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About Our Services

Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning (RL&LL) is a team within the Department of Public Instruction. Staff engages in statewide planning, coordination, and provision of services to assure that Wisconsin residents have equitable access to the collective knowledge and information resources in the state's libraries. The staff provides reference and interlibrary loan referral services, loans materials from the collection, promotes and provides staffing for AskAway virtual reference services, develops online resource sharing tools such as WISCAT, BadgerLink, the Wisconsin Digital Archives, and other online resources, and manages statewide contracts, all of which contribute to the state's information network and support of lifelong learning for Wisconsin residents.