In September of 2022, Dr. Kelli Hughes Jones, Reference Librarian at Waukesha County Technical College, was awarded an Ideas to Action Fund grant to develop the project, Walking in Community: A Place of Our Own. At our annual Member Meeting in February 2023, Dr. Hughes Jones delivered a video update on the project and the… READ MORE
Category: Ideas to Action
Meet the Ideas to Action 2022 Awardees
2022 marks the fifth anniversary of WiLS’ Ideas to Action Fund. This opportunity, offered annually by the WiLS Board, supports innovative and collaborative work in order to inspire the creation of new processes, methods, or resources that can be used by other WiLS member libraries and cultural organizations. This year, we received 33 outstanding proposals… READ MORE
Ideas to Action: Chilton Public Library Bridges the Technology Divide
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
Ideas to Action Fund deadline extended to June 20
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
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