Michael R. Shamalla, Willard Library's 12th director

dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-30T20:50:49Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-30T20:50:49Z
dc.date.issued	1990
dc.identifier.other	2000003902
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/398
dc.description	Michael R. Shamalla , appointed director in 1979, led Willard Library through the early days of the telecommunications revolution. The library would add a video collection, microcomputer services and database searching over the next decade. Shamalla also had a hand with Kellogg Community College’s Frank Crookes in launching “The Battle Creek Plan,” a precursor to the Great Lakes FreeNet. Upon his resignation in 1990, the Battle Creek Enquirer lauded Shamalla’s progressive vision. “During the controversy involving Salman Rushdie’s best-selling novel, “The Satanic Verses,” Shamalla spoke of his concern for keeping minds open to new ideals and challenging concepts,” the paper wrote.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Photograph of Michael R. Shamalla, Willard Library director from 1979 to 1990.	en_US
dc.subject	Willard library directors	en_US
dc.title	Michael R. Shamalla, Willard Library's 12th director	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US