Entries from ConnectMidwest tagged with 'chapter'
Vote! Now!
It's election time! Time to look forward a little in time and think about who you would like to serve in Midwest Chapter/MLA leadership positions for the next couple of years. Again this year we will be voting electronically. Midwest...
Planning Ahead for Madison
Yes, it is definitely summer out there and most of us are thinking vacation. But it is also time to start thinking ahead about our annual conference in the fall. This year we will be visiting another one of our...
Don't you love free?
Application Deadline Extended! New deadline is Friday, April 16th! Apply today! I sure do! For several years, the Midwest Chapter has been providing awards to two chapter members to attend the Chapter Council Presents Sharing Roundtables at the annual...
Meeting in Indy and Online
The Midwest Chapter Executive Board is meeting today here in Indianapolis. There are seven of us here on-site and five are attending virtually....
Call for Papers and Posters: Midwest Chapter/MLA & WHSLA 2010 Conference
Earlier this week Program Committee Chair Brian Finnegan sent out the Call for Papers and Posters for the 2010 conference in Madison, Wisconsin. The conference theme of "Step Up, Step Forward" lends itself to a variety of topics, and provides...
On the Road Again
Again this spring, the Midwest Chapter display is on the road traveling the Career Night circuit, spreading the news about exciting careers in medical librarianship. Your intrepid blog editor has attended the Kent State University School of Library and Information...
Midwest Travels
Well, it is not quite Flat Stanley, but the Midwest Chapter membership display has really been getting around this spring! The display debuted at our 2008 conference at Michigan. It is currently featured on the always informative Midwest Chapter website....
Tidbits from the Chapter Board Meeting
The spring issue of our chapter newsletter MIDLINE will be published online in just a couple of weeks. And as always it will include a complete report of business conducted at the spring meeting of the Executive Board from our...
Free Lunch Application Deadline Extended
Earlier this week President Elect Elaine Skopelja sent an announcement on the "chapter members" discussion list on behalf of the Midwest Chapter Awards and Scholarships Committee to let us know that the deadline for applying for the 2009 Free Lunch...
2009 Chapter Conference Call for Papers and Posters
The Program Committee of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association invites proposals for contributed papers and posters for the 2009 chapter conference in Columbus, Ohio from October 3-6 at the Hyatt on Capitol Square. The conference theme of...
Such a Thing as Free Lunch
President Elect Elaine Skopelja sent out this announcement yesterday from the Midwest Chapter Awards and Scholarships Committee: The Midwest Chapter/MLA’s 2009 "Free Lunch Award" is open for applications, and two awards will be offered to Midwest Chapter/MLA members. The official...
Spring Executive Board Meeting
This week, chapter president Deborah Lauseng finalized the arrangements for the spring Executive Board meeting. The meeting will be held at the Courtyard Chicago O'Hare hotel on Friday, March 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30/4:00 p.m. The Executive Board meeting...
Something to cheer about!
Yes, the weather outside is frightful. But the Midwest Chapter has something to cheer about! Yesterday's MLA-FOCUS announced that chapter member Ruth Holst, Associate Director, Greater Midwest Region NN/LM, will be the next MLA President-elect. Congratulations! Also announced was the...
Using Patient-Oriented Evidence to Reduce Health Disparities
David Slawson, MD, one of the founders of InfoPOEMs®, gave a provocative talk during the concurrent sessions on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at the 2008 Midwest Chapter/MLA and MHSLA joint meeting.
Chapter Business Meeting Report
The Midwest Chapter Business Meeting on October 20 was an eventful one. Along with all the normal usual business meeting agenda items, the revised bylaws were passed. Thank you to Sheryl Stevens and the Bylaws Review Special Committee for all...
MLA Reminders
This week, Karen Hanus our chapter's Alternate Representative to the MLA Chapter Council sent out a couple of reminders to the Midwest Chapter discussion list. Karen serves as one of the co-chairs of Chapter Council Presents Sharing Roundtables Committee and...
New Approach to Medical Education
With the drive to reform health care comes the concept of reforming medical education. A new program, ENCORE, is being developed at the University of Michigan with the tag line: Ensure Competence - Inspire Excellence.
What's Next?
You know how it is. You return to work after being gone nearly a week and it takes forever to catch up... I have all my notes from our 2008 conference in a neat pile on my workdesk. I'll be...
Exhibit Day
Today your intrepid blog editor will be in the exhibit area demonstrating ConnectMidwest. If you are interested in how YOU can become a Midwest Chapter blogger, stop by to see me!...
Midwest Chapter Board Report
The discussion was lively and the food was fabulous at this evening's Midwest Chapter Executive Board meeting. Nearly 20 board members and interested chapter members were in attendance. The new membership Midwest Chapter display was unveiled at the meeting. Chapter...
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