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April
2010 - Rock County Public Libraries Participating in The Big Read
For the second year in a row, Rock County Public Libraries are participating in a regional Big Read project this coming
April. The Young Auditorium on the University of Whitewater campus received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read in southeastern Wisconsin. The Big Read will focus on “Sun, Stones and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories.”
Activities will take place throughout the month of April in Rock, Walworth and Jefferson Counties.
Thursday, April 1 will be the Big Read kick-off day with a number of area libraries participating in “No-Foolin’ a Free Book
Day” by giving away free copies of “Sun, Stones and Shadows.” The official kick-off event will take place on the same day from 5-7 p.m. at Hedberg Public Library, Janesville. The event will include food, music by Felipe Rodriquez, Jr., a drawing
for prizes and more. Beloit, Clinton, Edgerton, Eager Free (Evansville), and Milton Public Libraries are also participating in
the project. Some are having their own April 1st kick-off.
For more information, check our Rock County Big Read webpage.
Hedberg Public Library
Teens
looking for a job just might find one at the Teen Job Fair on
Saturday, March 20 from 2-4 p.m. at Hedberg Public Library, 316 S. Main
St. in Janesville. Meet potential employers from the area, pick up job
applications and learn about online resources and volunteer
opportunities. Staff from the Rock County Job Center will also present
Job Tips for Teens workshops at 2:30 and 3:15 p.m. about resumes and
interviewing. No
registration is necessary.
Teens
are encouraged to bring the following items to the fair to help fill out
applications and snag a job interview (or maybe even a job!):
- School
information
- Previous
employment information
- Previous
volunteer information
- Social
Security number
- 2-3
work or personal references
- A
resume (Don't forget to attend the Job Tips for Teens workshop for
resume tips! Computers will also be available.)
National Library Week is April 11-17 -
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ALS loves the "Communities Thrive" theme with all its
gardening tie ins.
ALS will purchase posters/bookmarks for ALS
libraries on request.
We're also happy to work with you on outreach,
like targeted emails, etc.
To view this year's products at the ALA
store, click
here.
For program ideas, click
here. Neil Gaiman is this year's spokesperson. How cool
is that!
 25th
anniversary of School Library Month
In April, AASL will observe the 25th Anniversary of School
Library Month, celebrated in conjunction with National Library Week,
April 12–18. Every April, school librarians are encouraged to create
activities to help their school and local community celebrate the
essential role that strong school library programs play in a student's
educational career. The 2010 theme is “Communities Thrive @ your
library.”...AASL, Mar. 2 - American Libraries Direct 3/3/2010
Conferences
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WAPL 2010 - April 28-30
“Anchoring the Past,
Setting Sail for the Future,” is April 28-30 at the beautiful
Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan. Keith Michael Fiels, ALA Executive
Director, will share the state of libraries in his keynote address,
while Joel McNally and John Gurda offer luncheon presentations.
WLA Fall Conference
- November 2-5
“Libraries:
Create Adventure” WLA Conference will
be held November 2 -5 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The
planning committee, co-chaired by Melissa McLimans (UW Digital
Collections Center) and Linda Vincent (Milwaukee Public Library) have
begun preparations for what promises to be an exciting and informative
event.
Already
scheduled to speak: Marilyn Johnson, author of “This Book is Overdue:
How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All,” Wednesday keynote, and
Curt Meine, Senior Leopold Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation.
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FLYER FOR BELOW
 Emotional Intelligence Skills: Your Success Tool Kit
- April 19, 2010
April 19, 2010 from 10 a.m.-12 noon and repeated from 1-3 p.m.
Rock County Job Center, Room K, 1900 Center Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin
Description: Researchers are now saying that Emotional Intelligence
(EQ) is more important than IQ in achieving success in the workplace – 85% of success in any job is emotional intelligence! This session will explain how and why emotions can highjack the rational brain (IQ) and what you can do about it, whether it is you or a “customer.” Learn how to use your EQ to manage your stress and navigating these difficult times will be much easier!
Presenter: Patricia Clason - For over thirty years, Patricia Clason has traveled across the continent doing speeches, workshops and media appearances as a professional speaker, trainer, consultant and writer, giving over 4,000 presentations for corporations, associations, government agencies and non-profit organizations. Now the Director of the Center for Creative Learning, which offers programs for personal and professional development at offices in Milwaukee, Madison, and Detroit, Patricia has written many articles, training programs, and personal growth seminars and is a sought-after
guest for radio and television. Emotional Intelligence is at the core of all of her work, helping people develop their self-awareness and social awareness skills to build effective, collaborative relationships personally and professionally.
