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Calling All MLA Present and Future Leaders!

Leadership of health sciences libraries has never been more challenging. Demands for new services and electronic resources frequently outstrip the shrinking budgets of hospital and academic medical libraries. Technology is a key factor in almost every decision. Expectations from users are higher than ever. Today's health care environment demands that libraries foster innovative partnerships and demonstrate leadership at all levels of the organization. How will new leaders in our profession develop the skills and confidence needed to step into leadership roles?

Make plans now to attend the MLA 2002 symposium in Dallas - Leadership Reconsidered: Developing a Strategic Agenda for Leadership in Health Sciences Libraries - on Wednesday, May 22, 12:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

This symposium, co-sponsored by the MLA Leadership and Management Section and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL), will provide you with the opportunity to:

• obtain an overview of library leadership issues from national experts in the field
• hear the latest research on the attributes that present and future library leaders need to possess
• learn about existing library leadership development programs
• brainstorm in facilitated discussions about the leadership challenges facing health sciences libraries
• engage in dialogue with leaders from MLA, AAHSL, the National Library of Medicine, and other MLA members about how our profession must respond to these challenges and provide recommendations for a strategic agenda for future action

Since leadership is needed at all levels of health sciences libraries, participation is encouraged by hospital and academic librarians at all levels of management. This leadership summit is an opportunity to take a direct role in shaping the future direction of MLA, AAHSL, and NLM's leadership initiatives.

Speakers will include Patricia Battin, faculty, Frye Institute, Atlanta, GA; Melanie Hawks, program officer, Training, Office of Leadership and Management Services, Association of Research Libraries; Peter Hernon, professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College; Becky Lyon, deputy associate director, Library Operations, NLM; Patricia Mickelson, chair, Task Force on Future Leadership, AAHSL, and director, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh; Maureen Sullivan, faculty, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)/Harvard Leadership Institute; and Linda Watson, AHIP, MLA president-elect 2001/02, and director, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Health System. Breakout session facilitators will include Sherrilynne Fuller, Anna Habetler, Ruth Holst, Michael Homan, Lucretia McClure, Rochelle Minchow, Diane Schwartz, and Pat Thibodeau.

Mark your calendars now for this important symposium!

Elaine Martin, NER Director, serves as Chair-Elect of the Leadership and Management Section and Program Committee Chair for this event.

Submitted by Ruth Riley, MLA Leadership and Management Section Program Committee. For more information, contact Ruth Riley at 803-733-3353 or ruth@med.sc.edu