Author Archives: Colldev

Hello From Your Editor Here in Wisconsin, spring is still struggling to emerge.  It has been a particularly cold and snowy winter and I can’t wait for tulips and daffodils to push out and add bright color to the currently … Continue reading →

Where does the time go!  The time has come to start planning for MLA and as you do please consider attending the interesting programming put together by  the CDS 2013 Program Committee,  Susan Kendall  (Chair),  and fellow committee members Deborah … Continue reading →

2013 Programs Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by the Collection Development Section Other Programs Of Interest CDS Member Presentations (Papers & Posters) 2013 Programs Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by the Collection Development Section Susan Kendall, Section Chair-Elect and Program Committee Chair The Collection … Continue reading →

Submitted by Susan Kendall, Chair, Collection Development Nominating Committee Thank you to everyone who voted in the recent section officer elections.  Here are the results: The incoming Chair Elect is: Susan Swogger Collections Development Librarian Health Sciences Library University of … Continue reading →

Submitted by Rebecca Raszewsk, Awards Committee Chair I am happy to announce that the article, Creating a Shared Neuroscience Collection Development Policy by Elizabeth Ketterman, Jeanne Hoover, and Kathy Cable is the winner of the Richards Prize! Here is the … Continue reading →

Awards Retirements Obituary Awards Carla J. Funk Governmental Relations Award Hope Barton, Retired, Main Library, University of Iowa–Iowa City Hope Barton was CDS chair in 2005-2006. Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award Jonathan Eldredge, AHIP, Health Sciences Library and … Continue reading →

[CDS members are in BOLD. If you have published recently and do not see your article/book/book chapter/review listed here, contact the editor, Katherine Chew chewx002@um.edu for posting in the Fall/Winter 2013 Developments issue.  Many thanks to Ramune Kubilius for her … Continue reading →

Submitted by Nicole Theis-Mahon. Head of Collection Management and Acquisitions, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Minnesota The Disaster Communications Summit held in Chicago, IL, on March 7-8, 2013, was co-sponsored by the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region and the NN/LM MidContinental … Continue reading →

Posted on the JoVE website (September 18, 2012) [Names in bold are CDS members] On Thursday, August 16, 2012, Journal of Visualized Experiments, JoVE was honored to welcome to its first annual Library Board meeting: T. Scott Plutchak, Director, Lister … Continue reading →

NASIG 28th Annual Conference http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm June 6-9, 2013 Buffalo, New York The Conference Planning Committee and Program Planning Committee are hard at work developing the 2013 annual conference in Buffalo. Registration is now open! Become a member and Register now … Continue reading →

Submitted by Martha Earl, Section Treasurer Annual MLA Section Financial Report For January 1 to March 31, 2013 # Description      Amounts 1 Beginning Balances at January 1, (itemize below) $13,107.71 2 Checking Account   (Must equal prior year’s year-end balance) … Continue reading →