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On behalf of the MDMLG Nominating Committee I am pleased to announce the Election Slate 2009/2010. This year you will be able to vote online commencing March 18, 2010 and ending March 31, 2010. Candidates' biographical sketches are available in the members-only section of the website for your review -- http://www.mdmlg.org/slate-2010-election.htm

Nominations for any position may be made from the membership at large by petitions signed by not fewer than 10 regular members providing they are submitted in writing to the chairperson of the Nominating Committee by February 25, 2010. Petitions must be accompanied by the candidate's written statement of acceptance and biographical sketch.

The counting of the ballots will be held at the Rehabilitation Institute on April 8, 2010, one week prior to the April General Business Meeting scheduled for April 15, 2010. The members of the Nominating Committee, the MDMLG Secretary and the Webmaster will be in attendance when the votes are tabulated. All members are welcome to attend. The election results will be announced on April 15, 2010 at the General Business Meeting and posted on the website.

The Nominees are:

President-Elect

JoAnn Krzeminski

Treasurer

Diane LeBar
Ken Nelson

Membership Services

Ellen O’Donnell
Jill Turner

Nominating Committee

Marilyn Dow
Joan Emahiser
Donna Marshall
Patricia Supnick
Jenny Wang

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara LeTarte, Chair
Nominating Committee

Committee Members
Daria Drobny
Wendy Wu

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At the last MDMLG General Business Meeting, Mary Jo Durivage mentioned that the College of DuPage was offering teleconferences on a wide variety of subjects. The VA Hospital Library has the DVDs of the past teleconferences, and is willing to interloan them to anyone interested. You can contact Mary Jo at MaryJo.Durivage@va.gov.

The next teleconference is scheduled for January 29, 2010 from 12:00-1:30 pm, and is entitled "Making the Best of a Shrinking Budget: Creative Practices in a New Economy."

More details on this program, along with other upcoming teleconferences, can be found at
http://www.dupagepress.com/library-learning-network/.
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The Sept. 10 MDMLG Executive Board minutes are now available on the MDMLG Web site.

The minutes main page is
http://www.mdmlg.org/members/minutes.htm

The specific link is
http://www.mdmlg.org/members/Executive%20Board%20Meeting%20Minutes%20September%2010,%202009.doc

Respectfully submitted,
Shirley Langebartels
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At the MDMLG General Business Meeting last week, Daria Drobny shared a poster she developed with Return on Investment statistics for her library in 2008. She has graciously agreed to share this with our group, and it is located on the members-only portion of the MDMLG web site -- http://www.mdmlg.org/members/return-on-investment.htm.

There are two spreadsheets: one is the final poster that she shared with her Administration, and the other is a spreadsheet explaining her calculations. She used 2008 as the basis for her calculations because that was the most current full year of statistics.
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The MDMLG directory for 2009-2010 is now available on the members only portion of the website. Please contact me at abondar1@hfhs.org if you have any questions. Thank you. --Audrey

Audrey Bondar
Membership Services
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The latest issue of the MDMLG News is now available online. Click here to access the PDF. The issue is also available from the Current MDMLG News link this page: http://www.mdmlg.org/news.htm.

If you have any article suggestions or news items for future issues, please send them to jkrzemi1@hfhs.org.

Thank you,
JoAnn Krzeminski
MDMLG News Editor
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MDMLG Members:

The Members-Only portion of the MDMLG web site now has a new password.

If you are a member, you should have already received an email from me with the information included. Please email me (vreid1@hfhs.org) or call me at (313) 916-5337 if you did not receive the password message.

If you are not currently a member, please consider joining so you can access the MDMLG Directory, etc. Once I receive confirmation that you have renewed, I'll send you the new members-only password.

http://www.mdmlg.org/membership-renewal.htm

Thanks,

Valerie Reid
MDMLG Webmaster
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Apply Today for the MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant.

Applications due December 1, 2009

The MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant is awarded annually to support projects that will promote excellence in the field of health sciences librarianship and information sciences. Grants range up to $1,000 and more than one grant may be awarded in a year.

An application and details about the grant can be accessed at www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/. Please contact Misa Mi, Jury Chair at misa.mi@utoledo.edu if you have additional questions.
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The Program Committee history is now available. There is information on MDMLG Programs going back to the 1999-2000 fiscal year. http://www.mdmlg.org/program-history.htm
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Sally Castillo, the Oakwood Library Tech, took some photos at last week's Summer Luncheon. You can view them at http://www.mdmlg.org/members/photos-june-2009.htm.

