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MLA Rising Stars 2012 Call for Participation

Gary — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:29:35 +0000

Applications are now being accepted for the next class of MLA Rising Stars. This exciting new program is for MLA members who are interested in MLA leadership roles but who have not yet become active at a national level. Applications also are sought from MLA units who wish to host a Rising Star.

The one-year leadership development program matches each Rising Star with a mentor and a curriculum that includes learning how MLA succeeds through the volunteer efforts of its members, the roles of the MLA Board and staff, and project management skills, which will be applied to an MLA project. Interested MLA members can find the criteria, timeline, and application form on MLANET. The deadline for Rising Star applications is October 1.

The first class of MLA Rising Stars were recognized for their achievements at the annual meeting in Minneapolis. Bob Johnson, mentored by Rikke Ogawa, helped plan section programming for MLA ’11. Emily Hurst, mentored by Connie Schardt, worked on evaluating the CORE toolbox. Rex Robison, mentored by Julia Kochi, examined MLA’s hospital library benchmarking activities and recommended ways to use the data more effectively. Karen Hanus, mentored by Julia Shaw Kokot, developed a new communications plan for Chapter Council. For the first class, all mentors were members of the MLA Board and projects were chosen by the Board.

For the second year, applications for hosting Rising Stars are being sought from MLA units. Interested MLA units can find more information on MLANET. Units are responsible for identifying one or more projects and a mentor from their membership for each project. The deadline for host applications is November 1.

The link to information and forms on MLANET is http://www.mlanet.org/awards/honors/rising_star.html

Background information and reports on the 2010 initial Rising Stars program are also available. Questions about the program should be directed to Carol Jenkins (phone 919.966.2114).

MLA Election Results

Gary — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:25:49 +0000

Michelle Kraft posted the results of the MLA Elections and a survey from the nominating committee on the election process.

MLA Update in less than 10 minutes

Gary — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:41:48 +0000

Connie Schardt, MLA President, gives a short video update (from the MLA Connections blog):

The 2009/10 election results are in

Gary — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:59:41 +0000

Congratulations to chapter members Karen Albert and Anne Seymour, who were elected to the MLA national Nominating Committee. Their term will begin at the conclusion of the 2009 Hawaii conference.

Ruth Holst will be President-elect.

New blog for MLA communications

Gary — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:08:54 +0000

The MLA Board began a new blog, MLA Connections, to provide an easy way for the MLA Board and the membership to communicate with each other. From Mary Ryan’s welcome message:

The blog will include updates on priorities and major initiatives, Board activities and decisions, and activities of committees, task forces, sections, and chapters. The blog will also be used to respond to MLA-related postings on individual blogs, instead of just responding on each blog, which many people might not see.

I added its feed to mlaphil.org, so you’ll see recent posts in the right colum. You can also sign up for email notifications.

Latest posts from the new blog, MLA Connections, displayed in mlaphil.org

Thanks to Clare Leibfarth for making me realize our Technorati Profile needed tweaking.