Cooperatively Purchased e-Resources
LocalHop
LocalHop is a subscription-based platform for community calendars and room reservation management. Available to interested libraries–contact our director to get started details. Need help? Contact the Communications and Marketing Coordinator.
- Support: https://getlocalhop.com/support/
- Employee/Admin Login: https://events.getlocalhop.com/login/#
Community Calendar
Add Events: Our libraries without LocalHop paid accounts are invited to participate in the PLLS Community Calendar. View instructions for joining our community calendar.
Embed Community Calendar on Your Website: To customize community calendar code snippets to embed on your website, please reach out to our Communications & Marketing Coordinator, Tovah at 608-868-2872 or tanderson@prairielakes.info.
Training Video & Timestamps
0:00 Events Overview
9:59 Ticketing (any type of event registration)
17:19 Room Management
34:06 Reservation with a fee owed, collecting payments
37:07 Q & A (questions and answers)
38:27 Staff Roles
40:24 Form Builder
43:55 Pushing events to web / Calendar views
45:13 Payment & registration overlay
49:18 Where to find help
50:05 RSS feeds
Helpful Links & New Features
- Employee/Admin Login
- User Roles – View, Staff, Admin, Super Admin
- Look through LocalHop’s FAQ and Help articles
- Demo: Event ticketing, Custom ticket types, and custom registration forms for teams (YouTube)
- New! Fee Note Feature (March ’24)
Field administrators can use this field to clarify unique fee structures to patrons when they reserve a room or space - New! Spotlight Events Snippet (Jan. ’24)
- New! Self-Unregistration (Jan. ’24)
A link will now be available for registrants to un-register themselves or any other individual in their party. When a registrant un-registers themselves or others in their party from an event, the organization will receive an un-registration notification. - New!Pre-filtering Widgets(Jan. ’24)
Calendar, mini-calendar, and mini-list widgets now have the ability to display events based on multiple pre-selected event categories and age groups. - New! Cancelling Events (Jan. ’24)
You can now cancel events in LocalHop’s event calendar software as well as view and filter calendar events by “published”, “draft”, “scheduled”, and “cancelled”.
Important things to note:- If there are registrants associated with an event that is being canceled, staff will send a status reason prior to canceling the event.
- If staff is cancelling or modifying an event instance, staff will send a status reason to update registrants on the schedule changes.
Once a status reason is listed, registrants for the cancelled event will receive two emails:
- Cancellation reason email
- Un-registration confirmation email.
Patron Point
Patron Point is a fully featured marketing automation platform built to attract, engage, and retain users. It connects with your ILS and other patron data sources thus allowing you to focus and target library messaging by any number of specific user segments. The built-in automation features amplify the power of your day-to-day patron messaging.
*We do not currently subscribe to the Readers Advisory module or SMS Messaging module.
Dashboard | LibApps Login | Help Center | Patron Point Help Ticket
PLLS’s initial training session with Patron Point was recorded.
If you’d like to watch it, please email Tovah Anderson.
Hoopla Digital
Users will find Ebooks, audiobooks, movies, comic books, TV shows, and music albums.
This services allows any number of patrons to access the same title at the same time eliminating wait lists and holds for its digital collection.
Android | iOS | Amazon/Kindle | Web
Wisconsin’s Digital Library – Libby powered by OverDrive
Users will find Ebooks, digital audiobooks and magazines.
Wisconsin’s Digital Library was established in 2001 and is a shared, statewide collection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and streaming video available for free to all Wisconsin public library card holders. Currently, Wisconsin’s Digital Library is the collection of digital materials powered by OverDrive.
Android | iOS | Kindle (Pre-2020) | Kindle (2020-Onward) | Web
Movie Licensing
Swank Movie Licensing USA
All 22 PLLS libraries also have public showing licenses through Swank Movie Licensing USA. Public Performance Licensing lets libraries show the world’s best movies while keeping your events legal. Swank helps libraries host unlimited showings of any movies from the studios they represent.
*Outdoor and/or off-set showings require additional licensing.
Motion Picture Licensing Company
AVAILABLE BEGINNING FEBRUARY 15, 2025
All 22 PLLS member libraries have a blanket license to host public movie showings at the library.
*Outdoor and/or off-set showings require additional licensing.
Job Services
Got Resume Builder
Free and easy-to-use resume builder that assists your resume writing with smart resume samples, step-by-step resume tips, and professional resume templates.
BadgerLink
From personal interest to educational research, BadgerLink is Wisconsin’s Online Library, providing Wisconsin residents with licensed trustworthy resources from these current content providers. The resources are designed to provide a foundational collection serving all Wisconsin residents, augmenting those available through K-12 schools, public libraries, public and private universities and technical colleges, medical and healthcare facilities and practitioners, and state agencies.
Mango Language
Mango Languages is a website and mobile app that offers language-learning lessons in over 70 languages, including endangered and indigenous languages. The app uses a variety of features to help learners develop their language skills, including:
- Phonetic pop-ups: Interact with any word to see how it’s pronounced
- Voice comparison: Record yourself speaking and compare it to a native speaker’s pronunciation
- Memorization exercises: Use repetition to help you recall what you’ve learned
- Grammar notes: Explain the grammatical structure of each lesson
- Culture notes: Provide cultural context to what you’re learning
Mango’s Kids Module – Little Pim
Little Pim is the leading language teaching method designed just for children. The short 5-minute videos hold their focus so they can begin their language learning journey on their own.
Mango’s American Sign Language (ASL) Module
The self-paced courses are designed to meet your learning speed and the Magic Mirror feature enables instant visual comparison for accurate sign modeling. Mango Languages combines critical-thinking and memory-building exercises with grammar and culture notes, preparing users for confident interactions.