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Below are the headlines from the 03/20/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
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 WLA's Youth Services Section (YSS) has been gathering and disseminating resources for online programming for youth and families on their Youth Services Shout-out blog. Each post provides links to the other posts in the COVID-19 series.
Please feel free to use and disseminate the blog posts below. WAAL 2020 Cancelled Due To COVID-19 Concerns See the March 3, 2018 message from WLA: We regret to inform you that the 2020 WAAL Conference scheduled for April 16-17, has been canceled due to concerns about COVID-19 (Coronavirus). This unanimous decision was made by the WLA Board and WAAL leadership in light of the developments over the last few days, including elevated warnings from the CDC and WHO, growing travel restrictions worldwide, and increasing numbers of requested cancellations from presenters. We are now in the process of evaluating and determining next steps, including whether a rescheduled event may be possible yet this year. We will reach out as soon as possible with additional information. Our priority now is communicating clearly and to all of you that the 2020 conference is canceled. See the below invitation from WLA: Join WLA for a virtual meeting on March 24, 2020,
at 10:00 am to discuss Government Information Day 2020 
Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin State Historical Society.
2020 has already been an important year for government information. Funding for the National Archives, the state and federal responses to coronavirus (COVID-19), and the decennial census have all been in the news, just since January. Every day, librarians are called on to collect, preserve, and provide access to these vital resources, an increasingly challenging proposition as budgets continue to shrink and the volume of information continues to grow. Below are the headlines from the 03/13/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Please see the below a copy of the email delivered on March 11, 2020, by the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) regarding WLA conferences and COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019): 
Dear WLA members, The Wisconsin Library Association Board of Directors, Executive Director and WLA staff are all taking the necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of attendees at our spring and fall conferences. We are fully aware of concerns about COVID-19. In response we have combined our effort to gather information from many difference sources in order to put together our COVID-19 Response checklist. The activities initiated as part of our response include reviewing hotel COVID-19 procedures, ensuring appropriate hospital support at conference locations, developing attendee information tools, and monitoring state and regional COVID-19 cases in order to respond accordingly. Based on current health information, our WLA spring and fall conferences schedules are proceeding as planned. We are paying close attention to new developments and following the guidance of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These sites include daily updates, recommendations, and tips on travel. The safety and well-being of conference attendees is our top priority. We will continue our emphasis on monitoring all relevant information and making decisions that are in the best interest of our members. All conference attendees with be notified of our plans regarding COVID-19 as we get closer to those events. Please forward any concerns, questions or suggestions to me or the WLA Executive Director. Sincerely, Sherry Machones, WLA President Plumer Lovelace, WLA Executive Director  The Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL) is accepting applications for scholarships to the WAAL 2020 Annual Conference at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in Brookfield, Wisconsin, April 16-17.
Scholarships are awarded in the following categories: Library paraprofessionals The WAAL conference is an easy way to expand your professional network and learn new ideas to bring back to your home institution. Scholarships are available to current WLA members or individuals who will join WLA before the start of the WAAL 2020 conference.
Prior ALA Legislative Newsletters can be found at https://wvls.org/wla-legislative-newsletter/.
WAAL 2020 Cancelled Due To COVID-19 Concerns See the March 3, 2018 message from WLA: We regret to inform you that the 2020 WAAL Conference scheduled for April 16-17, has been canceled due to concerns about COVID-19 (Coronavirus). This unanimous decision was made by the WLA Board and WAAL leadership in light of the developments over the last few days, including elevated warnings from the CDC and WHO, growing travel restrictions worldwide, and increasing numbers of requested cancellations from presenters. We are now in the process of evaluating and determining next steps, including whether a rescheduled event may be possible yet this year. We will reach out as soon as possible with additional information. Our priority now is communicating clearly and to all of you that the 2020 conference is canceled. Please see below the call for program proposals from the WLA Conference Program Committee: The WLA Programming Committee is now accepting proposals for the 2020 WLA annual conference! The conference will be held in Green Bay from October 27-30 at the KI Convention Center. The Conference already boasts a fantastic lineup of keynote speakers, including Sarah Vowell, Stephen Franck and Nigel Poor. Now we invite you to share your expertise and experiences with your colleagues this October. Below are the headlines from the 03/06/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly:
Check out the headlines from the 01/24/2020 - 📢 Nic News Weekly.
 WLA has announced the launch of a new statewide mentorship program and is seeking applications for members interested in participating as a mentor or mentee in the WLA Mentorship Program’s pilot year.
The WLA Mentorship Program is designed to provide encouragement, support, and guidance to library staff seeking professional growth through connections with experienced colleagues within a structured mentoring program. Mentees gain experience from knowledgeable library colleagues while becoming further involved in the statewide professional association. Mentors gain opportunities to give back to the profession, model volunteerism, and help influence the future of librarianship. For more information about the WLA Mentorship Program and to see the program outline application, visit the WLA website. Below are the headlines from the latest 📢 Nic News Weekly
Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
Click below to download the Winter 2019 edition of WLA News:  CLICK TO DOWNLOAD  http://wla.wisconsinlibraries.org/wapl/conferences-events/wapl-conference Please read the following Call for Proposals, brought to us by WAPL Conference Programming Co-Chairs Eva Kozerski, Black Creek Village Library; Angie Bodzislaw, Spooner Memorial Library; and Kaushalya Ivengar, Waukesha Public Library: Now is the time to look past impossibilities and obstacles and focus on possibilities… We’re looking for library staff who believe in infinite possibilities! The Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries (WAPL) Annual Conference Programming Committee seeks program proposals for the next public library conference to be held April 29 – May 1, 2020 at the Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Conference Center in Oshkosh.  Please read the following request from the Wisconsin Library Association: We want you!
Share your expertise, network with colleagues and enhance your CV by volunteering with WLA! Volunteers can play a very important role by serving on a committee or task force; providing thoughtful input on deliberations; and focusing on the best interests of WLA’s membership while working toward accomplishing our goals. WLA could not be successful without our passionate and dedicated volunteers! The following positions are now open:
For more information on these and other volunteer opportunities, please contact the WLA Membership Coordinator, Hannah Bunting, at bunting@wisconsinlibraries.org. Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
Below are the headlines from the latest 📣 Nic News Weekly newsletter.
 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.
The following article is taken directly from the Fall 2019 WLA Newsletter. In the spirit of work at the national level through ALA’s State Ecosystem Initiative and the new Public Library & School Library Collaboration Toolkit done through collaborative efforts of AASL, YALSA, and ALSC, WEMTA, WLA, and DPI are working together to support and foster communications and collaborations among Wisconsin public and school librarians in order to better support the communities we serve. Each quarter we will share a resource, strategy, or example with you that could be used as a talking point in your community. Please use these ideas to initiate or continue to build relationships with public and school librarians. . .
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