Proceedings, 114th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Chicago, IL

Nicole Mitchell

doi:10.3163/1536-5050.103.1.E1

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Proceedings, 114th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Chicago, IL

Nicole Mitchell ¹

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INTRODUCTION

The Medical Library Association (MLA) held its 114th annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois, May 16–21, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The meeting theme was “Building Our Information Future.” Total attendance for the meeting was 2,021, with 414 participating in continuing education courses. Additional meeting content—including the meeting program and various electronic presentations from the business meetings, plenary sessions, poster sessions, and section programs—can be accessed by all meeting registrants via the MLA ′14 website.

WELCOME TO MLA ′14

Sunday, May 18, 2014

President Dixie A. Jones, AHIP, welcomed attendees to Chicago for MLA ′14, “Building Our Information Future,” encouraging participants to nurture relationships with colleagues and friends, participate in social events, and explore the city of Chicago as well as attend program sessions and continuing education courses. She also urged everyone to attend the Party with a Purpose closing event, where the National Program Committee hosted its first silent auction, supporting the MLA Scholarship Fund, the Section Project of the Year Fund, and Chicago's Literacy Works.

President Jones then introduced Elizabeth Fine Weinberger, president, Midwest Chapter/MLA, and liaison and instruction librarian, Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota–Minneapolis, who brought greetings on behalf of the chapter.

President Jones returned to the podium to introduce the 2014 National Program Committee (NPC) and the 2014 Local Assistance Committee (LAC): Nancy J. Allee, AHIP, cochair, 2014 NPC and deputy director, Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor; Jo Dorsch, AHIP, FMLA, cochair, 2014 NPC, and health sciences librarian, Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, University of Illinois–Chicago; Heidi M. Nickisch Duggan, cochair, 2014 LAC, and interim director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; and Andrea Twiss-Brooks, cochair, 2014 LAC, and codirector, Science Libraries Division, and head, Collection Service, Science Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Nancy J. Allee, AHIP: Good morning, everyone. The 2014 NPC and LAC welcome you to Chicago. Building our information future affords us abundant metaphors, though I must say probably not quite as many as the 2012 baseball theme. Dixie has told you so much of what is in store, but we'd like to share with you just a few of some of the MLA firsts that await you at this meeting.

Jo Dorsch, AHIP, FMLA: This year the Educational Media and Technologies Section introduced the flipped program that provided pre-meeting content to allow meeting time for small group discussions. Wednesday's panel will be living room–style, using an engaged conversation format with host Elaine Russo Martin.

And there's MLA's first ever Party with a Purpose and silent auction. The auction is being conducted in two parts. The first is a silent auction. Auction items and bidding sheets are on tables in the MLA registration area. Bidding opens Saturday and will close Tuesday by 10:30 a.m. NPC members are available to assist. Winning bidders will be contacted by email or a call to their cell phones and then will be able to pick up their items.

The second part is a live auction for five stellar items at MLA's Party with a Purpose on Tuesday. Clinton Marty Thompson Jr., AHIP, will be our talented auctioneer. Bidding will start about 8:10 p.m. We are grateful to members and exhibitors for the many wonderful items donated for the auction. It's a party, but there's also a purpose. Proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund, Section Project of the Year Award, and the Chicago adult literacy organization, Literacy Works.

Nancy J. Allee, AHIP: Now, finally, I'd like to thank all the members of the NPC and LAC, the work of the sections and chapters, and all the MLA members who contributed the content building blocks of a skyscraping meeting. I would now like to recognize the members of the 2014 NPC. You will see their names on page 12 of your programs. Would all the NPC members please stand as we give them a big round of applause?

Our work started three years ago with a few bricks of ideas, and this talented and generous group worked diligently and creatively to construct for you MLA ′14. And they're also pretty good sports as they agreed to wear these very colorful hard hats, just in case you needed to pick them out of the crowd during the meeting.

So now it's your turn to build your optimal meeting experience, and I am next going to ask Andrea and Heidi, cochairs of the LAC, to come up and extend their welcome.

Andrea Twiss-Brooks and Heidi M. Nickisch Duggan: Hello. I'm Andrea Twiss-Brooks. And I'm Heidi Nickisch Duggan. We're cochairs of the Local Assistance Committee for this meeting.

Despite our chilly weather the last couple of days, you do know that it's not spring in Chicago until it snows on the tulips. We do want to wish you a warm welcome to Chicago. We hope that you've all been practicing those Chicagoisms that we shared with you during last year's meeting. No ketchup on your hot dog, right? You've also figured out where “da lake” and “da river” are. And if you're not a defending Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks fan yet, we really think you ought to consider it.

While you are here in Chicago, we hope that you have time to take in some of the sights, especially our world-famous architecture and wonderful parks and green spaces. Millennium Park, with the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and great lawn, Crown Fountain, the faces, and everyone's favorite, the Bean, are just steps away from here. Or rent a blue bike and tour the lakefront cycling path. Go to the top of the John Hancock Center or the Sears—or I mean, the Willis Tower—on a clear afternoon for a spectacular view.

And don't forget the museums, galleries, theatres, shopping, and more. Our hardworking volunteers on the LAC have put together some great information to help you figure out what to do, what to see, and where to eat in your spare time during the meeting. Stop by the Hospitality Desk across from the registration area that's just outside here to chat with the friendly folks there.

At this time, we'd like to take the opportunity to recognize and thank the chairs of the various local assistance subcommittees and all of the volunteers who worked so hard during the past year. Would all of the folks who participated in any LAC activities in any way during the past year—writing MLA News and MLA-FOCUS articles, contributing information for the meeting blog about the local attractions, stuffing bags for registration, hosting dine-arounds, volunteering at the Hospitality Desk, organizing and conducting library tours, and everything else—please stand. Thank you. Thank you all so much for your efforts.

So now, folks, have a constructive meeting, lay some foundational new friendships, and build some memories of Chicago. Thank you very much.

President Jones returned to the podium to recognize and thank all the vendors who generously contributed to the meeting's success.

Ms. Dorsch returned to the podium to introduce President Jones who gave her presidential address.

MLA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DIXIE A. JONES, AHIP (PLENARY SESSION 1)

Dixie A. Jones, AHIP: Good morning, again. Who said the profession is dying and that there won't be anybody left to succeed the retiring Baby Boomers? I just came from a breakfast with a room full of new medical librarians and first-time attendees who are being oriented to our annual meeting. We are all here today—oldies, newbies, and in-betweeners—to learn from one another and share our enthusiasm for the future of health sciences information practice.

My presidential year has gone by swiftly as I knew it would. I've had the good fortune to attend several chapter meetings, ranging from as far west as Anchorage, Alaska, to as far east as the Bronx, New York, and as far south as Ridgeland, Mississippi, and La Jolla, California. I also participated in the annual meeting of the American Library Association and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.

The first chapter event that I attended was the joint Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona/Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group meeting held at the University of California–San Diego campus in La Jolla, home of the Geisel Library and its Dr. Seuss collection. Regardless of the location, each of the chapter meetings reinforced my belief that we're a strong profession, comprising people who would like to make the world a better and healthier place through dissemination of accurate health-related information. Although I wasn't able to attend all the chapter meetings, I'm sure that the ones I did not attend would still have further confirmed these beliefs.

One of the fun things that I did at chapter meetings was stretch my vocabulary a little bit, learning new words and phrases at many of the meetings—for example, the word “tweckle.” It means to abuse a speaker to Twitter followers in the audience while he or she is speaking. Those of you in the Twitterverse, please don't tweckle me.

Last year in my inaugural address, I mentioned the priorities for the 2013/14 association year. The first priority was in the area of advocacy. MLA is always advocating for our members, for the National Library of Medicine, for open access, and for the profession. Webinars have been offered on several topics to assist librarians in strengthening our positions in our own institutions and to assist in demonstrating the value of the services that librarians provide.

The Hospital Libraries Section is working on values too: the second generation of the Vital Pathways Initiative to provide tools that hospital libraries can use to demonstrate the value of their contributions. I encourage you to read the headquarters' annual report as well as reports from other units involved in advocacy efforts such as the Joint MLA/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Legislative Task Force, the Governmental Relations Committee, and the Hospital Libraries Section to see all the advocacy activity that has occurred during the year.

Another priority area was research. A research task force was appointed this past year to implement a research action plan. The association did some research of its own through the Ethical Awareness Task Force survey on ethics, and we'll be publishing the results in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) issue published in October of 2014. MLA encourages member participation in research through education on how to conduct research as well as through funding of research projects. Several webinars were offered this year to educate members on different aspects of research, and research-oriented courses are being held at the meeting here in Chicago. The association has continued to offer the Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship to fund research since 2003, along with the MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Grant, which has been awarded since 1986.

A new fellowship offered this year for the first time is the Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship, a $5,000 stipend to stimulate research into the history of information sciences, to increase the underlying knowledgebase, and to enhance the current and future practice of the information professions, particularly health sciences librarianship and health informatics.

A third area of emphasis was education and mentoring. Toward that end, there are more options for continuing education (CE) than ever before. In addition to the usual face-to-face courses, online courses, webcasts, and independent reading program, MLA offered five webinars in the fall of 2013. Here in Chicago, the CE Committee is piloting two-hour courses as CE options for the first time at an MLA annual meeting. Mentoring takes place through a number of activities, such as the membership mentoring database, the Colleague Connection, research mentoring, and the Academy of Health Information Professionals mentoring.

The Rising Stars program has been integrated into MLA standing awards after a successful pilot with two cohorts. It's a one-year leadership development program that matches each rising star with a mentor who guides the rising star through a project for MLA and provides a way to become active on the national level. Again, you can read more about what is happening with education and mentoring opportunities in the annual reports of MLA headquarters, the CE Committee, and other units.

My final two priorities for the 2013/14 association year were in the areas of ethics and history. Toward that end, I appointed an Ethical Awareness Task Force with Gary Bird, AHIP, FMLA, as chair. The task force conducted a member survey last fall regarding members' familiarity with and use of the MLA Code of Ethics for Health Sciences Librarianship. The survey results will be published in the October issue of the JMLA, and there will be a couple of other articles on ethics in that issue.

The task force is hosting an open forum on Tuesday afternoon to discuss “what would you do” ethical scenarios and provide a synopsis of the survey results. We expect the discussion to be lively as there are no right or wrong answers and there will be differences of opinion on how to handle particular situations. Through the year, MLA headquarters staff distributed the code of ethics at chapter meetings to increase member awareness of the code, and they assisted in the survey. I would like to thank the task force and MLA headquarters for helping to support this priority.

To emphasize and preserve our history, which was my fifth presidential priority, MLA headquarters had the past meeting programs digitized. If you've had a chance to explore the new MLANET site, you might have noticed that digitized programs back to 1970 are now viewable.

Look at the cover from 1985. We were talking about new roles almost thirty years ago, and we're still talking about new roles as evidenced by the October 2013 issue of the JMLA. In 1999, we met here in Chicago, and the meeting theme was “Present Tense, Future Perfect.” As we meet here fifteen years later in 2014, our theme is again pointing to the future. When you have a moment, you might find it fun to browse through some of those meeting programs.

To further support the history initiative, Lucretia W. McClure, AHIP, FMLA, has been contributing a history column in the MLA News called “Honoring Our Past.” Each issue features a tidbit from our history. And of course, the Oral History Project continues as usual with the summaries of interviews posted on MLANET, the two most recent being Wayne J. Peay, FMLA, and Lois Ann Colaianni, AHIP, FMLA.

As we move from the past to the future, I'd like to mention the future of the association task force whose members were appointed by my predecessor, Jane Blumenthal, AHIP. Their charge was to analyze the needs of members in the coming years and to find ways to be more inclusive in our membership. They held a retreat in February and focused on three areas of the organization for which they'll be making recommendations. They've adopted the concept of MLA as our professional home, which I had mentioned in my inaugural address last year. They will submit their recommendations for MLA's future for consideration by the Board of Directors at the fall 2014 meeting.

