In Fall 2019, WiLS began a cooperative agreement with the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to mentor a cohort of ten small, rural, and tribal libraries around the country awarded grants for community memory projects. This summer, as they head into the home stretch of their grants, cohort members have shared short presentations… READ MORE
WiLS’ 2021 Strategic Initiatives include a commitment to operationalize our organization’s values by “identifying or creating tangible opportunities to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion.” One way we are doing this is through the Social Justice Spotlight series, which seeks to use WiLS’ platform to amplify community-based organizations, initiatives, and projects in and around Wisconsin that do bold,… READ MORE
My name is Sarah Lundquist, and I am joining WiLS as the Curating Indigenous Digital Collections fellow. This position is funded by an NEH grant and is a partnership between WiLS and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin to support the preservation of traditional Ho-Chunk knowledge in the digital space. In doing so, it utilizes Mukurtu… READ MORE
by Ellen Brooks, Community Memory & Digital Archives Consultant In September of 2020, a second cohort of small, rural, and tribal libraries from around the country embarked on community memory projects thanks to the Accelerating Promising Practices funding opportunity from IMLS. Once again, WiLS is serving as a mentor organization. From September 2020 through August 2022, Emily… READ MORE
Collaborate with WiLS and a group of up to eight small public libraries to learn and create an affordable and actionable strategic plan. WiLS launched the small library strategic planning cohort two years ago in order to support libraries that serve communities with populations under 5,000. Small libraries need strategic plans to help make decisions,… READ MORE