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Hawaii-Pacific ChapterThis report covers the period from March 2002 to March 2003. Chapter Chair is Christine Sato.
Part I. MLA Strategic Plan
Goal 1. Professional Development
Objective: To promote the professional development of health science librarians
and informational professionals.
a. Continuing Education
It was a primary objective to provide Chapter membership with as many educational
opportunities as possible. Traditionally, the Chapter Annual Meeting in the
spring has been the main educational session. This year, we looked at other
venues as, audio/video seminars, partnering with the Hawaii Library Association
(HLA) and Special Libraries Association - Hawaii Chapter, working more closely
with the RML, and tapping into our Chapter membership subject expertise.
a. Promote the Profession
Goal 3. Organization
Objective: To continually improve our operations, services, and responsiveness
to members.
e. Communications
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.
Christine Sato
Chapter Chair
Hawaii-Pacific Chapter
Chair Christine Sato (6/02-5/03)
Chair Elect Alice Witkowski (6/02-5/03)
Chapter Council Representative Carolyn Ching (6/00-5/03)
Chapter Council Alternate Christine Sato (6/00-5/03)
Secretary Janet Hesson (6/02-5/03)
Treasurer Lisa Anne Matsumoto (6/02-5/04)
Continuing Education Chair Tina Okamoto (6/02-5/03)
Membership Committee Chair Linda Uchida (6/01-5/04)
Bylaws Committee Chair Christine Sato (6/02-5/03)
Nominating Committee Chair Linda Uchida (6/00-5/03)
Credentialing Committee Liaison Frances Smith (6/01-5/04)
Regional Advisory Committee Representative Laura Gerwitz (6/02-5/04)
Medical Library Group of Southern CA and AZSummary
The Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona (MLGSCA) continued '02-'03 under the Presidency of Craig Haynes. In March, the membership elected new officers and approved new bylaws. New initiatives introduced in the fall, continued through the winter and spring, e.g., The Recruitment Task Force: MLGSCA is strengthening its role towards the development of the next generation of health sciences information professionals by coordinating its recruitment efforts, members attended career fairs and spoke at library student programs. The EFTS Pilot Project: Recognizing the inevitability of EFTS, MLGSCA continues to inform, educate and support its constituency by exploring the impact of EFTS on its members, particularly members participating in the MLGSCA ILL Coupon Program. The Lifetime Achievement Award: is a new award and will be awarded at MLGSCA Business Meeting at MLA in May. Lindberg Fellowship: MLGSCA was pleased to contribute $1000 to the new Lindberg Fellowship, which will support health sciences librarianship research. Only the highlights are mentioned below. MLGSCA completed many other important objectives which are unable to be listed in the short space.
Goal 1. Professional Development
Continuing Education/Program Committee
Objective: Provide continuing education opportunities for members'
professional growth.
The MLGSCA winter continuing education opportunity was entitled "Rapid
Webpage Editing and Site-wide Link Checking." Chris Ewing, Information
Specialist at USC's Norris Medical Library, was the instructor for this
half-day course, which offered 4.0 CEUs to attendees. The class was offered
in both California, at the Norris Medical Library, on February 20, 2003, and
in Arizona, at Lamson College in Tempe, AZ, on April 3, 2003.
The MLGSCA spring program was held on March 28, 2003, at the Southern
California College of Optometry, in Fullerton, CA. The program featured
an open forum on MLA's draft strategic plan with Carla Funk, and an MLA
Update with Linda Watson, MLA 2002/03 President. In addition, the
program featured an EFTS update.
Electronic Information Resources Committee
Digital Video Equipment and software was purchased and will be used to produce
a Webcast of MLGSCA CE's and programs.
Chapter Council Representative
Provides for continuing education opportunities for members' professional growth.
Alternate developed career brochure publicized on MLANET and distributed to
MLA Chapters.
Goal 3. Organization
Chapter Council Representative
Representative serves as co-chair of the Joint Section/Chapter Council Committee
for the Program on Mentoring to be held at the 2003 MLA Annual Meeting in San
Diego.
Alternate serves on the Elections Committee for Chapter Council for 2002/2003.
Representative co-wrote article which appeared in the Chapter News column in
the January 2003 MLA News, the February 2003 MLGSCA Newsletter, as well as the
newsletters of various MLA Chapters and Sections.
Public Relations
-Solicited several potential vendors for advertising in quarterly newsletter
-Added two new vendor ads:
-OVID Technologies
-Swets Blackwell
Nominating Committee
Conducted MLGSCA 2003-04 Election, including vote on Bylaws amendments.
Goal 4. Research
Advisory Council
Objective: Support MLA efforts to create and sustain national health sciences
information research endowment.
Action: Contribute $1000 to the Donald Lindberg Fellowship Endowment Fund.
Goal 5. National Information Policy
Chapter Council Representative
Objective: Continue to use push technology via email to inform, educate and
solicit feedback.
Action: Requests were also posted to the MLGSCA email list for comments about
MLA's Draft Strategic Plan, Informationist Action Agenda and other MLA initiatives.
Goal 6. Information Technology
Interlibrary Loan Committee
Objective: Support the implementation of the Electronic Fund Transfer System
(EFTS) in our region. Action: ILL Chair represented the committee on the MLGSCA
EFTS Steering Committee.
Respectfully submitted, Lisa Marks, Public Relations
Craig Haynes, President Ellen Aaronson, PSRML Rep
Alan Carr, President-elect Lydia Uribe, Web editor
Eileen Wakiji, Past President Deborah Klein, MLA Benchmarking
Treasurer, Melissa Just Julie Kwan, MLA Credentialling
Secretary, Molly Harrington Brad Ptolemy, Financial Advisor
ILL Coupon Manager, Caroline Elman
Bonnie Stephenson, Awards Committee
Chris Ewing, Electronic Information Resources Committee
Ellen Aaronson, Finance Committee
Betty Allanson, Governmental Relations/Bylaws Committee
Lisa Carroll, Membership Committee
Nancy Crossfield, Lydia Uribe, Newsletter Committee
Helen Seaton, Professional Issues Committee
Mary Aldous, Research Committee
Irene Lovas Chapter Council Rep
Marsha Kmec, Archivist & Chapter Council Rep Alternate
Roumiana Katzarkov, ILL Exchange
Barbara Schader, Terry Malmgren, Library of California Rep
Judy Kraemer, Interlibrary Loan Committee
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association Chapter Organization
Current membership in the Mid-Atlantic Chapter is 128.
