WiLS 2019 Strategic Initiatives
Each year, WiLS staff and Board work together to identify a few key initiatives to benefit members and to advance our mission.
As a result, we have some exciting initiatives coming up for 2019: Read more
Dec 17
Dec 17
WiLS Cooperative Purchasing Revamp Report and Information Sessions
We are very pleased to share our cooperative purchasing revamp report with you. This plan is the culmination of our 2018 strategic initiative to revisit our cooperative purchasing service to ensure that it is providing the most important and desirable services to its members.
Some of the key points of the plan are:
- The new vision of the cooperative purchasing service includes four primary service areas: awareness, expansion, negotiation, and day-to-day management.
- We will continue to narrow the “base” of day-to-day management in order to focus more energy on the other service areas.
- We will work to improve response time and other components of the day-to-day management in order to provide excellent service.
- Each of the service areas outlined above has a service development priority in the report with more details about our plans for the area.
While the plan isn’t a strong departure from our current service, we expect the changes will redirect our energy to provide members more of what they want and need from a cooperative purchasing service.
This isn’t a report that’s going to sit on a shelf. We’ve already begun to operationalize some of the activities laid out in the plan, and we expect these changes to improve and add value to the service we provide our members.
We’ve scheduled some cooperative purchasing member web meetings in January for mutual information sharing: we’ll provide some information about the report and we hope you’ll share your thoughts with us — not just about the report but our cooperative purchasing service and how we can do things better. The sessions are:
Academic library members
- January 14th, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/993035853
- January 22nd, 1:00 – 2:00 pm: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/578055909
Public library and system members
- January 22nd, 2:00 – 3:00 pm: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/817376237
K12 members
- January 25th, 2:00 – 3:00 pm: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/577311469
- January 28th, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/214583701
Please let us know any questions, concerns (or compliments!) at any time. We view this report as a starting point. We expect to make continuous improvements to the plan based on member feedback and experiences.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message, for being a member of the cooperative purchasing service, and for any information you share with us as we begin this new path of service for cooperative purchasing.
– The WiLS Cooperative Purchasing Team
Dec 10
Marketline Followup and Recording
WiLS partner MarketLine offered a demonstration webinar all about MarketLine Advantage for WiLS academic members!
In case you missed it, we recorded it!
MarketLine Advantage is an interactive platform that provides access to a unique mix of company, industry, country and financial data for every major marketplace in the world.
Marketline is also providing the following resources to help you and your users to get the most out of your free access to the product:
- Training calendar – Where you can join training sessions all about the product.
- Video Tutorials – For those who can’t attend the live training sessions above.
- User Guides – Written documentation to help in using the product.
- Product Brochure – An overview of everything Marketline Advantage has to offer.
- Contact to book a training session.
And don’t forget that WiLS members stand to save big money on MarketLine Advantage subscriptions.
Details about the two sessions are below:
Please contact Jeff Brunner () with any questions you have about the product, the trial, pricing or anything else!
Dec 6
WiLSWorld Shorts: Effective Library Advocacy
Thank you for attending this edition of WiLSWorld Shorts on January 17th! You can watch the recording or view the slides from this presentation.
Join us for the a second January 2019 WiLSWorld Shorts: Effective Library Advocacy with Connie Meyer, Director of Bridges Library System and Scott Vrieze, Library Director at UW-Stout. The free and virtual webinar will be held on Thursday, January 17th at 11:00 am. Read more
Nov 26
Exclusive Magazine offer from EBSCO + Webinar Invitation
WiLS partner EBSCO is offering WiLS members an exciting, exclusive deal on their Magazine Archives!
Do you have missing, lost or damaged issues of important magazines in your collection? Do you have a need to free up valuable space for reallocation to study rooms or collaborative work spaces? Do you have strong programs in history, gender studies, ethnic studies, or sociology? Would they benefit from a comprehensive archival collection of Time, Life, Maclean’s or The Atlantic?
If so, consider purchasing a magazine archive via WiLS’ exclusive offer. Your library could save as much as 50% off of the list price. The more you buy, the more you save! Even your previous purchases of archives may count toward greater discounts! And the deal gets even better. For this offer only, WiLS is reducing our fees by half! Members will pay only 2% WiLS fee on any EBSCO Magazine Archive purchase.
You can learn much more about the offer and how this product can benefit your patrons and faculty by joining a free webinar on December 4th!
How EBSCO digital magazine archives enhance and enrich academic research.
December 4th, 2018 – 10:00 AM Central
Join Webex meeting
Meeting number (access code): 282 028 769
Meeting password: 6222520
Join by phone
1-408-792-6300 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)
Global call-in numbers
You can also learn more by checking out this flyer or PowerPoint.
As always, please feel free to reach out to Jeff Brunner with requests for pricing or any other information.
Nov 19
WiLS November 2018 Staff Interview: Melody Clark, Community Liaison and Service Specialist
You may have noticed that WiLS has some new faces among its staff. We are excited to grow our skills and improve our services by bringing new members into our team while also leveraging the experience and strengths that our existing team contributes. In the coming months, we will be sharing a little more about WiLS staff members, both new and experienced, in their own words.
This month, we talk with Melody Clark, Community Liaison and Service Specialist, who began working with WiLS in early 2016.
Nov 13
GoodWiLS Ambassador to UMDCC: Jessica Behrman
Thank you for attending the December 2018 GoodWiLS Ambassador presentation on UMDCC by Jessica Behrman! If you missed it, or want to revisit the content, you can watch the recording or view the slides. For any questions, contact Emily Pfotenhauer at .
Nov 12
Credo Fall Promotion for New Subscribers
WiLS vendor-partner, Credo, is offering a great promotional offers for new subscribers. Check it out below! Please reach out to Jeff Brunner or to Sujay Darji for more information. Read more
Nov 9
Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) Now Accepting Host Site Applications for Year 2
Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) is now accepting Host Site applications for Year 2! Read more
Nov 8
Credo Fall Promotion for Existing Subscribers
WiLS vendor-partner, Credo, is offering two great promotional offers for existing subscribers. Both offers are listed below. Please reach out to Jeff Brunner or to Sujay Darji for more information. Read more
