Program Committee Annual Report - 2003-2004

Committee Members:

Karen Tubolino, Chair
Nancy Bulgarelli
Chris Hunt
Ken Nelson
Robin Terebello
Jenny Wang
Janet Zimmerman

Accomplishments:

The Program Committee planned and implemented five programs. The program for September is in the planning stages. Brown Bag sessions were held this year before each meeting.

The following is the 2003-2004 meeting agenda as presented:

Date: September 18, 2003
Topic: Before Disaster Strikes
Speaker: Jeanne Drewes MSU
Brown Bag: Bretford
Location: Oakwood Hospital / Dearborn
Attendance: 54

Date: November 19, 2003
Topic: Imbedding Safety into Patient Care: an organizational mission
Speaker: Marcia Piotrowski Patient Safety Coordinator, Ann Arbor VA
Brown Bag: Linkout – Video-conferenced from Chicago
Location: Wyandotte Hospital
Attendance: 28

Date: February 19, 2004
Topic: State of Library Staff Education: Electives Now and the Future
Speakers: Joseph Mika, WSU; Maurita P Holland, U of M; Suzanne Robinson, MLC
Brown Bag: Micromedex – John Wilkinson
Location: Dental Library, UofD Mercy Outer Dr Campus
Attendance: 38

Date: April 22, 2004
Topic: Return on Investment (ROI)
Speaker: Judith Field
Brown Bag: Building a digital collection – Toni Janik
Location: Cottage Hospital Grosse Point
Attendance: 34

Date: June 17, 2004
Topic: The Visible Librarian, asserting your value through marketing and advocacy
Speaker: Ms Judith Seiss
Location: Somerset Inn, Troy Michigan
Attendance: 55

Date: September 9, 2004
Topic: Copyright Issues
Speaker: James Hilton Univ. of Michigan
Brown Bag – Grant Writing/ Dee Callaway (DALNET)
Location: Henry Ford Bi-Country Hospital/Warren

Recommendations:

- The brown bags are well received and should be continued. It is easier to coordinate them if they are planned by the Program Committee at the same time the main program is set up.

- At the start of the year the Program Committee and the Professional Development Committee should share topic ideas and dates so that these activities are well coordinated

- Continuing to have the previous year’s committee plan for the September meeting works very well.

Respectfully submitted,

Karen Tubolino
MDMLG Program Committee
June 2004