WiLS has embarked on the third year of its grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to advance the creation and preservation of digital collections in Wisconsin’s tribal archives, libraries, and museums. The three-year initiative, Curating Indigenous Digital Collections (CIDC), funds a series of post-graduate fellowships to support knowledge preservation and language revitalization… READ MORE
Category: Services & Projects
IMLS APP Community Memory Cohorts: That’s a Wrap!
“It was a great experience to have and one to learn from. It’s bittersweet to be ending!” – Camrin Sullivan, Lakeview Community Library, Random Lake, WI (Cohort 2) By Ellen Brooks At the end of 2022, we shared a blog post reporting on some of the outcomes from the IMLS Accelerating Promising Practices Community Memory… READ MORE
WiLS Data Classroom: Practical Data Skills for Libraries, with Libraries
This fall, you can be a part of the first WiLS Data Classroom to learn practical data skills specifically for public libraries and with public library peers. This opportunity allows you to: increase your data skills and confidence make meaningful use of the data you are already collecting create compelling data-informed stories about your library… READ MORE
Demco Book Care Happy Hour
We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for our members from our vendor partner, Demco. Our cooperative purchasing members are cordially invited to join colleagues and Demco for a hands-on book care workshop led by Book Doctor, Kimberly Young. There are two opportunities to attend! Workshops will be held at the Demco offices in… READ MORE
WiLSWorld Shorts: Meet the DPLA Digital Equity Project
On September 15, 2023, at 1:00 pm, Celeste Contreras, community ambassador to the Milwaukee Women’s Art Library, and Derek Webb, head of archives at UW-Milwaukee Libraries, joined us for WiLSWorld Shorts to teach us about their DPLA-funded Digital Equity Project! You can find the recording on our YouTube channel. Since November 2022, the University of… READ MORE