Section Council of the Medical Library Association

PDF version of Agenda Medical Library Association Section Council Annual Meeting Agenda Saturday, May 14, 2011, 8:00am – 2:30pm Duluth Room, 3rd Floor Hilton Minneapolis, MN 8:00 AM Meet, greet and eat Council Members (Coffee & assorted breakfast pastries will be served)

The 2011 potential candidates to the MLA Nominating Committee from Section Council are listed below.  Their complete biographical information is also available. Collection Development – Bette S. Sydelko Consumer and Patient Health Information – Joy Kennedy Corporate Information Services – Mindy Robinson-Paquette Educational Media and Technology – Lisa K. Traditi Federal Libraries – Priscilla Stephenson History [...]

Two new SIGs have been approved by Section Council: Translational Sciences Collaboration SIG Informationist SIG Welcome to both new SIGs!

Confused about what and how your Section is supposed to archive?  The MLA Archives Guidelines have been updated to help answer your every question. New to these guidelines are some helpful tips on how to submit digital and print photos for archiving. Do you have questions about archiving?  We will be developing an FAQ to [...]

First tried by the Public Health/Health Administration Section at the MLA 2009 meeting, MLA’s virtual meeting service (also called Mega-meeting) is a relatively inexpensive way (no, really!) for Sections to meet.  MLA’s virtual meeting platform allows up to 50 connections via telephone and online video.  Prices do fluctuate depending on the number of active connections. [...]

Did you attend the Section Shuffle? We did! It was a great time for all who attended. Though we didn’t get to interview members from all 23 fantastic MLA Sections, we did get to a few. Check out the excitement below in the video made by your intrepid Section Council webmaster: From Section Council chair [...]

Section Council meets Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM in Georgetown East, Concourse Level.  Incoming Section chairs should plan to meet with Section Council chair Judy Burnham for an orientation to Section Council immediately after the meeting (2:30-3 pm).  The New Leaders’ Tea/Leaders Orientation begins at 3 pm (International Ballroom West, Concourse Level). At [...]

Thanks to Julie Esparza, Cancer Libraries Chair, for preparing a helpful new set of resources to guide Sections in their fundraising efforts: Fundraising procedures MLA guidelines for seeking outside funding MLA web and internet services (.doc) Sample communication notifying MLA of funding under $2000 Sample communication – request to publisher Sample invoice (doc) Sample thank [...]

Here is the bio sheet for potential nominees from Sections for MLA Nominating Committee. It was designed by the Section Council Elections Committee. As Section Council Chair Judy Burnham wrote: Send election results to Judy Burnham and to Melissa Nasea. Send the name of the Program Chair for MLA 2011 to Rikke Ogawa. Refer any [...]

This year marked major anniversaries for several Sections.  Congratulations to: Consumer and Patient Health Information – 25 years International Cooperation – 20 years Public Health/Health Administration – 35 years Public Services – 25 years Veterinary Medical Libraries – 35 years