Membership to WMLC also makes you a member of SoMLA and eligible to attend one of the best reading conferences in the country. WMLC members look forward to this high-quality gathering of outstanding reading researchers, educators, authors, and illustrators every year. We highly recommend a membership in ILA, too, because of the excellent journals filled with cutting-edge research, ready-made lesson plans, and book discounts that meet our students' needs. 
    
You don't have to be a teacher to get the most out of membership with WMLC. We welcome teaching assistants, librarians, retirees, college professors, parents, and grandparents. We all want to provide effective literacy tools for our community: 

• To promote literacy in the community
• To exchange ideas with fellow professionals
• To improve reading instruction
• To follow current trends in reading instruction
• To participate in county, regional, and state reading activities