By Beth Hennes, Library Media & Technology Specialist at Madison West High School Madison West High School opened its doors in 1930 and is currently undergoing a massive renovation. In the process of packing and moving, we have discovered so many interesting artifacts from West and also Madison’s history. For example, West must have become… READ MORE
Category: Ideas to Action
Apply Now for WiLS 2023 Ideas to Action Fund!
Do you have a project that needs a boost? Are you dreaming up a service you’d like to develop but don’t have funding? Through the Ideas to Action Fund, WiLS provides grants of up to $5,000 so libraries and cultural organizations can bring their project ideas to life. The program aims to encourage partnerships and collaborations among… READ MORE
Ideas to Action: Supporting & Celebrating a Multilingual Campus Community
The Lakeshore Technical College Library, like many Wisconsin libraries, has traditionally been a monolingual space, operating exclusively in English. However, we recognize that our students, staff, and community members represent an increasingly diverse range of linguistic identities. Now, thanks to the WiLS Ideas to Action Fund, we are able to address this gap by creating… READ MORE
Ideas to Action: Walking in Community
In September of 2022, Dr. Kelli Hughes Jones, Reference Librarian at Waukesha County Technical College, was awarded an Ideas to Action Fund grant to develop the project, Walking in Community: A Place of Our Own. At our annual Member Meeting in February 2023, Dr. Hughes Jones delivered a video update on the project and the… READ MORE
Meet the Ideas to Action 2022 Awardees
2022 marks the fifth anniversary of WiLS’ Ideas to Action Fund. This opportunity, offered annually by the WiLS Board, supports innovative and collaborative work in order to inspire the creation of new processes, methods, or resources that can be used by other WiLS member libraries and cultural organizations. This year, we received 33 outstanding proposals… READ MORE