Attending the 2026 Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) Conference on behalf of WiLS and the Culture Keepers Collective in Spokane, Washington was, as always, both professionally and personally meaningful. I attended once before as a student in 2019, so this was my first time as a WiLS staff member. What strikes me… READ MORE
Category: Learning Opportunities
New Membership Perk! WiLS Joins the Professional Development Alliance
In our ongoing efforts to bring our members as many learning opportunities as we can, WiLS has joined the Professional Development Alliance, a group of library consortia collaborating to expand the available pool of professional development opportunities for library workers at member institutions. These events are free and open to anyone who wishes to attend…. READ MORE
WiLSWorld Shorts: Libraries Supporting Small Business – Building Partnerships for Local Economic Development
Join us on Wednesday, October 28th at 1:00 pm CT for a virtual session exploring the essential role libraries can play in strengthening Wisconsin’s local economies and supporting entrepreneurial success. This session will introduce how the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) supports businesses statewide and how your library can collaborate with WEDC to strengthen or… READ MORE
Data Projects from the WiLS Community: Measuring Programming Impact
The WiLS Data Classroom is a library data-focused professional development cohort that runs for six months to boost participants’ data skills by helping them make meaningful use of data and create compelling data-informed stories about their organizations. As part of the experience, participants have the option to develop a real-world research project to work through… READ MORE
Register for SWAL 2026
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