All MLA sections will be migrated to a new platform by the end of 2015. PSS is scheduled to be moved in December. At this time, we are reviewing the current site to see what can be deleted and what needs to be added. Pleased contact web editor, Trish Duffel (trish-duffel@uiowa.edu) with ideas for materials you would like to be considered for the new site.
Section program: 27
Cosponsors: History of the Health Sciences Section, Technical Services Section, Medical Informatics Section, Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG
Program contact: Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP
Program format: Contributed
Description: Do you have to be a librarian to work in a library? We think not…and many libraries are proving the point by recruiting scientists, statisticians, grant-writers, archivists, historians, informaticians, programmers, and others onto the library team. This session is designed to provide a breadth of views on how nonlibrarians are adding value to libraries and the communities we serve. We are interested in hearing about nonlibrarians providing public service of any kind.
Section program: 28
Cosponsors: Educational Media and Technologies Section, Libraries in Curriculum SIG, Medical Library Education Section
Program contact: Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP
Program format: Contributed
Description: In today’s world, librarians must remain pertinent to their campuses or organizations. How are librarians working with their campuses’ teaching and learning scholarly community to improve graduate and undergraduate education? Are we still teaching our faculty and students like it’s 1999? Where does instructional design fit into this picture? How can we improve our own teaching and work with faculty to add to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL)? Topics of interest include adult learners, SOTL, and instructional design.
Section program: 20
Cosponsors: Public Services Section, Educational Media and Technologies Section, Collection Development Section, Public Health/Health Administration Section, Libraries in Curriculum SIG, Osteopathic Libraries SIG
Program contact: Kelly Gonzalez, AHIP
Program format: Contributed
Description: TBA
Section program: 24
Co-sponsors: Public Services Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Librarians SIG, Federal Libraries Section, Osteopathic Libraries SIG
Program contact: Skye Bickett, AHIP
Program format:Invited speaker
Description: LibGuides, Twitter, discovery tools, federated searches, and more exist for encouraging use of your electronic resources. Still, some of our patrons prefer to have a print book, and others want to gaze at the skeletal models. What do you use to market both online and physical resources at your library? What recommendations do you have for promoting availability and providing seamless access for both your physical and online resources?
Section program: 17
Cosponsors: Hospital Libraries Section, Corporate Information Services Section, Public Services Section, Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG
Program contact: Nancy Tannery
Program format:Contributed
Description: There are many ways that we can be leaders in areas such as education, clinical care, research, ethics, informatics, or public health. Through this program, librarians will share their leadership experiences in their libraries or as partners in their institutions.
In case you’re wondering what we’ve done in the past, here’s a sampling from MLA’14
Public Services Section Section Business Meeting
Monday, May 19, 2014, 4:30- 5:55 PM
Location: Buckingham, Bronze Level, West Tower (Hyatt Regency Hotel)
PSS Section Poster Presentation
Sunday, May 18th from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbus Foyer, Gold Level, East Tower
Public Services Section (PSS) is co-sponsoring these sessions at MLA ’14
Information Building Blocks: Open Data Initiatives and Trends
Sunday, May 18, 2014, 4:35-5:55 PM
Location: Columbus AB, Gold Level, East Tower
Section Program: 19
Lead Sponsor: Medical Informatics Section
Cosponsors: Public Services Section, Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG
Program format: Invited speakers and/or contributed paper
Description: More data are being generated than ever before. Data are fast becoming the backbone for research and scientific breakthroughs. Finding ways to leverage the use of data across disciplines and programs through open data initiatives that promote the reuse of data for a variety of research goals is an important step toward the discovery of new innovations. HealthData.gov and other projects are making open data trends more commonplace in health sciences research. Health sciences librarians play an important role in organizing and curating data. Librarians also play a vital role in promoting open data initiatives and projects. This session will focus on the roles that librarians play in open data initiatives at their respective institutions.
Librarian’s Role in the Translational Science Research Team
Monday, May 19, 2:05-3:20 PM
Location: Columbus KL, Gold Level, East Tower
Section Program: 20
Lead Sponsor: Medical Informatics Section.
Cosponsors: Public Services Section, Corporate Information Services Section, Translational Sciences Collaboration SIG, Libraries in Curriculum SIG
Program format: Presentation and discussion panel: invited speakers and contributed papers
Description: A librarian’s research expertise and knowledge of academic information resources are valuable input elements for the success of translational medical research. This session is focused on the role of medical librarians in their support of translational science research, their engagement in the development of translational interdisciplinary collaborative partnerships, their involvement in the education of translational scientists, and their function in bridging science and the community.
Building Allies: Supporting the Allied Health Professionals
Monday, May 19, 2:05-3:20 PM
Location: Columbus CD, Gold Level, East Tower
Section Program: 23
Cosponsors: Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Federal Libraries Section, Public Services Section, Department of Veterans Affairs Librarians SIG, Health Disparities SIG
Program format: Contributed papers
Description: Allied health professionals are our allies in “Building Our Information Future,” whether they work in hospitals, allied health schools, or community practice settings. Often busy librarians, especially those in hospitals or medical schools, find that physicians, nurses, residents, and students place a greater demand on their time and resources, yet the needs of the allied health professionals must also be supported. This program will explore ways that librarians support allied health professionals, schools, and students and meet their informational needs.
