by IFLS Staff | May 30, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Tip Jar! Open Meetings Law: Walking Quorums – Beware! Be sure to educate your boards on walking quorums, which can happen easier than you think. Example: Gandalf is willing to put on a firework display for a library SRP kickoff but needs board approval for cost...
by IFLS Staff | May 10, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Not much to share this week! Send your news, announcements and other info by end of the day on Wednesdays to be included in Weekly Digest. Coming up on the IFLS calendar Build Skills & Take Action to Stand Up for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Wed May 17th...
by IFLS Staff | Apr 6, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Partnership Opportunity with books and stipend, apply by May 10 ALA invites library workers to apply for “Imagining Tomorrow: Building Inclusive Futures.” This brand-new series in ALA’s Great Stories Club will feature science fiction books that explore questions of...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 30, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Privacy: is your library up to speed? Wisconsin public library workers have access to a tutorial covering the basics of privacy and public libraries, with specific attention to Wisconsin laws. All the details are on the IFLS Continuing Education page and is now added...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 23, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Grant Alert Deadlines: Quarterly; the last day of each quarter T-Mobile Hometown Grants is a $25 million, five-year initiative to support the people and organizations who help small towns across America thrive and grow. Hometown Grants are given every quarter to up to...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 16, 2023 | Weekly Digest
WiLSWorld Shorts – Book Challenge Hindsight: What You Wish You’d Known On Friday, March 24th at 1:00 pm CT, WiLS is hosting a WILSWorld Shorts with a panel of people involved with K12 and public libraries who have valuable experience and advice to share on...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 9, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Grant for Solar! EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is accepting applications for grants that will fund solar installations at libraries around the world. $300,000 in grants are available to libraries looking to fund a solar project to reduce electricity costs. All...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Missed one! What you need to know about this year’s Beanstack If you are a library that has used Beanstack in the past, you should have received this information already from our Beanstack rep Becky Garrety. If you didn’t receive it, OR if your library hasn’t used...
by IFLS Staff | Mar 2, 2023 | Weekly Digest
ARSL Advocacy Center Build your advocacy muscles with the new ARSL Advocacy Center! Built and maintained by the ARSL Advocacy Committee, our advocacy resources are tailor-made for addressing the needs and effectively communicating the impact of small, rural libraries....
by IFLS Staff | Feb 23, 2023 | Weekly Digest
$$$ opportunity closing Feb 28 Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities will offer more than $7 million in grants to small and rural libraries to increase the accessibility of facilities, services, and programs to better serve people...
by IFLS Staff | Feb 16, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Bins needed at Waltco! The Waltco terminal is running very low on empty bins. Libraries with an abundance of empties are encouraged to send them to Waltco for redistribution. Katelyn is looking into the bin inventory. Any questions to Katelyn (noack@ifls.lib.wi.us)...
by IFLS Staff | Feb 10, 2023 | Weekly Digest
Supply order due Feb 24 If you didn’t get the email with all the details and the form, contact Kathy at setter@ifls.lib.wi.us. (Reminder from the Marketing Committee: this might be a good time to order swag for Explore MORE Passport prizes.) On the IFLS calendar...
