Volume 5, number 10 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in November, 1978. Topics include: minutes from the October MLA Board meeting, volunteers sought for KTCA membership drive, new MLA membership forms, upcoming library community events, MLA subunit and division event announcements and summaries, suggestions for appointments to ALA committees requested, Louise Giles Minority Scholarship available, a British Isles library internship program, free copies of the USGPO's Publications Reference File available, announcemeent of an upcoming community college conference, an upcoming workshop about citizens and effective political power, findings from the ALA survey on libraries and reading, and a calendar of upcoming library community events.
Volume 5, number 9 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in October, 1978. Topics include: minutes from the September MLA Board meeting, MLA members asked to cast new ballots, MLA membership figures, an upcoming idea exchange, upcoming humanities planning meetings, job announcements, Academic and Research Division of MLA annual meeting speakers, results of postcard survey about Midwest Federation of Library Associations attendance by the membership, a registration form to attend an upcoming workshop on library service to teenagers, changes to the calendar "Educational Events," MLA members quoted in censorship Star Tribune article, an invitation to attend a talk by Henriette Avram from the Library of Congress, an insert of the quarterly publication Educational Events," a save the date for the MLA spring conference, changes to the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter meeting, proceedings of an ALA program on reference service statistics, a summary of the Minnesota Governor's Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services, MLA subunit and division event announcements and summaries, an upcoming book week program at the University of Minnesota, and a calendar of upcoming library community events.
Volume 5, number 8 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in September, 1978. Content includes minutes from the August MLA Board meeting, a save the date for the fall MLA conference business meeting, new faculty at the University of Minnesota Library School, an upcoming panel discussion on public library financing, copies of documents from the library forum, MLA committee, subunit, and division reports amd minutes, an announcement about the new MLA Paraprofessional Round Table (PALS), a call for Minnesota humanities commission award nominations, a new course offered on library services for the handicapped, an announcement about the upcoming American Library Association (ALA) Library and Information Technology Association institute, information about a new academic library program that will assist academic libraries conducting self-study programs, an advertisement for the MLA Technical Services Division pre-conference on trends in Acquisitions and Collection Development, a lilst of MLA members who hold American Library Association official positions, library job announcements, status of legislation of interest to librarians, an invitation to attend a showing of the film "The Speaker," the MLA Academic Library Division annual program announcement, an upcoming workshop on library services to teens, a call to serve on the MLA publications committee, an upcoming seminar on the issues and problems of evaluating reference services, new library books, directories, and resources, and a calendar of upcoming library events.
Minnesota Library Association; Shipman, Frances R.
Date Created:
1944
Description:
Letter from the Minnesota Library Association Radio Representative Frances R. Shipman to Secretary Marian Phillips reporting on activities for the 1943-1944 year. Activities included the arrangement of contestants for the Twin Cities Radio Quiz of November 1, 1943, which included members of the Minneapolis and St. Paul Public Libraries. Contest winnings were donated to the Children's Memorial Library Fund.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-04
Description:
Volume 4, number 4 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in April 1977. Content includes MLA board meeting minutes, ALA 1977 Midwinter meeting councilor's report, a calendar of colloquia from the Library School, University of Minnesota, and spring workshop and roundtable meeting announcements.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-12
Description:
Volume 4, number 10 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in December 1977. Content includes MLA October meeting notes, MLA directory, calendar events, the first meeting of Minnesota Statewide Library Association Forum, MLA roundtable updates, Reference and Adult Services section annual report, and MLA Continuing Education committee meeting announcement.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977
Description:
Volume 4, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in December 1976 - January 1977. Content includes upcoming library conference information, a report of the Library Futures Task Force to the MLA Board of Directors and MLA's reactions, Library Services to Seniors Roundtable meeting summary, a membership drive for Polish American Librarians Association, the reactivation of the MLA Planning and Development Committee, MLA librarian of the year announcement, upcoming committee and roundtable events, MLA legislative support team signup, and program and procedures for the MLA Professional Welfare Committee.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-02
Description:
Volume 4, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in February 1977. Content includes highlights from the upcoming 1977 MLA midwinter conference, a directory of 1976-77 MLA officers and chairpersons, minutes from the December 9, 1976 meeting of the Long Range Planning and Development Committee, and overview of the Southcentral Minnesota Inter-Library Exchange (SMILE).
