WiLS was honored to partner with the Southwest Wisconsin Library System and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to develop the Data Landscape Report, released last month. This report provides a foundational assessment of the statewide “data ecosystem” – the intersection of all the people, organizations, and resources in the state involved in library data usage and how they currently function. The report also includes a toolkit – videos, slides, and discussion questions – that can be used as a resource to facilitate internal discussions about how libraries and systems already have access to data and how it can be better leveraged to improve operations, plan strategically, and make decisions.
For questions regarding the Data Landscape Study Final Report, please contact the DPI Library Services Team State Data Coordinator, Melissa Aro, at melissa.aro@dpi.wi.gov.