Goal 1: Professional Development
a. Provides for continuing education
The MAC Annual Meeting "Capitolizing on our Legacy" was held October
17 - 19, 2002 in Washington D.C. with 155 attending. Three continuing education
courses (49 total attendance) were offered at the meeting: Measuring the Difference,
Advanced PDA and Bioethics Workshop. Program sessions included a multimedia
presentation honoring MAC's 50th Anniversary. Invited speakers were Mitzi Montoya-Weiss,
Ph.D. who presented Building on the Past: Applying SERVQUAL Principles to Evaluate
and Improve Library Services and John Morreall, Ph.D. who presented Keeping
the Legacy Strong: Your Sense of Humor: Don't Leave Home Without It. Linda Watson
provided an update on MLA activities and Betsy Humphries provided the NLM update.
MAC members were able to share knowledge and experiences with other members
through three contributed paper sessions, twenty poster presentations and multiple
round table discussions.
Planning is underway for the next two chapter meetings. The the 2003 annual meeting will be a joint meeting of the New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia Regional, MAC, Pittsburgh chapters of MLA and the Philadelphia Chapter of SLA. The meeting will be held in Philadelphia October 26 - 28, 2003 at the Society Hill Sheraton. The theme of the 2003 annual meeting is "QuintEssential Conference: Collaborations, Partnerships, and Solutions." The 2004 annual meeting will be held in North Carolina. Co-Chairs for the Local Arrangements Committee have been appointed for this meeting. Contract negotiations are currently underway for a hotel site for the meeting.
The Professional Development Committee has updated its pages on the MAC website. The PDC is investigating the possibility of offering additional CE courses in the region and developing an online CE course on the topic of marketing. The PDC is planning to contact library schools in the MAC region to identify candidates for a MAC student internship.
b. Provides for credentialing program
MAC continues to publish the names of AHIP counselors and members in its newsletter
and on its website. AHIP counseling for members is provided at the annual meeting
and throughout the year. MAC currently has seven AHIP Counselors. An AHIP exhibit
table was set up during the annual meeting in Washington, D.C. to recruit new
AHIP members and inform members about AHIP. Paula Raimondo, MAC Chapter Council
Alternate continues to serve as liaison to MLA's Credentialing Committee.
Goal 2: Advocacy
c. Recognizes members
The Honors and Awards Committee continued its program of recognizing chapter
officers and committee members for their contributions. Additionally, the committee
awarded the Marquerite Abel Service Award, the One Person Library Recognition
Award and the MAC Librarian Award to three MAC members during the 2002 Annual
Meeting in Washington, D.C. The committee has developed an online nomination
form to facilitate nominations in the coming year. Committee members will again
be assigned to specific states to promote and encourage the submission of nominations.
The Membership Committee published the names of new members in MAC Messages.
d. Recruits qualified individuals
The Membership Committee sent welcoming letters to 22 new MLA members. A MAC
brochure was included in this mailing. The Membership Committee also targeted
library school students for membership. Melanie Norton organized a panel of
medical and health science librarians to speak with students from the School
of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina - Chapel
Hill. Current membership is 128 of which 14 are new members to MAC-MLA. The
committee is also targeting public library career centers, high school and college/university
counseling center by sending MLA career brochures to these facilities.
Goal 3: Organization
a. Maintains a continuous strategic planning process
The MAC Strategic Planning Task Force completed its work.. The Executive Board
adopted all recommendations from the task force. New mission, vision and values
statements and five strategic imperatives were developed with input from the
membership. Committees developed goals and objectives for the coming year based
upon the strategic imperatives. A new task force was formed in December 2002
to address the first strategic imperative "Create a dynamic organizational
structure for MAC in order to fulfill its new vision and mission and to effectively
respond to member expectations." The task force met on February 21, 2003
in Charlottesville, VA. Next steps for the task force were identified and duties
assigned.
The MAC Annual Meeting Task Force completed its initial evaluation of the effectiveness and format of the annual meeting. The Task Force's report was presented to the Executive Board at its September meeting. The recommendations of the task force were reviewed. The Executive Board asked the task force to continue its work during 2002 - 2003 to specifically investigate the use of a meeting planner for the annual meeting. The task force completed its charge and reported its additional findings to the Executive Board at its February 21, 2003 meeting.
The MAC Executive Board met on September 10, 2002 and February 21, 2003 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Standing committees met at the annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on October 18 and 19, 2002 and during the Executive Board meeting on February 21, 2003 in Charlottesville.
c. Develops leadership
The Nominating Committee presented a slate of candidates for Chair, Secretary,
Treasurer, Chapter Council Representative, Chapter Council Representative Alternate
and Nominee to MLA Nominating Committee. New chapter officers were elected by
membership in September. MAC also sent Russet Hambrick, Chair-Elect to the symposium
"Leadership Reconsidered: Developing a Strategic Agenda for Leadership
in Health Sciences Libraries" held in Dallas at the conclusion of the MLA
Annual Meeting.
e. Fosters communication within the association
Chapter members, officers and committee members continue to use the chapter
publications (MAC Messages, MAC email list and MAC Website) to communicate with
members. The chapter newsletter MAC Messages was published six times and was
available in print and electronic formats. The Publications Committee continues
to evaluate the MAC communications tools. The website was updated throughout
the year.
Goal 4: Research
b. Fosters, identifies and publicizes research
Many MAC agencies participated in the MLA Benchmarking study. MAC's representative
to the task force presented results to the membership at the 2002 annual business
meeting on October 19, 2002. The Professional Development Committee sponsored
an Electronic Journal Club with 8 members and a theme of "Project Management."
The Executive Board at its meeting on February 21, 2003, approved the motion
to contribute $1000 to the MLA, Lindberg Research Fellowship Fund.
c. Promotes research results
MAC continues to provide opportunities for members to share research through
contributed papers and poster sessions at the annual meeting
Goal 5: Information Technology
a. Uses Technology to improve communication
MAC continues to provide electronic forms of communication with members to include
the MAC email list, MAC Messages and MAC Website. Due to problems with SPAM, the
software for the email list was upgraded to eliminate SPAM from making it to the
list members.
b. Provides education and training on information technology
CE, poster and paper presentations at the annual meeting included topics related
to information technology and electronic access and delivery of information.
