Etheldra Templeton
I enjoyed my year as Chair. I certainly came to appreciate all that your very productive board members do to keep the organization going, foster lively communication, and provide opportunities for members to gather at entertaining social and edifying educational events.
Our last event was the Annual Meeting on April 15th. It was pleasurable and instructive. Fifty members came to the College of Physicians to hear a presentation by Josh Goldstein, health and science reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, to honor our awardees and newly elected officers, and to party. For details on the meeting and information on other Chapter activities, please consult the 2009 Annual Report submitted to MLA National and posted on the Chapter website <http://tinyurl.com/mlaphilannrpt09>.
Thanks to everyone.
Etheldra
Rachel Resnick
“It was the best of times [several mla-phil members were promoted, published, graduated, and honored; others contributed their first articles to the Chronicle],
It was the worst of times [several members are still looking for work],
It was the age of wisdom [record numbers of the unemployed used their public libraries to discover and apply for jobs],
It was the age of foolishness [legislation was introduced in Pennsylvania to severely cut public library services], …
It was the season of Light [record numbers of articles were submitted to PubMedCentral], It was the season of Darkness [Elsevier published a fake journal for Merck], ….”*
In this issue of the Chronicle, we take a look back our Chapter’s Annual Business Meeting and Reception and at MLA’s Annual Conference. Read more» » »
by Rachel Resnick
More than fifty attendees enjoyed reconnecting with friends, networking, listening and learning from an entertaining speaker, and sampling wonderful cuisine at the 2009 Annual Business Meeting and Reception of the Medical 
Library Association, Philadelphia Regional Chapter. The meeting was held on April 15 at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in the foyer and meeting room next to the Mütter Museum. The meeting was attended by members, non-members, students, and vendor representatives. Photos of the event, taken by Archives Committee Chair Joan McKenzie, are available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/8055980@N04/tags/annualmeeting2009/.
Etheldra Templeton, our outgoing (in both senses of the word) Chair, welcomed the attendees. First, the minutes of the 2008 Annual Meeting were approved. A copy is posted at
http://www.mlaphil.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/20081.pdf. Read more» » »
by Rachel Resnick
The speaker at our 58th Annual Business Meeting and Reception was JoshGoldstein. Mr. Goldstein is a health and science reporter at
Josh Goldstein
The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering health care quality, clinical care, and hospitals. He has developed computer databases that have enabled him to do sophisticated analyses of health care trends and quality of delivery. He previously covered the business of health as a member of The Inquirer’s business department, writing extensively about Pennsylvania’s malpractice insurance crisis. He was part of an award-winning team that reported on the decline and bankruptcy of the Allegheny Health System, at the time the largest nonprofit health care bankruptcy in the country. The topic of his presentation was how broader access and use of the internet has impacted and changed the use of health information. Read more» » »
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