1. 2008 EETT Competitive Grant program announced
2. 2008 E-Rate applications filed
3. State Superintendent's biennial report to COLAND
4. ALA Copyright Advisory Network, a free service from the American Library Association
5. Ohio Library Council offers online marketing instruction
6. Website of the Week - University of Wisconsin Applied Population Laboratory
7. Calendar
1. FY2008 EETT COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
The Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) FY2008 Competitive Grant application and supporting documents are posted on the Department of Public Instruction's Instructional Media and Technology Team website at http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/imt/nclbindex.html. The requirements and mandatory pieces have made little change from the FY2007 EETT Competitive Program. The program's goals and objectives remain the same. As in the past, the project needs to focus on raising student academic achievement through raising student proficiency on technology literacy and through increasing educator effective use of using instructional technology tools and strategies in their teaching and classroom learning to foster higher student academic achievement.
Forty (40) percent of the project activities and budget needs to focus on professional development of educator teams that include teachers and their administrator and library media specialist. This professional development needs to be aligned to Wisconsin's Teacher Standards, the National Staff Development Council Standards, and the Nine Key Characteristics of Effective Professional Development as defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
There needs to be an Evaluation Design as described in the guidance document and this design needs to be developed and facilitated under the guidance of a qualified evaluator. The Evaluation Design includes an Evaluation Plan and an Evaluation Management Plan.
Local education agencies (LEAs) with a minimum of 10% of their children in poverty as determined by the 2005 US Census or an eligible local partnership (Consortium) with a minimum of one poverty district are eligible to apply. Eligible school districts may submit an independent application or they may join an eligible local partnership application. School districts cannot submit or partner with more than one application. CESAs may partner with more than one eligible local partnership.
All schools in need of improvement located within the LEA or eligible local partnership must be identified and specifics on how the project will assist them to meet their improvement goals and objectives need to be described.
All applications are due to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WDPI) by 4:30 PM on March 31, 2008 or they may be mailed and postmarked by March 31, 2008. The mailing address is Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Instructional Media and Technology Team, 125 S. Webster, Madison, WI 53707.
Technical Assistance held on February 21 from 2:30 to 4:00 PM is archived at DPI Mediasite and can be accessed to your desktop by clicking on the following link: http://media2.wi.gov/DPI/Viewer/Viewers/Viewer320TL.aspx?mode=Default&peid=b406551d-41d8-420a-a2de-77f4d9ea5b12&pid=1d3d94a-4a1c-4502-aa43-6d809cc964f6&playerType=WM7. Questions should be directed to Donna Steffan at (608) 267-1282 or donna.steffan@dpi.wisconsin.gov.
2. 2008 E-RATE APPLICATIONS FILED
February 7 was the deadline for schools and libraries to file their E-rate applications for the 2008 E-rate funding year which starts July 1, 2008. Preliminary data shows that 553 schools and libraries in the state filed a total of 2,347 funding requests by the deadline. Of these requests, 66% were for telecommunications, 28% for Internet access, and 6% for internal connections. A total of $28.5 million in E-rate discounts has been requested statewide. The Schools and Libraries Division (SLD), which manages the program, has started reviewing applications. It will be contacting applicants over the next several months to resolve any issues. The SLD anticipates it will start issuing funding approval letters in late April. Updates on the E-rate program are on the Department of Public Instruction's E-rate website at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/erate.html.
3. STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S BIENNIAL REPORT TO COLAND
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to report on interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing each biennium. Section 43.03(3)(d), Wis. Stats., requires the state superintendent to submit to the Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) a biennial report which describes the programs and policies to promote cooperation and resource sharing among all types of libraries and to plan, coordinate, evaluate and set statewide priorities for the development of networks to enable interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing carried out in the preceding biennium and the programs and policies to be carried out in the succeeding biennium.
The Council on Library and Network Development will hold a hearing on the report at its March 14 meeting to be held at the Hartford Public Library, 115 North Main Street, Hartford, Wisconsin. The hearing will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning (DLTCL) would appreciate your comments and concerns. The Council will consider both oral and written testimony. Please send any written testimony to Roslyn Wise at the Department of Public Instruction, 125 S. Webster Street, Madison, WI 53702-7841.
A draft of the report is available at http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/coland/biereport09.html. This report focuses primarily on the activities of the DLTCL in the previous and the current biennia relative to the State Superintendent's responsibilities to promote cooperation and resource sharing among all types of libraries in Wisconsin. It also describes activities of other organizations that are involved with cooperation and resource sharing as appropriate.
