Library Advocacy

Promotion of MDMLG Health Sciences Award

The December 8, 2005 MDMLG Program featured a panel discussion of four local librarians on the subject of "Saving Your Library." Here are some of the links which were mentioned during that panel discussion.

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Submitted by Theresa Arndt, MLS
Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan
1135 East Catherine St 0726, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2038
voice: 734-936-1397 fax: 734-763-1473
email: tarndt@umich.edu

Advocacy Quotes [from professional journals]. MS Word document
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/advocacy/docs/quotes.doc
"Advocacy Quotes - The following quotes, as compiled by Deb Weaver of the Children's Hospital in Denver and the Colorado Council of Medical Librarians advocacy team, relate to the importance of having a medical librarian on staff."

Advocacy for Medical Librarians
http://nnlm.gov/pnr/advocacy/index.html
Links to various advocacy resources on the web; from the NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region

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Submitted by Carole Gilbert
Helen L. DeRoy Medical Library
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers
16001 West Nine Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075
248/849-3294
carole.gilbert@providence-stjohnhealth.org

Chapter Council Sharing Roundtables
Medical Library Association Annual Meeting / San Antonio, Texas, May 2005