The WiLS 2014 Annual Report summarizes the organization's activities and accomplishments over the past year. WiLS believes in supporting libraries, cultural institutions, and their partners. In 2014, WiLS coordinated digital content initiatives, freed up member resources through strategic partnerships and cooperative purchasing, educated and connected the library community through hosted events and interviews, and helped shape the future of Wisconsin libraries. Looking ahead, WiLS' strategic directions are improving cooperative purchasing processes, expanding the Experts Connection service, and strengthening internal time management.
Kranich and Lotts Listening to Many Voices PaLA CRD 5-29-15Nancy Kranich
Strategies for college and research libraries to turn outward by engaging in authentic, innovative, and meaningful conversations with their campus communities. These conversations unleash possibilities to occupy a more visible, valued role on campus, build partnerships, and engage authentically with faculty, students, and administrators. Rutgers librarians who have pioneered the use of Harwood Institute/ALA Libraries Transform Communities tools in academic libraries share their experiences applying these frameworks to shift their roles and redefine spaces they occupy on campus.
A selection of images from asset-mapping conversations and meetings that I have participated in. Some 'here's one I prepared earlier' material, in the hope that when introducing the topic, folk participating can get some idea of what it might be like in practice
Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada 2014Philip Sweezey
"Our increasingly networked world presents complexities for learning unknown just a few years ago, but at the same time offers fresh opportunities. Learning in ever-changing environments demands new ways of educating – a focus on inquiry, creative and critical thinking, multiple literacies, and working together to meet shared goals and knowledge building. Evolving learning approaches and definitions of learning success are the new realities, with the consequent need for creating innovative learning environments. "
Kranich and Lotts Listening to Many Voices PaLA CRD 5-29-15Nancy Kranich
Strategies for college and research libraries to turn outward by engaging in authentic, innovative, and meaningful conversations with their campus communities. These conversations unleash possibilities to occupy a more visible, valued role on campus, build partnerships, and engage authentically with faculty, students, and administrators. Rutgers librarians who have pioneered the use of Harwood Institute/ALA Libraries Transform Communities tools in academic libraries share their experiences applying these frameworks to shift their roles and redefine spaces they occupy on campus.
A selection of images from asset-mapping conversations and meetings that I have participated in. Some 'here's one I prepared earlier' material, in the hope that when introducing the topic, folk participating can get some idea of what it might be like in practice
Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada 2014Philip Sweezey
"Our increasingly networked world presents complexities for learning unknown just a few years ago, but at the same time offers fresh opportunities. Learning in ever-changing environments demands new ways of educating – a focus on inquiry, creative and critical thinking, multiple literacies, and working together to meet shared goals and knowledge building. Evolving learning approaches and definitions of learning success are the new realities, with the consequent need for creating innovative learning environments. "
Each year, the Nebraska Library Commission awards Continuing Education and Training Grants to Nebraska libraries to provide funding for staff to attend conferences and training sessions. In 2011, the NLC awarded grants to several librarians to attend the Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia. Attend this session to learn more about the grants and to hear these librarians talk about their experiences at PLA.
The Notable Reports Panel Strikes Again: WAPL 2017WiLS
From the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries 2017 conference and presented by Vickie Stangel, Director, Dodgeville Public Library; Kelly TerKeurst, Director, Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson); Gus Falkenberg, Technology and Design Director, Indianhead Federated Library System (Eau Claire); Cindy Fesemyer, Director, Columbus Public Library; Sara Gold, Community Liaison and Service Specialist, WiLS; Andrea Coffin, Community Liaison and Service Specialist, WiLS
Back by popular demand! Each year, a number of new reports about public libraries are produced by organizations like Pew, OCLC, Library Journal, The Aspen Institute, and others. These reports contain valuable information that can help us plan, develop services, and improve existing services, but unfortunately, few of us have the time to read every single one. The goal of this session is to help attendees get an overview of those reports and their implications for our work. Each panelist will share a summary of a report they believe is significant and discuss how they have used or will use the information at their library. Attendees will be encouraged to share other reports and insights that have mattered to them, too!
The Library Renewal Partnership (LRP) is an organization whose aim is to empower over 2 million citizens by building at least 200 community education centers by the year 2020. This October, the LRP is set to hit its 100th library.
