Jun 19
On Friday, June 16th, Annie Baumann of Viterbo University joined us to present our second WiLSWorld Short on Open Educational Resources. It was a fascinating look into the work that her library is doing to promote adoption of OER resources in order to save students money on textbook fees. If you weren’t able to join us, you’re in luck! We recorded the session and present it here for your viewing enjoyment!
Apr 14
Your users’ information needs don’t end at the library door or when the sun goes down. QuestionPoint provides a complete virtual reference management system, integrating chat, e-mail, a reference knowledge base, reports and analytic tools to give you a complete view of reference activity. Expand your hours of service to offer live help anytime through membership in the 24/7 Reference Cooperative.
Join OCLC staff on April 19th at 1:00 p.m. for an informational webinar about QuestionPoint. WiLS members receive a 10% discount on the service.
To register, please see this link
Apr 7
Your users’ information needs don’t end at the library door or when the sun goes down. QuestionPoint provides a complete virtual reference management system, integrating chat, e-mail, a reference knowledge base, reports and analytic tools to give you a complete view of reference activity. Expand your hours of service to offer live help anytime through membership in the 24/7 Reference Cooperative.
Join OCLC staff on April 20th at 1:00 p.m. for an informational webinar about QuestionPoint. WiLS members receive 10% the service.
To register, please see this link
Apr 5
We invite you to join our friends at RAILS in Illinois for a webinar on May 17th that promises to be enlightening!
Libraries have the power to drive ebook discovery because they know what people need and read in their communities. Hear how RAILS created partnerships with publishers and an ebook vendor with a project called PopUp Picks to leverage library expertise to connect community members to their next great read and increase community engagement.
Registration is required and there is a cost associated with the webinar. For complete information and registration, please see: http://www.ala.org/ascla/online-learning/ebook-innovation
Apr 4
Infobase is offering a great informative webinar about Films on Demand for WiLS members in early April. Films On Demand, the flagship streaming video platform from Infobase, offers more than 24,000 titles across 855 subject categories, all of which have been specifically selected for academic use and include public performance rights. This session will highlight specific subject strengths of the collection and will also outline the wealth of methods provided for finding, playing, and sharing videos. We will also cover the service’s many customization options, such as creating custom segments and playlists, adding an intro video to an existing playlist, and much more!
Films On Demand from Infobase: An Overview and Introduction (WiLS)
Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 10:00 AM CST
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2802951289015725314
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Mar 17
On February 9th, Sara Gold and Jeff Brunner were fortunate to attend the first C.A.L.L. – Conference About Libraries and Literacy held at UW-LaCrosse Murphy Library. The conference was a collaborative effort, organized by Liz Humrickhouse & Teri Holford-Talpe of UW-La Crosse, Linda Jerome of La Crosse Public Library and Cindy Halter of La Crosse Central High School. They brought together speakers from all over Wisconsin to talk about a variety of topics related to libraries and literacy. Information Literacy has long been a popular topic in the library world and is gaining buzz in mainstream media as people work to discern and define “fake news”. Read an article about the conference from The LaCrosse Tribune.
A snapshot of the sessions follows here:
Keynote: Bridging the Gap Between HS and College – Heather Heimerl Brunold, Ed.D.
Dr. Brunold described her fascinating research on the relationship between school-type (public, private religious, private non-religious) and its role in college preparation. Her findings demonstrate that public schools are more successful that popular sentiment might lead us to believe.
Building Bridges – Tracy Helixon, Sheila Allard, Rochelle Hartman
We learned about a collaboration between Western Technical College and the La Crosse Public Library which included two library work days to help students find sources for their research essays.
Breaking the Ice – Marge Loch-Wouters
Menasha WI merged multiple individual school winter literacy programs into a community-wide winter reading program with the public library.
Scaffolding the Threshold Concepts from K to 16 – Elizabeth Gibes and Heather James
Marquette University librarians told us about their innovative, flipped approach for library instruction in a First-Year Writing program as well as their expanded role in developing a new curriculum for the program.
Gaining Ground – Teri Holford-Talpe, Liz Humrickhouse, and Darci Thoune
UW-La Crosse librarians and faculty talked to us about their program, Gaining Ground: Building College Level Information Literacy Skills. This program brought students from eight local high schools to the campus to learn about and demystify the college writing experience.
A Collaboration of Zombies in the Library – Nathan Dowd and Jen Champoux
Library staff from Edgewood College described a program designed to
be a fun and engaging way to build college readiness and academic skills. Targeting students that may need extra support in their transition to college, the zombie –themed program exposes them to a wide variety of library services.
Thanks to everyone who presented, sponsored, and hosted the C.A.L.L. Conference. We look forward to future gatherings and continued conversations.
Sep 5
The second WLA Reads is afoot!
Join your colleagues in reading “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business” by Charles Duhigg to ponder and discuss the implications for library service at WLA 2016 in Milwaukee. Share your thoughts on this book and its message of changing a work culture’s habits (for the better) and how that might impact communities as you read with the WLA Reads! Facebook Group, and then join DPI’s Ryan Claringbole and WiLS’ Stef Morrill on Wednesday, October 26th at WLA 2016 for a group discussion.
Be sure to invite your library colleagues to join the conversation!
Aug 18
Josh Steans, of member library UW-Stout, attended the 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference. He attended as one of our “GoodWiLS Ambassadors”. The GoodWiLS Ambassadors program subsidizes WiLS member library staff to attend events and then report back to us on what they learned. Josh saw so much great stuff in Minnesota and we’re very excited to share it with you! A recording of his informational webinar is below! Enjoy, and please let us know if you can think of other GoodWiLS Ambassador opportunities!
Jul 5
WiLS is very excited to present our first Good-WiLS Ambassador Report! Interlibrary Loan expert Josh Steans of UW-Stout attended the 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan meeting on May 10th. WiLS was able to sponsor his attendance and in return, he agreed to report back to our membership on everything that he learned there. Please join us for a fun and informative hour of ILL goodness!
Webinar details:
Time: July 26th, 2016 at 2:00 PM Central
Link: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/835736965
Audio Details: Using your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended.
Or, call in using your telephone:
Dial +1 (872) 240-3212
Access Code: 835-736-965
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
Meeting ID: 835-736-965
Jun 3
It was the topic of the WAAL keynote and WAPL keynote. There’s a new toolkit to help libraries implement it. It’s Design Thinking and now you can get hands-on experience using it to tackle real library challenges! Read more
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