In talking about the future, Neil Gaiman has stated that he believes libraries are the gates to the future. When shortsighted administrators are closing libraries to save money, he says they're stealing from the future to pay for today. We have to prevent that from happening. As we continue to build our future through both individual and collective efforts, I believe that we'll realize our future is indeed without limits. We will have many opportunities awaiting us. We just need to step in and take advantage of those opportunities, reimagine our spaces, reinvent ourselves.

Just when you thought database searching had become so simple for end users that librarians might not be needed, it's about to become much more complex. Librarians can have a role in discovery through semantic MEDLINE and its graphic representation of search results. Thomas Frey of the DaVinici Institute is saying that next-generation search technology will include the ability to search for attributes like taste, smell, texture, reflectivity, opacity, mass, density, tone, speed, and volume.

Think of the applications there for medicine. For example, a number of diseases and medications can be identified by their smells. We'll need to embrace these new technologies and be at the forefront in their use. At the same time, we'll have to use our expertise and do some research to try to determine which technologies really merit the investment of precious library dollars and which ones are fads.

To further help secure our places in the future, we need to test our patrons' opinions and find out what matters most to them. We need to look at the library 2.0 concept of user-driven change, allowing our users to be more participatory and have a say about the services we offer. As long as we can make ourselves essential to our user communities, our future is secure. The powers that be will find funding for what they consider essential.

In the Institute of Museum and Library Services discussion guide on the future, they state that the financial stability of museums and libraries depends on their continued relevance to society. What we offer must indeed be relevant to the needs of our users. We should assess the needs of our community of users and build our services around those needs. Collecting evidence about what we do is extremely important, but it's meaningless if we do not do anything about it.

Communication is of utmost importance on all levels for determining what our users need through listening to them, for letting them know what we do to meet those needs, and for ensuring that administrators are aware of the evidence of our impact. Whatever types of institution we serve, we cannot assume that our administrators really know everything that we do or the impact of what we do. It's imperative to collect data, document everything, and then share it.

We are our own best advocates, and MLA has provided tools to help us succeed. We can take advantage of MLA's website resources, JMLA articles, MLA News items, and CE offerings. These things are all made available to help us with our current work, with educating us to take on new roles that can be beneficial in our institutions, and with our advocacy efforts.

As I mentioned in the MLA News last year in the article about my priorities, we are the architects of our future. Embrace change, stay in touch with your users and administrators, maintain two-way communication with them, and the future is yours.

I would like to thank the many people in the village who raised this MLA president—the capable and thoughtful board members, the other association leaders who worked on presidential priorities and goals of the MLA strategic plan, my institution, and the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health–Shreveport library staff, as well as my husband Jim. I would like to say a special thanks to the ever-helpful MLA headquarters staff. The staff works very hard day in and day out to support the association and its members.

And over the years, I've come to know many of them and have relied on their expertise, their knowledge, commitment, finesse, and even their senses of humor in dealing with so many situations. They're always ready, willing, and able to work with the MLA president and other board members in our efforts on behalf of the membership and the profession. Will the staff members who are present please stand and be recognized? Thank you.

And while I'm thanking people for what they've done this year, I would like to thank Carla J. Funk, CAE, Hon. FLCIP, executive director, for what she has done for the past twenty-two-plus years. As announced earlier this spring, Carla will be retiring toward the end of 2014, and this will be her last meeting as executive director. I would like to take a few minutes to recognize Carla for her excellent leadership and management of the association.

She was appointed executive director of MLA on February 25, 1992. Under her direction, MLA has come a long way. In 1995, MLA began offering distance education via broadcast satellite programs in addition to the traditional face-to-face classes. Today, CE has evolved into a variety of offerings that include the independent reading program, webcasts, webinars, and online courses, as well as courses that are simultaneously held face-to-face and online.

The annual meeting content is now available virtually to members who cannot physically attend the meeting, as well as to those who did attend in person to view later. Communication about the meeting includes the use of social media, such as blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. The use of online itineraries for the annual meeting has developed under Carla's watch.

Another area of professional development that has come a long way is the credentialing program, the Academy of Health Information Professionals, which is now administered online, thereby saving trees, postage, and time. MLA began offering CE specializations in 2001, beginning with consumer health information and more recently with disaster information.

Carla excels in business management and has utilized her business acumen to both save costs and explore new revenue streams for the benefit of the organization's financial security. As she has often told me during the past year, “I'm always thinking,” and indeed she is. She scans the health care and financial environments as well as what's happening in other associations for indications of what's to come, and she plans accordingly. She's proactive and makes appropriate adjustments in anticipation of economic changes.

Her experience as a librarian has served the association well, so she has firsthand understanding of library issues. But she's also a certified association executive, a credential which she has continued to maintain and renew. In addition to her master's of library science (MLS), Carla has a master's of business administration (MBA) and is an honorary fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. We've been fortunate to have someone with her expertise in both library science and association management as our executive director.

I've worked closely with Carla in the past year, and I've seen how dedicated she is to the association and how hard she works. She's not only a superb association manager, but as a part of that, she's an excellent personnel manager, evidenced by the stability of the staff at MLA headquarters in Chicago's competitive environment. She has reallocated staff positions over the years as the organization's needs have changed.

Staff members have mentioned what a wonderful mentor Carla has been to them, recognizing their strengths and their affinities, and letting them work in the areas and on the projects where each of them can best utilize their unique skills and talents.

Carla has done much to strengthen MLA's ties to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and has been active in seeing that members of Congress understand the importance of NLM's programs and services as well as the role that health sciences librarians and libraries play in supporting our nation's health care. The Carla J. Funk Governmental Relations Award was named for her and was endowed by Kent A. Smith, FMLA, in honor of her work in this area.

She has expanded MLA's role as a global presence in international health sciences librarianship though bilateral agreements with a number of library organizations, has administered the Librarians without Borders® program, has supported HINARI training, and was instrumental in success of the 2013 annual meeting, which included the largest number of international cosponsoring organizations in MLA history.

Many other programs and initiatives have been supported during Carla's tenure: establishing lower dues for those making lower salaries, ensuring that a board or staff member or both is at each chapter meeting, exhibiting at other library association conferences, advocating for members through National Medical Librarians Month promotions, establishing MLA-FOCUS as a means of online communications, bringing the MLA News and JMLA online, facilitating the growth of the books publishing program, and enhancing our consumer health role through creation of the Medspeak brochures in three languages.

Carla has shown great leadership in her twenty-two-plus years as MLA's executive director, and any past president can tell you how Carla gently reminds us of our upcoming duties at just the right time, not all at once so as to overwhelm us, but always with plenty of advance notice to get each task done. Other board members and I have all seen the dedication that Carla has shown to the organization and the evidence of her excellent management skills through the years. She's been a guiding force, exhibiting great patience, foresight, common sense, knowledge of organizations, entrepreneurship, familiarity with the health care environment, keen planning skills, sharp financial management, and tact as well as a sense of humor.

In her actions, Carla has always demonstrated that she has MLA's best interests at heart. It's fitting that this year's meeting is in Chicago, home of MLA headquarters. Carla will of course continue to work beyond the annual meeting and fulfill her obligations and commitments up to the time of retirement. Look for an issue of the MLA News later in the year highlighting her many accomplishments and look for an announcement about a virtual card that you can sign that will help you participate in giving Carla your good wishes for her retirement.

Could we all please recognize Carla with a round of applause? Everybody loves you, Carla.

Many thanks to the headquarters staff who happily gathered photographs for this brief tribute to Carla. This last photograph is one of Carla when we attended the Joint Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona/Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group meeting at the University of California–San Diego campus in La Jolla. In the background is the Geisel Library and next to Carla is a giant mockup of Milton's Paradise Lost. I hope that Carla finds paradise in retirement. She deserves it.

At the Party with a Purpose on Tuesday night, you can give your good wishes to Carla, and you'll have an opportunity to have your picture made with her.

And now my term as POMLA, the MLA equivalent to POTUS, has almost come to an end, or as my staff would say, my term as queen of MLA is just about over. To paraphrase Mel Brooks, it is good to be the queen, but I will soon pass my crown to Linda Walton, and it's truly been an honor and privilege to serve as your president this year.

You as members are the heart of MLA, so settle in and make yourselves at home in what I hope you consider to be your professional home as we work on building our future.

President Jones then concluded the opening session and invited everyone to attend the John P. McGovern Award Lecture delivered by Aaron E. Carroll, associate professor of pediatrics at Indiana University's School of Medicine and director for the Center of Health Policy and Professional Research.

OTHER PLENARY SESSIONS

All plenary session videos and slides are available online to MLA ′14 meeting registrants from the MLA ′14 website. See www.mlanet.org/am/am2014/ for more information about all speakers and sessions.

2. Sunday, May 18: The John P. McGovern Award Lecture

Introduction: Jo Dorsch, AHIP, FMLA, cochair, 2014 National Program Committee, and health sciences librarian, Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, University of Illinois–Chicago

The Affordable Care Act: Health Care Reform Is Far From Over: Aaron E. Carroll, associate professor of pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, and director, Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research

3. Monday, May 19: The Janet Doe Lecture

Introduction: Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA, professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Pivoting: Leveraging Opportunities in a Turbulent Health Care Environment: Margaret Bandy, AHIP, FMLA, medical librarian and manager, Library and Knowledge Services, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO

4. Wednesday, May 21: Plenary Session 4: MLA ′14 Panel: Professional Identity Reshaped

Introduction: Jo Dorsch, AHIP, FMLA, cochair, 2014 National Program Committee, and health sciences librarian, Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, University of Illinois–Chicago

Speakers: Elaine Russo Martin, director, Library Services, and director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School–Worcester; Margo Coletti, AHIP, director, Knowledge Services, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Neil Rambo, director, NYU Health Sciences Libraries, New York University School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center–New York; and Jackie Wirz, biomedical research specialist, OHSU Library, Oregon Health & Science University–Portland

AWARDS CEREMONY AND LUNCHEON

The Awards Ceremony and Luncheon was held on Monday, May 19, from noon–1:30 p.m. President Dixie A. Jones, AHIP, welcomed attendees and award recipients.

Dixie A. Jones, AHIP: Good afternoon! Today, we honor our colleagues who have made outstanding contributions to the profession and the association. The names of this year's recipients are listed on the awards program for your reference. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the 2014 MLA section award winners who are listed in the section insert. MLA sections annually award and honor section members for their outstanding work in their sections. Would all section award winners in the audience today please stand to be recognized? Thank you.

Two thousand fourteen was an exceptional year for members of the health information profession. We have members from across the country and world who have excelled in every facet of librarianship, and we are pleased to present them and recognize their accomplishments.

Today, I would like to thank Elizabeth Irish, AHIP, chair of the Awards Committee, and Sandra De Groote, AHIP, chair of the Grants and Scholarships Committee, and all jury members for your time and effort. Elizabeth and Sandra and members of the juries seated in the audience, would you please stand? Thank you.

Next, President Jones announced that Terrence J. Sejnowski, was unable to attend the ceremony but will receive his certificate when delivering the Joseph Leiter Lecture, titled “The BRAIN Initiative: Connecting the Dots,” on June 12 at the Lister Hill Auditorium, National Library of Medicine. Aaron E. Carroll, who delivered the John P. McGovern Lecture, was also unable to attend the ceremony and received his award and certificate when he delivered the lecture.

MLA grants a scholarship of up to $5,000 each year to a student entering an American Library Association (ALA)–accredited library school with at least one-half of the requirements of the program to finish in the year following the granting of the scholarship. The 2014 recipient is Allyson Mackay, a student at the School of Information, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. Ms. Mackay's educational objective is to better understand information analysis and retrieval to expand her view of the relationship of people, technology, and information. She wants to be a bridge between the engineering of health information resources and the users for which the products are designed.

