Section Council of the Medical Library Association

Download as a PDF  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 [...]

Download as PDF Goal 1: Recruitment, Membership and Leadership in the Profession Objective:  To increase interest and membership in MLA Sections. To plan activities to enhance Section visibility in conjuction with Chapter Council at annual meetings and via new technologies. To determine viability of each SIG  To continue publisizing Section and SIG activities in MLA [...]

Membership: The number of members is highly variable, ranging from 8-10 to approximately 300. Variability can likely be attributed to the method of counting members, with higher numbers obtained by counting listserv subscribers. Most  SIGs have a steady number of members and are not actively engaged in membership drives/recruitment activities. New members join SIGS informally [...]

Download Planning Grid as PDF Goal 1:  Recruitment, Membership and Leadership in the Profession Objective: Evaluate SIGs  using Section process developed last year: Develop guidelines and criteria for SIG self study and review (purpose, mission statements, meeting need, officer recruitment problems, membership trends etc.) Determine factors/symptoms indicating consideration to move from Section to SIG Develop [...]

UPDATED 5/16/12 with final draft Download as PDF Medical Library Association Section Council Meeting Minutes May 14, 2011   Call to Order: 8:35   Introductions: Council members introduced themselves and spoke about their Sections’ successful achievements from the past year.   Announcements: Judy Burnham reported that the Recruitment and Retention Wiki was not being utilized [...]

Download this report as PDF Section Council Mid Year Report 2011 Committee: Section Council Below is a summary of Section Council activities since the 2010 annual meeting listed under the relevant goals. Goal 1:  Recruitment, Membership and Leadership in the Profession Objective: Evaluate SIGs using Section process developed last year: Develop guidelines and criteria for [...]

The Section/SIG Program Planners’ Manual has been updated for 2012. It is also linked on the Manuals, Policies, and Procedures Page.

Download this report as a PDF Section Council Final Report 2010-2011 Goal 1:  Recruitment, Membership and Leadership in the Profession One of the goals of Section Council was to assist Sections in a evaluation of the Section.  The Rethinking-Your-Section Taskforce created a survey and will administer it to all sections in April.  Questions involved membership, [...]

Section Council Mid-Year Report 2010-2011 Download this report as a PDF Goal 1:  Recruitment, Membership and Leadership in the Profession The Rethink Your Section Task Force has objectives of developing guidelines and criteria for Section self study and review (purpose, mission statements, meeting need, officer recruitment problems, membership trends etc.), determining factors/symptoms indicating consideration to [...]

Download this report as PDF MLA Planning Grid 2010/2011 Committee: Section Council Goal 1:  Recruitment, Membership and Leadership in the Profession Objective: Evaluate Sections via Rethink Your Section process Develop guidelines and criteria for Section self study and review (purpose, mission statements, meeting need, officer recruitment problems, membership trends etc.) Determine factors/symptoms indicating consideration to [...]