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From Chris Shaffer, Midwest Chapter President
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

As I enjoy the blooming flowers of May and the relaxation of gardening, it occurs to me that we’re almost halfway through the year and there’s still lots to do!

We’ve been in a bit of a lull since the spring executive board meeting in Madison this past March and I’m sure lots of you are getting ready to attend the MLA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia next week. I’m looking forward to a productive summer and will be contacting officers and committee chairs after Memorial Day to get things started again.

The Website Redesign Task Force is moving along. The board had lots of good suggestions and many of you provided helpful feedback in the survey. Thanks! The task force members are investigating similar websites and considering ways the web can help us conduct our business both publicly and privately. Our goal is to have a new chapter website and intranet to unveil at the 2007 Joint Chapter Meeting in Omaha.

I had a lot more to write, but Deborah Lauseng did such a great job with the spring executive board meeting report below that my job for this issue is done. ☺

Submitted by Deborah Lauseng, Midwest Chapter Secretary
Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

The Midwest Chapter Executive Board held its first meeting following the approval of the revised chapter bylaws on March 16, 2007 at the Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The most obvious change was the composition in the board with fewer people in attendance. The board includes the elected officers, with only one representative at large, committee chairs and appointed officials.

A major new business item was drafting charges for each of the standing committees outlined in the bylaws. Procedural information will be placed in a separate procedures manual. New or reorganized committees include Communications, Professional Practice, and State Liaisons. President Chris Shaffer will be finalizing the charges for the fall executive board meeting.

The Awards & Scholarships Committee recommended the rewording of the Annual Meeting Scholarship Award to clarify the support of a Midwest Chapter member who has never attended an annual conference. Following discussion, the board recommended that the committee consider rewording the Scholarship Award to be specifically for students and/or recent graduates and to create a new award to promote first time attendees at the annual conference for librarians already in the chapter.

The Communications Committee will be incorporating a disclaimer concerning photographs taken at the annual meetings and their potential use in online chapter publications. The statement, which will appear on conference registration and on annual membership forms, will also ask anyone not wanting their photograph to appear to contact the Communications Chair Elizabeth Smigielski.

The Membership Committee will be designing and purchasing a traveling exhibit. The chapter exhibit can be used at state conferences and for library school recruitments. Funds have also been set aside to cover the cost of shipping the exhibit to members exhibiting on behalf of the chapter.

Chris Shaffer has appointed the Website Redesign Special Committee. This special committee is charged with evaluating, planning (including site architecture and visual design), implementing, and testing of a new Midwest Chapter website. Brian Finnegan is the chair.

The Executive Board extended their thanks and appreciation to Terry Burton and the library staff of Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin, for hosting the spring board meeting in Madison.

Submitted by Marlene Porter, Midwest Chapter Treasurer
Mulford Health Science Library, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH

Chapter assets are $58,414.95 as May 8, 2007. The 2007 budget, financial statement, ledger, accounts and reports are available on the chapter website at: http://midwestmla.org/business/treasurer/index.html.

Submitted by Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, 2007 Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region
Creighton University Health Sciences Library, Omaha, NE

We have received many submissions for papers and posters for the 2007 Joint Chapter Meeting in Omaha. Those who have submitted proposals have already been notified if their proposal has been accepted. For those of you who missed this first deadline: GOOD NEWS! We are sending out a second call!!!

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

Are you getting ready to come to the 2007 Meeting in Omaha? The Program Committee has been hard at work finding interesting ways for you to present to your colleagues. See the Call for Papers and Posters at http://www.mcmla.org/2007/program.html. Put your thinking caps on and submit a proposal for this year's joint meeting. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me.

The new deadline for submissions is May 31, 2007. This will give you time to recover from the annual MLA conference if you are attending, and perhaps bring back good ideas on what you want to share of your work.

Thanks to those who have submitted already. We are very pleased with what we have received so far! We are looking forward to receiving more.

