The Maine Library Association (MLA) is a professional organization for

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

's librarians and library workers. It was founded in 1891 at the

Maine State Library The Maine State Library is an agency of the State of Maine and located in Augusta, Maine. History The Maine State Library began when the Maine Legislature The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bi ...

Augusta, Maine Augusta is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Kennebec County. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the Un ...

, with the stated goal of "promotion of library interests in the State of Maine." The organization began in 1891 with twenty-five members, largely organized by the state librarian, Leonard Carver, and George Little, a librarian at

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...

. MLA began holding annual meetings in 1894. In 1958, a Standards Committee was appointed, resulting in the Association adopting Minimum Standards for Public Library Service in Maine in 1962. MLA published their first organizational handbook in 1915 which listed the names and affiliations of all MLA members as well as the list of all the libraries which belonged to the organization.

References

External links

Maine Library Association website

New England Library Association website

maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

Organizations based in Augusta, Maine Organizations established in 1891 1891 establishments in Maine {{Library-org-stub