Message from the Chair Janet Fisher Volume 18, Number 1&2 ......Charleston, SC [email protected] [email protected] Chapter Council Rep Sarah Gable School of Medicine Library University

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Next reporting deadline June 15th, 2002

Next Publication DateJuly 15th, 2002

In This Issue:

Annual Meetings.................10,24

Around the South.................5,6,7 8,11,13,14,18,19

Chapter Council News................9

Committee Reports....................16

Honors and Awards.............3,6,21

Job Announcements.................23

Message from the Chair..............1

Obituaries...................................23

Personals.....................................22

Publication Schedule..........below

Research Spotlight........... ........15

Southern Chapterhttp://www.scmla.org

Volume 18, Number 1&2Winter/Spring 2002

Message from the ChairJanet Fisher

Wading against the current in the stream of consciousness…

This column started out as an update on the current concerns among ourlibrary associations about preparing librarians for leadership roles in ourconstantly changing world and the importance of nurturing and mentoringthese librarians or informationists of the future, with the title, Leadership &Mentoring. Along the way, I found I was boring myself—surely you, thereader, would have the same reaction, so I took a break and walkeddown the hall to talk to a neighbor. “I saw you on TV last night”, said she,“and I think the library’s consumer health information service is great, butI wonder why nurses are usually the experts who are asked to teachhealth issues”. She continued, “I’m a health educator and I’m trained toteach about health subjects.” I had to admit that I had hired a nurse educatorand was guilty of rarely thinking of health educators at all. We moved onto alternative medicine topics, local individuals who are experts in thatarea, where she could find the literature of alternative medicine, and thento my need to complete a column that wasn’t going very well. She said,“Why don’t you write about leadership and stress? You look prettystressed. Better yet, why don’t you write about leadership and laughter?That’s a stress buster!”

So here I am embarking on a story abouta mentor for hundreds of local people.Aunt Donna Netherland lives in a smalltown a few miles away and celebrated her97th birthday in January. She taught thefirst grade at West Side Elementary Schoolin Elizabethton for 40 years. She isn’t ablood relative. I, among many, haveadopted her as my Aunt Donna. AuntDonna has a story for every occasion andis usually the center of attention wherevershe goes. She can charm anyone and getthe best place or product available inrestaurants, hotels, stores, theaters, andeven get her way with traffic cops, university

Aunt Donna Netherland

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ELECTED OFFICIALSChairJanet FisherQuillen College of Medicine LibraryEast Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, [email protected]

Chair-Elect/Program ChairJocelyn A. RankinCDC Information CenterCenters for Disease Control andPreventionAtlanta, [email protected]

Secretary/TreasurerJack T. SmithLister Hill Library of the Health SciencesUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, [email protected]

Past Chair/Nominating ChairLynn FortneyEBSCO Information ServicesBirmingham, [email protected]

MLA Nomin Comm CandidateThomas BaslerMedical University of South CarolinaCharleston, [email protected]@uab.edu

Chapter Council RepSarah GableSchool of Medicine LibraryUniversity of South CarolinaColumbia, [email protected]

Chapter Council AlternateJan LaBeauseMedicine Library/LRCMercer University School of MedicineMacon, [email protected]

APPOINTED OFFICIALSArchivistMary LynchHealth Sciences Center LibraryEmory University School of MedicineAtlanta, [email protected]

Benchmarking EducatorLinda Garr MarkwellGrady Branch LibraryEmory University School of MedicineAtlanta, [email protected]

is published quarterly by the SouthernChapter of the Medical Library Associa-tion, Inc., a 501c3 organization. Pleasesend contributions to the editors:

Kay Hogan SmithLister Hill LibraryUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham1700 University Blvd.Birmingham, AL 35294-0013Voice:205-934-2230Fax:[email protected]

Sondra PfeifferLister Hill LibraryUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham1700 University Blvd.Birmingham, AL 35294-0013Voice:205-934-2230Fax: [email protected]

Content policy for Southern ExpressionsStatements and opinions expressed inSouthern Expressions do not necessarilyrepresent the official position of its co-editors or the Southern Chapter of theMedical Library Association. Contributionsmay be edited for brevity, clarity, orconformity to style. Final decision on thecontent of Southern Expressions shall beleft to the discretion of the co-Editors withthe advice of the CommunicationsCommittee of the Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association.

Professional DevelopmentSandra MartinEskind Biomedical LibraryVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, [email protected]

Public RelationsJane BridgesMemorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, [email protected]

ResearchHelvi McCallRowland Medical LibraryUniversity of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, [email protected]

Strategic PlanningTom SingarellaHealth Sciences Library & BiocommunicationsCenterUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, [email protected]

Southern ExpressionsNewsletter of the Southern Chapter / Medical

Library Association

BookkeeperMarilee CreelanGreenblatt LibraryMedical College of GeorgiaAugusta, [email protected]

HistorianT. Mark HodgesNashville, [email protected]

MLA Credentialing LiaisonSandra FranklinHealth Sciences Center LibraryEmory University School of MedicineAtlanta, [email protected]

ParliamentarianDanny O’NealHealth Sciences Center LibraryUniversity of South FloridaTampa, [email protected]

Southern Expressions Co-EditorsKay Hogan SmithLister Hill Library of the Health SciencesUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, [email protected]

Sondra PfeifferLister Hill Library of the Health SciencesUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, [email protected]

SoChap-L ModeratorNelle WilliamsHealth Sciences LibraryUniversity of AlabamaTuscaloosa, [email protected]

Web Site CoordinatorPat HigginbottomLister Hill Library of the Health SciencesUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRSBylawsLois BellamyHealth Sciences LibraryUniversity of Tennessee, MemphisMemphis, [email protected]

CommunicationsLynette RalphLibraryGeorgia Baptist college of Nursig of Mercer UniversityAtlanta, [email protected]

Governmental RelationsConnie MachadoRowland Medical LibraryUniversity of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, [email protected]

History of the Southern ChapterTom WilliamsBaugh Biomedical LibraryUniversity of South FloridaMobile, [email protected]

Honors & AwardsSusan SeligHealth Sciences LibraryUniversity of Tennessee, MemphisMemphis, [email protected]

Hospital LibrariesThomas HillMedical Library/Self Memorial HospitalGreenwood, [email protected]

MembershipMarian MorrisMcMahon Sibley Medical LibraryPrinceton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, [email protected]

Membership Database ManagerLinda FlavinBirmingham, [email protected]

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Honors and AwardsHonors and AwardsHonors and AwardsHonors and AwardsHonors and Awards

Judy Burnham, Senior Librarian at the University of South AlabamaBiomedical Library in Mobile, has been awarded the Academic Librarian ofthe Year honor by the Southern Chapter. This award honors a professionallibrarian at mid-career who has distinguished accomplishments and showspromise for ongoing contributions to the profession. The Southern Chapternominates this award for MLA’s Estelle Broadman Award.

A Distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, Judy has served in severaloffices of the MLA Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section, including chair, as well as a number ofSouthern Chapter Committees. She has published and presented numerous research studies, many dealingwith her primary research population, physical therapists. She was also instrumental in bringing about thepublication of a collective work of Alabama information professionals, Access to Medical Informatics forContinuing Medical Education (Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, 2000), which she also edited.Judy was also recently awarded the MLA Ida and George Eliot Prize for a published work.