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action from the Board of Directors
Russet Hambrick, Chair
Executive Board Members 2002-2003
Russet Hambrick, Chair
Beverly Murphy, Chair-Elect, 2003 MAC representative to Joint Meeting Program
Committee
Janice Kelly, Immediate Past Chair, Nominating Committee Chair
Karen Crowell, Secretary
Jane Borland, Treasurer effective January 2003
Ginny DuPont, Chapter Council Representative
Paula Raimondo, Chapter Council Representative Alternate
Chapter Committees
Honors and Awards Committee, Patricia Vaughn, Chair
Membership Committee, Melanie Norton and J. Dale Prince, Co-Chairs
Professional Development Committee, Patricia Greenstein, Chair
Publications Committee, Jana Allcock, Chair
MAC Web editor, Adam Glazer
Newsletter (MAC Messages) Editor, Janice L. Mason
MACMLA-L Listerve Owner, Inhye Son
Midwest ChapterThe Midwest Chapter/MLA consists of the states of North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. The 2002 membership was 422. The 2002 annual meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
GOAL 1. Expand MLA's Leadership Role in Professional Development, Recognition
and Research.
A potential annual sponsored lecture honoring a leader of the chapter was investigated
but no action was taken because of a lack of a chair for the task force. The
chapter continues to provide two scholarships for the annual meeting. One was
awarded to Cara Sparks, a student at the University of Kentucky, who plans on
receiving her degree in May, 2003. Fifty-two people attended three continuing
education courses at the annual meeting. In addition, vendors held sunrise sessions
highlighting their products. The chapter began a study of its relationship to
library research. The education committee will investigate and promote the research-mentoring
concept. The awards committee will investigate the development of recognition
awards for research.
GOAL 2. Expand MLA's Leadership Role as Advocate for the Value of Health
Information Professionals to Society
The chapter continues to maintain an AHIP liaison position on the board. Chapter
members were encouraged to utilize their public relations departments in promoting
the profession in local media, both print and broadcast as well as national
media and peer-reviewed health science publications. Examples have been given
at the board meetings and in the newsletter.
GOAL 3. Establish MLA's Role as a Technology Leader.
The chapter has revised its Ad Hoc Electronic Communications Committee into
a standing committee called the Technology Committee which is responsible for
the chapter website, the newsletter becoming an electronic only publication,
and investigating webcasting of future annual meetings. This committee title
and status change will become effective with the ratification of the revised
bylaws with a vote scheduled for the summer of 2003.
MOTION:
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.
Jim Lander, Immediate Past President, 2003
New York/New Jersey ChapterThis report covers the period from October 2002 to March 2003 for the activities of the NY-NJ Chapter.
Professional Development
The NY-NJ Chapter of MLA takes an active role in co-sponsoring it annual meetings
with other professional organizations and MLA Chapters every other year. This
year will be a five chapter event: The QuintEssential Conference: Collaborations,
Partnerships and Solutions. This historic conference is a collaborative event
comprising four MLA Chapters plus the Philadelphia Chapter of SLA. The planning
and execution of this conference is the essence of collaboration, partnerships
and solutions. To date over 60 members total from all 5 chapters have volunteered
to coordinate this event. Our Chapter Chair is the Conference Co-Chair and our
Chapter co-chairs the Program Committee and has several members on the Steering
Committee. Each of the six standing committees has member representation from
each chapter. The theme will be carried forth through 2.5 days of programming
with speakers renowned regionally and nationally who can speak from experience
that is more than medical library partnerships. Planning and work on this conference
has been ongoing for nearly two years. There will be plenty of opportunity for
colleagues to meet informally and to celebrate with good food and drink. Nearly
all of our goals and objectives will be meet in the planning, coordination and
participation in this conference.
The Chapter takes a strong and active role in planning, hosting and coordinating CE activities for Chapter members as well as collaborating with other library groups and councils in joint relevant continuing education events. Because of the geographical closeness of its members, the Chapter is able to host CE throughout the year and is not dependent on holding CE at the annual meeting. The Chapter held one course between October 2002 and March 2003: Evidence Based Medicine Resources from Ovid. This year the Chapter is involved in the coordination of 10 CE Events at the Joint Annual Meeting to be held in Philadelphia October 26 -28 2003.
The NY-NJ Chapter submitted the Mini-Medical School for Librarians project
for consideration for the Majors-MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award. MLA
announced that the NY-NJ Chapter is to receive the award at the Awards Ceremony
in San Diego. Information was distributed to the Chapter through the email list
and our e-Newsletter.
The Chapter actively supports credentialing efforts by its members and has on the Board a Credentialing Liaison.
The Chapter actively supports MLA's Benchmarking Initiative by the continued work of our Benchmarking Liaison who consistently encourages Chapter members to make use of report data and communicates updates and calls for new data via our email list, website and at Chapter meetings.
The Chapter is sponsoring a Spring Dinner event on Thursday, April 3, 2003. This opportunity encourages networking amongst members.
Advocacy
The Board approved to support the New York Technical Services Librarians Spring
Reception. The Chapter Mission Statement is presented to this diverse group
of technical services librarians.
The Chapter maintains a Professional Recognition Committee and supports and acknowledges its members achievements through the newsletter "Kudos" column and presents awards and honors to its members at the Annual Business Meeting.
Organization
The Executive Board named member liaisons to key committee that will undergo
major projects or transitions during the year. Liaisons have been named to the
Newsletter, Recruitment/Membership and the Web Team.
The Executive Board approved a plan offered by the Archives Committee to process and move the archives from its present location to NLM via an MLA arrangement. The plan includes hiring a local part-time archivist to finish processing the archives and developing a maintainance plan for moving them to the NLM storage location. The Chapter can obtain archive materials by request.
The Executive Board agreed to support the newly formed Evidence-based Health Care SIG by allowing them to use Chapter Resources to facilitate communication among the group and to the general membership.
Research
The Professional Recognition Committee granted a full Research Award (maximum
$750) to Guillaume Van Moorsel for research and data analysis in evidence-based
health care. An mid year progress report will be due in June 2003.
National Information Policy
The Chapter has an active Advocacy Committee whose members review the ongoing
national and state legislation and pending legislation and bring these activities
to the attention of Chapter members via email list announcements. Both New York
and New Jersey legislation is monitored by the committee.
Information Technology
The Recruitment/Membership Committee worked with our Web Team to create an electronic
version of the membership directory. The membership directory will be password
protected, searchable online and printable in PDF Format. The Recruitment/Membership
Committee is in the process of transferring the database from d-Base to Access
software.
