Letter to MLA members regarding the 2007 Maine Libraries Conference

June, 2007

Dear Members,

MLA has made an important decision that will impact you directly and we wanted you to be aware of that decision. We have decided after careful deliberation that it is time to reevaluate the Maine Libraries Conference our annual joint conference with the Maine Association of School Libraries. Because we want this review to be thorough and inform our decisions about future continuing education and professional development activities for MLA members, we have also decided that it is necessary to postpone the 2007 Maine Libraries Conference sessions planned for November of 2007.

We know that many of you look forward to your time at conference for networking and improving your library programs so we are planning a smaller event for the fall just for MLA members. We hope we can use some of our time at this event to dialog with you about your continuing education and professional development needs and conference experiences that are important to continue. Our goal is to have our evaluation complete by the end of the year so that a new, bigger and better event can be ready for 2008.

We appreciate your understanding, support and patience while we “check under the hood” and hope you’ll feel comfortable enough to tell us what you need and want MLA to provide in the way of continuing education and professional development as we go forward.

Below you will find the press release that MLA and MASL will be releasing to the public regarding this study.

Please contact me if you have questions, concerns or suggestions.

Thanks,
Nikki Maounis
2006-07 MLA President

Press Release - June, 2007