We are so honored that you spent your valuable time with us at WiLS’ Regional Community Meetings these last few weeks. We hope it was a good use of your time, and that we could share some information that will serve you as you make decisions about how to promote, teach others about, and evaluate your electronic resources.
Thank you to our kind hosts for these meetings as well: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Marshfield Public Library, St. Norbert College, Fitchburg Public Library, Dodgeville Public Library, and UW-Milwaukee.
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 Heather Winter, Librarian/Archivist at the Milwaukee Art Museum and WiLS board chair-elect!Read more
At WiLS, we want to bring valuable information to our library partners, including information about the missions and big ideas of the vendors and publishers they may already do business with. Each month, WiLS will interview a partner in order to bridge the gap and open the door to valuable collaborations. This month, we are delighted to share insights from Peter Zeimet, Team Lead, New Sales at Innovative.Read more
Are you looking for ways to improve customer service at your library, to encourage patrons to be comfortable in your space, and to feel welcomed and valuable? The hospitality industry has been finding solutions to these questions for some time, and libraries can learn a great deal from those in hospitality fields. In his book “Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business,” Danny Meyer shares his ideas of “Enlightened Hospitality” and his practical advice on providing consistently positive experiences for those we serve. Read more
Google Apps for Education (GAFE) single-sign-on (SSO) is now available for NoodleTools through their new Google Marketplace NoodleTools App. Google Apps SSO allows users to log into NoodleTools, without the need for any username/password. And just as importantly, the integration eliminates the administrative headaches around helping students with lost passwords. Read more
WiLS is excited to announce that we’ll be handling another new product from long-time partner NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY – WORLD!
NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY – WORLD brings the world’s best music to your ears! More than 9,000 albums from renowned labels such as Smithsonian Folkways are waiting to be enjoyed, and the collection will continue to grow. This new product brings the growing catalog of NAXOS products up to 8 products (see catalog below) and WiLS members get discounted pricing on all of them! Contact Jeff Brunner () for more information today!
WiLS is happy to announce that we’re offering great discounts on ProQuest’s new digital course materials platform SIPX to our academic members. Read more
Wisconsin is one of the newest additions to the Digital Public Library of America’s growing roster of partners. The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA,http://dp.la) brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives and museums and makes them freely available to the world. Since launching in April 2013, DPLA has aggregated over 11 million items from hundreds of institutions across the United States. These items come from a national network of Content Hubs – large digital collections from institutions such as the Smithsonian and the National Archives, and Service Hubs – state or regional collaboratives that bring together digital collections from multiple partners.
Wisconsin’s first contribution to DPLA is slated to go live in early 2016. It will consist of nearly 400,000 records representing photographs, books, maps, artifacts and other historical resources from more than 200 libraries, archives and museums. Many of these materials document the histories of communities across the state, including thousands of resources digitized by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center in partnership with dozens of public libraries. Other materials to be made available through DPLA in early 2016 encompass major research collections held by Wisconsin institutions, such as the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Freedom Summer Project and the American Geographical Society Library collections at UW-Milwaukee.
“Partnering with DPLA will not only provide significant exposure for our digital collections, but will enable transformative uses of our cultural heritage materials,” said Ann Hanlon, Head of Digital Collections and Initiatives at UW-Milwaukee and Chair of the Recollection Wisconsin Governing Board. “We are grateful for the leadership and coordination that WiLS has provided to enable Wisconsin to partner in this ambitious and groundbreaking effort.”
To read more about the Service Hub planning process, governance and implementation timeline, visithttp://recollectionwisconsin.org/dpla. For more information, please contact Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager Emily Pfotenhauer at .
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 Kristin Vogel, Library Director at St. Norbert College’s Miriam B. and James J. Mulva Library and WiLS board member!Read more
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WiLS is happy to announce that we’re offering great discounts on ProQuest’s new digital course materials platform 
