This edition of WiLSWorld Shorts was held on Friday, August 16th at 1:00 pm CT. You can watch the recording on WiLS’ YouTube channel, or reach out to Kim at kim@wils.org with any questions. Join WiLS Data Analyst Kim Kiesewetter on Friday, August 16th at 1:00 pm CT for the inaugural episode of WiLSWorld Shorts:… READ MORE
WiLS is proud to announce our first cohort of Data Classroom graduates! The cohort members spent the last six months engaged in library-centric data and research training and recently completed their final showcase to highlight their work. We were so impressed, we wanted to share it with our members, too! The Data Classroom experience is… READ MORE
Recollection Wisconsin connects cultural heritage institutions – libraries, archives, historical societies, and community organizations – statewide to preserve, promote, and facilitate access to Wisconsin’s rich history through collaboration and infrastructure. By providing both a unified portal to partners’ historical collections and a wide variety of support services for creating those collections, Recollection Wisconsin increases awareness of… READ MORE
TALK (Text and Learn for Kindergarten) is a program that delivers early learning activities several times per week via text messages to caregivers of children under 6, in either English or Spanish. Based on Every Child Ready to Read, TALK activities build pre-literacy skills starting from birth, such as hearing letter sounds, building hand muscles and dexterity,… READ MORE
WiLS is excited to share a new partnership with the UW-Madison iSchool! This October, the iSchool will host a five-part tech crash course series on AI and Libraries, featuring expert-led webinars focused on the opportunities and challenges libraries are now presented with when it comes to ChatGPT and other generative AI. This series is for… READ MORE