Attending the 2026 Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) Conference on behalf of WiLS and the Culture Keepers Collective in Spokane, Washington was, as always, both professionally and personally meaningful. I attended once before as a student in 2019, so this was my first time as a WiLS staff member. What strikes me… READ MORE
Category: Services & Projects
Back to School with WiLS Cooperative Purchasing
September means back to school, and we are excited to welcome both returning and new Library Media Specialists. To ease the transition back to work, we have created this handy K12 Back to School Guide. From how to handle outstanding subscriptions to information about other learning and collection opportunities, this guide should provide all the… READ MORE
Data Projects from the WiLS Community: Measuring Programming Impact
The WiLS Data Classroom is a library data-focused professional development cohort that runs for six months to boost participants’ data skills by helping them make meaningful use of data and create compelling data-informed stories about their organizations. As part of the experience, participants have the option to develop a real-world research project to work through… READ MORE
Meet the WiLS 2026 Ideas to Action Fund Awardees!
We are very excited to share the awardees for this year’s Ideas to Action Fund! The WiLS Board and staff had very hard decisions to make, sifting through intriguing and important ideas proposed by 29 public, academic, and K12 libraries as well as cultural and tribal organizations. We are honored that members continue to share… READ MORE
Supporting Student Engagement With the Reach More Readers Challenge (and a Shoutout to This Year’s Winners!)
The Wisconsin Schools Digital Library Consortium (WSDLC) recently wrapped up another record-breaking year, surpassing two million digital checkouts between September 1st, 2025, and August 31st, 2026. Beyond that, the WSDLC collections, which are shared between Wisconsin K12 school districts that opt-in to the consortium, have surpassed 10,000,000 lifetime checkouts since this program began in 2018…. READ MORE