Michael Gelhausen has spent his career in service to public libraries in Wisconsin. He focused his career on improving access, services, and facilities for communities through collaboration with library boards, neighboring libraries, and local government. He has led two libraries: Duerrwaechter Memorial Library, Germantown and Jack Russell Memorial Library, Hartford. He served as Interim Director for the Mid-Wisconsin Federated Library System. Throughout his career he has worked on numerous state
level committees and took on eight different roles for the Wisconsin Library Association. He also survived three library building projects. This year will be his 50th WLA conference.
Wisconsin Library Heritage Center
The Wisconsin Library Heritage Center is a program of the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation promoting understanding and appreciation of the history of libraries and librarianship in Wisconsin.