The Wisconsin Library Association Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of several scholarships for library professionals to attend workshops, conference sessions or other library continuing education programs. A scholarship is a great way to fund conference attendance or help finance a master's degree.The WLA Foundation focuses on two areas:•Annual scholarships for library education (approximately $950 - $1600)•Continuing education for WLA members and prospective students (approximately $800- $900)The WLA Foundation's goal is to encourage lifetime learning, conference participation and professional development. Applications are due July 18, 2016; the eligibility requirements and online forms are available at http://wla.wisconsinlibraries.org/awards-scholarships/scholarships/scholarships-grants. Awards will be announced by August 1....

Think Sunday, August 21...the warm August air envelopes you as you relax outside while the afternoon turns to dusk. You take in the sunset colors of the sky and the beauty of the water; your toes curl in the sand on the beach. Someone walks by your chair and rests a lei of flowers across your shoulders. You sigh in relaxation and take a sip from the Mai Tai in your hand. Off to your right, the torches are being lit in preparation for the night's prformance of live Polynesian music, Hula Dancers, and Fire and Knife Breathers. Even though it might seem as if you're off on the beautiful island beaches of Kauai, tonight you are actually at the WLA Foundation Summer Fundraiser and the members of the Luau Fundraiser Committee are pleased to invite you to what is sure to be one of the best events of the year!...

It has become an annual tradition for AWSL to sponsor a June tour of a special library. Here are the particulars... When: Wednesday, June 22. Chemistry Library tour from 4:00pm-4:40pm, Map Library from 4:50-5:30, and a social on the terrace right after. Where: We'll meet between 3:45 and 4 at the corner of Mills and University (near the bike racks) by the Chemistry building and begin the tour there. We will then walk to the map library (about a 10-12 minute walk) and then to the terrace. Who: Any WLA member interested in touring a special library! Due to space limitations, please RVSP via email (Kris.Turner@wisc.edu) if you are interested in joining us. More information about the two libraries is below. I look forward to seeing you on this tour and enjoying a pleasant summer evening on the terrace with fellow librarians! If you have any questions, please let me know....

Join us in Madison on Friday, June 24, for Government Information Day 2016! We’ll have demonstrations of the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s new data dashboard and GovInfo, the new interface for FedSys. We’ll also have our annual updates on the state and federal depository programs, and the day will conclude with a discussion about weeding of government document collections. We hope to see you there! Check out the Schedule for the day.... REGISTRATION is now open, either online or use the PDF. Registration cost is $10. UW-Madison, Memorial LibraryRoom 126 (located near the upper-left corner of the floor plan at this link: http://memorial.library.wisc.edu/about/floorplans.html#a)728 State StreetMadison, WI Sign-in begins at 8:45 a.m., program begins at 9:30 a.m....

125 years ago, on February 11, 1891, a group of individuals gathered in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (located in Wisconsin's second Capitol) for the purpose of establishing a state library association.  At that meeting, a constitution was adopted and officers were elected. The officers included K. A. Linderfelt, president; R. G. Thwaites, vice-president; and F. A. Hutchins, secretary-treasurer. By this action, the Wisconsin Library Association became the sixth state library association created in the nation.   The 125 years of library leadership and support by the association has had a positive impact on all types of Wisconsin libraries and on the library service delivered by those libraries to the people of Wisconsin. As Wisconsin libraries look to the future, it is also a time to acknowledge the tremendous library growth and development that has occurred in the last 125 years. Through good times and hard times...