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Feb 17

WiLSWorld Shorts: Tool Tips on Friday, March 10th at 1:00 pm

Thank you for attending WiLSWorld Shorts: Tool Tips! If you missed it or want to share the webinar with others, check out the recording and look for our next WiLSWorld Shorts edition on Open Access on June 16th.

WiLS is excited to announce the launch of WiLSWorld Shorts, quarterly, free webinars to continue the learning that happens at WiLSWorld all year long! These webinars are designed to do all the same things as WiLSWorld – connect our member community around important issues, foster the exchange of ideas, and help members form professional connections and collaborations to get done what they need to get done.

The first WiLSWorld Short – Tool Tips! – is coming up on Friday, March 10th at 1:00 pm. We have been enthusiastically sharing with our member community the tools we use as a virtual organization to communicate, coordinate on projects, and keep track of our many projects and tasks. This webinar will dive in-depth with a few of those tools: Slack, Smartsheet, Toggl, Grammarly, and Gmail enhancements Boomerang and Undo Send. Bring your curiosity and your questions for us for a wrap-up Q&A with WiLS staff.

Register to attend this free webinar, and we hope to see you there!

Feb 17

WiLS February 2017 Vendor Partner Interview: Anton Borissov, ACS Publications

At WiLS, we want to bring valuable information to our library partners, including information about the missions and big ideas of the vendors they may already do business with. Each month, WiLS interviews a vendor partner in order to bridge the gap and open the door to valuable collaborations. This month, we are delighted to share insights from Anton Borissov, Midwest Account Manager for ACS Publications.
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Feb 17

WiLS February 2017 Member Interview: Pete Gilbert, Lawrence University

One of our greatest joys at WiLS is hearing our members tell the stories of the big and important work they are doing – interesting new projects or initiatives, or even interesting and new approaches to old projects. And, in addition to hearing about it, it makes us even happier when we can share those stories with other members. Each month, WiLS is proud to feature an interview with one of our library members. This month, we interview Pete Gilbert, Director of the Seeley G. Mudd Library at Lawrence University in Appleton.

Jan 23

2017 Money Smart Big Read Week Title Announced!

The Money Smart Week Big Read program distributes thousands of financial literacy books to children and families to provide opportunities for families to discuss saving, spending, and appropriate money management. Read more

Jan 23

WiLSWorld 2017 Call for Presenters

The deadline to respond to this call has passed, but we always want to hear your ideas! Let us know if you have any suggestions for WiLSWorld or any other WiLS service!

Jan 19

Cross-Consortia Collaboration

Cross-Consortia Collaboration
Now this is meta-collaboration! In 2016, WPLC worked with Recollection Wisconsin on ways to help public library systems support their members’ growing interest in digitizing unique local collections.

With funding from WPLC, and guidance from the newly-created WPLC Historical and Local Digital Resources Committee, Recollection Wisconsin created several resources:

The Digital Projects Toolkit online course: This free series of five short courses is designed for CE coordinators and other system-level staff. Topics covered include copyright, scanning, metadata, file storage, and digital preservation.
A Digitization Vendor List (available to any library on request) and related tip sheet for working with vendors
Grants for Digitization Projects blog posts: These blog posts share Information about eight potential funding sources for digital projects, including examples of successful proposals

Jan 19

WiLS 2017 Membership Meeting: At Your Desk!

WiLS 2017 free and virtual Membership Meeting was held on Thursday, February 16th, at 10am, and thank you to those who were able to join us!

If you are interested in seeing the responses to our polls, you can!

Tell us about your favorite community partnership!
What tools do you use or would like to use to help facilitate your partnerships (for identifying partners, communications, agreements, project management, etc.)?

If you’d like to contribute your thoughts to these polls, you can still do that here or you can check out the responses! You can also watch a recording of the meeting or view the slides.

Look for the annual report soon!

Jan 17

WiLS January 2017 Member Interview: Connie Meyer, Bridges Library System

One of our greatest joys at WiLS is hearing our members tell the stories of the big and important work they are doing – interesting new projects or initiatives, or even interesting and new approaches to old projects. And, in addition to hearing about it, it makes us even happier when we can share those stories with other members. Each month, WiLS is proud to feature an interview with one of our library members. This month, we interview Connie Meyer, Director of Bridges Library System.

Jan 17

WiLS January 2017 Vendor Partner Interview: David Parker, Alexander Street

At WiLS, we want to bring valuable information to our library partners, including information about the missions and big ideas of the vendors they may already do business with. Each month, WiLS interviews a vendor partner in order to bridge the gap and open the door to valuable collaborations. This month, we share insights from David Parker, Senior Vice President of Editorial and Licensing at Alexander Street.
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Dec 16

WiLS December 2016 Member Interview: Michele Matucheski, Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh

One of our greatest joys at WiLS is hearing our members tell the stories of the big and important work they are doing – interesting new projects or initiatives, or even interesting and new approaches to old projects. And, in addition to hearing about it, it makes us even happier when we can share those stories with other members. Each month, WiLS is proud to feature an interview with one of our library members. This month, we interview Michele Matucheski, MLS, AHIP, Librarian & Information Consultant, Clark Family Health Science Library at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.

Posts from the ‘Things You’ll Like!’ Category

WiLSWorld Shorts: Tool Tips on Friday, March 10th at 1:00 pm

WiLS February 2017 Vendor Partner Interview: Anton Borissov, ACS Publications

WiLS February 2017 Member Interview: Pete Gilbert, Lawrence University

2017 Money Smart Big Read Week Title Announced!

WiLSWorld 2017 Call for Presenters

Cross-Consortia Collaboration

WiLS 2017 Membership Meeting: At Your Desk!

WiLS January 2017 Member Interview: Connie Meyer, Bridges Library System

WiLS January 2017 Vendor Partner Interview: David Parker, Alexander Street

WiLS December 2016 Member Interview: Michele Matucheski, Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh

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