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Annual Report 2002/03

Public Health/Health Administration Section

Progress on Goals and Priorities for 2002/03 is as follows:

Goal 1. Professional Development

a. At least 65 MLA members participated in PH/HA-sponsored electronic journal clubs, which ended in December.
b. PH/HA is the lead sponsor for 2 contributed paper sessions and a co-sponsor for 4 other sessions at MLA 2003 in San Diego.

Goal 2. Advocacy

PH/HA members have worked through the Client Relations Committee to award stipends from the Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund, Inc., to defray the cost of attending the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. 13 librarians received stipends this year.

Goal 3. Organization

a. The section met for its annual business meeting in Dallas on May 21, 2002.
b. The listing on mlanet.org reports 151 individual and institutional members of the section.
c. Proposed revisions to the section bylaws have been approved by the MLA Bylaws Committee representative and will be voted on at the annual business meeting May 5, 2003.

Goal 4. Research

The Core Public Health Journals Project continues to be available for review at http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/library/phjournals/.

Goal 6. Information Technology

Three issues of the section's online newsletter have been published.

MOTION

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

Submitted by Will Olmstadt, Chair, 2002-2003
Section Officers:
Kris Alpi, Newsletter/Web Site Editor
Marie Ascher, Chair-Elect
Diana Cunningham, Bylaws Committee Chair
Kay Deeney, Continuing Education Chair
Pauline Fulda, Membership Chair
Kathryn Kerdolff, Secretary-Treasurer
Laura Larsson, Client Relations Committee Chair
Helen Look, Archivist
Matthew Wilcox, Section Council Representative

MLA Planning Grid

Committee: ____________________________

Goal 1: Professional Development

Objective: Provide relevant, high-quality continuing education opportunities for PH/HA members and MLA members.

Who, Expertise Needed: The Continuing Education Chair for PH/HA has the responsibility to develop and deliver educational opportunities, as well as to notify section members of opportunities sponsored by other relevant organizations (e.g., American Public Health Association).

Time Needed: This is an ongoing commitment.

Resources Required: No fundraising is projected for these activities.

Product Outcome: PH/HA will sponsor at least one continuing education opportunity during 2002-2003. An electronic journal club is already under way.

Evaluation: ontinuing education activities done for MLA credit are evaluated using MLA's guidelines and forms.

Progress as of December 2002:

Over 65 MLA members have participated in PH/HA-sponsored electronic journal clubs, which end the first week in December.

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Goal 2: Advocacy

Objective: Promote MLA member involvement in the continuing education and professional development activities of other relevant professional associations, specifically the American Public Health Association (APHA), through the continued awarding of the Grace and Harold Sewell stipends for defraying the costs of attending the annual APHA conference.

Who, Expertise Needed: PH/HA continues to rely on the expertise of its members who are both APHA and MLA members to promote the stipends and serve on the Client Relations Committee. This committee governs the awarding of the funds.

Time Needed: This is an ongoing commitment.

Resources Required: No fundraising will be done for these activities. The Sewell stipends are privately funded.

Product Outcome: The Client Relations Committee details expectations for receiving the Sewell stipend, among them being the submission of a written report, working booths and resource centers during the APHA annual conference, and partnering with a public health practitioner who also attends the meeting.

Evaluation: The Client Relations Committee evaluates stipend applicants and their work during the APHA annual conference and details their own requirements in their annual call for applicants.

Progress as of December 2002: 13 members were awarded stipends to attend the APHA annual conference in Philadelphia in November.

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Goal 3: Organization

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Goal 4: Research

Objective: Promote and continue development of the Core Public Health Journals database. This is available online at http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/library/phjournals/.

Who, Expertise Needed: This is a collaborative effort for which volunteers reviewed journals for inclusion in relevant subject areas. Those responsible for the Website, editorial oversight, and subject reviews are listed at http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/library/phjournals/participants.htm.

Time Needed: This is an ongoing commitment.

Resources Required: No fundraising is projected for this activity.

Product Outcome: The end product will be a database organized under the subject areas utilized by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) in accreditation reviews of schools and programs of public health. This will be useful for collection development, benchmarking, and guiding new public health libraries/librarians.

Evaluation: Feedback is provided to the Core Public Health Journals task force in person, via email, and through Web forms on the project Website. An initial version of the database was distributed to MEDLIB-L for comment and review in summer 2002.

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Goal 5: National Information Policy

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Goal 6: Information Technology

Objective: Continue development of the Section's Web page as a resource for members.

Who, Expertise Needed: The PH/HA Newsletter/Web Editor is an appointed officer with the chief responsibility for our Web presence. Other members contribute their time and effort through the columns and articles in the Section's newsletter, which is delivered through the Section Website.

Time Needed: This is an ongoing commitment.

Resources Required: No fundraising is projected for this activity.

Product Outcome: The Section Web page will continue to be a useful resource for members, delivering both key resources and the Section's newsletter, which is published 3 times per year.

Evaluation: Section Officers evaluate the Web page informally at the annual meeting to ensure quality and relevance. The Newsletter/Web Editor is also evaluated annually by the incoming Chair and current Chair, and other appointments may be made if the incumbent is not fulfilling responsibilities.

Progress as of December 2002:
Three online issues of the newsletter have been published.