by IFLS Staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference is: a FREE 2-day conference for library workers in Wisconsin on January 22 and 23. Fourteen different high quality webinars on a variety of topics. Extra-fun to attend live, and also...
by IFLS Staff | Jan 15, 2025 | Jobs
Wage is $12/hour. The purpose of this position is to assist library staff in support tasks, chiefly in shelving library materials and keeping them organized in all collections. This part-time position works afternoons, evenings and one Saturday a month. Specific hours...
by IFLS Staff | Jan 9, 2025 | Weekly Digest
One of the most impactful things you can do for libraries: Library Legislative Day registration deadline is tomorrow We are lucky in Wisconsin. As a result of years of hard work and strategy at the state level we have bipartisan support in Madison for library funding....
by IFLS Staff | Jan 2, 2025 | Weekly Digest
In case you missed this: 2024 annual report info From TWAM: This week, my IFLS colleagues and I will begin compiling data for your libraries’ annual reports, with the goal of having as much data as possible pre-filled into your electronic forms once...
by IFLS Staff | Dec 18, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Library Love Story is ready to go! Library Love Story is our annual advocacy project. We collect testimonials from library lovers and present them to our elected officials at Library Legislative Day (Feb 11 this year). Here’s a link to the Library Love Story form....
by IFLS Staff | Dec 12, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Staff News WLA election results Congratulations to Katelyn Dubiel (IFLS) and Nick Andrews (Elmwood) for being elected to serve our state on WLA’s Wisconsin Small Libraries board, and to our soon-to-be IFLS staffer Jackee Johnson for her election to the Technical...
by IFLS Staff | Dec 5, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Grants and scholarships Apply now for ALA’s Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to help build neighborhood connections! This one seems a little more geared towards slightly larger libraries, as the grant this year will support two libraries’ work...
by IFLS Staff | Nov 27, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Thing #1 New MORE Support Specialist at IFLS Jackee Johnson, currently ILS Administrator at Northern Waters Library Service, has been hired as the new MORE Support Specialist. Jackee’s start date will be January 6, following Kathy Setter’s retirement....
by IFLS Staff | Nov 21, 2024 | Learning Loop
This is a new continuing education blog, hosted by Leah Langby.
by IFLS Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Libraries Transforming Communities: Applications for Round 3 are Now Open! Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant offering is open to small and rural libraries to increase the accessibility of facilities, services, and...
by IFLS Staff | Nov 14, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Tomorrow in Bloomer: Wisconsin Author Open House Tomorrow Bloomer’s public library is having an author open house from 2-5 pm, featuring 12 Wisconsin authors. They will be reading excerpts from their books while we enjoy cookies, cocoa and coffee. Throughout the...
by IFLS Staff | Nov 7, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Barron County residents support their libraries Last Monday the Barron County Board of Supervisors voted to reinstate the 78% reimbursement for Barron County libraries. Residents expressed strong support of libraries, and library workers offered clear explanations of...
