Maine Library Association

MLA Events & Annoucements

    • 27 Mar 2023
    • 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Obituaries are one of the best sources of genealogical information, especially in the mid to late 20th century. Find out how to search effectively for them at the next MLA genealogy interest group session on Monday, March 27, from 5:15 PM to 6:00 PM.

    The Zoom link will be in your registration confirmation email. The discussion will be recorded, and we will email a link to the recording to everyone who registers.

    This event is free for MLA members, $5 for non-members.

    • 21 May 2023
    • 6:00 PM
    • Sunday River Ski Resort - Grand Summit Hotel Ballroom
    • 318
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    Photo credit: Owen KingJoin us for an evening with Maine authors,  philanthropists, and library advocates, Stephen and Tabitha King.

    The Kings really need no introduction. They have created many books for readers to enjoy over the past several decades, and have given generously to Maine communities through the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, which has awarded grants to many libraries around the state of Maine. They are major supporters of the work that libraries do, and the ideals our profession upholds.

    Proceeds from this event will help to fund the work we do, in support of our mission to promote and enhance the value of Maine libraries and librarianship, to foster cooperation among those who work in and for Maine libraries, and to provide leadership in ensuring that information is accessible to all citizens from their libraries. 

    The Evening's Schedule:

    6:00 - 6:30: Cocktails and music with cash bar (each ticket holder will receive 1 drink ticket)

    6:30 - 7:15: Dinner (please select your entree when registering)

    7:15: Keynote with Stephen and Tabitha King

    Music to follow, courtesy of Rockashop Sound System

    *Please note: The Kings will not be giving autographs or signing books at this event.*

    LODGING:

    Sunday River is offering a group discount rate for hotel stays for the nights of Saturday 5/20 - Tuesday 5/23. Use this link to book a room at this group rate.

    MLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

    This event precedes the 2023 MLA Annual Conference: Advocacy in Action. Use this link for more information and to register for the 2023 MLA Annual Conference.


    • 22 May 2023
    • 8:00 AM
    • 23 May 2023
    • 4:30 PM
    • Sunday River Ski Resort - Grand Summit Hotel
    Register

    Please join us for our annual conference on May 22-23 at Sunday River Ski Resort - Grand Summit Hotel.




    Monday Keynote speaker: Tracie D. Hall

    TRACIE D. HALL is a librarian, author, and advocate for the arts, and is Executive Director of the American Library Association. Prior to her appointment, Hall served as the Director of the Joyce Foundation Culture Program. She also served as Chicago's Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. In libraries, Hall was VP of the Queens Public Library, and Assistant Dean of Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She was also the Director of the Office for Diversity for the American Library Association.

    Tuesday Keynote speaker: Monica Wood

    MONICA WOOD is a novelist, memoirist, playwright, and the recent recipient of the Carlson Prize for contributions to the public humanities and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Distinguished Achievement Award for contributions to the literary arts. Her new novel, How to Read a Book, is forthcoming from Mariner Books, and a new play, Saint Dad, will debut in October 2023 at Portland Stage. Her previous novel, The One-in-a-Million Boy, was translated into 20 languages in over 30 countries. She is also the author of When We Were the Kennedys, a New England bestseller, Oprah magazine summer-reading pick, and winner of the May Sarton Memoir Award. Her other fiction, Any Bitter Thing, Ernie’s Ark, and My Only Story, have also won awards and made bestseller lists. Her short stories have been widely anthologized, and her nonfiction has appeared in Oprah, New York Times, Literary Hub, Down East, Martha Stewart LivingParade, and many other publications. She lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband and their cat, Susie.

    We are also THRILLED to announce that on the evening of Sunday, May 21st, we will be hosting a fundraiser dinner with keynote speakers Stephen and Tabitha King! 


    • Conference attendees will receive a code to access the Conference Attendee ticket price ($99) for this event, in your conference registration confirmation email.
    • If you are a MLA member, you can register for that event at the MLA Member ticket price (also $99) without the code.
    • Non-members who are not attending the conference would pay the general admission ($149).

    So, if you are a MLA member or if you are attending the conference, you can attend this special event for $99 - which includes a plated dinner with dessert, one drink ticket, and an evening with the Kings followed by music courtesy of Rockashop Sound System. CLICK HERE to register for the King fundraiser

    *Please note: The Kings will not be giving autographs or signing books at this event.

    LODGING: Sunday River is offering a group rate on hotel rooms for any night, Saturday thru Tuesday. To book a room at the group rate, use this link:

    https://sundayriver.com/booklodging?Group=86347H&resultFilterValue=S&Checkin=05/20/2023&Checkout=05/24/2023&pid=25159

    Please direct all questions by email to: president@mainelibraries.org and we will be glad to assist you! 


    • 22 May 2023
    • 10:00 AM
    • 23 May 2023
    • 4:00 PM
    • Sunday River Grand Summit Hotel, Newry ME
    Register


    Please join us as an exhibitor or sponsor for our annual conference May 22-23, 2023. 

