Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books and media for children and teens. The oldest and best known of the awards are the Caldecott Medal, for the most distinguished American picture book, and the Newbery Medal, given to the author for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The 2011 winners include:- Moon over Manifest (Newbery Medal)
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal)
Please visit our ALA Book Awards page to view the 2011 winners and honor books.
As many of you know, InfoSoup users have access to thousands of downloadable audio books and eBooks through our participation in a statewide OverDrive collection. Because of increased holiday traffic, the OverDrive web site has been loading very slowly and sometimes unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience and frustration, and appreciate your patience as OverDrive works to resolve the issues.
Our eBook collection is small but growing. We currently have 1668 titles in adobe EPUB format and 271 titles in Adobe PDF format. More eBook titles will be available in the coming months. Most eReaders, except the Kindle, will work with OverDrive titles and iPhone and Android apps are also available for direct download to your mobile device. Please see our eBooks page for additional information.
Our eBook collection is small but growing. We currently have 1668 titles in adobe EPUB format and 271 titles in Adobe PDF format. More eBook titles will be available in the coming months. Most eReaders, except the Kindle, will work with OverDrive titles and iPhone and Android apps are also available for direct download to your mobile device. Please see our eBooks page for additional information.
Movie lists, that is! If you are looking for a classic holiday movie or in the mood for something less traditional, we have the movie lists for you. Check out just some of the holiday titles available in InfoSoup.Also try these searches in InfoSoup for more holiday titles:
Is an e-book reader on your holiday wish list? E-readers are now widely available for under $150, and they are expected to be a very popular gift this year. If you are shopping for a library lover, be sure to choose an e-reader that is compatible with the e-books available at the library. The OverDrive Digital Download Center includes a number of titles in Adobe PDF eBook and Adobe EPUB eBook formats. OverDrive's e-books are compatible with the following e-readers:
- Barnes & Noble nook
- Sony Reader (Pocket Edition, PRS-700, Daily Edition, PRS-505, and Touch Edition)
- Kobo eReader
- PanDigital Novel
- Apple iPad
- Apple iPhone
- Android
- Amazon Kindle
- Amazon Kindle DX
The Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site is the newest BadgerLink resource. If you have not seen it yet, I encourage you to take a look. Sure, it is a long title, but it covers a lot of newspapers! The site is a service of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA), through a partnership with BadgerLink. It provides access to over 200 daily and weekly member-newspapers, starting in 2005 to the present, with an embargo delay of 60 days. Each addition is covered cover to cover in a PDF, searchable format. Go to the InfoSoup Research Tools page and look for this graphic.
From outside an InfoSoup library you will need your library card number and PIN. The search interface isn't the prettiest, and it took me a few minutes of trial and error to learn my way around, but after that I found the site easy to use. To start, just enter words to search in the search box and click on Search. Use the Filter By menu to narrow your search by newspaper, city, county, or zip code.
After you search you will be presented with a list of articles. To view an article just click anywhere on the article preview. One thing I found confusing was how to get back to the article list once I was looking at the PDF of the newspaper. To do that, just click on the Show Previews button on the tool bar.
Next to the Show Previews button is Show Options. Use this to limit your search to a particular date or to search Front Pages Only. Most of the newspapers in the state are included, except those owned by Gannett, who specifically asked for their papers to be removed. Here are just some of the local InfoSoup area papers available.
From outside an InfoSoup library you will need your library card number and PIN. The search interface isn't the prettiest, and it took me a few minutes of trial and error to learn my way around, but after that I found the site easy to use. To start, just enter words to search in the search box and click on Search. Use the Filter By menu to narrow your search by newspaper, city, county, or zip code.
After you search you will be presented with a list of articles. To view an article just click anywhere on the article preview. One thing I found confusing was how to get back to the article list once I was looking at the PDF of the newspaper. To do that, just click on the Show Previews button on the tool bar.
Next to the Show Previews button is Show Options. Use this to limit your search to a particular date or to search Front Pages Only. Most of the newspapers in the state are included, except those owned by Gannett, who specifically asked for their papers to be removed. Here are just some of the local InfoSoup area papers available.