Submitted by Teresa Hartman, Conference Planning Committee Co-Chair
McGoogan Library of Medicine, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Join your colleagues in Omaha for the October 12-16 Joint MCMLA/Midwest Conference and enjoy your stay at the luxurious Hilton Omaha. Meeting planners continue to work on your behalf to ensure that the best quality speakers, continuing education courses, and networking venues make up the 2007 conference. You can read more about the schedule, link to the hotel reservation site, discover things to do, see, and eat while in Omaha, and check on conference news at the website: http://www.mcmla.org/2007. Book your rooms early! There are other events happening in Omaha that week, and we don’t want you to miss out on the excellent conference price for the Hilton rooms. Our conference rates start at only $108 per night.

We are proud to announce a new speaker for the Monday, October 15th lunch: Dr. Joann Schaefer, Director of the Division of Public Health at the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services. You can read more about Dr. Schaefer, who is also the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Nebraska, at the National Library of Medicine “Changing the Face of Medicine” exhibit. Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, Lorienne Roy is not available to speak at our conference.

We have a national celebrity added to the stellar speaker lineup scheduled for the conference: Rivkah Sass. Change agent, risk taker, and the Director of the Omaha Public Library, Ms. Sass will speak on Sunday, October 14th, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. Ms. Sass was named Library Journal’s 2006 Librarian of the Year, as well as one of Library Journal’s 2002 Movers and Shakers.

Conference registration will be open earlier than previously announced. June 1 will be the date when registration opens, instead of July 1. The breakdown of registration costs are listed on the registration page of the conference website: http://www.mcmla.org/2007/registration.html.

Come to the conference this fall, and confidently accept your License to Learn / License to Lead!

Again this year the Midwest Chapter sponsored two awards of $30 each for attendance at one of the Chapter Sharing Roundtables at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on May 20, 2007. This year Bryan Vogh of the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region and Carol Jeuell of Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago are the winners of free lunches. Congratulations!

The Midwest Chapter/MLA Awards and Scholarships Committee is pleased to announce establishment of the chapter’s new Professional Development Award, a $500 stipend to help support first-time attendance at the chapter’s annual meeting. As of 2007, two Professional Development Awards will be offered, in addition to the two Annual Meeting Scholarships the chapter has traditionally offered to library science students and recent graduates.

To qualify for the new award, applicants must be a current Midwest Chapter member and a resident of one of chapter’s nine states. In addition, applicants must have: a masters degree in library/information science; at least 3 years experience as a professional librarian; and never attended a Midwest Chapter annual meeting.

Applications must include: a current resume or vitae; a letter from an administrator supporting the applicant’s need for financial aid; and a statement describing what the applicant hopes to gain by attending the Midwest Chapter’s annual meeting.

Recipients will be asked submit a brief article about their conference experience for MIDLINE.

Applications for the 2007 Professional Development Awards must be received by August 17, 2007. Award recipients will be notified by August 31, 2007.

The Midwest Chapter’s 2007 meeting will be a joint meeting with the Midcontinental Chapter and is scheduled for October 12-16 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Please consult the Awards and Scholarships Committee page at the chapter website for complete application information or contact Committee Chair Sheryl Stevens via e-mail or phone: 419-530-7981.

The Midwest Chapter/MLA Awards and Scholarships Committee is offering two $500 scholarships to either library science students or recent graduates to help support their attendance at the chapter’s 2007 annual meeting. The Midwest Chapter’s 2007 meeting will be a joint meeting with the Midcontinental Chapter and is scheduled for October 12-16 in Omaha, Nebraska.

To qualify, applicants must be: students in or recent graduates of an ALA-accredited masters program in library science/information studies; a resident of one of the chapter’s nine states; and a member of the chapter. (Note: Student memberships are free!)

Applications must include: a resume or vitae detailing education, awards, honors, memberships, publications, and/or special skills; an academic transcript; at least one letter of reference from a library school faculty member or a Midwest Chapter member; and a cover letter explaining the applicant’s interest in health sciences librarianship and attending the chapter conference.

Recipients will be asked submit a brief article about their conference experience for MIDLINE.

Applications for the 2007 Annual Meeting Scholarships must be received by August 17, 2007. Award recipients will be notified by August 31, 2007.

Please consult the Awards and Scholarships Committee page at the chapter website for complete application information or contact Committee Chair Sheryl Stevens via e-mail or phone: 419-530-7981.

The Midwest Chapter Awards and Scholarships Committee invites you to start thinking about who amongst all of your stand-out chapter colleagues you would like to nominate for the chapter’s 2007 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award.

The Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award recognizes chapter members who have made outstanding professional contributions to health sciences librarianship and the chapter. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a check for $500. The award is announced and presented at the chapter’s annual meeting.

The Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award was established and first presented in 2005 to Christopher Shaffer (IA). Carole Gilbert (MI) received the award in 2006.

To qualify, nominees must be members of the Midwest Chapter at the time of nomination and for at least three years prior. Criteria used to evaluate nominees include but are not limited to: leadership, advocacy, scholarship, research, publications, presentations, teaching, training, mentoring, outreach, professional activities, and meaningful and measurable service to the chapter.

Nominations must include: a current resume or vitae of the nominee; a letter of nomination stating why the nominee should be recognized; and two additional letters of support for the nomination.

The deadline for nominations for the 2007 Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award is August 17, 2007. The award will be announced and presented at the chapter’s 2007 Annual Business Meeting on October 15 at the 2007 Joint Chapter Meeting in Omaha.

Please consult the Awards and Scholarships Committee page at the chapter website for complete nomination information or contact Committee Chair Sheryl Stevens via e-mail or phone: 419-530-7981.

The Midwest Chapter Awards and Scholarships Committee is soliciting nominations for the chapter’s 2007 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award, which recognizes individuals, groups, libraries, or organizations for their creative responses to the challenges and opportunities presented to us by our dynamic and evolving profession.

The winner receives a certificate of recognition and a check for $500. The award is announced and presented at the chapter’s annual meeting. Last year’s winner was the Allina Library Services Knowledge Consultant Group from Allina Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis, MN.

Nominees can be individual chapter members or a group of individuals, a library, an institution, or an organization. Library, institutional, or organizational nominees must include at least one chapter member and be located in one of the chapter’s nine states.

Nominations need to document how innovative practices, workflows, projects, initiatives, applications, research, and/or other methodologies were utilized by nominee to improve the practice of health information management.

Nominations for a single individual must include: a current resume or vitae; a letter of nomination detailing why the individual should be recognized; and two additional letters of support.

Nominations for a group of individuals, a library, an institution, or an organization must include: brief professional profiles for individuals nominated as a group; a brief description of library, institutional, or organizational nominees; a letter of nomination detailing why the nominee should be recognized; and two additional letters of support.

Applications for the 2007 Jean Williams Sayre Innovation Award must be received by August 17, 2007. The Award will be announced and presented at the chapter’s 2007 Annual Business Meeting on October 15 at the 2007 Joint Chapter Meeting in Omaha.

Please consult the Awards and Scholarships Committee page at the chapter website for complete nomination information or contact Committee Chair Sheryl Stevens via e-mail or phone: 419-530-7981.

Submitted by Brian Finnegan, Website Redesign Committee Chair
G. E. Magnin Medical Library, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI

Thank you to everyone that completed the Midwest Chapter/MLA Website Redesign survey. We had 113 responses, which is a great number!

The vast majority (over 80%) of the respondents are infrequent visitors to the Midwest Chapter/MLA website. They report visiting only monthly or less, perhaps most visits occur as annual conference time approaches. The most commonly visited areas of the site are the MIDLINE and the annual conference areas.

Regarding the comments from respondents, a few themes emerged:

It seemed like respondents were generally happy with the MIDLINE newsletter, and annual conference information.

Common recommendations for improvement included:

Additional ideas generated by the survey:

Submitted by Ed Holtum
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa recently digitized and made available on the web, the stunning illustrations from Johannes Scultetus’ 1655 Armamentarium chirurgicum..., one of the most important surgical works of the 17th century. The book was acquired by Dr. John Martin (1904-1996) in the late 1970’s, one of thousands of rare medical texts he acquired over his lifetime and subsequently donated to the University of Iowa. The John Martin Rare Book Room, one of the finest collections of its kind, is named in his honor.

Scultetus, born at Ulm on the Danube, was a pupil of Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente and Adriaan van de Spiegel at Padua and eventually settled in Ulm as the city physician after having practiced for a time in Padua and Vienna. This "arsenal of surgery" was published a decade after Scultetus’ death by his nephew, Scultetus the Younger. The work is best known for its arresting illustrations, including engravings illustrating such procedures as amputation of the breast, reduction of dislocations, forceps delivery, and surgical procedures on the eye.

