Section Council of the Medical Library Association

The Ysabel Bertolucci MLA Annual Meeting Grant was approved by the MLA Board provide a scholarship of up to $1000 to be awarded annually for MLA Annual meeting attendance related expenses, to be awarded for a librarian involved in nursing, allied health, consumer health, or international librarianship. The scholarship was established to recognize and honor the contributions of Ysabel Bertolucci to various MLA Sections, her Chapter, to the Medical Library Association, and to health sciences librarianship in general.

Ysabel passed away on September 6, 2012, after retiring from Kaiser Permanente Health Sciences Library in Oakland, California on August 31, 2012. Ysabel gave Read more »

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Medical Library Association
Section Council Annual Meeting

Agenda

 Saturday, May 4, 2013
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Back Bay B

8:00 am   

• Meet and Mingle – Council Members
• Coffee, tea, breakfast items served

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 Medical Library Association

Section Council Meeting Minutes

May 19, 2012

Call to Order:

Chair Ysabel Bertolucci called the meeting to order at 8:45 am.

Introductions:

Council members introduced themselves and spoke about their Sections’ successful achievements from the past year.

Announcements:

Rules of Order:

Chair Ysabel Bertolucci reminded participants at today’s meeting that only past chairs are the official representatives for each section, so for any voting issue, there can be only 23 votes possible.

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The complete biographical information for the 2013 potential candidates to the Nominating Committee is now available.

MLA Headquarters is pleased to announce a new service for section officers. If you are a section leader listed in the MLA directory, your section’s up-to-date/live roster is viewable on-demand through your MLA membership menu. You will not longer need to request lists through MLA headquarters.

You may also download the roster to Excel and sort according to your needs.

To access:

1. Visit <http://www.mlanet.org/> and select the member login button to the far left under the MLA logo.
2. Log in using your MLANET user name and password.
3. Select “Go to My Member Area” from the main member’s area menu.
4. Once in your account menu, you should now see a menu item on the bottom right that reads “Section On-Demand Rosters” (only section leaders in the MLA directory see this menu item).
5. Click on the link to see the instructions for getting your section roster(s).

If you want to look at lapsed members, pay attention to the “paidto” date. If members did not renew their section membership for 2012, their paidto date will reflect 12/31/2011; If members did not renew their section membership for 2013, their paidto date will reflect 12/31/2012.

Congratulations to the following Sections on your anniversaries this year!

• Dental – 80^th
• Educational Media and Technologies – 40^th
• Hospital Libraries – 65^th
• Leadership and Management – 65^th
• Medical Informatics – 25^th
• Medical Library Education – 40^th
• Pharmacy and Drug Information – 65^th

Dear Section Council Members,

Please see below for information regarding upcoming meetings at MLA 2013 in Boston.

FOR CURRENT PAST CHAIRS & CHAIRS

Section Council Meeting
Saturday, May 4th, 2013: 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Room Name: Back Bay B

Please note that Past Chairs are the voting members of Section Council.  If your Past Chair is unable to attend, your Chair will be the voting member.  If neither can attend, then another section officer should be appointed to serve as a proxy.

FOR CURRENT CHAIR-ELECTS/INCOMING CHAIRS

New Leaders Orientation
Saturday, May 4th, 2013: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Room Name: Independence Ballroom

Virtual Leaders Orientation 

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013: 3:00 pm EDT/2:00 pm CDT.   To join the meeting:
http://mla.adobeconnect.com/mla_leaders/  (Audio for meeting: You may use your speakers on your computer/headphones or you may call into the conference number: +1 888-858-6021, code: 1083263922)

FOR INCOMING CHAIR-ELECTS/PROGRAM PLANNERS

2014 Section Program Planners – Meeting 1
Saturday, May 4th, 2013: 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
Hynes Convention Center
Room Name (Number): 200

2014 Section Program Planners – Meeting 2
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013: 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Hynes Convention Center
Room Name (Number): 203

For questions regarding the Program Planning meetings, please contact the 2014 NPC Section Council Liaison, Doug Varner at dlv2@georgetown.edu

Looking forward to seeing you in Boston!

Jodi L. Philbrick, Ph.D.

Chair, Section Council

jodi.philbrick@unt.edu

From Section Council Chair Jodi Philbrick:

It’s time to start planning (if you haven’t already) your Section’s elections for new officer(s).  Past chairs are the primary individuals responsible for Section nominations and elections.  Specifically, Jodi will need to know the results of your elections for Section Chair Elects (and other officers as appropriate for your Section) by February 15^th.

Additionally, each Section needs to have a candidate for the MLA Nominating Committee, which will then be voted on by Section Council to determine the individuals that will move forward.  Each candidate needs to fill out the form and sign and date it.  The forms should be returned to Kim Pullen, Chair of the Section Council Elections Committee (kpulle@lsuhsc.edu) with copy to Jodi (Jodi.Philbrick@unt.edu) by February 15^th.

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Goal 1: Recruitment, Membership and Leadership in the Profession

Objective:

1.  To increase interest and membership in MLA Sections.
2. To plan activities to enhance Section visibility in conjuction with Chapter Council at annual meetings and via new technologies.
3. To determine viability of each SIG
4.  To continue publisizing Section and SIG activities in MLA communications including the News, Focus and Medlib-l.

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