Judy Burnham

Receives Academic Librarian of the Year Award

Burnham

Submitted by Kay Hogan Smith

Thank You!Thank You!Thank You!Thank You!Thank You!

What an honor it was to receive the Academic MedicalLibrarian of the Year Award from the SC/MLA! To berecognized by your peers is very humbling especially whenyour peers are the caliber of librarians found in theSC/MLA. I am very thankful that the Lord has blesssed mewith many mentors, both professionally and personally thathave helped me in my life. I would like to give a specialthanks to Jie Li and Tom Williams for their confidence inmaking the nomination.

Judy Burnham

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professors, judges and doctors.

Aunt Donna was one of the early students at EastTennessee Normal School. She still attends classesat East Tennessee State University. She especiallyenjoys the Institute for Continued Learning, a six-week series of lectures on an array of topics, earningthe honor of being ETSU’s Adult Learner of the Yearin 1999. Still driving a white Chevrolet to campus atabout the age of 93, Aunt Donna arrived one stormy,snowy morning to find the campus empty, classeshaving been canceled. ThePresident of the university wasso charmed by this tale of AuntDonna’s determination, amongmany other tales, that hepersuaded her to be theconvocation speaker for theClass of ’99. There she stoodin her cap and gown behind thelectern and before a couple of thousand peoplerelating what campus life was like in the 1920’s.

On a cool day in May 2000, Aunt Donna fell ontothe hard tile of her bathroom floor and suffered abroken hip. She remained there for five days beforebeing rescued. Her extended family gathered aroundher hospital bed, for she surely could not survive thisone last trauma. These days, she drives a three-wheelwalker purchased by her Sunday School class,complete with a basket for her purse, and a horn.She attends church every Sunday and still attends

every Institute class. Name a topic; she has anopinion.

No matter what our library specialty, people alwaysexpect librarians to be avid readers of the latest andbest literature. “Have you read…? Will you give abook review on …? Aunt Donna is one of the bestread friends I have. She does give book reviews. Ileave her home with bags of books to read knowingthat I will be quizzed on the contents when I returnthem.

Aunt Donna exemplifiesleadership qualities; she is stilla mentor at 97. Being aleader or a mentor just comesnaturally to some people. Toothers it comes from a loveand compassion for people.For some it is just part of the

job, or the right thing to do. Maybe someone justhappened to be watching when you said somethingquotable or performed a task worthy of being copied.Leadership can be learned. As our information worldchanges so rapidly that we barely can begin to imaginethe future, our association leaders in MLA, AAHSLand SLA are on the right path in planning andpreparing the way for recruitment and training ofstrong leaders who will chart the future of informationand knowledge management. It is a gift that onegeneration gives to another.

“Aunt Donna examplifies leadership qualities; she is

still a mentor at 97.”

Continuing EducaitonContinuing EducaitonContinuing EducaitonContinuing EducaitonContinuing Educaiton

“Southern Chapter has graciously agreed to participate in beta testingof the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program, a newcontinuing education initiative aimed at providing AHIP CE creditwithout leaving home. Watch our chapter webpage and listserv for details.”

MLA’s Independent Reading Program

Submitted by Mary Fran Prottsman

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Professor Victoria Delgado Aponte has recentlybeen appointed director of the Conrado F. AsenjoLibrary. Previously, she had been working in theReference Department since 1995. At that time shewas also the Librarian in the Project Woman &Health. Congratulations!

Around the SouthAround the SouthAround the SouthAround the SouthAround the South

Elaine Bay was welcomed as the new InformationServices Librarian at Borland Health SciencesLibrary on the Jacksonville campus of the Universityof Florida’s Health Science Center. Ms. Bayreceived her MLIS from the University of NorthCarolina at Greensboro and comes to us from theJacksonville Public Library.

Nancy Schaefer and Linda Butson will be teach-ing Public Health workers in the Big Bend AHEChow to access health information on the Web onFebruary 7th and 8th. These education courses havebeen approved for CE/CME credits for healthprofessionals.

Dr. Michele Tennant, the HSC LibrariesBioInformatics Librarian, attended the SLAMidwinter Conference in Chicago fromJanuary 24th – January 25th.

Congratulations to Peggy Hsu, whose book reviewwas published in JMLA:

Hsu, PP. Natural Medicines ComprehensiveDatabase. J Med Libr Assoc.2002 Jan; 90(1):113-114.

Danny O’Neal received his Academy of HealthInformation Professionals credential as a seniormember, March 7, 2002. Congratulations!

Carmen Bou Rivera, M.S.L.S., Head, Universityof Miami Pomerance Library and co-convener ofthe MLA Mental Health Special Interest Groupinforms us that the group is co-sponsoring fourprograms during the MLA annual meeting inDallas, Texas. (1) On Sunday, May 19, 2002,4:00-5:30 P.M. during the program titled “Diversity,Demographics, and Disparities in Accessing andDelivering Health Information and Health Care: Part

Florida News

Submitted by Rae Jesano

I,” there will be several contributed papers and oneinvited speaker, Mr. Frank Sandoval,National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Santa Fe,NM, who will talk about “Mental Health Parity andDisparities among Diverse Populations.” (2) OnSunday, May 19, 2002, 4:00-5:30 P.M., during theprogram titled “Dealing with At-Risk Employees,”invited speaker Rita Handrich, Ph.D., President,RHandrichConsulting, Austin, TX, will address howto identify personnel with problems and how toassist them. (3) On Monday, May 20, 2002, 10:30AM-12:00 PM, during the program titled“Diversity, Demographics, and Disparities inAccessing and Delivering Health Information andHealth Care: Part II” several contributed/invitedpapers will be presented. (4) On Wednesday, May22, 2002, 9:00-10:30 AM, during the programtitled, “Dealing with Tough Questions,” invitedspeaker Gail M. Rink, MSW, Hospice of SantaBarbara, will share techniques for dealing withquestions on life and death issues, tough medicalchoices, and grief. All are invited to attend! Foradditional information, please visit the MH SIG Website located at http://www.miami.edu/mhsig.

News from Puerto Rico

Submitted by Carmen Santos

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Southern Chapter Libraries Participate in National R&D Initiative to Assess Quality


Associate Professor Michael Flannery of the University of Alabama at Bir-mingham has been awarded the 2001 Murray Gottlieb Prize by the MedicalLibrary Association for his essay, “The Early Botanical Movement as a Reflec-tion of Life, Liberty, and Literacy in Jacksonian America.” The MurrayGottlieb Prize is awarded annually for the best unpublished essay on the historyof medicine and allied sciences written by a health sciences librarian. TheGottlieb Prize was established in 1956 by Ralph and Jo Grimes of the OldHickory Bookshop, Brinklow, MD, in order to recognize and stimulate thehealth sciences librarians’ interest in the history of medicine. Mike’s essaycontinues the work he co-authored recently with the late Alex Berman,America’s Botanico-Medical Movements: Vox Populi (2001). That book

was among the “outstanding academic titles” selected by Choice magazine for 2001. The prize-winningessay also reflects Mike’s longstanding study of the history of literacy in America, an interest he acquiredas a student of library historian Dr. Michael H. Harris at the University of Kentucky’s School of Libraryand Information Science.