Straight Talk about the "B" Word: using the Edge benchmarks in your libraryTechSoup for Libraries
A presentation about the Edge Initiative benchmarks at the Beyond BTOP conference in Colorado Springs, CO and how they might work in your public library with some activities to learn from your peers.
Grants can support the changing needs in your community while your budget is flat or shrinking and provide many benefits (in addition to funding!). Wish you knew more about applying for grants? Does it seem overwhelming and you wonder how to get started? This webinar is easy to understand, motivating, and full of valuable tips.
Discover the confidence and knowledge to win grants, find out the best method for writing grant proposals, and learn all the steps to successful grant work. Stephanie Gerding will share practical advice, easy grants for beginners, and valuable worksheets and resource lists. We’ll also learn about free resources for finding funding opportunities and valuable discounted software products to aid your grant work. Discover how to develop a compelling case for technology grants.
You’ll be excited, motivated, and ready with the knowledge needed to apply the basic process of grant work. http://stephaniegerding.com
Each year, the Nebraska Library Commission awards Continuing Education and Training Grants to Nebraska libraries to provide funding for staff to attend conferences and training sessions. In 2011, the NLC awarded grants to several librarians to attend the Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia. Attend this session to learn more about the grants and to hear these librarians talk about their experiences at PLA.
The Notable Reports Panel Strikes Again: WAPL 2017WiLS
From the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries 2017 conference and presented by Vickie Stangel, Director, Dodgeville Public Library; Kelly TerKeurst, Director, Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson); Gus Falkenberg, Technology and Design Director, Indianhead Federated Library System (Eau Claire); Cindy Fesemyer, Director, Columbus Public Library; Sara Gold, Community Liaison and Service Specialist, WiLS; Andrea Coffin, Community Liaison and Service Specialist, WiLS
Back by popular demand! Each year, a number of new reports about public libraries are produced by organizations like Pew, OCLC, Library Journal, The Aspen Institute, and others. These reports contain valuable information that can help us plan, develop services, and improve existing services, but unfortunately, few of us have the time to read every single one. The goal of this session is to help attendees get an overview of those reports and their implications for our work. Each panelist will share a summary of a report they believe is significant and discuss how they have used or will use the information at their library. Attendees will be encouraged to share other reports and insights that have mattered to them, too!
The Library Renewal Partnership (LRP) is an organization whose aim is to empower over 2 million citizens by building at least 200 community education centers by the year 2020. This October, the LRP is set to hit its 100th library.
Straight Talk about the "B" Word: using the Edge benchmarks in your libraryTechSoup for Libraries
A presentation about the Edge Initiative benchmarks at the Beyond BTOP conference in Colorado Springs, CO and how they might work in your public library with some activities to learn from your peers.
Grants can support the changing needs in your community while your budget is flat or shrinking and provide many benefits (in addition to funding!). Wish you knew more about applying for grants? Does it seem overwhelming and you wonder how to get started? This webinar is easy to understand, motivating, and full of valuable tips.
Discover the confidence and knowledge to win grants, find out the best method for writing grant proposals, and learn all the steps to successful grant work. Stephanie Gerding will share practical advice, easy grants for beginners, and valuable worksheets and resource lists. We’ll also learn about free resources for finding funding opportunities and valuable discounted software products to aid your grant work. Discover how to develop a compelling case for technology grants.
You’ll be excited, motivated, and ready with the knowledge needed to apply the basic process of grant work. http://stephaniegerding.com
The first version of what became today’s TOP500 list started as an exercise for a small conference in Germany in June 1993. Out of curiosity, the authors decided to revisit the list in November 1993 to see how things had changed. About that time they realized they might be on to something and decided to continue compiling the list, which is now a much-anticipated, much-watched and much-debated twice-yearly event.
The TOP500 list is compiled by Erich Strohmaier and Horst Simon of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Jack Dongarra of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Martin Meuer of Prometeus, Germany.
Libraries are about reading, learning, information and literacy but above all they are about people and communities. Every day when library staff come to work they can make a difference to the people they meet. Norfolk Library and Information Service is proud to have been awarded the Libraries Change Lives Award twice in recent years and Jan will talk about how understanding the needs of communities, being prepared to try something new and being able to demonstrate how the impact that libraries can have not only on individuals but also the priorities of the Council has made a difference in Norfolk.
