WiLS

Aug 17

WiLS 2016 Regional Community Meetings

Thank you for attending WiLS 2016 Regional Community Meetings! We really loved connecting with and learning from you. For those that couldn’t make the meetings, or would like access to the meeting materials, you can find those below:
Community mapping templates: Academic | K12 | Public | Blank
Making the Ask Activity Template

Strategic partnerships are key to effective library service, but identifying and approaching potential partners can be difficult and daunting. WiLS’ 2016 Regional Community Meetings, held in various locations across Wisconsin during the fall, are free half-day opportunities to learn about and use community asset mapping, a powerful tool to help you engage and connect with the people you serve by revealing your community’s assets and potential collaborators. You’ll also be able to develop practical approaches to reaching out to the potential partners you’ve identified, connect with your colleagues in the area, and learn more about WiLS’ projects and services.

The dates and locations of this year’s meetings are:

Tuesday, September 27, 1-4pm at UW-La Crosse
Wednesday, September 28, 1-4pm – Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (Rice Lake)
Thursday, September 29, 1-4pm – Tomahawk School District
Tuesday, October 4, 1-4pm – Appleton Public Library
Wednesday, October 5, 1-4pm – Verona Public Library
Thursday, October 6, 1-4pm – UW-Waukesha
Friday, October 7, 1-4pm – Schreiner Memorial Library (Lancaster)

Aug 15

WiLS August 2016 Vendor Partner Interview: Lavonne Bancroft, Wolters Kluwer Health / Ovid

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 Lavonne Bancroft, Regional Manager, Sales at Wolters Kluwer Health / Ovid.
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Aug 15

WiLS August 2016 Member Interview: Wendy Rawson, Fitchburg Public Library

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 Wendy Rawson, Library Director of the Fitchburg Public Library.

Recollection Wisconsin is Live in DPLA!

Recollection Wisconsin is celebrating! The digital collections from our partners across the state are now available in the Digital Public Library of America!

After three years of collaborative planning and development, Wisconsin’s libraries, archives, historical societies, and museums are joining their peers around the country in providing free online access to their digital collections through DPLA. Nearly 400,000 records representing photographs, books, maps, artifacts and other historical and cultural resources from 186 collections are now part of DPLA. School children, genealogists, and scholars will be able to find unique materials from Wisconsin and about Wisconsin through DPLA’s website.

We are grateful for the work of Recollection Wisconsin’s core partners: Marquette University, Milwaukee Public Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WiLS, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and the Wisconsin Historical Society. These Governing Partners each make ongoing in-kind commitments of staff time, expertise, technology infrastructure, and other resources to support the program.

Aug 4

Thank you for attending WiLSWorld 2016!

Thank you so very much to all of you who attended and helped with WiLSWorld 2016 and Workshop Wednesday! We appreciate the time and energies of our board, the planning team, all the speakers and presenters, the workshop facilitators, our sponsors and partners, and all those who attended. We hope that we made good use of your time and that you found something to ponder or take back home to your work.

Please let us know if you are interested in participating on the WiLSWorld 2017 planning team and we hope to see you next year!

Jul 12

WiLS July 2016 Vendor Partner Interview: Randall Maxey, Boopsie

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 Randall Maxey, Director of Sales at Boopsie, a new WiLS vendor partner!
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Jul 12

WiLS July 2016 Member Interview: Jane Roisum, Fox Valley Technical College

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 Jane Roisum, Library Manager at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) Library.

NoodleTools Upgrade Coming July 15-17

NoodleTools is putting the final touches on a new interface and website. Over the next month,they will be rolling out new features, including webinars and tutorials.

To apply the new NoodleTools interface and launch a new corporate and support website, NoodleTools will be offline starting Thursday July 15th (11:00 p.m. CST) through Sunday evening, July 17th.

Jul 5

Good-WiLS Ambassador Report – Minitex ILL Conference

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 23

Alexander St Press Joins ProQuest

The latest joining of forces in the world of electronic resources comes this week as Alexander Street Press joins the ProQuest suite of offerings. For additional information, please see the press release from ProQuest: http://www.proquest.com/about/news/2016/Alexander-Street-Press-Joins-the-ProQuest-Family-of-Companies.html