by Jamie Matczak | Dec 9, 2024 | Featured Post Slider
Monday Mentions was created in 2018 to reduce the number of emails WVLS members receive from WVLS staff. While every effort is made to include most correspondence in Monday Mentions, there are occasions when individual emails need to be sent. At the September 2024...
by Jamie Matczak | Nov 27, 2024 | Digital Byte, Featured Post Slider
As part of a new bi-monthly series, WVLS is featuring information and resources on fundamental library skills in the WVLS newsletter and as a Digital Byte. This month’s topic is Patron Privacy. In the realm of public libraries, privacy and confidentiality are...
by Jamie Matczak | Nov 3, 2024 | Featured Post Slider
The Wisconsin Valley Library Service (WVLS), a federated public library system, is seeking an innovative, knowledgeable, and experienced team-oriented individual to provide professional and courteous consultant services, onsite and remotely, to 25 public libraries in...
by Jamie Matczak | Aug 7, 2024 | Featured Post Slider
Public libraries serve as indispensable hubs of knowledge, education, and cultural enrichment, fostering lifelong learning and intellectual growth for its users. One critical aspect of this mission is to ensure unequivocal access to the library’s space, services and...
by Jamie Matczak | Jul 23, 2024 | Featured Post Slider
WVLS is excited to announce that Gale Presents: Udemy is now available to all WVLS member library patrons. With Gale Presents: Udemy, patrons can connect to thousands of video-based courses in business, technology, leadership, and personal development. This top...
by Jamie Matczak | Jun 11, 2024 | Featured Post Slider
WVLS has a new recorded webinar available called “Copyright Basics for All Library Staff.” What is fair use? How about Creative Commons? Can you use that image you found online? Can you make copies of that disc? How about making copies of that online...