Listed below are committee charges and chairs for 2010/2011. Charges are to be regarded as general guidelines; specified tasks are detailed in the MLGSCA Manual of Policies and Procedures for Officers, Committees, and Representatives. The President and Advisory Council annually examine committee charges in the light of recommendations from previous committee chairs, the Advisory Council members, and individual members.

Other committees may be appointed during the year by the President as the Advisory Council shall deem necessary. Announcements of these committees shall be made through the newsletter.

Awards Committee
Develops standards and guidelines for the following awards: 1) MLA Scholarship Donation; 2) Louise Darling Award; 3) MLGSCA Student Scholarships; 4) MLGSCA Professional Development Award(s); 5) Outstanding Paraprofessional of the Year; 6) Paraprofessional Career Development Award and 7) MLGSCA Lifetime Achievement Award
Chair: Laura Stubblefield

Connections Committee
Responsible for email discussion list, tasks related to SurveyMonkey, the chapter presence on social networking sites, AC and chapter-wide wiki issues, possible establishment of web conferencing, and other ways MLGSCA might connect with members and other organizations
Chair: Andrea Harrow

Continuing Education/Program Committee
Plans all MLGSCA programs and continuing education courses presented other than at the Joint Meeting
Chairs: Emily Brennan

Electronic Information Resources Committee
R esponsible for needs assessment re: electronic information resources, identifying &/or creating e-resource CE opportunities possibly including partnerships with other professional organizations, tracking e-resource trends and issues, creating best practices and guidelines, and bringing e-resource issues to the NN/LM PSR
Chair: Paul Bielman

Exchange Committee
F acilitates the sharing of duplicate and excess journal issues
Chair: Evonda Copeland

Finance Committee
R esponsible for the control and general supervision of the financial affairs of the MLGSCA
Co-Chairs: Ellen Aaronson and Deborah Klein

Governmental Relations/Bylaws Committee
M onitors & informs members of legislation & the actions of governmental agencies related to health science libraries, maintains the MLGSCA bylaws
Chair: Mary White

Membership Committee
C ollects and maintains all information relating to MLGSCA membership
Chair: Janene Wandersee

Newsletter Committee
P roduces the quarterly newsletter, now in blog format
Chairs: Amy Chatfield

Nominating Committee
There shall be a Nominating Committee of five members. The Committee members shall be elected by plurality vote of the Group members present and voting at the Group's last (usually Spring) business meeting. The Committee shall elect a Chair by majority vote of its members.
Chair: Eileen Wakiji

Professional Issues Committee
P rovides a forum for the discussion and resolution of professional issues of concern to the membership.  The committee coordinates recruitment and retention efforts, including the chapter's mentoring program
Chair:Lisa Marks

Public Relations Committee
P ublicizes the Group and its activities, obtains outside sources of funding for the Group, primarily through fees for advertising in MLGSCA publications.
Co-Chair: Bob Johnson and Sue Espe

Research Committee
A dministers the annual Research Awards Program
Chair: Zoe Pettway Unno

Web Committee
Consists of Webmaster, Assistant Webmaster, and "lay" members, responsible for MLGSCA Web site, including dynamic updating of the membership directory, usability studies, etc.
Co-Chair: Jin Wu and Andrea Lynch