The MLA Scholarship for Minority Students provides $5,000 to a minority student entering an ALA-accredited library school with at least one-half of the requirements of the program to finish in the year following the granting of the scholarship. The 2014 recipient is Christina Meejung Czuhajewski, a student at the School of Information, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. Ms. Czuhajewski is interested in empowering girls and minority youth to participate in our ever-changing information world. As technology and social computing become central to our health, education, and social engagement, she believes it is imperative to bolster minority perspectives in computing, informatics, and media.

Established in 1996, the Hospital Libraries Section/MLA Professional Development Grant provides librarians working in hospital and similar clinical settings with the support needed for educational or research activities. The 2014 recipients are: Emily J. Glenn, AHIP, Library, St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Candy Winteregg, Medical Library, Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, OH. Ms. Glenn is using the grant for a continuing education course at MLA ′14, titled “Do You Want to Be a Library Director? Knowledge, Skills, and Career Paths,” which will help her to gain an understanding of the landscape of library directorship. Ms. Winteregg is using the grant to attend the 2014 “Premier Health Knowledge Management Workshop,” so that she and her team can strengthen the hospital environment to facilitate the sharing of knowledge across their system.

Sponsored by EBSCO Information Services, the 4 EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grants provide up to $1,000 each to enable medical librarians who are new to the profession and working in health sciences libraries to attend MLA annual meetings. This year, an additional grant was made available by the 2014 National Program Committee. This year's recipients are: Carolann Lee Curry, reference and document delivery librarian, Medical Library, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA; Jennifer Deal, librarian, Grafton Resource Center Library, Aurora Medical Center, Grafton, WI; Vanessa Kitchin, education liaison librarian, Mississauga Library, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON, Canada; Heather Martin, AHIP, director of regional library services, Providence Health and Services, Portland, OR; and Amy Studer, health and life sciences librarian, Carlson Health Sciences Library, University of California–Davis.

The David A. Kronick Traveling Scholarship was established in 2001, with an endowment from the Bowden-Massey Foundation, and is awarded annually to an MLA member to cover expenses involved in traveling to three or more medical libraries in the United States or Canada for the purpose of studying a specific aspect of health information management. This year's recipient is Julie H. Schiavo, AHIP, head dental librarian, School of Dentistry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–New Orleans. Ms. Schiavo hopes to develop an innovative service model and integrate a clinical dental librarian into the School of Dentistry clinic structure. She plans to visit several libraries with well-known and successful clinical librarian programs and provide the evidence-based information that the clinicians, residents, dental students, and patients need at the point of care.

Established in 2013, the Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship promotes and supports research in the history of information science in the medical or health sciences. The first recipients of the Garfield Fellowship are Susan Crawford, AHIP, FMLA, adjunct professor, University of Illinois–Chicago; Ann Weller, professor emeritus, University of Illinois–Chicago; and John Brundage, technology consultant, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Their project deals with the evolution of knowledge in biomedical information science, specifically the phenomenon of paradigm change. They plan to examine many aspects of the issue, including cognitive and technological changes, relationships between different disciplines and emergence of new specialties, consequences for research and training, and roles of government agencies.

The Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship, named in honor of Donald A. B. Lindberg, director, National Library of Medicine, funds research aimed at expanding the research knowledgebase, linking the information services that librarians provide to improved health care and advances in biomedical research. This year's fellowship is awarded to Deborah Charbonneau, assistant professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Her research project is titled “National Institutes of Health Public Access and Data Sharing Policies: A Mixed-Methods Study.” The results of her research have the potential to significantly contribute to the professional knowledgebase, especially in the area of policies aimed at improving public access to federally funded research, and add to the growing conversation about how health sciences librarians must “re-engineer” or enhance their skills to meet these challenges.

The MLA/Thomson Reuters Doctoral Fellowship supports a fellowship in the amount of $2,000 to foster and encourage superior students to conduct doctoral work in an area of health sciences librarianship or information sciences and to provide support to individuals who have been admitted for candidacy. This year's winner is Devon Greyson, doctoral trainee, University of British Columbia–Vancouver, Canada. He was unable to attend the ceremony, and his award will be sent to him.

The MLA Continuing Education Award provides monetary awards to MLA members to develop knowledge of the theoretical, administrative, or technical aspects of librarianship. Xan Goodman, AHIP, Lied Library, University of Nevada–Las Vegas, is one of two recipients this year. Ms. Goodman is using her grant to attend the “Systematic Review Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians” at the Falk Library of the Health Sciences, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh. Lynda J. Hartel, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, Ohio State University–Columbus, is the second recipient. Ms. Hartel is using her grant toward attendance at the “Patient Experience and Engagement: Improving Patient-Centered Care One Person at a Time Symposium” at MLA' 14. She has been involved in a number of projects aimed at making quality health information available to patients and families and sees the library as an important partner in addressing patient engagement–related issues.

Named in honor of Virginia L. and William K. Beatty, the Virginia L. and William K. Beatty MLA Volunteer Service Award recognizes their significant contributions to MLA and the profession as longtime volunteers to the association. The 2014 recipient is Janna Lawrence, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa–Iowa City. Ms. Lawrence has a distinguished career of service to MLA and its chapters and sections and is well known for her organization of a disaster preparedness network that remains a model today.

The Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Medical Librarian of the Year was established with a gift from Irwin H. Pizer and is given to a member who has made outstanding contributions to academic medical librarianship as demonstrated by excellence in performance, publications, research, service, or a combination thereof. This year’s recipient is Julia Esparza, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport. As a clinical medical librarian, Ms. Esparza has participated in and taken a leading role in research regarding the role of librarians in patient care. She serves on the MLA Board of Directors, the 2014 National Program Committee, the Librarians without Borders® Advisory Committee, and the Credentialing Committee.

The Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship is given to an association member who has made significant contributions to the profession through overall distinction or leadership in hospital library administration or service, production of a definitive publication related to hospital librarianship, teaching, research, advocacy, or development or application of innovative technology to hospital librarianship. The 2014 award recipient is Heather N. Holmes, AHIP, Medical Library, Summa Health System, Akron, OH, for her service in the profession, mentoring new librarians, leading research projects, and advocating for hospital librarians. She has been an instructor for two MLA continuing education (CE) courses regarding the use of mobile technologies in the clinical setting and small practical research techniques especially suited to small hospital libraries.

The Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences recognizes accomplishment in collection development for health sciences. The 2014 winner is the Library Network Office, Office of Informatics and Analytics, Health Information Governance, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Library Network Office works with clinical staff across the VA's 153 medical centers, which work with nearly 1,300 core centers, their Library Advisory Councils, and library staff across the network to identify resources of most benefit for users throughout the nation. They have developed the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Core Collection of Online Resources available to every VA medical center through the VHA National Desktop Library. Tom Waugh accepted the award on behalf of the group.

Named for one of the profession's most revered leaders and one of MLA's most esteemed members, the Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award recognizes outstanding practicing librarians or library educators in the field of health sciences librarianship and informatics who demonstrate skills in one or more of the following areas: teaching, curriculum development, mentoring, research, or leadership in education at local, regional, or national levels. The 2014 recipient is Michele R. Tennant, AHIP, Health Sciences Library and UF Genetics Institute, University of Florida–Gainesville. She has demonstrated visionary leadership in emerging educational roles of librarians, working to integrate library-based bioinformatics training into undergraduate and graduate curricula.

The recipient of the Carla J. Funk Governmental Relations Award is Donna Timm, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Shreveport. The Governmental Relations Award, endowed by Kent Smith, FMLA, recognizes a medical librarian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the area of governmental relations at the federal, state, or local level and who has furthered the goal of providing quality information for improved health. Ms. Timm has been an advocate for many years for building relationships with state and Congressional leaders for the betterment of the health sciences library community. She has served as chair of MLA's Governmental Relations Committee and as a member of the Joint MLA/Association of Academic Health Sciences Librarians (AAHSL) Legislative Task Force. Through her roles, she has organized visits to Capitol Hill, participated in briefings of Congressional office staff, prepared fact sheets and position papers for the association, and contributed to testimonies for Congressional hearings.

Recognizing a work published in the preceding year that has been judged most effective in furthering medical librarianship, the Ida and George Eliot Prize is awarded to Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; Julia Sollenberger, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Center Libraries and Technologies, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Sharon Easterby-Gannett, AHIP, Medical Libraries, Lewis B. Flinn Medical Library, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE; Lynn Kasner Morgan, Upper Montclair, NJ; Mary Lou Klem, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Susan K. Cavanaugh, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) Camden Campus Library, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ; Kathleen Burr Oliver, Chevy Chase, MD; Cheryl A. Thompson, Howard W. Odum Institute for Social Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill; Neil Romanosky, NYU Health Sciences Libraries, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University–New York, NY; and Sue Hunter, Birnbaum Library, Pace University, New York, NY. Their article, “The Value of Library and Information Services in Patient Care: Results of a Multisite Study,” is an update to the 1992 Rochester study and was selected for contributing to the advancement of medical librarianship and growing the evidence base for this field. The study effectively provides library advocacy, while at the same time harnesses the services to life and death issues of quality, safety, and patient satisfaction.

The Majors/MLA Chapter Project of the Year Award is sponsored by the J. A. Majors Company and recognizes excellence, innovation, and contributions to the profession of health sciences librarianship shown through special projects beyond the normal operational programming of a chapter. The Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona was selected to receive the award this year for their “Substance over Style: Exploring a Cost-Effective Model for Chapter Meetings.” The chapter moved the combined meeting to a college campus, shed the extracurricular distractions, and focused solely on content. The meeting was a great success and posted a healthy profit. Chapter Chair Mary White, AHIP, accepted the award on behalf of the chapter.

The Section Project of the Year Award is awarded to an MLA section that demonstrates creativity, ingenuity, cooperation, and leadership within the framework of the mandate of the section. The 2014 winner, the Medical Library Education Section, coordinates the New Voices session at the MLA annual meeting. This unique program offers time at the annual meeting devoted to recent graduates and newer professionals. Having a positive experience participating at a national level will encourage future involvement in the organization and leadership in the field. Ana D. Cleveland, AHIP, FMLA, chair-elect and Program Committee chair for the Medical Library Education Section, accepted the award on the section's behalf.

The Medical Informatics Section (MIS) established the MIS/MLA Career Development Grant in 1997 to support a career development activity that will contribute to the advancement of the field of medical informatics. The 2014 recipient is Marci Brandenburg, bioinformationist, Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor. Ms. Brandenburg plans to use the grant to enroll in and travel to the “Librarian's Guide to National Center for Biotechnology Information” training offered at the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This training will allow her to further develop her professional knowledge and skills and to continue to increase her contributions to biomedical researchers.

Laura Pavlech, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, is the recipient of this year's Rittenhouse Award for her paper, “Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine: Current Opinions and Barriers to Practice.” Sponsored by Rittenhouse Book Distributors, the award is presented for the best unpublished paper on medical librarianship written by a student or recent graduate from an ALA-accredited school of library sciences or by an intern in health sciences librarianship or medical informatics. Ms. Pavlech's paper provides an accurate snapshot of the current state of evidence-based veterinary medicine and an exploration of the lack of high-quality evidence and sources in the field.

The Thomson Reuters/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award is sponsored by Thomson Reuters and recognizes outstanding contributions in applying technology or facilitating the delivery of health sciences information or to the science of information. NLM is this year's recipient for its consumer health website, MedlinePlus Connect. MedlinePlus Connect extends the reach of MedlinePlus to deliver relevant information to patients and providers directly from health information technology (IT) systems, electronic health records, and patient portals. As of October 2013, MedlinePlus Connect had received over 2.3 million visitors and over 34 million page views. It is free to anyone who wants to use it and, using Health Level Seven International (HL7) technology, is compatible with numerous electronic health record systems. Stephanie Dennis accepted the award on behalf of the group.