    Exhibitor registration is open!






    Monday Keynote speaker: Tracie D. Hall

    TRACIE D. HALL is a librarian, author, and advocate for the arts, and is Executive Director of the American Library Association. Prior to her appointment, Hall served as the Director of the Joyce Foundation Culture Program. She also served as Chicago's Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. In libraries, Hall was VP of the Queens Public Library, and Assistant Dean of Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She was also the Director of the Office for Diversity for the American Library Association.

    Tuesday Keynote speaker: Monica Wood

    MONICA WOOD is a novelist, memoirist, playwright, and the recent recipient of the Carlson Prize for contributions to the public humanities and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Distinguished Achievement Award for contributions to the literary arts. Her new novel, How to Read a Book, is forthcoming from Mariner Books, and a new play, Saint Dad, will debut in October 2023 at Portland Stage. Her previous novel, The One-in-a-Million Boy, was translated into 20 languages in over 30 countries. She is also the author of When We Were the Kennedys, a New England bestseller, Oprah magazine summer-reading pick, and winner of the May Sarton Memoir Award. Her other fiction, Any Bitter Thing, Ernie’s Ark, and My Only Story, have also won awards and made bestseller lists. Her short stories have been widely anthologized, and her nonfiction has appeared in Oprah, New York Times, Literary Hub, Down East, Martha Stewart LivingParade, and many other publications. She lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband and their cat, Susie.

    We are also THRILLED to announce that on the evening of Sunday, May 21st, we will be hosting a fundraiser dinner with keynote speakers Stephen and Tabitha King! 




    • Conference attendees will receive a code to access the Conference Attendee ticket price ($99) for this event, in your conference registration confirmation email.
    • If you are a MLA member, you can register for that event at the MLA Member ticket price (also $99) without the code.
    • Non-members who are not attending the conference would pay the general admission ($149).

    Exhibitors attending the conference can attend this special event for $99 - which includes a plated dinner with dessert, one drink ticket, and an evening with the Kings followed by music courtesy of Rockashop Sound System. CLICK HERE to register for the King fundraiser. The code to access the MLA Conference Attendee ticket rate will be in the confirmation email from this exhibitor registration. 

    *Please note: The Kings will not be giving autographs or signing books at this event.

    LODGING: Sunday River is offering a group rate on hotel rooms for any night, Saturday thru Tuesday. To book a room at the group rate, use this link:

    https://sundayriver.com/booklodging?Group=86347H&resultFilterValue=S&Checkin=05/20/2023&Checkout=05/24/2023&pid=25159

    Please direct all questions by email to: academic@mainelibraries.org or president@mainelibraries.org and we will be glad to assist you! 