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February 28, 2020. The WiLS 2020 Annual Membership Meeting shared with our members what we’ve been up to, including:
1) results of WiLS Ideas to Action Fund projects, including how those projects benefit other WiLS members
2) an update on the new WiLS business model, which has been developed to better align with our values and how we want to benefit the community
AAIW is now an official organization with a Board and an Executive Director. We have refreshed our mission, vision, and key attributes. We have also set priorities in terms of our target audiences, key value proposition, and a work program to achieve our goals. Finally, we are offering new ways to engage via regional teams and topic/sector focused action teams.
AAIW will be a key driver in shaping Wisconsin’s digital future. This document shares just a few details. We hope that you will share our excitement and join (or rejoin) our community!
Libraries promoting economic development through collaborationSara Wedell
This presentation was created by Victoria Bennett and Bethany Kennedy of Washtenaw Community College and Sara Wedell of the Chelsea District Library. It recounts the establishment of an organization connecting libraries and business service organizations to help promote economic development and details the experiences of the Chelsea District Library as it introduces small business support programs into the Chelsea, MI community.
The presentation was a workshop at Evolve 2014: the annual event for the voluntary sector in London on Monday 16 June 2014.
The workshop facilitators were Leesa Herbert (Head of Infrastructure Development at the NCVO), John Carlin (Volunteer Centre Support Manager at the NCVO) and Michael Scott (liv Manager England).
Find out more about the Evolve Conference from NCVO: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/evolve-conference
Find out more about the work NCVO does around funding: http://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/funding
1:1 Community Interview Examples & Tips for LibrariesWiLS
Presented at WLA 2021 Annual Conference, November 19th, by Laura Damon-Moore, WiLS; Martín Alvarado, Madison Public Library; Jon Mark Bolthouse, Fond du Lac Public Library
In this session, attendees will hear about three different case studies for using 1:1 interviews as an information gathering method in a library or other municipal setting: 1) to learn how people currently use a city service and how that service might evolve to better suit community needs; 2) to learn about the wider community’s and individuals’ goals and aspirations, and challenges they see or experience in order to inform a library’s planning process; 3) to tell a more complete story of a community’s history through 1:1 interviews. Along with these case studies, session organizers will offer some best practices and practical tips for conducting 1:1 interviews to support these similar yet distinct information gathering efforts.
Presented for WLA 2021 Annual Conference, November 17th, by Melissa McLimans, WiLS and Kim Kiesewetter, WiLS
Surveys, focus groups, your annual report data: it’s all telling you a story about your library and your community. Join Melissa and Kim as they share ways in which libraries can use data to tell the story of both their communities and institutions. It will include an overview of different types of data that a library might use ranging from existing resources to inspiration for new research. To tie everything together, the session will conclude with ways to present selected data in a compelling, narrative format to tell a larger story to a variety of audiences.
he Past Through Tomorrow: Empowering Digital History at the LibraryWiLS
Presented at WLA 2021 Annual Conference, November 18th, by Steven Rice, Door County Historical Museum, Museum and Archives Manager; Beth Renstrom, Sturgeon Bay Historical Society Foundation, Inc.; Kristen Whitson, WiLS/Recollection Wisconsin
Recollection Wisconsin resources can prepare your library to respond to the digital heritage needs of your community. Join us to hear about Recollection Wisconsin’s Digital Readiness Community of Practice and how digital readiness applies to your organization. Then learn about how Door County Speaks, a real-life example of digital readiness concepts, responded to the community’s needs to provide oral history kits for collecting community memories and how the oral history kits have been used in the Door County Granary project. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to implement digital projects resources in their own organizations.
Can Do! The WiLS Toolbox for Building a Culture of Shared WorkWiLS
At the 2021 WLA Support Staff and Circulation Services (SSCS) conference, held on May 27th, our WiLS Administrative Team presented, Can do!: The WiLS Toolbox for Building a Culture of Shared Work. Lisa Marten, Rebecca Rosenstiel, and Melody Clark shared their favorite tools and strategies for streamlining work in a way that honors individual accountability and contributions, ensures everyone supports one another, aims to continuously improve, and builds a strong culture of teamwork. These practices have helped everyone stay engaged and know what’s expected of them and their fellow team members - and most importantly, it creates an atmosphere of fun and cooperation in our remote office. Our entire WiLS staff and our members reap the benefits of this high-functioning team! Check out their presentation slides and feel free to contact us at information@wils.org if you have any questions.
