The Michigan Library Association is headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, United States. It publishes a library science journal, MLA Forum.
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Guided by the belief that free access to information is the cornerstone of a free society, the Michigan Library Association, headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, has advocated for libraries on behalf of the state's residents for over 100 years. In its long history, the MLA has defended the right to read, sought to clarify library governance issues, promoted librarian education, worked for free access of information to all residents and proactively lobbied for adequate library funding. The Michigan Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in Michigan. It has influenced the course of Michigan's libraries since its inception in 1890, when Mary A. Eddy, the librarian at Coldwater wrote to the Detroit Public Library about organizing a state library association. As a result of Eddy's letter, the first MLA meeting was held in Detroit. Thirty-seven members attended, elected a slate of five officers and printed their original 40-line constitution on a 3-inch by 6-inch card.
Michigan Library Association is a professional organization dedicated to the support of its members, to the advancement of librarianship, and to the promotion of quality library service for citizens of all ages of the State of Michigan. A chapter of the American Library Association, MLA is governed by an Executive Board whose officers are elected by the membership. The board provides leadership to the organization's units, each representing special library issues and populations, which carry out MLA activities with the assistance of the MLA staff.
Michigan Library Association's nearly 1,800 members include library directors, adult and youth services librarians, media specialists, systems administrators, cooperative directors, students, trustees, friends, educators, support staff, business representatives and others interested in information science and technology from across the state. MLA membership also reflects the wide diversity of Michigan's libraries--public, academic, school, state and special libraries serving persons in government, hospitals, commerce and prisons.
MLA educates and works with legislators to obtain the state and federal support necessary for libraries to flourish. Institutional membership dues pay for the services of a Lansing lobbying firm that works to support MLA's goals in the Michigan Legislature. Institutional members receive the "MLA Legislative Update," a publication highlighting current legislation affecting libraries.
Among Michigan Library Association's many professional development opportunities are a variety of workshops that focus on position responsibilities, technologies, trends, an annual 3-4-day conference that brings nearly half of its members under one roof to network, collaborate, and share best practices, and Spring Institute that prepares children and teen librarians to enhance programming.
The Public Library Fund (PLF) is an endowed, reserve fund of the Michigan Library Association. The purpose of the PLF is to provide financial support for the development and enhancement of continuing education of library directors, library employees, and library trustees as fiscally responsible stewards of public funds for the public library.
The PLF is funded through donations and through revenue sources designated by the MLA Executive Board. Decisions regarding fund management, investment and disbursement are made by the Michigan Library Association Executive Board.
| Years | Name | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Larry Neal | Clinton-Macomb Public Library |
| 2008-09 | Kathy Irwin | Mardigian Library - University of Michigan-Dearborn |
| 2007-08 | Josie Parker | Ann Arbor District Library |
| 2006-07 | Leah Black | Michigan State University |
| 2005-06 | Michael McGuire | Traverse Area District Library |
| 2004-05 | Linda Farynk | Saginaw Valley State University |
| 2003-04 | Marcia Warner | Public Libraries of Saginaw |
| 2002-03 | Phyllis Jose | Oakland County Reference Library |
| 2001-02 | Elaine Didier | Oakland University Library |
| 2000-01 | Tom Genson | Grand Rapids Public Library |
| 1999-2000 | Denise Forro | Michigan State University |
| 1998-99 | Nancy Bujold | Rochester Hills Public Library |
| 1997-98 | Pamela Grudzien | Central Michigan University |
| 1996-97 | Beverly Papai | Farmington Community Library |
| 1995-96 | Martha Stilwell | Kellogg Community College-Battle Creek |
| 1994-95 | Sandra A. Scherba | Cromaine Library, Hartland |
| 1993-94 | Sandra Yee | Eastern Michigan University |
| 1992-93 | Francis J. Buckley | |
| 1991-92 | Jean Houghton | Saginaw Valley State University |
| 1990-91 | Jule Fosbender | Adrian Public Library |