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors
Respectfully submitted,
Richard L. Faraino
Chair, NY/NJ Chapter
3/28/2003
Chapter Officers
Marie Ascher, Secretary
Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick, Chapter Council Alternate
Luda E. Dolinsky, Treasurer
Kathel Dunn, Past Chair
Richard L. Faraino, Chair
Patricia Gallagher, Board Member
Racheline Habousha, Board Member
Joanne Jahr, Board Member
Robert T. Mackes, Chair-Elect
Andrea Markinson, Board Member
George Wahlert, Chapter Council Representative
NAHSL: North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries ChapterThis report covers the activities of the North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries chapter during the period May 2002 to the end of March 2003.
Professional Development
The Annual Meeting "Summit@Attitash" was held September 22-24, 2002
at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel and Conference Center in Bartlett, New Hampshire.
There were 176 in attendance that benefited from the educational and networking
opportunities.
The CE committee offered several classes with a variety to choose from. Sessions at the Annual Meeting included "The Technologies of Internet Security"; "Running with the Squirrels: Providing Library Services to Hospital Administrators"; "Concepts in Pulmonology"; "Finding Consumer Health Resources in Other Languages" and "Teaching the Adult Learner in the Library Setting". Evaluations submitted indicated 45% attended one or more CE at the conference. NAHSL also sponsored the MLA Satellite Teleconference "Get HIP to HIPAA" at 5 locations throughout the region on March 12, 2003 with 67 attending.
The NN/LM NER office also provided numerous educational opportunities for NAHSL members throughout the region. Topics included PubMed, NLM Gateway, Linkout and Consumer Health.
Advocacy
Invitations to join NAHSL were distributed on the regional email list in early
spring.
There were three worthwhile recipients of the NAHSL Achievement Award this
year. Janie Kaplan was recognized for her work as Benchmarking Chapter Educator.
She was an original member of the NAHSL Benchmarking Taskforce that lead to
the MLA national initiative.
Jeannine Gluck and Robin Hassig were recognized for their work in the Hospital
Library Section getting "Standards for Hospital Libraries 2002" adopted
by MLA.
The Marketing Committee created and distributed a newspaper at the Annual Meeting that provided stories of how regional librarians marketed their library to their institution.
Organization
There were 170 paid members as of this writing with renewals coming in daily.
There were 230 paid members of record last year and it's anticipated the 2003
membership will eventually reach that mark.
At the Annual Meeting, the membership approved the following Bylaws change. Under Article VI it was added "Section 3. Quorum. Voting members of the Executive Board present constitute a quorum." The membership also unanimously approved the slate of incoming officers. Kathy Brunjes, Conference Chair 2004/NAHSL Chair-elect 2003/2004; Happy Copley, Secretary; Fran Becker, Treasurer; Marianne Burke, MLA Nominating Committee candidate and Shirley Gronholm, Alternate Chapter Council Representative.
The finances of the organization continue to be healthy due to diligent management and policy. Funding education for the membership has continued to be a priority.
This past year was the first full membership cycle managed on the website. Refinements continue to be made as both paid members and the broader regional directory are available on the website.
Debbie Sibley, Chapter Council Representative resigned from her position in March as she is leaving the region. The Nominating committee is currently pursuing options to refill the position.
The Executive Board met June 14, 2002 in Lowell, MA, August 16, 2002 in Shrewsbury, MA, September 23, 2002 in Attitash, NH, December 6, 2002 in Shrewsbury, MA and March 7, 2003 in Worcester, MA.
Research
NAHSL was active in the MLA Benchmarking initiative this past year and tied
for first place with 50 participants submitting data to MLA.
NAHSL submitted the use of PayPal for the online payment of dues and conference registrations for consideration of the MLA Chapter Project of the Year award.
National Information Policy
The Government Relations Committee had another active year relaying legislative
information to the membership via the list. Developments with UCITA, Copyright
Term Extension Act and other legislative issues impacting the information profession
were forwarded to the NAHSL-L list.
The NN/LM NER also utilized the regional email list, NAHSL-L for the distribution of information from the National Library of Medicine and other government agencies that would be of interest to NAHSL members.
Information Technology
E-registration using PayPal to process online credit card transactions was implemented
during the Annual Meeting NAHSL 2002. Approximately 1/3 of attendees (not including
vendors) used online registration.
NAHSL continues to share the regional email list with the NN/LM-NER office.
The Electronic Fund Transfer System has continued to be supported by NAHSL, as it has now become a national initiative. NAHSL members Ralph Arcari and Ed Donnald were awarded the MLA ISI/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award for their work with EFTS.
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action from the Board of Directors.
Respectfully submitted,
Edward R. Donnald, North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries Chapter Chair 2002-2003
Elected Officers
Edward Donnald, Chair
Mary Ann Slocomb, Past Chair
Len Levin, Chair-Elect
Fran Becker, Treasurer
Happy Copley, Secretary
Debbie Sibley, Chapter Council Representative
Shirley Gronholm, Chapter Council Alternate
Committee Chairs
Len Levin, Conference Chair 2003
Carole Foxman, Archives
Patricia Kahn, Bylaws
Joan Yanicke, Credentialing
Heather Blunt, Education
Lida Douglas, Electronic Communication
Fran Becker, Finance
Barbara Ingrassia, Government Relations
Jill Livingston, Marketing
Peter Jones, Membership
Anne Fladger, Program
Debbie Sibley, RML Representative
Happy Copley, Scholarship
State Representatives
Janet Crager-RI
Evelyn Breck Morgen-CT
Alice Reed-NH/VT
Janet Cowen-ME
Roger Manahan, MA
Northern California & Nevada Medical Library GroupChapter Activities from 2002/03
Goal 1 Professional Development
Goal 2 Advocacy
Goal 3 Organization
Goal 6 Information Technology
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors
Sara Pimental - Chair
Officers
Lisa Lott Jerant - Chair-Elect
Doug Varner - Past-Chair
Karen Halverson - Nominating Committee Chair
Jerry Thompson - Nominating Committee Member
Annette Osenga - Treasurer
Doris Hayashikawa - Secretary
Candace Walker - Council Representative
Carolyn Fishel - Council Alternative
Terry Henner - MLA Nominating Committee
Committee Chairs
Keir Reavie - Archivist
Lisa Lott Jerant - Awards & Honors
Heidi Heilemann - Bylaws
Jacqueline Wilson - CA Library Network Task Force
Claire Kuykendall - Continuing Education Co-Chair
Daniel Angel - Continuing Education Co-Chair
Anne Shew - Credentialing Liaison
Peggy Tahir - Electronic Resources
Ronal Schultz - Journal Exchange
Barbara Ryken - Government Relations
David Brown - ILL/Coupons
Rebecca Davis - Joint Meeting, 2004
Ysabel Bertolucci - Long Range Planning Hospital Representative
Dorri Slutsker - Long Range Planning Corporate Representative
Gail Yokote - Long Range Planning Academic Representative
Roger Brudno - Membership Co-Chair
Karen Halverson - Membership Co-Chair
Lynn Van Houten - Benchmarking Liaison
Paul Connor - MLA Membership Representative
Peggy Tahir - Newsletter
Elyse Eisner - Paraprofessional Representative
Nancy Mangum - Programs
Janie Grossman - PSRML Representative
Cathy LeGrand - Public Relations
Terry Henner - Research
Pacific Northwest ChapterThe Pacific Northwest Chapter has approximately 120 members and has the largest geographic area of any chapter, including the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and the providences of Alberta and British Columbia. Electronic communication is crucial to our chapter; expanding and improving our Website is an ongoing priority. The following activities support MLA's Strategic Plan and Priorities as well as our Chapter MAP.
