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<h2 id="activities">Activities</h2> <h3>Conferences and events</h3> <p>MLA sponsors an annual statewide conference each fall, rotating between locations in Michigan. This professional development and networking event draws hundreds of Michigan library staff yearly.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> A Spring Institute for Youth Services is held each spring. </p> <h3>Programs</h3> <p>MLA sponsors library awards, literary awards, mentor programs and scholarship programs, and the annual Michigan Library Appreciation Month. The Michigan Library Awards are awarded annually to members of the library community in Michigan, and are awarded jointly with Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME), the Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA), the <a href="/facts/Library_of_Michigan/mGJKbbyW">Library of Michigan</a> and the Library of Michigan Foundation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="publication">Publication</h2> <p>From 2002 to 2009, the association published the <i>MLA Forum</i> <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:1539-4123">1539-4123</a>, an <a href="/facts/Open_access/r7rLYN6C">open access</a> electronic <a href="/facts/Peer-reviewed/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> <a href="/facts/Academic_journal/SBI7Ue0q">academic journal</a> covering <a href="/facts/Library_science/AHbDQG5d">library</a> and <a href="/facts/Information_science/HGG3e3Jv">information science</a> published by the Michigan Library Association. It was indexed by <i>Library Literature</i> and <i>Library and Information Science Abstracts</i>. The journal was initially published on a quarterly schedule. In 2008, it switched to an annual publication format. The successive <a href="/facts/Editors-in-chief/d76Qb3Tr">editors-in-chief</a> were Lothar Spang (<a href="/facts/Wayne_State_University/DI8huwcr">Wayne State University</a>, 2002–2005), Susann deVries (<a href="/facts/Eastern_Michigan_University/oAzbGxr9">Eastern Michigan University</a>, 2005–2007), and Michael Lorenzen (<a href="/facts/Central_Michigan_University/H1MmaSYd">Central Michigan University</a>, 2007–2009). </p> <h2 id="current-and-past-presidents">Current and past presidents</h2> <p>The following persons have been president of the association:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>2022-23, Scott Duimstra [Capital Area District Library]</li> <li>2021-22, Ryan Wieber [Kalamazoo Public Library]</li> <li>2021-21, Kelly Richards [Muskegon Area District Library]</li> <li>2020-21, Jennifer Dean, [University of Detroit Mercy Libraires]</li> <li>2018-20, Kristin Shelley, <a href="https://www.elpl.org/">East Lansing Public Library</a></li> <li>2017-18, Steven Bowers, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Area_Library_Network/xTL4fPnL">Detroit Area Library Network</a> (DALNET)</li> <li>2016-17, Kathleen Zaenger, <a href="http://www.howelllibrary.org/">Howell Carnegie District Library</a></li> <li>2015-16, Leslie Warren, <a href="http://library.nmu.edu/">Northern Michigan University, Olson Library</a></li> <li>2014-15, Asante Cain, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids_Public_Library/pGfxmRgL">Grand Rapids Public Library</a></li> <li>2013-14, Cathy Wolford, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Area_Library_Network/xTL4fPnL">Detroit Area Library Network</a></li> <li>2012-13, Lance Werner, <a href="/facts/Kent_District_Library/u6hFIjVg">Kent District Library</a></li> <li>2011-12, Richard Cochran, <a href="/facts/Central_Michigan_University/H1MmaSYd">Central Michigan University</a></li> <li>2010-11, Christine Berro, Portage District Library</li> <li>2009-10, Larry Neal, <a href="http://www.cmpl.org/">Clinton-Macomb Public Library</a></li> <li>2008-09, Kathy Irwin, Mardigian