Medical Library Association | About MLA : MLA Annual Reports

Annual Report 2001/02

Public Health/Health Administration Section

Professional Development:

The Public Health/Health Administration (PH/HA) Section is sponsoring one event and co-sponsoring 4 events at the MLA annual meeting in Dallas

Sponsored Event:

More To Life Than MLA: Outreach to other professional associations WED, 5/22/02, 9:00AM - 10:30AM Sponsor: Public Health/Health Administration Section Co-Sponsor: Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section

Description: This session will feature reports on outreach to other professional associations, particularly those of a library or information center's primary clientele. Topics will also include reports of teaching continuing education or the benefits and knowledge gained from serving on committees for groups beyond typical library-related associations.

Co-sponsored events:

1.) Digital Devices To Go Roundtable SUN, 5/19/02, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Sponsor: Educational Media and Technologies Section Co-Sponsor: PublicHealth/Health Administration Section and Internet SIG

2.) Diversity, Demographics, and Disparities in Accessing and Delivering Health Information and Health Care: Part I SUN, 5/19/02, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Sponsor: Chiropractic Libraries Section
Co-Sponsors: Relevant Issues, Consumer and Patient Health Information, Public Health/Health Administration Sections and Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Mental Health, Osteopathic, African American, and Outreach SIGS

3.) AIDS in Africa
MON, 5/20/02, 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Sponsor: International Cooperation Section
Co-Sponsors: Public Health/Health Administration, Medical Library Education Sections, and African American SIG

4.) Diversity, Demographics, and Disparities in Accessing and Delivering Health Information and Health Care: Part II MON, 5/20/02, 10:30AM - 12:00PM
Sponsor: Chiropractic Libraries Section
Co-Sponsors: Relevant Issues, Consumer and Patient Health Information and Public Health/Health Administration Sections and Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Mental Health, Osteopathic, African American, and Outreach SIGS

Additionaly, PH/HA will be sponsoring an electronic journal club on the topic of Evidence Based Public Health . We'll be looking for some partnering sections. Participants will be able to earn 7.5 Academy points/CE credits by reading and discussing 6-12 articles. The proposed bibliography will be available on the Web and announced to the PH/HA email list after the MLA annual meeting. The club will begin in June and run through November

Organization. A slate of candidates were proposed and voted on for election for 2002/03. Marie Ascher is the new Chair-Elect and Kathy Kerdolff is the new Secretary/Treasurer. We are now working on appointments for various committees and positions. Also, our new Client Relations Committee has been active of late in preparations for helping with a possible new special interest group for medical informatics at the American Public Health Association.

Research: PH/HA is supporting a "Core Public Health Journal Project." The purpose of the project is to identify a list of core public health journals that should be in all libraries serving public health organizations in any or all of the specialty areas covered. The list should assist libraries and faculty in selecting journals for purchase and in evaluating their own collections. Chair Matt Wilcox and Stephanie Normann are currently coordinating the project. The project will be entering a public comment phase after the MLA 2002 meeting and will be finalized in late Summer 2002.

Information Technology: Our website and email list continue to be a useful resource for PH/HA members. Kris Alpi�s work as the newsletter and Web-editor has been outstanding.

MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.

Prepared by:
Matt Wilcox, Chair of the Public Health/Health Administration Section