Michigan Library Association Announces New Executive Director
May 9, 2019
Contact: Romy Fitschen, (517) 394-2774 ext. 226
LANSING – The Michigan Library Association (MLA) Board of Directors is happy to announce the appointment of Deborah E. Mikula (Debbie) as the association’s new Executive Director. She will assume the role beginning June 24. Mikula succeeds Gail Madziar who retired from the association on May 3.
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Written by Kristin Shelley, 2018-2019 MLA President
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President's Update - May 9, 2019
As Michigan emerges into spring and new beginnings so do Gail Madziar and the Michigan Library Association (MLA). We said goodbye to Gail on Friday, May 3. Gail led MLA for six years through budget challenges, tax capture triumphs, Narcan legislation victories and so much more. A huge thank you to Gail for her passion and tremendous advocacy for Michigan libraries. Gail’s financial prowess, political savvy and business acumen proved to be exceptionally valuable in making MLA financially stable and our libraries well loved by many legislators. I wish Gail the best of luck in retirement and all her future endeavors.
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MLA 2019-2020 Board of Directors Election Results
Congratulations to MLA's new directors elected by the membership. Julia Eisenstein, University of Detroit Mercy was voted President-elect. Scott Duimstra, Capital Area District Libraries, Karen Knox, Orion Township Public Library, Mary Freier, Northern Michigan University and Kelly Richards, Muskegon Area District Library, were elected as members-at-large. New board members will serve for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 2022.
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2019 Literary Awards Top Titles
The 2019 Mitten, YouPer and Thumbs Up! award selection group members worked throughout the year spending thousands of hours reading, reviewing and ranking hundreds of books to establish their lists of the top titles published in 2018. We look forward to revealing the winners and honor books this October at the MLA 2019 Annual Conference in Novi!
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Written by Leslie A. Warren, Dean, Library and Instructional Support, Northern Michigan University
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Education, Creativity & Community - What I Learned at SXSW EDU
Last month I attended SXSW EDU in Austin, Texas. It's from the same family of festivals/events that brings us the big SXSW music festival. This was my first time attending and it probably won't be my last. The conference was probably more diverse than anything else that I attend. In general, the content was at the broad intersection of education, creativity, and community. Participants and speakers were from K-12, higher ed, non-profits, corporations, teachers, administrators, students, vendors, etc. primarily from the US, but also global. https://www.sxswedu.com/
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