Mike has been Associate Director for Historical Collections at the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciencesat UAB since 1999. He previously held the position of Library Director at the Lloyd Library & Museum inCincinnati. Mike is presently working on a history of pharmacy during the Civil War with a Fischelis Grantfrom the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. He says of the Gottlieb Prize, “To receive an awardlike this from one’s professional colleagues is especially gratifying. I will cherish it as an important milestonein my career.” Submitted by Kay Hogan Smith

Michael Flannery Awarded Murray Gottlieb Prize

Flannery


Within the next month, seven Southern Chapterlibraries will participate in a service quality assess-ment pilot of the Association of Academic HealthSciences Libraries (AAHSL) in collaboration withthe Association of Research Libraries (ARL).Specifically, the University of Alabama—Birming-ham, Medical College of Georgia, Mercer UniversitySchool of Medicine, University of Florida, Universityof Mississippi, University of South Carolina andUniversity of South Alabama will implement acampus wide survey to measure library user percep-tions of service quality and identify gaps betweendesired and minimum expectations of service. The

survey will identify service dimensions that are mostimportant to students, faculty and staff and helpdetermine how well the library meets those expec-tations. As over 170 academic and health scienceslibraries are participating in the project calledLibQUAL+, the results should provide valuablebenchmarking data and outcome measures. TheLibQUAL+ project is funded through the U.S.Department of Education (FIPSE), ARL, and thespecialized AAHSL pilot is supported by theNational Library of Medicine. For more informa-tion about the project, see www.libqual.org.

Submitted by Tamera Lee

Flannery

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News From Tennessee

Rosalind Lett, Director of Meharry MedicalCollege Library attended a Toxicology InformationOutreach Panel meeting hosted by the University ofPuerto Rico in San Juan the 1st week of December.The (TIOP)promotes the use of ToxNet, and otherenvironmental health and occupational healthdatabases to researchers, and clinicians working inhistorically black colleges and universities (HBCU).Medical Library Directors from Morehouse,Howard, Drew and Library Directors from otherHBCU’s also attended the meeting. The inclusionof librarians’ participation in the TIOP efforts isrelatively new. New initiatives by NLM, however,will present many opportunities for librarians topromote the use of NLM products and provideneeded health information to communities served byHBCUs.

Mary Ward, RN, MN with specialty inCommunity Health Nursing, has been appointed atthe Quillen College of Medicine Library, JohnsonCity, TN, to serve as Health Information Educatorfor an “Access to Electronic Health Information forthe Public” contract with the Southeast/ AtlanticRegional Medical Library.

Suresh Ponnappa, Director, James H. QuillenCollege of Medicine Library, East Tennessee StateUniversity, has been elected Vice-President/President-Elect of the Tennessee Library Associa-tion. His term as President will begin in July 2002.

Good News at EskindThe Exhibition Program at the National Library ofMedicine at the National Institutes of Health iscurrently developing a new exhibition that celebrates the contributions women doctors havemade in medicine and public health since 1850. Theshow will open at the Library in April 2003. They

are also developing plans to tour the exhibition,launch an online version of the project, and producevarious public programs. Dr. Nunzia Giuse, thedirector of Eskind Biomedical Library, has beennominated as one of the women physicians to beincluded in this prestigious exhibit. All of us at Eskindare very proud that the important work Nunzia isdoing to make a difference in the medical professionis being recognized and celebrated.

Additionally, we would like to congratulate AnnetteWilliams who has recently been promoted to anewly created position here at Eskind: AssistantDirector, Library Knowledge Management.

University of TennesseeHealth Science Center Library

Meharry Medical College Library

Submitted by Martha F. Earl

Quillen College of Medicine LibraryBrenda F. Green and Susan Selig, University ofTennessee Health Science Center Library received aTraining Award from the National Network Librariesof Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic Region. Theaward was used to provide PubMed MEDLINEtraining for minority members of the Bluff CityMedical Society and a select group of physicianswho received training at the University of TennesseeHealth Science Center.

Submitted by Brenda Green

Tennessee Library Associations to Meet

The Tennessee Health Science Library Assoc(THeSLA) is meeting in March 2002 in conjunctionwith Tennessee Library Assoc (TLA) in Nashville.Members were offered the opportunity to receiveMLA credit by registering for the CE course“Consumer Health Information on the Internet”taught by Jana Allcock, NNLM Region II. JanaAllcock will also attend our business meeting andgive us an update on NLM.

In Oct, THeSLA will be meeting in conjunction withSC/MLA in Nashville.

Submitted by Jan Orick

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News from Mississippi

The Fall Meeting of the Mississippi BiomedicalLibrary Association was held in Raymond,Mississippi on September 21, 2001. A regularbusiness meeting was held in the morning. Afterlunch, members attended the CE course “SuperSearcher Class” taught by Brian Vogh of theNational Network of Libraries of Medicine(NN/LM), Southeastern/Atlantic Region.A workshop is being planned for the spring.

Clara Joorfetz is the new health science librarian atBaptist Health Systems Health Sciences Library inJackson.

News from Rowland Medical Library

Rowland Medical Library at the University ofMississippi Medical Center will celebrate NationalLibrary Week, April 15 – 19, 2002. The ninth DeanBilly S. Guyton Lecture on the History of Medicine,sponsored by the Friends of Rowland MedicalLibrary, will be held Friday, April 19. Dr. MarilynMoffat, professor at New York University and arecognized leader in the United States andinternationally, will present this year’s lecture,“Physical Therapy through the Ages.” Volunteersfrom the Friends of the Library will be promotingtheir fund-raising activities each day in the foyeroutside the library, recruiting new members andselling popcorn, used books, T-shirts and totesMarch 16 –19. The annual silent auction continuesto grow with items generously donated by various

bookstores and individuals. There will be dailydrawings for door prizes and raffle tickets as well.Friends anticipate that this year’s National LibraryWeek celebration will generate their best everfund-raising efforts. The NLW theme for 2002 is“Celebrate @ Your Library, Connect @ YourLibrary.” The theme focuses on the contributions oflibraries and librarians and promotes use andsupport. A display will highlight some of the library’sWeb offerings and quality sites for patrons.

Sarah Adcock, Rama Vishwanatham andGongchao Yang attended a workshop on “TheAccidental Manager: for New & AspiringManagers” sponsored by SOLINET on February21, 2002 at the University of Southern Mississippi inHattiesburg.

Ardis Haaland, Sarah Adcock, Helvi Mccall,Virginia Segrest, Ada Seltzer and GongchaoYang attended the satellite teleconference at UMCsponsored by the Medical Library Association,“Sync or Swim: Managing the Flood of PDAs inHealthcare,” on February 6, 2002.

Ada Seltzer participated in the Board of Directors’Association of Academic Health Sciences Librariesannual planning meeting, January 9-12, inWashington, DC.

