Events Calendar

  • Thu 3/22/2012: Workshop: CCBC Best Books 2012
  • Wed 3/28/2012: WRLS Board Meeting 6:30pm
  • Thu 4/12/2012: NAC Meeting 10:00am
  • Thu 4/26/2012: Workshop:
  • Wed 5/23/2012: WRLS Board Meeting 6:30pm

Youth Services Updates

By Marcia Sarnowski

It’s a pleasure to report that several of the librarians providing youth services in WRLS are making important contributions to services and programs.

Sara Bryce, Youth Services Librarian at the La Crosse Public Library, has been chosen to attend the NASA-supported workshop, Explore: Life on Mars?, April 3-4, 2012 at the University

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The Wakanheza Project™ Introduced at WRLS

By Marcia Sarnowski

The WRLS workshop on the Wakanheza Project took place on September 8.  There were 17 librarians in attendance, including a guest from Fond Du Lac.  During the morning session, the three trainers (Sara Bryce and Marge Loch-Wouters of the La Crosse Public Library, and Marcia Sarnowski, WRLS) introduced the six Wakanheza principles

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African American Children’s Literature – A Presentation by Dr. Darwin Henderson

by Marcia Sarnowski

On April 15, Dr. Darwin Henderson, Associate Professor of Literacy and Childhood Education at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, addressed a group of teachers, students, librarians, and community members at UW-L’s Murphy Library.  Dr. Henderson has served on the Coretta Scott King Award Committee and the Notable Children’s Book Committee of the

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