Setting Your Library's Course with Community DemographicsWiLS
Demographic data provides valuable insights about a community’s past, current, and future needs and can help libraries make critical decisions related to resource allocation, service provision, and even library staffing. This presentation covers what demographics are, how you can find them about your community, and how you can use the information to make data informed decisions for your library.
Presented by Kim Kiesewetter and Melissa McLimans for the Wisconsin Library Association's 1-Day Virtual Conference on November 11, 2020.
Lead the Way 2020: Facilitation Tools, Techniques, and Tips WiLS
Placing the community at the center of how the library plans and operates is vital, whether it is engaging residents to learn about aspirations or developing a collaboration with community partners. To be most successful when engaging community members or partners, quality facilitation is required. In this program, we share facilitator techniques and tools, including best practices for running effective meetings and holding conversations, that you can use to constructively manage both the process and people in different facilitation situations. In addition, we share our on-the-ground facilitator tips developed from our organization’s experience providing facilitation for different needs and environments.
Presented by Andi Coffin and Melissa McLimans for UW-Madison's Lead the Way conference on November 17, 2020
Presented by Maria Dahman, User Experience Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison for WiLSWorld 2019 on July 24th in Madison, Wisconsin.
You’ve gathered website analytics, run surveys, and observed how people use your website and other digital resources– now what? Impressive user research doesn’t matter much if the research isn’t used. More than just communicating what we learned in our research, communicating what we recommend for website or application improvements and framing the recommendations to our audiences in meaningful ways is a skill of its own. In this workshop, we’ll look at findings from several types of research projects and work through positive and negative examples of how the findings are used to create recommendations. This is useful for both qualitative user experience research (interviews, usability testing) and quantitative research (page analytics, usability scales). Be a better advocate for your users. Make the hard work from your interviews and other user research count!
Presented by Vicki Tobias, Program Coordinator, Curating Community Digital Collection & Recollection Wisconsin for DPLAFest 2019 on Wednesday, April 17 in Chicago, IL.
Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC), a two-year, IMLS grant-funded program managed by WiLS and Recollection Wisconsin, a DPLA Service Hub for Wisconsin cultural heritage organizations. Launched in December 2017, CCDC aims to 1) provide digital stewardship practicum experience for information school graduate students; 2) to help small or under-resourced institutions in Wisconsin develop and sustain a digital preservation program; and 3) to build community around digital preservation work within Wisconsin and beyond.
Building Belonging: Libraries and Social JusticeWiLS
Presented by Sarah Lawton, Neighborhood Library Supervisor, Madison Public Library for WiLSWorld 2019 on July 23rd in Madison, Wisconsin.
Libraries exist at the intersection of institution and community, an opportune space for building compassion and supporting collective action. Sarah will explore the ways that libraries around the country are working with their communities to challenge systemic racism, break down barriers, and confront oppression.
Presented by Rebecca Stavick, Executive Director of Do Space, Co-Founder of Open Nebraska for WiLSWorld 2019 on July 23rd in Madison, Wisconsin
Disrupting the status quo is difficult and uncomfortable work. In the Midwest, as well as in the library profession, we often value being polite over challenging the established way of doing things — even if those things are holding us back. In this talk, Stavick will discuss how the future of libraries depends on our ability to turn uncomfortable conversations into positive action. Attendees will learn how to think like a hacker in order to overcome barriers in their work, and how to leverage the philosophy of #goodtrouble to empower our communities.
Choosing Privacy: Raising Awareness and Engaging Patrons in Privacy IssuesWiLS
Presented by Rob Nunez, Division Head for Support Services, Kenosha Public Library for WiLSWorld 2019 on July 23 in Madison, Wisconsin
Personal privacy is no longer a guarantee in today’s society, but libraries are still seen as a safe haven for the public. While libraries change to keep up with technical needs, there are times we are swept up with whether or not we can, we never stop to ask if we should. With some libraries sharing full patron records with school administrations and others being tempted to bring in facial recognition into their spaces, it’s still a professional duty to respect and promote privacy. In this talk we will cover the ALA Privacy Subcommittee’s work, and what libraries can do to get involved.
