Volume 1, number 11 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter published May, 5, 1975. Topics include MLA Board Meeting notes; meeting announcements and notes for the Media Roundtable, Professional Welfare/Intellectual Freedom Committee, Continuing Education Committee, Special Libraries Roundtable, and Children & Young People's Section; President's letter; State Library funding status; notes from the Library Committee of the State Board of Education (SBE), and call for MLA participation; announcement of the Kerlan Collection open house, the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, MLA Board meeting, withdrawal of Vergil Massman as nominee for MLA vice-president, call for letters to the editor, 1975 MLA elections nominees, ALA Councilor election in progress, Building Plans Review sessions, and National Family Sex Education week; creation of the ALA Video & Cable Communication section, and the ALA-ISAD Audio-Visual section; calendar of events 5/6/75-7/5/75.
Volume 2, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter published November 6, 1975. Topics include announcements and notes of the MLA Fall Conference, 1975, MLA Business Meeting agenda, MLA Library Trustee Association, Publication Board meeting, Unions & Bargaining Agent Study Committee, Children & Young People's section, Reference & Adult Services section, Academic & Research division, Public Libraries division, Library Management Round Table, Government Documents Round Table, Media Round Table, MLA Program Fund, Senior Citizen's Round Table, Paraprofessional subcommittee of Professional Welfare Committee, Special Libraries Round Table Officers, Media Round Table, Library Management Round Table, MLA Fall Conference; MLA 1975 Proposed Budget; calendar of events 11/5/75-1/24/76; call for used books for Minnesota Museum of Art Library.
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.).
Volume 21, number 4 of the Lakeland Libarian (Librarian in the title was intentionally misspelled as Libarian with an asterisk in place of the first r for this issue) was published in the fall of 1972. This issue includes a recap of the fall annual conference, legislative topics, an obituary for former MLA president Maurine Hoffman, announcement of a contest for renaming the Lakeland Libarian, a fund appeal for dismissed Polk County Library employees Cleo McDonald and Avis Boe, a denial by the Intellectual Freedom Committee for a request for action by Jack Baker, a call for the creation of a legal defense fund, notes from the Intellectual Freedom Committee, letters to the editor, book reviews, trustee notes, and committee reports. The Lakeland Libarian replaced The MLA Bulletin as the official newsletter of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) in 1972, after an appointed publication board became responsible for all Minnesota Library Association publications. The Lakeland Libarian employed a newspaper format, incorporating features such as a letter to the editor column, students' column, trustee's section, want ads, and coverage of statewide events. Following a backlash over the intentional misspelling of the word "librarian" in the title, a contest was held to rename the publication and in the spring of 1973 the Lakeland Libarian became the North Country Librarian.
Minnesota Library Association; Barton, David (co-editor); Barton, Marjorie (co-editor)
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1985-06
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Volume 12, number 5 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter published June, 1985. Topics include report of Daniel J. Boorstin's speech at the 100th anniversary dinner for the Minneapolis Public Library; MLA News including call for Reader's Advisory Roundtable nominees, MLA 1985 budget, access to government information, notice of Minnesota Caucus at ALA Conference (July 1985), call for information on activities where library services have contributed to economic development; report of MLA attendees at the Annual Federal Library Legislative Day (April 12, 1985) in Washington, DC; new MLA members list; slate of candidates for 1986 MLA Board; excerpts of speeches in support of libraries by Representative Bruce Vento and Representative Bill Frenzel to the U.S. House of Representatives (April 17, 985); excerpt from President Ronald Reagan's 1985 National Library Week Proclamation; statement of the value of lobbying efforts from the MLA Legislative Committee; educational opportunities; job openings; update on Minnesota Reviews; announcement of Skinnybones by Barbara Parks as the winner of the 1985 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award; call for changes to library loan procedures for video and computer equipment; memorial notice for Reba L. Wakefield; and ad for EBSCO Subscription Services.