[Mla-cds] MLA 2006 and CDS members

[Ramune Kubilius]

Hi all,

If you were in Phoenix at the 2006 MLA conference (some of you may not even 
be back at work), you'll know that all of us raced around, trying to 
balance our loyalties to sections and colleagues, against desires to attend 
various sessions and get in some exhibit hall time....So many conflicting 
and competing events from which to choose! 2006 meeting organization and 
planning aims were achieved if we were tantalized by so many program 
events--2006 National Program Committee cochair was CDS member Jim Shedlock.

Happy 20th anniversary, CDS! During our Collection Development Section 
business meeting, although officers introduced themselves, sorry to say, we 
didn't remember to invite attendees to go around to introduce themselves. 
If any of our new CDS members / first timer MLA attendees were there, I 
hope you enjoyed the food, and learned a bit about our section as picked up 
some collection research project ideas from the presentations after the 
business meeting. Welcome new and returning members to the section and 
please answer the forthcoming calls for participation in the section's 
various committees and projects throughout the year. (The two presentation 
speakers-CDS member Locke Morrisey, Jaime Friel Blanck, and Deb Silverman 
indicated that their projects are still in progress and articles will be 
forthcoming--journals to be decided.)

We're looking forward to the very spiffy new look for our section Web site 
that Karen Fischer will be "releasing" at the end of June, I believe. The 
main url will remain: http://colldev.mlanet.org/. The new CDS brochure will 
be linked from this "new and improved" site (in the category "About the 
Section").  The CDS brochure was distributed to attendees at the CDS 
business meeting and was displayed at the MLA Section Council information 
table. Section officers took it along to distribute at the First Timers / 
New Members breakfast, the MLA Membership Committee meeting, the Networking 
Lunch with Sections...If anyone would like to receive a paper brochure copy 
(or several copies) via snail mail, please let me know.

Last but not least, feel free to visit the site of the winner of the 2006 
Daniel T. Richards Prize in Collection Development, Medical Library 
Association, go to: 
http://www.alz.org/Resources/Resources/rtrlcorelist.asp, "Core Videos in 
Dementia". CDS member and Alzhemier's Association Green-Field Library 
Director, Pat Pinkowski, had initially encouraged her staff to submit their 
project for consideration by the awards committee, and she accepted the 
award they ultimately won, on her staff's behalf, at the CDS Business 
Meeting. (Eventually, that award winning site, too, will be linked from our 
CDS Web site, "Resources List" section.)

Enjoy!

Ramune Kubilius
Galter Health Sciences Library
Northwestern University
& CDS membership chair