2025 WLA AWARDS & HONORS

2025 Awards Announcements

We are pleased to announce the 2025 WLA award and honors recipients and the inductees into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame.
They will be recognized at the Awards & Honors Ceremony during the WLA Annual Conference on October 30, 2025,
at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton.
Many thanks to the Awards & Honors Committee, the WLA/WEMTA Intellectual Freedom Award Selection Committee, and the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame Steering Committee for their hard work, and to everyone who submitted a nomination. 
Library of the Year
Appleton Public Library
 
WLA/DEMCO® Librarian of the Year
Alison Loewen, Youth Services Librarian, Mead Public Library
 
Paralibrarian of the Year
Jennifer Melchi, Burlington Public Library
 
Special Service Award
Teri DeVoe, Associate Deputy Director, IMLS
Muriel Fuller Award
Jamie Matczak, Education Consultant, Wisconsin Valley Library Service
 
WLA/WEMTA Intellectual Freedom Award
Jone Davis, Library Media Specialist, Northland Pines School District
 
2025 Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame
Steve Platteter (April 24, 1961-February 27, 2025)
Marge Loch-Wouters
Michael Gelhausen

 

Awards & Honors Dinner

 If you have already registered for the conference and now would like to register for the Awards and Honors Dinner and Ceremony, please fill out this separate registration form and select "Other Attendee."  Tickets are $45.00 per person. 

AWARDS & HONORS DINNER REGISTRATION

The WLA Awards program is supported by the WLA Foundation and through individual charitable contributions. WLA engages, inspires and advocates for library workers and supporters to improve and promote library services for the people of Wisconsin. The awards program is one way the association acknowledges the dedication of its members to provide exemplary library service.