The T. Mark Hodges International Service Award was established in 2007 to honor outstanding individual achievement in promoting, enabling, and/or delivering improvements in the quality of health information internationally through developing health information professions, improving libraries, or increasing use of health information services. The 2014 award is presented to Paulraj Kirubanithi, Library and Information Center, Aravind Eye Hospital/Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Madurai, India. Mr. Kirubanithi has significant experience in providing training and resources for eye and vision hospitals in India and has provided some services to other developing countries where treatable blindness can be a devastating condition. His international impact has been demonstrated through his leadership in the international vision librarian community, specifically the Association of Vision Science Librarians, working with librarians in countries such as Nepal, Tanzania, Guatemala, Egypt, the United States, and Canada. He is currently involved in an Elsevier Foundation Solution in Sight grant, working with a grant team to identify the most useful resources, technology, and training to help each of the programs supported by the grant.

From time to time, the MLA Board of Directors sees that an exceptional contribution has been made to the profession and the goals of the association and elects to present the MLA President's Award to recognize that contribution. This year's award goes to J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA, Mayo Clinic Libraries, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and to Heather Todd, UQ Library, University of Queensland–St. Lucia, Australia, in recognition of their outstanding work in successfully planning and coordinating an international meeting that achieved excellent attendance numbers and raised the visibility of MLA in the global community of health sciences librarianship. They cochaired “One Health: Information in an Interdependent World,” a federated meeting that encompassed the 2013 Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Medical Library Association, eleventh International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), the seventh International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), and the sixth International Clinical Librarian Conference (ICLC).

The individuals chosen to deliver the Janet Doe Lecture are selected for their unique perspectives on the history or philosophy of medical librarianship. This year's presenter, Margaret Moylan Bandy, AHIP, FMLA, Library and Knowledge Services, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO, is considered a leader in patient and consumer health information. She established the first hospital-based consumer health library in Denver in 1985. She served on the MLA Board of Directors from 2005–2008 and was board liaison to the Task Force on Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians, contributing to the committee's final report and the 2009 Vital Pathways Symposium published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA). Ms. Bandy delivered this year's lecture, “Pivoting: Leveraging Opportunities in a Turbulent Health Care Environment,” on Monday, May 19.

Occasionally the MLA Board of Directors confers Honorary Membership on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the purposes of the association. This year, the board selected Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) for his many years of commitment and outstanding support of NLM and the National Institutes of Health. His award will be mailed to him.

Unable to attend One Health in Boston last year when his Honorary Membership was awarded, Donald A. B. Lindberg received his certificate of Honorary Membership. As the highly distinguished director of NLM for thirty years, he has had far-ranging impact on health care and information transfer across the globe. PubMed, DOCLINE, the Unified Medical Language System, GenBank, MedlinePlus, the Visible Human, and an ongoing list of other dazzling accomplishments are part of his legacy. MLA members have direct awareness of Dr. Lindberg's interest in strengthening the roles of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, his support of the NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program, and his respect for the role that libraries play in improving health through the provision of quality information.

The 2013/14 Board of Directors has named four association members as Fellows of the Medical Library Association. Fellows are chose for their outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship and to the advancement of the purposes of MLA. Jo Dorsch, AHIP, FMLA, Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, University of Illinois–Chicago, Peoria, IL, was unable to attend One Health in Boston last year when she was awarded her fellowship. She has served on more than twenty committees, task forces, and panels while distinguishing herself as a leader by chairing both the Continuing Education and Credentialing Committees and cochairing the 2014 National Program Committee. She helped launch the case study format in the JMLA and has served as associate editor for case studies since 2009.

An outstanding medical librarian and consummate professional, Judy Burnham, AHIP, FMLA, Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama–Mobile, is a well-respected educator, mentor, and researcher. She has been honored as the winner of the 2002 Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Medical Librarian of the Year and has served on the MLA Board of Directors. Ms. Burnham is the creative mind behind the Section Shuffle, which has become a traditional part of the MLA annual meeting. In addition to leading and participating in MLA committees and sections, she is an enthusiastic member of the Southern Chapter, having served as chair and program chair. One of her major contributions to the profession is serving as both a formal and informal mentor. She always demonstrates leadership skills, diplomacy, and fairness, and is a consensus builder. She is an example for all MLA members and clearly demonstrates how to grow, thrive, and give back to the profession.

Prudence W. Dalrymple, AHIP, FMLA, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, has served and continues to contribute to medical librarianship, informatics, and health literacy through her roles as practitioner, educator, and researcher. She has been the chair of the Think Tank for the MLA Research Agenda and the President's Task Force to Develop the MLA Research Policy Statement. She has also contributed to the field through extensive administrative responsibilities by serving as the director of the ALA Office for Accreditation, as the dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University, and as the director for Drexel's Health Informatics program. Over her long career, she has proved to be someone who is able to move with the times and reeducate herself while continuing to make strong contributions to the profession. Her career is soundly based on the theoretical foundations of library science and extends to the many collaborative disciplines that have a stake in health informatics. Her many roles as librarian, informaticist, faculty member, researcher, and administrator touch the professional and personal lives of colleagues, students, and practitioners, and continually add to the growth of the profession.

For over thirty years, Carolyn E. Lipscomb, AHIP, FMLA, has greatly influenced the scholarship, historical perspective, and future leaders of MLA. She has served on many MLA committees including as chair of the Publications Committee, the Task Force on MLA's Educational Policy Statement, the Knowledge and Skills Task Force, and the Ethics Task Force. The “Historical Notes” columns in the JMLA from 2000–2005 helped bring MLA's history alive for association members, and Ms. Lipscomb continues with her current work as the project director for the Oral History Committee. She served as project coordinator of an NLM grant to recommend initial and lifelong training for health sciences librarians and served as project manager for the AAHSL Future Leadership Program for over ten years, which has developed into one of the most successful leadership development programs in the profession. In November 2013, she was honored with AAHSL's Cornerstone Award in recognition of her contributions to preparing future library leaders. Under her encouraging, collegial, friendly, collaborative coordination and skills, AAHSL and MLA have developed a well-qualified and well-prepared generation of health sciences librarians ready to lead our profession in the years to come.

Joan M. Stoddart, AHIP, FMLA, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah–Salt Lake City, has shown a sustained level of commitment to the medical librarianship profession for over thirty years. Her commitment is notable for its breadth and range: local, chapter, and national leadership roles on committees, sections, and juries. Ms. Stoddart has been especially active in the History of the Health Sciences Section and served on the Oral History Committee from 2004–2007. Her expertise in historical matters is an important contribution to the association's heritage. She coauthored the paper, “Reverse Information Specialist in Context? Bringing Users Back into the Library by Creating Research and Innovation Centers and Customizing Support and Tools,” which won the 2012 Midcontinental Chapter/MLA Most Innovative Paper Award. Her current research and presentations reflect the redefinition of libraries and librarians. She has authored or coauthored over forty-five papers, posters, reports, and reviews. She always strives for and succeeds in obtaining collaboration, and her energy and enthusiasm are an inspiration for others.

The highest honor that MLA confers on any individual is the Marcia C. Noyes Award. Rosalind Farnam, AHIP, FMLA, recipient of the 2013 Noyes Award, introduced this year's recipient, Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA.

Rosalind Farnam, AHIP, FMLA: Congratulations to Joanne Gard Marshall, the recipient of the 2014 Marcia C. Noyes Award. This award was named after a founder of the Medical Library Association and a librarian for fifty years. Marcia Noyes is said to have had an unobtrusive yet dynamic influence on the association's first fifty years.

Joanne has worked as a medical librarian for forty-five years, and in recent years, MLA has felt Joanne's unassuming yet dynamic style. Since the beginning of her career in 1968, she has exemplified the inquiring mind of a distinguished top-quality professional librarian. Her work in library education and research and her dedication to quality library services are her hallmarks. Her contributions have already been awarded many times by several associations, and it is now time to give her our association's highest award.

Most of us know Joanne for her dedication to research both quantitative and qualitative. Many probably know her best as standing behind a microphone presenting her work. It is only fitting that I present her accomplishments in numbers. The numbers can be calculated, but her real contributions to our profession are incalculable and will influence generations to come. Here are her five degrees, including an honorary doctorate from McGill University. Joanne started her library reference work at the University of Calgary and joined the new medical library at McMaster University in 1970. Her daughter Emily was among the first babies born at McMaster University Medical Center in 1973. After getting her doctorate (PhD) in 1987, she joined the faculty of information studies at the University of Toronto. In 1999, she became dean of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. One of her colleagues described Joanne as energetic and enthusiastic, creative and curious, fiercely loyal to her friends, and equally friendly to strangers.

To describe the influence of research that Joanne has been involved in in just one slide is futile. I'd encourage everyone to study her body of work. In my position at National Jewish Health, faculty were judged by the number of research dollars that they produced. Joanne's accomplishment in funding has been phenomenal. She is best known to us for her two groundbreaking value studies: the 1992 Rochester study cited sixty-two times in PubMed Central alone; the results of the 2013 value study were referenced in a JAMA viewpoint article as well as four other published or in-press articles and won the Eliot prize this year. In both studies, she led teams of librarians from all types of libraries.

Joanne's contributions to MLA are enumerated here. Again, she honors us with high numbers and dedicated interest. I took the titles of fifty-one journal articles that Joanne wrote and created this wordle that's pictured here. It graphically shows that health library information is her key interest, but studies, sciences, services, career, clinical, and results are frequently used words as well as impact, value, and graduates.

Always an advocate of lifelong learning, Joanne's work on library value has always included the value of librarians and their skills and talents. Her work on the Special Libraries Association's (SLA's) Competencies for Special Librarianship for the 21st Century was recognized by SLA, and they awarded her the John Cotton Dana Award in 2000. This document is widely used by medical librarians and is a seminal paper that helps librarians quantify their accomplishments and competencies. As she said, if we continue to value ourselves personally and professionally, then all else becomes possible.

But very little is possible without the help of your friends, and Joanne has many in MLA. As many of her friends are wondering now, why haven't I mentioned her work in benchmarking, consumer health, reference, end-user searching, clinical librarianship, and evidence-based library and information practice or many of her presentations overseas? Well, I was only given four minutes. These pesky numbers again.

And I do want to mention her family and her other passions. The numbers in her family are one husband, one daughter, and one son-in-law to be. These small numbers have kept her very busy with baseball games, travel, and, as pictured here, drinking wine. Gardening and yoga are her other passions. Here, she is visiting a garden with her family and working in her own water garden. Joanne has taught yoga since 2001. She is pictured here at the Auckland art museum, but she also combines her interests and teaches yoga classes at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens. Following in the footsteps of Marcia C. Noyes, Joanne shares her talents and time, her energy and enthusiasm to benefit her students, her colleagues, and her profession now and in the future. Please congratulate our 2014 recipient, Joanne Gard Marshall.

President Jones presented Dr. Marshall with an engraved silver bowl from MLA and flowers from the foundation of MedChi, Maryland State Medical Society, where Marcia Noyes worked for fifty years. Dr. Marshall made the following remarks.

Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA: Well, this is really special, and I am just fascinated. I didn't know as much about Marcia Noyes, of course, as Janet Doe, but she really was a wonderful pioneer in our field, and you know, at this age, I don't feel that old yet. But I'll tell you, our generation of librarians has experienced amazing change, and we've all been a part of it. And it's been so great to work with so many of you and to be mentored by so many of you. So thank you so much.

