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Annual Report 2001/02

Medical Library Education Section

Goal 1. Professional Development

a. MLES is again sponsoring its New Perspectives session at the 2002 Annual Meeting. The program is entitled "Debuting Fresh Perspectives," with five contributed papers by recent graduates, current students, and current fellows/trainees. This is an opportunity for new colleagues to present a paper at an annual meeting. The individuals chosen to present have been offered small travel stipends by MLES to defray the costs of attending the annual meeting.

b. MLES will also be co-sponsoring two sessions. The first with International Cooperation, Public Health/Health Administration and the African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG is AIDS in Africa and the Impact of Information. The second with the Medical Informatics, Health Association Libraries and the African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG is Knowledge Management.

Goal 2. Advocacy

The 2002 LIS School Reunion will be held during the Annual Meeting. This session is held each year to give MLA members a chance to meet with library school faculty and colleagues from both current and defunct library and information science schools. The reunion provides an opportunity for establishing and maintaining links between graduates and their schools.

Goal 3. Organization

The section website continues to provide information to members of the section, students interested in health sciences librarianship, and to MLA members interested in medical library education. The section discussion list is the primary means of communication among the membership.

MOTION

This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.

Respectfully submitted,

Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP, Secretary/Treasurer for Alexandra Dimitroff