Library - <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan-Dearborn/mkW3F2oe">University of Michigan-Dearborn</a></li> <li>2007-08, Josie Parker, <a href="/facts/Ann_Arbor/hs3CBRJy">Ann Arbor</a> District Library</li> <li>2006-07, Leah Black, <a href="/facts/Michigan_State_University/faLD1NUz">Michigan State University</a></li> <li>2005-06, Michael McGuire, Traverse Area District Library</li> <li>2004-05, Linda Farynk, <a href="/facts/Saginaw_Valley_State_University/g4ePgl8e">Saginaw Valley State University</a></li> <li>2003-04, Marcia Warner, Public Libraries of Saginaw</li> <li>2002-03, Phyllis Jose, <a href="/facts/Oakland_County%2c_Michigan/rg9snV08">Oakland County</a> Reference Library</li> <li>2001-02, <a href="/facts/Elaine_Didier/oepcdETv">Elaine Didier</a>, <a href="/facts/Oakland_University/BUkGUStY">Oakland University</a> Library</li> <li>2000-01, Tom Genson, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids%2c_Michigan/R5xJsxsd">Grand Rapids</a> Public Library</li> <li>1999-2000, Denise Forro, <a href="/facts/Michigan_State_University/faLD1NUz">Michigan State University</a></li> <li>1998-99, Nancy Bujold, Rochester Hills Public Library</li> <li>1997-98, Pamela Grudzien, <a href="/facts/Central_Michigan_University/H1MmaSYd">Central Michigan University</a></li> <li>1996-97, Beverly Papai, Farmington Community Library</li> <li>1995-96, Martha Stilwell, Kellogg Community College-Battle Creek</li> <li>1994-95, Sandra A. Scherba, Cromaine Library, Hartland</li> <li>1993-94, Sandra Yee, <a href="/facts/Eastern_Michigan_University/oAzbGxr9">Eastern Michigan University</a></li> <li>1992-93, Francis J. Buckley,</li> <li>1991-92, Jean Houghton, <a href="/facts/Saginaw_Valley_State_University/g4ePgl8e">Saginaw Valley State University</a></li> <li>1990-91, Jule Fosbender, Adrian Public Library</li> <li>1989-90, Linda Heemstra, <a href="/facts/Bay_County%2c_Michigan/natlMhrS">Bay County</a> Library System, Bay City</li> <li>1988-89, Colleen Hyslop, <a href="/facts/Michigan_State_University/faLD1NUz">Michigan State University</a> Libraries</li> <li>1987-88, Clara N.Bohrer, Farmington Community Library</li> <li>1986-87, Margaret Auer, <a href="/facts/University_of_Detroit/Gsttd7wv">University of Detroit</a> Library</li> <li>1985-86, A. Micheal Deller, Madison Heights/Livonia Public Libraries</li> <li>1984-85, Robert Garen, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1983-84, Eleanor Pinkham, <a href="/facts/Kalamazoo_College/yeAo5Tjb">Kalamazoo College</a> Library</li> <li>1982-83, Margaret Thomas, Farmington Community Library</li> <li>1981-82, Patricia Wilson, Rochester Hills (Avon Township) Public Library, Rochester</li> <li>1980-81, Howard Lipton, St. Clair Shores</li> <li>1979-80, Carolyn McMillen, <a href="/facts/Michigan_State_University/faLD1NUz">Michigan State University</a> Libraries</li> <li>1978-79, Robert Raz, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids%2c_Michigan/R5xJsxsd">Grand Rapids</a> Public Library</li> <li>1977-78, Joan Wilcox, <a href="/facts/Oakland_County%2c_Michigan/rg9snV08">Oakland County</a> Library Board, Pontiac</li> <li>1976-77, Robert Gaylor, Kresge Library, <a href="/facts/Oakland_University/BUkGUStY">Oakland University</a>, Rochester</li> <li>1975-76, Roberta Cheney, Powell Branch, <a href="/facts/Kalamazoo%2c_Michigan/0zRGHeRg">Kalamazoo</a> Public Library</li> <li>1974-75, Bernard Oppeneer, <a href="/facts/Saginaw%2c_Michigan/sjCcgj9n">Saginaw</a> Public Library</li> <li>1973-74, Mark Crum, <a href="/facts/Kalamazoo%2c_Michigan/0zRGHeRg">Kalamazoo</a> Public Library</li> <li>1972-73, Mary Daume, <a href="/facts/Monroe_County%2c_Michigan/Y59Mupy1">Monroe County</a> Library System</li> <li>1971-72, Benard C. Rink, <a href="/facts/Northwestern_Michigan_College/41ahj01m">Northwestern Michigan College</a>, Petoskey</li> <li>1970-71, Mildred