Collection Development Section

Medical Library Association

Developments, v.21, no.1/2 (Spring 2009)

Message from the Chair
Message from the Chair-Elect /Program Committee Chair
CDS Election Results
CDS Members Receiving Travel Awards to MLA
Thanks to CDS Committee Members
Daniel T. Richards Prize to be Awarded
MLA in 2010
Charleston Conference 2009: A Whole Lotta Changin' Going On
Business Meeting Minutes, May 19, 2008
Annual MLA Collection Development Section Financial Report for 2008
Section Officers 2008-09

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Message from the Chair

Credit and housing crises, layoffs and furloughs, and now the Swine (H1N1) Flu. We live in interesting times, don’t we? Some of us are preparing to head to MLA in Honolulu (often with less help with the expenses than we previously expected), some don’t have the money or time to go, and, sadly, some may have been laid off from their jobs.

A pleasant part of the responsibilities of the CDS Chair is the opportunity to help MLA identify good people for various committee and other assignments. Karen Albert, chair of MLA's newly formed Ad Hoc Committee for Advocating Scholarly Communication, contacted me. She and a committee subgroup are planning to research the impact of the NIH Public Access Policy on journal subscription cancellations by medical libraries: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#a1 . This group will develop a plan, look at current data to establish a baseline, and survey librarians. CDS members Susan Kendall, Liz Lorbeer, and Rachel Resnick volunteered for and are serving with this group.

MLA President-elect Connie Schardt asked me for a recommendation for a new Allied Representative for the ALA Publisher-Vendor Relations Committee. Patricia Rogers' term as the current Representative is expiring. Deb Blecic and Liz Lorbeer have been appointed for the full three year term. They will have a joint appointment to insure that at least one Representative will be able to attend the meetings.

We know that we’ll have a great meeting in Hawaii. CDS is working with other groups to sponsor a variety of interesting sessions on topics such as vendor relations, clinical and translational science, and cultural diversity. Chair-elect Sylvia McAphee provides the details in her article. To keep up with the Annual Meeting, you may want to follow the Official meeting blog at http://feeds2.feedburner.com/mla2009 and/or the MLA 2009 Twitter account at http://twitter.com/mla2009 .

If you’d like to take some general acquisitions or collections development courses from the comfort of your desk, consider ALA’s web classes at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/index.cfm .

I’d like to offer my special thanks to all the CDS officers for 2008-9. They are very important to the work of the Section and are listed later in this issue.

I hope to see you in Hawaii.

Melissa Nasea, Chair

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Message from the Chair-Elect /Program Committee Chair

I bid you greetings and warm well-wishes from Birmingham, Alabama! In less than two weeks many of us are headed for MLA 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii. I would like to personally invite you to the following Collection Development Section Programs:

1. Fusing Cultures and Diversity Awareness in Library Collections
   May 17 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pm, Hawaii Convention Center, Room 319A
   This session will consist of a guest speaker and panelists who will address collection development and outreach techniques for culturally diverse populations of students, faculty, and researchers. This session was co-sponsored with CDS by the Federal Libraries Section, African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG, Complementary and Alternative Medicine SIG, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Science Librarians SIG.
   
   
2. Technology Selection: Evolving with the Times
   May 18 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pm HCC, Room 304AB
   This session is being co-sponsored with the Educational Media and Technologies Section and will consist of a panel discussion on what factors negate purchasing various technologies and resources for our ever-changing library collections.
   
   
3. Clinical and Translational Science: Fusing Information Services with Basic Research and Clinical Application
   May 19 @ 1:00pm-2:30 pm HCC, Room 317A
   This session will consist of two guest speakers who will discuss CTS and its impact on science, research, and medical libraries and librarianship. This session is solely sponsored by the Collection Development Section.
   