Goal: Professional Development
"Bringing it All Together", PNC's annual meeting was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 19-22, 2002.
The Professional Development Committee sponsored five CE courses at the 2002 annual conference:
Well-Kept Secret: Health Related Government, Organization and Think-Tank Content
You're Speaking, But are You Connecting?
PDAs and the Library
Designing for Usability on the WWW
Health Informatics - What's it Got to Do With Me?
The Professional Development Committee conducted the annual PNC/MLA CE Survey
for 2003 using "Survey Monkey" for the first time, posting a link
to the results on the PNC/MLA Website.
On April 11th, a half day Survey Monkey course was offered to PNC members in Portland, Oregon, teaching survey methods and applying them to designing surveys in Survey Monkey. PNC has purchased a subscription to Survey Monkey, available for use by all PNC members for conducting their own surveys. The Survey Monkey class will be taught in various places in the region, with classes already planned for Seattle and Spokane, Washington.
Goal: Advocacy
PNC will offer a library student scholarship of $300 to attend our annual meeting each year.
Develop a Web page about library internships, to get libraries involved in sponsoring interns and let interns know where internships are available. Information about regional library science programs and select distance education programs will be given on this page and well as information about libraries providing internships.
Goal: Organization
Encouraging committee chairs to get committee info up on the Web - goals, activities, committee members - committees already there - Bylaws, professional development, technology committee.
A Consortial Purchasing Committee was established, to develop group purchases,
saving individual members money. Members will be surveyed for their present
consortial contract involvement and future needs.
Goal: Research
Plans are underway to establish a biennial aware recognizing excellence in publications by a PNC member, to define criteria and application process.
Goal: National Information Policy
Our government relations representative monitored library legislative and other electronic discussion groups and forward relevant items to PNC members.
Goal: Information Technology
The PNC Technology Committee sponsored a study on the obstacles to libraries being involved in electronic document delivery (EDD). Libraries were encouraged to receive and test their ability to open TIFF files. They were then encouraged to update their Docuser records to indicate their willingness to receive interlibrary loans in this format. Out of 29 libraries participating, 8 updated their records. The NN/LM PNR plans to offer funding to help libraries acquire equipment and software for EDD, for those that cost is an obstacle.
A Tech tips column was started in the PNC Newsletter, to educate members about technology topics.
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the MLA Board of
Directors. Peggy R Baldwin, Chapter Chair 18 April 2002
Chapter Officers 2003
Chair: Peggy Baldwin
Chair-Elect: Vicki Croft
Past Chair: Robert Pringle
Secretary: Ann Girling
Treasurer: Heidi Sue Adams
Membership: Kathy Martin
Chapter Council Representatives: Patrice O'Donovan, Dolores Judkins
Archivist: Janet Schnall
Newsletter Editor: Kathy Murray
Web editor: Emily Hull
Committee Chairs 2003
Technology: Susan Barnes
Bylaws: Jan Schueller
Professional Development: Maryanne Blake
MLA/AHIP Liaison: Susan Long
Govt. Relations: Bob Richart
Nominating: Robert Pringle
Benchmarking Liaison: Robin Braun
Philadelphia Regional Chapter This report covers the period between April 2002 and March 2003. There are 154 Chapter members.
GOAL 1: ADVOCACY
Recognition. The Chapter honored member achievements by presenting the following
awards at the Annual Business Meeting on April 16, 2002: Beatrice Davis Education
Award, Certificate of Appreciation, Chapter Achievement Award, and Grant Program
for Post-Masters Students. The names of award winners are available on the Web
(http://www.mlaphil.org/awards.html).
Promotion. A drawing was held for a free membership to MLA during the Fall program on November 8, 2002. The winner was Ann Marie Zglinicki.
Cooperation. On November 8, Chapter members participated in a discussion on a draft of MLA's revised strategic plan. The discussion was led by MLA Board Member, Norma Funkhouser. The Chapter co-sponsored a joint teleconference with the Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Chapter on December 11, 2002. The teleconference, titled "Safeguarding our Patrons Privacy: What every Librarian needs to know about the USA PATRIOT Act and Related Anti-terrorism Measures," was attended by twenty-five members. The Chapter is also co-sponsoring A Quintessential Conference that will take place on October 26-28, 2003 in Philadelphia, PA. Three MLA chapters (Middle-Atlantic, New York/New Jersey, and Pittsburgh Regional) and one SLA Chapter (Philadelphia) are also co-sponsoring the event.
GOAL2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continuing Education. Two continuing education workshops were sponsored by the
Chapter. The first, "Advanced HTML: Cascading Style Sheets," was held
on May 31, 2002 in Philadelphia. The second, "Making PubMed Work for You,"
took place on October 2, 2002 in Philadelphia. Sixty-three people are registered
for a third all-day workshop titled "Mini Medical School for Librarians,"
which is scheduled for March 28, 2003.
Programming. The Chapter held its Annual Business Meeting and celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 16, 2002 at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Sixty seven members were in attendance. The guest speaker was MLA President, Carol Jenkins, who presented Chapter Chair Pat Heller with an engraved gavel on behalf of the national organization. Thirty members attended a program titled "Communicating with Physicians," which was held on November 8, 2002 in Philadelphia. Twenty-three members attended a teleconference titled "Get HIP to HIPAA: Health Information Professionals and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act," which was held on March 5, 2003 in Philadelphia.
GOAL 3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information Delivery. The Chapter has increased access to its newsletter, The
Chronicle, by making it available to anyone with access to the Web. It was previously
available electronically to Chapter members only. A redesign and update of the
Chapter Web pages was also completed.
