What's New for Member Libraries

Posted by Joy Schwarz
Winnefox Library System
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 7:52am

Save Wed & Thu Jan. 22 and 23, 2020 for the annual Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference.
Topics include Making the Most of the Space You Have; Help Your Patrons Cut the Cable Cord; Programming With Purpose; Social Media Trends 2020; Managing a Multigenerational Library Staff; and Displays On a Dime.
There are 14 concurrent sessions in 4 tracks — small & mighty, tech trends, adult services, and library management — plus opening and closing sessions.

What's New in WALS

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Posted by Karla Smith
Winnefox Library System
Monday, January 20, 2025 - 11:42am

Salutations!

There have been several requests for the return of the Monday ‘Minder, so I will do my best!  I will also be recruiting ‘Minders from other staff.  If YOU have an idea for a Monday ‘Minder, and would like to share, please let me know!   

That said, I have 1 new tech trick and an “oldie, but goodie” ‘Minder to kick us off.

Today’s Tech Tip: Do you use Chrome, Firefox, or Brave as your default browser? Does it annoy you that whenever you click on a link in Outlook it opens in Edge—even tho’ you have already set a default browser? Or that it automatically opens Excel or Word files in a browser?  Here’s how to fix it:

Screenshot of Outlook Advanced settings

Right above the setting for opening hyperlinks is the setting for opening Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files.

Today's Topic:  Let's play "Find that Patron!!" 

At an ALL-WALS meeting last year it was decided 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."  Reminder: you need to be more diligent when searching for duplicate users because last names won't sort together anymore.  Read More...

What's New in General

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Posted by Keetra Baker
Winnefox Library System
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 10:49am

Have you noticed the HeritageQuest Online "Featured Resource" block on your main Research Tools page?  This is something new I've implemented for 2015 in the hopes of increasing usage on your electronic resources.  Each month, sometime between mid-month and the end of the month, I'll be featuring a different electronic resource.  Feel free to borrow the graphic, text, links (please right-click the link and "copy link location" to preserve the link I've used - contact me with any questions) if you'd like to promote the resource on your homepage, your Facebook, etc.  Let's get the word out th

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