{"id":4827,"date":"2012-06-26T07:46:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T14:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2012-06-26T09:06:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T16:06:31","slug":"presidents-column-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=4827","title":{"rendered":"President’s Column"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by outgoing MLGSCA President Becky Birr<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to serve as your President.\u00a0 It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

MLA asked chapters to review their bylaws and make them more general. At the April Business Meeting, we passed the revisions giving us a more general set of bylaws that can move us into the future. We were commended by MLA for completing this effort in timely manner.<\/p>\n

We offered great continuing education classes. In the fall, we had MLA President Jerry Perry present his class entitled, \u201cThe Librarian as a Professional, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Complexity.”<\/a> In the spring, the PSRML<\/a> sponsored the MLGSCA symposium \u201cInformation Treasure Hunt: Supporting Evidence-Based Practice @ Your Institution\u201d<\/a> taught by Connie Schardt. Also in the spring we took advantage of the MLA webcast “Leveraging Mobile Technologies for Health Sciences Libraries.”<\/a><\/p>\n

MegaMeeting was once again used for the Fall CE class and the Business Meetings. It allows us to bring members together to be updated on the organization despite our large geographic area.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the biggest decisions this past year surround the Joint Meeting. We have decided to give the 2013 meeting a new look by going to the University of California at San Diego\u2019s Price Center<\/a>. The meeting co-chairs are Danielle Linden, Nita Mailander, and Robert Johnson and the meeting will be held between July 24-27, 2013.\u00a0 In addition, the South Central and Midcontinental Chapters approached MLGSCA and NCNMLG about a joint meeting. This will be excellent opportunity for us to learn from other chapters and network with our colleagues. The Quad meeting will be in October 2014 in Denver, CO.<\/p>\n

I would also like to thank and recognize the 2011-2012 MGLSCA Officers and Committee Chairs, who work hard to keep MLGSCA going:<\/p>\n

President-Elect: Emily Brennan
\nPast President: Eileen Wakiji
\nSecretary: Janet Crum
\nTreasurer: Elisa Cortes
\nMLA Chapter Council Representative: Andrea Lynch
\nMLA Chapter Council Representative-Alternate: Danielle Linden
\nAwards: Laura Stubblefield
\nBlog (Newsletter): Amy Chatfield
\nCE\/Program: Emily Brennan
\nConnections: Andrea Harrow
\nElectronic Information Resources (EIRC): Paul Bielman
\nExchange: Evonda Copeland
\nFinance: Ellen Aaronson and Deborah Klein, Co-Chairs
\nGovernment Relations\/By-Laws: Mary White
\nMembership: Janene Wandersee
\nNominating: Eileen Wakiji, Chair, and elected Committee: Carol Attwood, Brooke Billman, Molly Harrington, and Andrea Harrow
\nProfessional Issues: Lisa Marks
\nPublic Relations: Robert (Bob) Johnson
\nResearch: Zoe Pettway Unno
\nWeb: Jin Wu and Andrea Lynch, Co-Chairs
\nArchivist: Marsha Kmec
\nNN\/LM PSR Representative: Irene Lovas
\nMLGSCA Mailbox: Steve Clancy
\nInternal Auditor: Alan Carr
\nMLA Credentialing Committee Liaison: Kathy Zeblisky<\/p>\n

Good luck to Emily Brennan as she takes over as 2012-13 MLGSCA President!<\/p>\n

Note: when this post was originally posted, the chair of the Professional Issues Committee was misstated. The blog committee apologizes to Ms. Marks for the oversight. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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