One of the stories about Marcia Noyes, and I like this one a lot, the medical and surgical faculty of Maryland thought so much of Marcia Noyes that they built her an apartment, I would say a penthouse, on the top of their building where she lived for her lifetime, and her spirit is still said to be present in that space. So she certainly has continued to have a big influence on MLA through this award.

I'd like to thank Roz for the great introduction, and thank you for staying this long, too. This is amazing. And I will make this very brief, but tradition has it that we say a few words.

As you've learned, I have a long career in the field as a practitioner and as an educator, but my first MLA meeting I attended was in 1970. And I have to thank Beatrix H. Robinow, unfortunately she passed away, but she was director of the health sciences library at McMaster University, a new medical school at the time, and she insisted that all of her librarians, her fleet of youngsters she called us, had to attend MLA and report back on all the sessions and CE courses that we attended. Little did I know then what a big part MLA would play in my career. My activities in MLA, including the regional Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC) meetings, were informative for me and set the stage for my research into the value and impact of library and information services.

Like many of the early Baby Boomers, my career was plateaued at a certain point in time. There weren't many new entrants into the field in the 1970s and only a few director positions available in the 1980s, so we had to be creative. I sought a new direction in research, and the rest is history. Throughout my research career, my roots in the profession and in MLA have served as my rock, just the roots of everything really. The base from which all my research ideas and projects have grown.

I would like to thank all those with whom I've worked over the years. The best work is teamwork, and as you can tell from the number of people who got up and accepted the Eliot prize, and that's only half of the team actually, but just the most wonderful group of people. And Julia especially as chair of that planning group, we continued enjoying working together. She's a wonderful person. So that is certainly a group that I need to especially thank.

I'd also like to give a special thanks to Carla Funk for her support and mentorship really during my whole time in MLA but particularly when I was MLA president. I mean, none of us really know what to do when we get into that role, and she just made it easy and made us look good. And she has done that for so many presidents. So I thank you, Carla, so much. I mean, we owe you so much. And as you know, Carla is retiring—she says fully retiring—later this year, but I think she will be like Marcia Noyes whose spirit will always be with us.

So, no thanks, of course, would be complete without acknowledging my family who are with me today. My husband, Victor, who has been my constant companion and supporter through thick and thin, and my daughter, Emily, who had to put up with a lot while I was working and pursing my master's of health sciences and PhD degrees because I didn't have a health sciences background when I got into the field. Emily saw firsthand the effort that was required for a professional career. At one point, she told Victor and me that she would never be a librarian or a professor because they work too hard. Something must have rubbed off, however, because Emily is now an accomplished academic in her own right in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Canada. And the only thing wrong with that is it's far away from North Carolina, but we get together as often as we can. She's doing very important research into access in primary care, and Victor and I are so proud of her. I'm also pleased that Emily's fiancé Chris Oliver is with us today, a very talented young man.

And in closing I would just like to wish for all of you a career that is both challenging and rewarding, something that you can put your heart and soul into with the knowledge that you're contributing to a much greater good by providing library and information services to improve health and health care for all. Thank you so much.

President Jones concluded the awards ceremony and luncheon with the following words: “Each year, the awards ceremony and luncheon reminds us of the outstanding accomplishments our peers have made to the profession of health sciences librarianship. It simultaneously provides the encouragement to continue striving to new levels of achievement. In recognizing these individuals, we applaud the ‘best and brightest’ in the field.”

BUSINESS MEETING 1

Sunday, May 18, 2014

President Dixie A. Jones, AHIP, welcomed everyone to MLA Business Meeting 1 and introduced Executive Director Carla J. Funk, CAE, Hon. FCLIP, who announced the members of the 2013/14 MLA Board of Directors: President Dixie Jones; President-Elect Linda Wilson, Immediate Past President Jane Blumenthal, AHIP; Treasurer Chris Shaffer, AHIP; Secretary Michelle Kraft, AHIP; Chapter Council Chair Angela Dixon, AHIP; Section Council Chair Jody L. Philbrick, AHIP; and Directors Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Sandra G. Franklin, AHIP, Gabriel R. Rios, and Joy Summers-Ables, AHIP. Ms. Funk then introduced appointed officers, editors, and coordinators: Parliamentarian Patricia Thibodeau, AHIP, FMLA; Sergeant-at-Arms Linné Girouard, AHIP; MLA News Editor Laurie L. Thompson, AHIP, FMLA; Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) Editor Susan S. Starr; and MEDLIB-L Coordinator Judith Mills, AHIP.

President Jones then remarked on the deaths of a number of MLA members during the past year. A video was shown to honor the memories of Thelma Golden Charen, June 14, 2013; Robert (Bob) G. Cheshier, May 14, 2013; Elaine Ciarkowski, January 20, 2014; Marlene (Lyn) Dietrich, December 13, 2013; Margaret Rose Hogan, November 25, 2013; Chamya Pompey Kincey, July 20, 2013; F. W. (Wilf) Lancaster, August 25, 2013; Margery MacNeill, October 4, 2013; Spencer Marsh, March 10, 2014; Marjorie Wannarka, August 2, 2013.

Ms. Funk then returned to the podium to recognize the vital role the thirteen MLA chapters play in bringing the benefits and services of the association to members at the regional, state, and local levels. She also recognized the twenty-two sections and special interest groups (SIGs) that provide significant networking and professional development opportunities and meet the special interests of diverse groups in the association. She also acknowledged committees, task forces, and representatives to allied organizations for their crucial role in the success of MLA's programs and services. She then remarked that 300 new members had joined MLA since the 2013 annual meeting.

President Jones then called to order Business Meeting 1 of the MLA 2014 annual meeting and asked if a quorum of 250 voting members, required for transaction of business, was present. The sergeant-at-arms confirmed the quorum, and President Jones called on Secretary Michelle Kraft to move adoption of the Rules of Assembly. Ms. Kraft explained that the Rules of Assembly include information on addressing the chair, presenting motions, debating, and voting. At the direction of the Board of Directors, she moved that the Rules of Assembly as they appear on MLANET be adopted. Voting paddles were raised, and there being a majority in the affirmative, the rules were adopted. Ms. Kraft then announced that each meeting registrant had a printed copy of the Official Program and that the agendas for the 2014 Business Meetings were on pages 28 and 38. She moved that the agendas be adopted. The vote was affirmative, and the agendas were adopted.

President Jones announced that ballots for MLA's election of 2014/15 Officers, Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee were sent electronically or by postal service to all 3,277 eligible voting members of the association. One thousand two hundred and seventy-six valid ballots were returned for a participation rate of 38.94%. The election results were certified by Survey and Ballot Systems of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, MLA's election contractor, on December 16, 2013. Election results were announced in the December 19, 2013, issue of MLA-FOCUS and in the February 2014 issue of the MLA News. Complete election results, including vote totals, are published in the 2013/14 Annual Report available on MLANET.

Election results: President-Elect: Michelle Kraft, AHIP; MLA Board of Directors (three-year term): Melissa De Santis, AHIP, Heidi Heilemann, AHIP, and Teresa L. Knott, AHIP; Section Council Chair: Jodi Philbrick; Nominating Committee: Amy Blevins, Jonathan Eldredge, AHIP, Susan Fowler, Mark E. Funk, AHIP, FMLA, Sally Gore, Heather Holmes, AHIP, T. Scott Plutchak, AHIP, FMLA, James Shedlock, AHIP, FMLA, and Laurie Thompson, AHIP, FMLA. Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, MLA's 2013/14 immediate past president will chair the 2014/15 Nominating Committee.

President Jones then called on Treasurer Chris Shaffer to present the treasurer's report.

Chris Shaffer, AHIP: Thank you, Dixie. It has been my pleasure to serve as your treasurer this year, and I'm happy to announce we're rich! Rich beyond your wildest dreams! Well, not quite, but we are solvent. I'm very happy to let you know that the audited 2013 revenues and expenses show a significant increase in MLA finances. As you can see, we had a few bad years, but things really are getting better.

So how did we do it? The MLA staff and MLA Board, in cooperation with the membership, did some significant belt tightening. It wasn't easy, but we made adjustments to the new financial realities that we face. We also raised your dues. Actually, you did it to yourselves. So there was a multiyear dues increase, which has now been completely phased in. However, I would note that MLA dues provide only 21% of overall revenue, which is significantly less than many other comparable organizations, so we're still getting quite a big bang for our buck as MLA members.

In addition, the financial recovery has helped our finances quite a bit. There are some areas that have recovered. There are others, such as print advertising, that may never recover. But the continuing improvement to the US economy has been helpful to MLA as well.

So as we plan for the future, the 2014 business plan provided funding for a new website, an enhanced member portal, and the move of the MLA technology infrastructure to a cloud-based solution. These changes will bring financial savings and enhance services for our members. If you'd like more information about the MLA finances, please see the April issue of the MLA News, where MLA publishes its annual budget. The audited financial statement is also published on MLANET in June of each year. If you have any specific questions, you can feel free to contact me or Ray Naegele. Thank you very much.

Next, President Jones called on Executive Director Carla Funk to present the executive director's report.

Carla J. Funk, CAE, Hon. FLCIP: Thank you, Dixie. From many computers to the cloud, from print to digital, and from face-to-face to virtual, we have experienced incredible changes over the past two decades in the ways that the association provides programs and services and the programs and services we provide. We have accomplished a lot with our successful member-staff partnership, but there is still much to do and more challenges to face as the association evolves in the twenty-first century.

To continue to build MLA's future, we require a solid foundation, in our case, our vision and mission as well as well-crafted building blocks, including our goals, objectives, and activities. I want to briefly discuss this year's accomplishments from the staff perspective, relating them back to the strong foundation upon which MLA is built and the strong member-staff partnership that makes the association work. The complete headquarters report can be found on MLANET.

One building block of MLA's foundation is financial stability. In 1991, we had about $1.9 million in total operating revenue, while in 2013 we had over $3 million. The reserve fund was 15% of operating expenses in 1991, and the endowment was a quarter of a million dollars. In 2014, the reserve fund equals 47% of operating expenses, and the endowment is $1.4 million. Annual meeting net revenues were $80,000, about $130,000 in today's dollars, in 1991. But in 2013, they approached $500,000. After a few challenging financial years, MLA has rebounded, as Chris just reported, and we have had excellent financial results in 2013.

MLA first introduced electronic mail capability through LifeNet to our members in 1992, and emails were included in the MLA Directory for the first time. In 1994, 54% of institutional members used the Internet, and a little more than one-third of individual members had access to it. Today, 99% of our members use email and other social media to communicate, work together on projects, have meetings, and collaborate in a variety of other ways. Much of the electronic infrastructure is maintained and initiated by MLA staff with member input.

In 1995, MLANET, MLA's website, was established. In my update that year, I quoted Brian Kahn, at that time from Harvard University, who stated that the home page has the power to create a sense of community. In 1995, our hope was to add information about continuing education (CE) programs to MLANET and, someday, the courses themselves; add information about the academy and, someday, portfolio management; add honors and awards and grants and scholarship information; and add information about publications and, someday, electronic publishing of what was then the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, the MLA News, and other materials. We wanted to add more links to affiliated organizations, agencies, and others as well as governmental relations and legislative updates.

And you can see here, this is showing the first MLANET and then the second iteration and the one right before the one we have right now, and you can see how it kind of evolved. Someday is more than here, and this year, MLANET went through its fourth major revision, the last being in 2007. Working with the Technology Advisory Committee and involving every staff member in this transformation, Kate Corcoran, director of research, information systems, and membership, and Elizabeth Lund, director of publications, led the initiative internally.

Today, we have integrated our association management system and the content management system for the first time, moving the website to the cloud and making it easier to search the site. The site has a totally new look, and as the website becomes more established, the most accessed pages at any given time will appear on the right-hand column as you see there.

Under “My Account,” you have access to the members-only areas, such as the MLA Directory, leadership rosters, and document-sharing areas. And once I figured out that my account was the secret place to go, everything became clearer.