The Library as Publisher: How Pressbooks Supports Knowledge SharingWiLS
Presented by Steel Wagstaff, Educational Client Manager, Pressbooks for WiLSWorld 2019 on July 23rd in Madison, Wisconsin.
Pressbooks is an open-source book publishing platform that makes it easy for authors to publish books on the web and produce clean, well-formatted exports in multiple formats, including ebooks, print-ready PDFs, and various XML flavors. In this presentation, Pressbooks’ educational client manager Steel Wagstaff will outline the values and principles that have motivated the development of this platform and share some of the ways that libraries (both academic and public) and other educational institutions are using Pressbooks to publish a wide variety of content, from openly licensed textbooks to self-authored novels and just about everything in between.
WiLSWorld 2019 Lightning Talks: Community Engagement ShowcaseWiLS
Presented by Jennifer Bernetzke, Schreiner Memorial Library;
Kristen Leffelman, Wisconsin Historical Society; Kristen Maples, UW-Madison iSchool; Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; Jane Roisum, Fox Valley Technical College; Tasha Saecker, Appleton Public Library; Kristen Whitson, UW-Madison iSchool for WiLSWorld 2019 on July 23rd in Madison, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin libraries are “turning outward” in all kinds of creative ways to cultivate positive change in their communities. Hear about a wide range of community engagement projects, including successes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Engaged and Thriving: Building Peer Support Systems for StaffWiLS
Delivered by Kim Boldt, Branch Manager, Milwaukee Public Library; Melody Clark, Community Liaison and Service Specialist, WiLS; Andi Coffin, Community Liaison and Service Specialist, WiLS; Nathan Dowd, Library Director, Edgewood College for WiLSWorld 2019 on July 23rd in Madison, Wisconsin.
According to a Gallup study, employees who are “engaged and thriving” are 59 percent less likely to look for a job with a different organization in the next 12 months. How do people stay “engaged and thriving?” One key component is feeling supported. The structure in organizations to support employees is more than just chance, and thoughtfully developing a structure for peers to support one another can be a valuable component in developing employee well-being.. In this program, presenters will share deliberately developed approaches to peer support in their institution.
Productivity Tools You Won't Believe You Lived Without!WiLS
Presented by Melody Clark, WiLS and Sara Gold, WiLS for Peer Council 2019 on June 3rd at Madison Public Library in Madison, WI
If you are like us, you are always on the lookout for technology that will help improve your productivity, make better use of your time, eliminate duplicate efforts, and simplify processes. As a virtual organization, WiLS relies heavily on tools to help manage tasks and groups, improve communication, and streamline workflows. This session will share information about tools WiLS uses in everyday life for project management (like Basecamp and something we call "Megasheets"), communication (like Slack and Front), and data management (like Airtable). Feel free to bring your own favorite tools that help you in your work to share with attendees!
Presented by Denis Brunke, UW-Madison Memorial Library and Shawn King, UW-Madison Law Library for Peer Council 2019 on June 3rd at Madison Public Library in Madison, WI.
In 2015, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) approved UW-Madison's proposal for a NACO funnel project in the state of Wisconsin. The funnel project allows libraries around Wisconsin to join together to contribute authority records to the LC/NACO Authority File. The presenters will describe the Wisconsin NACO Funnel project, how it works, and how you can participate.
Conforming to Destiny or Adapting to Circumstance: The State of Cataloging in...WiLS
Presented by Bobby Bothmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato for Peer Council 2019 on June 3rd at Madison Public Library in Madison, WI
Budgets, personnel, technology, services, and information-seeking behavior are some of the factors that influence today’s libraries. During this session, we will look at some of the historical technologies, processes, and trends in cataloging and examine how they panned out. We will use that information to identify and discuss current technologies, processes, and trends to see where we might be going and how advocacy might help us change fate.
A Survey of Wisconsin Library Data: A Big Picture Look at Library (and Commun...WiLS
Delivered by Bruce Smith, WiLS and Melissa McLimans, WiLS for WAPL 2019 on May 2nd in Rothschild, Wisconsin
Every library and community across Wisconsin has a story and in the course of strategic planning, these stories emerge in the gathered data and information. In the last five years, WiLS has worked with nearly 30 libraries in the state developing their strategic plans. From this work, we have gathered results from library surveys, community conversations, demographic trends, annual DPI report data and more. In this session, they will take a big picture look at this data and information and share what they've learned about Wisconsin libraries and their communities. From library perception, to library usage, to community needs, they'll discuss how the issues and needs of libraries and communities match with each other and how they differ.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
For more information, visit-www.vavaclasses.com
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
How to Split Bills in the Odoo 17 POS ModuleCeline George
Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
1. The Year in Review
1 Who We Are
2 What We Did
3 Coming Attractions
4 Credits
WiLS 2014 Annual Report
2. Who We Are
We believe libraries, cultural institutions, and their
partners make the world a better place.
