2019 WLA Election Results!

The WLA Nominations & Elections Committee has tabulated the results of the 2019 WLA elections:

Wisconsin Library Association (WLA)

WLA Vice-President/President-Elect

Sherry Machones - Director, Northern Waters Library Service

WLA Treasurer

*Katharine Clark – Adult Services Librarian, E.D. Locke Public Library

ALA Councilor NA Association of Wisconsin Special Librarians (AWSL)

AWSL Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

Amy O’Shea - Online Librarian, Broadview University

AWSL Secretary

Brianna Wolbers – Librarian, Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds

OSRT

OSRT Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

Angela Zimmermann

OSRT Secretary

NA

READ

READ Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

NA

Reference & Adult Services Section (RASS)

RASS Director-at-Large

NA

RASS Vice Chair/Chair Elect

Barbara Alvarez, Head of Adult Services, Northshore Library

Support Services & Circulation Services (SSCS)

SSCS Vice Chair/Chair Elect Chair-Elect

Cynthia Arauz - Circulation Manager, La Crosse Public Library

SSCS Secretary

Samantha Vogel - Circulation Supervisor, Waterford Public Library

SSCS Director-at-Large (Academic)

NA

SSCS Director-at-Large (Circulation)

Katie Ganser - Circulation Supervisor, Middleton Public Library

Technical Services Section (TSS)

TSS Chair

Amy Gannaway - Technical Services Consultant, South Central Library System

TSS Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

Nic Ashman - Technical Services & Reference Librarian, Chippewa Valley Technical College

TSS Secretary

Beth Bechtel - Database Management Librarian, Bridges Library System

Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians (WAAL)

WAAL Chair-Elect

Michael Doylen, interim Associate Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, UW-Milwaukee Libraries

ACRL Chapters Representative

NA

WAAL Secretary/Recorder

NA

Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians (WAPL)

WAPL Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

David Kranz, Director, SWLS

WLA Board Representative

NA

WAPL Director-at-Large (2 positions)

Shanneon Grant - Director, Sparta Free Library

Roxane Bartelt - Consultant

Wisconsin Libraries Trustees & Friends (WLTF)

WLTF Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

NA

WLTF Secretary

NA

WLA Board Representative

NA

Wisconsin Small Libraries (WISL)

WISL Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

Amy Stormberg - Director, Amery Public Library

WISL Secretary

NA

WISL 1st Year Director

Bethany Volgren - Director, Milltown Public Library

WISL 2nd Year Director

Tammy Peasley - Director, Black River Falls Public Library

WLA Liason

Gina Rae - Director, Wilton Public Library

Youth Services Section (YSS)

YSS Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

*Katherine Schoofs - Youth Services Librarian, Aram Public Library

YSS Secretary

*Susie Menk - Youth Services Librarian, Manitowoc Public Library

YSS Director-at-Large (2 positions)

*Emily Zorea - Youth Services Librarian, Brewer Public Library

Anne Hamland - Public Library Services Consultant. Wisconsin Valley Library Service

2018 YSS Ballot Candidates: Chair Elect

Check out who is running for YSS Chair Elect!

Julia Lee

Julia Lee

Candidate for YSS Chair Elect

Tell us a little about what you do at your library.

I’m the Youth Services Manager at Manitowoc Public Library. That basically means I get to work with a bunch of awesome people to coordinate, plan, promote, and provide services & programming for birth-age 18.

Why do you want to be more involved in YSS?

I love what I do and I want to be better at it! Being involved in YSS will help me learn and grow as a librarian as I meet new people and gain fresh perspectives and new ideas!

Do you have a favorite library memory - either as a librarian or before?

My favorite memory was the day I first felt like a true rock star. I was going to a story time at one of the local schools with my ukulele strapped to my back. Kids saw me walking down the hall with my books and uke and started shouting to each other, “DID YOU SEE? IT’S HER! MISS JULIA IS HERE!” I have never felt cooler.

What do you like to do in your free time?

Hike, Bike, Yoga, Go on Adventures, Play Board Games, Garden, Write, Cook, and READ, of course!

In honor of this year's WLA YSS luncheon speaker, Chris Grabenstein and his book Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library, what is your favorite board game?

Settlers of Catan

Katherine Schoofs

Katherine Schoofs

Candidate for YSS Chair Elect

Tell us a little about what you do at your library.

I'm the Youth Services Librarian/Assistant Director at Aram Public Library.  I plan and implement programs year-round, provide outreach to the schools, update and maintain the Youth and Teen collections, operate the library's Facebook page, provide customer service, patron support, and reader's advisory, and don the Director's hat when our fearless leader is unavailable.

Why do you want to be more involved in YSS?

How do I love thee, YSS?  Let me count the ways...  YSS is the bee's knees!  The cat's pajamas!  In all seriousness, I have been consistently impressed and inspired by YSS since I first joined WLA, both in terms of the innovation and idea-sharing and the community of like-minded, passionate, welcoming, and, let's be frank, kick butt youth services professionals from all around our lovely state.

I am so excited for the opportunity to advocate, innovate, and support all aspects of Youth Services--for both our patrons and our fellow librarians--with such an enthusiastic and energetic group of library superstars.  The work we do is so important.  Let's work together to explore, create, discover, and invigorate!  I'd be honored to be selected for the position of Chair-Elect and thank you for your consideration. 

Do you have a favorite library memory - either as a librarian or before?

Picking favorites is so hard!  OK, here goes...  One of my favorite memories as a librarian was the first time one of my patrons sent a picture of her daughter pretending to be "Ms. Katherine"...she was checking out materials ("booping the books" as she called it) and holding story times for her stuffed animals. <3 

Another favorite--and funny--moment was when I worked in a school library for a short time and a little girl came up behind my desk and said--completely straight-faced--"PATRON!  That's what my daddy drinks!"  I complimented her letter recognition and provided the definition of "patron," explaining that--while spelled the same--they were two different things.

What do you like to do in your free time?

In my free time, you can often find me spending time with my family, reading and creating stories with my daughter, participating in impromptu song and dance parties, singing karaoke, hanging out with friends, rocking out the thrift store, and incorporating shenanigans and pop culture references into everyday situations.

In honor of this year's WLA YSS luncheon speaker, Chris Grabenstein and his book Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library, what is your favorite board game?

My favorite board games are Scrabble, Boggle, Scattergories, Clue...  I dig anything word, trivia, or mystery-related.