   
4. Vendor Relations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
   May 20 @ 9:30 am-11:00 am HCC, Room 301A
   At this session, panelists will discuss three primary topics: (1) What to do when vendor relations break down? (2) What to do when librarians make unreasonable requests? (3) What to do to make transitions of vendor representatives as smooth as possible? In addition to these primary topics, do you have any questions you would to see addressed? If you do, please send them to me. My e-mail address is smcaphee@uab.edu.

I would also like to encourage you to attend our section’s business meeting.  It will be held on Monday, May 18 @ 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM in the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Iolani Suite 5.

Since change is always possible, please check the information at the meeting.

I look forward to seeing you all there! Aloha!

Sylvia McAphee, Collection Development Chair-Elect and Program Planner 2008-2009

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CDS Election Results

Congratulations to our newly elected section officers:

Chair-elect / 2010 Program Chair: Ramune Kubilius

Secretary / Treasurer (2009 – 2011): Karen Grigg

Congratulations to our section candidate for the 2010 MLA Nominating Committee: Lynn Fortney

Lynn Fortney, Nominating Committee Chair

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CDS Members Receiving Travel Awards to MLA

Two sets of travel awards were approved by the Section membership at the 2008 annual meeting. Based on the membership changes to Section Council and the expected high cost of attending the Hawaii meeting in Hawaii, $500.00 stipends will be provided to the CDS Chair (Melissa Nasea), Chair-Elect (Sylvia McAphee), and incoming Chair-Elect to be used for expenses associated with attending the meeting. Since incoming Chair-Elect Ramune Kubilius is unable to attend the meeting, a stipend will be provided to former chair Deb Blecic who has agreed to attend the 2010 planning meetings for Ramune.

The second set was for up to four $250 awards for CD Section members who have collection development papers or posters accepted for the Hawaii meeting. As with the officers, these awardees would use the funds for expenses associated with attending the meeting. The CD Section Travel Awards Committee managed this submission and evaluation process. The award winners were: Karen S. Grigg, Virginia Lingle, Locke Morrisey, and Rajia Tobia.

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Thanks to CDS Committee Members

CDS Awards Committee
Liz Lorbeer, Chair; Deb Blecic, Dan Doody

CDS Nominating Committee:
Lynn Fortney, Chair; Deborah Blecic, Jett McCann, Jeff Williams

CDS Travel Awards Committee
Liz Lorbeer, Chair; Sylvia McAphee, Melissa Nasea

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Daniel T. Richards Prize to be Awarded

I am pleased to announce that the winner of the Daniel T. Richards prize is Leslie Czechowski’s article "Edging toward perfection: analysis of a new approval plan in a health sciences library" in Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, 2007: 32(2):107-111
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14649055)

Ms. Czechowski will not be attending the annual MLA meeting to pick up her prize. Instead, please send congratulatory comments directly to her at lczech@pitt.edu.

Liz Lorbeer, Awards Committee Chair

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MLA in 2010

Incoming Chair-elect Ramune Kubilius is working on 2010 program. Deb Blecic will be representing Ramune at the 2010 program meetings in Honolulu.

The MLA Committee for Advocating Scholarly Communication and the MLA Collection Development Section, in cooperation with the Chicago Collaborative, have prepared a proposal for the MLA Board of Directors to offer the “Adding Value: The Changing Nature of Scholarly Communication in the Digital World” symposium in 2010. More information will be available after the Honolulu meeting.

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Charleston Conference 2009: A Whole Lotta Changin' Going On

The 29th Charleston Conference on Issues in Book and Serials Acquisitions will be held on November 4-7, 2009. Please consider submitting a proposal for a concurrent or preconference session. The traditional Health Sciences Lively Lunch, the 9th, featuring topics of interest to the biomedical community, is now being planned. More information is available at http://www.katina.info/conference/

Ramune Kubilius

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Collection Development Section
Medical Library Association
Business Meeting Minutes
Chicago, Illinois
Monday, May 19, 2008

 Section Chair Lynn Fortney called the meeting to order at 4:40 p.m. She welcomed attendees to the Section’s 22nd annual business meeting.

