Registration is open for the 2026 annual meeting of the Southwest Wisconsin Association of Libraries!The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 5th, in the Community Room of the Iowa County Health and Human Services building in Dodgeville. Note: We had initially planned to hold the meeting at the new Dodgeville Public Library, but construction has been delayed,… READ MORE
Category: Learning Opportunities
WiLSWorld Shorts: Connectivity You Can Count On – Mobile Beacon Through WiscNet
This WiLSWorld Shorts was held on Friday, August 14th at 1:00 pm CT. Feel free to watch the recording on the WiLS YouTube channel or view the slides. Reliable internet is a vital resource that’s not only necessary to maintain library operations; it’s sought out by community members who visit the library. WiscNet, which provides… READ MORE
WiLSWorld Shorts: Digitizing Community Collections at America’s Black Holocaust Museum
Join us on Friday, September 18th at 1:00 pm CT for the next WiLSWorld Shorts as staff and interns from America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) in Milwaukee share about their work to digitize and share the museum’s collections. This summer, a team of ABHM interns has been digitizing materials that document Black community history in… READ MORE
Indigenizing Information Institutions: Discounted Webinar Series from UW-Madison iSchool for WiLS Members
WiLS is proud to continue to partner with the UW-Madison Information School to bring our members valuable learning opportunities at a discounted price. This upcoming webinar series, Indigenizing Information Institutions, bridges the gap between traditional library and information practices and Indigenous ways of knowing. What does it look like to truly Indigenize the structures of… READ MORE
Make Data Work for Your Library: Getting Started with WI Public Library Dashboards
Presented by Kim Kiesewetter, Consultant and Data Analyst at WILS and Tim Drexler, Data Services Administrator, SCLS Register here Data can help libraries tell their stories, advocate, and make important decisions. The Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) Data Dashboard, the SCLS Fast Facts, and the WPLC Data Use Toolkit are available to all public libraries… READ MORE