MLA ’20 Service Project: Rahab’s Sisters
What makes Rahab’s Sisters unique is the concept of radical hospitality. Rahab’s Sisters’ core mission is creating community for women and gender nonconforming folks “marginalized…
Announcing the MLA ’20 vConference and Exhibits! Registration Opens June 5!
Join your colleagues, friends, and vendors for the MLA ’20 vConference and Exhibits, a full-featured experience of virtual learning and networking. MLA invites you to…
Significant Changes to EFTS and DOCLINE after June 30, 2020
The University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) is transferring the operations of the Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) to MLA in a timeline agreed to…
Introducing the MLA ’20 vConference
Late on May 7, Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown announced the decision to limit gatherings to twenty-five people or fewer through September 2020. Unfortunately, this means…
What’s Going on with MLA ’20?
You all know by now that MLA ’20 has now been rescheduled for August 15–19. Although the 2020 National Program Committee (NPC), the MLA Board,…
MLA Board Reschedules MLA ’20 to August 15–19, 2020, in Portland
Updated to include finalized dates We have heard from many of you about the potential effect of COVID-19 on your attendance at MLA ’20, including…
Statement from Travel Portland
The Oregon Health Authority, the City of Portland, and Travel Portland are all closely monitoring the situation in the community. Portland is currently open for…
EFTS Update: February 27, 2020
Your MLA Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) team has been hard at work to implement the new EFTS. Latest news 610 libraries have completed their EFTS…
EFTS User Agreements Now Available
On Friday January 17, 812 libraries received the MLA Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) user agreement for their review. Here are some fun facts: 300…
Check Your Schedule for MLA ’20!
Have you noticed the changes in the schedule for MLA ’20? The most obvious is that the meeting is a little shorter with the Janet…
Visit Weird and Wonderful Portland, Oregon!
MLA ’20 will be held May 15-19 in Portland, Oregon. Here are a few reasons, besides attending the conference, that you might want to visit…
750+ Libraries Support the New EFTS
Great news, and thank you! 750+ libraries have expressed their interest to join the new EFTS by requesting a user agreement from MLA. MLA will…
EFTS Is Here to Stay
Poem posted to MEDLIB-L on November 22, 2019, by Fred King, AHIP Subject: Re: We need 75% of current EFTS users to keep the system…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform: Update
As you may have learned (and apologies if you have already received a similar message), MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds…
Kickstart the New EFTS Platform
MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) platform. MLA will proceed with actual development and implementation if a minimum…
Update on EFTS Continuation
Submitted by Kevin Baliozian, MLA Executive Director, and Janice Swiatek, Director, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut (UConn) Health Center–Farmington On July 18, 2019,…
EMTS 2019 Annual Meeting Grant Recipient Shares Her MLA ’19 Experience
Christy Tyson is a Educational Media and Technologies Section (EMTS) 2019 Annual Meeting Grant recipient, which enabled her to attend MLA ’19 in Chicago. Read…
Update on EFTS Continuation
On May 22, 2019, Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) users received a communication from Janice Swiatek, director of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the…
Thank You, MLA ’19 Sponsors
MLA expresses our sincere appreciation to all of these companies for their generous support of MLA ’19. For information about sponsorships for MLA ’20, please…
Official Meeting Blogger: Chicago Adventures
Amid the opportunities for elevating at MLA’19, many attendees seized the chance to take in the sights of Chicago. I hope you had some great…