1998 MPLA/ULA Conference Photos

06-09 May 1998 - Salt Lake City, Utah

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ACLU lawyer Michael Camfield entertained the audience with his "Tin Drum Boy" after his first-hand account of the Tin Drum Controversy in Oklahoma.

Pat Wagner of Pattern Research in Denver spoke Friday afternoon to a full house on the topic "If Change Is So Great, Why Aren't I Having Fun Yet?".

The Changing of the Guard: Roann Masterson, MPLAs President for 1998-99, accepts the president's gavel from Carol Connor, MPLA's President for 1997-98.

President Roann Masterson presents Carol Connor, Past President, a plaque thanking her for her service as MPLA President during 1997-98.

(Left) MPLA special guest New Mexico Library Association Vice President/President Elect Charlene Greenwood pins a New Mexico Library Association 75 year pin on Marilyn Hinshaw, MPLA Vice President.

Utah Poet Laureate David Lee read to a spell-bound audience from his most recent book of poetry, Covenants: Poems, written with William Kloefkorn, Nebraska's Poet Laureate.

From an unseen corner of the room, Brian Greene speaks to the MPLA membership during the business meeting on Friday morning.

Jean Hatfield of Kansas presents then president Carol Connor with a check for $3200, proceeds from the MPLA 50th Anniversary Party held at PLA in March.

The 1998 MPLA Officers: (from left) Carol J. Connor, Past President; Roann Masterson, President; Marilyn Hinshaw, Vice President/President Elect.

MPLA Executive Board members, Jean Anderson, Sally Dockter, Jane Hatch, and Sylvia Bartak listen intently as Alice Meister discusses plans for the joint conference with the Montana Library Association nect year at Big Sky.

Don Gale, former KSL television editorial commentator, kept the audience in stitches during his luncheon address on Thursday.

MPLAs Past Presidents were honored at the MPLA/ULA Birthday Party on Thursday evening. Past MPLA Presidents: (from left) Front Row: Milton C. Abrams ('59-'60), Carol J. Connor ('97-'98), Russell L. Davis ('63-'65), Dorothy Middleton ('83-'83), Judy Zelenski ('96-'97), Dorothy Liegl ('84-'85), Donna Jones Morris ('83-'84), Jane Kolbe ('80-'82), Wilmont McFadden ('72-'73), Vince Anderson ('74-'75). Back Row: Blaine H. Hall ('94-'96).

MPLA Past President Carol J. Connor talks with ALA President Barbara Ford after Ford's keynote address on Thursday.

ALA President Barbara Ford during her keynote address to the MPLA and ULA memberships on Thursday.

Oklahoman Peggy Cook (left) chats with representative Sydney Gruble at the University of Utah Press booth during one of the open exhibits sessions.

Alice Meister, 1999 Montana Library Association Conference Planning Co-Chair, made sure that everyone (in this case, Megan Millea of Nebraska) had information about next year's joint conference at Big Sky, Montana.

Craig Foster, a librarian at the Family History Library was one of the folks who gave an in-depth tour of the facilities and collections as one of the pre-conferences. These folks really know their stuff!