by IFLS Staff | May 1, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Advocacy in action! Yay to our northern libraries! And to those who spoke at JFC in Hayward on Monday. 🙂 Here’s a video (you do need a free account to watch the recording). New website training resources Erica just sent out a bunch of new resources. Video: Spring...
by IFLS Staff | Apr 24, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Federal funding news from DPI From Ben Miller: “Wisconsin’s partial LSTA 2025 funding award just came through! We received 50% of our award for a total of $1,615,416. The timeline for the additional 50% is still unknown, but we have been told they are...
by IFLS Staff | Apr 17, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Delivery study is coming! Thank you all for participating and helping IFLS collect this vital information, which is used for a variety of reasons; one of which is when courier companies develop bids for our business they need to see the volume of the library...
by IFLS Staff | Apr 10, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Spring is coming! So is the Delivery Study! The spring delivery study will take place the week of April 21-25. The study instructions, worksheet, and an example of a completed worksheet can also be found on the Delivery Page on the IFLS website...
by IFLS Staff | Apr 2, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Congratulations, grant winners! Seven IFLS libraries received grants for either $10,000 or $20,000 from the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Libraries project! Staff from these libraries are undergoing...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 28, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Advocacy updates Here’s a piece about IMLS funding cuts by WPR. The written article has more information than the radio piece. Small Wisconsin libraries might be hit hard as Trump targets federal funding – WPR Statewide advocacy campaign organizers are working...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 21, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Shake up at IMLS There’s a lot going on right now, and it can be a little overwhelming. I’ll start with what we know. The Executive Order states that IMLS must be reduced to its “statutory functions.” It also requires that “non-statutory components and functions...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 13, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Scholarships still available for WAPL The Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference is coming up in Oshkosh April 30-May 2. IFLS is offering full and partial scholarships to public library workers in IFLS-land to attend! The scholarship covers...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 6, 2025 | Weekly Digest
This is a weekly digest of the best that’s come across our desks this week. If you have news about your library, upcoming events, or information you’d like to share, submit an email with “Digest” in the subject line to kilde@ifls.lib.wi.us. New and Updated Articles...
by IFLS Staff | Feb 27, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Congratulations on another annual report season successfully completed! Wisconsin Science Festival virtual kickoff party The 15th Annual Wisconsin Science Festival is coming up on October 16-26. Are you ready to start making plans for the fall? Just want to learn...
by IFLS Staff | Feb 20, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Data Dashboard pilot extended to June 30, 2025 All library staff are encouraged to utilize this free tool! The dashboard includes over 35 data points from the Annual Report, as well as some customized calculations. All public library service data (as reported to DPI)...
by IFLS Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | Weekly Digest
New content on the IFLS Niche Academy We are working on populating the IFLS Niche Academy with webinars and tutorials. Just this week, we added several new webinars to the Customer Service and the Administration categories. Look for new resources on dealing with...
