1979-1980
Steering Committee Members:
Sr. Mary E. Brennan (Elms College)
Sally Evans (Amherst College)
Phyllis Joyce (Mt. Holyoke College)
Elaine Miller (Smith College)
Jeffrey M. Tenenbaum (University of Massachusetts)
Jeannine Uppgard (Westfield State College)
Meetings:
November 5, 1979 at Smith College
Speaker: Romeo J. Grenier (Proprietor, Odyssey Book Shop, South Hadley, Mass.)
April 24, 1980 at Elms College
Speaker: Frederick C. Misch (Editor in Chief, G & C Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass.)
1980-1981
Officers:
Sr. Mary E. Brennan (Elms College) [President]
Sally Evans (Amherst College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Mary Paige (Mt. Holyoke College) [Treasurer]
Jeannine Uppgard (Westfield State College) [Secretary]
Meetings:
November 20, 1980 at Mt. Holyoke College
Speaker: Ted Belski (Oral History Center, American International College, Springfield, Mass.)
April 22, 1981 at Holyoke Community College
Speaker: John W. Frenning (Manager for Corporate Dev., Continental Cablevision, Boston, Mass.)
1981-1982
Officers:
Sr. Mary E. Brennan (Elms College) [President]
Sally Evans (Amherst College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Mary Paige (Mt. Holyoke College) [Treasurer]
Jeannine Uppgard (Westfield State College) [Secretary]
Meetings:
October 28, 1981 at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Speaker: Walter Grossmann (Director of Libraries, U. of Massachusetts, Boston)
April 14, 1982 at Westfield State College
Speaker: John J. Canavan, Jr. (President, Springfield Library and Museums Assoc., Springfield, Mass.)
1982-1983
Officers:
Sally Evans (Amherst College) [President]
Ann Bestor (U. of Massachusetts) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Phyllis Joyce (Mt. Holyoke College) [Treasurer]
Jeannine Uppgard (Westfield State College) [Secretary]
Meetings:
November 4, 1982 at Amherst College
Speaker: Ralph W. Franklin (Director, Beineike Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale U., New Haven, Conn.)
May 26, 1983 at Porter-Phelps-Huntington House, Hadley
Speaker: Stephen B. Oates (Professor of American History, U. of Mass.)
1983-1984
Officers:
Ann Bestor (U. of Massachusetts) [President]
Margaret Adams Groesbeck (Amherst College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Joe Busch (Hampshire College) [Treasurer]
Katherine Higgins (Westfield State College) [Secretary]
Meetings:
December 8, 1983 at Smith College
Speaker: Marcus A. McCorison (Director and Librarian, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.)
May 10, 1984 at Western New England College
Speaker: John D. Kendall (Head, Special Collections and Rare Books, U. of Mass Library, Amherst, Mass.)
1984-1985
Officers:
Margaret Adams Groesbeck (Amherst College) [President]
Marilyn Dunn (Mt. Holyoke College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Joe Busch (Hampshire College) [Treasurer] [resigned 9/27/84]
Bruce Sajdak (Smith College) [Treasurer] [from 9/27/84]
Katherine Higgins (Westfield State College) [Secretary]
May Stack (Western New England College) [Member at large]
Jeannine Uppgard (Westfield State College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
December 13, 1984 at Mt. Holyoke College
Speaker: James D. Anderson (Acting Dean and Associate Professor, School of Communication Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey)
April 24, 1985 at Elms College
Speaker: Robert A. Gross (Associate Professor, History and American Studies, Amherst College)
1985-1986
Officers:
Marilyn Dunn (Mt. Holyoke College) [President]
Bonnie White (Western New England College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Bruce Sajdak (Smith College) [Treasurer]
Maria Brazill (University of Massachusetts) [Secretary]
Tamson Ely (Springfield Technical Community College [Member at large]
Jeannine Uppgard (Westfield State College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 21, 1985 at University of Massachusetts
Speaker: Mary McFeely (Librarian, Smith College)
April 22, 1986 at Westfield State College
Speakers: Aaron Lansky (Executive Director) and Devorah Sperling (Director, Yiddish Library Development Program, National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Mass.)
