Author Archives: Colldev

Submitted by Ramune Kubilius, Chair, CDS Nominating Committee CDS needs you: a reminder about upcoming elections CDS members are actively involved in CDS online discussion list debates and information exchanges. When calls for volunteers go out, members “step to the … Continue reading →

Submitted by Susan Kendall, Collection Development Section Membership Chair The following are new or newly returning members of the Collection Development Section since spring of 2011.  Welcome! Suzanne E. Bahmanyar, O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, CA Mary Shultz, Urbana, IL Lisa … Continue reading →

Send In Your Nominations For the Daniel T. Richards Award The Medical Library Association/Collection Development Section (MLA/CDS) is seeking nominations for the Daniel T. Richards Prize for writing related to collecting in the health sciences. Dan Richards (1945-1995) was instrumental … Continue reading →

The Medical Library Association (MLA) offers a variety of grants and scholarships to assist qualified students in graduate library science programs and to enable practicing health sciences librarians to take advantage of opportunities for continuing professional development. The deadline for … Continue reading →

Submitted by Cecilia Botero, Program Chair for 2012 Primary Sponsor and co-sponsors: Collection Development Section, Technical Services Section Program Name: Sustaining Library Collections to Ensure a Home Run Program Format:  Contributed papers Section Contact:  Cecilia Botero Share your experiences and … Continue reading →

Submitted by Ramune Kubilius, Immediate Past Chair/Section Council Representative (This is a synopsis incorporating some of the highlights.) The Collection Development Section’s 2011 business meeting took place on Sunday, May 15th at the beginning of the 2011 annual MLA conference … Continue reading →

MLA2011 Abstracts [CDS members in italics] Presentations The Embedded Librarian: Rethinking Staffing Models in Health Sciences Libraries  (PowerPoint EmbeddedLibrarian) Dagmara Chojecki, Research Librarian, Institute of Health Economics; Trish Chatterley, Public Services Librarian, John W. Scott Health Sciences Library; University of … Continue reading →

Submitted by Liz Lorbeer American Library Association (ALA) – Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Publisher – Vendor – Library Relations Interest Group (PVLR-IG) Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations Business Meeting at 2011 Annual meeting: Eleven attendees Discussed future topics for … Continue reading →

Submitted by Ramune Kubilius, Immediate Past Chair/Section Council Respresentative At one forthcoming meeting in early November 2011, the XXI Charleston Conference,   CDS member and former CDS chair, Deborah Blecic, will be on a panel during the 11th Health Sciences Lively … Continue reading →

Submitted by Ramune Kubilius,  Immediate Past Chair/NPC 2013 Section Council Liaison “ONE HEALTH: INFORMATION IN AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD”. It is hard to believe, but planning is already underway for the 2013 annual meeting (May 3-8, 2013 in Boston, MA), with … Continue reading →

Submitted by Ramune Kubilius, Immediate Past Chair/NPC 2013 Section Council Liaison ONE HEALTH: INFORMATION IN AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD 2013 will provide a unique opportunity to explore the global interdependency of health information at a federated international meeting incorporating the Annual … Continue reading →

Computers In Libraries Conference 2012 Mar. 21, – Mar. 23, 2012 Location: Hilton Washington 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington DC Washington DC Creating Innovative Libraries Creating Innovative Libraries is what librarians, systems and information professionals, and teams of other partners … Continue reading →