LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE DAY 

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Best Western Premier Park Hotel

(22 S Carroll St, Madison, WI 53703)

Registration - Registration for this event is now closed. Call 608-245-3640 or email [email protected] if you have questions.

Registration closes on January 10, 2025.  No refunds after January 24, 2025. 

$45.00 per person for library staff, trustees, and friends of libraries; $25.00 for full-time students (must be enrolled in library science graduate studies; students are asked to show proof of enrollment).

 

 IMPORTANT NOTE:  The adoption of new legislative district maps in early 2024 resulted in many legislator retirements, as well as legislators running for re-election on November 5 from different numbered districts because the boundaries shifted around their voting address.  There are also 40 new freshman legislators in the 2025-2026 legislature.

 

The Wisconsin State Legislature website information about individual 2025-2026 Senate and Assembly members, leadership and committee assignments has been updated.  Not sure which Senator and Assembly Representative to register for on Library Legislative Day?  CLICK HERE and enter your voting address at the top of the page to learn their names or enter your address into the “Who Are My Legislators?” box on the Legislature home page.

 

 

Agenda

8:00 a.m. - Registration, networking, continental breakfast* (please be seated by 8:45 a.m.)
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.  - Briefing program
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visits with legislators, lunch on your own 

Menu:  Coffee, hot tea, oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins, yogurt with granola, seasonal fruit salad, chilled hard-boiled eggs, and muffins. (Menu is subject to change by the Park Hotel without notice.)

Lodging

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Best Western Premier Park Hotel.  Special group rates for the WI Library Association lodging accommodations on February 10, 2025, at the Park Hotel are:

 

  • $149.00 for traditional rooms with one or two beds
  • $159.00 for deluxe rooms with one or two beds
  • $199.00 for king suites.
 Subject to availability.  Room rates are currently subject to 5.5% state tax and 10% city tax. Cutoff date for room reservations is January 20, 2025, or until rooms are sold out. 
To make your reservation, use the online reservation link below or call the hotel directly at 608-285-8000.  Please reference the “WI Library Association - 2025 Legislative Day” room block when calling.

 

WLA 2025 Legislative Day Room Block

 

 

Looking for other lodging options?  The Destination Madison website has information about area hotels, including a central accommodations map to view hotel locations at a glance. 

 

Parking Downtown Madison

Attendees are welcome to park their vehicles with the Park Hotel valet while they’re attending meetings on-property.  The Park hotel offers hourly valet parking for $4/hour (up to a maximum of $25/day) for meeting attendees.

Downtown Madison parking information:  Park Downtown Madison (visitdowntownmadison.com) 

 

For First-Time Attendees

Once you register for this event, Library Legislative Day committee members will make appointments with legislators and develop the day's schedule for you.  The schedule will be shared with attendees a few days in advance of the event.  For more information and best practices on participating in meetings with legislators, click here.

Tips for Library Legislative Day & Capitol Map

 

In addition, the December 2024 issue of Trustee Tale, a joint project of the Manitowoc Calumet Library System, Nicolet Federated Library System, Outagamie Waupaca Library System, Winnefox Library System and Wisconsin Valley Library System, features a Beginner's Guide to Library Legislative Day that has helpful information for first-time attendees.  (A pdf version is available to download in the Resources section below.) 

 

Before You Leave Town

This year, we want to encourage you to invite the legislators you meet with to visit your library.  Please download the invitation letter template below, fill in the details, and print it on your library's letterhead to share at your meetings.  Be sure to print enough copies for each visit (if you are meeting with four legislators, print four copies, etc.). 

Customizable Invitation to Visit Your Library 

We also recommend reviewing the Library Legislative Day Instructions and the Capitol Maps in advance.  Click here.

 

 

Handouts - Additional handouts coming soon!

For Legislator Packets

For Attendees 

 Schedules - Available in early February
 

Resources - Information coming soon

A Beginner's Guide to Library Legislative Day (December 2024 issue of the Trustee Tale)