The engravings were captured at high resolution and then processed using CONTENTdm digital collection management software. The Scultetus images are part of a larger digitization project undertaken by Hardin Library staff members. Works selected for scanning and digitizing are selected on the basis of their importance and interest to medical historians, artists, illustrators, and the general user. Care has been taken not to duplicate digitization projects undertaken by other sites. Users are encouraged to browse the collections, to point to them from other sites, and to copy them for use in their own work, provided that appropriate attribution is made.

The Scultetus images together with illustrations from eight additional works can be viewed at the Images from the John Martin Rare Book Room website.

Submitted by Joan Zivich
Lacera Memorial Library, Community Hospital, Munster, IN

The Indiana Health Sciences Librarians met in Lafayette on April 26 and 27 for their annual meeting.

On Thursday afternoon, they attended a great class on health statistics given by Professor Charles Wessel of the University of Pittsburgh. Attendees walked away armed with very useful information about accessing health statistics on the web and a most useful bibliography. The class was followed by a tour of the brand new Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University’s Discovery Park. The librarians were very impressed by the presentations on the facility and its goals that were given by center professors and by the tour of the building. The collaborative research being done at this facility in nanotechnology is truly “cutting edge” and very exciting!

Friday was filled with a very useful presentation by Julie Esparza, Deaconess Hospital, Evansville on calculating the dollar value of medical libraries and their services; a most interesting presentation on the IUMC Library’s HIV/AIDS Information Outreach Grant by Kellie Kaneshiro, Ruth Lilly Medical Library; an insider’s view of grant writing from our expert, Peggy Richwine, Ruth Lilly Medical Library; time viewing and visiting with our exhibitors; and lively roundtable discussions.

We were also very happy to welcome back an emeritus member and past IHSLA President, Ruth Pape. We are looking forward to our 2008 meeting in Indianapolis where we will greet our old friends, meet our new members, and learn something new.

Submitted by Ann Schaap,
Norton Healthcare Medical Library, Louisville, KY

On Tuesday, May 1 the Kentucky Medical Library Association met at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lexington for a business meeting and an electronic journals course taught by Stephanie Nicely Aken, Electronic Resources Coordinator for the University of Kentucky. The cowboy/western theme of the course was “Herding E-Journals and E-Books.” Attendees were greeted by Lonnie Wright from Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington who was dressed in complete Western garb.

This theme was carried throughout the day as attendees learned about purchasing models (Throwing the Lasso), licensing, ILL policies, downloading limits, and passwords (E-Journal Drive: reining ’em in & keeping ’em in line). At lunchtime the group savored cowboy chow consisting of barbecue, cole slaw and chocolate cake.

During the business meeting chaired by new President James Burgett from the University of Kentucky Medical Center Library in Lexington, discussion centered on meeting sites for the remainder of the year, the development of bylaws for the newly merged group, the status of the KMLA treasury, and other topics.

After lunch the presentation covered DOAJ, HighWire and freemedicaljournals.com (Round-Up: Catching the strays) and perpetual access issues, LOCKSS, PORTICO and institutional repositories (Putting ‘em out to pasture), and finally a brainstorming session (Stampede!) on what KMLA members can do to increase accessibility and service for its members. After the wrap-up and evaluation, KMLA attendees left the meeting enthused for the future of the newly merged group!

Submitted by Mary Markland
Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and the Health Sciences, Fargo, ND

The North Dakota Library Association’s Health Science Information Section met for their spring meeting on April 20th in Grand Forks. Our morning was spent with Holly Ann Burt from the GMR learning about the TOXNET® system including TOXLINE®, the Hazardous Substances Data Bank, the Integrated Risk Information System, the Toxic Release Inventory, and ChemIDplus. The HSIS business meeting was held in the afternoon. Topics discussed included plans for our fall program at the NDLA annual conference, scholarship applications for the Midwest Chapter Meeting award, a GMR update and needed bylaws and procedures updates. We enjoyed catching up with everyone since our last meeting in September 2006.

