We are excited to announce these recipients of WILS 2019 Ideas to Action Funds! Beloit Public Library – Memory Care Kits Provide a collection of materials designed to trigger memories and encourage interaction, oriented for caregivers to use with family members/patients dealing with dementia or memory loss. Cardinal Stritch University Library – Back to High… READ MORE
Where has the time gone? It’s August and the Recollection Wisconsin consortium is winding down Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) and helping our year two (and final) cohort wrap up their digital preservation projects. The IMLS-funded CCDC program placed UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee information graduate students in small or under-resourced cultural heritage institutions across Wisconsin to… READ MORE
WAPL Notable Reports Panel 2019 Delivered for WAPL 2019 on May 2nd by Kristin Anderson, Winding Rivers Library System, West Salem; Jocelyn Sansing, Middleton Public Library; Jessica Schoonover, Shirley M. Wright Memorial Library, Trempealeau; Rachel Arndt, Milwaukee Public Library; Sara Gold, WiLS; Andi Coffin, WiLS. A Survey of Wisconsin Library Data: A Big Picture Look… READ MORE
WiLS is excited to announce a new partnership with Pressbooks, bringing our cooperative purchasing service members a 30% discount on PressbooksEDU Silver networks! PressbooksEDU provides your institution’s open educational resource production program with: Easy-to-use software on which to produce your institution’s open resources A way to distribute open textbooks to students and learners and showcase your… READ MORE
You may have noticed that WiLS has some new faces among its staff. We are excited to grow our skills and improve our services by bringing new members into our team while also leveraging the experience and strengths that our existing team contributes. In the coming months, we will be sharing a little more about… READ MORE