Information Management. The Archives Committee is investigating the feasibility of developing a database for providing access to important Chapter documents.
GOAL 4 LEADERSHIP
Benchmarking. The Chapter Benchmarking Educator coordinated preparation for
participation among Chapter members in MLAs second benchmarking survey, which
is schedule for Spring 2003.
Informationist Concept. An application for the Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year was submitted for the Chapter's leadership role in organizing the symposium "The Medical Informationist and Other Roles for the Librarian in the 21st Century." The symposium took place on October 17, 2000 in Philadelphia, PA. The symposium was also published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association 2002 Jan;90(1):21-85.
Mentoring. The Chapter sent two members as representatives to an orientation to professional associations that was sponsored by the Drexel University College of Information Science and Technology on January 14, 2003 in Philadelphia, PA.
GOAL 5 ORGANIZATION
Planning. The Chapter Board met four times to conduct business. A revision of
the Chapter strategic plan will get underway immediately after a draft of the
MLA version becomes final.
Finance. The Chapter has a balance of $10,281.26 in a checking account. The Chapter re-established its fund raising program and witnessed an increased level of corporate giving over the previous year. A biennial audit of the Chapter finances was completed with satisfactory results.
Policies and Procedures. A revised and updated version of the Chapter's Policy and Procedure Manual was distributed to Chapter Board members on November 8, 2002.
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.
Chapter Officers:
Chair: Eric P. Delozier
Chair-Elect: Nina P. Long
Treasurer: Linda M.G. Katz
Secretary: Bradley Long
Council Representative: Susan Couch
Council Alternate: Marion C. Chayes
Respectfully submitted by Eric P. Delozier
Pittsburgh ChapterThe following report relates the activities of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the
Medical Library Association. This report covers the period from the MLA Annual
meeting in March 2002 to the end of March 2003.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Pittsburgh Chapter's annual meeting was held December 5, 2002 at UPMC Shadyside
in Pittsburgh. The Chapter sponsored a continuing education course, Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Information Resources for Choices of Healing,
presented by Charles Wessel, MLS, Coordinator of Affiliated Hospital Services,
Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Chapter's Annual Business Meeting was held as part of a luncheon meeting.
Participation in the MLA-sponsored HIPAA teleconference was facilitated by the
Health Sciences Library at the University of Pittsburgh. Chapter members could
earn continuing education credits.
ADVOCACY
2003 Membership renewal was incorporated with registration for the Continuing
Education course in December. email and mailed notices were sent to remind
members to renew local chapter memberships.
The Pittsburgh Chapter is collaborating on a joint meeting in the fall of 2003
with the New York/New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, and Philadelphia Regional Chapters
of MLA as well as the Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Library Association.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Chapter newsletter is published three times a year and is available through
the Chapter's Website. A new email list was established by David Brennen and
facilitates improved chapter communications.
The Chapter Website moved to a new address at http://www.pmhslibraries.org/pghmla
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.
Respectfully submitted, Amy Haugh, Pittsburgh Chapter Chair 2002-2003
Additional Chapter Officers 2001-2001
Chair-Elect: Barb Folb
Past Chair: Nancy Tannery
Secretary: Bill Suvak
Treasurer: David Brennen
Chapter Council Representative: Ellen Detlefsen
Chapter Council Alternate: Terri Wheeler
Continuing Education Chair: Bette Rembart
Governmental Relations Committee Liaison: Nancy Spears
Bylaws Committee Chair: Alice Kuller
Credentialing Committee Liaison:
Archives Committee Chairs: Carrie Everstine
Newsletter Editor: David Nolfi
Web Site Editor: David Brennan
South Central ChapterAnnual Report March 2002-February 2003
This report covers the period from March to November 2002. The South Central Chapter has 346 members primarily from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Goal 1. Professional Development
The Awards and Scholarships Committee has awarded a total of 5 William D. Postell, Sr. Professional Development Awards this year for a total of $876.00. This money allows Chapter members to attend classes or seminars for professional development.
The Annual meeting was held on October 12-16, 2002 in San Antonio, TX The meeting consisted of 6 continuing education courses; 18 contributed paper sessions and 5 sharing sessions. Linda Watson, MLA President attend our annual meeting and gave us information from Medical Library Association. She also participated in a sharing session on MLA Future Issues. The meeting gave the members time to learn and discuss the challenges of Librarians.
The Credentialing Committee has continued sending letters of congratulations to new and renewing Academy of Health Information Professional members. The committee had a sharing session at the Annual Meeting to inform members about the benefits of AHIP.
The Fund Raising Committee continued the very successful Armadillo Accolades
program recognizing mentoring relationships within the Chapter. The Awards and
Scholarship Committee presented the SCC Distinguished Service Award to Billy
Triplett.
An invitation for the 2003 meeting in Shreveport, LA was accepted. Houston,
TX planning to host 2004 meeting and Little Rock, AR is planning to host the
2005 meeting.
Goal 2. Advocacy
The Membership Committee and the Database Manager have designed an online membership brochure to help promote SCC awareness. The committee has also sent letters and emails to non SCC medical librarians in the region. Information about SCC has also been sent to Library Schools in the region. The committee hosted new member's orientation at the Annual Meeting.
The Program Committee had several speakers at the Annual Meeting. Steven Wartman talked on "Medical Libraries in Transition: Building a Road with a Place to Go" and Mary Moore lead a panel on "Career Paths for Librarians: Recruitment, Mentoring, and Retirement". Christie Koontz speech was titled "Customer Based Marketing: the Prescription for Your Library". Linda Watson, MLA President attended the Annual Meeting and shared information from MLA. Evelyn Shaevel attended the meeting for MLA. Lori Bell spoke at the HLIS luncheon on "Medical Applications for the PDA".
Four issues of the South Central Connection were distributed in print and electronically to keep the membership informed about Chapter activities. The newsletter is also available in PDF format on the SCC Web page at http://www.sccmla.org.
Goal 3. Organization
The Bylaws Committee has continued to make changes to the bylaws. The current changes were presented at the Annual Meeting. These were approved and will be mailed to the membership for approval.
The Past President has up dated the Chapter Procedure Manual to give guidance to the officers and committee chairs.
The Treasurer and Finance Committee continue to monitor the budget of SCC. The chapter finances were audited in February. The chapter funds are adequate to support activities.
The Nominating Committee has prepared a slate of officers and ballots have been mailed. The election results were Susan Bader President Elect, Susan Steelman Secretary and Kathy Hoffman MLA Nominating committee nominee.
