Please join us for the WALA Annual Meeting at 11:30 AM on May 23, 2022! The meeting will take place in Zoom.
WALA Annual Meeting 2022
Tanner Spring Symposium Cancelled
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
Christmas Book/Gift Exchange
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
WALA Meet and Greet
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.
Twilight Tuesday at the Zoo
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
Tanner Spring Symposium: Safety in the Stacks
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:
- Brady Lund, SLIM PhD student/Dark Web expert
- Cynorra Jackson, Wichita State University
- April Hernandez, Goddard Public Library
- Robyn Belt, Wichita Public Library
Tuesday, April 20th
1:00 to 2:30 PM
Via Zoom (https://emporiastate.zoom.us/j/91857487566)
Library Tour!
Monday, March 2nd at 6:30 PM (WALA board meeting starts at 6:00)
Join us for a library tour of the Wellington Public Library! Dinner will be provided, so please RSVP by Monday, February 24th. View the fabulous remodel completed after flood damage last summer.
RSVP to Jo at jplumb@wellingtonpubliclibrary.org.
WALA Holiday Party 2019
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual WALA Holiday Party! Thank you to Ruth Harries at Butler Community College for hosting this year. If we missed you this time, please join us next year for a potluck dinner and white elephant book exchange. Happy Holidays from WALA!
Meet and Greet A Success!
What a fun event! It was a perfect location. 22 people were in attendance. Thanks to those of you who were able to attend! And, to those of you who were not there: we missed your smiling faces!! Here are some pictures from the event:
Meet and Greet
Come join us on Wednesday, September 11, for our annual Meet and Greet!
See attached flyer about next week’s Meet and Greet at the Chicken N Pickle.
The time is listed as 5:30-8:30….but don’t feel like you have to be there for all 3 hours….of course, you can if you wish!
Also, it is perfectly fine to bring your spouse/significant other.
We hope to see you there!