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From the
Chair
Richard
LeSueur
Ann Arbor District Library
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As I contemplate my decision to accept this post to which I was
not elected, I begin to realize how difficult a time this has been for
the Midwest Chapter. The illness of Rick Jones that forced his decision
to step down as chapter chair came at about the same time that Laura
Probst, our past chair, moved to another chapter. With no experience as
an elected official in MLA or in the Midwest Chapter, I wondered if
I was the right person for the job.
Looking back to over 25 years
of MLA experience, however, I knew that I would not be working in a
vacuum. With the election this fall we will again be on a normal
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flow of
officer succession, but more importantly I know that I can call on the
many chapter members who have always given of their time and
talents for the Midwest Chapter. I hope that I do not have to impose too
often on my colleagues to help me find my way.
Thanks to our
Nominating Committee (chaired by Ruthann McTyre, with Steven Sundell and
Conie Borchardt), we have a fine slate from which to choose our new
chair-elect: Bob Delvin from Illinois Weslyan and Wendy Sistrunk of
University of Missouri-Kansas City. We appreciate their willingness to
serve the chapter in this very important capacity!
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Members of
the Executive Committee are, in addition to myself: Laurie Probst, past
chair; Mary Huismann, secretary-treasurer; Greg
Fitzgerald, newsletter editor, and Rebecca Littman,
Webmaster.
[The Chapter's full administrative structure will appear in the
January issue of Midwest
Note-Book.]
As I
write this, plans are nearly complete for our fall meeting in
Bloomington, IL. A big round of applause to local arrangements chair Bob
Delvin and to the Program Committee: Bob, Holling Smith-Borne, Don
Widmer, and Laurie Probst. It promises to be an excellent meeting and I
look forward to seeing you there!
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61st
Annual Chapter Meeting: Bloomington, Illinois
and Illinois
Wesleyan University, October 17-19, 2002
Robert C. Delvin
Illinois Wesleyan
University
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Important
Deadlines!
Early
Meeting Registration
(postmarked) September 16
Hotel
Registration
September 26
Ballot for Chair-Elect
October
9
Membership Renewal
Do it now!!
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The 2002 annual Midwest Chapter meeting of MLA is being hosted by
Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL as part of a celebratory
year marking the opening of the new Ames Library on the Illinois Wesleyan
campus. The $26 million facility, designed by the architectural firm of
Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbot of Boston, MA, is situated in a
park-
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like
setting, creating a dramatic entrance to the university
campus.
The library's motto "Reflect Tradition, Promote
Scholarship, Inspire Excellence" is reflected in every aspect of the
library's building and program, from the stained-glass window panels
donated by Pembroke College, Oxford, the solid cherry and mahogany
furnishings,
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the
carefully selected print, media and electronic resources which are at the
heart of the library, to the state-of-the-art technology which permeates
The Ames Library.
The prevailing theme of the Bloomington
conference will be the impact of technology on the delivery of library
services. Individual (Continued on page 2)
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