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		<title>Redux Announcement: MLA&#8217;13 Paper &amp; Poster Deadline</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2012/03/23/redux-announcement-mla13-paper-poster-deadline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jmhoman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Colleagues (Second reminder with apologies for cross posting): Mark your calendars not only for the 2012 MLA Annual Meeting in Seattle but also for the special international meeting in Boston in 2013. Start thinking of 2013 paper and poster submission ideas now and submit whenever you’re ready – the MLA paper and poster submission [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Paper/Poster Submission for MLA&#8217;13 in Boston</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2012/01/05/early-paperposter-submission-for-mla13-in-boston/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2012/01/05/early-paperposter-submission-for-mla13-in-boston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jmhoman]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Annual Meeting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark your calendars not only for the 2012 MLA Annual Meeting in Seattle, but also for the special international meeting in Boston in 2013! Start thinking of 2013 paper and poster submission ideas now and submit whenever you’re ready – the MLA paper and poster submission site opened on November 30, 2011 and will remain [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Meeting Blog for Seattle 2012</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/12/13/annual-meeting-blog-for-seattle-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/12/13/annual-meeting-blog-for-seattle-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Annual Meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your preliminary programs for MLA 2012 in Seattle will be hitting your mailboxes next month but you can get a jump on your planning by reading the Annual Meeting Blog.  Find out about events, speakers, sunny Seattle and more&#8211;it does look sunny in that picture, let&#8217;s hope it holds.  I found the blog last year [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>2012/2013 President-Elect and Board Candidates Q &amp; A</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/11/09/20122013-president-elect-and-board-candidates-q-a/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/11/09/20122013-president-elect-and-board-candidates-q-a/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carla_Funk]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLA Election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question posed to the 2012/2013 MLA President-Elect Candidates: How can MLA help its members change their game given the challenges to our traditional roles and collections and the ongoing transformations in technology, biomedical research, and the health care environment? Dixie A. Jones, AHIP Associate Director, Medical Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport, 2009– Dixie’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mining for Health Information at the Pacific Northwest Chapter</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/10/24/mining-for-health-information-at-the-pacific-northwest-chapter/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/10/24/mining-for-health-information-at-the-pacific-northwest-chapter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLA Chapters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho State Historical Museum provided a scenic and historical site for the Welcome Reception to the 2011 Pacific Northwest Chapter/MLA annual meeting in Boise, ID. Held from October 16th to October 18th (with additional CE on October 15th), this meeting featured excellent keynote speakers, informative poster and paper presentations, and thoughtful ideas for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>MLA&#8217;s Future</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/06/09/mlas-future/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/06/09/mlas-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Blumenthal]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLA Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not long after I returned from MLA&#8217;10, NPR featured a story titled &#8220;Time For Associations To Trade In Their Past?&#8221; (http://www.npr.org/2011/05/25/136646070/time-for-associations-to-trade-in-their-past?ft=1&#38;f=100). Despite the title, the focus was on the future. The traditional role of an association is to bring together people with a common interest to make contacts and share information.This has been done by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Board Proposes Dues Increase for 2012-2013</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/03/17/board-proposes-dues-increase-for-2012-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/03/17/board-proposes-dues-increase-for-2012-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MLA Board]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLA Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLA financial health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the October 2010 MLA Board of Directors meeting, the board approved a dues increase to be presented to the membership for a vote at MLA &#8217;11. This action was taken only after careful consideration of the association&#8217;s overall financial position and a review of the steps already taken to reduce expenses. Due to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii-Pacific Chapter meeting</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/03/15/hawaii-pacific-chapter-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/03/15/hawaii-pacific-chapter-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLA Chapters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aloha.  Just when I thought I had been to the best chapter meeting, along comes the Hawaii-Pacific Chapter.  We met in the John A. Burns School of Medicine Health Sciences Library in Honolulu.  The activities of the day included a 4 hour class on Evidence Based Medicine taught by the Immediate Past President of MLA.  [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>MLA Members Sustain Themselves in San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/03/04/mla-members-sustain-themselves-in-san-francisco/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/03/04/mla-members-sustain-themselves-in-san-francisco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLA Chapters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President's update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Union Square neighborhood of San Francisco served as the backdrop when more than 175 pacific southwest librarians descended on the newly-renovated Parc55 Wyndham for their chapter meeting from February 23rd to February 25th. The opening night Welcome Reception and Exhibit Opening for this joint meeting of the Northern California Nevada Medical Library Group and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>NTCC ECD merging with MLA Educational Clearinghouse</title>
		<link>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/01/11/ntcc-ecd-merging-with-mla-educational-clearinghouse/</link>
		<comments>http://connections.mlanet.org/2011/01/11/ntcc-ecd-merging-with-mla-educational-clearinghouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) Educational Clearinghouse Database (ECD) is merging with the MLA Educational Clearinghouse. If you have not used the ECD, it’s an easy access searchable database for educational materials (classes, distance learning, brochures, etc.) pertaining to health and medical topics. It’s a great place to look if you have to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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