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Weekly Digest: Are you watching right now? And a flurry of other news and resources.
Are you going? It’s not too late! It’s the second day of the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference. These are nationally recognized and local experts and you get to go for free! It’s not too late to register. If you miss a session, don’t worry. Recordings will be...
Weekly Digest: Bye Overdrive! And: conferences, webinars, campaigns oh my!
End of the OverDrive app The OverDrive app will sunset at the end of April 2023. This change will simplify how you promote your digital collection, train your staff, and support your users. In the weeks before the OverDrive app sunset, current in-app messaging will be...
Weekly Digest: great learning opportunities near and far, Library Love Story is picking up steam! Plus: annual report made easier
Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference: Did you know? It’s free! (Thanks for support from all 15 Wisconsin Library Systems, and the Public Library Team from the WI Department of Public Instruction with funds from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.) You can...
Weekly Digest: Library Love Story, Library Legislative Day, grant and scholarship options and more important info
It’s a big one this week. Thanks for reading the whole thing! The Library Love Stories are starting to come in! Keep them coming! Take a peek at responses on the google spreadsheet. If you want to add a story, use the form. Staff AND the public are encouraged to use...
Weekly Digest: New on the website, snow snow snow
Hello colleagues! IFLS staff wishes you a warm and cozy holiday. New on the website Checklist: Preparing for Materials Challenges at Your Library This four-step checklist, created by IFLS staff and located near the top of the Challenge Support & Intellectual...
Weekly Digest:
Libraries in the News! (ed. note: cool!) Ellsworth On December 8, 2022, Mike Benoy (computer engineer and library volunteer who teaches the Robotics program at the Ellsworth Public library) and Caroline Herfindahl (Ellsworth Public Library Youth Services Librarian and...
Weekly Digest: Intellectual Freedom working group, Overdrive, what’s coming and what’s new
IFLS Intellectual Freedom Working Group Are you passionate about Intellectual Freedom and interested in making sure that the public libraries in our system have the support they need to prepare for and face challenges? Consider volunteering for the IFLS Intellectual...
Teens and Mental Health
The Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) had some sobering statistics about teen mental health, including that: More than half of all students self-reported “significant problems with anxiety,” with 80.5 percent of students who identify as lesbian, gay, or...
Weekly Digest: talking to each other, e-materials fund
Talking to each other There are a lot of good ways to communicate with each other in our system. Here’s a breakdown. IFLS and MORE email lists These email lists are maintained by IFLS staff, and are the way you send group emails to a particular audience. I share this...
Weekly Digest: news to share, updated grant link, BadgerLink Advisory Group
Squeaking this under the wire before the weekend. Also, your friendly Weekly Digest editor will be stuffing herself with all the delectable treats, so there will be no Digest next week. Happy Thanksgiving and stay warm, y’all! Spread the news, please! Deer Park Public...
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