Volume 3, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in June, 1976. Contents include a President's letter, update on the Media Round Table (MERT) which will disband unless its next meeting attracts 20 members, Academic and Research Division meeting minutes, Paraprofessional Subcommittee of the Professional Welfare Committee meeting minutes, announcement of Eighth Annual Festival of Children's Books, calendar of events and a Special Issue of the MLA Legislative Alert that discusses Governor Anderson's call for freezing agency spending and a call to MLA members to lobby the State Board of Education for improvements in library service.
Volume 5, number 8 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) newsletter was published in September, 1978. Content includes minutes from the August MLA Board meeting, a save the date for the fall MLA conference business meeting, new faculty at the University of Minnesota Library School, an upcoming panel discussion on public library financing, copies of documents from the library forum, MLA committee, subunit, and division reports amd minutes, an announcement about the new MLA Paraprofessional Round Table (PALS), a call for Minnesota humanities commission award nominations, a new course offered on library services for the handicapped, an announcement about the upcoming American Library Association (ALA) Library and Information Technology Association institute, information about a new academic library program that will assist academic libraries conducting self-study programs, an advertisement for the MLA Technical Services Division pre-conference on trends in Acquisitions and Collection Development, a lilst of MLA members who hold American Library Association official positions, library job announcements, status of legislation of interest to librarians, an invitation to attend a showing of the film "The Speaker," the MLA Academic Library Division annual program announcement, an upcoming workshop on library services to teens, a call to serve on the MLA publications committee, an upcoming seminar on the issues and problems of evaluating reference services, new library books, directories, and resources, and a calendar of upcoming library events.
Volume 1, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Peddler was published in May 1939 (three pages). Marion Shafer from Minneapolis Public Library [presumed editor] requests news items be sent to her. Section headings in this issue are department store references, including Window Shopping, Housewares, Play togs, Front Office, Lay-by, Drugs & Toiletries, Notions, Men Furnishings, and Going Up., and contain MLA news items about people and current activities. News includes Items about the Cloquet Public Library Summer Reading Program, St. Paul Public Library Children's Room Miniatures display, St. Paul Public Library display at the recent Festival of Nations, Hutchinson Public Library Amateur Photographer's Show, Duluth Public Library Reference Room displays of wild flowers and the Camera Club and portraits of the new pope, Minneapolis Public Library Music Week display, and the MLA Legislative Program that recently failed. Notes about MLA member travels, engagements, and social news, and MLA Stag Section (men only) are included.
Volume 6, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in January, 1979. Contents include a listing of new members, job description for the open position of Executive Director of MLA, a report of funds for library and related programs from the American Library Association Washington office, LIST Roundtable report, continuing education opportunities, Special Libraries Roundtable report, the Luther Brown Educator's Conference tentative program, a tentative schedule for a legislative workshop sponsored by the MLA Legislative Committee, a report of the Task Force on Multi-type Library Cooperation which proposes the formation of seven multi-type library systems, the annual report of the Intellectual Freedom Committee, and a calendar of events.
Volume 17, number 6 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in June 1990. This issue focuses on library resource sharing. Content includes MLA board meeting highlights, MLA subunit summaries, legislative news, library news briefs, job postings, a list of new MLA members, and a calendar of events.
Focusing on contemporary Iranian artists and intellectuals, I examine the creation of collective identifications from an internal perspective. Drawing on research on migrant associations and ethnic and racial boundaries in Germany, the ethnographic account alternates between internal relations, member's participation in the transnational field of Iranian artists, and representative activities in the German public sphere. It explains how the members' unequal resources and varying politics of value caused a shift in the association's system of value. From a critique of assimilationism and the promotion of the value of diversity, the group came to largely comply with the system of value prevailing in the German public sphere, sustained by its intersection with the one that shapes the transnational social field of Iranian artists.
Volume 14, number 7 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published September 1987. Contents include meet the candidates for MLA office, local government Pay Equity Act, new technology and academic libraries, ALA annual conference highlights, MLA annual conference notes, Midwest Federation of Library Associations and Minnesota Association for Continuing and Adult Education conferences, miscellaneous news, job announcements, a list of new MLA members, and 1988 MLA Legislative session plans (Note some pages are missing from this issue).
Volume 17, number 5 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in May 1990. This issue focuses on the impact of the Minnesota Local Government Pay Equity Act on public libraries. Content includes a calendar of events, library news briefs, announcements for upcoming events, MLA subunit summaries, job postings, and a list of new MLA members.
Volume 9, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in March, 1982. Contents include the President's Column, a report of the MLA Board, a report of the Minnesota Library Trustees Association, reports of various sections and round tables, a Legislative Update, a master calendar of meetings and deadlines, a listing of educational events, and a call for participation in a Minnesota Library Association Legislative Day.
Volume 1, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Peddler was published in February 1939. Editor-in-chief of this issue was Marion Shafer from Minneapolis Public Library. This issue contains an Editor's note, reports from Junior MLA members in St. Paul, the University of Minnesota, and out of state, legislative news, music and building news, extension work, catalog trouble, and a W.P.A project to index the Minneapolis Journal from 1900 to date. The M.L.A Peddler was created and conceived by the Junior members of the Minnesota Library Association. The first issue states ".[The] Peddler will bring you bits of personal gossip, news about library enterprises, [and] matters of friendly interest."
Volume 19, number 4 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in April, 1992. Contents include an MLA President's article on planning for 1992 and further, 1992 MLA Goals and Objectives, board meeting highlights, 1992 Library Legislative Day report, events calendar, Memorial Roll of Honor-MLA and ALA President Gratia Alta Countryman, News & Notes, Detroit Lakes Junior Friends of the Library program, new members list, and People & Places.
Volume 18, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in March, 1991. Contents include a discussion of the 1990 continuing education needs assessment of library personnel in Minnesota report, News & Notes, events calendar, summary of ALA exhibits on technology issues, historical highlights from the Centennial committee, an opinion piece about government censorship regarding the Gulf War, board meeting highlights, job listings, People & Places, and new members list.
Volume 3, number 3 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter published March, 1976. Topics include announcements and notes of the MLA MidWinter meeting schedule, Legislative Committee, Children & Young People's section; Special Libraries Round Table, Resolutions Committee, Academic & Research Libraries division, MLA Board of Directors meeting, ALA Councilor's Report to MLA, State Board of Education Library committee, Reference & Adult Services section, Continuing Education Committee, Midwest Academic Librarians Conference (MALC), Professional Welfare Committee, Media Education Conference; creation of the Continuing Library Education Network (CLENE); presentation of books from MLA to the library at the Govenor's Residence; preliminary report of the MLA Salary & Benefits committee; ASIS/SLA Minnesota Chapter Salary & Employment Servey results available; calendar of events 3/2/75-5/21/76.
Volume 18, number 1 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published in January, 1991. Contents include reports from the 1990 MLA conference, board meeting highlights, federal library legislation update, MLA Centennial events, MLA general membership meeting minutes, library legislative day, 1991 legislative platform, new members, discussion of loaning videos to minors, upcoming events, News & Notes, readers advisory retreat, Statewide Telecommunications Access and Routing System (STARS) update, job listings, and People & Places.
Volume 20, number 2 of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Newsletter was published February 1993. Contents include cover article on 1993 MLA legislative platform, Board meeting highlights; MLA calendar of events, MLA 1993 Officers and Chairpersons; Video Selection workshop registration form, miscellaneous news & notes including pubic library statistics state ranking per capita comparing Minnesota to nationally, library related awards, and Minneapolis Public Library's multicultural booklist, upcoming seminars, conferences, and workshops, people & places, and employment opportunities.