Submitted by Sarah Adcock

News from Around Mississippi

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Report from Chapter Council

We hope that you all had a nice, relaxing holiday andreturned to work ready to deal with the constantlychanging world of medical librarianship. In Februarywe had an opportunity to get a jump on the next bigtechnology issue in health care, the use of personaldigital assistants (also referred to as handhelds,pdas, etc.) MLA presented an excellent teleconfer-ence, “Sync or Swim” that was broadcast February6, 2002. Knowledgeable panelists and statementsfrom physicians concerning their use of PDA’shelped delineate how these devices will impact thework of the medical librarian. A total of 276 sites(121 regular sites and 155 VA Hospital Librarysites) downlinked the teleconference and there weremore than 3,000 participants. If you were not ableto view the broadcast you can still obtain a video-tape copy at:http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/tapes_ad.pdf

As reported earlier on SOCHAP-L, the revisedbenchmarking site went live on December 13, 2001.When it closed on March 4, 2002, a total of 385hospital and specialty medical libraries had enteredtheir statistical data in the members-only area onMLANET. With Linda Garr cheering them onmany Southern Chapter hospital librarians were ableto submit data and be a part of this importantundertaking. Some preliminary data will be madeavailable at the Dallas meeting.

December 14, 2001 was the deadline to submitinformation for the Hay/MLA Compensation andEmployment Survey. The data will be analyzed bythe Hay group and summary results will be availableearly in 2002. A comprehensive report will beavailable for purchase.

Kudos to everyone who will receive recognition inDallas. We are especially proud of the followingmembers of Southern Chapter:

Judy Burnham named the Estelle Brodman Aca-

demic Medical Librarian of the Year.Michael A. Flannery winner of the MurrayGottlieb Prize.Jocelyn Rankin who will become an MLA Fellow.Marilyn Teolis who will receive an MIS/MLACareer Development Grant.

A complete list of winners is available at:http://mlanet.org/awards/awards_2002.html

MLA has several online surveys on the web page.The first is to determine which alternative methods ofproviding MLA meeting program content would bepreferable to members. The second is to assess thecurrent roles of health sciences librarians in expertsearching in their institutions. The Task Force toPromote the Importance of Expert Searching willuse this information to draft expert searching guide-lines for the profession. Your input is vital for thesuccess of both these endeavors. Just a few minutesof your time are required.

For those participating in career fairs or otherwiseinvolved in promoting the profession, MLA nowprovides several tools that you will find beneficial.The first is the brochure “Medical Librarianship:Career Beyond the Cutting Edge”. This will be onthe web site in both English and Spanish. Recentlyan excellent PowerPoint presentation was madeavailable at:http://www.mlanet.org/education/careers.html

MLA’s joint publishing arrangement withNeal-Schuman continues to be productive. You canfind pricing information and view the table of con-tents of “The Medical Library Association

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Annual MeetingsAnnual MeetingsAnnual MeetingsAnnual MeetingsAnnual Meetings

The 2002 SC/MLA Annual Meeting Local Arrangements and Program Committees are very happy tounveil the conference’s logo. The attached black and white logo will be used for stationary and other blackand white publications; in addition, there is a colorful logo to be used in our web site, banners, etc.

The 2002 conference promises to be a memorable one. Here are some of the highlights that the LocalArrangements Committee is ready to share:

• It will be held from October 17 to October 21, 2002 in the centrally located Sheraton Nashville Down-town.

• Continuing Education will be held on the first day of the Conference (Thursday). The Continuing Educa-tion Committee identified ten topics for CE classes and we look forward to a large number of partici-pants.

• The Sheraton’s accommodations will be $112 plus tax /double or single occupancy• Registration fees, which include the welcome reception and banquet, are set at $150 per member and

$175 for non-members, with a $50 late registration fee.• The banquet will be held on Saturday at the First Center for the Visual Arts, the exquisitely renovated

old Nashville post office that was converted into a very special art gallery. The Southern Chaptermembership will have the run of the house for that evening, including the art exhibits and gift shop. Thebanquet will be catered by the “classiest” caterer in town and entertainment will be first class with aprofessional local soul/blues band.

• The Hospitality Committee is compiling a top-of-the-line set of extra-conference evening outings forpeople to enjoy Nashville and its attractions.

• Poster presentations will be from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. on Saturday. Posters will be up on that day until5:00 pm for viewing.

Mark your calendars and make sure that you don’t miss the fun together with the very stimulating presenta-tions that the Program Committee is lining up for us. Stay tuned for more news including the unveiling of ourweb site. [See page 17 for announcement of conference Web site.]

Nunzia B. Giuse, ChairMarcia Epelbaum, Co-Chair

Southern Chapter/MLA

Nashville

2002

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Douglas J. Joubert will take up the position ofCataloging and Digital Information Librarian at theRobert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library on January15th. Douglas is a recent recipient of a graduatedegree in Library & Information Science fromLousiana State University. He comes to his newposition from the library of the LousianaDepartment of Economic Development. He will beresponsible for keeping the Greenblatt Libraryabreast of established and emerging standards inmetadata, cataloging, and advanced webtechnologies.

Georgia News

Submitted by Marilee Creelan

Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library

Mercer University School of Medicine

The Medical Library & Peyton T. AndersonLearning Resources Center are happy to announcethe addition of two new Volunteer Faculty membersas Clinical Instructors in Medical Library Science:Janet (Jan) L. Hobbs, MLS, Manager of theHealth Resource Center Library at the MedicalCenter of Central Georgia, Macon, GA, and LisaP. Smith, MLS, Outreach Librarian for the Magno-

lia Coastlands AHEC, Statesboro, GA.Mary V. Fielder, MLS, AHIP, Outreach Librarianfor the Three Rivers AHEC, Columbus, GA was thefirst to receive one of these appointments which shehas held since 1999.

In addition, several full-time library faculty membershave recently received recognition for acceptingadded responsibilities and increased leadershiproles. Roxanne Nelson, RN, MS, AHIP, formerlyHead of Public Services, has been named AssistantDirector for Public Services. Anna-Liisa Rosner,MLn, formerly Head of Technical Services has beennamed Assistant Director for Technical Services.Rita Smith, MLIS, AHIP, formerly Rural HealthInformation Clearinghouse (RHIC) Librarian, hasbeen named Outreach & Education Coordinator.

Jan LaBeause, MLS, AHIP, Director of theMedical Library & Peyton T. Anderson LearningResources Center at Mercer University School ofMedicine, has been appointed as Georgia’srepresentative to the National Rural HealthAssociation’s State Association Council.

Submitted by Jan LaBeause

News from TennesseeElaine Brekke, formerly Library Director atEast Tennessee Children’s Hospital, replacesShelley Paden as Interlibrary Loan and SerialsLibrarian at the Preston Medical Library,University of Tennesseee Medical Center,Knoxville. Shelley, now in Ohio, is currentlyworking as part of a grant awarded by NLM tothe University of Cincinatti to designMedlinePlus pages.

Martha Earl, Reference Coordinator, PrestonMedical Library, University of TennesseeMedical Center, Knoxville, won a South

Central Chapter/MLA Research Award for herpresented paper, “Remote Access to ElectronicResources: Impact on Use of the Physical Libraryand Barriers to Change.”Other Tennessee librarians presenting at theTriChapter Meeting of MLA in New Orleansincluded Deborah Brackstone, Janet Fisher,Rick Wallace, Suresh Ponnappa, MarthaWhaley, Sandra Martin, Nunzia Giuse,Deborah Broadwater, Annette Williams,Frances Lynch, Rosalind Lett, VirginiaCairns, and Judith Hodges.