Registration: Contact Martha Aasen, ALS Administrative Assistant,
608-758-6690 or <amartha@als.lib.wi.us>.
BadgerLunch Webinar Series - click
here for listing
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Poisonous Popups
...If you get a popup window saying your PC is infected, it could be a fake. These popups usually look like the real thing, often have names that are very close to the names of legitimate antivirus software and can even come from legitimate websites and not just "dodgy" ones.
So how do you tell if you’ve got a fake? A quick way is to check for the name of the software. While the fakes use a multitude of different names, if the name’s not the same as your anti-virus software, it’s a fake. Be careful though since the name used might be really close to your antivirus software’s name. (See the Wikipedia entry for a partial list of the fake software names.)
If you get a suspicious popup, do not click on anything in it. The Cancel button is a lie. The X in the upper corner is too. The entire popup window should just be considered poisonous.
So how do you kill the window without touching it? The easiest way is to do Ctrl-Alt-Del (hold down the Ctrl and Alt buttons and hit the Delete key) and choose Task Manager. In Task Manager, make sure the Applications tab is selected then find your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) in the list. Highlight your browser in the list and click on End Task. Repeat if necessary until the popup disappears.
If someone has already clicked on the popup, please call the appropriate support staff immediately. While running an antivirus scan of your PC is a good start, it may not remove all of the fake software and undo all of the damages. If you need to try and remove the software yourself, make sure that any removal tools you download are from legitimate sites like major antivirus vendors.
- SCLS Tech Bits - March 11, 2010.
2010 Edible Book
Festival
Hosted by UW-Madison's
Memorial Library and Librarians' Assembly
As part of their National Library Week
celebration, librarians on the UW-Madison campus will host their third
edible book festival Tuesday, April 13, Memorial Library Commons (room
460, at 728 State St) from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
"Edible
books" are book or book-themed items made out of various items (cake,
cheese, jello, matza and even Peeps!) by food artists. More information
about the event, including pictures from the 2006 and 2007 shows, can be
found here: http://www.library.wisc.edu/edible-book.
- WLA E-newsletter - March 11, 2010
Wonderland' Opens Big, New
Alice Titles Hit Shelves
March 5 marked the highly anticipated release of Walt Disney Pictures' Alice
in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton. The film, which features a
combination of live action and computer animation with 3D effects, pulled
in just over $116 million on its opening weekend, becoming the biggest
2010 premiere so far, and making it the highest grossing March film debut
ever. Featuring a star-studded cast, including Johnny Depp as the
eccentric Mad Hatter, the film integrates elements of the original Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the
Looking-Glass (1871), along with some new twists. And the release of
the film has generated renewed interest from the book world. From movie
tie-ins to newly illustrated editions, we've rounded up recent and
forthcoming children's adaptations that transport readers down the rabbit
hole. more
» » » -PW Children's Bookshelf - March 12, 2010
What’s New With
Ranger Rick?
From birds that do a “happy dance”
to real life heroes who help homeless pets, go behind-the-scenes of
this month’s Ranger Rick magazine.
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How
to buy an external hard drive
Joel Santo Domingo writes: “External
hard drives promise almost unlimited storage: For under $100, you can add
a terabyte of data to your PC or Mac, portable or desktop. That’s enough
for more than 230 DVD-sized movies. Every computer out there, including
compact nettops and
netbooks, can connect to at least one hard drive. If you’re lucky enough
to have multiple input/output ports, you can hook up many more. Auxiliary
storage allows you to back up your system files, in case your primary
system goes kaput.”...PC Magazine, Mar. 3
How
to design a book cover
The creative director of Orbit Books, Lauren Panepinto, has invited
all to see her process for designing the cover of Blameless by
Gail Carriger. This time-lapse video
(1:55) takes us through intense Photoshop compositing and retouching,
type tweaking in Illustrator, keyword image research, double-checking the
cover brief form in Microsoft Word, and the painstaking revisions
process....design : related, Mar. 8
A
marketer’s guide to the social landscape
From Facebook to YouTube to Digg and beyond, which media outlets will net
the most bang for the buck in terms of customer communication, brand
exposure, traffic, and search engine optimization? For an analysis of which
social media tools are your best bet, CMO.com turned to 97th Floor, a social
media firm. They came up with this handy guide (PDF
file) to 10 social network choices and how they rate in each area....CMO.com, Feb. 10
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IPL
15 things
In honor of the IPL’s upcoming 15th birthday at
March 17, 2010, the IPL is launching the IPL 15 Things – introducing 15
of our favorite online technologies, with background information, best
practices, related readings, examples of how the IPL is using the
technology, and hands-on exercises. Explore our first eleven of 15
"Things," Blogs, Microblogging, Social Networking, Wikis,
Virtual Worlds, Podcasting, Videos, SMS Text Messaging, Social Bookmarking,
and RSS, and take the 15 Things Challenge!