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1978-01
Description:
Volume 5, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in January 1978. Content includes an announcement about the new MLA Executive Director, November 1978 MLA Board meeting notes, a new members incentive, the MLA Academic Division 1977 annual report, OPLIC's resume file, librarian updates, a call for suggestions for changing the name of the Paraprofessional Round Table, a summary of a meeting of five library associations in Minnesota to establish a statewide library service forum, corections and a note from the editor, availability of a publication called Our Minnesota Index, a bibliography of copyright law and libraries, the MLA legal defense fund, children's program ideas, Specil Libraries Round Table meeting announcement, the Louise Giles Minority Scholarship Program, a free film series at the University of Minnesota, a report from the MLA continuing education committee, Twin Cities Education Resources Round Table program listings, an announcement about the MLA leadership retreat, a call for Friends of the Library handout materials, good news on postal legislation, and a legislative call to action for LSCA Title I funding,
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-06
Description:
Volume 4, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in June 1977. Content includes MLA May board meeting notes, minutes for the Special Libraries Roundtable, MLA Paraprofessional Roundtable, and Libraries in Service to Seniors (LISTS) Roundtable meetings, workshops on biological and chemistry databases, MLA Legislative Committee news, calendar of events, and MLA fall conference grant application.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-03
Description:
Volume 4, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in March 1977. Content includes an MLA goal statement for new membership drive, the establishment of the Joint House/Senate Education Subcommittee on Libraries, MLA board meeting notes for December and January, roundtable meeting announcements, and Futures Task Force updates.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-05
Description:
Volume 4, number 5 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in May 1977. Content includes MLA March board meeting notes, MLA Mid-winter Conference Report, Library Management Roundtable calendar, grant funding announcement for a Minitex serials project, MLA calendar of events, ways for libraries to celebrate Older Americans Month, and a call for nominations for MLA librarian of the year and trustee of the year awards.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-10
Description:
Volume 4, number 9 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in October 1977. Content includes library award recipient announcements, 10 principles for statewide library services, MLA September board meeting notes, calendar of events, MLA membership resolutions, annual reports from MLA divisions and roundtables, and a job posting for MLA executive director position.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, L. Yvonne (editor)
Date Created:
1977-09
Description:
Volume 4, number 8 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in September 1977. Content includes announcement of a Governor's Conference on Libraries and Information Services by Governor Perpich to be held September 1978, Environment Information Sharin conference announcement, ALA councilor's report to MLA, MLA annual conference schedule, national library news, MLA August board meeting notes, and MLA Legislative Inquiry task force appointments.
Minnesota Library Association; Wulff, Yvonne L. (editor)
Date Created:
1977
Description:
Volume 4, number 7 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in July-August 1977. Content includes MLA June and July board meeting notes, minutes for the Libraries in Service to Seniors (LISTS) Roundtable meeting, rationale for experimenting with changing the MLA annual conference date, calendar of events, proposed by-laws for the Public Library Division, MLA legislative and government activities task force summary, Environmental Conservation Library (ECOL) funding update, and Intellectual Freedom Committee summer agenda
Minutes for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Catalog Section meeting of the 1949 MLA conference. Includes a list of the nominated officers for the following year.
The Stillwater Library Association's printed 1874 Catalogue of Books contains 535 titles in the areas of science, history and biography, travel and advenutre, fiction and miscellaneous. A list of library rules is also included in the catalogue.
The Record documents the formation of the Stillwater Library Association on Jun 7, 1859. The Constitution, a membership list and detailed meeting minutes including the election of officers and book acquisitions are meticulously recorded. The Stillwater Library Association was formed as a city library association in 1859, and the Stillwater Public Library still operates as a city library today.
The Stillwater Library Association's handwritten record book includes detailed meeting minutes from 1870 - 1896. Elections of officers, fundraising events, finances, book acquisitions, membership lists and day to day library business transactions are meticuluosly recorded.
Stillwater Library Association Record Book includes meeting minutes, content of the collection, funding sources, lending practices, day to day operations of the library, and the names of the members of the Stillwater Library Association. The volume also describes the orderly transfer of the Stillwater Library Association records and collections to the newly formed Stillwater Public Library.
The Stillwater Library Association Treasurer's Book contains the financial records of the Stillwater Library Association including lending receipts, private donations from individuals and businesses, fundraising, the librarian�s salary, expenditures for books and day to day operating expenses.
Minitex commissioned a poem by Minneapolis artist Diver Van Avery to commemorate the 50th anniversary during National Poetry Month. The poem was written on a typewriter for the occasion on April 30, 2021.
Program for the Wisconsin-Minnesota Library Meeting and the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Library Association held in Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota, September 15-18, 1909. Includes list of Wisconsin Library Association officers, and meeting agenda. Topics include Northern Libraries, book symposium, and roundtable.
Letter dated October 13, 1938 from Lee F. Zimmerman, State Director of Libraries, to Minnesota Librarians. The letter was a template used to request that local libraries work with their local radio stations to broadcast radio scripts at the local level. The radio scripts were originally created by the Minnesota Library Association Radio Committee to be broadcast over a period of 12-13 weeks on station KSTP in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Cambridge, chosen as the site for the headquarters of the new regional system in 1959, had also been the headquarters of the Isanti County Library, which was established in 1946 in Cambridge, Minnesota. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Program description for the joint conference of the Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin Library Associations. The program took place on October 18-21st, 1939 at the Hotel Schroeder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme was "Rural Social Problems: Their Implications for Libraries." In addition to general sessions, the conference included a presentation on rural social problems and implications for libraries by Lowry Nelson (Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota), a presentation by Essae M. Culver (President-Elect, American Library Association) and Charles H. Brown (Chairman, Third Activities Committee, A.L.A.), a gallery tour of American Humor at the Milwaukee-Downer College Library, banquet speaker Howard Y. McClusky (Assistant to Vice-President in charge of Adult Education, University of Michigan) on the topic of capitalizing a community's resources, and closing session speaker Dr. Max Lerner (Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.).