| 1989-90 | Linda Heemstra | Bay County Library System, Bay City |
| 1988-89 | Colleen Hyslop | Michigan State University Libraries |
| 1987-88 | Clara N.Bohrer | Farmington Community Library |
| 1986-87 | Margaret Auer | University of Detroit Library |
| 1985-86 | A. Micheal Deller | Madison Heights/Livonia Public Libraries |
| 1984-85 | Robert Garen | Detroit Public Library |
| 1983-84 | Eleanor Pinkham | Kalamazoo College Library |
| 1982-83 | Margaret Thomas | Farmington Community Library |
| 1981-82 | Patricia Wilson | Rochester Hills (Avon Township) Public Library, Rochester |
| 1980-81 | Howard Lipton | St. Clair Shores |
| 1979-80 | Carolyn McMillen | Michigan State University Libraries |
| 1978-79 | Robert Raz | Grand Rapids Public Library |
| 1977-78 | Joan Wilcox | Oakland County Library Board, Pontiac |
| 1976-77 | Robert Gaylor | Kresge Library, Oakland University, Rochester |
| 1975-76 | Roberta Cheney | Powell Branch, Kalamazoo Public Library |
| 1974-75 | Bernard Oppeneer | Saginaw Public Library |
| 1973-74 | Mark Crum | Kalamazoo Public Library |
| 1972-73 | Mary Daume | Monroe County Library System |
| 1971-72 | Benard C. Rink | Northwestern Michigan College, Petoskey |
| 1970-71 | Mildred M. Winslow | Western Michigan University |
| 1969-70 | Robert E. Booth | Wayne State University |
| 1968-69 | James Sterling | Warren Public Library |
| 1967-68 | W. J. Kimbrough | Lansing Public Library |
| 1966-67 | Richard Chapin | Michigan State University Libraries |
| 1965-66 | Mary Mitchell | Detroit Public Library |
| 1964-65 | H. G. Johnston | Flint Public Library |
| 1963-64 | Madalyn M. Bradford | Webster Memorial Library, Decatur |
| 1962-63 | G. Flint Purdy | Wayne State University Library |
| 1961-62 | Ransom L Richardson | Flint Public Library |
| 1960-61 | Robert W. Armstrong | Detroit Public Library |
| 1959-60 | Frederick Wagman | University of Michigan Library |
| 1958-59 | Katharine Harris | Detroit Public Library |
| 1957-58 | Clifford B. Wightman | Hackley Public Library, Muskegon |
| 1956-57 | Clover Flanders | University of Michigan Extension Service |
| 1955-56 | William Chait | Kalamazoo Public Library |
| 1954-55 | Ethel Walker Yarbroff | Detroit School Librarian (retired) |
| 1953-54 | Ruth Warncke | Kent County Library |
| 1952-53 | Frances E. Burnside | Jackson Public Library |
| 1951-52 | Robert M. Orr | Grosse Pointe Public Library |
| 1950-51 | Marian C. Young | Detroit Public Library |
| 1949-50 | Alta Parks | Mason Public Library, Ingham County |
| 1948-49 | Alice Louise LeFevre | Western Michigan College, Department of Education |
| 1947-48 | Hobart R. Coffey | University of Michigan, Law Library |
| 1946-47 | Donald W. Kohlsedt | Grand Rapids Public Library |
| 1945-46 | Adeline Cooke | Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham |
| 1944-45 | Ernest I. Miller | Detroit Public Library |
| 1943-44 | Cecil J. Mettale | University of Michigan, Department of Library Science |
| 1942-43 | Eudocia Stratton | Central Michigan College of Education Library, Mt. Pleasant |
| 1941-42 | Irene C. Hayner | University High School, Ann Arbor |
| 1940-41 | Dorothy T. Hagerman | West Side Branch, Grand Rapids Public Library |
| 1939-40 | Frances A. Hannum | Ann Arbor Public Library |
| 1938-39 | Ruth Rutzen | Detroit Public Library |
| 1937-38 | Ralph A. Ulveling | Detroit Public Library |
| 1936-37 | Maude E. Grill | Jackson County Library |
| 1935-36 | Samuel W. McAllister | University of Michigan Library |
| 1934-35 | Loleta D. Fyan | Wayne County Library, Detroit |
| 1933-34 | C. Tefft Hewitt | Hackley Public Library, Muskegon |
| 1932-33 | Nancy B. Thomas | Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham |
| 1931-32 | C. B. Joeckel | University of Michigan Library School |
| 1929-30 | Elisabeth Knapp | Detroit Public Library |
| 1928-29 | William Webb | Flint Public Library |
| 1927-28 | William Bishop | University of Michigan Library |
| 1926-27 | Gail Curtis | State Library, Lansing |
| 1925-26 | Louis Bailey | Flint Public library |
| 1924-25 | Harold L. Wheeler | Hackley Public Library |
| 1923-24 | Constance Bement | State Library, Lansing |
| 1922-23 | Flora B. Roberts | Kalamazoo Public Library |
| 1921-22 | Alma A. Olson | Detroit Public Library |
| 1920-21 | Annie Pollard | Grand Rapids Public Library |
| 1919-20 | Adam Strohm | Detroit Public Library |
| 1918-19 | Francis L. D. Goodrich | University of Michigan Library |
| 1917-18 | Kathryn G. Sleneau | McGregor Public Library, Highland Park |
| 1915-16 | John S. Cleavinger | Jackson Public Library |
| 1913-14 | Theodore W. Koch | University of Michigan Library |
| 1912-13 | Annie F MacDonell | Bay City Public Library |
| 1910-11 | Nina K. Preston | University of Michigan Library |
| 1908-09 | G. M. Walton | State Normal College Library, Ypsilanti |
| 1906-07 | Samuel Ranck | Grand Rapids Public Library |
| 1891-1905 | H. M. Utley | Detroit Public Library |