Monthly Archive for April, 2008

Would you like to edit a column (or two) for the Chronicle?

Due to other commitments, Linda Katz is no longer able to edit the Member Profiles and the Member & Library News columns for the Chronicle, so I am looking for another chapter member to assume responsibility for those columns.  To get details about what editing these columns entails, please contact Linda.  To volunteer for the position, please contact Rachel Resnick.

57th Annual MLA Phil Meeting

as_mpw.jpgThanks to everyone who came to the 57th Annual Meeting of the Philadelphia Regional Chapter! Joan MacKenzie, chapter archivist, posted photos to our flickr group.

Congratulations to this year’s awardees:

  • Kevin Wall, Beatrice Davis Education Award
  • Gary Kaplan, Chapter Achievement Award
  • Dan Kipnis, Chapter Appreciation Award
  • Mary Pat Wilhem (pictured here with Anne Seymour), Randy Brenner Consumer Health Award

Board transition meeting, July 10

Members of the 2007-8 Board and the incoming 2008-9 Board will have a transitional meeting on July 10, 2008 at the Wistar Institute.
The 2008-2009 Board is:

  • Etheldra Templeton, Chair
  • Cynthia McClellan, Program Chair / Chair Elect
  • Jackie Knuckle, Past Chair, Nominating Committee Chair/Parliamentarian
  • Rebecca Raszewski, Secretary
  • Linda Katz, Treasurer
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Survey on EBP roles of librarians that work with nurses

If you’re a librarian that works with nurses, please consider responding to this survey. Results will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Chicago:

The NAHRS/MLA Research Committee (Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Association) invites all librarians working with nurses, nursing faculty, and/or nursing students in ANY setting to respond to a survey on Librarian Roles in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice. (posting to multiple lists; please excuse duplication)

To take the survey, click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=LbVcVHiE2lVWWk5_2br1cNXg_3d_3d Or, use link on the NAHRS website, http://nahrs.mlanet.org/. Once you’ve completed the survey, you won’t be allowed to take it again.

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Internship at ECRI Institute (Plymouth Meeting, PA)

Student members take note: ECRI Institute has an internship opportunity that would be good for a library school student.

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