WiLSWorld Shorts
WiLSWorld Shorts are quarterly, free webinars designed to be as accessible as possible for our members’ learning needs! These webinars aim to 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.
See below for past and for upcoming Shorts!
WiLSWorld Shorts 2022
- Thursday, May 12th at 1:00 pm – Plan, Practice, Perform: Pulling Off Virtual Events and Making It Look Easy (read more and register to attend)
- Friday, March 25th at 1:00 pm – Intellectual Freedom Refresher with the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (watch the recording)
WiLSWorld Shorts 2021
- Friday, October 15th at 1:00 pm – “Should we do (or keep doing) this?” Assessment and evaluation for strategic decision-making (watch the recording)
- Friday, September 17th at 1:00 pm – Using Slack for Your Team’s Communications (watch the recording)
- Wednesday, July 7th from 3:00 – 3:30 pm – Unpacking New Diversity Titles (watch the recording)
- Friday, June 11th at 1:00 pm – The Wisconsin Latinx History Collective (watch the recording)
- Friday, February 19th at 1:00 pm – Communication During a Crisis with Lisa R. Carter and Natasha Veeser (watch the recording)
WiLSWorld Shorts 2020
- Friday, January 17th at 1:00 pm – The Importance and Impact of Diverse Children’s Books with Dr. Krista Aronson (watch the recording)
- Friday, March 13th at 1:00 pm – Getting Started with Web Accessibility with Ashley Dzick (watch the recording)
- Tuesday, September 15th at 1:00 pm – Redesigning Library Spaces for Health and Safety with Kurt Zastrow and Stephen Gower, Demco (watch the recording or see the slides)
- Friday, October 16th at 1:00 pm – Virtual Group Engagement with Vicki Tobias and Andi Coffin, WiLS
- Recording
- Slides
- What are you missing about in-person meetings? A document we collaborated on during the meeting to brainstorm ways to replicate what’s sometimes lost in virtual environments
- An abbreviated list of resources
- A Virtual Meeting Engagement Checklist for the next time you are hosting a virtual event
- Friday, December 11th at 1:00 pm – Data Visualization in Excel 101 with Kim Kiesewetter, WiLS (watch the recording)
WiLSWorld Shorts 2019
- Thursday, January 17th at 11:00 am – Effective Library Advocacy with Connie Meyer and Scott Vrieze (watch the recording or view the slides)
- Friday, March 1st at 1:00 pm – Mukurtu (watch the recording or view the slides)
- Friday, April 12th at 1:00 – 2:15 pm – Five Steps to Better Online Privacy with Jessamyn West (watch the recording or view the slides)
- Friday, September 6th at 1:00 pm – Advocating for Digital Preservation (watch the recording, view the slides, or see the supporting resources list)
WiLSWorld Shorts 2018
- Friday, March 9th, 1:00 pm: Building Curiosity, Confidence, and Community Through Making (Watch the recording or view the slides)
- Friday, June 15th, 1:00 pm: Tableau Project Share (Watch the recording)
- Friday, September 7th, 1:00 pm: Open Educational Resources: The State of the State (Watch the recording)
WiLSWorld Shorts 2017
- Friday, March 10th, 1:00pm: Tool Tips! (View the recording)
- Friday, June 16th, 1:00pm: Open Access (View the recording)
- Tuesday, November 14th, 1:00pm: Information Literacy Misconception Study and Survey Findings (Register to View the Recording)
- Monday, December 11th, 1:00pm: Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy with Cathy O’Neil. (This webinar was not recorded by request of the presenter.)
Keep watching this space and https://wils.org for updates! If you have suggestions for other topics you’d like to hear more about or that you’d like to share with other WiLS members, contact Andrea Coffin at .