Goal 4. Research
The Research and Awards and Scholarships Committees worked together to evaluate all research oriented papers and posters at the Annual Meeting. The winners will be presented with a monetary reward from a grant given by SCAMEL. SCC and SCAMEL are working to promote research within the Chapter.
Goal 5. National Information Policy
The Governmental Relations Committee has monitored legislative activities in all states. They have sent out alerts to members with pending issues.
Goal 6. Information Technology
All committees have used email as a means of communication. The SCC website has been updated with SCC information. The information about the Annual Meeting has been available on the SCC Home Page.
The "members only" page allows members to access the SCC Directory and other members only sections of the Website.
Other
The Armadillo Ball, traditionally and primarily sponsored by SCAMEL, was held Monday, May 20, 2002 at MLA in Dallas, TX from 8:00 p.m. to midnight.
MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the MLA Board of Directors.
Millie Moore
Chapter Officers 2002 Chapter Advisory Council 2002
President: Millie Moore Awards & Scholarships: Brian Bunnett
President-Elect: Linne' Girouard Bylaws: Barbara Ballew
Past President: Craig Elam Communications: Margaret Peloquin
Secretary: Jennifer Goodson Continuing Education: Catherine Rhodes
Treasurer: Regina Lee Credentialing: Greg Bodin
MLA Chapter Council Representatives: Finance Committee: Craig Elam
Teresa Knott and Sarah Morley Fund Raising: Dena Plaisted
HLIS President: Gay Middleton Govt. Relations: Mary Jo Dwyer
MLA Nominating Committee Nominee: Local Arrangements: Jonquil Feldman
Mary Ryan Membership: Susan Steelman
Archivist: Elizabeth Borst White Nominating: Craig Elam
Database Manager: Jon Crossno Program: Evelyn Oliver
Research: Molly Harris
Newsletter Editor: Janna Lawrence
MLA Membership Committee
Representative: Joy Summers-Ables
Parliamentarian: Clinton M. Thompson, Jr.
Web editor: Mitch Walters
Benchmarking Chapter Educator:
Amy Hardin
Southern ChapterThis report, covering May 2002-April 2003, describes activities of the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SC/MLA) as they relate to MLA's Presidential Priorities and the Strategic Plan.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY 1: Expanded Energized Workforce
Recognizing the importance of mentoring programs for developing and enhancing
expertise, SC/MLA has revised its mentoring program to provide opportunities
at all career levels. New mentor/mentee forms and guidelines have been posted
to the SC/MLA website.
The SC/MLA Task Force for Salary and Benefits Equity in the 21st Century will explore salary and benefits equity issues affecting SC/MLA librarians. This Task Force, chaired by Lynn Fortney, will review salary surveys and salary equity initiatives, identify models for success, and recommend an Action Plan to the SC/MLA Executive Board.
To broaden the discussion on the Informationist concept, the 2002 SC/MLA annual meeting included presentations by Jean Shipman and Nunzia B. Guiza on this topic.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY 2: Learning Culture
The SC/MLA Research Committee website has been developed into an excellent resource
for fostering an evidence-based culture. Information about the Research Committee,
research mentors, awards and research information have been updated on the SCMLA
website. Structured abstracts of research presentations at the Chapter's annual
meetings are regularly published on this site. Plans are in development to develop
a Chapter recognition award for research presentations and also to broaden the
scope of meeting abstracts published on the website.
The Chapter 2002 Research Award was granted to John J. Orriola and Ellen E.
Stanley for a study on strategic competency-based incremental literature searching
instruction for medical students. The study's goal is to develop standards for
information/library instruction integrated with the medical school curriculum.
SC/MLA had 46 chapter members participating in the Benchmarking Network. Linda Garr Markwell, the Benchmarking Chapter Educator, prepared a benchmarking article for the Southern Expressions newsletter and also gave a presentation at the 2002 SC/MLA annual meeting. An SC/MLA incentive drawing, won by Joye Edmonds, Medical Librarian, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Greenville, SC, was offered to encourage participation.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY 3: Reach Out to Improve Health
MLA STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 1: Professional Development
The 52nd SC/MLA Annual Meeting, held in Nashville TN Oct 16-20, 2002, provided
attendees with a range of professional development opportunities including a
keynote address by Dr. William Stead, Associate Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs
at Vanderbilt University, and the annual Vanderbilt Cunningham Lecture presented
by Dr. Toni Carbo, Dean and Professor, School of Information Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh. Other general sessions addressed key professional challenges
related to library recruitment and mentoring, student internship programs, and
a variety of new models for library outreach. The Professional Development Committee,
chaired by Sandi Martin, offered seven continuing education courses that were
attended by 75 conference participants. There were 205 registrants for the meeting,
with 31 exhibitors and/or sponsors.
Academy counseling was provided for 16 members at the annual conference, as well as throughout the year, by the Credentialing Liaison, Sandra Franklin.
The Chapter participated in the pilot MLA Independent Reading Program during 2002. Twelve SC/MLA members completed the pilot and received AHIP CE credit.
The SC/MLA the 2003 annual meeting, hosted by the Calder Library of the University of Miami School of Medicine, will be held in Coral Gables, FL, Oct. 9-13 with the nautical theme of Coming About: Designs for the Future, Reflections of the Past. Mary Fran Prottsman is serving as Program Chair. Nine CE courses will be offered from the Essential Areas of Knowledge 1-5 and 7. Additional program details can be found at http://calder.med.miami.edu/SCMLA2003/.
MLA STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 2: Advocacy
SC/MLA Awards and Recognitions, October, 2002:
Academic Librarian of the Year: Elizabeth Connor, Director, Anne Ross Library
& Learning Resource Center, Ross University School of Medicine, Commonwealth
of Dominica.
Hospital Librarian of the Year: Jan Orick, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital,
Memphis, TN.
First Time Attendee Scholarship: Mary Cassanova, CDC Information Center, Atlanta,
GA.
Honorary Membership: Sharon Lee Cann, retired Director, Library Services, Georgia
Baptist College of Nursing Library, Atlanta, GA; Fay E. Evatt, retired Medical
Librarian of the Fay E. Evatt Medical Library, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta,
GA.; Dixie Fulton Williamson, retired Head/Director of Library Services, Saint
Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN.
