Wisconsin library directors must be certified by the State in order to maintain employment. Under state requirements, directors must accumulate 100 hours of continuing education over a five-year period in order to maintain certification. Evolving community needs and technology requires library staff at all levels to be continually updating their skills in order to provide the best service possible.

Winnefox Library System provides a variety educational opportunities to staff of member libraries. Workshops are open to staff from other library systems and school media centers as well. Recent workshops include:

• From Best-Kept Secret to Best-Seller: Strategies for Spreading Your Library's Story
• Adolescent Readers: Interests, Motivators, and Barriers
• The Library 2.0 Movement Explained
• Customer Service As If Your Library Depended On It
• Blogging the Library
• The Teen Brain: A Work In Progress
• Effective Workplace Organization
• Low Cost Fundraising for Libraries
• Digitization: What is it, Why we Did it, and Why our Patrons Love It!
• Low and No-Cost Ideas for Improving Your Library's Services: Creating a New Culture