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News and updates on BadgerLink including resource highlights, user stories, and training opportunities.

Happy Fall Badger

BadgerLink URL Changes

Ancestry, Update, Wisconsin Historical Society
09/15/2016

Fall is just around the corner. Time for apple picking, raking leaves, and helping students get back on track! BadgerLink plays a big role in students’ lives by providing reliable online information that isn’t available through free search...

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New Content in LearningExpress Library

Update, College & Jobs, LearningExpress
09/13/2016
All Wisconsin residents can access LearningExpress Library resources through BadgerLink! Go to https://badgerlink.dpi.wi.gov/lel to get started. More than 50 new resources have been added to LearningExpress Library since January 2016. Here are...
Explore the amazing history of you!

BadgerLink Genealogy Class

Ancestry, Training/Outreach, Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers, HeritageQuest Online, History, Wisconsin Historical Society
09/06/2016

Learn to use BadgerLink resources for your genealogy research and explore the amazing history of you. Each 20 to 30-minute class will start at 10AM. All are welcome!

Check out our schedule:
September 29 Recording: Wisconsin...

Back to School with Google Classroom in EBSCO and LitFinder

Update, EBSCO
08/30/2016
EBSCO and LitFinder now offer one-click Google Classroom functionality, making it easier than ever for educators to share reputable content with their students.
 

Google Classroom is a...

BadgerLink Office Hours are back!

Training/Outreach, Update
08/22/2016

Join the BadgerLink librarians on the last Tuesday of each month at 10am for a 30 minute, agenda-less, virtual meeting. Stop in and ask any questions you have about BadgerLink, and see what others are curious about! These sessions are free and...

BadgerLink for your classroom

New & Improved BadgerLink Lesson Plans

Update, BadgerLink
08/15/2016

One of the most common feedback BadgerLink staff get from educators is that it takes too much prep time to begin using BadgerLink in the classroom. In response, the BadgerLink team created lesson plans that allow educators to easily incorporate...

Library of the Month: Wisconsin's DPLA Service Hub

Library of the Month
08/11/2016

The BadgerLink Team highlights a Wisconsin library each month as the BadgerLink Library of the Month. In the past, we have highlighted many public and school libraries, but this month we are excited to share a new development in the Wisconsin...

Wisconsin Historical Society Family History Records Available in BadgerLink

Resource Highlight, Update, Wisconsin Historical Society
08/11/2016

For the last four decades the Library-Archives Division of the Wisconsin Historical Society has been working on collecting, processing, and scanning records from across Wisconsin. These records are the product of a collaborative partnership with...

New Content in Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers

Update, Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
08/11/2016

Approximately 85,000 pages of pre-2005 newspapers from 12 communities around the state have been added to Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers.
 

The newspaper digitization was made possible through Library Services...

BadgerLink Featured in ConnectEd!

Training/Outreach
08/03/2016

BadgerLink is managed by the Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning team within the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Even though we are a part of DPI, the BadgerLink team still feels honored to be featured in DPI-ConnectEd Stories,...

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