its one-time fee for perpetual rights and unlimited users on CQ Almanac Online Series, the most authoritative reference on Congressional activity and the democratic process.

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WiLS has the following upcoming group renewals. Please send an email to Kirsten for trials or pricing.

September	November	January
Alternative Press Index (EBSCO)	Philosopher's Index (ProQuest)	ACS Web Editions
Chronicle of Higher Education		CINAHL (EBSCO)
Films on Demand		Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCO)
Krause Curriculum Development Library Online		Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
MLA (EBSCO)		Education Journals (ProQuest)
New Testament Abstracts (EBSCO)		ProjectMuse
Research Library(ProQuest)		SAGE

Order Direct Vendors
In addition to the deep discounts our members receive on electronic resources, they are also eligible for savings from our order direct vendors. WiLS partners with over 20 businesses that provide library-oriented products, including 3M, Demco, Highsmith and our newest partner, Imprint Plus. Please contact Sara at sgold@wils.wisc.edu with any questions.

K12 WiLS Memberships
Invoices for WiLS Memberships are in the process of being emailed this month. Please contact Shirley Schenning schenning@wils.wisc.edu or 608.263.5051 with any questions regarding your membership.

Changes in District Contacts
We recognize that there will be many changes to staff members in school districts across the state this summer and will be sending out a contact change form to schools in the fall. If you know of changes now, we would appreciate help in keeping our records current. Please email any changes at your district to Shirley Schenning at schenning@wils.wisc.edu. Please include the name of the school, the new contact name, email and phone number if available as well as the person he or she is replacing. Thanks!

Access My Library from Gale
Did you know Gale has created an app that uses GPS to find public libraries within a 10-mile radius of the user's location then provides free access to  Gale online resources subscribed to by libraries? The free app is called Access My Libraries (AML) and the setup is quick and easy. Please contact David Ziembiac at David.Ziembiec@cengage.com or 952-288-5325 for assistance.

AtoZ Databases
We are excited about this database we previewed at ALA. It offers marketing and directory information for both commercial and residential listings.

AWE
The creators of the wildly popular Early Literacy Stations have announced two new products, ELS Passport, a smaller version of ELS that can be checked out, and AfterSchool Edge, an online subscription service offering 50 top-rated educational software titles.

Vendor Profile—Gary Katz
Please call me: Gary
What I do: Inside Sales Rep for online resources for K-12 and public libraries. Who I do it for and for how long: I've been with ProQuest for over 11 years and currently cover the majority of the public and K-12 libraries in Wisconsin and Minnesota. I also cover a significant portion of Massachusetts, some of Connecticut and all of the K-12 schools throughout Canada.
My favorite part of the job is: Over the years my sales position with ProQuest has afforded me the opportunity to meet and speak with people from various regions of North America, enabling me to hear differing perspectives on all manner of things ranging from the weather to current events and how it all impacts the everyday business and personal lives of those residing in their specific area of the country. The differences and similarities are sometimes surprising.
The database/product I am most excited about and why is: In the current, difficult economy, I'm excited about any online resource a customer wishes to buy! More seriously though, I've always been partial to the suite of ProQuest Historical Newspapers which allow the user to actually view, search and/or page through a given newspaper in its original format dating back in many cases to the 18th and 19th century and coming forward to the late 20th century. The pictures, stories, advertisements, etc. are amazing to revisit and have great application to a wide array of subject areas and curricula.
Something most people don't know about me is: I have a law degree from the Detroit College of Law (annexed several years ago by Michigan State University). The school was actually situated on part of the land upon which Comerica Park now stands, where the Detroit Tigers play their home games. I'm also a huge baseball/Tigers fan.
I am currently reading: Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
You can reach me at: 1-800-521-0600, ext. 74075 gary.katz@proquest.com

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Vendor Profile—Julie Currie
Please call me: Julie
What I do: Sales Representative for ProQuest Public Library and K12 Division
Who I do it for and for how long: I have been with ProQuest since May 2011 and have been in educational software sales since 1992.
My favorite part of the job is: I really enjoy being a part of helping professional educators provide resources that ultimately help students achieve academic and personal goals.
The database/product I am most excited about and why is: eLibrary. eLibrary includes features which quickly enable librarians and teachers to build & customize content needed for courses and specific lessons in a very systematic way. This feature also provides the ability to add articles/documents from other databases to further expand & create your own customized topical resource. There isn't another product currently on the market that provides these unique features specifically.
Something most people don't know about me is: I have a passion for architecture & design and own a home that was building in 1890.
I am currently reading: Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
You can reach me at: 320-846-5380 or Julie.Currie@proquest.com

See ProQuest's products for K-12 libraries and ProQuest's catalog for public libraries.