Annual Report 1999/2000 

Medical Library Education Section

Goal 1. Professional Development

1. MLES is sponsoring the annual New Perspectives paper sessions at the 2000 MLA Annual Meeting. This year’s program is "Dragons Roar: New Perspectives". This paper sessions is presented each year to give recent graduates and current students an opportunity to present a paper at an annual meeting. This year seventeen abstracts were reviewed for this paper session.
2. MLES will be a cosponsor at two other paper sessions at the 2000 MLA Annual Meeting. One session is being done with Medical Informatics, Public Health/Health Administration, and Public Services Sections. This session is entitled "Life-Long Learning: Informatics Competencies for the Health Practitioner". The second session is being done with Public Services Section and is entitled "On the Wings of the Dragon: Transforming Core Competencies into Practice".

Goal 2. Advocacy

1. The 2000 Library School Reunion will be held during the annual meeting. This session is held each year to give members a chance to meet with library school faculty and colleagues that graduated from the same library school. This reunion provides an opportunity for establishing and maintaining a link between the graduates and the library schools.

Goal 3. Organization

1. The sections Website continues to expand to provide useful information to members of the section, to students in library schools interested in health librarianship, and MLA members interested in medical library education.
   The Website contains the following areas:
   • Courses in Health Sciences Librarianship
   • MLES Distance Learning Page
   • Library School Rankings
   • Fellowship and Training Opportunities
   • Advice and Resources for Students and Educators
   • MLES Newsletter
   • Meeting Minutes
   • Archives

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

Submitted by
Marty Thompson, Chair
Ellen Detlefsen, Chair-Elect
Kris Markovich Alphi, Secretary/Treasurer