At
MLA 2012, the International Cooperation Section (ICS) is the leading sponsor
for a great session on librarians working outside of the library or box. We
will also co-sponsor with the Public Health/Health Administration (PH/HA) and
Relevant Issues Sections another interesting and timely session on the
sustainability of global health library projects. http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2012/index.html
ICS
will lead the session - Stepping out of the Box: Librarians Working
in Unconventional Roles and Places in Support of Global Health. This
will be a contributed papers session. The main focus will
be to highlight the various roles that librarians are fulfilling on global
health–focused programs and projects. The focus is global health; however, this
encompasses anything international (e.g., collaboration, programs, partnerships
etc.) that may not be focused on global health per se. Please consider the work
you are doing, and if it is global health, public health or health-related
submit an abstract for review!
The
other session ICS will be co-leading is Going
the Distance: Keeping Your Global Health Projects Alive. This will also be a contributed papers
session. We hope to during this session to focus on the sustainability
of global health library projects. More and more institutions are developing
global health programs and including libraries. But in today's budget climate,
continuing to find funding for expensive global projects can sometimes prove
difficult. This session could include personal success stories as well as
detailed strategies from libraries that have developed, maintained, and
continued to grow their global health library presence.
The
deadline for submission is November 2,
2011.
Instructions
for submitting an abstract are online at - http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2012/sect_prog/index.html.
If
you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Alicia Livinski
(Alicia.Livinski@nih.gov).
I
hope many ICS members will consider submitting abstracts for 2012!
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