1986-1987
Officers:
Jeannine Uppgard (Westfield State College) [President]
Bruce Sajdak (Smith College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Joyce Merriam (University of Massachusetts [Treasurer]
Irene Kavanaugh (University of Massachusetts) [Secretary]
Suzanne Garber (Western New England College) [Member at large]
Marjorie Hess (Amherst College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 12, 1986 at Amherst College
Speaker: Dennis Swartwout (Director, National Cartographic Information Research Service, University of Massachusetts)
April 30, 1987 at Western New England College
Speaker: Stephen Weisner (Professor of History, Springfield Technical Community College)
1987-1988
Officers:
Bruce Sajdak (Smith College) [President]
Marjorie Hess (Amherst College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Suzanne Garber (Western New England College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Norma Spicher-Hillier (Greenfield Community College) [Member at large]
Mary Jane Sobinski-Smith (Springfield College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 12, 1987 at Greenfield Community College
Speakers: Margaret Howland, Helen Ellis and Bernard Drabeck (Greenfield Community College)
April 21, 1988 at Springfield College
Speaker: Frank Couvares (Assistant Professor, History and American Studies, Amherst College)
1988-1989
Officers:
Marjorie Hess (Amherst College) [President]
Jeffrey M. Tenenbaum (University of Massachusetts) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Mary Jane Sobinski-Smith (Springfield College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Henry Dutcher (Holyoke Community College) [Member at large]
Barbara Wurtzel (Springfield Technical Community College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 17, 1988 at Springfield Technical Community College
Speaker: Henry Steele Commanger (Professor Emeritus, Amherst College)
April 13, 1989 at Holyoke Community College
Speaker: Kevin M. Sweeney (Director of Academic Programs, Historic Deerfield, Inc.)
1989-1990
Officers:
Jeffrey M. Tenenbaum (University of Massachusetts) [President]
Barbara Wurtzel (Springfield Technical Community College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Susan Sheridan (Amherst College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Robin Kinder (Smith College) [Member at large]
Barbara Feret (Bay Path College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 14, 1989 at Smith College
Speaker: Daniel Okrent (Editor, New England Monthly)
May 4, 1990 at Bay Path College
Speaker: Stanley Rosenberg (Massachusetts State Representative)
1990-1991
Officers:
Barbara Wurtzel (Springfield Technical Community College) [President]
Cindy Spell (University of Massachusetts) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Robert Kudlay (Springfield College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Jeffrey M. Tenenbaum (University of Massachusetts) [Past President]
Patricia Albright (Mt. Holyoke College) [Member at large]
Patricia Bombardier (Elms College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 13, 1990 at Mt. Holyoke College
Speaker: Anita Desai (Visiting Professor of English, Mt. Holyoke College)
May 2, 1991 at Elms College
Speaker: Howard Ziff (Professor of Journalism, University of Massachusetts)
1991-1992
Officers:
Cindy Spell (University of Massachusetts) [President]
Patricia Bombardier (Elms College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Julie Wattenberg (University of Massachusetts) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Barbara Wurtzel (Springfield Technical Community College) [Past President]
Robert Blouin (Westfield State College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 7, 1991 at University of Massachusetts
Speaker: Valadislov Zukov (Visiting Scholar, Amherst College)
April 30, 1992 at Westfield State College
Speaker: Fred Swan (Proprietor, Intercity African-American Books, Springfield Massachusetts)
1992-1993
Officers:
Patricia Bombardier (Elms College) [President]
Carol Letson (Greenfield Community College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Bill Stetson (Springfield College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Cindy Spell (University of Massachusetts) [Past President]
Steven Riel (Amherst College) [Member at large]
May Stack (Western New England College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
October 28, 1992 at Amherst College
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Peter Jagger (St. Deiniol's Library, Warden and Chief Librarian, Hawarden, North Wales, UK)
April 29, 1993 at Western New England College
Speaker: Marshall Keys (Executive Director, Nelinet, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts)
1993-1994
Officers:
Carol Letson (Greenfield Community College) [President]
Sika Wharton (Smith College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Sarah Thomson (University of Massachusetts) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Patricia Bombardier (Elms College) [Past President]
Norma Spicher-Hillier (Greenfield Community College) [Member at large]
Bill Stetson (Springfield College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
October 14, 1993 at Greenfield Community College
Speaker: Louise Minks (Director, Pioneer Valley Institute)
April 14, 1994 at Springfield College
Speaker: Silvia Galvan (Holyoke, Massachusetts)
1994-1995
Officers:
Sika Berger (Smith College) [President]
Debra Gomes (Elms College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Kathryn Burnett (Smith College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Carol Letson (Greenfield Community College) [Past President]
Lynn Kleindienst (Springfield Technical Community College) [Member at large]
Mary Lou Bouley (Smith College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 2, 1994 at Springfield Technical Community College
Speaker: William W. Streeter (Binder, Silver Maple Bindery, Northampton, Mass.)
