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 Leah Langby | Feb 24, 2025 | Continuing Education and Certification, Library Administration
Inservice or Staff Development: How can IFLS help? Planning a staff development day? Congratulations! IFLS staff can provide sessions on a variety of topics. Below is a partial list. To request an IFLS staff presenter for your staff development day, please submit a...
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 Leah Langby | Feb 18, 2025 | Storytime, Youth Services
Providing caregivers and young children resources to help them develop the skills they need to flourish in school and in life is one of the joyful responsibilities of public libraries. There are many ways to do that, through collections, formal programming,...
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...
by IFLS Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | MORE, Printibles and Forms
by IFLS Staff | Feb 13, 2025 | Marketing and Advocacy, Printibles and Forms
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...