Submitted by Lisa McCormick
Health Sciences Library, Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Thirty-four participants attended the spring meeting of Ohio Health Sciences Library Association held on April 20, 2007 at the Medical Heritage Center of the Prior Health Sciences Library on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus. The CE course, “Geeks Bearing Gifts: New Technology Trends” presented by J. Dale Prince, Technology Coordinator of the NN/LM Southeastern Atlantic Region, began in the morning and was conducted in the computer lab. Prince delivered a “fun, fast-paced” hands-on introduction to today’s technology trends. Participants were encouraged to explore various websites related to RSS and received an overview of developments in mobile computing, blogs, wikis, and radio-frequency identification.

President Ximena Chrisagis conducted the business meeting in conjunction with the buffet luncheon. Following Clare Leibfarth’s update from the Ad Hoc Preliminary Planning Committee, it was announced that Bette Sydelko and Marlene Porter would be co-chairs for the 2009 Midwest Chapter Annual Conference to be held in October in Columbus. Outgoing executive leaders were recognized and thanked for their contributions to the organization in 2006-2007.

Submitted by Karen Hanus
Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Milwaukee, WI

The Wisconsin Health Science Library Association’s 2007 Annual Meeting was held at the Radisson Hotel Milwaukee West on April 23-24, 2007. The theme was “Survivor in a Sea of Change.”

T. Scott Plutchak from the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham kicked off the conference with an informative and interesting discussion titled “Libraries are Good But, Librarians are Essential!” One of his themes was that we need to get out of our libraries and build relationships. He urged us to re-think what we’re doing and possibly let go of the old so that we have time to do new things T. Scott had a very special audience member, his mother. T. Scott is originally from Kaukauna, WI and his mother currently lives in Appleton, WI. She had never heard him speak in a professional setting before and Scott invited her to attend. We enjoyed having a native Wisconsinite for our keynote speaker and we hope that he and his mother enjoyed the conference as well.

The afternoon survival camps (discussion sessions) were informative and thought-provoking. We want to thank our camp leaders Felicia Vastalo, Lauree Hart, Ruth Holst and Barb Ruggeri.

Submitted by Mary K. Taylor
Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Margaret Chappell is Reference/ILL Librarian at Kettering Medical Center, OH. Her main responsibilities include literature searches, article requests, and interlibrary loans. Margaret originally worked in public libraries, stating “After 12 years in public libraries, I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to make the switch to a hospital library setting in 2005.” She has an undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University and is a 2002 graduate of Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science. Margaret’s home town is Wintersville, OH. Her hobbies and interests include music, movies, and sports, “especially Ohio State football.”

Brenda Fay is a librarian at the Hurwitz Medical Library, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, in Milwaukee, WI. She performs research for staff, patients, and families, orders medical and consumer health materials, and markets library services to the hospital and the public. She also serves on two Planetree Work Teams: Spirituality, and Patient Education and Information. Brenda states, “I’m really excited about bringing in more consumer health materials and marketing those to our community. Health and wellness information doesn’t have to be complicated or boring!” She received both her B.A. in Biological Aspects of Conservation and her MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This Menominee Falls, WI native was a children’s librarian for five and a half years before taking her current job, and states that while she misses “the frenzied activity of storytime, hugs from the kids, and decorating for summer reading programs,” she believes that her research, computer, people, and personal skills can be put to greater use as a medical librarian. Brenda adds, “My two favorite things are traveling and reading. Recently I’ve been to Japan and China and would like to go to Vietnam or Thailand in 2007 or 2008, although I might be able to hold out for MLA in Hawaii in 2009! My favorite reads are historical mysteries. Some authors on my bookshelves are Sujata Massey, Diana Gabaldon, Peter Tremayne, Anne Perry, Ellis Peters, Elizabeth Peters, and Fiona Buckley…I could go on but I won’t. I also play fiddle in the Irish traditional style. Milwaukee is a great place for Irish culture, events and music!”

Anna Fleming is Acquisitions Librarian at Galter Health Sciences Library of Northwestern University. She purchases materials in all formats for the library, serves on the collection management team, and coordinates licensing of electronic resources. She is particularly interested in licensing trends. Before starting her current position, she worked at the University of Chicago Press in Library Relations Marketing and in Custom Licensing. She states this enabled her to learn “learned much about the complicated terrain of licensing scholarly content from that glimpse into the publisher side of the business.” A native of Venice Beach, CA, she received a B.A. in English & American literature from the University of California, San Diego. Anna is a 1999 graduate of the School of Information at the University of Washington.