Submitted by Martha Earl

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Executive Board ReportExecutive Board ReportExecutive Board ReportExecutive Board ReportExecutive Board Report

The Executive Board conductedbusiness at two meetings in NewOrleans, with additional businessconducted via email since that time.Highlights of decisions follow:

Funded the registration fee for twochapter members to attend the Lead-ership Symposium “Leadership Reconsidered: Devel-oping a Strategic Agenda For Leadership in HealthSciences Librarians” at the MLA conference in Dallasin May 2002. All chapter members were eligible toapply. The recipients were Judy Burnham and TomWilliams, University of South Alabama, Mobile. Dueto the short turnaround time required, a drawing washeld. The registration fee is $250 per person.

Agreed to participate as a chapter in a pilotIndependent Reading Program during 2002 that willenable members to obtain CE credit by reading andsummarizing the professional literature. Members whoparticipate in the pilot will receive AHIP CE credit.Additional information will be forthcoming from theMLA Continuing Education Committee.

Supported the MLA Benchmarking Task Force activi-ties by providing up to $400 for registration to attendeither the MLA/Dallas conference in May, 2002 or the2003 conference, or the SC/MLA conference in Nash-ville in October 2002, or the 2003 conference. Hospi-tal librarians who participated in the Benchmarkingproject by submitting their data by March 1, wereeligible for a drawing that has not yet taken place.

Accepted, with much gratitude and appropriate fan-fare, the history of the chapter, authored by T. MarkHodges. A copy was given to each member of thechapter plus copies for the chapter and MLA archives,and to other MLA members who were mentioned inthe book. All NN/LM regional libraries were given acopy for lending within those regions.

Appointed an ad hoc Task Force on Mentoring to bechaired by Dr. Jocelyn Rankin. The mentoring

activities within MLA are to be con-sidered as part of the committee’s in-vestigation.

Appointed an ad hoc Task Force onElectronic Archiving of ChapterRecords to be chaired by PatHigginbottom. Other members are

Mary Lynch, archivist, and Ed Harris, member atlarge. All electronic reports are to bear a date stamp,and are to be backed up with CD-ROM and printcopies. Photos taken during each chapter meetingwill be posted on the web site.

Accepted History Committee chair, Tom Williams’suggestion that a cookbook project be implemented.Williams will select a committee to develop andmanage the project as a potential fund raiser for achapter cause. Chapter members will be encouragedto participate by submitting recipes, photographs andhistorical notes to add a historical flavor to thecookbook.

Upcoming chapter meetings:Nashville, TN 2002. Co-chaired by Nunzia Giuseand Marcia Epelbaum.Accepted the invitation of Henry Lemkau to meetin Miami, FL in 2003.

Appointed Kay Hogan, University of Alabama,Birmingham, as co-editor of Southern Expressions.

Established the chapter web site as the source ofrecord for current information such as bylaws, com-mittee manuals, officers, committee membership, etc.

Recognized the following retirees: Carol Burns,Julita Awkard, Barbara Francis, and BarbaraHartman. Recogized awardees ChristopherColthorpe, First Time Attendee Award; JudyBurnham, chapter Academic Librarian of the Year(who also won the MLA Estelle Brodman AcademicLibrarian of the Year award). No Watkins Scholar-ship was awarded.

Executive Board Actions

Submitted by Janet Fisher

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News from South Carolina

Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenDonates Books to

Holberton Hospital in St. Johns, Antiqua

The Medical Library of Shriners Hospitals forChildren, Greenville S.C., recently donatedneeded books to the Medical Library of HolbertonHospital in St. Johns, Antigua in the Caribbean.The U.S. Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda,Lionel A. Hurst, provided the needed funds forshipping the materials. The Holberton HospitalMedical Library is one of the libraries identified bythe Sister Library Initiative of the Medical LibraryAssociation as being in need of assistance. Thedonated books were selected by HolbertonMedical Library from a list of textbooks which hadrecently been replaced with new editions in theShriners Medical Library collection. Ms. AvrilReid, the Antiguan Coordinator for the SisterLibrary Initiative acted as a liason between JoyeEdmonds, Medical Librarian at Shriners andGlendine Smith of the Holberton HospitalMedical Library. The Medical Library ofHolberton Hospital serves medical and nursingstudents, doctors, nurses, paramedics affiliatedwith the hospital, as well as patients and thegeneral public. Submitted by Joye Edmonds

Fay Towell Appointed Greenville HospitalSystem Archivist

Fay Towell has a new responsibility added to herLibrary Director duties - she is now the GreenvilleHospital System archivist. Last fall she took agraduate level history course at USC titled “Ar-chives Administration and Technology” and is nowin the midst of processing the archives records withthe assistance of a volunteer who is a retiredlibrarian, Rosa Eisenstadt. The archives room isa 1,000 sq. ft. area renovated for this purpose in abuilding across town that contains several hospitaloffices. She has done presentations to thePresident’s Council and Leadership team andgained some good visibility for the Library.

News from Tennessee

Dixie Williamson to Retire

Dixie Williamson, Director, Julius Jacobs HealthSciences Library, Saint Thomas Hospital, Nashville,will be “retiring” at the end of June after almost 27years. She plans to spend more time with family,especially her daughter Emily, who is now 10. Dixie,a former SC/MLA President, plans to welcome herSouthern Chapter friends to Nashville for this fall’sannual meeting.

New Director at East Tennessee

Knoxville librarians welcome Anna McKay, the newDirector at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.Although Anna has a science background, she is newto medical libraries and loving it.

News from Alabama

Nancy ClemmonsReceives Distinguished Alumni Award

Nancy Clemmons, Deputy Director of the Lister HillLibrary of the Health Sciences, has received the 2001Distinguished Alumni Award from the Library SchoolAssociation of the School of Library and InformationStudies at the University of Alabama. Nancy washonored with this award for her outstanding contribu-tions to the library and information professions.

Sally Murrayto the American University of Paris

Sarah (Sally) Murray, a long-time staff and facultymember at the University of South Alabama Biomedi-cal Libraries, has announced her resignation. Sallywill be assuming her new duties at the library of theAmerican University of Paris. We will miss her butwish her well in her new life in France.


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SC Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network


News from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library

The School of Medicine Library is proud to beplaying a key role in the South Carolina BiomedicalInfrastructure Network (SC BRIN) initiative. Thisthree-year, $6 million project, funded by theNational Center for Research Resources, NationalInstitutes of Health, is part of an NIH program todevelop research activity in states that received lessthan $70 million in NIH grant funds between 1995and 1999. South Carolina was among 23 states andPuerto Rico eligible for the BRIN program. Thegoal of the SC BRIN is to increase the NIHresearch capacity of the state through programmaticexpansion and networking of research activities offaculty and students at academic institutions in thestate.

These goals will be achieved through facultyexpansion at the three research universities in SouthCarolina: Clemson University, the University ofSouth Carolina, and the Medical University of SouthCarolina. These Mentor Institutions will workclosely with the three 4-year institutions in SouthCarolina that are at an earlier stage, but at thefrontline in developing their research activities: TheCollege of Charleston, Furman University, andSouth Carolina State University.

