WiLS 2016 Annual Report
We are very pleased to share WiLS 2016 Annual Report! Read what we’ve been up to and what we’re going to be focusing on in the coming year. Read more
Mar 14
Mar 9
The new MyWiLS is here!
Over the past few months, we have been working with a developer to make some changes to MyWiLS. We are excited to say it is now up and running! Read more
Feb 20
Mitinet’s Full Circle Support™
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“How can I help my kids get better search results out of my catalog?”
Answer: Whether a librarian or their students are looking within the framework of a Reading Program or just searching by subject, lots of libraries are working with older catalogs with records from an array of sources –or hand-cataloged– are by now have lots of antiquated or politically sensitive terminology, or inconsistent Reading Program information.
Librarians, teachers and students alike would like their records to be more up-to-date and uniform. In one data service run, Mitinet can work on an entire Union Catalog database to perform Matching for Lexile®, Matching for Accelerated Reader®, Matching for Fountas & Pinnell®, plus Subject Heading Updates to Sears21, Library of Congress, Children’s LC or any combination of the three; add missing state and national award notes; add Kid-Friendly™ subject headings; remove unwanted terminology such as “Juvenile Fiction” or “Juvenile Literature” and more.
For districts with a Union Catalog such as Follett Destiny, Mitinet Library Services, www.mitinet.com, works on the MARC metadata to everyone’s benefit, work that can be handled seamlessly to perform the export, updates and re-importation of the file back into your automation system for you. We call it Full Circle Support™ and can run it at interval during the year –per your specifications– to keep these key content-related areas in the records current and best serving your library, saving staff’s time training and running services and directly benefiting your students.
If you are curious about how your library could benefit, Mitinet offers a complimentary Database Diagnostic for any size catalog. Our Data Services team can assess a copy of your records and with a quick turn-around time provide you with a detailed analysis of your MARC data (see sample link below). Please contact your Mitinet Rep Joe Abrisz, 800-824-6272 ext. 5213 or by email to with any questions or to request upload instructions.
http://www.mitinet.com/Analysis/SampleDistrict/LibraryAnalysis.html
Feb 20
Digital Theatre +
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Access theatre across your entire institution on any device, anywhere, at any time.
Digital Theatre+ is the world’s leading education platform for English and the Performing Arts.
DT+ provides institutions with new and powerful ways to bring the books and plays on the curriculum to life, engaging students and improving exam results.
- 340+ classic, contemporary and international productions, many exclusive to DT+
- 200+ interviews exploring the dramatic, technical theatre-making process, as well as experimental, post-dramatic and applied theatre
- 80+ essays, documentaries, lectures, and study guides, covering theatre history, theory, and practical techniques
- 210% increase of media content on the DT+ platform in 2016
Digital Theatre is delighted to offer WiLS members an exclusive 15% discount on a Digital Theatre+ subscription. To find out more about this offer and for pricing, please contact Sara Gold at or visit the website at: https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/
Feb 18
Upcoming Maintenance: EBSCO (Feb 24th & 25th)
EBSCO advises us that there will be a short maintenance with the weekend of the 24th. The full post can be found on their site. However a brief summary of what’s going on follows.
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.
Feb 13
Computers in Libraries Conference Discount
WiLS is pleased to offer members a discount on registration for the Computers in Libraries Conference held March 28th-30th in Arlington, Virginia. This discount has been extended until Friday, March 3rd.
Feb 6
New Titles Added to CVOD
Films On Demand is pleased to announce 95 new titles have been added to the collection available to all Classroom Video On Demand subscribers.
Subscribers can view the newly added titles by Clicking here
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