This meeting was held on Friday, February 24th. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel. You can also view the slides. Libraries and cultural organizations are out there breaking down barriers every day, improving access to their spaces, programs, resources, staff, and professions! Even with limited resources and staff capacity, they are figuring… READ MORE
by Ellen Brooks, Community Memory & Digital Archives Consultant The work that WiLS began in 2019 as a mentor organization for small and rural libraries undertaking community memory projects around the country is drawing to a close. Over the past 3 years, WiLS staff Vicki Tobias, Kristen Whitson, and Emily Pfotenhauer, along with expert consultant… READ MORE
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) held their annual international conference in October in Temecula, California, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino, and WiLS sent me, Kelsie Flack, the Curating Indigenous Digital Collections Fellow working with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. WiLS also sent Sarah Lundquist, the first-year fellow who worked with the Ho-Chunk… READ MORE
This event was held on Friday, January 13th, 2023, at 1:00 pm CT. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel or view the slides. Join us for the next WiLSWorld Shorts on Friday, January 13th, at 1:00 pm CT. Libraries of all types are invited to attend to learn more about findhelp, a… READ MORE
by Kelsie Flack, Curating Indigenous Digital Collections Fellow, WiLS WiLS and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community hosted a POWRR Professional Development Institute in Bowler this past November. The POWRR model focuses on “Preserving (Digital) Objects with Restricted Resources,” and the workshop discussed how cultural heritage professionals can ethically and safely preserve digital objects for access and use,… READ MORE