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Welcome to the website of the African
American Medical Librarians Alliance (AAMLA). AAMLA
is a special interest group of the Medical
Library Association,an association of health information
professionals with more than 5,000 individual and institution
members. MLA fosters excellence in the professional achievement
and leadership of health sciences library and information professionals
to enhance the quality of health care, education, and research.
Learn more about the Medical Library Association (MLA) by visiting
the web site or
by reading MLA President Mark
Funk's blog.
AAMLA at 2008 Annual
Meeting
Business
Meeting
The
Official AAMLA Business Meeting will
be held on Monday, May19th from 7:00am-9:00am
in the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Acapulco.
Agenda - Print the Agenda
Business Meeting -
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
- Welcome and introductions
- Selection of SIG Convener(s) for 2010
- Program Ideas for 2009. The Theme for MLA 2009 is iFusions
- Guest speakers suggestions for 2009 meeting
- Other ideas
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Speaker: Jenifer
Grady, MSLS, MBA, CAE
- Director,
ALA-APA -
Jenifer's Bio
Connecting the Dots: How to Get to the Other Side of
the Road
It's the chicken and the egg all over again - You want
to grow professionally, but you can't figure out how
because you don't have the experience or the network
to get those opportunities. Or you're well known for
what you do now, but want people to see you for new
skills you could offer if only given the chance. We'll
have
a conversation about how to assess what leadership
skills you have, how to figure out what you want to
do and what
opportunities there are to develop new skills.
Learn more about the ALA
Allied Professional Association
(ALA-APA)
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Presenting
at MLA?
If
you are presenting or moderating
at the Annual Meeting in Chicago
send this info to Shannon to
post on the Annual Meeting At-a-Glance section
of the AAMLA web site.
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Where:
Heaven on Seven on Rush,
600 North Michigan, Chicago, IL 60611 | Map
Phone: 312-280-7774
When: Saturday, May 17th at 7:30PM.
Please gather outside the Exhibit Hall at 7pm to walk
over to the restaurant
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Co-sponsored Programs!
The African-American
Medical Librarians Alliance - AAMLA has worked in conjunction
with several key sections to present the following
programing. Please mark your schedules and support
these events.
Section
Program: Opening Doors: The African American
Connection in Medical Librarianship
When & Where: Sunday,
May 18th from 4:30 to 6:00 PM in Columbus GH.
About the Session: This program
of contributed papers will examine the historic
contributions of African Americans in the development
medical librarianship through their contributions
to education and professional expertise in academic
and clinical settings.
Moderator: Michael S. Fitts, MLIS, AHIP
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Lisa
M. Boyd - Quest for Equality: Opening Librarianship
to Librarians of Color
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Richard
Nollan - The First Blood Bank in the South:
The John Gaston Hospital Blood Bank in 1938
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Connecting the Dots:
Strategies for Building A Portable Career (Leadership,
Networking, Professional Development & Career
Building and Career Reinvention) and Speed Mentoring
When & Where:
Monday, May 19th from 2:00-3:30PM in
Columbus IJ
About the Session: Connecting
the Dots” is a two-part, hands-on session.
In part one, attendees will participate in roundtables
on professional development and job-searching skills
and techniques. Part two is a speed mentoring session,
in which mentees will have ten minute meetings
with two to three library administrators to review
resumes and discuss professional development opportunities.
Featured table discussion topics include:
Table 1: Leadership - Facilitators:
Lisa Boyd & Neville Prendergast
Table 2: Professional Networking
- Facilitators: Gabriel Rios & Meredith Solomon
Table 3: Career Reinvention -
Facilitator: Mary C. Congleton & Molly Knapp
Table 4: Professional Development/Career
Building - Facilitators: Julia Player & Heidi Sandstrom.Register
online by May 12, 2008.
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Section Program: Health
Disparities: Bridge, Gap, or Chasm?
When & Where: Monday, May 19th from 4:30pm to
6:00pm in Columbus CD.
About the Session: Dr. John Ruffin,
will offer a presentation focusing on health disparities
and the progress made so far. As the director of
the National Center on Minority Health and Health
Disparities, an institute at the National Institutes
of Health, his insight and input will be invaluable
to medical librarians who wish to be a part of
the "Healthy People 2010 Goal 2 to help our
nation eliminate health disparities among different
segments of our population."
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