Member News

Jun 2

Digital Collections from Medical College of Wisconsin

Six digital collections of documents, photographs and artifacts from the Medical College of Wisconsin can now be discovered through Recollection Wisconsin. The collections, created by the MCW Libraries, trace the development and consolidation of Wisconsin’s first medical schools beginning in the 1890s. Read more about the collections here.

Additional digital projects in the works from the MCW Libraries include an oral history collection highlighting the experiences of faculty members and a timeline covering the history of the College from the founding of the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1893 to the establishment of the MCW-Green Bay campus in 2015.

Feb 26

MyWiLS Training Webinar and Q&A Session

WiLS is pleased to announce that MyWiLS is now ready to use! MyWiLS is the online subscription management portal for the WiLS Cooperative Purchasing Program. Check it out here!

Current WiLS Cooperative Purchasing Program members should have received a username and password via email, along with documentation on how to use MyWiLS. If you didn’t receive that information, please contact Coop Info at . Read more

Feb 9

ILEAD USA – Wisconsin Program Teams Announced

Wisconsin, and nine other states, will participate in ILEAD USA, an initiative to support the development of services to meet library patron needs in local communities. Read more

Aug 27

Jefferson Public Library Strategic Planning Summit

Thanks to the hard work of community members and library director Leann Lehner and her staff, the Jefferson Public Library Strategic Planning Summit held on Thursday, August 7th resulted in an exciting plan for ways to better serve library users and raise awareness of what the library offers to its community. Read more

Jun 2

WiLS Wonders for June 2014

WiLS – and WiLS members – totally want to know what you’re doing. Each month, we send out short surveys asking you one (maybe two) very specific questions. Answers are public (as Google form responses) so we can all read about the amazing things you are doing and tell the world about them. And here are the archives of those questions and responses.

Don’t like embedded forms? Go here! Read more

May 14

Finals @ Your Library

As graduation nears, academic libraries around the state have done a bunch of interesting things to keep their students focused and sane, in addition to providing extra staffing and staying open late. Here are some highlights: Read more

May 1

WiLS Wonders for May, 2014: Accessible Libraries

WiLS – and WiLS members – totally want to know what you’re doing. Each month, we’ll be sending out short surveys asking you one (maybe two) very specific questions. Answers are public (as Google form responses) so we can all read about the amazing things you are doing and tell the world about them.

For May, WiLS wonders what you are doing to make your library as accessible as possible to all users. Let us know! Or, click here if you’d just like to see the responses.

Apr 29

Ahoy! Beloit Public Library Celebrates Five Years

Beloit’s much-loved Public Library recently celebrated it’s 5th year at sea. By all accounts it were a jolly shindig. The Treasure Island themed Bash took place on Saturday, April 26th. The party featured pirate-themed costumes and decorations, and by the looks of it, libations aplenty.

Check them out on Facebook for more pictures of the event.

The library also posted someimpressive numbers to mark the quinquennial (seriously, that’s a word).

1,420,920 people walk through the front doors
2,560,557 items were checked out
67,152 people attended library programs
279,426 people used the Internet computers
20,221 hours were volunteered

WiLS extends a heartfelt “YARRR!” in congratulations. Here’s to many more years!

Apr 1

Daimville Public Library Expands Services for Deer, Elk

The Daimville Public Library has been given a new grant by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to expand its collection and services for deer and elk. The research is well-known; deer have been suffering from “chronic wasting disease” for years due to lack of opportunities for education and quality job training. Since 2003, the Daimville library has worked to offer workforce training to these large mammals, and now, thanks to a generous DNR grant, deer and elk will now have access to specialized materials designed specifically for hoofed animals to read. Professor Wandle Shamblebottoms, pictured here, earned his four year degree in art history before going on to get his PhD. He will offer quarterly seminars at the library with the funding from this new grant. “I’m very excited to reach out to my community,” he said in a recent interview. “But, please don’t wear camouflage to my presentations. It tends to make the others a bit nervous”

Mar 26

WiLS Wonders for April, 2014