Section Council of the Medical Library Association

Congratulations! 2012 Section Anniversaries

Melissa Rethlefsen — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:37:24 +0000

Anniversaries being celebrated in 2012 include:

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

Win Registration to MLA 2013!

Melissa Rethlefsen — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:39:01 +0000

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

Documents to Bring to the Section Council Meeting

Melissa Rethlefsen — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:49:57 +0000

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 Approved 2012

Melissa Rethlefsen — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:26:51 +0000

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

Document Sharing on MLANET

Melissa Rethlefsen — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:22:37 +0000

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.

2012 Section Council Agenda

Melissa Rethlefsen — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:52:03 +0000

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

8:30am

Call to order (Ysabel Bertolucci)
Introductions (Council members)
Ground Rules (Ysabel Bertolucci)
Announcements

Recording Secretary Priscilla Stephenson
Parliamentarian
1. Update webpages
2. Listserv guidelines
3. Section Council website
4. Section Council manual
5. Section Shuffle (Amy Blevins)
6. Section planning grids and Reports
7. New Leader’s tea

9:00am

Approval of 2011 minutes (Ysabel Bertolucci)

9:10am

Committee Chairs and Reports

Elections (Beth Whipple)
Section/SIG Review (Christine Marton)
2013 Joint Program (Terry Jankowski)
Web Page - deferred until 1:30pm (Melissa Rethlefsen)

9:45am

Formal verification of online vote for MLA nominating committee (Beth Whipple)

10:00am

Break

10:15am

Incoming President Elect (Dixie Jones)

10:30am

Section Council 2012-13 goals (Ysabel Bertolucci)

11:15am

President (Jerry Perry)

11:45am

MLA Headquarters Report (Carla Funk)

12:00-1:00pm

Lunch on your own

1:00pm

Liaison Reports

NPC12 (Linne Girouard)
NPC13 (Ramune Kubilius)
MLA Membership Liaison (David Nolfi)
MLA PRRC Liaison (Mellanye Lackey)
MLA Credentialing Liaison (Priscilla Stephenson)
MLA CE Committee Liaison (Ana Cleveland)
Webmaster/TAC (Melissa Rethlefsen)

2:00pm

Adjournment

2-2:45 pm

2013 Program planners meeting (Section Council reps are also invited to attend.)

3-4 pm

Informal and optional meeting time for planners to meet and network. (Same room.) (Section Council reps are also invited to attend.)

SIG Annual Report Form

Melissa Rethlefsen — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:37:20 +0000

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.

Section Shuffle 2012

Melissa Rethlefsen — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:53:34 +0000

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

Other Sponsors

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

Section Council Vice Chair Election

Melissa Rethlefsen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:25:25 +0000

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.

2012 Potential Candidates to the Nominating Committee

Melissa Rethlefsen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:21:53 +0000

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.