Please join us for the Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association Annual Conference 2012: Librarians Driving Medical Education. Conference Web Site – http://www.mdmlg.org/MHSLA2012/index.htm When: October 17-19, 2012 Where: Baronette Renaissance Hotel, Novi, MI (near Twelve Oaks Mall) The hotel room rate is $109 per night and includes free wi-fi. Further information about hotel information, including reservations options can be…
Midwest Chapter/MLA and HSLI 2013 Joint Meeting
Save the Date – October 4 through October 8 , 2013, in East Peoria, IL Midwest Chapter/MLA and Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Meeting The Midwest Chapter / Medical Library Association 2013 annual meeting is planned for October 4 through October 8 in East Peoria, Illinois. The meeting will be held jointly with the…
HSLI 2012 Conference Star Fish Thrower Award: Call for Nominations
The Star Fish Thrower Award is presented to an HSLI member who has made a difference to the organization. The winner will receive a trophy and be honored at the awards ceremony held during the HSLI 2012 Annual Conference in November. Any HSLI member is eligible to nominate any other HSLI member for the award….
Midwest Chapter/Medical Library Association Innovation Award: Nominate Colleagues, Libraries, Groups or Organizations Now
The Midwest Chapter/MLA Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award recognizes individuals, groups, libraries, or organizations for their creative approaches to the delivery and management of health information. The winner receives a certificate of recognition and $500. Libraries, groups or organizations that are nominated do NOT need to be Midwest MLA chapter members. Help the Midwest Chapter…
Legislative Committee Report – Illinois Library Day – Part 3 of 3
In part 3 of 3 of this report, HSLI president, Fran E. Kovach, M.L.I.S., covers the meeting with Senator Mark Kirk’s office staff representative. During Illinois Library Day, an appointment occurred with Michael Rasmussen, Springfield staff representative for U.S. Senator Mark Kirk. Two key points emphasized were to encourage the Senator to support LSTA level-funded…
Legislative Committee Report – Illinois Library Day – Part 2 of 3
In part 2 of 3 of this report, Michael Wold, MLIS covers his experience. Fran Kovach, Eric Edwards, and I attended the ILA Library Day in Springfield on April 17th and 18th, 2012. A dinner was held at the State House Inn with a presentation explaining the process of advocacy with our representatives and senators…
Legislative Committee Report – Illinois Library Day – Part 1 of 3
In part 1 of 3 in this report, Eric Edwards, M.L.I.S. Public Services Librarian at Benedictine University summarizes the training for Illinois Library Day 2012. The training session for Illinois Library Day took place the evening of Tuesday, April 17, at the State House Inn. Approximately 40 Illinois Library Day participants attended. There was an…
MLA 2012 Conference-Update
http://npc.mlanet.org/mla12/ If you didn’t have the opportunity to attend MLA this year, catch up on what happened at the conference by reading the MLA Conference Blog. It’s a start! Any members who did attend please send articles to your newsletter editors for publication.
President’s Report (April, 2012)
HSLI President, Fran Kovach, M.L.I.S, is the reference and education librarian at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. What a mild Illinois winter this year, and the spring season is here to greet us! Next week, during National Library Week, April 8-14 we have opportunities to demonstrate the value of libraries in our institutions and…
Member Retirement
As of March 30th, Joy Kennedy will be retiring from NCH. Please forward all reference/research or administrative requests to the NCH library email address. Any personal messages can be sent to Joy’s personal email at joykenn@gmail.com. For job seekers, her job is posted on NCH.org.