We build relationships and provide services so they can
do more with their time and money.
We help our members turn ideas into action.
OUR MISSION
3. OUR VALUES
We work in the best interest of our members.
We take their missions very seriously, and we only do work
that supports them.
We are optimistic about the future of our members.
Our members have always overcome challenges, and they will
continue to do so in the future. We encourage problem-solving
through engagement and creativity among our community.
We are sincere.
We are genuinely honest with ourselves and others. We are
reflective about who we are as an organization and how we
can improve service to our members.
4. OUR VALUES
We promote innovation.
We guide the efforts and broadcast the outcomes of members'
experimental endeavors, and we model innovation through our
own organizational practices.
We respect and value our members’ time as we do our own.
We strive to find ways to work smarter and more efficiently for
our members.
We believe that we’re all in this together.
We are a part of the ecosystem that supports the community of our
members. We benefit from the community and the community
benefits from us. We believe that we succeed together.
5. WHAT WE DID
WiLS 2014 Annual Report
Coordinated and Managed Digital Content Initiatives
Freed Up Member Resources
Used Strategic Partnerships to Add Value for Our Members
Educated and Connected the Community
Helped Shape the Future of Wisconsin Libraries
6. Educating and Connecting
the Community
As a member organization, we have the great pleasure
of learning from our members and sharing that
knowledge with the rest of the community. We strive
to create connections and help our members learn
from one another. We do this through hosted events,
presentations, member interviews and vendor
interviews.
7. Educating and Connecting
the Community
Hosted Events
Our hosted events bring the community together.
This year, we continued our core events:
WiLSWorld Peer Council ILL Meeting
8. Educating and Connecting
the Community
We also hosted six regional meetings around the
topic of collaboration and solving problems
together.
Carthage College
Kenosha
UW-Rock County
Janesville
Chippewa Valley
Museum
Eau Claire
Nicolet College
Rhinelander
Fond du Lac
Public Library
Carthage College
Kenosha
Southwest Wiscosin
Library System
Fennimore
9. Educating and Connecting
the Community
Our OCLC webinars offered more opportunities to
learn from one another through a cataloging best
practices exchange and sessions presented by
knowledgeable practitioners with real-world
experience.
Library
Spotlight
OCLC
Updating
Using
Knowledge
Base
Managing
Born Digital
Content
10. Educating and Connecting
the Community
We organized panels and presented on
topics of interest to our members at
conferences around the state. We shared
what we’ve learned and brought together
the collective knowledge of the
community around topics including
strategic planning, relationship building, e-
book trends, and the maker movement.
WLA
WAPLWAAL
WEMTA
WiscNet
Lake Superior
Libraries
Symposium
Local History
and
Historic
Preservation
11. Educating and Connecting
the Community
And to share the
perspectives of our
members and vendor
partners, we added
the monthly interview
series where vendors
and members share
their experience and
views of the library
world in their own
words.
Paula Kiely
Gretel Stock-Kupperman
Carrie Kruse
Paula Ganyard
OCLC
Gale
bepress
EBSCO
Members
Vendor
Partners
12. Freeing Up
Member Resources
Cooperative Purchasing of electronic resources is our flagship
service, and this year we increased participation by 23%, saving our
members time and money so they can focus on serving the needs
of their communities.
13. Freeing Up
Member Resources
We heard from our members that they needed help from experts in
workflow analysis, technology, technical services, and more.
To help, we started the Experts Connection service. It connects
members with expertise to members who need assistance.
For example, we connected Beloit Public Library with web redesign
expertise at the Indianhead Federated Library System.
Whether it’s connecting libraries and experts for a one-day workflow
consulting project or for a long-term project like a website redesign,
we help members find the expertise that they need.
14. Freeing Up
Member Resources
And WiLS staff met some of the needs for expertise, too.
