by IFLS Staff | Apr 24, 2025 | Jobs
This position is for 15 hours per week, with shifts varying based on the library’s needs. Shifts will be approximately 3 hours long and scheduled between 10:00 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. The position requires availability 5 days per week, including a rotating Saturday shift...
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 23, 2025 | Jobs
The Chippewa Falls Public Library is seeking applicants for Evening Clerk I WAGE: $12/HR REPORTS TO: Circulation Services Coordinator / Social Media Specialist and Circulation Services Assistant. PURPOSE OF POSITION: Assist staff in support tasks, chiefly in shelving...
by IFLS Staff | Apr 23, 2025 | Jobs
The Chippewa Falls Public Library is seeking applicants for Daytime Clerk I WAGE: $12/HR REPORTS TO: Circulation Services Coordinator and other Departments as needed. PURPOSE OF POSITION: Assist in support tasks, chiefly handling courier materials, paging slips,...
by IFLS Staff | Apr 23, 2025 | Jobs
The Chippewa Falls Public Library is seeking applicants for Youth Services Assistant I WAGE: $14/HR REPORTS TO: Youth Services Coordinator PURPOSE OF POSITION: Assist Youth Services staff in providing library services to youth (ages birth-18), their parents and...
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 12, 2025 | Jobs
The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is seeking an outgoing, enthusiastic and detail-oriented Library Assistant who has a passion for public service, exemplary customer service and strong organizational skills. The position will assist customers by performing a...