M. Winslow, <a href="/facts/Western_Michigan_University/Jxt7tSpc">Western Michigan University</a></li> <li>1969-70, Robert E. Booth, <a href="/facts/Wayne_State_University/DI8huwcr">Wayne State University</a></li> <li>1968-69, James Sterling, Warren Public Library</li> <li>1967-68, W. J. Kimbrough, <a href="/facts/Lansing%2c_Michigan/sCP0cMFI">Lansing</a> Public Library</li> <li>1966-67, Richard Chapin, <a href="/facts/Michigan_State_University/faLD1NUz">Michigan State University</a> Libraries</li> <li>1965-66, Mary Mitchell, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1964-65, H. G. Johnston, <a href="/facts/Flint%2c_Michigan/YEdAeRvm">Flint</a> Public Library</li> <li>1963-64, Madalyn M. Bradford, Webster Memorial Library, Decatur</li> <li>1962-63, G. Flint Purdy, <a href="/facts/Wayne_State_University/DI8huwcr">Wayne State University</a> Library</li> <li>1961-62, Ransom L Richardson, <a href="/facts/Flint_Public_Library_(Flint%2c_Michigan)/2pPYDCXz">Flint Public Library</a></li> <li>1960-61, Robert W. Armstrong, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1959-60, <a href="/facts/Frederick_H._Wagman/R9uYNpec">Frederick H. Wagman</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Library</li> <li>1958-59, Katharine Harris, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1957-58, Clifford B. Wightman, Hackley Public Library, Muskegon</li> <li>1956-57, Clover Flanders, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Extension Service</li> <li>1955-56, William Chait, <a href="/facts/Kalamazoo%2c_Michigan/0zRGHeRg">Kalamazoo</a> Public Library</li> <li>1954-55, Ethel Walker Yarbroff, Detroit School Librarian (retired)</li> <li>1953-54, Ruth Warncke, <a href="/facts/Kent_County%2c_Michigan/quGCK3UQ">Kent County</a> Library</li> <li>1952-53, Frances E. Burnside, <a href="/facts/Jackson%2c_Michigan/bbuWEd1Y">Jackson</a> Public Library</li> <li>1951-52, Robert M. Orr, Grosse Pointe Public Library</li> <li>1950-51, Marian C. Young, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1949-50, Alta Parks, Mason Public Library, Ingham County</li> <li>1948-49, Alice Louise LeFevre, <a href="/facts/Western_Michigan_University/Jxt7tSpc">Western Michigan College</a>, Department of Education</li> <li>1947-48, Hobart R. Coffey, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a>, Law Library</li> <li>1946-47, Donald W. Kohlsedt, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids%2c_Michigan/R5xJsxsd">Grand Rapids</a> Public Library</li> <li>1945-46, Adeline Cooke, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham</li> <li>1944-45, Ernest I. Miller, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1943-44, Cecil J. Mettale, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a>, Department of Library Science</li> <li>1942-43, Eudocia Stratton, <a href="/facts/Central_Michigan_University/H1MmaSYd">Central Michigan College</a> of Education Library, Mt. Pleasant</li> <li>1941-42, Irene C. Hayner, <a href="/facts/University_High_School_(Michigan)/hs3CBRJy">University High School</a>, Ann Arbor</li> <li>1940-41, Dorothy T. Hagerman, West Side Branch, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids%2c_Michigan/R5xJsxsd">Grand Rapids</a> Public Library</li> <li>1939-40, Frances A. Hannum, <a href="/facts/Ann_Arbor%2c_Michigan/hs3CBRJy">Ann Arbor</a> Public Library</li> <li>1938-39, Ruth Rutzen, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1937-38, <a href="/facts/Ralph_A._Ulveling/usppapPp">Ralph A. Ulveling</a>, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1936-37, Maude E. Grill, <a href="/facts/Jackson_County%2c_Michigan/E0zRtyzl">Jackson County</a> Library</li> <li>1935-36, Samuel W. McAllister, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Library</li> <li>1934-35, Loleta D. Fyan, <a href="/facts/Wayne_County%2c_Michigan/zTTJImCB">Wayne