Please see the links from the 2019 WLA convention below.  For those of you who attended, please fill out the Attendee Survey.

For all… I would highly recommend the link to the Keynote Speaker if you were not in attendance in person (and even if you were… it never hurts to hear good stuff twice).

Thanks for supporting WLA
Tracy Vreeke

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• Free Webinar: Addressing Ableism in Your Built Environment
• Apply for PLA Awards & Grants by December 6
• CSLP 2020 "Imagine Your Story" Incentives & Decor Catalogs: Arriving Next Week
  
• Figure Eight: A Northern Lakes Mystery by Jeff Nania
• Is Internet Explorer going away?  Not really.
• Ryan Dowd's Librarian's Guide to Homelessness: Online Training Coming in 2020
• Small Library Strategic Planning: Funding Available

The following information is forwarded to from the Great Lakes ADA Center:
 
Free Webinar:  Addressing Ableism in Your Built Environment sponsored by America Walks
Date: October 29, 2019 12-1:30pm Central Time
Register on-line at: https://tinyurl.com/yxq38xma
 
America Walks is excited to bring the series back for an episode that will explore the topic of ableism and how it informs our programs, places, and interactions, “Addressing Ableism in Your Built Environment.”
 
This program will look at how individual, organizational, and institutional privilege intentionally and unintentionally creates barriers to the safe, accessible, and equitable spaces to walk and move that we all aspire to create. It will explore the topic of ableism and include presentations from experts on proactive and immediate ways individuals can contribute to dismantling the pervasive daily exclusion that people with disabilities experience every day. Attendees of this webinar will:

• Explore the topic of ableism and how it is found in programs, policies, and places related to walkable and moveable communities
• Hear from experts on their own perspectives and experiences with ableism
• Learn tools, resources, and ways to dismantle the barriers ableism creates

Wisconsin Dementia Resource Network (WDRN) will offer four regional education events with presentations from local community partners this year:

• Northwest Wisconsin - October 21, 2019
• Southwest Wisconsin - December 2019 
• Northeast and Southeast Wisconsin - Spring events 2020

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• New Expense & Travel Report Form
• BIG LIBRARY READ: I’m Not Dying with You Tonight Begins November 1
• Stay in the Web Accessibility Loop with WebAIM
• Webinar 2 of 3: Creating Compelling Copy - aka Persuasive Writing and How to Effectively Tell Your Library's Story

If you're looking for tips on making your website more accessible, the WebAIM Newsletter is a great place to start. WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) is a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University. Its mission is to empower organizations to make their web content accessible to people with disabilities.

The September WebAIM newsletter has a few topics that really stood out:

Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.

• ​Can't Make it to WLA Conference? Stream these sessions!
• Dementia Friendly Counties + Others Interested
  
• Back to School Collaboration With School Librarians
  
• Job Opening: ILS Administrator at WVLS
  
• Honoring Kathy Pletcher, 2019 WLA Trustee of the Year: Awards & Honors Reception at WLA Thursday, October 10

The 2019 Public Library Public School LSTA Subawards application process will open on Monday, September 16, 2019. Applications from collaborating Wisconsin public libraries  and public school libraries will be accepted on a rolling basis through January 14, 2020. For more details, view Friday’s post on the Wisconsin Libraries for Everyone Blog: https://dpi.wi.gov/wilibrariesforeveryone/2019-public-library-public-school-lsta-subawards
 
Please take a look at this special funding available to Wisconsin public libraries for collaborative projects with local public school libraries. These subawards will offer financial and material resources that will emphasize specific aspects of library services.

Projects require focus on one (1) of the following areas:

• Collection management with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equity
• Hands-on learning, including maker and computational thinking

Projects must use funds for one or both of the following purposes:

• An in-person education event for youth (ages 0-18)
• Library and classroom program and curriculum materials