Appendix C: Historical Notes On MLA
The Mississippi Library Association was organized October 29, 1909, by Whitman Davis, librarian at Mississippi A & M College. There were eleven persons present.
On January 13, 1968, the Association became a corporation with its official name being Mississippi Library Association, Inc.
The Executive Board is made up of the elected officers and the Section chairs. It is the official governing body of the Association. The Section chairs were added to the board in October 1973.
In October 1973, the Mississippi Library Association and Mississippi Education Association school library sections became separate entities.
In March 1974, MASL (Mississippi Association of School Librarians) became MAME (Mississippi Association of Media Educators).
In 1987 MAME (Mississippi Association of Media Educators) became ECTR (Educational Communication & Technology Round Table) of MLA.
In October 1978, the Association employed its first Executive Secretary and established offices at Millsaps College. In January 1982 the office was moved to the library at Mississippi College and in August 1987 it was moved to the Mississippi Library Commission building at 1221 Ellis Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi.
The Mississippi Library News became Mississippi Libraries in 1979. It is the official publication of the Association.
With the completion of the Mississippi Library Commission building in November 2005, the MLA office moved to that facility at 3881 Eastwood Drive, Jackson.
