Our 2023 NCNMLG Ballot is available. The ballot closes on Tuesday, March 28th at 6pm PST. The ballot is open to all current members in NCNMLG.

New for this year: You will need to sign in to your NCNMLG/WildApricot account. Because we are now using WildApricot to administer elections, ballot access is tied to your account. You can reset your password if you forgot it.  [If you don’t know which email is associated with your account, please refer to the NCNMLG Listserv email from Daina Dickman on 3/13 with information about how to contact support for accessing WildApricot.]

– Originally shared by Daina Dickman

Registration for the upcoming MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Spring Symposium is open! Members can register for free; guests can register for $10.

This virtual event will be held on Thursday, March 09, 2023, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM (MST) / 9:30AM – 4:00 PM (PST)

Topic: Shifting the Shelves: Collaborating Between Libraries

Event will include Speaker(s), Lightning Talks, Round Tables, social time, and door prizes.

Register by Feb. 28, 2023: Information and Registration

NCNMLG will be holding a Virtual Happy Hour immediately following the Symposium (on 3/9/23 at 4:00pm PST). Zoom meeting details will be sent via the NCNMLG Listserv.

— Flyer created by Tenisha Jones

There are only a couple of weeks left to register for this exciting symposium!  NCNMLG is planning a virtual happy hour for members to connect — more details about that to come soon.

Registration for the upcoming MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Spring Symposium is open! Members can register for free; guests can register for $10.

This virtual event will be held on Thursday, March 09, 2023, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM (MST) / 9:30AM – 4:00 PM (PST)

Topic: Shifting the Shelves: Collaborating Between Libraries

Focusing on collaboration and exchange of ideas between librarians of different library types, careers, stages, cultures, backgrounds, etc. with a strong focus on working together and projects to help librarians help each other.

Event will include Speaker(s), Lightning Talks, Round Tables, social time, and door prizes.

Register by Feb. 28, 2023: Information and Registration

— Submitted by Sara Pimental

Aidy Weeks, NCNMLG member and 2021 MLA Erich Meyerhoff Prize winner for her history of medicine essay has been published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA). “Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall” is now freely available online. Ms. Weeks has written an impactful essay that uses a critical race theory lens to examine scholarly works and publicly-recorded statements by the longest-serving president of MLA, Mary Louise Marshall, on integration within the profession. This important work should be on every health sciences or medical librarian’s to-be-read list and NCNMLG is proud to recognize our colleague’s achievement and contribution to the profession.

Weeks A. Proving the proverbial gadfly: situating the historical and racial context of Southern medical works by Mary Louise Marshall. J Med Libr Assoc. 2021;109(4):528-539. doi:10.5195/jmla.2021.1261

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— Submitted by Katie Houk

Greetings health sciences librarians,

As a fellow of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Research Training Institute (RTI) 2019 cohort, I am researching community college health sciences librarians’ perceptions of Medical Library Association (MLA) competency skills.

The data will be used to fill a gap in the literature about how health sciences community college librarians develop librarianship competencies as defined by the Medical Library Association Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success and will identify any barriers encountered that impede their development. Learning this may help MLA improve its educational offerings, outreach, and value to community college librarians – a traditionally understudied community of health sciences librarians.

The survey should take you approximately 10 – 15 minutes to complete, with a final submission date of January 31, 2020.  Responses will be completely anonymous, as I am not collecting any personally- or institutionally- identifying data, nor will I analyze or report data in any way that might compromise individual identity.

If you are a community college health sciences librarian, please take the survey now:   https://wccnet.libwizard.com/f/CC_Health_Sciences_Librarians

Thank you in advance for your participation!  If you have questions about the survey, please contact Sandy McCarthy, lead researcher, at mccarthy@wccnet.edu The survey received IRB approval.

Sandy C. McCarthy
Faculty Librarian
Baily Library
Washtenaw Community College
4800 E. Huron River Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-677-5293
mccarthy@wccnet.edu