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MLA Leaders

MLA Representatives to Allied Organizations

The Medical Library Association strives to be a significant and influential force in all decisions affecting the field of health sciences librarianship and biomedical information management. Central to this goal is a consociation with allied associations, agencies, networks, and organizations that share our concerns.

Many of these vital connections are maintained by MLA members, who may also serve as ex officio representatives and resources to MLA standing committees. In some allied organizations, MLA is represented by its membership through the joint sponsorship of meetings and participation in programs of mutual interest. These activities are not funded by MLA.

The representatives to these organizations outside the jurisdiction of MLA serve terms as required by the sponsoring organization or for a three-year term (parenthetical numbers below indicate number of years yet to serve). Appointments are reviewed annually. The duties of these representatives are

to represent, interpret, and promote the interests of MLA
to attend meetings of the allied organization
to serve ex officio on the appropriate committees of MLA to facilitate communication between MLA and the allied organization
to make recommendations through the appropriate MLA committee for action to be taken by the board of directors concerning activities of mutual interest to the allied organization and MLA
to prepare and submit midyear and annual reports

As of 7/12/2012.

Allied Organization	MLA Representative
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section T: Information, Computing and Communication, Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs	Andrew Hamilton (1)
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc., Libraries Section	Sharon Giovenale (2)
American Library Association, Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access	Amanda K. Sprochi (3)
American Library Association, Reference and User Services Association, Section for Transforming Access and Resource Services (STARS) Executive Committee	Eliza Cortez (2)
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)	Janis F. Brown, AHIP (2)
Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA)	Anne Seymour (2)
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)	Kathleen Combs
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Health Sciences Interest Group	Eliza Cortez (2)
Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA)/Association des Bibliothèques de la Santé du Canada	Susan Murray (2)
European Association for Health Information and Libraries	Carol Lefebvre (1)
Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK)	Diane Cooper, AHIP (3)
Friends of the National Library of Medicine, Board of Directors	Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA (3)
Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing (ICIRN)	Susan Fowler (3) Janet Schnall, AHIP (2)
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)	Carla J. Funk
Joint Commission (JC)	Judy M. Kraemer (3) Carla J. Funk
North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG)	Patricia M. Rodgers (2)
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce	Nancy Schaefer, AHIP (1)
Special Libraries Association, Biomedical and Life Sciences Division	Gillian Kumagai (2)
URAC Health Website Accreditation Committee URAC Health Standards Committee	Michelle A. Spatz (2) Melody Allison (2)