We will launch the full community area this summer, which will include SIGs, chapters, sections, and committees. These are mockups of what the site will look like, including a group discussion site. I want to thank you for your comments as we continue this sort of soft rollout. We've been able to make some changes already based upon your input, and please continue to tell us more things at this meeting or via email after the meeting.

One of the biggest challenges was providing access to those using older browsers such as Internet Explorer, versions 8 and 9. About 10% of our members fall in this category, and we believe that we have solved almost all of the problems and access issues, working with our provider. But please let us know if you still have problems.

In 1992, I stated that every successful association I knew was scrutinizing its mission, the structures that support its mission, its finances and human resources that turn these ideas into reality, and the ways to promote the professions that the associations serve. In 2014, the association continues to strategize for the future and the challenges it will bring through the work of our committees, sections, task forces, and other units. The MLA Futures Task Force in particular is studying association membership, governance and organization, and the concept of a year-round association to help us meet our future challenges and needs.

The MLA Futures Task Force report is due to the MLA Board in October 2014, and the group will have an open forum at this meeting, as I think you've heard already, on Tuesday, where you can provide input into the process.

Meanwhile, Debra Cavanaugh, coordinator of CE, working with the CE Committee, has already begun moving toward a year-round model by increasing the number of virtual CE opportunities through our new CE webinar program. As a result of these offerings, we experienced the highest CE participation numbers since 2008. We hope to explore and to continue to expand this CE webinar series next year.

Also, thanks to a grant from the H. W. Wilson Foundation obtained by Director of Professional Development Kathleen Combs, MLA will also work on revising and expanding the MLA boot camp offerings for those new to medical librarianship. Ray Naegele, director of finance and administration and all things annual meeting, is experimenting with a flipped classroom format at the annual meeting this year, working with the Educational and Media Technologies Section, where members will access program content prior to the meeting and spend the face-to-face meeting time discussing it.

In 1948, Eileen Cunningham stated in her presidential address that there is no more rewarding experience in the world than the handclasp of friendship extended over intervening miles and frontiers. MLANET has extended and strengthened this handclasp among us all, expanding our global community. But so have other initiatives.

Our international partnerships and involvement continue to grow. The first International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) was held in 1953 in London, England. Over the subsequent forty-two years, until 1995, only one ICML was held in the United States, and MLA met in Canada twice. But over the last eighteen years, between 1995 and 2013, MLA has hosted two ICMLs, plus a joint meeting with the Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothéques de la santé du Canada (CHLA/ABSC) in Vancouver, and will hold another joint meeting with CHLA/ABSC at the International Clinical Librarian Conference in Toronto in 2016.

MLA established the Librarians without Borders® (LWB) international program in 2005/06, thanks to the work of the Task Force on Global Initiatives and staff. MLA gathered all of the association's international activities under 1 umbrella. Some, such as the Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship, are over 40 years old and continue MLA's strong international outreach program. Others, such as the LWB e-Library Training Initiative, established in 2007 and funded by the Elsevier Foundation, have taught almost 1,500 librarians, health professionals, and others in 27 countries about health information databases, working with a variety of partners such as the World Health Organization and HINARI. We will seek additional funding this year from Elsevier to continue the e-Library Training Initiative, coordinated so well by Lenny Rhine, FMLA.

Working with the International Cooperation Section, which was celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year, a new job exchange program has been established. This section will also have an open forum on Tuesday to explain this program. Also this year, MLA entered into a bilateral agreement with the Australian Library and Information Association, the ninth such agreement and the sixth since 2005.

As part of the LWB program, MLA should be particularly proud of establishing the Medical Library Disaster Relief Fund in 2005–2006 to help medical libraries in the Gulf of Mexico area in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Our latest donation was for relief aid funding to the Université de la Fondation Dr Aristide (UNIFA) in Haiti, which has helped the library recover from the earthquake and purchase computers, anatomical models, and other resources.

As a result of the One Health meeting last year, Past President Blumenthal gave a presentation to Russian health librarians near Moscow, and Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA, and President-Elect Linda Walton will give presentations to the Japan Medical Library Association and at the Third Seminar on Medical Libraries and Medical Information in Mexico City, respectively. Also in 2014, J. Michael Homan, AHIP, FMLA, Lenny Rhine, and I published a paper on the LWB program in Against the Grain, a publication linking publishers, vendors, and libraries.

Since the last annual meeting, under the guidance of Elizabeth Lund, director of publications, and the Books Panel, MLA has copublished two books with the American Library Association (ALA)/Neal-Schuman, including the Medical Library Association Guide to Finding out about Heart Disease by Jeanette de Richemond, AHIP, and Terry Paula Hoffman, and Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences, sixth edition, edited by Jeffrey T. Huber and Susan Swogger. With MLA's other copublisher, Rowman & Littlefield, we also published two books: the Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information by Michele A. Spatz and Health Sciences Librarianship by M. Sandra Wood, FMLA. We are also beginning to explore going electronic-only with the JMLA in the coming years.

In 1996, MLA established National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM) to promote the importance of medical librarians. Now in its eighteenth year, the NMLM theme for 2014 is “Critical Knowledge for Changing Times.” Also in 1996, I mentioned that the changing health care environment was creating new roles for health sciences librarians.

Through its work in knowledge and skills and competencies for health sciences librarianship, vital roles in hospital librarianship, health information literacy initiative, and, lately, the disaster information specialization, MLA continues to work on these issues and publish and advocate on behalf of evolving roles for the profession. The latest of these efforts is published in the October 2013 special issue of the JMLA on new roles for health sciences librarians.

A new challenge to health sciences librarians this year was the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which Aaron E. Carroll described so well today, and the negative impact it had on hospital libraries and librarians, with hospitals trying to cut costs and make up for expected loss of revenues. We are not the only health profession that was negatively impacted, but we will continue to write letters and advocate on behalf of our members and are supporting the Hospital Libraries Section on its VALUES2 initiative.

We also continue to have an active governmental relations program, spearheaded by the Governmental Relations Committee, the Joint MLA/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Legislative Task Force, the National Library of Medicine, and MLA staff member Mary Langman, director of information, issues, and policies.

This year, we responded to a number of issues—including the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013, known as the FASTR bill, and the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014, or the FIRST bill—and supported funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). We also continue to work with the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the Special Libraries Association (SLA), AAHSL, NLM, and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) on public policy issues that affect our respective memberships and programs.

One major challenge for MLA is the decline in membership. This is also happening to several of our sister associations, and some are reaching out to other non–master's of library science (MLS) information professionals to expand their membership bases. MLA's Membership Committee and the MLA Futures Task Force are both looking at this issue and will come back in the fall with some recommendations.

To address association leadership challenges, MLA is happy to welcome its third cohort of Rising Stars this year to continue to prepare newer members for future MLA leadership roles. In this time of generational change, this program is vital to the future of the association and an important building block, and I thank Carol G. Jenkins, AHIP, FMLA, very much for all her hard work on this.

MLA's educational policy statement, Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success, and our research policy statement, the Research Imperative, were both published in 2007 and need to be revised in keeping with the challenges that the profession is now facing.

Another challenge is communication and the association's effective use of social media to promote the association and the profession. We have made a start on this, thanks to the work of the Technology Advisory Committee and the adoption of a social media plan and policy by the MLA Board, but much more work needs to be done.

As I look back over the last twenty-two years, I think of a quote that appeared in a 2004 Library Journal article, stating that overwhelmingly, smaller professional associations were recommended as avenues for meaningful interaction and collegiality, with MLA taking the prize for best large organization. We want to work on keeping and enhancing that reputation.

I want to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank staff who have significant MLA anniversaries this year, and if you want to stand up when I call your name, that would be great. Chao Cheng, manager of Internet systems, is celebrating his fifteenth anniversary, and Mary Langman, director of information, issues, and policies, and Barbara Redmond, advertising coordinator, are celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversaries with MLA. Thank you, guys.

I also want to thank all the other staff for all that they do for the association and me, and they include, the names are listed correctly on there and I'm just going to read them in alphabetical order: Debra Cavanaugh, Susan Chesniak, Kathleen Combs, Kate Corcoran, Tomi Gunn, Elie Rodriguez-Gunter, Maria Lopez, Elizabeth Lund, Ray Naegele, Tom Pacetti, and Susan Talmage. These individuals have contributed much to the success of MLA. It has been my very great pleasure to work with all of you, and I will miss you very much.

I also want to thank our meeting planners: Paul, Tina, Mary, Sharon, Peggy, and Fred from HEI; our audiovisual guys: Tom, Marty, the other Paul, Jim, Bill, Tim, and David from PRG; and John Loveless, Casey, and the GES staff for all the GES staff does—our signage and making the exhibit hall look so great. It has been wonderful working with you all too.

I can think of no more satisfying job with a wonderful group of friends, colleagues, and members. It's been my great honor and privilege to work with you all. And Dixie, it has been fabulous working with you this year. I learned so much from you.

It is also very fitting that my last meeting is in Chicago, MLA's home. Please come to the MLA headquarters open house following this meeting from 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m., and visit us and say hi to all the staff.

And now, here are my top ten reasons for retiring. Okay.

When it snows at your annual meeting in May. These are all weather related.
When you begin to think of moving some place warmer for the winter.
When you don't wait for the bus in subzero weather. Then we move on.
When your younger friends and colleagues are retired and think you are too.
Worse yet, when your younger brother starts complaining that he wants to retire but refuses to retire until you do. You can see we're a very competitive family.
When your retired friends ask you to go on trips and other places, which sound like fun, but, wait, I can't go, I'm working.
When people increasingly offer you their seats on the bus, and you increasingly take them.
And this happens—when members increasingly send you emails beginning “Dear Mark.” And no, we're not related.
When you increasingly think about your bucket list and how you want to add to it.
When you realize that you really, really, really aren't going to get any younger.

Thank you all for you twenty-two wonderful, challenging, and satisfying years. You are the best of the best and don't forget it. Thank you.

President Jones returned to the podium and moved on to the annual report. In the interest of time, annual reports were received in a block. The informational reports of the appointed officials, the councils, the committees, the representatives, the sections, and the chapters are found in the 2013/14 Annual Report of the Medical Library Association. These reports are available on MLANET and will remain there throughout the year. They are also available in paper copy by request from the executive director's office. There being no corrections or objections from the members, the reports were filed as presented.

President Blumenthal then concluded Business Meeting 1 and reminded the audience that Business Meeting 2 would be held on Tuesday, May 20, at 9:00 a.m.

BUSINESS MEETING 2, PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESS: LINDA WALTON, AND MLA ′15 INVITATION

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

President Dixie A. Jones, AHIP, welcomed everyone to MLA Business Meeting 2 at 9:00 a.m. A quorum of voting members was present.

She then recognized and thanked retiring MLA Board Members Michelle Kraft, AHIP, Gabriel R. Rios, and Joy Summers-Ables, AHIP, and presented them with certificates as a token of respect and gratitude for work well done. President Jones next expressed her gratitude to Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, who served as president of MLA during the 2012/13 association year. Highlighting some of Ms. Blumenthal's initiatives, President Jones presented her with a plaque for a job well done.

President Jones then introduced the new members of the MLA Board of Directors: Michelle Kraft, president-elect; Melissa De Santis, AHIP, director; Heidi Heilemann, AHIP, director; and Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, director.

Linda Walton then presented outgoing President Jones with the Presidential Cup and congratulated her for a year when, under her leadership, MLA broadened its opportunities to build its future and to push into the world to educate and collaborate with others on health information literacy, access to information, and advocacy for the profession.

President Jones then introduced 2014/15 MLA President Linda Walton who delivered her inaugural address.

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Linda Walton: Good morning again and thank you all for attending the final business meeting of the 2013/14 MLA annual meeting. For the rest of this business meeting, let's have some fun and turn our attention to the upcoming year for MLA.

