by IFLS Staff | Feb 6, 2025 | Weekly Digest
It’s group supply order time! It is time for the annual group supply order. Please return your order form by end of day Wednesday, February 19. Please refer to Sarah’s email from January 30, which included complete instructions and details. There are also some surplus...
by Leah Langby | Feb 3, 2025 | Continuing Education and Certification
Wisconsin Public Library Systems regularly collaborate, often with funding from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to leverage resources to bring high quality continuing education resources to...
by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had a heart-breaking conversation with a library director this week who was reeling from a two recent local deaths from suicide, and looking for resources for potential programming to help her community address significant mental health concerns. Lots of...
by Leah Langby | Jan 16, 2025 | Learning Loop
14 free, high quality webinars created especially for Wisconsin public library workers, it must be the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! I’ve highlighted four super-practical webinars that will enhance any public library worker’s job are below, but check out the...
by IFLS Staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Continuing Education and Certification
IFLS Staff Academy Hosted on Niche Academy, the IFLS Staff Academy is full of short tutorials about things you need to know: Using MORE and Sierra, Interlibrary Loan, Library Ethics, Youth Services, Collection Development, Trustee Development, and Administration. It...
by Leah Langby | Jan 15, 2025 | Learning Loop
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. All are recorded, but it is extra-fun to attend live! I’ll be sending a few...
by Leah Langby | Dec 20, 2024 | Learning Loop
Heather Wiarda from Amery received a scholarship to attend the 2024 Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts in September. She created a Power Point slides about the conference, complete with links to her notes and further...
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 Leah Langby | Dec 12, 2024 | Learning Loop
Jennifer Mabie is the director at the Hawkins Area Library, and she attended her first Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference this fall, thanks to a scholarship from IFLS (funded by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with a grant from the...
by Leah Langby | Dec 11, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Storytime Break Activities in Altoona Anyone who has spoken with me about youth services knows that I am a very big proponent of taking breaks from weekly storytime. It gives you a chance to try new things, keeps you from burning out, allows you time to focus on...