Family Learning Forum [pdf] -
http://familylearningforum.org/
How do families learn together when they come to a museum? It's a little-explored question, and one that staff members at the USS Constitution
Museum in Boston were interested in exploring. In 2004, they started the Family
Learning Project with support via a grant from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services to explore this matter, along with looking at effective, low-cost exhibit techniques. The museum studied their own "Sailors
Speak"
exhibition, in order to answer questions that included: "What kinds
of historical text could engage families most effectively?" A basic
overview of their mission can be found in the "About" area, and then
visitors will want to look over their findings in sections like "10 Steps to Encourage
Family Learning" and "Developing Content to Engage Families". [KMG]
- The Scout Report -- March 12, 2010
Department of Defense Social Media Hub -
http://socialmedia.defense.gov/
What does the world of social media mean to the Department of Defense?
Quite
a bit, as it turns out. The growth of online social-networking devices and
other related technologies offers great possibilities for communicating
with
the global public, but there are also "real risks to personal and
network
security." This site brings together helpful content related to these
matters, including best practices, how-to explanations, and a blog. On the
homepage, visitors can learn about the official Department of Defense
policy governing the use of social media by employees, read Twitter updates, and
also watch videos. Visitors can also navigate through the
"Games" section to play fun games that teach users important lessons about how to stay safe
and secure while using the Internet. The "Videos" area contains
links to updates about subjects like the use of social media in the battlefield to
communicate with family members and matters of particular importance to veterans. [KMG] - The Scout Report -- March 12, 2010
First Day of Spring from ipl2
March Into Spring - http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/march.shtml
This theme page features a collection of classroom
“teaching resources for special events in March.” It includes lesson
plans, classroom activities, online projects, and book reviews for spring,
Women’s History Month, nutrition, art and music, and the Iditarod sled
dog races. From Education World. - http://www.ipl.org/
Journey North - http://www.learner.org/jnorth/current.html
Journey North tracks the springtime migration of many
different species by connecting students across North America with the
Internet. Students “share their own field observations with classrooms
across the Hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists
who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Several migrations
are tracked by satellites, providing live coverage of individual animals
as they migrate.” Teacher discussion areas are also included. - http://www.ipl.org/
Money
Math
Basic personal finance from the U.S. Department of Treasury - http://www.treas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/financial-institution/fin-education/council/lessonsforlife.shtml
Engage your middle school students in life lessons
about personal finance. Students learn personal finance concepts such as
how to manage their money, stay out of debt, and save for retirement. The
standards-based lesson plans teach such math concepts as percentages, data
analysis, measurement, average, reasoning, spreadsheets, and problem
solving. Included are reproducible activity pages and teaching tips. -
Education World Site Reviews, March 9, 2010
U.S. Map Collections for All 50 States - Geology.com - http://geology.com/state-map/
Click on any state to find relief, elevation, drainage,
political, and road maps. - Neat New Stuff I Found This Week, http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html,
Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2009.
Popular Science Archives - http://www.popsci.com/archives
Popular Science has been around for 137 years, which makes
it a remarkably interesting guide to contemporary science knowledge for
any given year from the 1870s up - in short, what scientists knew when. A
search for submarines, for instance, brings up articles from World War I
and II, while "malaria" brings up stories from 1884 up to the
present (including an 1884 story describing the then-new theory that
mosquitoes might spread the disease). - Neat New Stuff I Found This Week, http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html,
Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2009.
100 Best Blogs for Those Who Want To Change the World -
http://www.bestuniversities.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-those-who-want-to-change-the-world/
Whether you're interested in big projects or small personal
actions that make the world a friendlier, happier place, you'll find
inspiration and likeminded people through these sites. Categories include
Health Care, Philanthropy, Environment, Leadership & Business, and
more. - Neat New Stuff I Found This Week, http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html,
Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2009.
ALS
CALENDAR:
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Librarian's Meetings:
Wednesday, March 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the ALS office
ALS Board of Trustee Meetings:
Wednesday, April 14 at 6 p.m. at ALS offices
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Arrowhead Library
System Director: Ruth Ann Montgomery, 608-758-6693, email:
montgomery.ruthann@als.lib.wi.us
Please feel free to contact the Monday Memo
editor, Martha Gammons, with comments, corrections or library news.
Phone: 608-758-6695 Email: gammons.martha@als.lib.wi.us,
210 Dodge St., Janesville, WI 53548
Website: http://als.lib.wi.us
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