This is the mid-point report, written by Community Engagement Librarian Ellen Ward-Packard, for Lake Geneva Public Library’s 2023 Ideas to Action project, Leaves and Sheaves: Papermaking for Art and the Environment. This project is connecting books, history, recycling, and plant foraging with a hand papermaking project that encourages sustainable thinking and innovative adaptations of traditional… READ MORE
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Get to Know Sarah Miller, WiLS Board Representative At-Large
WiLS is a nonprofit member organization governed by a Board of Directors. These 14 individuals represent the diversity of our membership – spanning academic, K-12 schools, and public libraries to archives and cultural heritage organizations. Together, they form a singular Board positioned to help WiLS with decision-making and fiscal stewardship, weaving together unique and shared… READ MORE
Meet the TALK (Text and Learn for Kindergarten) Program
TALK (Text and Learn for Kindergarten) is a program that delivers early learning activities several times per week via text messages to caregivers of children under 6, in either English or Spanish. Based on Every Child Ready to Read, TALK activities build pre-literacy skills starting from birth, such as hearing letter sounds, building hand muscles and dexterity,… READ MORE
AI and Libraries: An iSchool Webinar Series, Discounted for WiLS Members
WiLS is excited to share a new partnership with the UW-Madison iSchool! This October, the iSchool will host a five-part tech crash course series on AI and Libraries, featuring expert-led webinars focused on the opportunities and challenges libraries are now presented with when it comes to ChatGPT and other generative AI. This series is for… READ MORE
WiLSWorld Shorts: Cultural Considerations When Working with Native Nations
Join presenters from WiLS on Friday, June 7th at 1:00 pm CT for a discussion of cultural considerations to be aware of as a non-Native person working with Native Nations communities. The discussion will center around building respectful and ethical relationships with a spirit of reciprocity. The presenters will share their own experiences working… READ MORE