NFLS is offering a 2019 $300 scholarship opportunity to its library members who wish to attend WLA's Leadership Development Institute Scheduled August 7-9, 2019 at the Madison Public Library.

Scholarship grant application forms are due May 15, 2019. 

Grant funds are to be used in the areas of Workforce Development, Lifelong Learning, and/or Technology. Collaboration with other libraries is encouraged, but not necessary.

This grant is a onetime only grant, available to NFLS member libraries.  Sustainability for any projects started with I&I grant funding should be considered and accounted for in the recipient library’s budget.
 
Upon completion of the grant project, recipients will be required to give a brief report to the NFLS Advisory Committee of Librarians and work with NFLS on a short publicity presentation. Grant application forms are due June 3, 2019.

​STEAM-tastic Programs
Friday, May 10, 9:30-3:30
CVTC Energy Education Center, Eau Claire
 
Learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math Programs with Leah Hamilton, including:

• Finding partners and volunteers to help you
• How STEAM programs at libraries can address the technical skills and opportunity gap
• Practical program ideas to implement with all ages (children through adults)

 
**This program provides 5 contact hours (and 5 technology hours) for library directors needing hours for certification**

The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s website has a lot of information to offer library staff. What some may not realize is that CSLP has curated a list of resources related to inclusion.

Visit www.cslpreads.org, hover over the “Inclusion Resources” tab, and you will find a plethora of different topics.

Here are some upcoming WiLS Events for April, May, and June - including Peer Council and the 2019 Ideas to Action Fund!  Learn more about WiLS at https://www.wils.org/about-wils/.

Through the Wisconsin Author Project, made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, libraries are helping local authors get the recognition they deserve for writing great books. Wisconsin residents who are authors of self-published adult or young adult fiction will be invited to submit their work. One winner will receive $1,000, inclusion in a full page spread in Library Journal, be honored at PLA 2020 in Nashville, and be recognized at the awards ceremony of the Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference in October. 

Submissions are due by May 31st. The submitted books will be reviewed by staff at Library Journal and by members of the Wisconsin library community. The winner will be announced this fall at the Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Library Association.
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For marketing materials and more information, or to submit a book for consideration, visit the Wisconsin Author Project website.