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Program Committee Report

Gary Kaplan

Gary Kaplan

Mark your calendars to connect with your colleagues on April 6 at the Annual Dinner (details below) and on April 20 at the spring webcast, “Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon: Finding Our Way in New Biomedical Research and Health Care Environments.”

Since the last issue of the Chronicle, Chapter members have assembled in November at Jefferson to watch MLA’s e-books webcast, in February at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for a two-day event on Advocacy for Leaders, produced by the Mid-Atlantic Region Leadership Institute (MAR-LI); and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to tour the Anatomy/Academy exhibit. Read more» » »

Program Committee Report

Gary Kaplan
When I began my career in academic medical libraries almost a decade ago, I assumed August would be a quiet time. But, no, academic medical libraries are busy places year-round: new residents starting in July, medical students starting in August, accelerated nursing programs going full-tilt year-round, not to mention research and patient care. So why should our Chapter programming be any different? Read more» » »

Thanks to Our “ABCs of Ebooks” Sponsors

Christina DaleyWe would like to thank and recognize our sponsors for supporting the “ABCs of Ebooks” webcast, held on November 10, 2010: Rittenhouse Book Distributors and Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins -Ovid Technologies.

Please visit our Thanks to our sponsors page for additional information on the products and services offered by our sponsors! <http://www.mlaphil.org/wp/15/thank-you-sponsors/>

Christina Daley
Development Committee Chair, 2009-2010

MLA-Phil’s 2010/11 Mid-Year Report

Chapter Chair, Andrea Kenyon, and the Board filed this 2010/11 Mid Year Report (pdf) with MLA HQ.

Our 59th Annual Business Meeting & Reception

table setting from mlaphil 2010 Annual Business Meeting & ReceptionThe Chapter’s 2010 Annual Meeting was held at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, as it was last year.  Members and guests were able to join friends and colleagues to learn about Chapter activities and recognize leadership in and contributions to medical librarianship.  Photos from the event are available on the Chapter’s flickr®  page: <http://www.flickr.com/groups/363552@N22/>.  Please visit.  Join the group, and help us tag the photos to identify everyone!
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