{"id":5778,"date":"2016-06-16T03:56:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T10:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=5778"},"modified":"2016-06-16T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T22:56:52","slug":"mlgsca-outstanding-health-sciences-library-paraprofessional-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=5778","title":{"rendered":"MLGSCA Outstanding Health Sciences Library Paraprofessional of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the Awards Committee:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nomination deadline is <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 1st<\/span><\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose<\/strong><br \/>\nThe purpose of the MLGSCA Outstanding Health Sciences Library Paraprofessional of the Year Award is to honor an outstanding library paraprofessional in a health sciences library\u00a0<em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to recognize the critical role and important contributions library paraprofessionals make to the development and evolution of modern health sciences libraries and librarianship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria<\/strong><br \/>\nConsiderations\/criteria for nominating a paraprofessional for this award include, but are not limited to, a paraprofessional that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides consistently, excellent library service.<\/li>\n<li>Continually suggests improvements or innovative ideas and is willing to take the lead in making good suggestions a reality.<\/li>\n<li>Encourages and promotes the library\u2019s mission, facilities and resources.<\/li>\n<li>Enhances the promotion and marketing endeavors of the library through facilitating productive, effective communication between users and the library.<\/li>\n<li>Is professionally curious and is willing to take risks, even if that means moving beyond their comfort zone.<\/li>\n<li>Is a lifelong learner and regularly attends training or other local or regional events to improve their skills and knowledge base.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nominations<\/strong><br \/>\nNominations can be made by any MLGSCA member and sent to the Awards Committee chair. Please use the available\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlgsca.mlanet.org\/forms\/Outstanding_paraprofessional_nomination_form.pdf\">form<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Nomination deadline is July 1st<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequency and Number of Awards<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Outstanding Health Sciences Library Paraprofessional of the Year Award is given annually to one outstanding paraprofessional in a health sciences library.\u00a0 If there are no suitable candidates nominated, the award is not given. The award is usually presented by the MLGSCA President during the Fall Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa A. Marks, MLS, AHIP<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector of Libraries<br \/>\nInstructor, Medical Education<br \/>\nCollege of Medicine<br \/>\nPhone <a href=\"tel:%28480%29%20301-4422\">(480) 301-4422<\/a><br \/>\nFax <a href=\"tel:%28480%29%20301-7005\">(480) 301-7005<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:marks.lisa@mayo.edu\">marks.lisa@mayo.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On behalf of the Awards Committee: Nomination deadline is July 1st: Purpose The purpose of the MLGSCA Outstanding Health Sciences Library Paraprofessional of the Year Award is to honor an outstanding library paraprofessional in a health sciences library\u00a0and\u00a0to recognize the critical role and important contributions library paraprofessionals make to the development and evolution of modern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,103],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5778"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5778"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5801,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5778\/revisions\/5801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}