We are very excited to share the awardees for this year’s Ideas to Action Fund! The WiLS Board and staff had very hard decisions to make, sifting through intriguing and important ideas proposed by a record-breaking 53 public, academic, and K12 libraries as well as cultural and tribal organizations. We are honored to see the… READ MORE
Category: Member News
Ideas to Action Fund 2023: Bringing Our History to Life
This update on this WiLS 2023 Ideas to Action Fund project, Bringing Our History to Life, is provided by Marci Meyer, Clear Lake School District Librarian. “We have such a great museum but nobody knows what’s in there.” That is what went through my mind when I decided to apply for the WiLS Ideas to… READ MORE
Ideas to Action Fund 2023: Poem in Your Pocket Day Update
UW-Stevens Point’s Poem in Your Pocket Day project is a recipient of 2023 Ideas to Action Funds. The project aims to share the love of poetry in the Central Wisconsin region by distributing poems with colleagues, family, neighbors, and strangers. The poems are meant to be read and shared at work, school, in local establishments,… READ MORE
WiLS 2023 Ideas to Action Fund Recipients
After a record-breaking number of applications from 47 WiLS member organizations, our staff and Board are delighted to share with you the amazing projects that have been selected to receive grants from the WiLS Ideas to Action Fund in 2023! Clear Lake School District, Bringing Our History to Life Using traveling display cases, the project… READ MORE
City Library Collective Presents: The Library Resilience Toolkit
In 2021, eleven mid-size Wisconsin public libraries formed the City Library Collective (CLC) to address common issues and use collective knowledge and experience to improve their organizations and services to their communities. The group was awarded an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant in order to collaboratively explore the concept of Libraries as Centers for… READ MORE