MLA Annual Conference Raffle Winners!

We are pleased to announce that the following 3 people from Western Massachusetts member libraries were selected in the drawing for a free day's registration at the Annual Conference of the Massachusetts Library Association at the MassMutual Center in Springfield (May 5-8). A total of 32 people entered this contest, which was sponsored with funds donated to WMRLS by the Berkshire Library Breakfast Committee.
Appropriately, they are from 3 different types of libraries:

* David McMahon - Babson Library, Springfield College
* Flannery Buchanan - Talmadge Elem. School, Springfield
* Mary Kostanski - Greenfield Public Library

Congratulations to these people We hope they, and many other people from WMRLS libraries, will enjoy this conference, which this year is being held in our part of the state.

If you missed it earlier, here is the link to the MLA conference brochure:

~ Sincerely, John Ramsay, Regional Administrator, Western Massachusetts Regional Library System

Register to Win a Free One Day Admission to MLA

Dear WMRLS Libraries:

A generous donation from the Berkshire Legislative Breakfast Committee has enabled the WMRLS to offer a chance for 3 staff people at member libraries.

Any member library staff person who has never attended the Annual Conference of the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) can submit an online form that could be your ticket to win a free registration to a day’s registration MLA (May 5– 8 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield). You can submit only one chance each, and the deadline is noon on April 17. The drawing of the lucky winners will be done later that day, and you will be notified the next week. The 3 winners can pick a day they’d like to attend. WMRLS will pay your registration; you will pay for your lunch and travel.

REGISTER TO WIN A FREE ONE DAY ADMISSION TO MLA

Good luck!

~ John Ramsay, Regional Administrator, WMRLS