The School of Medicine Library is serving as theBioinformatics Core for the SC BRIN. Thefunction of the Bioinformatics Core is to optimizedesktop access to 1) library information resourceswhich are critical to doing biomedical research suchas electronic journals and databases, and 2)bioinformatics tools such as DNA and proteinsequence databases and sequence analysis tools.The goal is to secure state-wide access to theseresources but the initial phase of the project willfocus on access for researchers at the six mentorand mentored institutions. The SOM Library is also

maintaining the SC BRIN website athttp://brin.sc.edu Library staff actively involved inthe SC BRIN at this time are Ruth Riley,Bioinformatics Core Director, Sarah Gable,Bioinformatics Core Outreach Librarian, and LisaAntley-Hearn, SC BRIN Webmaster. Pleaseconsult the SC BRIN website at http://brin.sc.edufor more information.

Preservation Needs Assessment

Recently, Laura Kane, Head of Cataloging &Acquisitions, was awarded a “Preservation NeedsAssessment” grant from the National Endowment forthe Humanities. The grant allowed theLibrary to bring in Tina Mason, SOLINET FieldServices Officer, January 29-30, to conduct apreservation needs assessment of the rare medicalbook collection. Ms. Mason spent two days evaluat-ing the condition of the collection and helped theLibrary create a long-range preservation plan.

LibQual+ Project

The Library is participating in the Association ofAcademic Health Sciences Libraries’ LibQual+project, which involves the evaluation of LibQual+as an effective measurement tool for academic healthsciences libraries. The goals of the LibQual+ project,conducted by ARL, are to establish a library servicequality assessment program in order to developweb-based tools for assessing library service quality,to develop mechanisms and protocols for evaluatinglibraries, and to identify best practices in providinglibrary services. This project represents a majormove toward outcome-based assessment in libraries.Additional information is available athttp://www.libqual.org

Submitted by Ruth Riley

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Research SpotlightResearch SpotlightResearch SpotlightResearch SpotlightResearch Spotlight

Annual Research GrantAnnual Research GrantAnnual Research GrantAnnual Research GrantAnnual Research Grant$1000$1000$1000$1000$1000

The Research Committee is now inviting applicants for theANNUAL RESEARCH GRANT $1000

Southern Chapter Research CommitteeAnnual Reserch Grant

The SC/MLA Research Committee is offering $1000 to support one or moremembers’ research projects. Application forms are available at

http://www.uab.edu/lister/scmla/ or from the Research Committee’s Chair.The deadline for applications is October 1st, 2002.

For questions or to submit completed application, please contact:

Helvi McCall, Chair, SC/MLA Research CommitteeRowland Medical Library

University of Mississippi Medical Center2500 North State Street

Jackson, MS 39216E-mial: [email protected]

Telephone: 601-984-1238

Winners will be announced at the annual SC/MLA meeting in Nashville, TN, October, 2002

Mentors/Research Support

If you have a research project or proposal and require some financial assistance, you may qualify for theResearch Grant. Not sure if your project qualifies as “research”?

There are some helpful resources on the SC/MLA page at http://www.uab.edu/lister/scmla/ SelectResearch.Consult the list of mentors if you wish to talk over your project with an experienced researcher. The sectionon Formats for Structured Abstracts lists the major components of most research projects. Try todescribe your research project using this structured approach. Select Current Research Presented at SC/MLA Annual Meetings for examples of current research projects within SC.

The Research Committee would like to hear from you about your research learning needs orabout special research projects that we should feature in this column.

Submitted by Helvi McCall, Chair Reserch Committee

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Governmental RelationsGovernmental RelationsGovernmental RelationsGovernmental RelationsGovernmental RelationsCommitteeCommitteeCommitteeCommitteeCommittee

Eldred v. Ashcroft : copyright extension challenge

On February 19, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the casechallenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998. Thisextension added 20 years to individual copyright, giving authors protection for70 years after death. Corporate copyright holders (such as Disney) previouslyhad 75 years of protection, but the extension adds 20, giving 95 years ofprotection.

Many groups have supported the extension, while others are seriously opposedto the law. Eldred v. Ashcroft, No. 01-618 was filed by Eric Eldred whopublishes an online archive of classic literature. Believing that older materialsshould flow into the public domain, he feels Congress is preventing these works

from ever becoming freely available. Mr. Eldred’s attorney, Lawrence Lessig, interprets the U.S.Constitution as providing limited protection, not lifetime. He feels we will become a pay-per-view society ifcopyright continues to be extended.

Arguments are to be held in the fall. Stay tuned to ALA Washington Office news releases. There arenumerous sites and articles on this topic :

Openlaw provides history and opposing arguments, as well as other related articleshttp://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/

Association of Research Libraries information on Copyright Extension:http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/extension.html

American Library Association Washington office site:http://www.ala.org/washoff/courts.html

This decision not only argues the copyright law, but also the constitutional law and the intent of ourforefathers in granting initial copyright protection. It is another milestone representing the impact of theInternet and accessibility to information for our time and our future.

Respectfully submitted,Connie K. Machado, ChairSC/MLA Governmental Relations Committee

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AnnouncementsAnnouncementsAnnouncementsAnnouncementsAnnouncements

Make your plans now to visit Nashville during October 17-20, 2002 for the 52nd annualmeeting of the Southern Chapter! We’re proud to unveil the web site for the meeting,which is packed with preliminary information about the exciting program and the manyattractions of Nashville. You can visit it directly at

http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/SCMLA2002/index.html or take the link from the Southern Chapter web

( http://www.uab.edu/lister/scmla/annmeet.htm).The web site would not have been possible without the efforts of everyone from theProgram and Local Arrangement Committees who contributed content and made sugges-tions for improvement. Thanks also go to Frances Lynch who coordinated the efforts ofthe Eskind Library’s web/graphic team (John Clark, Vickie Bady, and Kim Day-Camp).

Nunzia Bettinsoli Giuse, M.D., M.L.S., A.H.I.P.Director, Eskind Biomedical Library

Southern Chapter’s2002 Annual Meeting

Web Site Unveiled

Congratulations!

Judy BurnhamTom Williams

Judy Burnham and Tom Williams,University of South Alabama,Mobile, are the winners of theregistrations to attend the MLALeadership Symposium in Dallas.

Joye Edwards WinsBenchmarking Promotion Prize

Joye P. Edwards at ShrinersHospital for Children MedicalLibrary is the winner of the South-ern Chapter BenchmarkingPromotion Prize - up to $400 tobe used toward meeting registra-tion for MLA 2002 or SouthernChapter 2002 or 2003 meetingregistration/expenses.

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Florida News

Sue Felber, medical library coordinator for H. LeeMoffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, has re-ceived distinguished level membership at AHIP. Asyou recall, Sue was also given Southern Chapter’sLibrarian of the Year award a few months ago.

TABAMLN CORNER:The Tampa Bay Medical Library Network(TABAMLN, in short) has been a very busy chap-ter. In December 2001, new officers were elected.They are: • Richard Mercer, President, from Orlando Regional Healthcare, Orlando, • Douglas Waltonbaugh, Treasurer, from Bay Pines VA, St. Petersburg, and • Susan Sabbia, Secretary, from Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton.Congratulations to all of you!

