Welcome to MDMLG

Please join us at the annual MDMLG Summer Luncheon and Business Meeting, which will be held in-person and in-doors on June 22, 2023, at Maggiano's Little Italy in Troy.

Lunch will feature a selection of delicious Italian dishes served family style. The offerings will include: Ciabatta rolls; beverages; appetizers; salad; pasta, fish, and chicken entrees, with sauces hand-crafted without gluten-containing ingredients; and dessert. If you have dietary restrictions, please email either Elizabeth Bucciarelli (ebucciare@emich.edu) or Nancy Bulgarelli (bulgarel@oakland.edu) by June 15, 2023.

The MDMLG Program and Professional Development Committee has arranged for an informative and fascinating speaker! Let's get together to network with colleagues, share a meal, and learn about a famous Detroit architect and how his buildings shaped our area.

 Details

 Date & Time

Thursday, June 22, 2023

·       11:30am-12:00pm - Registration
12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch
1:15pm-2:15pm - Program
2:15pm-2:30pm - Break
2:30pm-3:30pm - Business Meeting

Location

Maggiano's Little Italy Restaurant
2089 West Big Beaver Road
Troy, MI 48084-3403

Map

Program

• Topic:  "Albert Kahn: Unintended Consequences"
• Speaker:  Dale Carlson
• Description:  As the most prominent and successful of Detroit’s twentieth century architects, Kahn’s name is widely recognized by metro Detroit’s general public. Dale A. Carlson, author of Kahn’s Detroit: A Field Guide to Albert Kahn Designs of the Metro Area, will discuss the adaptive reuses and remodels of Albert Kahn structures in the Metro Detroit area.

Cost & Registration Form

• MDMLG Members - $20.00 (Includes personal members, student members, emeritus members, and employees of libraries with institutional memberships.)
• Non-MDMLG Members - $30.00
• Please complete this registration form

We hope to see you there! Registration will close June 15, 2023.

Questions? Contact Nancy Bulgarelli at bulgarel@oakland.edu or Elizabeth Bucciarelli at ebucciare@emich.edu

The slate of candidates for the 2023-2024 Executive Board is listed here: http://mdmlg.org/slate-2023-election.html. There are no contested positions, so a ballot will not be necessary. 

The new board will be approved and presented at the Summer Luncheon on June 22, 2023. 

 We also want to include this relevant information from the bylaws:

Nominations for the Board and the nominating Committee may be made from the membership at large by petitions signed by no fewer than ten (10) personal members providing they are submitted in writing to the chair of the Nominating Committee at least seven (7) days before the election. Petitions must be accompanied by a written statement of acceptance from the candidate and biographical sketch.

We hope you enjoyed MDMLG’s presentation with Darlene Kaskie, NNLM Community Guide to Advance Health Information Equity, on April 20, 2023. You can view the tool here: Community Guide to Advance Health Information Equity

The recording of the session can be found here: https://youtu.be/GiLN-1atJrE.  The slides are available at http://www.mdmlg.org/NNLM%20-%20Community%20Guide%20to%20Advance%20Health%20Information%20Equity.pdf

If you would like to collaborate with Darlene Kaskie, her contact information is: darlene-kaskie@uiowa.edu.