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Past events

16 Mar 2023 Coffee Chat: ChatGPT and the AI Revolution
27 Feb 2023 Genealogy Discussion: Navigating Ancestry’s Library Edition
16 Feb 2023 Coffee Chat: Digital Maine Library Resource Overview II
30 Jan 2023 Genealogy Discussion: Getting Patrons Started with Genealogy
19 Jan 2023 Coffee Chat: Crisis, Self-Care, & Boundary Setting in Libraries
15 Dec 2022 Coffee Chat: Digital Maine Library Resource Overview
17 Nov 2022 Coffee Chat: "Design Thinking" in Libraries
25 Oct 2022 Archives & Special Collections Interest Group meeting
20 Oct 2022 Coffee Chat: How to Have Hard Conversations
15 Oct 2022 Library Snapshot Day info due
28 Sep 2022 Genealogy discussion -- Canadian sources (take 2)
25 Sep 2022 Library Snapshot Week
22 Sep 2022 Coffee Chat: Intellectual Freedom & Strategies for Managing Book Challenges
19 Sep 2022 Genealogy discussion -- Canadian sources
29 Aug 2022 Genealogy discussion
01 Aug 2022 Genealogy discussion --MAPS
27 Jun 2022 Genealogy discussion
16 Jun 2022 Maine Academic Libraries Day 2022
23 May 2022 Trusted - The Maine Library Association Annual Meeting and Conference 2022
22 May 2022 2022 Annual Conference - Exhibitor and Sponsor Registration
22 May 2022 Maine Infonet Pre-Conference
25 Apr 2022 Genealogy discussion
21 Apr 2022 Coffee Chat: Reopening Strategies
08 Apr 2022 National Library Week -- Media Day Toolbox
06 Apr 2022 National Library Week -- Library Policy Day
03 Apr 2022 National Library Week
25 Mar 2022 Oceans of Possibilities for Planning
17 Mar 2022 Coffee Chat: Collection Development and Censorship - A different kind of discussion around a foundational topic for Librarians
17 Feb 2022 Coffee Chat: Setting Boundaries with Patrons
20 Jan 2022 Coffee Chat: Programming with SNAP-Ed
19 Nov 2021 Beg, Borrow, & Steal 2021
18 Nov 2021 Coffee Chat: Intro to MLA Special Interest & Advocacy Groups
02 Nov 2021 Archives & Special Collections Interest Group: Fall Gathering
21 Oct 2021 Coffee Chat: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About cloudLibrary
16 Sep 2021 Coffee Chat: RA for Everyone!
30 Jun 2021 Maine Academic Libraries Day 2021
24 Jun 2021 Coffee Chat: School Year Breakdown
21 Jun 2021 Dungeons & Dragons Session 4 - Online Gaming
14 Jun 2021 Dungeons & Dragons Session 3 - Gameplay
07 Jun 2021 Dungeons & Dragons Session 2 - Character Development
01 Jun 2021 Dungeons & Dragons Session 1 - History & Background
24 May 2021 2021 Annual Conference - Exhibitor and Sponsor Registration
24 May 2021 MLA Annual Conference 2021
11 May 2021 Coffee Chat: How Do You To-Do?
26 Mar 2021 IFC: Chew the Facts, Article Chat
18 Mar 2021 Coffee Chat: What's the Plan?
10 Mar 2021 Maine Library Legislative Day Presents: ALA Advocacy Academy Part II
03 Mar 2021 Maine Library Legislative Day Presents: ALA Advocacy Academy Part I
16 Feb 2021 Coffee Chat: Evaluating and Selecting Popular e-Resources
21 Jan 2021 Coffee Chat: Self-Care, what does that even mean anymore?
27 Oct 2020 Fall Discussion Group: A Discussion of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
21 Oct 2020 Fall Discussion Group: A Discussion of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
13 Oct 2020 Fall Discussion Group: A Discussion of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
06 Aug 2020 Membership discussion and vote on bylaws changes
12 Jun 2020 MLA Executive Board Meeting
03 Jun 2020 Maine Academic Libraries Day 2020
08 May 2020 MLA Annual Meeting 2020
20 Mar 2020 CANCELED - YSS Summer Reading Planning 2020- Session 2
09 Mar 2020 YSS Summer Reading Planning 2020- Session 1
20 Feb 2020 Maine Library Legislative Day
14 Feb 2020 MLA Executive Council Meeting
01 Nov 2019 Beg, Borrow, & Steal 2019
30 Sep 2019 2019 Exhibitors Annual Conference
30 Sep 2019 2019 Maine Library Association Conference - Building Stronger Communities for Maine's Next 200 Years
29 Sep 2019 Maine InfoNet Pre-Conference
12 Jun 2019 Maine Academic Libraries Day
03 Jun 2019 MLA Executive Council Meeting -- NOTE LOCATION AND DATE CHANGE
10 May 2019 MLA Annual Meeting: Development for Libraries with No Development Staff
12 Apr 2019 MLA Executive Council Meeting
18 Mar 2019 Engaging with the ACRL Framework: A Catalyst for Exploring and Expanding Our Teaching Practices
08 Mar 2019 YSS Summer Reading Planning Session 2019
08 Feb 2019 MLA Executive Council Meeting
14 Dec 2018 MLA Executive Council Meeting
01 Oct 2018 Beer Through the Decades: Beer Tasting supporting the Ainsworth Scholarship
01 Oct 2018 2018 Exhibitors Annual Conference
01 Oct 2018 2018 Maine Library Association Conference - The Future is Now
30 Sep 2018 Sharing in Maine: a Maine InfoNet Pre-Conference
14 Sep 2018 MLA Executive Council Meeting
08 Jun 2018 MLA Executive Council Meeting
23 May 2018 2018 MLA Annual Meeting & Library Trends Discussions
13 Apr 2018 MLA Executive Council Meeting
21 Mar 2018 YSS Summer Reading Planning Session
09 Feb 2018 MLA Executive Council Meeting
08 Dec 2017 MLA Executive Council Meeting
02 Oct 2017 2017 Annual Conference Exhibitors
02 Oct 2017 2017 Maine Library Association Conference
23 Aug 2017 Beg Borrow Steal 2017
29 Jun 2017 Tea Time!
17 May 2017 2017 MLA Annual Meeting and More
16 Oct 2015 MLA Executive Council Meeting
24 Aug 2015 Beg, Borrow or Steal 2015
25 Aug 2014 Beg, Borrow Steal 2014
23 Jun 2014 CSLP Reading Program Manuals
06 Jun 2014 MLA Council Meeting
02 May 2014 NMLD Youth Services Lunch
02 May 2014 CMLD Youth Services Lunch
11 Apr 2014 MLA Council Meeting
21 Feb 2014 MLA Council Meeting
13 Dec 2013 MLA Council Meeting
19 Aug 2013 Beg, Borrow Steal 2013
12 Jun 2013 MLA June Council Meeting
10 May 2013 MLA Annual Meeting
08 Mar 2013 MLA Council Meeting
11 Jan 2013 MLA Council Meeting
09 Nov 2012 MLA Council Meeting

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