by Leah Langby | Aug 12, 2025 | Learning Loop
Christinna Swearingen from the Rusk County Community Library in Ladysmith received a scholarship to attend the Rural Summit in Anchorage, Alaska. The scholarship covered the conference, but not travel costs, and IFLS was able to assist with those costs thanks to an...
by Leah Langby | Jun 20, 2025 | Learning Loop
Both Darien Becker (Prescott) and Judy Kraetke (Park Falls) took the four-week online UW Madison iSchool course The Next Chapter: Programs and Services for Older Adults with instructor Angela Meyers this spring, and both wholeheartedly recommend the class to...
by Leah Langby | Jun 2, 2025 | Keeping Up With Kids, Learning Loop
Thanks to Nikki Witt, the Youth Services Coordinator from the D.R. Moon Memorial Library in Stanley for sharing insights and take-aways from the UW Madison iSchool Course: Playing Around: The Library’s Role in Playful Learning for Young Children. Nikki was...
by Leah Langby | Jun 2, 2025 | Learning Loop
Thanks to Florence LaBeau, the children’s librarian in Woodville, for sharing these three take-aways from sessions she attended at the WAPL Conference in May. Florence received a scholarship from IFLS, made possible with funding from the Wisconsin Department of...
by Leah Langby | May 28, 2025 | Learning Loop
Guest post by Kristina Kelley-Johnson, Director, Somerset Public Library. The library received scholarship funds from IFLS (through IMLS) to follow up another inservice training at their library. Small Steps, Big Shifts: What DEI Training Sparked in Our Library...
by Leah Langby | May 22, 2025 | Learning Loop
Thanks to Jessica Dunn from the Colfax Public Library for this post. Jessica received a scholarship from IFLS (with IMLS funding) to participate in an eight-week class from the UW-Madison iSchool, Desk Ready. This eight-week class, “Reference Desk Ready,” was through...
