by IFLS Staff | Oct 29, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Reminder: Delivery Study starts on Monday All the details are on the Delivery Page. Are you a Carnegie Library? Here’s $10,000 for you Carnegie Libraries across America will each receive a $10,000 gift to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the...
by IFLS Staff | Oct 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
2026 Public Library grant for science kits The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 4 Science Kits for Public Libraries (SKPL) grant program is offering up to $2,000 in funding to public libraries to establish a circulating science kits...
by IFLS Staff | Oct 2, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Are you a member of ARSL? It’s a great grant resource! ARSL has a grant portal. Here’s two of the four announcements they sent out this week. Mobile Learning Fund Important Dates: Rolling application process,. Geographic Scope: United States Opportunity...
by IFLS Staff | Sep 25, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Important! Link format for security: share with all staff. This is from Kris Schwartz. Whenever you share a link to your website, we need to use a new format that starts with https:// and excludes the www. Using Spring Valley as an example, don’t use the old format:...
by IFLS Staff | Sep 17, 2025 | Weekly Digest
If you have news about your library that you’d like to share with other IFLS library staff, send Reb an email at [email protected] Grant$ Gov. Evers Announces $50 Million in Grants Available for Local Community Development Projects Statewide, Proposals due...
by IFLS Staff | Sep 11, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Congratualtions! Congratulations to Emily Resendiz, director of the Calhoun Memorial Library in Chetek. Emily is the recipient of the Wisconsin Library Association’s 2025 George Bauer Memorial Fund Scholarship! As she said, “I want to deepen my knowledge and bring...
by IFLS Staff | Sep 4, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Governor Evers honors Jeanette Rydberg On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Governor Tony Evers presented a special plaque of recognition to Jeanette Rydberg in honor of her 48 years of service as a teacher and librarian. We wish her all the best in her retirement. Well,...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 27, 2025 | Weekly Digest
IFLS Needs Bubble Bags IFLS is running low on its supply of bubble bags for CDs and other breakable cases. If you have an oversupply in your library, please send the extras back to IFLS as delivery space allows. Once we get in the extras, we’ll be evaluating...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 21, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Polk County Board approves library funding There was an enthusiastic outpouring of community support to the Polk County Board due to the excellent outreach and advocacy work done by Polk County libraries. Well done, and congratulations! Do you read TWAM? TWAM is the...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 14, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Short and sweet this week! BioBlitz is coming! The 15th annual Wisconsin Science Festival Bioblitz event is coming up October 16-26. Public libraries are perfect venues for this type of event and a great way to get patrons outside. If you have any never heard of a...
by IFLS Staff | Aug 7, 2025 | Weekly Digest
Reminder that the Summer Delivery Study begins on Monday, August 11! The study instructions, worksheet, and an example of a completed worksheet can be found on the Delivery Page of the IFLS website (https://iflsweb.org/for-librarians/delivery). If you have any...
