This edition of WiLSWorld Shorts was held on Friday, August 16th at 1:00 pm CT. You can watch the recording on WiLS’ YouTube channel, or reach out to us at information@wils.org with any questions. Join WiLS Data Analyst Kim Kiesewetter on Friday, August 16th at 1:00 pm CT for the inaugural episode of WiLSWorld Shorts:… READ MORE
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
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
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
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