September 1, 2025
This past year has been one of strategizing and stabilizing our long term plans with our
Executive Board and with you – to understand what YOU really want and to provide
what is needed. We have had the opportunity to gather together for times of online
discussion and fellowship to grow as individuals and organizations.
Our topics of discussion have included:
- Institutional progress
- Social Media
- Insurance
- Curations / Storage
- Insurance
- Budgeting
- Growing / Saving our locations
We have expanded our Social Media presence through improved an improved Website
and a Newsletter and countless postings on Podcast, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat
and other Social Media platforms.
It has been an honor to lead the organization over the past 2 years, and the time has
sped by! I feel that we have grown as a community and through our individual
Libraries and Museum. Going forward, I would urge you as the members of MLMA to
continue to promote the MLMA as you are able. The more people that see the work
that we do, the better off we will be. Let us work together to build something that is
greater than our individual organizations.
It is critical to get your input on what YOU as membership are looking for out of our
organization – Do you want professional support? Meetings to discuss? A Network to
share finds & ask questions? A time to gather in person and help improve each others Museum / Libraries? Something new and different? This will shape where the
organization will go in the future, as well as where we (as individual Museums /
Libraries) find ourselves.
If you know of someone who would enjoy our organization, please don’t hesitate to
invite them. We benefit from new blood – especially those who can bring us into the
new millennia and shed light on our work!
Thank you all!