On January 25, 2002, TABAMLN sponsored theMLA CE Course, “Issues in Full-Text ElectronicInformation Delivery” at All Children’s Hospital inSt. Petersburg, Florida. More than 30 medicallibrarians from around Florida attended the full-daycourse taught by Ellen Nagle, Director of the Bio-Medical Library of the University of Minnesota.

On March 15, 2002, TABAMLN will host a mini-vendor fair at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Peters-burg. Vendors representing publishers, online data-base distributors, e-books, and actual books will dem-onstrate their latest products and information to thegroup. For information about attending, please con-tact Richard Mercer, President of TABAMLN at 407-841-5111 ext. 4878 or [email protected].

The Florida Health Sciences Library Association(FHSLA) is proud to hold its annual meeting in St.Augustine, Florida, April 11-13, 2002. The themefor this year is “Putting the Pieces Together.” Theannual meeting will host 5 1/2 day CE classesincluding classes on PDAs and marketing the library

at the Casa Monica Hotel. For more information,please check out the website at:http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/fhsla.

SEND(SouthEastern Network on Docline)

SEND is a Docline-based, reciprocal borrowingnetwork with over 80 participating libraries inAlabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, SouthCarolina, Tennessee and the Virgin Islands.Libraries are grouped in Docline cells according tothe number of current subscriptions. The fourcategories by journal subscription are:

<100= CAT 1101-200= CAT 2A and 2B201-300= CAT 3300+= CAT 4

We have openings in categories 2-4.

Participating libraries must agree to provide interli-brary loans free to all members. Statistics for allSEND activity must be sent to the state coordinatorannually upon request and each library must submitmodification of their DOCLINE routing table to theRegional Office within the suggested time frame tomaintain reciprocity levels.

For more information please contact Bettye Stilley([email protected]) or Deborah Lawless([email protected]).

FHSLA Holds Annual Meeting

Submitted byKaren Roth

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A HISTORY OF THETAMPA BAY MEDICAL LIBRARY NETWORK

1975-2000By

Karen L. Roth, Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Clearwater, FloridaAnd

Diana Akins, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center— Bay Pines, Bay Pines, Florida

To render an informative history of the Tampa BayMedical Library Network (abbreviated TABAMLNand lovingly pronounced “Ta-bam-lin”), one mustfirst place the organization within the umbrella historyof the National Library of Medicine.

In 1818, the first inklings of a national library ofmedicine began as a few books in the office ofJoseph Lovell, who was the United States Army’sSurgeon General. In 1836, John Shaw Billingsbecame the director of the Surgeon General’s office.Billings was also a consultant to the Census Bureauand a friend to Herman Hollerith, director of theCensus Bureau. Billings suggested to Hollerith that amachine should be devised that could perform thetabulation of the census data. From this idea,Hollerith invented his first Tabulating Machine.(Hollerith formed the Computing-TabulatingRecording Company in 1911 which was laterpurchased by Thomas Watson who transformed itinto IBM.)

The relatively small beginnings of a national medicallibrary continued after the Civil War. In 1879,Billings began publishing Index Medicus. IndexMedicus was originally a monthly classified subjectguide to the medical books and journal articlesavailable in Billings’ library. An offshoot of theIndex Medicus was the Index-Catalogue of theLibrary of the Surgeon General’s Office, UnitedStates Army, first published in 1889. Under asuccession of directors of the United States Army’sSurgeon General’s office, the library grew at a slowpace.

In 1956, the United States Congress passed the

National Library of Medicine Act, which was spon-sored by Senators Lister Hill and John F. Kennedy.This act moved the books and journals, which hadbecome the nucleus of a national library, from theU.S. Army to the jurisdiction of the Public HealthDepartment. It also designated a permanent buildingsite for the new National Library of Medicine.Dr. Frank B. Rodgers, a medical doctor, was sent tolibrary school. In 1958 he became the first director ofthe National Library of Medicine.

During the 1960’s, the National Library of Medicinehired the General Electric Company to develop a com-puterized system to enhance the availability of the In-dex Medicus. MEDLARS, the Medical LiteratureAnalysis and Retrieval System, became operational in1964. ELHILL, a system to allow librarians at NLMto retrieve electronically the medical literature on de-mand, became available in 1968. Medline, MED-LARS Online, was developed in 1971.

In 1965, the Medical Library Assistance Act waspassed. This act helped push forward the develop-ment of Medline as well as the Regional Medical Li-brary (RML) Network. One of the goals of the RMLnetwork was to improve the delivery of information tohealth professionals. As such, the Regional MedicalLibraries supported (and still support) the develop-ment of library consortia.

In 1975, the war in Viet Nam ended with the fall ofSaigon. Mitchell, Haldeman and Ehrlichman weresentenced for the Watergate break-in. In this tenseatmosphere, TABAMLN was formed. Twelve li-brarians plus the director of the University of SouthFlorida Medical School Library met and formed the

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first medical library consortia in the Tampa Bay area.The geographical area consisted primarily of the citiesof St. Petersburg and Tampa as well as the surround-ing bedroom communities on the central west coast ofFlorida. The founding libraries of TABAMLN were:Tampa General Hospital, All Children’s Hospital inSt. Petersburg, Bayfront Medical Center in St. Pe-tersburg, the Florida Mental Health Institute in Tampa,Tampa Veterans Administration Hospital, UniversityCommunity Hospital in Tampa, Mease Hospital andClinic in Dunedin, St. Petersburg Junior College,Hillsborough Community College, Morton F. PlantHospital in Clearwater, Bay Pines Veterans Hospitalin St. Petersburg, and South Florida Baptist Hospitalin Plant City.

Tamblin

In late 1976, TABAMLN applied to the National Li-brary of Medicine for a three year grant to fund itselfas an interlibrary loan consortium with a network co-ordinator based out of the University of South Floridain Tampa. At this point, TABAMLN had 14 memberlibraries including 2 community colleges and the Uni-versity of South Florida. Agreements were estab-lished to create a union list of serials and interlibrary

loan journal articles and audiovisual aids.

In 1978, the National Library of Medicine awardedTABAMLN a grant of $118,394 for a three year pe-riod. A medical library coordinator’s office was es-tablished at the University of South Florida MedicalLibrary. The services offered, besides interlibrary loancoordination, included reference, vacation coverage,continuing education, a newsletter, and photocopiesof requested information.

Tamblin’s First Newsletter

The NLM grant was renewed in 1982 for one addi-tional year. In 1983, no further funding was availablefrom the National Library of Medicine. TABAMLNreorganized with ten participating libraries. Each ofthese libraries contributed $4,000 annually for twoyears to fund the consortium. The coordinator’s po-sition was subsidized by TABAMLN and maintainedwithin the Medical School Library at the University ofSouth Florida. Interlibrary loan agreements contin-ued between the TABAMLN members. Continuingeducation was a priority.

In 1985, the National Library of Medicine introducedDocline. Docline is a computerized system for routinginterlibrary loans to libraries using a predetermined tableparadigm. Reciprocal borrowing agreements are hon-ored with specific placement within a prescribed rout-ing order. Consortia such as TABAMLN route inter-library loan requests to each other as first choices withinthe table. Quicker receipt of interlibrary loans is thegoal of the system.