Protecting Patron Privacy in the Era of Surveillance
Tuesday, May 20, 2:05-4:35 PM
Location: Columbus EF, Gold Level, East Tower
Section Program: 29
Cosponsors: Public Services Section; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Sciences Librarians SIG
Program format: Contributed papers
Description: This session will examine current events and concerns related to surveillance programs and aspects of protecting sensitive data (research, patron, and other), especially for vulnerable populations.
MLA Annual Meeting Travel Stipend
The Public Services section offers one $500 travel stipend for the annual MLA meeting this year in Chicago. You must be a current member of PSS to apply. Applications must be received by March 15th and all applicants will be notified by the end of March 2016.
Our last meeting was in MLA ’13 in Boston
The Public Services Section business meeting took place on Tuesday, May 7
PSS sponsored Integrating Our Expertise: Engaging Our Partners in Resources at the Bench or at the Point of Care. A contributed paper session on Monday, May 6, Papers included:
PSS also co-sponsored two paper sessions.
International Clinical Librarian Conference 1: Quality Assurance for Clinical Librarians, Informationists, and Embedded Librarians, co-sponsored by Corporate Information Services Section and PSS and held Monday, May 6,. Papers in this session:
Librarians at Work: Building a One Health Perspective sponsored by the Veterinary Medical Libraries Section, and cosponsored by Public Services Section, African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG, Institutional Animal Care and Use SIG, Library Marketing SIG, and New Members SIG. This session was on Tuesday, May 7, Papers include:
Last fall changes to MLA’s Model Bylaws for Use by Sections were approved. Accordingly, the PSS Bylaws Committee, with input from the PSS Board, prepared a draft revision of our section’s bylaws that conform to the new model bylaws.
The changes in the proposed revision relates to Article III, Section 2 A: Rights and Privileges; Article IV, Section 5 A: Candidate for the MLA Nominating Committee Membership; and Article X: Amendment of Bylaws. The proposed revision, if approved, will (finally!) allow voting on the section bylaws amendments electronically.
Recently our proposed revision was approved by the MLA Bylaws Committee. With the MLA Bylaws Committee’s blessing the proposed revision can now be distributed to the section membership for your review.
Here is the existing wording for Article III, Section 2 A in our current bylaws:
Voting members of this Section shall consist of all members, except that only Voting Members of the Medical Library Association shall be qualified to move or to vote on recommendations to the Section Council regarding MLA policies or actions.
…and here is the proposed revision:
Voting members of this Section shall consist of all members, except that only Voting Members of the Medical Library Association shall be qualified to move or to vote on recommendations to the Section Council regarding MLA policies or actions, and to vote on the selection of a candidate for the MLA Nominating Committee.
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Here is the existing wording for Article IV, Section 5 A in our current bylaws:
The name of the one voting member of the Medical Library Association, chosen by the Section Chair, shall be submitted each year to the Section Council as a potential candidate for membership on the MLA Nominating Committee. This submission shall be made to the Council (before its final assembly at the MLA Annual Meeting). The potential candidate shall prepare a biographical statement and a signed statement of willingness-to-serve if elected as a member of the MLA Nominating Committee. This statement shall accompany the name submitted.
And here is the proposed revision:
The name of the one voting member of the Medical Library Association, chosen by the Section Chair election, shall be submitted each year to the Section Council as a potential candidate for membership on the MLA Nominating Committee. This submission shall be made to the Council (before its final assembly at the MLA Annual Meeting). The potential candidate shall prepare a biographical statement and a signed statement of willingness-to-serve if elected as a member of the MLA Nominating Committee. This statement shall accompany the name submitted.
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Here is the existing wording for Article X. in our current bylaws:
These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Section by a two-thirds vote of those attending, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing to the membership at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting at which the vote shall be taken.
…and here is the proposed revision:
These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Section by a two-thirds vote of those attending ballots cast, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing to the membership at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting at which the vote shall be taken vote being taken.
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In accordance with procedures spelled out in our current bylaws the bylaws may be amended at any regular business meeting of the section provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing to the membership at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting at which the vote is taken. An email has been sent to all members which constitutes that submission. Let PSS President Mary Markland and me know if you have any questions concerning the proposed revision.
A vote on amending the bylaws will be one of the agenda items at the PSS business meeting that will be held at the Minneapolis MLA Annual Meeting. If the above proposed bylaws amendment is approved at that meeting, future votes on section bylaws amendments will be able to be conducted electronically.
Best regards,
Montie’ Dobbins
Chair, PSS Bylaws Committee
P.S. PSS’s current bylaws can be found here.