REPORTS FROM OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Awards: Lynn Fortney for Suzanne Crow

Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences:  Grey Literature Report, New York Academy of Medicine

Daniel T. Richards Prize: Presented to Laurie Thompson and Mary Lou Higa for their book chapter, Journal collection development: challenges, issues, and strategies. In: Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship. Edited by Sandra Wood. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2007: 69-96.

Lynn shared their biographical information and highlighted these collection development accomplishments. 

Secretary/ Treasurer: Lynda Hartel
The Section's 2007 Business Meeting minutes and the 2007 financial report were distributed.  Both documents were approved.  The Section's current balance is $20,381.

Program Committee: Melissa Nasea
Melissa reported on the Section’s participation in three programs at this meeting, including the coordination of the well-attended “Bridging the Library Ethics Gap” session.  More than 70 people attended this program, including the incoming MLA President, Mary Ryan.  Lynn thanked Melissa for her work on all the programs.

Nominating Committee: Lynn Fortney for Liz Lorbeer
Lynn thanked the Section Nominating Committee for their time/efforts.  She congratulated the new officers:  Sylvia McAphee, Chair-Elect; and Virginia Lingle, MLA Nominating Committee Candidate. Voting response was high, over 100 responses.

Bylaws Committee: Lynn Fortney for Liz Lorbeer
There were no changes to the bylaws this year, no report.

Web Site Content Committee: Lynn Fortney for Jeff Williams
Karen Fischer, Web Site Editor, has moved on to a non-health sciences library and has resigned her position.  Jeff Williams is willing to move to the Web Site Editor position to maintain the site.  The group thanked Jeff for his interest in taking on this role.

Continuing Education Committee: Kathel Dunn
Kathel Dunn was absent, no report.

Membership Committee:  Susan Kendall
Susan reported that the Section membership has increased to 260 members.

Section Council Representative: Deb Blecic
Deb reported: 1) the Section Shuffle was a success.  Members can start thinking now about booth activities and materials for next year.  2) Members are asked to make suggestions regarding possible AHIP points for CD Section activities.  Additionally, Deb and Ramune Kubilius, recently elected Section Council Rep, discussed the possible changes to the composition of Section Council.  Should pending MLA bylaws changes be approved, the structure would change from a representative and representative-elect model to a Council that is composed of section chairs and section immediate past chairs.

Governmental Relations Committee Liaison: Julie Schneider
Julie Schneider was absent, no report.

Newsletter Editor:  Jeff Coghill
Jeff discussed the pros/cons of moving the newsletter to a blog format.  Some members voiced concerns.  Jeff will investigate options and report back to Section members via email.

NEW BUSINESS

Thank you to Chairs, Committee Members, and New Officers:  Lynn Fortney
Lynn thanked the new officers, Committee Chairs and members, and other volunteers who make the Section work.  Lynn noted that there will need to be a special election this year to elect a new Secretary/Treasurer as Lynda Hartel has completed her fourth year in the office.  Deb Blecic indicated her willingness to have her name placed on the ballot. 

Notable retirements: Lynn Fortney
Lynn recognized the achievements of several active Section members who either recently retired or plan to retire over the summer.  Retirees included:  JoAnne Boorkman, Carolyn Kopper, and Diane McKenzie. 

Program plans for 2009 in Hawaii: Sylvia McAphee
Sylvia called for suggestions from members regarding program topics for the 2009 meeting.  Several topics were suggested:  1) usage analysis 2) partnering with vendors 3) variety of resource pricing models 4) CTSA collections 5) eScience/data access 6) supporting interdisciplinary research.  Sylvia will keep us informed about programs via the Section email discussion list.

Proposal to move from Web Content Committee to more general Communications Committee: Lynn Fortney
Lynn proposed broadening the scope of the Web Content Committee to include all areas of Section communication-more of an oversight committee for all forms of communication.  After discussion, this proposal was moved and approved by the attendees.  Committee members will include Jeff Williams, Web Site Editor, and Jeff Coghill, Newsletter Editor. 

