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Join us for the Wichita Area Library Association Fla-mingle at the Zoo. 

Description:

Enjoy yard games, live entertainment, food and drink at these after-hour events designed exclusively for adults. The event will be held in a different area of the Zoo each month, complete with special animal features just for Flocktail guests.

Food and drink are not included in the ticket price, but are available for purchase. Please note that only the Australia/South America, KOCH, Veldt exhibits will be open during this event. Guests must be 21 to attend.

When: Thursday June 27th from 5:30 to 8:30

Where: Sedgwick County Zoo 5555 W ZOO BLVD, Wichita, KS

Get more information and your tickets here:  https://scz.org/event/flocktail
Spouses welcome!

Please join us for our Annual Meeting and Luncheon!

This event will be held at 11:30 am-1:00 pm on May 23 in the Harvest Room (124), Rhatigan Student Center. Lunch is a taco bar ($10 WALA members; $15 non-members; $8 for students in a library program). RSVP required by Monday, May 20 to the Facebook event page. Check or cash only, please.

Membership luncheon price is offered to those who join before or during the luncheon. Membership is $15 and runs from June 2019 to June 2020, although dues for the next year will be accepted at the Annual Luncheon. If you are interested in membership, you may download the form here or complete the form at the Annual Luncheon. Learn more about us on our Facebook page.

Wichita Area Library Association presents
The Tanner Symposium — Learning Styles and Technology

Where: The Advanced Learning Library, 711 W Second St. N., Wichita
When: Thursday, April 18th from 1 pm to 4 pm

Refreshments will be served
Training from the WPL Tech Trainers
Panel with speakers (bring your questions!)
Optional tours of the new library to follow (including behind-the-scenes)

Suggested topics include:

• Digital literacy needs of populations
• Successes in Tech Training
• Pitfalls of youth computer use
• Ethics in computer training
• Accessibility for persons with disabilities

See flyer for details.

March Board Meeting and Library Tour
March 4, 2019

5:30 pm: Meeting
6:00 Tour of Valley Center Public Library
314 E. Clay Street, Valley Center, KS 67147

Dinner to follow at Cracker Barrel
995 E. 61st North, Wichita, KS 67219

For more information, check out the flyer!

aethen@wichita.gov

Angela.Paul@wichita.edu

View presentations from Liz Crawford and Wendy Fjorden.

March Board Meeting and Library Tour
March 5, 2018

5:00 pm: Tour of Wichita Southeast High School’s Library
2641 S. 127th Street East
Wichita, KS 67210
Enter on the south side of the building.
The main entrance has a buffalo above the door.

6:30 pm: Dinner at N & J Café and Bakery
5600 E. Lincoln Street
Wichita, KS 67218

Hello WALA Members!

WALA members and members’ families are cordially invited to join us for our annual WALA Holiday Social. We enjoy a nice potluck dinner, white elephant book exchange, fun bookish games, and catching up with our librarian colleagues. We will provide the ham and beverages if you would please bring a side dish or dessert. For the book exchange, wrap up a book – any book – funny or serious, fiction or nonfiction, new or used. Typically, we bring a wrapped book from a used book sale or a weeded library book that someone might enjoy. This year, we are also planning a game which is not set in stone yet, but might be something like a book title Pictionary.

Please join us on Friday, December 8, 2017 from 6-8 pm at Mulvane Public Library, 408 N 2nd Ave.

Sara Butts
WALA President

Come network and have fun with area librarians and library lovers. WALA and non-WALA members are invited! September 28 from 5:30 to 7:00 at River City Brewing Company. See the flyer for more details.