SLW Past Themes and Patrons
Saskatchewan Library Week
Previous Themes, Patrons, and Committee Chairs
1975 to 2009
2009 “Connecting Communities”
Committee Chair: Carla Hancock, Luther College Library
2008 “Library Power”
Committee Chair: Kim Hebig, Wheatland Regional Library
2007 “Live, Laugh, learn @ Your Library®”
Patron: Lorne Cardinal
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2006 “Lifelong Learning @ Your Library®”
Committee Chair: Jeff Mason, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Library
2005 “Rediscover Saskatchewan @ Your Library®”
Patron: Louise Halfe
Committee Chair: Lane Jackson, Lakeland Regional Library
2004 “Connect with the World @ Your Library®”
Patron: Gail Bowen
Committee Chair: Colleen Murphy, Dr. John Archer Library, U of R
2003 “Everything from A to Z @ Your Library®”
Committee Chair: Kim Sherwood, Saskatoon Public Library
2002 “Everything but the Kitchen Sink @ Your Library®”
Committee Chair: Susan Hoffman, Palliser Regional Library
2001 “The Power of Your Library”
25th Anniversary
Committee Chair: Allan Neufeld, PNLS
2000 “Something for Everyone”
Patron: Pamela Wallin
Committee Chair: Susan Hoffman, Palliser Regional Library
1999 “Get Connected . . . To Saskatchewan Libraries”
Committee Convenor: Alexandra Hartman, Lakeland Regional Library
1998 “Saskatchewan Reads . . . Another Healthy Activity”
Patron: Sandra Schmirler
Committee Convenor: Michael Keaschuk, Chinook Regional Library
1997 “Living and Growing Through Libraries”
Committee Convenor: Jane Lamothe, University of Saskatchewan
1996 “Roots and Networks”
Committee Convenor: Asa Kachan, Wapiti Regional Library
1995 “Saskatchewan Libraries: At Your Fingertips”
Committee Convenor: Wieske Rybiak, Wheatland Regional Library
1994 “Win the Information Race”
Committee Convenor: Cora Greer, Palliser Regional Library
1993 “Your Library: Key to the Future”
Committee Convenor: Lise Henderson, Saskatoon Public Library
1992 “Saskatchewan Reads”
Patron: Dave Ridgeway
Committee Convenor: Michael Keaschuk, Chinook Regional Library
1991 “Libraries Make a Difference”
Committee Convenor: Helen McKinnon, John M. Cuelenaere Library
1990 “Libraries . . . A Change for the Better”
Committee Convenor: Cora Greer, Palliser Regional Library
1989 “Libraries . . . A Change for the Better”
Committee Convenor: Cora Greer, Palliser Regional Library
1988 “You’ll Find it At Your Library”
Patron: Getrude Story
Committee Convenor: Norlayne Scott, Saskatoon Public Library
1987 “Connect with Your Library”
Patron: Dennis Gruending
Committee Convenor: Paula Scott, Regina Public Library
1986 “Libraries Illuminate”
Committee Convenor: Patricia Yates, John M. Cuelenaere Library
1985 “Read Saskatchewan”
Committee Convenor: Win Sebelius, Gabriel Dumont Library
1984 “Read Saskatchewan”
Committee Convenor: Marilyn Duperrault, Saskatchewan Provincial Library
1983 “Saskatchewan Libraries are for Everyone – Use Yours Now”
Patron: Doris Anderson
Committee Convenor: Laureen Marchand, Regina Public Library
1982 “Saskatchewan Libraries: Making Rural Life Better”
Patron: Bob Knowles
Committee Convenor: Arlene Thompson, Lakeland Regional Library
Ron Bernston, North Battleford Public Library
1981 “Best Bargain Around – Your Public Library”
Patron: W. O. Mitchell
Committee Convenor: Laureen Marchand, Regina Public Library
1980 “Saskatchewan Libraries Looking Back . . . Toward the Future”
Patron: Maria Campbell
Committee Convenor: Brett Balon, Southeast Regional Library
1979 “Saskatchewan Libraries . . . Information for Living”
Patron: Professor J. E. Kennedy
Committee Convenor: Donna Canevari, University of Saskatchewan
1978 “Saskatchewan Libraries . . . As Big As All Outdoors”
Patron: R. H. (Rusty) MacDonald
Committee Convenor: Pat Reichert
1977 “Your Library – A Place for All Reasons”
Patron: Edith Fowke
Committee Convenor: Karen Labiuk, Wapiti Regional Library
1976 “Libraries for Everyone: Especially You”
Patron: Max Braithwaite
Committee Convenor: Karen Labiuk, Wapiti Regional Library
1975 “Free Your Mind”
Patron: Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker
Committee Convenor: Patricia Cuts, Lakeland Regional Library



