March District Library Newsletter

March 2014     Mark your calendars for Friday, April 25th or Saturday, April 26th!  Those are the potential dates for any Menasha staff (who did not participate last year) to be invited to pick up free books from Books on Wheels.  Be on the lookout for an email to come soon with more information on how you can participate.     And the Newbery, Caldecott award winners are... "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures," written by Kate DiCamillo, is the 2014 Newbery Medal winner. Click through our gallery to see the rest of the American Library Association's Youth Media Award winners for children's and young adult literature. (CNN) -- Get ready to meet the new classics of children's literature.     [continue...]     Public Library Overdrive Gets New Teen & Children's Reading Room We know many of  you encourage your students and own children to utilize the Wisconsin Digital Library for  free audio and ebooks and we thank you for your support!  We are happy to announce a solution for the Wisconsin Digital Library that will provide kids with a destination where they can search for juvenile and young adult titles on their own website.   The main digital library has titles, mostly in erotic and romance literature, that can have occasional cover art containing designs that are more adult-themed.  OverDrive has developed this new site just for kids that complements the main digital library site.  Starting  next Monday, Feb. 17th, there is a new location that you can direct kids and parents to if they are wanting to just search juvenile and young adult.  The eReading Room for Kids and Teens is a link you can save as the default digital library location on computers in your children's area.  If you have a parent that would like their child to just be able to search juvenile and young adult titles, you can suggest they bookmark the new site on their child's computer or device. As you will see when you visit the new kids' site, there is a link on the top of the main page to go to the main Wisconsin Digital Library site.  There will be an infographic link on the main digital library site to take visitors to the kids' site if they click on it.  This site URL will cache in your browser.  Juvenile and young adult titles will be available on both sites.     [continue...]     Aquatic Invasive Species Pack Available for Teachers The Wisconsin Water Library has a backpack filled with lessons and even real specimens of aquatic invaders available to check out for free.     [continue...]     Help Make Big Universe Even Better We are looking for educators (e.g. teachers, librarians, instructional technologists, principals, superintendents) to join our advisory council. If you are interested in providing input into decisions regarding future enhancements to Big Universe, please contact us.     [continue...]     BadgerBite: Student Research Center 01/27/2014 - 15:57  A new BadgerBite video about using Student Research Center is available on YouTube. BadgerBites are 1-4 minute YouTube tutorials on BadgerLink searching tips and tricks.  Watch the video on YouTube! This training and many more are available on the Videos, Webinars, and Documentation page. Find all BadgerLink YouTube videos on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction YouTube BadgerLink Playlist.   Any questions or comments?  Contact Jennifer Peterson