Tell us briefly about the purpose and/or background of your SIG.
The African American Medical Librarian’s Alliance (AAMLA) SIG is committed to providing leadership and support on issues such as recruiting and retaining diverse librarians, developing mentoring and leadership for minority librarians, and creating a repository of information on the expert skills and special abilities of minority librarians in MLA, particularly those of African American descent.

Do you have a website? a list-serv? or other means of communication?
The AAMLA web site is available on mlanet. AAMLA members engage in lively discussions and exchange information via the AAMLA listserv. Please subscribe online on the AAMLA web site.

Will you be meeting at MLA? If so, when? and what is on your agenda? Is the meeting open to non-members?
AAMLA is meetings and co-sponsored programs at the Annual meeting, visit our events calendar.

The Official AAMLA Business Meeting will be held on Monday, May19th from 7:00am-9:00am in the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Acapulco room.

Is there anything else about your SIG that you’d like to share with MLA blog readers?
AAMLA is co-sponsoring three exciting events at the 2008 Annual Meeting:

Connecting the Dots: Strategies for Building a Portable Career (Leadership, Networking, Professional Development & Career Building and Career Reinvention) and Speed Mentoring.
Date: Monday, May 19th
Time: 2:00-3:00PM
Location: Hyatt Regency Columbus IJ.
(You can read a description on this post from the session co-sponsor, the New Members SIG; be sure to register online)

Opening Doors: The African American Connection in Medical Librarianship
 Date: Sunday, May 18th
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 PM
Room: Columbus GH.

Health Disparities: Bridge, Gap, or Chasm?
 Date: Monday, May 19th
Time: 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Room: Columbus CD.

[Complete abstracts are available in the online program].

- Shannon Jones