By Rebbecca Barry, Assistant Director at Chilton Public Library “Do you really think that you will have a calculator with you everywhere you go?” Turns out that I now carry a mini-computer with me in my pocket. Not a digital native, I was raised to recognize the growing technological age. As we moved from electric… READ MORE
Category: Ideas to Action 2021
Ideas to Action: The Memory Spot: Digital Conversion and Family Memory Recording Area
By Kent Barnard, Director of the Patterson Memorial Library, 500 Division St. Wild Rose, WI 54984 The idea for The Memory Spot came from a request 6 years ago to see if we could play 8mm tapes of old football games. We couldn’t, but we procured a used 8mm projector from Goodwill. This got us… READ MORE
Ideas to Action: A New Space for Mental Health at Racine Public Library
Ashley Cedeño, Racine Public Library Who is your project reaching and how are you going about that? This project was intended to reach anyone and everyone! We especially invite autistic people, disabled people, those with mental illness and parents and their young children to use the room. Essentially though, community members of all ages and… READ MORE
Ideas to Action: D.R. Moon Memorial Library Connects Amish and Mennonite Students to Library Resources
Elizabeth Miniatt, D. R. Moon Memorial Library Hello from Northern Wisconsin! My name is Elizabeth Miniatt and I am the director at the D.R. Moon Memorial Library, a small public library in Stanley, WI. We received a generous grant through the WiLS Ideas to Action fund in autumn of last year. Our project has the… READ MORE