January

• Get those membership forms in before you forget!!!
• January 9 – West Virginia Legislature Convenes
• January 11-16 – ALA Midwinter, Philadelphia PA (http://www.ala.org/midwinter)
• January 17 – Library Legislative Day and reception
• January 18 – WVLA Executive Board Meeting (open) Days Inn, Flatwoods, WV

February

• February 15 - deadline for articles for publication in April issue of WV Libraries

March

• March 3 – Read Across America. (http://www.nea.org/readacross/index.html)
• March 7 – WVLA Executive Board meeting (open) 10:00 a.m. Huntington, WV Cabell County Public Library
  
• March 8 - West Virginia Legislature Adjourns

April

• April 3-4 – WVLA Spring Fling at Days Inn, Flatwoods WV
• April 15 – deadline for articles for publication in May issue of WV Libraries
• April 13-19 – National Library Week (http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.htm)
• April 16 - National Library Workers Day
• April 21- 27 – TV Turnoff Week (http://www.tvturnoff.org)

May

• May 12-18 – Children’s Book Week (http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw)
• May 13 - 14 - ALA Legislative Days, Washington D.C.
• May 14 – Slate of candidates for October election due from Nominating Committee to Executive Board
• May 15 – membership renewal deadline for 2008

June

• June 6 – WVLA Executive Board meeting (open) 10:00 a.m. Stonewall Resort
• June 14 – Deadline for Executive Board to announce slate of candidates for fall election
• June 15 – deadline for articles for publication in July issue of WV Libraries
• June 28-July 1 – ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA (http://www.ala.org)

July

• July 2 – Deadline for addition of candidates to slate by petition for fall election
• July 16 –School Library Division Summer Refresher Workshop, Fairmont State University

August

• August 6 – Deadline for the mailing of election ballots to the WVLA membership
• August 15 – deadline for articles for publication in September issue of WV Libraries

September

• International Literacy Month
• Library Card Sign-up Month
• September 2 – Deadline for receipt of ballots
• September 5  - WVLA Executive Board Meeting, Morgantown - Location to be announced   
• September 8 – International Literacy Day (http://www.reading.org/association/index.html)
• September 27- October 4 – Banned Books Week (http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm)

October

• National Book Month (http://www.nationalbook.org/nbmcelebrate.html)
• October 15 – deadline for WV Libraries articles publication in November.
• October 12-18 – Teen Read Week (http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm)
• October 11 -12 – WV Book Festival, Charleston WV (http://www.wvhumanities.org)

December

• December 3 - 5 – WVLA Annual Conference, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV