Section Council of the Medical Library Association

Dear Section Chairs and Section Membership Chairs,
In order to encourage new members to participate in your sections, it’s important to contact them and welcome them into the section after they have joined. It’s also your first chance to explain the benefits of section membership and opportunities to participate in the work of the section. A [...]

From Section Council chair Ysabel Bertolucci:
As a reminder, the end of 2011 approaches which brings with it, planning Section elections. Please remember that election results are due by February 15.  The two officers needed for Council action are Section Chair Elect and Section Candidate to the MLA Nominating Committee.
Nominating Committee candidates are required to complete [...]

The Clinical Librarians and Evidence-Based Health Care SIG has a new web site available.
The Clinical Librarians and Evidence-Based Health Care Special Interest Group serves the professional development needs of members by providing opportunities to communicate best practice and to share ideas amongst those interested in supporting patient care decision-making with the best available information.

The Informationist SIG has a new web site, and will kick off their new SIG at the Annual Meeting.

The Hospital Libraries Section recently redid their web site using WordPress as a content management system. Take a look!
The Collection Development Section has changed the format of their newsletter, Developments, to a WordPress blog.
If your Section or SIG is looking for ideas on updating its web site or blog, these are great examples. You may [...]

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 help answer [...]

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 [...]

The Corporate Information Services Section celebrated their 10 year anniversary with a cake at MLA 2010’s Section Shuffle.
Congratulations!

At MLA 2009, the Public Services Section celebrated their 25th anniversary with a special cake.  Congratulations!

Thanks to Terry Ann Jankowski for the photo.