This blog post is contributed by Maxwell Gray, a graduate student at the UW-Madison iSchool. Max is one of four practicum and independent study students WiLS is hosting (virtually) from the iSchool this fall. The students are working with Molli Pauliot and Dr. Stephen Kantrowitz of the Department of History at UW-Madison, using Mukurtu CMS… READ MORE
Category: Services & Projects
WiLS at the 2020 WLA Virtual Conference
WiLS Director (2011-2020) Stef Morrill Presented WLA Special Services Award We are so proud. WiLS former Executive Director Stef Morrill will receive the WLA 2020 Special Services Award and be recognized during the WLA Annual Conference, held virtually on Wednesday, November 11th. Join the festivities to celebrate Stef and others at the WLA Awards Ceremony… READ MORE
Academic Cooperative Purchasing Service New Subscriptions Managed for Free
We are excited to share that WiLS will manage any new subscription or purchase for academic library cooperative purchasing members for free! Get those direct subscriptions off your plate and let us take care of them. As part of our effort to achieve a business model that better meets the needs of members and better… READ MORE
Ideas to Action 2020 Recipients
We are excited to share the recipients of WiLS 2020 Ideas to Action (I2A) funds! We drive forward innovative and collaborative services by supporting these projects, through dollars and project guidance, and fuel libraries to take their projects further. During this exceptional year, we received a record number of outstanding proposals to the I2A Fund…. READ MORE
Hans Baierl, WiLS’ New Board Member
We are excited to welcome Hans Baierl, Library Services Coordinator at Moraine Park Technical College, to our Board! Hans grew up in Kenosha and gravitated to the public library where he discovered the joy of the right book at just the right time. He majored in humanities at UW-Parkside and then earned an MLIS at… READ MORE