- Algoma: Kewaunee County News
- Algoma: Kewaunee County Star
- The Clinton Topper
- Clintonville Chronicle
- Clintonville: Clintonville Tribune-Gazette
- Florence: The Florence Mining News
- Green Bay: The Compass
- Green Bay: The Green Bay News-Chronicle
- Iola: Iola Herald
- Iola: Manawa Advocate
- Kaukauna: Times-Villager
- Keshena: Menominee Nation News
- Marinette: EagleHerald
- Marion: The Marion Advertiser
- Menasha: The Fox Journal
- Neenah: Neenah Citizen
- Neenah: News Record
- New London: Press-Star
- Pulaski News
- Seymour: Times-Press
- Shawano: Shawano Leader
- Waupaca: Waupaca County Post East
- Waupaca: Waupaca County Post West
- Waupaca: Wisconsin State Farmer
- Weyauwega: The Chronicle
Clintonville Public Library and Kaukauna Public Library have recently added new items to the InfoSoup Memory Project, including three issues of the Clintonville Town Talk newspaper from 1905, an industrial review of Clintonville from 1898, and an industrial review of Kaukauna from 1939. According to the Clintonville Times of February 19, 1892, "Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Schroeder were agreeably surprised by a party of friends, Tuesday evening," and "Miss Meda Stein from Oshkosh and her sister from Greenville are at home." It seems that Facebook did not invent the status update!
The InfoSoup Memory Project is an online effort to provide access to the wealth of local history resources available in OWLSnet member libraries through digitization. The project is still in its early stages. We hope to be continually add photographs and documents from our libraries' collections. Check back often!
Sean Carroll's Remarkable Creatures has been selected 2010 WLA Literary Award winner. The award is given for the highest literary achievement by a Wisconsin author for a book published in the previous year. Ten other books were selected for Outstanding Achievement awards. See the WLA Blog to learn more about this award, and visit our WLA Awards Booklist to find the books in InfoSoup.
Don't look now, but 2010 Summer Library Programs are gearing up at your library! To complement the many wonderful programs and events taking place at our libraries this summer, InfoSoup has put together a collection of web pages at Read @ Infosoup. Here you will find links to Summer Library Program resources for kids (Make a Splash - READ!) and teens (Make Waves @ Your Library), including online registration and our book review blogs. Take a look, and let us know what you are reading!
OverDrive is your library gateway to downloadable Audiobooks, eBooks, Music and Videos. You can download them to your computer or transfer them to a portable device for your listening pleasure anywhere, anytime. New features make borrowing these digital items more convenient and fun!New Lending Periods
The default lending period for OverDrive titles is 7 days, but you can now choose your own lending period on a format-by-format basis. Additionally, at the time of checkout, you can select a lending period for each title.
Lending period options for OverDrive eBooks and Audiobooks:
- 7 days
- 14 days
Lending period options for OverDrive Music and Video:
- 3 days
- 5 days
- 7 days
- 14 days
Learn more here: http://overdrivefaq.pbworks.com/
New Mobile Site and Apps
The OverDrive website is now available in a mobile format. Using any mobile device with Internet access, patrons can browse, place holds, and checkout any title in the digital catalog.
The free Overdrive Media Console app is now available for Android, Blackberry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile devices. Using the app, you can download audiobooks from the mobile site directly onto your device.
More eBooks
The recently launched OverDrive eBooks collection is growing. OverDrive eBook titles are compatible with Sony eReaders and the Barnes&Noble Nook eReader. You can also read them on your PC or Mac. In addition to the OverDrive catalog, InfoSoup provides links to free eBook sites where you will find many classic titles in the public domain and self-published works.
April is National Poetry Month and there is no better way to
celebrate than at your library. InfoSoup has thousands of volumes of poetry for
all ages and interests. Take a look at this selected list of some new and some old poetry titles available in InfoSoup, search the catalog for your
favorite poets, or stop by your local library and browse the shelves. Also
check out some of the many poetry sites on the web. Here are just a few:
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