My presentation is designed to give you a little information on my educational and professional background and to introduce my priorities for the coming year. First of all, I was born and raised in central Indiana, where we are known for our hospitality in basketball. For those of you who don't follow college basketball, Bobby Knight was the basketball coach for Indiana University in the ′70s and ′80s, when they won several championships. So let's take a look at Bobby's version of Hoosiers' hospitality.

Okay. So I completed both my bachelor's and master's degrees at Indiana University in Bloomington between 1975 and 1981. During the summer of ′78, the movie Breaking Away, which you just saw a clip from, was filmed in Bloomington. This movie is significant to me for a couple of reasons. First, I was living in Bloomington when this film was made, and I'm in a crowd scene watching the Little 500 bike race. Second, it does a great job of describing the essence of growing up in a small town in Indiana in the ′70s.

Once I completed my library degree, it was time to begin my career. I worked in a variety of libraries, primarily around the eastern part of the United States, from the Midwest to New England and then back to the Midwest. These libraries included state libraries, hospitals, area health education centers (AHECs), National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) libraries, and academic medical centers. In 2006, for the first time, I crossed the Mississippi into the wild, wild west, where I am currently working at the University of Iowa as director of the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Some will tell you it's heaven.

All right, now we'll get serious for a little bit. Our theme for next year is “Librarians without Limits,” a verbal play on Austin City Limits, the PBS television show that showcases Austin's diverse mix of country, blues, folk, and psychodelia music. Like the musicians on the show, health sciences librarians must continue to be innovative and creative to stay viable.

Over the years, our roles have changed and continue to change as we adapt to new technology and services. For example, my job as a master's of library science (MLS) student was to file index cards in the card catalog on the top of the rod, as you can see in the first picture. A librarian would come along behind me and check my work, and if it was correct, pull the rod out so the cards would fall into place. During the next decade, computer labs were priorities for libraries, and we learned to work with our colleagues in information technology. Today, many of us have some kind of variation on a learning commons in our libraries, which include a variety of new technologies such as 3D printers and group learning.

We've also had our fair share of challenges over the years as we've learned to adapt to new formats of information and new generations of students. The concept of libraries' place has a new meaning as more and more information is available online and less space is needed for books and journals. Scholarly communication and copyright have been huge challenges with the new information formats. Services have changed dramatically as well, from reference desk centered to embedded with a focus on instruction, data management, and clinical research.

So I wanted to explain this picture. It's a business librarian in Iowa, and we had a student who was working the reference desk with a snake around his neck. So it's one of those things where you think you've seen it all, but you haven't.

To set my priorities for the year, I reviewed MLA's recent accomplishments as well as the association's strategic plan, vision, and goals. My first priority focuses on recruitment, membership, and leadership, which is tied to goal one of the strategic plan. MLA's Leadership and Management Section released its MLA Professional Association Value and Planning Survey in 2012.

Based on the survey, President Jane Blumenthal established the MLA Futures Task Force to develop recommendations in two areas of the report: one, identify aspects of the association that are particularly of value to new, current, and potential MLA members, and two, gather input to help shape MLA's strategic directions going forward and our work in conjunction with members, the MLA Board, and headquarters to implement approved strategies that will move the association forward, especially by being more flexible and nimble in our fast-paced, changing, and challenging world of health information.

My second priority is related to goal three, and it continues President Jones's focus on advocacy for the profession. Working with members, headquarters, and the board, we will develop an environmental scan of our current membership. We will review health care environments and look at reporting structures, staffing, and retention of our members in the work force so we have a clear picture of what our priorities need to be in redefining the health sciences librarian.

For instance, what impact have the Affordable Care Act, accountable care organizations, data management, and electronic health records had on our profession? Are we providing our members with the resources they need to adapt to a new clinical research and educational environment? Within our own organization, are our competencies and research skills still current and are the stakeholders the same?

And this picture I'm showing you is of an alum of Indiana University. This was a recent magazine that we got in the mail. And you don't see “library” in there anywhere. Big data, informatics. So that has changed dramatically. And there would seem to be a leader in that.

Professional development will continue to be a priority, and it's covered in goal four of our strategic plan. Based on what we learned from the MLA Futures Task Force and the environmental scan, we anticipate that we will develop specialization programs that recognize expertise in areas such as e-science and big data, instructional skills, and clinical research. This may involve collaborating with other organizations to develop classes and workshops, which may be online or in person, or identifying members to help develop curricula for the identified specializations.

So those are my three priorities for the year. Unexpectedly, my neat little list of priorities was shattered when Carla announced her retirement. After twenty-two years as the association's executive director, I now have four priorities rather than three and will be establishing a search committee to hire a new executive director in the near future.

And now I'd like to do my personal tribute to Carla. (A video was played.)

Do you want me to play it again?

At the completion of her inaugural address, President Walton asked Jonquil D. Feldman, AHIP, and Sandra I. Martin, AHIP, cochairs of the 2015 National Program Committee, to come to the podium to give the official thank you for the 2014 annual meeting.

Sandra I. Martin, AHIP: Well, Jonquil, this has been a monumental meeting in the Windy City. Once again, Chicago has given us an unforgettable taste of Midwest hospitality and an inspirational look at innovative designs and structures to build our future. I'm blown away!

Jonquil D. Feldman, AHIP: Blown away, yeah. I agree. Chicago has been a great place to relax and learn. The meeting has set an awesome foundation of formative ideas for creating new architectures and has presented us with so many unique tools for drafting blueprints to build our future that I don't know where to start first. Maybe with a resolution.

Sandra I. Martin: Sounds like a plan to me.

Whereas, the 2014 National Program Committee constructed an outstanding program for the 114th meeting of the Medical Library Association, allowing us to consider how the foundations we have built continue to inform the future of libraries and our profession;

And, whereas, the Local Assistance Committee has provided MLA members with everything we needed to know about activities, restaurants, museums, shopping, parks, and the amazing architecture of Chicago, the city of broad shoulders;

And, whereas, the medical librarians and the people of Chicago have welcomed us and introduced us to Chicago dogs eaten without ketchup, pizza that you eat with a fork and knife, Wrigley Field, the Gold Coast, and the second tallest building in the country;

And, whereas, the MLA headquarters staff and professional planners have toiled long and hard to plan and facilitate a most excellent annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, right in their own backyard;

Therefore, let it be resolved that the membership of the Medical Library Association extends its profound appreciation and gratitude to the 2014 National Program Committee, Local Assistance Committee, exhibitors, sponsors, the medical librarians and people of Chicago, and the MLA headquarters staff for their outstanding efforts and support in providing us a secure foundation from which to continue to build.

President Walton announced the raffle winners and then recognized Jonquil D. Feldman, Sandra Martin, and members of the 2015 National Program Committee and Local Assistance Committee to invite members to the 2015 annual meeting in Austin, TX. The theme for the 2015 annual meeting is “Librarians without Limits.”

President Walton: Before we adjourn, I just want to remind everyone that Party with a Purpose bidding ends at 10:30 this morning, so as soon as we’re done here, get out there and get your final bids in.

At the conclusion of the invitation, President Walton recognized Sandra G. Franklin, AHIP, 2014/15 secretary of the MLA Board of Directors, who moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried and the second business meeting of the 114th annual meeting was officially adjourned.

SECTION PROGRAMMING

Section programs were presented in 4 different time slots: Sunday, May 18, 4:30 p.m.–5:55 p.m.; Monday, May 19, 10:30 a.m.–11:55 a.m., and 2:00 p.m.–3:25 p.m.; and Tuesday, May 20, 2:00 p.m.–3:25 p.m. Paper abstracts that were scheduled to be presented are available at www.mlanet.org/sites/default/files/meetings/pdf/2014_abstract_book.pdf. The final version of the abstracts reflecting only those posters presented at the meeting is included as an online-only supplemental file to the January 2015 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

POSTER SESSIONS

Poster sessions were presented in 3 different time slots: Sunday, May 18, 3:30 p.m.–4:25 p.m.; Monday, May 19, 3:30 p.m.–4:25 p.m.; and Tuesday, May 20, 1:00 p.m.–1:55 p.m. Section and chapter posters were presented on Sunday, May 18, 3:30 p.m.–4:25 p.m. Poster abstracts that were scheduled to be presented are available at www.mlanet.org/sites/default/files/meetings/pdf/2014_abstract_book.pdf. The final version of the abstracts reflecting only those posters presented at the meeting is included as an online-only supplemental file to the January 2015 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association. The actual posters are online in the MLA Itinerary Planner.

OTHER MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Pre-meeting activities

On Thursday, May 15, these groups met: MLA Executive Committee and MLA Board of Directors. On Friday, May 16, the MLA Board of Directors and Credentialing Committee met, and the following informal meetings were held: Regional Medical Library directors, National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) consumer health coordinators, NN/LM outreach coordinators, and NN/LM Regional Medical Library combined coordinators. On Saturday, May 17, the following groups met: 2015 National Program Committee, 2015 section program planners, Chapter Council, Nominating Committee, and Section Council. The following informal meetings were held: Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Assessment and Statistics Committee and National Library of Medicine/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program Leadership Institute.

Sunday, May 18

On Sunday, May 18, these groups, sections, and special interest groups (SIGs) met: African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG, Cancer Librarians Section, Collection Development Section (executive board), Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (board meeting), Corporate Information Services Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Librarians SIG, Federal Libraries Section, Fellows of MLA, Informationist SIG, International Cooperation Section, Journal of the Medical Library Association Editorial Board, MLA Futures Task Force, MLA News Editorial Board, New Members SIG, New York-New Jersey Chapter, Osteopathic Libraries SIG, Outreach and Marketing SIG, Pharmacy and Drug Information Section, Public Health/Health Administration Section, Research Award Judging (informational meeting), and Technical Services Section. Informal meetings included: AAHSL Program and Education Committee, EBSCO Publishing Lunch & Learn, and DOCLINE Users Group.

Monday, May 19

On Monday, May 19, the following groups, sections, and SIGs met: 2016 National Program Committee, Awards Committee, Books Panel, chapter treasurers orientation, Clinical Librarians and Evidence-Based Health Care SIG, Collection Development Section (business meeting), Complementary and Alternative Medicine SIG, Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (business meeting), Dental Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Librarians SIG, Educational Media and Technologies Section, Governmental Relations Committee, Health Association Libraries Section, Hospital Libraries Section (executive board, business meeting, and ice cream social), Librarians in Curriculum SIG, Midwest Chapter (executive committee), MLA Research Task Force, Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (business meeting and executive board), Public Services Section, Resource Sharing SIG, Rising Stars Committee, Scholarly Communications Committee, section continuing education chairs, Technology Advisory Committee, Translational Sciences Collaboration SIG, Veterinary Medical Libraries Section (business meeting and informal meeting), and Vision Sciences SIG. Informal meetings included: bepress Digital Commons Community Meeting, AAHSL Research Enterprise Task Force Meeting, and Group Licensing Initiatives with the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey.

Tuesday, May 20

On Tuesday, May 20, the following groups, sections, and SIGs met: Brainstorming and Planning Awesome Chapter Meetings; Bylaws Committee; chapter continuing education chairs; Chiropractic Libraries SIG; History of the Health Sciences Section; Hospital Libraries Section (committees meetings); Institutional Animal Care and Use SIG; Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lectureship Committee; Latino SIG; Leadership and Management Section; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Science Librarians SIG; Librarians without Borders® Advisory Committee; Medical Informatics Section; Medical Library Education Section; Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona Advisory Council; Membership Committee; MLA Ethical Awareness Task Force; Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG; Pediatric SIG; Professional Recruitment and Retention Committee; Quint Essential 2014 Steering Committee; Relevant Issues Section; Research Section; section treasurers orientation; and Southern Chapter Executive Board. Informal meetings included: AAHSL Scholarly Communications Committee Meeting and Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing (ICIRN) Membership Meeting.

