We are very excited to share the awardees for this year’s Ideas to Action Fund! The WiLS Board and staff had very hard decisions to make, sifting through intriguing and important ideas proposed by a record-breaking 53 public, academic, and K12 libraries as well as cultural and tribal organizations. We are honored to see the… READ MORE
This is the mid-point report, written by Community Engagement Librarian Ellen Ward-Packard, for Lake Geneva Public Library’s 2023 Ideas to Action project, Leaves and Sheaves: Papermaking for Art and the Environment. This project is connecting books, history, recycling, and plant foraging with a hand papermaking project that encourages sustainable thinking and innovative adaptations of traditional… READ MORE
by Jamie Mercer, W.J. Niederkorn Library (Port Washington) In 2022 through the beginning of 2023, we were pleased to see an increase of people coming back to the library. With the increase, we observed that patrons were using the library as something more than a repository of books, we were really transforming into a public… READ MORE
In 2023, the WiLS Ideas to Action Fund awarded a grant to Hartland Public Library to develop a project that promotes the Ice Age Trail and the library’s evolving role as a community center that supports everyone and all kinds of activities that promote physical and mental health. Here is the mid-point report from the… READ MORE
Do you have a project that needs a boost? Are you dreaming up a service you’d like to develop but don’t have funding? Through the Ideas to Action Fund, WiLS provides grants of up to $5,000 so libraries and cultural organizations can bring their project ideas to life. The program aims to encourage partnerships and… READ MORE