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MLA President 2004/05

Joanne G. Marshall, AHIP, FMLA

¡Futuro Magnífico! Celebrating Our Diversity
Joanne G. Marshall, AHIP, FMLA

As health information professionals, we have an unparalleled opportunity to influence our individual and collective destinies and to improve lives by facilitating more effective access to quality information. In the information age, librarianship is being viewed with renewed excitement, as libraries become multimedia collections of print and digital information selected to meet the information needs of healthcare providers and consumers. We need to build greater awareness of coming demographic changes; recruit and retain the best people to the field; and find ways of tapping the wisdom of our elders who may retire, but who may also continue to have a vibrant interest in the field.