The WiLS Ideas to Action Fund provides grants of up to $5,000 so member organizations can bring their project ideas to life. The Fund encourages partnerships and collaborations among WiLS members and with community partners, supports innovative and exploratory new work within the Wisconsin library community, and seeds the development of processes, methods, or resources that can… READ MORE
Category: Ideas to Action
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
WiLS 2022 Ideas to Action Fund Application Period is Open
The WiLS Ideas to Action Fund provides grants of up to $5,000 so member organizations can bring their project ideas to life. The Fund encourages partnerships and collaborations among WiLS members and with community partners, supports innovative and exploratory new work within the Wisconsin library community, and seeds the development of processes, methods, or resources that can… READ MORE
Preparing Your WiLS Ideas to Action Fund Proposal
This webinar was held on April 8th, 2022. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel. WiLS 2022 Ideas to Action Fund application period is open from April 11th through June 6th and we want to help you write the most compelling and fundable proposal possible! The Fund offers grants of up to $5000… 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