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SWAL Conferences


Spring 2000 SWAL Conference Agenda

Failure is Impossible: Libraries Working Together through the Southwest Wisconsin Association of Libraries
March 21, 2000
1:30 - 8:00 pm
Thym's Supper Club
Dodgeville, Wisconsin

1:30-2:00 Registration and talking with vendors
2:00-2:30 Conference call to order/SWAL pep talk. Purpose and goals of SWAL. What do members want from SWAL?
2:30-3:45 Your State Historical Society: Where It Came from, and How It Can Help You

Michael Edmonds, Acting Library Director, State Historical Society of Wisconsin
3:45-4:45 Break and visits with vendors
Cook's Books; DK Publishing, Inc.; The Foundry Books (Mineral Point); Paper Moon Books & Beyond (McGregor, IA); Penworthy Co; Prairie Oak Press, Inc.; and Waubesa Press
4:45-5:15 SWAL Business Meeting, including election of officers
5:15-6:15 Dinner with table talks: Favorite Websites/Favorite Reads/Library Trivia Contest
6:15-6:30 Break and set-up time for evening program
6:30-7:45 Failure Is Impossible: A Talk with Susan B. Anthony

Rose Stephenson, a Chautauqua Character, Wisconsin Humanities Council Speakers Bureau (This program is free and open to the public. It is supported by the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Family Insurance, and individual donors.)
7:45-8:00 Evaluation, final remarks, and adjournment