WisCode Literati was started as a project of  ILEAD USA- Wisconsin by a group of librarians interested in problem solving, technology, and learning.

Josh Cowles

Josh Cowles is the IT Specialist at Fond du Lac Public Library, but you can think of him as an event planner for the coming robot apocalypse. He is also the coordinator of FDLPL's Idea Studio and a general technology geek with a public service bent. He is an avid collector of hobbies (technological and otherwise) and loves community building and the human side of tech. Josh is an AmeriCorps VISTA alum, founding organizer of the unconference event BarCamp Fond du Lac, and a member of the Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND). Josh blogs occasionally at blog.jcowles.com.

Kimberly Boldt

Kimberly Boldt joined St. Norbert College in 1998 and currently serves as the systems librarian. She oversees all technical aspects of the  library operations, keeps the technology in the library running smoothly, and provides training on the various types of equipment. Kim enjoys traveling, participating in Zumba and spending time with her two teenagers-most days ;-). She is also tremendously excited about the Makerspace movement in the library and created Makers @ the Mulva, a makers events series, in answer to the maker call. She has been instrumental in the development of the campus' first physical space, The Sandbox.  In her spare time, Kim is plotting to take over the world, one library at a time! Or potentially the universe as self-proclaimed IT-lite and web goddess.

Holly Storck-Post

Holly is the Youth Services Coordinator at the Monroe Public Library in Monroe, WI. She loves everything about youth services, especially early literacy work, art/maker/STEAM programming, reading teen books, and finding the perfect books for kids! She is part of the administrative team of the Library as Incubator Project, and enjoys sharing how libraries and artists can work together. Holly blogs about her adventures at Let the Wild Rumpus Start. 

Melody Clark

Melody is the Automated System Administrator for the Arrowhead Library System in Rock County, Wisconsin. She is a librarian who fell into an IT role. In 2014 she started a public library mobile makerspace where she gets to research, purchase and play with all sorts of fun stuff from Legos and squishy circuits to 3D printers! (Someone has to test these things out…)

Tasha Saecker

Tasha Saecker is the Assistant Director at the Appleton Public Library. Tasha has previously been the director of the Green Lake Public Library and the Menasha Public Library. While she has been in administration in public libraries for over 20 years, she still holds onto her children’s and teen librarian roots via her children’s lit blog, Waking Brain Cells.  She plans to survive the robot apocalypse using a horde of green pepper minions.