Nancy Fouts is Medical Library/CME Assistant at Provena Health in Urbana and Danville, IL, working with the medical librarian and the CME coordinators. She attended library school at Kent State University. Her home town is Champaign, IL.

Lisa McGuire is an assistant librarian in the Reference and Instructional unit of the University of Minnesota's Bio-Medical Library in her hometown of Minneapolis, MN. She is liaison to the School of Dentistry, School of Public Health, and the Center for Women's Health. Lisa's professional interests include digital reference services. She has an undergraduate degree in art history, and is a 1999 graduate of Dominican University's MLIS program. Her interests embrace gardening, cooking, and travel.

Stevo Roksandic is Director of the Mount Carmel Health Sciences Library in Columbus, OH, a part of the Mount Carmel Health System. He is responsible for strategic planning, operations, budgeting, and staffing of the library, which is a department within the Mount Carmel College of Nursing and is also responsible for Graduate Medical Education. His professional interests include knowledge management, use of innovative technology in library operations and networking, and library management. He states that he is “very glad that I have opportunity to apply my extensive customer service experience, my business knowledge, leadership skills and continuous learning commitment with my library experience in an academic and professional health care organization.” Stevo will graduate from Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science in the spring of 2008. He has an MBA from Franklin University, which is located in his home town of Columbus, OH. His personal interests include traveling, movies, music, and cooking. He adds, “I have traveled around the world 3 times and I am fluent in five languages.”

Ebling Library's Julie Schneider has been named the 2007 Wisconsin Health Science Librariy Association's Librarian of the Year.

WHSLA President Barbara Sisolak and
WHSLA Librarian of the Year Julie Schneider

Joan Zivich has been named to the MLA Hospital Library Section Scroll of Exemplary Service.

Karla Block and Sharon Kambeitz were featured in the April 15, 2007 article "Linking People with Information" in the Jobs section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Submitted by Kaye L Crampton, Gundersen Lutheran Health Resource Libraries

The Library and Health Information Services department at Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse, Wisconsin opened a new health resource library in the Onalaska clinic in early May. The new John & Nettie Mooney Health Resource Center is located in the lobby of the main floor of the clinic, and will be staffed by a full-time librarian.

The new library is made possible by a generous donation from Nettie Mooney, whose gifts have helped establish two other consumer health libraries at Gundersen Lutheran. The library will serve the consumer health needs of patients, families, and the community surrounding the Onalaska campus. The official dedication of the library was held on Saturday, May 12.

Are YOU a Midwest Chapter member who blogs? Does your library produce a blog?

Your intrepid chapter blog editor Clare would like to list chapter bloggers on the chapter wiki. So send off a quick e-mail to me right now so that I can add YOUR blog to the Midwest Blog List.

MIDLINE is published in electronic format four times a year by the Midwest Chapter/Medical Library Association. The newsletter archives are available at http://midwestmla.org/MIDLINE/. Statements and positions expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily represent the official positions of the chapter, the chapter board, or the editor. Contributions from all chapter members are welcomed and encouraged.

Copy deadlines for future issues are as follows:

Summer 2007: July 15, 2007
Fall 2007: October 15, 2006
Winter 2008: January 15, 2008
Spring 2008: April 15, 2008

Contributions may be edited for brevity, clarity, or conformance to style. The Medical Library Association Style Manual, available at http://mlanet.org/publications/style, provides guidelines for MIDLINE contributors. All copy should be submitted in electronic format to the editor, Clare Leibfarth (email: leibfarth@oucom.ohiou.edu). Photos should be submitted as .jpeg files.

Mailing address changes should be reported to: Bette Sydelko, Membership Secretary, Midwest Chapter/MLA, Fordham Health Sciences Library, 125D Medical Sciences Bldg., Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435 (e-mail: bette.sydelko@wright.edu).

The Midwest Chapter/Medical Library Association website is located at http://midwestmla.org.

Clare Leibfarth, Editor
Medical Library
Affinity Medical Center, Doctors Campus
400 Austin Avenue N.W., Massillon, OH 44646