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Legislative Breakfasts 2017
Don’t forget to sign up now for one of this year’s Legislative Breakfasts! Complete schedule and registration links are on the MLA homepage or click on the image below.
Help us advocate for YOU!
Advocating for libraries helps everyone but we need your help more than ever! Join WMLA today to help support advocacy efforts and get updates on our upcoming campaign to keep libraries ALIVE in Massachusetts . . . click HERE to join!
October Annual Meeting
We will be conducting a brief Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 10am.
Join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81197153460?pwd=a1RDamwveWsxTUdkNjR2YmZmNHUrZz09
Legislative Day
Register now to take the bus to the State House in Boston for Library Legislative Day on Tuesday, March 8th!
Click HERE for the form.
Remember, we need YOUR help to convince legislators to restore library funding. If we don’t tell them, no one else will! So sign up now and get on the bus — only $20. Complete schedule and information on the registration form.
Bonus! Here is a “Guide for Newbies” put together by WMLA Board Member and Library Commissioner Jan Resnick.
Meeting with Senator Humason
A big THANKS to Senator Don Humason for spending time yesterday discussing library needs at the state and local level!
From left to right: Library Commissioner Mary Kronholm, WMLA Board Member John Ramsay, Westfield Athenaeum Director Dan Paquette, Sen. Humason, Emily Williston Memorial Library Director Nora Blake, MLA President Eric Poulin.
Legislative Breakfasts
Don’t miss this chance to come out and support your library! Info on all upcoming Legislative Breakfasts is HERE
Thank you for attending the Book Buzz!!
Thank you to the leading regional publishers who appeared at this event…
October 15th 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. Agawam Public Library
Participants heard short talks and saw displays from: Adams Media – University Press of New England – University of Massachusetts Press – Storey Workman & Timber -PFP Publishing