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[with apologies for cross posting] Madeleine Lefebvre Elected CLA President for 2003-2004; Yvonne Earle is New Councillor Ottawa, Ontario, June 3, 2002 -- Madeleine Lefebvre, University Librarian at Saint Mary's University has been elected President of the Canadian Library Association (CLA) for the 2003-2004 term. Active internationally in professional associations and activities, she holds memberships as follows: the Atlantic Provinces Library Association; American Library Association; the Australian Library and Information Association; the Library Association; ACTRA; the Canadian Actors' Equity Association; the British Actors' Equity Association. She has also been granted certification as an Associate of the Australian Library and Information Association. Ms. Lefebvre has served as Vice-Chair of the Council of Atlantic University Libraries, and has been a member of the National Library of Canada's Task Force on Resource-Sharing and CLA's Copyright Committee. She has also served on the executive of the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) and its Community and Technical College Libraries Section ( CTCL). She received her M.A from the University of Edinburgh, and M.A. (Classics) and M.L.S. degrees from the University of Alberta . Ms. Lefebvre will serve as Vice-President/President-Elect for 2002-2003, and will assume the presidency in June of 2003 at the end of the CLA conference in Toronto. She will serve a one- year term as president. In her platform statement, Ms.Lefebvre stressed the need to look forward in terms of rebuilding and extending CLA's membership basis, as well as the importance of developing partnerships with other organizations and the continued importance of lobbying for national issues. Yvonne Earle was elected for a three - year term to the position of Councillor-at-Large. Ms.Earle is the Manager of Library & Information Services for the Nunavut Department of Sustainable Development. She holds a B.A. from Memorial University of Newfoundland, a B.L.S. from the University of British Columbia and received her M.L.I.S. at the University of Toronto. CLA acknowledges with thanks the contribution of all candidates who generously accepted nominations in this year's election: Rowena Lunn for the position of Vice-President/President-Elect and Stephen Porrior and Marjorie Whalen for the position of Councillor-at-Large. The following were elected to positions on CLA Division Executive Councils: Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL); Su Cleyle, Vice-President/President Elect; Debbie Fyfe, Director - Personal; Marilyn Rennick, Director - Institutional. Canadian Association of Public Libraries (CAPL); Jennifer Evans, Secretary/Treasurer; Jacqueline Kurcera, Councillor; Jane Knight, Councillor. Canadian Association of Children's Librarians (CACL); Maureen Sawa, Vice-President/President Elect; Maureen Plomske, Secretary-Treasurer. Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services (CASLIS); Tracey Palmer, President; Colleen Neely, Treasurer; Peggy Neal, Secretary. Canadian Library Trustees' Association (CLTA); Ernest Neumann, President Canadian School Library Association (CSLA); Marlene Asselin, Vice-President/President-Elect; Jennifer Branch, Councillor. CLA is the national English language association representing the interests of all types of libraries and library workers. It was founded in 1946 and is made up of 2800 members across five constituent divisions: Canadian Association of College and University Libraries, Canadian Association of Public Libraries, Canadian, Association of Special Libraries and Information Services, Canadian Library Trustees Association, and Canadian School Library Association. A complete conference program, along with comprehensive information about the Canadian Library Association and its programs and services, is available on the CLA web site: http://www.cla.ca. Media Contact: Peter Wilson Communications Coordinator (ext. 320); [log in to unmask] Canadian Library Association 328 Frank Street Ottawa, Ontario CANADA K2P 0X8 (613) 232-9625; Fax: (613) 563-9895 http://www.cla.ca