President’s Column
Contributed by outgoing MLGSCA President Becky Birr Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to serve as your President. It’s a pleasure to be a part of such a great organization. I thought I would give a little reflection on some of our major accomplishments this past year. MLA asked chapters to review their […]
Sewell Fund scholarship applications now available
Librarians with an interest in public health, make this the year you attend the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Stipends funded by The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund for this purpose will be awarded to at least 11 librarians in 2012. This year’s APHA meeting will take place in San Francisco, CA from […]
About our Colleagues (The Return)
This post is an attempt to revive the MLGSCA print newsletter’s About Our Colleagues column. Should The Link continue to publish this on a regular schedule? Please leave comments on this post with your opinion for our incoming 2012-2013 blog committee! People Diana Almador-Douglas, MA(LIS), Library Specialist and former intern at the Arizona Health Sciences […]
2013 Joint Meeting- Save the Dates!
Contributed by Robert Johnson The 2013 MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Meeting Steering Committee members Danielle Linden, Nita Mailander, and Robert Johnson have confirmed a date and venue for the 2013 MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Meeting. The meeting will occur between July 24-27 at the University of California, San Diego’s Price Center in La Jolla, CA. While details are not yet […]
2013 Joint Meeting– survey for CEs
Contributed by Lisa Marks, Co-Chair, Continuing Education Committee, 2013 JM As many of us have “been there, done that” in Seattle for MLA ’12, your 2013 Joint Meeting Planning Committee is now off and running! On behalf of Kathleen Carlson and myself, we would like to know what kind of Continuing Education you’d like to […]
Fill out your Committee interest forms!
Contributed by Emily Brennan, incoming MLGSCA President It’s time to form the MLGSCA Committees for 2012-2013! Committees of MLGSCA are key to the organization. Without the dedication, interest, and hard work of our members, MLGSCA would not function like it does. There are 13 committees to match a variety of interests and skills. Committees are […]
MLA 2012 Wrap-up: MLGSCA members present, receive awards
Contributed by MLGSCA President Becky Birr MLGSCA members were busy at MLA 2012 receiving awards and presenting papers and posters. See the list of their work below. If we forgot your work or award, please email me or comment on this post so we can update the list. Congratulations to you all! MLA Awards Jacqueline […]
Newbies: Cindy Runnels
It’s time to get better acquainted with one of our newer MLGSCA members. Cindy Runnels is the director of the Health Sciences Library at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Bellflower, CA. She started in the position last August. Cindy’s also been a lecturer at the School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University […]
Best Bytes: Hacking the MLA Conference
Submitted by Janet Crum, Director of Library Services, City of Hope I just got back from the Medical Library Association conference in Seattle, the land of rain, coffee, rain, grunge rock, rain, Jimi Hendrix, and rain (sorry; I used to live in Seattle, and I am incapable of mentioning the Emerald City without making at […]