WLA Awards Announced

A huge congratulations to all the awardees this year! And a special shout-out to Terry Ehle and Kris Adams Wendt, both former chairs of the Youth Services Section and noted youth librarians in our state. Hope all youth librarians going to WLA this fall can come to the ceremony and celebrate these youth librarian leaders! WLA Announces 2024 Award Recipients, Library Hall of Fame Inductees

We are pleased to announce the 2024 WLA award and honors recipients and the inductees into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame. They will be recognized at the Awards & Honors Ceremony during the WLA Annual Conference on November 7, 2024, at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. Many thanks to the Awards & Honors Committee, the WLA/WEMTA Intellectual Freedom Award Selection Committee, and the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame Steering Committee for their hard work, and to everyone who submitted a nomination.   To learn more about these outstanding award recipients, visit the WLA website and the Wisconsin Library Heritage Center website. Library of the Year University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McIntyre Library, Eau Claire WLA/DEMCO® Librarian of the Year Terry Ehle, Youth Services Coordinator, Lester Public Library, Two Rivers Paralibrarian of the Year Danielle Zeamer, Library Services Associate, Brown County Library, Green Bay Trustee of the Year John Van Dyck, Brown County Library, Green Bay Programming Innovation Award The Library Memory Project from Bridges Library System, Waukesha Citation of Merit Kristen Mildenhall, Friends of the Middleton Public Library, Middleton Muriel Fuller Award Anita Taylor Doering, Archives Manager, La Crosse Public Library, La Crosse  WLA/WEMTA Intellectual Freedom Award Rebecca Puhl, Library Director, Phillips Public Library, Phillips.   2024 Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame Kristine "Kris" Adams Wendt Dr. Mohammed M. Aman (1940 - 2024) Kurt Kiefer Carla J. Stoffle   Awards & Honors Dinner  If you have already registered for the conference and now would like to register for the Awards and Honors Dinner and Ceremony, please fill out this separate registration form and select "Other Attendee."  Tickets are $39.00 per person.    AWARDS & HONORS DINNER REGISTRATION