Wednesday, May 21

On Wednesday, May 21, the following groups, sections, and SIGs met: 2015 Section Program Planners, Continuing Education Committee, Grants and Scholarships Committee, Oral History Committee, and MLA Board of Directors.

OPEN FORUMS

Four open forums were held concurrently on Tuesday, May 20, from 3:30 p.m.–4:25 p.m., including:

Bad Presentation Bingo: The Communication Game You Want to Lose
MLA Futures Task Force
Introducing the MLA International Job Exchange Program
What Would You Do? Ethics in Action

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE UPDATE

Donald A. B. Lindberg began the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Update, which took place on Tuesday, May 20, from 10:30 a.m.–11:25 a.m. Dr. Lindberg discussed a symposium that MLA and NLM cosponsored, a retrospective over the last 30 years as well as his view of NLM in the next 30 years. He also asked members to send in their memories of NLM over the past 30 years. Dr. Lindberg then discussed various NLM exhibits and information about the NLM bioinformatics course. Betsy L. Humphreys, FMLA, deputy director, then discussed data challenges for the future. Joyce Backus, associate director for library operations, concluded the session, discussing resource sharing, going mobile, exhibits and collections, local news, and ways to keep in touch after the meeting.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

The Legislative Update took place on Tuesday, May 20, from 11:30 a.m.–12:25 p.m. Moderated by Linda Hasman, chair, MLA Governmental Relations Committee, committee members provided an overview of health funding and efforts to expand the National Institutes of Health public policy to other federal agencies.

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS AND RECEPTIONS

Saturday, May 17:

Leaders Tea, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception and Opening of the Hall of Exhibits, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 18:

New Members/First-Time Attendees Program, 7:00 a.m.–8:55 a.m.
Sunrise Yoga, 7:00 a.m.–8:55 a.m.
Chapter Council Presents Chapter Sharing Roundtables Luncheon, noon–2:00 p.m.
International Visitors Reception, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Library School Reunion, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 pm.
JAMA Network Reception, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.

Monday, May 19:

Academy of Health Information Professionals Q&A Session, 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 20:

MLA Party with a Purpose, 7:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

SUNRISE SEMINARS

Exhibitors held Sunrise Seminars to provide information and to introduce new products and services. The following Sunrise Seminars were held:

Sunday, May 18:

Quality vs. Evidence vs. Research vs. Innovation: Embracing All Types of Clinical Inquiry
Seven Things Librarians Forget When Choosing an Integrated Library System (ILS)

Monday, May 19:

American Psychological Association (APA) Sunrise Seminar
Coffee Talk: How to Enable Patient-Centered Care
Embase: Current, Comprehensive, and Colorful
Nursing Reference Center (NRC) Plus
Secrets of Successful Rollouts

Tuesday, May 20:

Cochrane from “Inside/Outside”: Update from Carol Lefebvre
EBSCO Discovery Service for Hospitals and Medical Schools
Rittenhouse's R2 Digital Library: A Science, Technology, Medicine (STM) E-Book Platform

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASES

Eleven Technology Showcases were held throughout Sunday and Monday:

Rittenhouse's R2 Digital Library: A Science, Technology, Medicine (STM) E-Book Platform
DynaMed
Clinical Decision Support at the Point of Care
Plum Analytics
eBooks
Make Your Collection Accessible Everywhere Your Patrons Look
Serials Management and E-Packages
The Future of Pediatrics Information Is Now
Streamlining Your Organization's Content Workflow
The Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection Online and Easy
ePublishing and Research Data: New Medical Repository Trends

CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

The 2013/14 Continuing Education Committee offered the following courses to 414 attendees on May 16, 17, and 18, 2014. MLA also hosted 3 MLA eLearning opportunities, in which MLA members who were unable to attend the meeting could participate in live web-based versions of the courses (Saturday, CE103W and CE705W; and Wednesday, CE100W).

Friday, May 16

CE200, Using Exhibitions to Inspire Learning, Engage Communities, and Add Value: Instructor: Patricia Tuohy, head, Exhibition Program, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

CE300, Genetics for Librarians: From Bench to Bedside: Instructors: Margaret Henderson, AHIP, associate professor and director, Research Data Management, VCU Libraries, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond, and Carrie L. Iwema, AHIP, information specialist, Molecular Biology, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

CE301, Clinical Trials Registers, Trials Results Registers, and Other Research Registers: Instructors: Julie Glanville, associate director, York Health Economics Consortium, University of York, York, United Kingdom, and Carol Lefebvre, independent information consultant, Lefebvre Associates, Oxford, United Kingdom

CE302, Introduction to Systematic Reviews for Librarians: Instructors: Susan A. Fowler, medical librarian, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, and Margaret J. Foster, AHIP, systematic reviews and research coordinator and assistant professor, Medical Sciences Library, and joint assistant professor, Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, School of Rural Public Health, Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University–College Station

CE600, Rapid Training Design: Instructor: Jan Buhmann, manager, Learning Technologies, PeaceHealth, Eugene, OR

CE700, Statistical Literacy for Medical Librarians: Swimming in a Sea of Conflicting Medical Claims: Instructors: Susan Sanders, AHIP, clinical medical librarian, Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri–Kansas City; Stephen D. Simon, P. Mean Consulting, Leawood, KS; and Tamara Durec, librarian, Durec Information Services, St. Albert, AB, Canada

CE701, Understanding Evaluation and Research Impact: Instructors: Kristi Holmes, bioinformaticist, and Cathy Sarli, AHIP, scholarly communications specialist, Becker Memorial Library, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

CE702, Library Statistics: Data Analysis for Librarians: Instructor: Jin Wu, emerging technologies librarian, Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California–Los Angeles

Saturday, May 17

CE201, Do You Want to Be a Library Director? Knowledge, Skills, and Career Paths: Instructors: M. J. Tooey, AHIP, FMLA, associate vice president, Academic Affairs; executive director, Health Sciences and Human Services Library; and director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region; University of Maryland–Baltimore; and Heidi Heilemann, AHIP, associate dean and knowledge management director, Lane Medical Library and Knowledge Management Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

CE202, Breaking an Electronic Health Record System: A Sandbox Workshop: Instructor: PJ Grier, outreach/access coordinator, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland–Baltimore

CE303, Becoming an Expert Searcher: Instructor: Terry Ann Jankowski, AHIP, user experience and discovery librarian, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington–Seattle

CE500, “eScience”: Taxonomies and Indexing: The Beginning of Involvement for Librarians: Instructor: Sheila Hayes, senior librarian, Robinson Library, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

CE703, Translational Bioinformatics: Instructor: Diane C. Rein, bioinformatics liaison, Health Sciences Library, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

CE800, The Patient Experience and Engagement: Improving Patient-Centered Care One Person at a Time Symposium: Keynote Speaker: Steve Wilkins, author, Mind the Gap; Panel Speakers: T. Scott Plutchak, AHIP, FMLA, director, Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama–Birmingham; Ruti Volk, AHIP, patient education librarian, University of Michigan Health System–Ann Arbor; and Judy C. Stribling, assistant librarian and manager, Weill Cornell Medical Library, Myra Mahon Patient Resource Center, New York, NY

Saturday, May 17, Two-Hour Course Options

CE101, Health on the Range: Rural Health Issues and Resources; Instructor: Gail Kouame, public health outreach coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region, University of Washington–Seattle

CE102, American Indian Health Information Resources: Instructor: Karen Vargas, outreach and evaluation coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, Library, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX

CE103, Finding Your Way on the Magnet Journey: Instructor: Beth Auten, AHIP, reference and liaison librarian, Libraries, University of Florida Health Science Center–Gainesville

CE501, Information at Your Fingertips: Tablet Technology: Instructor: Emily J. Hurst, technology coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, Library, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX

CE601, Infographics: A Guided Tour to Visually Representing Data: Instructor: Jan Buhmann, manager, Learning Technologies, PeaceHealth, Eugene, OR

CE705, Perspectives in Research Data Management: An Introduction: Instructors: Karen Hanson, knowledge systems librarian; Alisa Surkis, translational science librarian; and Kevin Read, NLM associate fellow; Ehrman Medical Library, New York University School of Medicine–New York

CE706, Perspectives on Research Data Management: Workshop: Instructors: Karen Hanson, knowledge systems librarian; Alisa Surkis, translational science librarian; and Kevin Read, NLM associate fellow; Ehrman Medical Library, New York University School of Medicine–New York

Wednesday, May 21

CE100, Supporting Open Access: Librarians as Advocates, Researchers, Educators, and Role Models: Instructors: Lauren Maggio, medical librarian, Lane Medical Library and Knowledge Management Center, and Laura Moorhead, doctoral candidate, Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

CE203, Public Speaking: Polish, Not Panic: Instructors: Donna R. Berryman, assistant director, Education and Information Services, Edward G. Miner Library, and Suzanne Bell, business/economics librarian and research projects coordinator, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

CE400, Health Information Resources for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) Incidents: Instructors: Jennifer Pakiam, technical information specialist, and Elizabeth Norton, librarian, Disaster Information Management Research Center, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

RESOURCES AND SERVICES

Staffed by the Local Assistance Committee, the Hospitality Center provided maps and information about local attractions for attendees to explore Chicago. The National Program Committee, Local Assistance Committee, and volunteer bloggers contributed to the official meeting blog for announcements, meeting tips, programs, and more. There was also a Twitter display monitor with live streaming of conversations on Twitter. Internet access and computers were available in the Internet Café during registration hours, and WiFi was available throughout the meeting area. The Job Placement Center was open Saturday through Tuesday for job seekers and employers. Coordinating with the Job Placement Center, the Professional Recruitment and Retention Committee sponsored a Resume Clinic to review cover letters, resumes, and CVs and provide tips and suggestions for improvement. The Resume Clinic was available during the Job Placement Center hours, Sunday through Tuesday. The Member Resource Room provided access to computers and printers. Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Professional Access Medicine, the Networking Massage Station was located in the Hall of Exhibits and offered attendees the chance to ease their stress with a seated chair massage.

The Hall of Exhibits was open Saturday through Tuesday. Located in the Hall of Exhibits, the MLA Connections Booth/MLA Store offered members the opportunity to support the MLA grants and scholarships program. The MLA ′15 booth was also in the exhibit hall and provided information on the 2015 annual meeting in Austin, TX.

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Proceedings, 114th Annual Meeting Medical Library Association, Inc. Chicago, IL

Nicole Mitchell, MLIS, MA

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

WELCOME TO MLA ′14

Sunday, May 18, 2014

MLA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: DIXIE A. JONES, AHIP (PLENARY SESSION 1)

OTHER PLENARY SESSIONS

2. Sunday, May 18: The John P. McGovern Award Lecture

3. Monday, May 19: The Janet Doe Lecture

4. Wednesday, May 21: Plenary Session 4: MLA ′14 Panel: Professional Identity Reshaped

AWARDS CEREMONY AND LUNCHEON

BUSINESS MEETING 1

Sunday, May 18, 2014

BUSINESS MEETING 2, PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESS: LINDA WALTON, AND MLA ′15 INVITATION

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

SECTION PROGRAMMING

POSTER SESSIONS

OTHER MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Pre-meeting activities

Sunday, May 18

Monday, May 19

Tuesday, May 20

Wednesday, May 21

OPEN FORUMS

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE UPDATE

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS AND RECEPTIONS

SUNRISE SEMINARS

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASES

CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

Friday, May 16

Saturday, May 17

Saturday, May 17, Two-Hour Course Options

Wednesday, May 21

RESOURCES AND SERVICES

Electronic Content

Footnotes

Associated Data

Supplementary Materials

ACTIONS

PERMALINK

RESOURCES

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