Section Council of the Medical Library Association

Anniversaries being celebrated in 2012 include:

Health Associations – 60 years
NAHRS – 50 years
Relevant Issues – 30 years
Research – 30 years
Technical Services – 30 years

Would you like a free Registration Only package for the MLA 2013 Conference in Boston? If so, you should consider bringing a business card to the Section Shuffle and entering our drawing!

Learn more about the Section Shuffle here.

Submitted by Amy Blevins

Section Council Chair Ysabel Bertolucci also distributed these via the Section Council listserv, but in case you forgot your copies, here are the links to the documents:

• Section Council 2012 Meeting Agenda (also available as PDF)
• Section Council Resources & Responsibilities
• Committee and Liaison Charges
• 2011 Section Council Meeting Minutes (also available as PDF)

Two new SIGs were approved this spring. Welcome to the Resource Sharing SIG and the Health Disparities SIG.

New Services in Members’ Area for MLA Unit and Chapter Leaders
MLA committee members, section leaders, SIG conveners or co-conveners, and chapter leaders now have place on MLANET to upload, share, or temporarily store unit documents.

While this is not a wiki, members can use this area to help transfer information between leaders as they rotate off committees or as a unit changes officers, or to share documents for collaboration, comment, or editing.

Documents are only available to current members of your committee or to leaders of your section, SIG, or chapter (not to your full membership). This area is not intended as an archive. Further information and instructions are available in the members’ area.

-log in to the MLANET member area
-choose “Go to My Account”
-choose “My Leadership Positions and Files”
-choose “MLA Unit Leadership Document Sharing.” A document area is available for each unit for which you are a leader. If you do not currently hold a leadership role, no upload is available.

For questions about this or other association management system (AMS) enhancements, please contact Kate Corcoran, 312.419.9094 x12.

Medical Library Association
Section Council Annual Meeting
Agenda

UPDATED 5/16/12

Download as PDF

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Room 3B
Seattle Convention Center

8:00am

• Meet and mingle   (Council members)
• Coffee, tea, breakfast pastries served

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Did you know that the template for the SIG annual report is part of the SIG manual? Now it’s also available to download as a Word document.

SIG conveners should send their completed annual reports to Ysabel Bertolucci at Ysabel.Bertolucci [at] kp.org.

Similar to the 2010 MLA annual meeting, the Section Council will hold a Section Shuffle for MLA 2012 on Sunday May 20 from 6-7pm in 4C (1 and 2) on level four of the Washington State Convention Center (same level as the registration desk and exhibit hall).

Previous Section Shuffles have been a great success and a fun way for MLA members to learn more about participating in the different sections.  Take a look at this short video highlighting the 2010 event.

This year the event will include wonderful refreshments and beverages as well as a competition for the most innovative and fun Section Table theme/decoration.  One of the great benefits of attending The Section Shuffle the ability to  sign up for a 6 month trial to Sections that are new to you or for those where your membership has lapsed for 5 or more years. In 2010, 350 people signed up to join sections during the section shuffle!

We have had a great response from the sections and we are expecting a very lively, creative and fun event.

If you have any questions the event, don’t hesitate to contact Amy Blevins at blevinsamy@gmail.com.

We look forward to a great event and we hope you will join us!

Thanks to the following Sections for their generous support:

Platinum Sponsors ($500 or more)

Cancer Librarians
Consumer and Patient Health Information
Hospital Libraries
Medical Informatics
Nursing and Allied Health Resources

Gold Sponsor ($400-$499)

Educational Media and Technologies

Silver Sponsors ($300-$399)

Health Association Libraries
Leadership and Management

Bronze Sponsors ($250-$299)

Chiropractic Librarians
Collection Development
Corporate Information Services
History of the Health Sciences
Pharmacy and Drug Information
Public Services
Public Health/Health Administration
Technical Services

Other Sponsors

Dental
Federal Libraries
International Cooperation
Medical Library Education
Relevant Issues
Research
Veterinary Medical Libraries

Jodi Philbrick will be running for Section Council Vice Chair. Her complete CV is available here.

Election for Section Council Vice Chair will be run simultaneously with the election for Potential Candidates to the Nominating Committee. Elections Committee Chair Beth Whipple will be distributing the ballot via the Section Council listserv.

Updated 4/24/12 to include Hospital Libraries candidate

The 2012 potential candidates to the MLA Nominating Committee from Section Council are listed below.  Their complete biographical information is also available.

• Collection Development – Elizabeth (Liz) Lorbeer
• Consumer and Patient Health Information – Catherine (Kay) Hogan Smith
• Corporate Information Services – Penny Coppernoll-Blach
• Dental - Terry Ann Jankowski
• Educational Media and Technology – Wayne Loftus
• Hospital Libraries – Lorri Zipperer
• International Cooperation – Elizabeth (Beth) Whipple
• Leadership and Management - Jonquil Feldman
• Medical Informatics - Susan Lessick
• Medical Library Education – Steven L. MacCall
• Nursing and Allied Health Resources – Michele Klein-Fedyshin
• Pharmacy and Drug Information - Bob Schrimsher
• Public Health/Health Administration - Michael S. Fitts
• Public Services – Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick
• Relevant Issues – J. Dale Prince
• Research - Carole M. Gilbert
• Technical Services – Amy Faltinek
• Veterinary Medical Libraries –Norma Field Funkhouser

The Elections Committee Chair, Beth Whipple, will be distributing the ballot via the Section Council listserv.