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In 1986, TABAMLN reorganized itself. The networkcoordinator’s office at the University of South FloridaMedical Center Library was eliminated. TABAMLNmembers assumed permanent responsibility forinterlibrary loans, the union list of serials, educationalprograms, networking, and the recruitment of newmembers. Dues were reduced to $50 per year.Membership categories were established, includinghospital libraries, academic libraries, and special li-braries.

Many changes have occurred in medical librarianshipsince TABAMLN began in 1975: the advent ofDocline; Grateful Med as a form of outreach to themedical profession; the Internet and the World WideWeb; PubMed’s availability to the general public andelectronic journal access, to mention just a few.TABAMLN has grown and changed as well. It is nolonger exclusively a “Tampa Bay” organization. Wenow have 30+ member libraries across most ofcentral Florida from the Gulf Coast to the AtlanticOcean and as far south as the Everglades. We stillmaintain our focus: to provide interlibrary loans,continuing education, and networking opportunities toour membership.

TABAMLN members know that they can depend oneach other whether for needed items, back-up cover-age, or just moral support.

Tabamlin Meeting in Daytona Beach, 1996

Submitted by Karen Roth

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The SC/MLA Academic Librarian of the YearAward was established in 1998, and the first awardwas presented in 1999.

Criteria: To be eligible, the candidate must haveworked in an academic health library setting for fiveyears and be a member of the Southern Chapter ofthe Medical Library Association. The successfulapplicant will have demonstrated excellence inresearch, instruction, and or service in healthlibrarianship. Other criteria should mirror those forMLA’s Estelle Brodman Award for the AcademicMedical Librarian of the Year.

Nominations should be sent by letter or email to theChair of the Honors and Awards Committee andmust contain the following elements:Precise description of the nominee’s achievementsA current resume or curriculum vitaeAny additional information which may assist thecommittee in evaluation of the nomination andselection of the recipient (i.e. AHIP membership,etc.).

Deadline: September 1 of each year, with nomina-tions accepted from January 1. The winner of theaward will be announced at the Annual Meeting ofthe Southern Chapter/MLA, and presented with aplaque and a check for $250.


NominateSC/MLA Academic Librarian

of the Year

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The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System library went virtual on December 17th which meant going froma total paper collection to a computer-based environment providing resources to an almost completelycomputer illiterate clinical staff. I have been offering computer basics and database classes for individualsand small groups, but I needed a way to reach a bigger audience. To provide a wider base of instruction, Iinvited database representatives to come on-site for one day of intensive training to the end users. Out ofnine companies that I do business with, only three sent representatives: EBSCO, StatREF!, and OVID.Some of the others didn’t have the budget or staff available and sent materials instead: MicroMedex;eFacts, and MD Consult. There were also others that I have not had an opportunity to purchase due tofinancial restraints that offered materials and free trials: UpToDate, NetLibrary, eMedicine, and ProQuest.

The computer lab is set-up in three rows, so I assigned each company a row of computers to offerhands-on demonstrations and instructions to the clinical staff attending. Although attendance was not what Ihad hoped for, the ones that did come were very impressed and excited about the new resources and wentback to their services enthusiastic enough to send others to attend.

This also gave me a chance to meet with the representatives to discuss database developments, shareexperiences and problems, and learn of new features and future projects. Overall I felt the program was asuccess and fun for everyone including the vendor representatives.

Jan Burns, MLSSupervisory [email protected]

P.S. Even though I relocated with the VA system to Reno, NV, I renewed my membership to bothSouthern Chapter and ALHeLA because both organizations have had such an impact on myprofessional development and I still try to participate as much as I can from 2000 miles away.

PersonalsPersonalsPersonalsPersonalsPersonals

News from Southern Chapter’s 2001Martha Watkins Scholarship Recipient

Jan Burns

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Consumer Health Reference Service Handbook &CD-ROM” and “The Medical Library AssociationGuide to Managing Health Care Libraries” onMLA’s website.

Looking forward to seeing you in Dallas. Travelsafely.

Sarah Gable, Chapter Council RepresentativeJan LaBeause, Chapter Council Alternate

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Job AnnouncementsJob AnnouncementsJob AnnouncementsJob AnnouncementsJob Announcements

Meharry Medical College LibraryAssociate Director

Emory UniversityHealth Sciences Center Library

Cataloging LibrarianGeneral Position Description:The Health Sciences Center Library of EmoryUniversity is seeking an experienced professional tocatalog materials in a variety of formats. Thisindividual must have experience cataloging andassisting in developing policies and procedures forthe bibliographic management and physical process-ing of library materials in various formats, includingelectronic and other non-print resources. Thecandidate should have a thorough knowledge ofnational cataloging standards, subject headings,classification systems, MARC formats and OCLC.This position reports to the Head of the Catalogingand Collection Management Department.

Qualifications, required: Master’s degree from anALA accredited library or information scienceschool, minimum 4-5 years of experience in originaland copy cataloging of monographs, serials, elec-tronic resources and audio-visual materials; experi-ence and expertise with principles and practices ofbibliographic control in an integrated, automateduniversity wide library system; experience withexporting bibliographic records from OCLC to alocal library system; demonstrated aptitude forcomputing technology; excellent oral and writtencommunication skills.

Salary minimum: $36,000; benefits package in-cludes health and dental insurance, 24 days vacation,TIAA/CREF, and courtesy scholarship.

To apply: submit a resume and a letter detailing yourqualifications and experience. Provide the names of3-4 references, including their addresses (postal ande-mail) and phone numbers (voice and fax) to:

Sandra Franklin, Acting DirectorHealth Sciences Center LibraryEmory University1462 Clifton Road NEAtlanta, GA 30322

General Position Description:Reports to the Library Director.Assists the director in the overall planning andmanagement of library operations, departments andprograms. Oversees and supports activities ofall library departments.Qualifications:Required:Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited libraryschool.Minimum of three years professional experience in ahealth sciences library.Minimum two years of supervisory experience.

Salary: Commensurate with experience. Qualifiedcandidates should send a resume, and cover lettervia email or U.S. Mail, to Attn: Rosalind Lett,[email protected]. If you have questions feel free tocall 615-327-6728.

ObituariesObituariesObituariesObituariesObituaries

Eleanor Steinke, former director of the medicalschool library at Vanderbilt University, died at anursing home in Nashville on February 17th 2002;she was 87. Eleanor succeeded the late EileenCunningham as director in 1956 and served until herretirement thirteen years later.

Submitted by T.Mark Hodges

Marjorie Caldwell, former Librarian, LakeshoreMental Health Institute, Knoxville, passed away inJanuary 2002. Her friends n the Knoxville AreaHealth Sciences Libraries Consortium will rememberher commitment to nature and her unique sense ofhumor.


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Annual MeetingsAnnual MeetingsAnnual MeetingsAnnual MeetingsAnnual Meetings

SOUTHERN CHAPTER/MLA

ANNUAL MEETING

NASHVILLE

OCTOBER 17 - 20, 2002

MEDICAL LIBRARYASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEETING

DALLAS

MAY 17 - 23, 2002

Message from the Chair Janet Fisher Volume 18, Number 1&2 ......Charleston, SC [email protected] [email protected] Chapter Council Rep Sarah Gable School of Medicine Library University

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