The Massachusetts Library Association advocates for and empowers the Massachusetts library community by providing leadership, legislative advocacy, professional development, networking opportunities, and by defending intellectual freedom.

 

The Massachusetts Library Association is managed by our Executive Manager, Elizabeth Hacala.  She can be reached at our main office:

Massachusetts Library Association
PO Box 535
Bedford, MA 01730
phone: 781-275-7729
fax: 781-998-0393
or email us using our contact form.

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FY 13 MLA Executive Board


Officers:

President

Dinah O'Brien
Plymouth Public Library
132 South Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
Phone: 508-830-4250
Email: do'brien@townhall.plymouth.ma.us

Vice President

Elizabeth Marcus
Brockton Public Library
304 Main Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Phone: 508-580-7890 x101
Email: emarcus@cobma.us

Secretary

Laura Bernheim
Head Reference Librarian
Waltham Public Library
Waltham, MA
781-314-3435
lbernheim@minlib.net

Treasurer

Bernadette D. Rivard
Bellingham Public Library
100 Blackstone Street
Bellingham MA 02019
Phone: 508-966-1660
Email: brivard@bellinghamma.org

Past President

Ruth Urell, Director
Reading Public Library
64 Middlesex Avenue
Reading, MA 01867
Phone: 781-942-6725
Email: urell@noblenet.org


Committee Chairs

Co-Chair, Conference Committee

Sarah Sogigian
Massachusetts Library System
225 Cedar Hill St #229
Marlborough, MA 01752

Phone: (508) 357-2121
Email: sarah@masslibsystem.org

Co-Chair, Conference Committee

Ellen Keane
UMASS Lowell
61 Wilder Street
Lowell, MA 01854
Phone: (978) 934-4594
Email: Ellen_Keane@uml.edu

Co-Chair, Legislative Committee

Beverly Shank
PO Box 535
Bedford, MA 01730
phone: 781-275-7729
Email: beverly.shank@gmail.com

Co-Chair, Legislative Committee

Susan R. McAlister
Minuteman Library Network
10 Strathmore Road
Natick, MA 01760
Phone: 508-655-8008 x237
Email: smcalister@minlib.net

Chair, Jordan Miller

Sandy Leifeld
Newton Free Library
Childrens
330 Homer St.
Newton, MA 02459
 Phone: 617-796-1370
Email: SLeifeld@minlib.net

Chair, Intellectual Freedom

Jacqueline Rafferty
Paul Pratt Memorial Library
35 Ripley Rd.
Cohasset, MA 02025
Phone: (781) 383-1348
Email: jrafferty@ocln.org

Chair, Membership

Maureen Ambrosino, Director
Westborough Public Library
55 West Main Street
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: 508-871-5280
Email: mambrosino@town.westborough.ma.us

Chair, Personnel

Kirsten Underwood
Head of Reference Services
Nevins Memorial Library
Methuen MA 01844
Phone: 978.686.4080 x14
Email: kunderwood@mvlc.org

Co-Chair, Public Relations

Laurie Lessner
SAILS Library Network
547 West Grove Street
Middleboro, MA 02346
Phone: 508-946-8600 x214
Email: llessner@sailsinc.org

Co-Chair, Public Relations

Jocelyn Tavares
Dighton Public Library
395 Main Street
Dighton, MA 02715
Phone: 508-669-6421
Email: JTavares@sailsinc.org

Co-Chair, Paralibrarian Section

Allison Sloan
Reading Public Library
64 Middlesex Avenue
Reading, MA 01867
Phone: 781 942-9104
Email: sloan@noblenet.org

Co-Chair, Paralibrarian Section

Gerry Deyermond
Memorial Hall Library
Elm Square
Andover, MA 01810
Phone: (978) 623-8401 ext.35
Email: gdeyermond@mhl.org


Chair, Tech Services Section

Daniel Saulean
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA
Email: saulean@mit.edu

Chair, Youth Services Section

Sharon Colvin
Chelmsford Public Library
25 Boston Road
Chelmsford, MA USA 01824
Phone: (978) 256-5521
Email: scolvin@mvlc.org

ALA Councilor

Nancy Rea
 Box 3036
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Email:nbrea01@gmail.com
Phone:978-373-9630
Alt Phone:978-994-9753

Archivist

Sunny Vandermark
           10 Ruthellen Rd.
Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: 508-788-9392
Email: svandermark7@gmail.com

ByLaws

Ellen Rainville
JV Fletcher Library
50 Main Street
Westford, MA 01886
Phone: (978) 692-5557
Email: erainville@westfordma.gov

Financial Committee

[Vacant]


Affiliate Representatives

MBLC Representative

Robert Maier
Mass Bd of Library Comm.
98 N. Washington St. Suite401
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 725-1860 ext 249
Email: Robert.maier@state.ma.

Massachusetts Library System Liaison

Gregory Pronevitz, Executive Director
225 Cedar Hill Street, Suite 229
Marlborough, MA 01752
Phone:  508-357-2121
Email: greg@masslibsystem.org

MSLA Liason

Kathy Lowe
MSLA Office
PO Box 658
Lunenburg, MA 01462
Phone: (978) 582-6967
Email: klowe@maschoolibraries.org

MSLA President

Valerie Diggs
Chelmsford High School Learning Commons
200 Richardson Rd.
Chelmsford 01863,
Phone: 978-251-5111x1149
Email: vbdiggs@verizon.net. 

 NELA Representative

Krista I. McLeod
Nevins Memorial Library
305 Broadway
Methuen, MA. 01844
Phone: 978-686-4080 x10
Email: kmcleod111@yahoo.com
Mass. Center for the Book Liaison

Elizabeth Marcus, Director
Thayer Public Library
798 Washington Street
Braintree, MA 02184
Phone: 781-848-0405 x4420
Email: ewolfe@cobma.us

MLA BYLAWS - Updated April 2011

 
 
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