Attending the 2025 Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) Conference in the homelands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was a deeply enriching experience, combining professional learning, cultural connection, and a strong sense of place. Set against the Smoky Mountains at the height of fall, with mist rising over ridgelines and vibrant… READ MORE
Category: Member News
Academic Library Staff Lunch and Learn: Strategies for Managing a Changing Government Information Landscape
Libraries have long relied on trustworthy, free information available online from federal government agencies, including from the NIH, NLM, CDC, NSF, and others. As that landscape changes, libraries are looking for other sources of reliable and accessible information to share with students, faculty, and community patrons. Join other academic library staff on Wednesday, December 10th… READ MORE
Celebrating and Protecting Our Freedom To Read
Public, academic, and school libraries across Wisconsin and the country highlighted the importance of freedom of choice in what we read during Banned Books Week, October 5th-11th. Organized in 1982 in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA), Banned Books Week was created in response to a sudden increase in the number of book challenges… READ MORE
Presenting the 2025 Ideas to Action Fund Awardees!
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 64 public, academic, and K12 libraries as well as cultural and tribal organizations. We are honored to see the… READ MORE
WSDLC’s Reach More Readers Challenge
Since 2022, the Wisconsin Schools Digital Library Consortium (WSDLC) has hosted the Reach More Readers Challenge, a friendly competition between WSDLC-member school districts with the goal of (re)introducing students to the digital materials available to them year-round, encouraging and empowering them to continue reading all summer long. This competition is simple: Library staff at WSDLC… READ MORE