Digital Lites Blog
Guns in the Library: You Have the Policy… How Do You Enforce It?
(Wisconsin Libraries for Everyone, published January 12, 2017) If your policy states that weapons are prohibited, consider including an action plan in the event that this condition is violated. For example, the policy could state, "The Library is a weapon free...
Courier Best Practices Video is Available!
From transit slips to packing blue bins, the WVLS Courier Best Practices Video demonstrates preparing library items for courier to the Waltco sorting site. Check out the WVLS YouTube channel for the courier video, workshop recordings, and makerspace videos! Submitted...
Makerspace Magic – Get Your Free Librarian’s Guide
Get your students flocking to your library or makerspace and creating magical inventions with littleBits – easy-to-use electronic building blocks that snap together with magnets. Your students will be engaging in powerful STEM/STEAM learning and you’ll watch...
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten App is Here!
Get Ready, Get Set, Read the information below and then GO! The Good News Last April, WVLS announced we had accepted the invitation from Bridges Library System (BLS) to be a part of Phase II development for a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten App 2.0. A roll out version...
Book Reading 2016 – PEW Research Study
A growing share of Americans are reading e-books on tablets and smartphones rather than dedicated e-readers, but print books remain much more popular than books in digital formats. Americans today have an enormous variety of content available to them at any time of...
Makerspace Kit Videos
Checkout the WVLS You Tube channel for makerspace how to videos. WVLS is creating Makerspace Kit videos that walk through how to use a makerspace kit for library team members. These 3-5 minute videos are meant to show library team members how to use an item without...