Retiring Members: Dee Boggan, Assistant Director of Libraries for Resources
Management Services, Medical Library, Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, SC.; Barbara Meadows, Administrative Librarian, VA Medical Center,
Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN.; Glenda Perry, Medical Librarian, Metropolitan
Nashville General Hospital, Nashville, TN.; Marcia Reinhardt, Reference Librarian,
Medical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.; Dixie
Fulton Williamson, Director of Library Services, Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville,
TN.
MLA STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 3: Organization
The Membership Committee reports 343 SC/MLA members, of which 276 are paid renewals,
55 are new members, and 12 are honorary members. This is a 26 member increase
over 2001, with a 91% renewal rate, and a higher rate of new members.
The Bylaws Committee reviewed the Chapter's bylaws to ensure they are in compliance with MLA's revised model bylaws. The Chapter's recommended changes were approved by the MLA Bylaws Committee, the SC/MLA Executive Board, and accepted through a mailed ballot to the membership.
The Communication Committee reported that two Southern Expressions newsletter issues were published during the time period of this report with a Spring 2003 issue currently in production. A new SCMLA Web Coordinator, Taneya Koonce, was appointed. The SC/MLA electronic discussion list continues to provide a lively forum with 326 subscribers.
The SCMLA History Committee has updated the chapter archive inventory. An interview was completed by Richard Nolan of Carol Burns for the MLA oral history committee. The committee, under the chairmanship of Nancy Clemmons, is actively engaged in plans for additional History activities.
Recent Executive Board include accepting the invitation from Rowland Medical Library and the Mississippi Biomedical Library Association to host the 54th annual SC/MLA meeting in Biloxi, MS.; approving additional financial support for the 2003 annual meeting; ratifying the historical poster project for five year intervals with annual group photographs; ratifying submission of the Loansome Doc survey for the MLA Majors Chapter of the Year award; encouraging continued use of the Chapter's Website by Executive Board and Committee chairs for current information such as bylaws, committee manuals, officers, and committee rosters; and approving further planning activities by the Ad Hoc Cookbook Committee toward creating a Chapter cookbook.
To encourage and reward Chapter volunteerism, MLA's free membership was awarded through a drawing at the last annual business meeting from a pool of all SC/MLA committee volunteers. Jean Flowers, Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation, Columbus, GA was the winner.
MLA STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 4: Research (see Presidential Priority #2 above)
MLA STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 5: National Information Policy (see Presidential
Priority #3 above)
The SC/MLA Governmental Relations regularly alerted members about MLA and ALA
governmental issues and statements via the SC/MLA list.
MLA STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 6: Information Technology
The SC/MLA website and the email list with 326 subscribers serve as the major
tools for recording and communicating Chapter activities. The 2002 annual conference
included CE courses on PDA's and Health Information on the Internet; Advanced
PDA's will be offered at the 2003 annual meeting.
MOTION: This report is informational and requires no action by the MLA Board of Directors.
Submitted by:
Jocelyn A. Rankin, Chapter Chair
Chief, CDC Information Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd., N.E., MS C-04
Atlanta, GA 30333
jrankin@cdc.gov
2002-03 SCMLA Officers:
Chair: Jocelyn Rankin, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Chair- Elect: Mary Fran Prottsman, Lyster Army Community Hospital, Ft. Rucker,
AL
Secretary-Treasurer: Pat Higginbottom, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Chapter Council Representatives: Sarah Gable, University of South Carolina,
Columbia SC
Chapter Council Alternate: Jan LaBeause, Mercer University, Macon, GA
Upstate New York/Ontario Chapter (UNYOC)Professional Development
The UNYOC Annual Meeting was held in Geneva New York at the Ramada Inn Geneva Lakefront on October 9-11, 2002. Entitled Virtually Yours: Developing Library Services Beyond Conventional Barriers, the meeting attracted 65 participants.
Selected the Fort William Henry Resorts and Conference Center in Lake George, New York as the site of the 39th Annual Meeting to be held on October 8-10, 2003.
Approved revised guidelines for the UNYOC scholarship in order to increase the number of applicants and reduce the burden of the application process. The scholarship makes available to library school students a one-year award of $500.00.
Offered two Continuing Education classes at the Annual Meeting, Library Website Architecture and Design and Teaching Internet Consumer Health to Health Care Professionals, attracting 22 students. Co-sponsored three classes in Binghamton, Rochester and Ithaca.
Promoted AHIP membership. Currently 47 UNYOC members have achieved AHIP status.
Advocacy
Presented Warren Hawkes with the 2002 Service Recognition Award.
Recognized individuals for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of chapter membership.
Organization
At the annual meeting the treasurer reported a balance of $17,098.53 as of December 31, 2001. Income for the year totaled $21,221.24 and expenses $14,120.24. With the resignation of Treasurer Laurie Thompson, effective March 28, 2003, the executive committee appointed Janice Pividor to that position on an interim basis.
Approved revised guidelines to insure the appropriate collection of member dues. Membership on October 1, 2002 stood at 107.
Began a major update of the membership database.
National Information Policy
Appointed a Canadian liaison, Bev Brown, to the Government Relations Committee. Ms. Brown will keep the committee informed of developments in Canada and solicit assistance from the organization to support activities in Canada.
An active Governmental Relations Committee worked closely with the New York Library Association to coordinated efforts on behalf of libraries in New York State.
Information Technology
Published two issues of the new electronic newsletter. Judith Mullens was appointed newsletter editor.
Maintained the organization's email list, UNYOC-L, on which 121 messages had been posted in 2002 as of August 11, 2002
Updated the UNYOC website to include new information about the UNYOC Scholarship, the PowerPoint presentations of the speakers at the annual conference, copies of the newsletter and updated contact information for chapter officers.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jeffrey M. Garvey
Chair
MOTION
This report if informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.
UNYOC Officers:
Chair: Jeffrey M. Garvey - Chair-Elect: Sue Ben-Dor - Past-Chair: Mary Jo Russell
- Secretary: Sue Braun - Treasurer: Janice Pividor - Member-At-Large: Sherry
Hartman - Member-At-Large: David Lester - Member-At-Large: Elyse Pike - Chapter
Council Representative: Pamela White - Chapter Council Alternate: Kay Root -
Archivist: Amy Lyons - Conference Planning Chair: Margrete Falls - Continuing
Education Chair: Jeannette Smithee - Governmental Relations Chair: Warren Hawkes
- Membership Chair: Jo-Ann Benedetti - Newsletter Editor: Judith Mullens - Parliamentarian:
Joanne Jahr, -UNYOC-L Coordinator: Amanda Start - Web Site Coordinator: Pamela
White - AHIP Credentialing Liaison: Elizabeth Irish.