A week and a half ago, I participated in the 2007 Michigan Library Association's annual conference here in Lansing. Current MLA President, Josie Parker, and Executive Director, Gretchen Couraud, provided exceptional leadership for the conference this year and for the extremely difficult job of developing a proposal for significant restructuring for the association membership to vote on early in the new calendar year. Congratulations to both of them and to the MLA membership who will, I hope, review and endorse the proposal.
The highlight of the MLA annual conference for me is always the State Librarian's Excellence Award Luncheon, and this year was no exception. Sponsored and administered by the Library of Michigan Foundation and underwritten by corporate sponsorships from the Hantz Group and Edward Surovell Realtors, this annual award is sought by libraries from all over the state each year. It's all about excellent customer service, which is so appropriate in these times during which we seek funding and other support for our libraries by making the case that the services we provide for our patrons make a real difference in their lives and so make a real difference for Michigan! You can read more about this year's awards and the accomplishments of the winning libraries in the official press release, but I want to make sure to congratulate them here. You can see that they were all quite pleased with themselves, and deservedly so! Left to right they are: Pam Christensen, director of Marquette's Peter White Public Library, winner of one of the Citations of Excellence; Kate Van Auken, director of Cass City's Rawson Memorial Library, the State Librarian's Excellence Award winner this year; and Ken Miller, director of Sault Ste. Marie's Bayliss Public Library, winner of the other Citation of Excellence. It was so much fun, as always, to present the award and citations. Congratulations to them all!
The highlight of the MLA annual conference for me is always the State Librarian's Excellence Award Luncheon, and this year was no exception. Sponsored and administered by the Library of Michigan Foundation and underwritten by corporate sponsorships from the Hantz Group and Edward Surovell Realtors, this annual award is sought by libraries from all over the state each year. It's all about excellent customer service, which is so appropriate in these times during which we seek funding and other support for our libraries by making the case that the services we provide for our patrons make a real difference in their lives and so make a real difference for Michigan! You can read more about this year's awards and the accomplishments of the winning libraries in the official press release, but I want to make sure to congratulate them here. You can see that they were all quite pleased with themselves, and deservedly so! Left to right they are: Pam Christensen, director of Marquette's Peter White Public Library, winner of one of the Citations of Excellence; Kate Van Auken, director of Cass City's Rawson Memorial Library, the State Librarian's Excellence Award winner this year; and Ken Miller, director of Sault Ste. Marie's Bayliss Public Library, winner of the other Citation of Excellence. It was so much fun, as always, to present the award and citations. Congratulations to them all!
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