We are growing up and it is time we took a long hard look at what we have done and make some decisions as to what we want to do in the future. By 1959, the focus of the discussion of MPLA's raison d'etre shifted from geography to the question posed by Pres. We have the people and the problems in the region we call the Mountain and Plains. This questioning led to a limited-focus annual conference in Denver in 1960. There were no programs and no exhibits.
Every organization needs to evaluate itself from time to time.
It was generally agreed that our time had come. Abrams and the Executive Board prepared six study questions and appointed committees to generate responses to guide discussion. They also agreed that the interests of state associations and individual librarians provided a justifiable basis for regional association. Its aim at bringing librarians with common problems together though separated by thousands of square miles, was bold and imaginative. In the light of our re-examination of the total position of MPLA it might be assumed that a great deal is wrong.