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Governing.com: Despite Cuts, Urban Libraries "America's Knowledge Center"
Here's hoping local and state officials are reading Governing.com, where the editor recently wrote about cuts to library budgets at a time when use has been rising dramatically....
Stoughton Public Library Presents Film Featuring Local Library Stories
Stoughton Public Library will present a community based film including interviews of local residents telling their library stories on Thursday, September 9. This event celebrates September as National Library Card Sign-up Month....
UW Digital Collections Reaches Out with Twitter
Librarians Vicki Tobias and Melissa McLimans have noticed an uptick in interest in UW Digital Collections since they started using Twitter to highlight the unusual and sometimes bizarre items that lurk in the collection. The Isthmus, an alternative weekly newspaper based in Madison, reported:
"The UW Digital Collections Twitter feed is also, according to Melissa, an amazing representation of the Wisconsin Idea; they are using university resources to provide people around the world with these historical images, newspapers and other documents....
UW-Extension awarded $32.3 million in federal grants to expand broadband
WiscNet’s efforts in supporting Community Area Networks (CANs) in Wisconsin will be further advanced thanks to $32.3 million in federal grants announced today by University of Wisconsin-Extension Provost and Vice Chancellor Christine J....
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