County</a> Library, Detroit</li> <li>1933-34, C. Tefft Hewitt, Hackley Public Library, Muskegon</li> <li>1932-33, Nancy B. Thomas, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham</li> <li>1931-32, C. B. Joeckel, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Library School</li> <li>1929-30, Elisabeth Knapp, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1928-29, William Webb, <a href="/facts/Flint%2c_Michigan/YEdAeRvm">Flint</a> Public Library</li> <li>1927-28, William Bishop, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Library</li> <li>1926-27, Gail Curtis, State Library, Lansing</li> <li>1925-26, Louis Bailey, <a href="/facts/Flint%2c_Michigan/YEdAeRvm">Flint</a> Public library</li> <li>1924-25, Harold L. Wheeler, Hackley Public Library</li> <li>1923-24, Constance Bement, State Library, Lansing</li> <li>1922-23, Flora B. Roberts, <a href="/facts/Kalamazoo%2c_Michigan/0zRGHeRg">Kalamazoo</a> Public Library</li> <li>1921-22, Alma A. Olson, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1920-21, Annie Pollard, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids%2c_Michigan/R5xJsxsd">Grand Rapids</a> Public Library</li> <li>1919-20, <a href="/facts/Adam_Strohm/IICatjld">Adam Strohm</a>, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li> <li>1918-19, Francis L. D. Goodrich, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Library</li> <li>1917-18, Kathryn G. Sleneau, McGregor Public Library, Highland Park</li> <li>1915-16, John S. Cleavinger, <a href="/facts/Jackson%2c_Michigan/bbuWEd1Y">Jackson</a> Public Library</li> <li>1913-14, Theodore W. Koch, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Library</li> <li>1912-13, Annie F MacDonell, <a href="/facts/Bay_City%2c_Michigan/SkEd3P86">Bay City</a> Public Library</li> <li>1910-11, Nina K. Preston, <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> Library</li> <li>1908-09, G. M. Walton, <a href="/facts/Eastern_Michigan_University/oAzbGxr9">State Normal College</a> Library, Ypsilanti</li> <li>1906-07, Samuel Ranck, <a href="/facts/Grand_Rapids%2c_Michigan/R5xJsxsd">Grand Rapids</a> Public Library</li> <li>1891-1905, H. M. Utley, <a href="/facts/Detroit_Public_Library/XM64FztE">Detroit Public Library</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.milibraries.org/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131231015823/http://mlaforum.org/"><i>MLA Forum</i>, online archive</a>[<i>usurped</i>]</li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Michigan_Library_Association¶ms=42.685446_N_84.53416_W_">42°41′08″N 84°32′03″W / 42.685446°N 84.53416°W / 42.685446; -84.53416</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kristine Condic (Fall 2001), "Library Dean Elected President of MLA", Kresge Library News, archived from the original on June 30, 2010, retrieved January 10, 2013 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100630162124/http://library.oakland.edu/information/departments/archives/libNews/archive/fall2001.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100630162124/http://library.oakland.edu/information/departments/archives/libNews/archive/fall2001.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"MLA Annual Conference". Michigan Library Association. Retrieved 25 January 2022. <a href="https://www.milibraries.org/about-annual-conference" target="_blank">https://www.milibraries.org/about-annual-conference</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Awards - MLA". Michigan Library Association. Retrieved 25 January 2022. <a href="https://www.milibraries.org/michigan-library-awards" target="_blank">https://www.milibraries.org/michigan-library-awards</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Home". milibraries.org. <a href="http://www.milibraries.org/" target="_blank">http://www.milibraries.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>