by IFLS Staff | Oct 31, 2024 | Weekly Digest
CORRECTION: there will be no budget vote at the next MORE Directors Council meeting. The calendar entry has also been corrected. End of year tech purchasing The cutoff date for computer purchases for this year is December 1. Brad sent out a reminder with costs and...
by IFLS Staff | Oct 24, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Reminder! Delivery study is next week! Questions go Katelyn at dubiel@ifls.lib.wi.us. Friends of the Library Grants for Small and Rural Libraries United for Libraries and Penguin Random House will award grants of $500 and $1,000 (totaling $25,000) to support libraries...
by IFLS Staff | Oct 17, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Help update and grow Book Club kits It isn’t news that book clubs are hot, but it might be news that your local public library is very involved in those book clubs. Many school and public libraries purchase multiple copies of a title and circulate them as a book club...
by IFLS Staff | Oct 10, 2024 | Weekly Digest
And the winners are… Congratulations! What a month! Five IFLS-area libraries won grant funding from the Flexible Facilities Program: Cadott, Fall Creek, Hammond, River Falls, and Stanley. Somerset won a grant from the WiLS Ideas to Action Fund. Rebecca Puhl...
by IFLS Staff | Oct 4, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Congratulations! WLA Announces 2024 Annual Award winners include: Rebecca Puhl, Library Director, Phillips Public Library, Phillips, won the WLA/WEMTA Intellectual Freedom Award. Well deserved! University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McIntyre Library, Eau Claire, won the...
by IFLS Staff | Oct 2, 2024 | Jobs
The Baldwin Public Library seeks a well-organized and community-minded leader to direct the operations of their library. The library is currently evaluating the need for an expanded facility which will enhance the library’s programming and services to the community....
by IFLS Staff | Sep 26, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Since you asked: Library Elf, MORE brochure update, and improved app quickstart guide Library Elf for MORE to end December 31, 2024 MORE’s Library Elf custom notification service will be discontinued on December 31, 2024. You may want to suggest some or all of...
by IFLS Staff | Sep 20, 2024 | Weekly Digest
You’re invited New Richmond is having a ceremony to celebrate the groundbreaking on our new library. I am attaching an invitation for you all to share with your staff and contacts. Anyone who is interested in joining us is welcome to head over to New Richmond next...
by IFLS Staff | Sep 12, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Read the Weekly Digest to get the most timely information from IFLS! We aggregate and send the week’s important information for library workers in our system in a neat little package every Thursday. Weekly Digest is also a searchable blog, and you can find it on the...
by IFLS Staff | Sep 6, 2024 | Weekly Digest
I hope y’all had a really good long weekend! Here’s the scoop. Libraries in the news Menomonie celebrates 150 years, featured on WEAU. Send your news to kilde@ifls.lib.wi.us with “news” in the subject line. Needed at IFLS: plastic courier envelopes If you have any of...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 29, 2024 | Weekly Digest
Want a book? IFLS still has 12 copies of this book Quadzilla Finds His Footing by A J Dillon to give away to any library that wants them. Let Leah know if you would like a copy (or two or three or four) to give away or add to your collection! We will donate whatever...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 22, 2024 | Weekly Digest
New on BadgerLInk! BadgerLink just announced a suite of new resources, with details about changes and additions. New on the list: Britannica School Early Elementary Learning resource collection tailored to the unique needs of PreK-2 students and educators. Britannica...
