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Benefits of Membership

Enhance your legislative knowledge and advocacy skills, and support initiatives to improve library service and funding in Wisconsin.
Connect with library professionals and other leaders. Build your personal contact list online and in person to help solve day-to-day challenges and celebrate successes.
Meet professional challenges and develop your career path with an abundance of leadership and continuing education opportunities, including WLA and unit conferences.
Be part of something bigger! Support the profession and a worthy cause. Your dues payment is WLA's most important source of financial support, and having a large membership boosts WLA's credibility with elected officials and others who affect libraries and the profession.

More for members only

Discounts on conference registration, exhibits, advertising, and more! (Libraries with institutional memberships can send one non-member staff person to conferences at the member rate.)
WLA e-newsletter
Access to e-lists based on your unit or other special interests
Access to online directory of Wisconsin library personnel and supporters
Membership in up to three special interest units (institutional members get membership in all units of their choice)
Individual/personal members may vote in WLA elections and hold elected or appointed office.

Membership Dues

Individual (personal) dues:
♦Individuals currently employed in a library pay dues calculated at $3.00 per $1,000 of wages. Minimum is $32.00; maximum is $250.00.
♦Unemployed or retired library workers, trustees or Friends: $32.00
♦Dual WEMTA members (persons employed in a K-12 school or an instructional media center, not public, academic or special librarian): $32.00 (you may also pay WEMTA dues, which WLA forwards to WEMTA)
♦Full-time students pursuing a Master's in library science (joint ALA/WLA membership): $35.

Institutional dues:
Corporations (for profit): $200
Non-profits (including Friends groups): $75
Libraries pay based on budget:
Up to $49,999:                  $63.00
$50,000 to $99,999:           $102.00
$100,000 to $249,999:        $152.00
$250,000 to $499,999:        $191.00
$500,000 to $999,999:        $224.00
$1,000,000 and over:          $255.00