April 26, 1995 at Smith College
Speaker: Richard T. Alpert (Founder, Amherst Educational Publishing, Amherst, Mass.)
1995-1996
Officers:
Debra Gomes (Elms College) [President]
Lynn Kleindienst (Springfield Technical Community College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Kathryn Burnett (Smith College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Sika Berger (Smith College) [Past President]
Meetings:
November 2, 1995 at University of Massachusetts
Speaker: Sr. Annette McDermott (Director, Campaign for Human Development, Diocese of Springfield, Springfield, Massachusetts)
April 24, 1996 at Elms College
Speakers: Sarah Browning and Robin Therrien (Amherst Writers & Artists Institute, Amherst Massachusetts)
1996-1997
Officers:
Lynn Kleindienst (Springfield Technical Community College) [President]
Emily Silverman (University of Massachusetts) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Dodie Gaudet (Western Massachusetts Regional Library System) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Debra Gomes (Elms College) [Past President]
Kathleen McDonough (Holyoke Community College) [Member at large]
Meetings:
November 21, 1996 at Holyoke Community College
Speaker: Joseph Carvalho (President, Springfield Library and Museums Association, Springfield, Mass.)
April 30, 1997 at National Yiddish Book Center
Speaker: Aaron Lansky (Executive Director, National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Mass.)
1997-1998
Officers:
Emily Silverman (University of Massachusetts) [President]
Madeleine Charney (Holyoke Community College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Dodie Gaudet (Western Massachusetts Regional Library System) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Lynn Kleindienst (Springfield Technical Community College) [Past President]
Meetings:
November 12, 1997 at Mt. Holyoke College
Speaker: Barbara Bailey Reinhold (Director of Career Development, Smith College)
April 23, 1998 at Westfield State College
Speaker: Helaine Selin (Science Librarian, Hampshire College)
1998-1999
Officers:
Madeleine Charney (Holyoke Community College) [President]
Bryan Goodwin (Mt. Holyoke College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Dale LaBonte (American International College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Emily Silverman (University of Massachusetts) [Past President]
Meetings:
November 5, 1998 at Jones Library
Speaker: Dan Lombardo (Curator of Special Collections, Jones Library, Amherst, Mass.)
April 14, 1999 at University of Massachusetts
Speaker: Kee Malesky (Reference Librarian, National Public Radio, Washington, DC)
1999-2000
Officers:
Bryan Goodwin (Mt. Holyoke College) [President]
Naka Ishii (University of Massachusetts) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Dale LaBonte (American International College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Madeleine Charney (Holyoke Community College) [Past President]
Meetings:
November 2, 1999 at Springfield College
Speaker: William Bemis (Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts)
April 5, 2000 at Smith College
Speaker: Rachael Naismith (Senior Reference Librarian, Springfield College)
Topic: A Traveler's Reflections on Cuban Libraries
2000-2001
Officers:
Naka Ishii (University of Massachusetts) [President]
Sheri Sochrin (Springfield College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Judy Carlson (Westfield State College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Bryan Goodwin (Mt. Holyoke College) [Past President]
Meetings:
October 26, 2000 at Historic Deerfield
Speaker: Susan McGowan (Director of Academic Programs at the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association)
Topic: Shaping a real person from paper evidence: John Partridge Bull (1731-1813).