They are on the members-only section of the web site. Click on each photo to view a larger version.
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Congratulations to Lynn Shemwell! She is the MDMLG Student Scholarship winner for 2009. Lynn is a student in the School of Library & Information Science at Wayne State University and is interested in Health Science Libraries. Look for Lynn at the Summer Education Program & Luncheon on June 18 and welcome her.
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It’s been almost two years since the Wayne State University Vera P. Shiffman Medical Library, its staff and collections vacated the worn and somewhat dreary 3-story structure built in 1969, at address 4325 Brush St. in Detroit. Well, all that has changed. The building has undergone radical renovation and transformed into the glorious Richard J. Mazurek, M.D. Medical Education Commons, with Shiffman’s library residing on the ground floor with the new entrance (and new address!) at 320 E. Canfield St. Significant features include energy and space saving compact shelving of journals and books in the same room, while staff offices and work areas are positioned in a very spacious layout. Shiffman librarians have a consultation suite and offices on the 2nd floor, however most of the upper floors consist of clinical simulation or computer laboratories, state-of-the-art classrooms or offices serving the medical students of the WSU School of Medicine. There’s even an elevated glassed-in walkway connecting the new facility to the medical school’s Scott Hall. Soon there will even be a gourmet coffee shop at the building’s entrance, which is currently under construction.

Shiffman opened its doors to the public on Tuesday, May 26, but the Grand Opening of the entire structure is set for Friday, June 5, 2009.

Read more about the new Shiffman library in the upcoming issue of the MDMLG News!

Posted on behalf of Linda Draper.
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The MDMLG Nominating Committee is very pleased to announce the results of the 2009 Election, which were officially reported at today's MDMLG general meeting.

We appreciate the work of the Election Committee who tallied the ballots on April 13:
Audrey Bondar, Valerie Reid, Jill Van Buskirk and Linda Draper

We congratulate those elected and thank all candidates for their willingness to run.

President-Elect
Toni Janik

Executive Board/Secretary
Shirley Langebartels

Executive Board/Public Relations
Jennifer Bowen

Nominating Committee
Daria Drobny
Barbara LeTarte
Wendy Wu

Thanks,

MDMLG Nominating Committee
Doris Blauet, Chair
Linda Draper
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I created a web page which lists all of the MDMLG Slates and Election Results from 1970 to the present. It is located at http://www.mdmlg.org/history-elections.htm. This will be very helpful to the Nominating Committee every year to see who has (and hasn't) run for office. It's also interesting to get a historical perspective of the people involved in our organization for the past 40 years.

And to review more of the MDMLG history, you can go to http://www.mdmlg.org/mdmlg-history.htm for all the Annual Reports, Executive Board members, Committee chairs and members, and Goals & Objectives for the past several years.

Valerie Reid
MDMLG Webmaster
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Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note to let you know that the updated 2008-2009 MDMLG Membership Directory and mailing labels are available on the members only portion of the website. If you haven't mailed your renewal to me please do so soon. The password for the members only portion of the website will be changed next week and if you haven't renewed you will not be able to access it. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Audrey Bondar
abondar1@sladen.hfhs.org
313-816-2550
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Hello Everyone,

Pictures from the Summer Luncheon at the Scarab Club have been uploaded and can be viewed via http://www.mdmlg.org/members/photos-june-2008.htm

Thanks to JoAnn for taking the photos :)

Nandita
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The MDMLG 2007-2008 Annual Reports are located at http://www.mdmlg.org/annual-reports/annual-reports-2007-2008.htm
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It is with great pleasure I announce this year's recipient of the MDMLG Annual Scholarship Award.

*********************Mary K. Fitzpatrick*************************

The MDMLG Student Award is presented to a student enrolled in the Library Information Science Program at Wayne State University who displays an interest in health sciences and/or are enrolled in the LISP Health Science Program.

This award encourages students to consider the health sciences courses offered at WSU and provides a full, one year membership to MDMLG, including subscription to the newsletter and an invitation to the yearly banquet, an award certificate, the recipient's name on a plaque displayed in the LISP department, and a monetary award.

The award will be presented at Wayne State University in May.

Marilyn Kostrzewski, President
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Evette Atkin, from the Michigan Library Consortium, has shared her power point presentation on Second Life from the MDMLG Meeting last week. You can view it at http://www.theunlibrarian.net/SecondLife2.ppt.
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Leslie Behm has posted her handout on Google Bells and Whistles at:

http://www.lib.msu.edu/behm/google.html
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At the last MDMLG Executive Board Meeting, we were discussing resources for library instructional materials. Misa Mi collected these sites which contain library instructional materials.

