Recordings of all 14 webinars from the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference are available here. Watch sessions in 4 tracks — Management, R&RA, Small Libraries, & Internal Communications — plus opening and closing sessions. (Recorded webinars may be counted as a Category C continuing education actifity.)
The 13th annual WWWC was a state-wide virtual conference supported by all 15 library systems and DPI. Because of this collaboration, all sessions are available to you at no cost.
Salutations!
Today's Topic: Let's play "Find that Patron!!"
With the rising costs of Hoopla and long hold lists on Libby, it is more imporant than ever to always, always, check carefully for duplicate patrons whenever issuing a new card.
Complicating matters, it was determined at an ALL-WALS meeting that all WALS libraries would enter patron names "as written" (except in ALL-CAPS) on their ID or application form. This means that VanderZanden gets entered as "VANDERZANDEN" and "Van der Zanden" gets entered as "VAN DER ZANDEN." This means last names won't sort together anymore. You need to search by Phone, Street, and Birthdate. Read More...
For conferences and webinars from in-state providers, see the Wisconsin Libraries Professional Learning Calendar.