Special funding for MLA ’09 in Hawaii:  Lynn Fortney
Based on the proposed membership changes to Section Council and the expected high cost of attending the next meeting in Hawaii, CD Section officers proposed several special funding opportunities.  It was proposed and approved by the CDS membership that $500.00 stipends be provided to the Chair (Melissa Nasea), Chair-Elect (Sylvia McAphee), and incoming Chair-Elect (to be elected) of the CD Section to be used for travel/registration/lodging associated with the meeting. 

It was also proposed and approved to provide up to four $250 awards to CD Section members who have collection development papers or posters accepted for the Hawaii meeting. As with the officers, these awardees would use the funds to support travel/registration/lodging associated with the meeting.  The CD Section Awards Committee will manage this submission and evaluation process.

Chair’s objectives for ’08-09:  Melissa Nasea
Melissa offered her interest in putting Web 2.0 tools to use for the Section.  Attendees discussed the possibility of changing the Section’s newsletter, “Developments,” to a blog format.  Melissa will explore this with Communications Committee members.  Additionally, Melissa asked attendees for possible symposium topics for the 2010 annual meeting in Washington.  After discussion, “return on investment” emerged as a favored topic for a one-half day symposium. 

The business meeting was adjourned at 6pm.

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Annual MLA Collection Development Section Financial Report for 2008
March 13, 2009

Description	Amounts
Beginning Balances at January 1
Checking Account	282
Savings and other bank accounts	20,099
Total Beginning Balances from all sources	20,381
Income and other cash received during the year
Membership Dues	1,559
Interest and investment income	25
Other cash receipts (describe below)
Royalties from Collection Development DocKit	34
2007 Symposium Profits	2,366
Total income & cash received during the year	3,984
Disbursements & expenses paid during the year
Meeting food and beverages	683
Awards and scholarships	500
Contributions and donations paid by the section	1,100
Total Disbursements & expenses	2,283
Total New Revenue/(loss) for the year	1,701
Year-end ending balances at December 31
Checking Account	1,957
Savings and other bank accounts	20,123
Total ending balances	22,080

2008 Appendix:

Award:  Richards Prize awarded to Laurie Thompson and M.L. Higa
($250/each for total $500 award)

Contributions:  $1000.00 for Lindberg Endowment; $100.00 for Section Shuffle

Lynda Hartel, Secretary/Treasurer

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Section Officers 2008-09

Title	Name	Term	Email
Chair	Melissa Nasea	5/08-5/09	naseam@ecu.edu
Chair-Elect	Sylvia McAphee	5/08-5/09	smcaphee@uab.edu
Immediate Past Chair	Lynn Fortney	5/08-5/09	lynnf@ebsco.com
Secretary/Treasurer	Lynda Hartel	5/08-5/09	hartel.642@osu.edu
Section Council Rep (until 12/31/08)	Ramune Kubilius	5/08-5/09	r-kubilius@northwestern.edu
Newsletter Editor	Jeff Coghill	5/08-5/09	coghillj@ecu.edu
Website Editor & Website Content Committee Chair	Jeff Williams	5/08-5/09	j12williams@ucsd.edu
Continuing Education Chair	Kathel Dunn	5/08-5/09	dunn@library.med.nyu.edu
Program Committee Chair	Sylvia McAphee	5/08-5/09	smcaphee@uab.edu
Membership Committee Chair	Susan Kendall	5/08-5/09	skendall@msu.edu
Governmental Relations Committee Liaison	Julie Schneider	5/08-5/09	jschneider@library.wisc.edu
Bylaws Committee Chair	Lynn Fortney	5/08-5/09	lynnf@ebsco.com
Nominating Committee Chair	Lynn Fortney	5/08-5/09	lynnf@ebsco.com
Listserv Moderator	Elizabeth Lorbeer	5/08-5/09	lorbeer@uab.edu
Awards Committee Chair	Elizabeth Lorbeer	5/08-5/09	lorbeer@uab.edu