The following organizations and programs are discussed in the report:
* Department of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning
* Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND)
* Library Information and Technology Advisory Committee (LITAC)
* Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee
* Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS)
* Wisconsin Heritage Online Governing Board (WHO)
* Department of Administration, Technology for Educational ACHievement (DOA TEACH)
* BadgerNet Converged Network Advisory Committee
* Delivery Services Advisory Committee
* Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) (federal funding for library services)
* The Wisconsin Library Technology Strategic Plan
* Channel and Channel Weekly (print and electronic newsletters)
* Library listservs WISCAT-L, WISCATILL- L (interlibrary loan), WIPUBLIB, WEMA-L, WPK-12, and BadgerLink-L
* BadgerLink (full text of magazines, newspapers, and reference materials and links to library resources)
* Wisconsin Document Depository Program
* State government portal (Wisconsin.gov)
* Wisconsin Digital Archive
* Creation and management of digitized library resources
* The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC)
* The Wisconsin Heritage Online (WHO)
* Internet access for schools and libraries
* E-Rate program (discounted telecommunication services from federal government)
* WISCAT/WISCATILL (statewide union catalog and gateway to library catalogs)
* University of Wisconsin System integrated library system
* Public library systems integrated library systems
* Interlibrary loan services
* Reference services
* Delivery of library materials (provided through public library systems and South Central Library System)
* Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
* NFB Newsline for the Blind (telephone access to national and Wisconsin newspapers)
* Child Care Information Center (CCIC)
* Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC).
4. COPYRIGHT ADVISORY NETWORK, A FREE SERVICE FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The Copyright Advisory Network (CAN) is a Web site, bulletin board, blog and wiki established to help librarians discuss copyright issues with colleagues facing similar concerns, share solutions, and learn more about copyright from trained copyright specialists. Pose your copyright query on the Network Forum, and trained copyright specialists - known as the CAN Scholars - will respond to your question within 48 hours. The Scholars will not provide legal advice but informed opinion on your topic. Anyone can join the Network by registering at http://www.librarycopyright.net. This is a free service offered by the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP). Contact Carrie Russell, Copyright Specialist, at crussell@alawash.org with questions or comments.
5. OHIO LIBRARY COUNCIL OFFERS ONLINE MARKETING INSTRUCTION
The Ohio Library Council offers six self-paced public library training modules that cover the steps of the marketing process. Modules include resource links, promotion ideas, exercises, and quizzes. There also is information to help libraries create a marketing plan. While the sixth module is specific to Ohio, many of the concepts have applications to other public libraries.
The site provides the following sections:
* FAQ and Tips for Supervisors!
* Overview -- What is marketing? Why do libraries need it?
* Planning -- Market plans, market research, the process.
* Products -- What are library "products"?
* Promotion -- What are the best promotion strategies?
* Internet -- Web marketing, design, guidelines, new ideas.
* Ohio -- Examples of marketing in various Ohio libraries.
For more information about this resource, visit http://www.olc.org/marketing/.
5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
University of Wisconsin Applied Population Laboratory - http://www.apl.wisc.edu - The Applied Population Laboratory (APL) is made up of a group of research and outreach professionals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The group provides online access to data and conduct research on current demographic and economic topics, in addition to other client services. A report on Wisconsin Public School Enrollment: Past, Present, and Future has recently been posted to the site.
6. CALENDAR
February 22, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, South Central, Madison
February 29, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, South West, Fennimore (Snow date March 7)
March 5, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Nicolet, DePere
March 6, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, OWLS and Winnefox, Appleton
March 14, 2008 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Hartford
April 3, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Winding Rivers, La Crosse
April 6-8, 2008 - Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association spring conference, Milwaukee
April 16, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Milwaukee and Waukesha, Milwaukee
April 16, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Eastern Shores and Manitowoc-Calumet, Manitowoc
April 16-18, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians annual conference, Manitowoc
April 24, 2008 - HOLA! Project workshop, Arrowhead, Janesville
April 30-May 2, 2008 - Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries annual conference, Stevens Points
May 5-6, 2008 - COLAND Statewide Library Strategic Visioning Summit, Green Lake
May 19, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
June 26-July 2, 2008 - American Library Association annual conference, Anaheim, California
June 29-July 2, 2008 - 2008 National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio, Texas
October 10, 2008 - Library Information Technology Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
For more details about these and other meetings, see the WISDOM calendar at http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/wisdom.html and the BadgerLink and WISCAT training site at http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wiscat/training.html.
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