WALA will have a library tour on March 6, 2023, at 5:30 PM.. Join us for a tour of the newly updated Evergreen Community Center & Library!
Where: 2601 N. Arkansas Ave, Wichita, KS 67204
When: March 6 at 5:30 PM, board meeting at 6:00 PM, dinner following
The WALA Board is pleased to invite you to this year’s WALA Holiday Party at The Alley (11413 East 13th Street North)! It will take place Thursday, December 15th from 5:30pm-8:00pm.
With trying to reserve a few bowling lanes in advance for event and planning to have a white elephant gift exchange (book/library themed or normal gift) we ask that you please try and RSVP by Friday, December 9th, by filling out this quick form: https://forms.gle/xwpCvMot4sZcx7Bc6.
There will be food and drinks available for order while there. Holiday festive outfits aren’t required but encouraged and feel free to bring a holiday recipe/treat to share with everyone. All families and significant others are welcome and please feel free to share with your other fellow librarians! We can’t wait to hopefully see you all there!!
Join WALA for our September Meet & Greet at Chicken N Pickle for an evening of food and games! They will have full food and drink menu you can order from while there. Indoor/outdoor seating with yard games and we will have a pickleball court from 7-8pm incase some of you want to try playing a round or two. Spouses and family are welcome! If you know of anyone thinking of joining WALA or wanting to learn a little about WALA, this is a great event to attend! You can also renew and/or become a member at this event. We hope to see everyone that’s able to attend!
Thursday, September 22
5:30-8:00 PM
1240 N. Greenwich Rd., Wichita, KS 67206
Please join WALA for Twilight Tuesday at the Zoo on July 12th from 5:30pm-8:30pm! Enjoy live entertainment by Llew Brown Band and extended zoo hours. Admission will be $3. There will food and drinks you can purchase while there. Spouses and family are welcome!
If you know of anyone thinking of joining WALA or wanting to learn a little about WALA, this is a great event to attend! This should be a fun summer event and hope to see everyone that’s able to attend!
Where:
Sedgwick County Zoo
5555 W Zoo Blvd.
Wichita, KS 67212
When:
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
5:30 to 8:30 PM
Best,
Jessica Pierpoint (Torres), MLS
WALA President
Please join us for the WALA Annual Meeting at 11:30 AM on May 23, 2022! The meeting will take place in Zoom.
Due to unforeseen events affecting one of our speakers, we will not be holding the Tanner Symposium this year.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
-April Hernandez, WALA President
The board has decided that with the new variant of COVID starting around we will again forgo an in person Christmas event. Because of this we thought we would go ahead and give everyone an opportunity to do the Holiday Book Exchange through the mail that we did last year.
If you are interested in participating, please send your name and either your personal or work address to Jessica at jessica.pierpoint@wichita.edu. She will get everyone matched and send out the information. Pick any book used or new to exchange. It can be your favorite book, a book you think that person may enjoy more than you, or just a fun or unique book.
Please have your information to her by next Wednesday, December 15, if you would like to participate.
Thank you and have a great holiday season,
April D Hernandez, Director
Goddard Public Library
goddardlibrary.com
Join the Wichita Area Library Association for a Meet and Greet!
Thursday, September 2, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Tanganyika Wildlife Park, 100 S. Hawkins Ln, Goodard KS
Join us in welcoming new and returning members.
$5 per person to enter the park.
Bar open for beverages and Splash Pad open for children.
Join Wichita Area Library Association for Twilight Tuesday at the zoo!
Enjoy live entertainment by Across the Pond and extended zoo hours. Admission will be $3 and free to zoo members.
When: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Where: Sedgwick Count Zoo, 5555 W Zoo Blvd, Wichita, KS 67212
Join us as we discuss best practices for safe libraries, from disgruntled patrons to cybercrime to preventing crimes in your libraries.
Our presenters and panelists include:
Tuesday, April 20th
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Via Zoom (https://emporiastate.zoom.us/j/91857487566)