We’ve been helping our public library members with cost-effective
planning processes that help them get ready for the future while
staying within their planning budgets.
We provided expert consultation and service assessments,
especially in the area of delivery.
We saved three public library systems time and money by
researching and developing a migration path for email services,
allowing the work to be done once and applied three times around
the state.
15. Coordinating and Managing
Digital Content
We worked with the Wisconsin Public Library
Consortium (WPLC) on maintaining and developing their
statewide ebook collection. We organize collection
development, support, vendor communications, website
development, and all other aspects of the project to
create an efficient statewide collection.
We continued to provide leadership in coordinating and
managing digital content.
16. Coordinating and Managing
Digital Content
We continue to work with other consortia around the
country on e-book content and licensing issues,
discussing the challenges we face in Wisconsin, learning
from the community, and sharing our experiences.
17. Coordinating and Managing
Digital Content
We worked with three horticulture libraries (now the
Horticulture Library Consortium) to create a shared
ebook collection. We helped guide them through the
process of selecting a vendor and getting started on
developing a shared collection.
18. Coordinating and Managing
Digital Content
This year, we rebranded and redesigned Wisconsin
Heritage Online. Now Recollection Wisconsin, the portal
to digital historical resources from communities around
the state, has almost 134,000 items in 211 collections and
continues to grow. The new website was recognized with
an Award of Merit from the American Association for
State and Local History.
19. Strategic Partnerships to Add
Value for Our Members
We’re always looking for opportunities to
strengthen existing partnerships and to create
new partnerships to benefit our members
Here are some examples from this year
20. Strategic Partnerships to Add
Value for Our Members
CESA Purchasing
We developed a new partnership with CESA
purchasing that will offer more direct order
opportunities to all WiLS members (more
coming soon!)
21. Strategic Partnerships to Add
Value for Our Members
Minitex
Building on our strong base of collaboration with
Minitex, we developed a no-fee reciprocal
borrowing resource sharing relationship between
Minitex libraries and WiLS members.
22. Strategic Partnerships to Add
Value for Our Members
OCLC
We continued our partnership relationship with
OCLC, sharing information about their programs
and services and providing educational
opportunities, including a spring webinar series.
23. Helping Shape the Future
of Wisconsin Libraries
We’re very proud to be part of the reshaping of the
public library systems in the state through processes
to explore collaboration and other research projects.
24. Helping Shape the Future
of Wisconsin Libraries
We worked with three public library systems to explore the
possibilities of an ILS merger. We developed and managed a
flexible process and we acted as an objective facilitator and
third-party advisor, providing an important bridge between the
partners.
25. Helping Shape the Future
of Wisconsin Libraries
We also worked with a SRLAAW (System and Resource
Library Administrators Association of Wisconsin)
subcommittee on a process about creating more effective
public library systems. We facilitated the process and
conducted surveys and interviews to give the subcommittee
the information they needed to create recommendations and
best practices for public library systems.
26. Helping Shape the Future
of Wisconsin Libraries
We worked with the Department of Public Instruction, Public
Library Development team on a study of ILS consortia in the
state, including a survey of the consortia and a survey of
libraries that do not participate in the consortia.
We also served on the DPI System Study Group to investigate
lean practices in system services, sharing our experience and
expertise and learning more about the community we serve.
27. 79 new cooperative purchasing members (+23%)
161 new members (+48%)
222 new cooperative purchasing subscriptions
7,747 new Recollection Wisconsin digital items
3009 total subscriptions managed
504 total members
426 total cooperative purchasing members
A Few Numbers...
28. Where
WiLS
Was
We believe in getting
out among our
member community.
During the year, WiLS
staff traveled around
the state to meet with
members, hold staff
meetings, and work on
members' projects
29. On the Horizon
WiLS staff and board have identified three
strategic directions for 2014-15
Improve
cooperative
purchasing
processes
Make the purchasing
experience better for our
members and less labor-
intensive for us.
Develop
Experts
Connection
Expand and solidify the
Experts Connection service
and find new and inventive
ways for our members to
coordinate on funding
collaborative projects.
Improve time
management and
allocation
mechanisms
Focus internally on best
practices to manage our
time and build a strong
foundation of organizational
practices to allow us to
expand services while
keeping our overhead low.
30. We couldn't do it without all of you
Thank you for being part of our
WiLS Board WiLS Staff Committees Members
community