Tue 20 May 2008
MLA ’08 Community Service Projects: Thank You Volunteers
Posted by LAC Publicity Subcommittee under Annual Meeting, Volunteer
On behalf of everyone on the National Planning Committee ’08, thank you for volunteering for the first annual community service events! We also want to thank the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region, Rush University, and the Medical Library Association (MLA) for their generous contributions.
We had 15 health sciences librarians and 10 public librarians from the south side of Chicago participate in the Each One Teach One event on Friday, May 16th at the Wrightwood-Ashburn branch of the Chicago Public Library. Medical librarians shared their favorite health information websites or latest outreach projects. Public librarians shared their strategies on thinking outside the box for outreach to their communities. We believe that our event can be a model for future cross-reach collaboration, creating partnerships between medical and public librarians.
The Rush University Free Health Fair: Spring into Health and Fitness took place on Saturday, May 17th, at the Chicago Christian Industrial League with 24 health sciences librarians working as volunteers. Some volunteers staffed the MLA table conducting literature searches and giving away pens and brochures while others assisted at the Fair’s book drive and information or interpreters desks.
These community outreach events are the first to be held at an MLA annual meeting and we greatly appreciate your help in making them successful!
If you would like to participate in future community service projects for the 2009 conference, please write this in the online MLA evaluation form.
Each One Teach One participants
Rhonda Allard
Ene Belleh
Ulrike Dieterle
Ruth Fenske
Laurel Graham
Carol Hartmann
Lisa Jacob
Deborah Jameson
Andrea Lynch
Tammy Mays
Patricia Mongelia
Diane Nordeng
Linda Robinson
Faye Williams
Health Fair participants
Margaret Alexander
Wanda Anderson
Judi Bergjord
Sharon Brown
Kristina Flora
Christine Franks
Samanthi Hewakapuge
Kristine Hughes
Deborah Jameson
Shannon Jones
Ellen Justice
Darlene Kelly
Heather Kish
Tammy Mays
Sarah McCord
Ivonne Martinez
Vijay Padwal
JoAnn Sparks
Erin Stuart
Karla Van Kessel
Sandra Wenner
Ely Whitaker
Faye Williams
Thank you supporting MLA!
Tammy Mays and Deborah Jameson
Community Outreach Chairs, 2008 MLA NPC
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May 21st, 2008 at 11:35 am
“Just call them!” “Just connect with them!” These are some of the things that Chicago public librarians said to the group of us who met with them on Thursday. Great advice…and is a perfect match to our conference’s theme this year.
I look forward to seeing future Community Service Programs as a regular part of annual meetings. This gives us an opportunity to perform an advocacy push in the conference city.
I found it exciting to speak with a group that I wouldn’t be able to pull together at my institution or location (Los Angeles, CA). Hearing ideas and programs that our public librarians are making a reality gave me ideas on how I can collaborate with the local public library branch near my institution.