The ALA, IMLS, COSLA and other library leaders are advisors on a national research effort studying the changing role of public libraries in the digital age, as well as the experiences and expectations of public library users. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project to conduct surveys and provide analysis related to reading and e-reading; the changing world of public library
Posted on: April 11, 2012 - 5:03pm
Exciting news! The Wisconsin Digital Library website is getting a new look on April 16! The main page will have a much cleaner appearance and the search choices along the left side will be simpler.
At the same time the WPLC board approved a new name:
Wisconsin’s Digital Library
The URL will remain the same, but many of you will need to update your webpages with the new name. My apologies for not getting this information out sooner.
Posted on: April 10, 2012 - 6:03pm
This is just a reminder, since it’s a very common situation – when a patron gets a new library card/number, their holds on OverDrive/Wisconsin Digital Library will NOT automatically transfer to the new card. We must notify OverDrive to merge the accounts and move the holds over. They do it quickly, no fuss, no muss, but it’s still manual at this point. If they don’t have holds, it shouldn’t cause any problems to simply start using the new card without dealing with the old one.
