LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE DAY 2024

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Best Western Premier Park Hotel

(22 S Carroll St, Madison, WI 53703)

Registration will open December 6, 2023! 

Join us in Madison for a day of advocating for Wisconsin libraries!  This year's event will kick off with a briefing at the Best Western Premier Park Hotel (22 S Carroll St, Madison, WI 53703), followed by visits with legislators at the Wisconsin State Capitol.  

Agenda

8:00 a.m. - Registration, networking, continental breakfast* (please be seated by 8:45 a.m.)

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.  - Briefing program

11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Visits with legislators, lunch on your own. 

*Coffee, hot tea oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins, yogurt with granola, seasonal fruit salad, chilled hard-boiled eggs, and muffins.

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.

Library Legislative Day Instructions & Capitol Maps

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.

Day-Of Details

• More details to come! 

Handouts

• More information coming soon.

For Legislator Packets

• More information coming soon.

For Attendees 

• More information coming soon.
  
  
• Wisconsin Capital Map - Available online only
• Find Your Legislators - enter voting address to verify your legislators and see district maps

•  State Senators online directory (click “Details” for more info)

• (printable) Senate Office and Staff Directory with office room and phone numbers

• Assembly Representatives online directory (click “Details” for more info)

• (printable) Assembly Office and Staff Directory with office room and phone numbers

• Lifecyle of a Book

Resources

2023-2024 WI Legislature by Library System

Members of 2023-2024 Wisconsin Legislature Joint Finance Committee 

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 for meeting attendees. 

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

Lodging