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Issue: 9
   Mar/Apr 2011

Greetings! 

    

Greetings from the Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS) !  

 

On April 6, 2011, MCFLS sponsored a continuing education event entitled "Serving the Legal Information Needs of the Public." This special workshop was planned in conjunction with the Wisconsin Court System. The focus was on services and resources available to help patrons with legal self-representation. Speakers included Judge Rick Sankovitz (Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee County), Ann Zimmerman (State Pro Se Coordinator), John Barrett (Clerk of Circuit Court/Director of Court Services for Milwaukee County), Noah Gehling (Milwaukee Justice Center), Jane Colwin (Wisconsin State Law Librarian), and Lynne Gehrke (Branch Librarian - Milwaukee Legal Resource Center).

 

All presenters were outstanding and the 38 participants gave the program the highest rating.

 

Thank you for your continuing support of libraries and the Milwaukee County Federated Library System.

 

Sincerely,


Jim Gingery

Director
Milwaukee County Federated Library System 

OVERDRIVE'S EBOOK AND AUDIOBOOK APPS FOR
ANDROID AND IPHONE UPDATED

Changes introduced on April 18th   

 

OverDrive iPad AppOverDrive has recently released a new version of its app Android and Apple devices.

Here is a summary of the changes that were released on April 18th:


OverDrive Media Console for Android (v2.2)

  • Sepia display option for eBooks
  • Screen-dimming override for eBooks
  • Faster EPUB performance
  • Sleep timer for audiobooks

OverDrive Media Console for iPhone/iPad (v2.2.1)

  • Orientation lock for eBooks
  • Night mode and sepia display option for eBooks
  • Screen lock override for eBooks
  • Improved range of font size settings
  • In-app library "Website Finder"
The in-app library "Website Finder" for iPhone/iPad is another step toward bringing the entire download experience into the app. You can now save a library's digital collection website-before you download a title-simply by clicking on the "star" icon next to the collection's name. This makes it even easier to return to a library's website the next time you want to borrow an EPUB eBook or MP3 audiobook from the library. The Android and BlackBerry apps already had this functionality and the upcoming Windows Phone 7 app will, too.

For more information on getting started with eBooks and Audiobooks, check out the OverDrive page located here.
2011 MILWAUKEE COUNTY TEEN
BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

 

The MCFLS Young Adult Services Committee is excited to announce the winning and honor titles of the second annual Milwaukee County Teen Book Award!

 

 

The 2011 Milwaukee County Teen Book Award has been awarded to:

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.

 



 

Three titles were also chosen as Honor titles:

 

Liar  by Justine Larbalestier (winner of the teen vote!)

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Bruiser by Neil Shusterman

 

The MCTBA was started by the Young Adult Services Committee in 2009 to promote teen reading and literature by highlighting and awarding books published for teens of both quality and appeal.  The 2011 winning and honor titles were chosen from a list of fifteen nominated titles for teens published between September 1, 2009 and August 31, 2010.

 

More information can be found online on the MCTBA blog at http://mctba.wordpress.com/.

 

A big thank you to all MCFLS libraries for all your support and promotion of the MCTBA in its second year!

 

The 2011 MCFLS YASC MCTBA Committee

Emily Alford, Greenfield Public Library

Beth Henika, North Shore Public Library

Katie Hubbard, West Allis Public Library

Megan Markiewicz, West Allis Public Library

Tiffany Wait, Shorewood Public Library

 

FEATURED DATABASE:
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Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards.


Science Reference Center is available statewide as part of the Badgerlink project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. To give Science Reference Center a try, click on the logo above.