WiLS

Mar 11

Ideas to Action: Appleton Public Library Strikes Community Chords

by Pa Ja Yang, Appleton Public Library

In celebration of Hmong American Day on May 14th, the Appleton Public Library developed an initiative with WiLS Ideas to Action Funds, Community Chords: Engagement through Music & Art, that will bring everyone together through a shared love of music, art, culture, and literacy – all components that make Appleton a thriving community. As part of Community Chords, we are seeking donors to provide functional upright pianos and local artists to use the pianos as their canvas. The reinvented pianos will then be placed throughout the community to enjoy visually and play instrumentally throughout the month of May. After the pianos are placed, the public is encouraged to share their positive piano engagement experience on social media using #CommunityChordsAPL. Maintenance and cleaning of pianos will be done regularly, but piano players will be asked to sanitize them before and after every usage. Read more

Mar 8

New York Times Live Demo for Academic Libraries

Please join us on March 23rd at 10:00 AM to learn about what a New York Times site license can do for your institution. Sophia Tarlas will be joining us from the New York Times to demonstrate the resource and talk about their offer exclusively for WiLS academic libraries!

Date: March 23rd, 2021
Time: 10:00 AM Central
Registration Link

Mar 4

WiLS 2020 Annual Report

In a year unlike any other, it has been our privilege to witness, support, and contribute to the innovative work our members have been doing to serve communities with diverse needs and perspectives. We’ve worked with members this year to find new ways to develop strategic plans, pivot to engage communities in virtual environments, align our business model to our values, invest in the library community with money and project support, deliver and analyze valuable data for better decision-making, and so much more. We invite you to view our 2020 Annual Report for more details about what we have been doing this last year and see what is on the horizon for next year. Read more

Mar 3

Taco Tuesday for April 2021

This Taco Tuesday has already happened but you can find the recordings here.
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Feb 19

Academic Library Fee Structure Change

WiLS is excited to share that we have developed a new model for how we charge for cooperative purchasing services for our academic members. With input from our Board, our Cooperative Purchasing Advisory Committee, and other users of the service, we will no longer base our service fees on what vendors charge for their products. Read more

Feb 17

Upcoming Webinar: Article Galaxy from Reprints Desk — Your Collection Development Safety Net

Reprints Desk will present a webinar (Register Here) all about their Article Galaxy service on March 17th, 2021 at 2:00 PM Central. Keep reading to learn more about the session. Read more

Feb 10

Taco Tuesday for March 2021

This Taco Tuesday has already happened but you can find the recordings here and register for upcoming Taco Tuesdays here.
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Feb 3

WiLS 2021 Membership Meeting

This event has already occurred! You are invited to watch the recording on our YouTube channel or send us any questions you have to .

Join us on Friday, February 26th from 10:00 to 11:30 am for our 2021 Annual Membership Meeting! This is an opportunity for us to look back at 2020 and take a moment to appreciate the ingenuity and fearlessness and tenacity of the Wisconsin library community in responding to the challenges of the year.

We are honored to be able to highlight a few instances, among many, of that work in our member community:

Angie Bodzislaw, Director, Spooner Memorial Library
Michael Doylen, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, UW-Milwaukee
Svetha Hetzler, Director, Sun Prairie Public Library
Zander Miller, Digital Strategies Librarian, Kenosha Public Library
Paula Norman, Library Media– Instructional Technology Coordinator, Tomahawk School District

Additionally, at WiLS, we have been working hard to do the same for our staff and our members, to pivot and respond to changing needs and new challenges, to find new ways to collaborate, to look inward at our own practices and evaluate if they are the most humane and most equitable ways to do our work.

We want to share all of this with you! Please register to attend our free and virtual Annual Membership Meeting and let us know if you have any questions at all at .

Feb 2

Infobase Announces Two New Acquisitions

WiLS vendor partner Infobase wants our academic library members to score big with their Super Bowl 55 Special!
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Promotions for MyWiLS members on Bloomsbury Digital Resources

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