April 5, 2001 at Holyoke Community College
Speaker: Dodie Gaudet (Free-lance library consultant)
Topic: Adventures of a Librarian on her own
2001-2002
Officers:
Sheri Sochrin (Springfield College) [President]
Corinne Ebbs (Westfield State College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Judy Carlson (Westfield State College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Naka Ishii (University of Massachusetts) [Past President]
Meetings:
November 7, 2001 at Hampshire College
Speaker: Usha Zacharias (Assistant Professor of Communication, Westfield State College)
Topic: Media and the war on Afghanistan: alternative perspectives from Central Asia
April 11, 2002 at Springfield Technical Community College
Speaker: Guy McLain (Director, CT Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, Mass.)
Topic: Stack Wars: Librarians battle for recognition in a museum environment
2002-2003
Officers:
Corinne Ebbs (Westfield State College) [President]
Alexa Jaffurs (Amherst College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Linda Matson (UMass Amherst) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Sheri Sochrin (Springfield College) [Past President]
Meetings:
October 24, 2002 at Amherst College
Speaker: Brooks Robards (Professor Emerita, Westfield State College)
April 15, 2003 at Springfield College
Speaker: Peter Shea (UMass Amherst)
Topic: "The Librarian's Muse: Songs by Librarians and Lexicographers"
2003-2004
Officers:
Alexa Jaffurs (Amherst College) [President]
Mary Jane Sobinski-Smith (Western New England College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Linda Matson (UMass Amherst) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Corinne Ebbs (Westfield State College) [Past President]
Meetings:
October 8, 2003 at Mount Holyoke College
Speaker: Meredith L. McGill (Rutgers University)
Topic: "Piracy and publishing: a 19th century perspective"
April 8, 2004 at Western New England College
Speaker: Naka Ishii (UMass Amherst) with William Thomas and Lila Feingold
Topic: "Contentment is wealth: a traditional Irish music addiction"
2004-2005
Officers:
Mary Jane Sobinski-Smith (Western New England College) [President]
Emily Alling (UMass Amherst) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Amy Chapman (Bay Path College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Alexa Jaffurs (Amherst College) [Past President]
Meetings:
October 21, 2004 at Historic Deerfield
Speaker: Kevin Sweeney (Professor, Amherst College)
Topic: "Rediscovering the 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield"
March 14, 2005 at Bay Path College
Speaker: David Bourbeau (Thistle Bindery, Florence, Mass.) and Barbara Blumenthal (Smith College)
Topic: "Paradise printed & bound: book arts in Northampton and beyond"
2005-2006
Officers:
Emily Alling (UMass Amherst) [President]
Vicky Ludwig (Western New England College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Rebecca Henning (Amherst College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Mary Jane Sobinski-Smith (Western New England College) [Past President]
Meetings:
October 18, 2005 at Hampshire College
Speaker: Bill Yousman (Managing Director, Media Education Foundation)
Topic: Media Literacy: what is it and why do we so desperately need it?
April 5, 2006 at Western New England College
Speaker: John Morse (President, Merriam-Webster Co., Springfield)
Topic: The 200th anniversary of the first Webster dictionary
2006-2007
Officers:
Vicky Ludwig (Western New England College) [President]
Katherine Deliso (American International College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Rebecca Henning (Amherst College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Emily Alling (UMass Amherst) [Past President]
Meetings:
October 26, 2006 at Amherst College
Speaker: Julie Hooks Davis (Executive Director, Institute for Training and Development)
April 19, 2007 at American International College
Speaker: Elinor Lipman (Author)
2007-2008
Officers:
Katherine Deliso (American International College) [President]
Gary Atwood (Springfield College) [Vice Pres./Pres. Elect]
Rebecca Henning (Amherst College) [Secretary/Treasurer]
Vicky Ludwig (Western New England College) [Past President]
Meeting:
March 27, 2008 at Mount Holyoke College
Speaker: Stephanie Willen Brown (Librarian, LIS Instructor, Blogger)
