Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019
Time: 10am - 12:30pm
Lunch: free pizza!
Location: TBA (somewhere central to libraries in MCLS, NFLS, and WLS)
This will be your opportunity to talk about this year's Summer Library Program:

• Things that worked well
• What you learned from things that didn't work the way you planned
• Programs that could be offered in the future, regardless of theme
• How you structured your programs and events
• Things you'd like changed or improved
• Ways you found to gather donations for prizes
• Outreach success stories

Applications Due by August 30, 2019.

Are you interested in an amazing opportunity to learn to work with librarians, first responders, health professionals, and the public in emergencies for free?

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region (NNLM GMR) and Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (Midwest Chapter/MLA) have joined together to provide an opportunity for local public librarians, first responders, or public health professionals to attend free training in the field of disaster information and planning at the Midwest Chapter/MLA Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, WI, on October 5, 2019.

The following workshops that are being offered by ALA September - October, 2019:

Below are the headlines from the 08/09/2019 - 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• BadgerLink Outage Postponed Again: New Dates September 6-9
• WLA Online Election Ballot Due August 16
  
• WLA 2019 Registration is Open
  
• A Unique Way for Libraries to Raise the Funds they Need
  
• Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) Newsletter
  
• CSLP Annual End-of-Summer Survey - Due September 13th

We all know libraries and their services are supposed to be available to everyone. It’s even in Wisconsin law that public libraries have to be accessible to people with “special needs.”

But how can we predict which special needs we need to accommodate? … or which unique combinations of barriers and assets people will need us to address?

The Inclusive Services Assessment and Guide for Wisconsin Public Libraries is meant to be your roadmap for these issues. To see what we mean by this, watch this short video about how one library navigated inclusive services.