GHSLA Update
The Bulletin of the Georgia Health Sciences Library Association
Published 3 times per year
Subscription to print publication included in annual dues2002 Editor: Miriam Hudgins
Mercer University School of Medicine Library & LRC
Update_editor@ghsla.orgGreetings from the President: Winter 2000, Vol. 19, No. 3
My year as President of GHSLA is quickly drawing to a close. It has been a pleasure working with the members of the Executive Board. I would like to specifically recognize Pauline Hollmann, the Program Chair of this upcoming 2000 Annual Meeting, who has faced many challenges in planning this meeting. At last years annual meeting at Unicoi State Park, members participated in a Strategic Planning session for GHSLA that will give the organization a road map for the beginning of the 21st century. The Executive Board is just starting to implement this Strategic Plan. Some of these features will be a better and improved GHSLA website, a listserv and more interactions with health professionals in other disciplines such as medicine, nursing and public health.
The Annual Meeting this year at Sea Palms, St. Simons Island March 15-17, 2000 will occur in less than two months. Recently due to financial problems and budget cuts in health facilities in Atlanta, one hospital closed and in another hospital, a librarians job was eliminated. Healthcare financial problems are occurring all over the state and can affect anyone of us at some point in our careers as librarians. We must become advocates not only for ourselves but also for librarianship in general.
Challenge yourself and plan to attend this very important GHSLA Annual Meeting Navigating the Waters of Change at Sea Palms, St. Simons Island March 15-17, 2000. You will find that the Program theme of this meeting is about your own professional development Some meeting highlights are the following:Wednesday night's open forum on Interlibrary Loan in Georgia and on Thursday, Carol Burns, Director of the Emory Health Sciences Library will be the Miriam Libbey Lecture Speaker. Her presentation is entitled A Life of Learning. Rosalind Lett along with other selected colleagues will present a Professional Competencies Workshop later that day. On Friday, there will be two half day continuing education classes entitled: The Use And Management of Electronic Serials and The New Docline.
See you at the meeting! If you have any concerns about GHSLA, please call me at 404-727-0285 or email me at librcb@emory.edu.
- Carolyn M. Brown, President
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