Free Webinars from UW-Madison

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Free Summer Webinar Series

Registration now open!

UW-Madison's annual free webinar series is returning this summer! We are excited to announce a line-up of four one-hour webinars taking place in July. All webinars will occur live 12:00-1:00 PM CDT and will be recorded. Sign up for one or all four!

Mastering the Library Job Interview for New Professionals

July 9, 2026

Design for Everyone! Teaching Canva in the Public Library

July 16, 2026

Curriculum Analysis for Instruction Librarians

July 23, 2026

 “Bigger Than the Day’s Work”: Building Libraries and Creating Librarians at the Wisconsin Library School, 1906-1938

July 30, 2026

Find more details and register on our website.

Registration closes at 3PM the day before each webinar. You will receive a link to watch the webinar the week before it airs.

Questions? Contact us at ce-info@ischool.wisc.edu.

Explore all PBS Wisconsin Education has to offer!

Did you know PBS Wisconsin Education has a digital newsletter? Stay up to date on all the resources they offer and see what ideas you can incorporate into your programming!

This is their most recent edition:

Infuse More Perspectives Dear educators, When you include diverse historical perspectives in what you're teaching, you open students' minds to new ideas and help them connect learning to their lives. Enrich your curriculum with standards-aligned resources like:  A new episode of The Look Back on Indigenous copperworking traditions A lesson about the experiences of Black patriots during the Revolutionary War Activities to explore the impacts of historical Black Americans Then, celebrate Wisconsin students competing in the Madison Symphony Orchestra's Bolz Young Artist Competition. Finally, don't forget to register for the America at 250 Educator Summit. Spaces are filling up! Happy exploring!   Your partner in education, Tawny Morrison, Education Marketing Specialist     Indigenous copper The western Great Lakes are home to one of the world's oldest copperworking traditions! Join Taylor and Kacie as they learn from experts around the state about why copper was used starting thousands of years ago and what it can tell us about the lifestyles and traditions of the area's cultures. (Grades 4-9)     Black Americans and the Patriot cause Explore the life and legacy of James Forten to better understand why he (and other Black Americans) chose to support the Patriot cause during the American Revolution with this lesson and media clips from Ken Burns in the Classroom. (Grades 6-12)     Learn about Black leaders Introduce learners to historical figures like Zora Neale Hurston and James Washington Carver with this collection of mini biographies and activities from Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. Available in English and Spanish. (Grades 1-2)     Wisconsin-made music Watch four musicians perform with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte at 7 p.m. March 17 on PBS Wisconsin. Then, bring the spirit of the symphony to your classroom with performances from musicians like SistaStrings in Re/Sound: Songs of Wisconsin. (Grades 4-8)     Behind the scenes with PBS Wisconsin Education Garden & Green Living Expo Producer Kylie Compe and Executive Producer Ryan Hendricks joined Field Notes on Climate host Ami Eckard-Lee and entomology professors Claudio Gratton and James Crall at the PBS Wisconsin Garden and Green Living Expo to share a sneak peek of the new series and share tips for making pollinator-friendly spaces at home.         Visit Our Events Page   Subscribe to This Newsletter   PBS Wisconsin Education creates and curates free-to-use, standards-aligned, Wisconsin-focused educational media for grades PreK-12, including videos, games, interactive content, and educator guides.

Inside the CCBC - No Really!!

In a delightful WAPL virtual presentation this month, CCBC Librarians Megan Schliesman and Merri Lindgren took us on an incredible tour of the CCBC - both today and historically. If you think you know all things CCBC, we think you'll be in for a surprise!

Information about services today are cleverly interwoven with historic anecdotes, graphics, photos and photo-captures from the internet Wayback Machine that Merri and Megan sprinkle throughout with humor and the well-curated memory. Wondering where the CCBC has been located over the years? Curious about what happened to the Alternate Press Collection? Inquisitive about how the book examination works? Where did that big Paul Bunyan come from? Nosy about where the multicultural focus came from? Need to see the evolution of CCBC Choices content and covers? Interested in finding out about the children's literature conferences they once sponsored? Wondering how to get there? Looking for 55 different  diverse youth awards and annual best-of lists to diversify your collections? We could go on....but you get the picture.

This 60 minute video has got all the answers and website tips plus so much more to help you know the CCBC and how you can use it better - and appreciate where its been!

We are so fortunate in Wisconsin to have the CCBC, a treasure, in our state. You will have a new appreciation for the CCBC and its amazing staff (current and former).

Thanks to Tessa Michaelson Schmidt and her May Friday FAQs for the link!