by Andi Coffin
Quick Summary
WiLSWorld 2019 is coming up on July 23rd and 24th at the Pyle Center in Madison, Wisconsin! WiLS, with the WiLSWorld Planning Team, have been busy putting together presentations and people and panels on the topics our members have shared interest in learning more about.
WiLSWorld 2019 is coming up on July 23rd and 24th at the Pyle Center in Madison, Wisconsin! WiLS, with the WiLSWorld Planning Team, have been busy putting together presentations and people and panels on the topics our members have shared interest in learning more about. Here are just a few of the highlights:
- Keynote speaker Rebecca Stavick, co-founder of Open Nebraska, Library Journal Mover & Shaker, and member of the Urban Libraries Council Executive Board.
- Plenary speaker, Madison Public Library - Pinney Branch's Sarah Lawton, LJ Mover & Shaker, featured speaker at last year's Library Journal’s Design Institute in Minneapolis, and member of the PLA Task Force on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice.
- Programs on library data, web accessibility, ebook innovations, library as publisher, expanding broadband access, and so much more!
- Tuesday happy hour at Camp Trippalindee (with free snacks!)
- Wednesday morning workshops on how to get things done with process design, talking the language of user experience, and making the case for open educational resources.
- A reduced-cost Wednesday afternoon workshop on the role of libraries in advancing racial equity with plenary speaker Sarah Lawton and Gordon F. Goodwin from the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, a program of Race Forward.
In addition, you can apply for one of eight WiLSWorld scholarships of up to $350 by July 1st. Fill out this short and simple application for consideration.
See you at WiLSWorld!
