Congratulations to MLGSCA Award Winners
MLGSCA held it spring business meeting on April 18th. Two awards were presented. As the business meeting was held virtually using MegaMeeting, awardees traveled to one of the MLGSCA-sponsored MLA webcast viewing sites to receive awards from MLGSCA members. 2012 Louise Darling Achievement Award was presented to Julie Kwan. The Awards Committee shared a brief […]
Nominations for MLGSCA Outstanding Health Sciences Paraprofessional of the Year Award
Consider submitting your high achieving library paraprofessional for the MLGSCA Outstanding Health Sciences Paraprofessional of the Year Award. Applicant, who is currently working in a health sciences library, is recognized for their critical role and important contributions to the development and evolution of modern health sciences libraries and librarianship. Deadline for submission is July 1st. […]
Upcoming Joint and Quad meetings for MLGSCA
Contributed by Becky Birr, MLGSCA President, and Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ I wanted to take a moment and update you on the plans for the upcoming Joint Meetings. As you know, we have had a number of discussions in the last year about the future of Joint Meetings. Both MLGSCA and NCNMLG have […]
NLM Scanned Its Millionth Page for the Medical Heritage Library Project
The title page of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Valedictory Address to Medical Graduates of Harvard University on March 10, 1858, shown to the left, was the millionth page NLM scanned for the Medical Heritage Library Project. According to NLM’s announcement, “the goal of the project, launched in January of 2010, is to digitize books and […]
MLGSCA Scholarship Winner Responds
Jessica Shultz was chosen as the recipient of this year’s MLGSCA Scholarship. Jessica responded to the notification by saying, “I am so thankful to the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona for choosing me as a scholarship recipient. At this moment life seems like a whirlwind! I am planning my wedding, currently enrolled […]
MLGSCA Elections Results
Contributed by Eileen Wakiji, MLGSCA Nominating Committee The polls have closed for the 2012 MLGSCA Election! The MLGSCA Nominating Committee would like to thank all the candidates and voting members for making the 2012 election a success. The results are: Mary White, President-Elect April Aguiñaga, Secretary Alan Carr, MLA Chapter Council Representative Kathleen Carlson, MLA […]