The Manitoba Government issued a news release announcing a public engagement online survey is now live. Please go to https://engagemb.ca/budget-2022 to find additional information and to complete the survey.

On October 22, 2021, the Government of Manitoba announced it will be investing $769,000 to support rural public libraries and library services across the province. Please read the news release here.

The 2020 Annual Report is now ready for your reading pleasure!

To read previous reports, please go to our AGM page.

Those who attended the MLA-SLA Joint Conference two weeks ago had the honour of listening to The Honourable Murray Sinclair give the opening keynote, titled Truth is Hard. Reconciliation is Harder. He recommended specific steps we can all take in our journey of reconciliation, and given the recent discovery of unmarked graves in the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in B.C. and the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, MLA wanted to share his first recommendation: read the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, or at the very least, the Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. To read the Final Report, please go to the Reports page of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s website here. The various volumes and indices are available in PDF. To read the Summary in PDF format, please click here. Also, to anyone who may need it, the phone number for The National Residential School Crisis Line is: 1-866-925-4419. 

The Manitoba Library Association, in collaboration with Public Library Services Branch, issued a survey in May to inform library community stakeholders (including library board trustees, municipal and provincial funders, and library administrators) about challenges and needs facing public libraries as a result of the response to the COVID19 pandemic. Please review the results of the survey below.

Please click here for a more detailed report of the results.

Please see the French and English updates from CFLA-FCAB outlining activities since Fall 2019.

Being a member of the MLA Board provides excellent opportunities to:

• meet and network with others in the community,
• gain valuable skills,
• build your professional portfolio, and
• contribute to your profession.

The Manitoba Library Association welcomes nominations for the following positions on the Board:

Vice President

President

Secretary

Membership Director

Director at Large – Advocacy

Director at Large – Professional Development

Communications Director

Library Technicians Division Chair

Position descriptions are available online.  Additional information on position responsibilities, expectations or benefits of serving on the Board is available by emailing president@mla.mb.ca.

Nomination Process:

You may nominate someone who is willing to stand as a candidate for an above position, or you may nominate yourself. Please send an email to president@mla.mb.ca and include:

• Name of nominee
• Contact information of nominee

Nominations close May 22, 2020.

Election Process:

Elections will take place at the Association’s Annual General Meeting on June 2, 2020.  The roster of nominees will be presented to members and there will be a call for additional nominations from those present at the meeting.  Voting will take place after which the Association’s members will accept the slate of new Board members.

Premier Brian Pallister has declared a state of emergency in response to the rise of COVID-19 in the province.

For additional information regarding COVID-19 in Manitoba, please see the Province’s COVID-19 website. Information is updated regularly, including the number of probable and confirmed cases, videos of news conferences, as well as links to the Public Health Agency of Canada’s website and the World Health Organization’s situation report.

We want to hear from you! Please complete MLA’s survey and enter the chance to win a gift card for McNally Robinson.