MLA / Hospital Library Section Wiki
http://mla-hls.wikispaces.com

MLA Core Toolbox
http://www.mlanet.org/core

Library Instruction Wiki
http://instructionwiki.org/Main_Page

Second Life Educational Wiki
http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki

If you have your own content that you would like to share, you can contribute it to any of these web sites. And if you know of any additional resources, please click "Comment" below and add them.

Many thanks to Misa for gathering this information.
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Sandy Swanson has just taken over the responsibility as blog editor/author of the MHSLA Blog. It is located at http://mhsla.wordpress.com/. She will be posting a couple of times a week with information on MHSLA activities, along with pointers to resources and information we all should know about.

Each blog posting will have a "Comments" section, and she encourages us to join the discussion on anything that piques our interest.

If you have a topic that you would like her to blog about, or a story she should cover, please contact Sandy at swansonse@trinity-health.org.

If your internet filter blocks the MHSLA, you can also contact Sandy and she can help you out.
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I just created a new web page entitled MDMLG History. It contains the Executive Board and Committee rosters, as well as links to the Annual Reports and Goals & Objectives. Some of the information dates back as far as 1999-2000.

This will be particularly useful if you need to document your committee participation.
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Hello,
This is just a quick note to let you know that the new MDMLG Brochure is now available. The print copy has been produced in colour, is duplexed and has a perforation so that people can easily submit the brochure via postal mail. A copy of the brochure is available on the MDMLG web site via http://www.mdmlg.org/MDMLG%20Brochure.doc as well as can be found navigating the Site Index.

This brochure will now be used to publicize MDMLG at local conferences and other venues such as the WSU LIS program. An example of its use will be its distribution at the upcoming MHSLA conference :)

If you would like copies of the brochure to distribute at a particular event, please let me know and I would be more than happy to assist you in any way possible.

Nandita
nmani1@sladen.hfhs.org
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MLC has just announced that it will be launching a new wiki next week geared towards providing "a useful library wiki for Michigan library staff from all types of libraries." A quick perusal of the wiki shows a lack of special library content. The good news is that content can be added by "Anyone who is able to contribute relevant information specifically related to Michigan libraries...". I'd like to encourage all MDMLG members to consider contributing content relevant to MDMLG and medical libraries.
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Hello Fellow MDMLGers,

In addition to the Job posting information that I will be updating, I am going to be adding a section (for current LIS students) that is geared towards practicum openings that may be available. If you have an opening or are interested in having a practicum student, please let me know and I can post your information to the Job Openings and Practicum Information site on MDMLG. All I will need is your contact information and some information for potential students to peruse when considering work experience at your institution.

Thank you,
Nandita
nmani1@sladen.hfhs.org
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This message is being posted for Nancy Bulgarelli:
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I recently came across a hospital adminstrator's blog - http://runningahospital.blogspot.com. It's run by Paul Levy, the President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It's an interesting view into the cares and concerns of the group that controls our budgets and futures.
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Sandra Martin, the MDMLG Archivist, would like the MDMLG officers and chairs to send her the materials they want archived by the end of July.

Shiffman Medical Library is undergoing renovation and the library will be relocating in early August. Sandra would like to collect all MDMLG archives material before that time.

The types of things we archive include:

Agendas
Annual reports
Agreements
Brochures
Charges to Committees
Conference Proceedings
Committee Reports
Constitution & Bylaws including all Revisions
Contracts with Speakers
Correspondence, Questionnaires, Surveys & Summaries
Directories
Evaluations
Financial Reports
Fliers
Goals & Objectives
Grant Proposals
Guidelines
Mailing Lists
Manuals
Meeting announcements
Memos
Minutes
Newsletters
Newspaper articles
Photographs
Policies & Procedures
Position papers
Programs
Publicity & promotional materials
References to MDMLG
Rosters
Slates of Candidates
Slides
Surveys and summaries
Treasurers' Reports

You can contact Sandra at (313) 577-6665 (Phone) or smartin@med.wayne.edu.
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The 2006-2007 MDMLG Annual Reports can be found at http://www.mdmlg.org/annual-reports/annual-reports-2006-2007.htm.
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Congratulations to Wendy Wu. Her recent article in Medical Reference Services Quarterly is a featured in May's Informed Librarian web site.

Labels: MDMLG in Print, RSS, Web 2.0

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