We are happy to report that a total of $1000 was donated to the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums following the 2023 PNCMLA Conference. Standing for the meaningful intention behind Indigenous land acknowledgement, PNCMLA is committed to the active support of regional Tribal libraries and their work. 

The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) is "an international non-profit organization that maintains a network of support for Indigenous programs, provides culturally relevant programming and services, encourages collaboration among tribal and non-tribal cultural institutions, and articulates contemporary issues related to developing and sustaining the cultural sovereignty of Native Nations." 

To read more about and donate directly to the amazing work of ATALM, you can visit their webpage. 

Congratulations to our new 2024 Executive Board! 

Position	Name	Term
Chair	Mary Beth McAteer	2024
Past Chair	Electra Enslow	2024
Chair Elect	Ekaterini Papadopoulou	2024
Membership Secretary	Frances Chu	2024 - 2026
Recording Secretary	Jennifer McKay	2024
Treasurer	Heather Hawley	2023-2024
Past Treasurer	Teresa Jewell	2023-2024
Treasurer Elect	Katheryn Vela	2024
Chapter Council Representative	Andrea Ball	2024 - 2026
Chapter Council Alternative	Anna Bjartmarsdottir	2024 - 2026
MLA Nominating Committee Candidate	Rian Debner	2024
Communications Committee Chair/Webmaster (non-board position)	Nicole Vollum	2024 -

All current members of PNCMLA should have had an email by now reminding them to vote in the board elections - if you're having trouble voting please let Ekaterini know: epapadopoulou@seattleu.edu.

Please cast your votes asap - results will be announced in the new year and the poll will close on Dec 31st!

UPDATE 11/20 7pm:  Thank you to out latest nominees:

Jennifer McKay moving her nomination Chapter Rep

and Anna Bjartmarsdottir nominated as Alternate

We now have only two open positions without nominees so far:

Nominations are still open for the 2024 Board Positions!

Are you interested in getting involved in the chapter, learning from your fellow medical librarians, and building your portfolio for AHIP?

Let Ekaterini know which position you're nominating yourself for by November 30th by emailing: epapadopoulou@seattleu.edu 

Current slate of nominees:

Open positions without nominees so far:

Learn more about the position responsibilities here.

Here's how the full 2024 Board is shaping up:

*nominee

** still vacant

Chair	Mary Beth McAteer	2024
Past Chair	Electra Enslow	2024
Chair Elect	Ekaterini Papadopoulou*	2024
Recording Secretary	Jennifer McKay*	2024
Membership Secretary	Frances Chu*	2024 - 2026
Treasurer	Heather Hawley	2023 - 2024
Past Treasurer	Teresa Jewell	2023-2024
Treasurer Elect**		2024
Chapter Council Representative	Jennifer McKay*	2024 - 2026
Chapter Council Alternative	Anna Bjartmarsdottir*	2024 - 2026
MLA Nominating Committee Candidate**		2024
Communications Committee Chair/Webmaster (non-board position)	Nicole Vollum	2024 -

Join us next week for the 2023 Online Conference - included in the conference registration is the opportuntity to earn 1.5 MLA CE credits:

Jessi Van Der Volgen and Jamia Williams will be joining us to teaching the course Activate, Collaborate, Educate: Library Health Outreach and Programming

We hope to see you there!

Register for the PNCMLA 2023 Conference now - our keynote speaker is now announced! 

Join us online on November 8th and 9th to hear presentations from across the US, get chapter and NLM Region updates, and hear about How Medical Librarians Can Stop the Spread of Retracted Research from Dr Jodi Schneider, our keynote speaker.

2023 Conference Keynote Address:

Title: How Medical Librarians Can Stop the Spread of Retracted Research

Bio: Dr. Jodi Schneider is Associate Professor of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she directs the Information Quality Lab. She studies the science of science through the lens of arguments, evidence, and persuasion. Her work evaluates tools to reduce information overload in medical literature and develops approaches to improve citation integrity. Her work has been funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the European Commission, IMLS, NIH, ORI, Science Foundation Ireland, and an NSF CAREER award. She is a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project and the PI of Reducing the Inadvertent Spread of Retracted Science.

Join us online, Nov 8 and 9 for our annual conference!

• Keynote
• Continuing Education 
• Research, quality improvement, program development and evaluation presentations, Lightning Talks and Posters
• Updates from Chapters and MLA

Register NOW!

Save the dates of November 8th and November 9th for the PNCMLA 2023 Virtual Conference!  

PNC/MLA is calling for these types of presentations on topics of interest to health sciences professionals in any setting.

· Research, quality improvement, program development or evaluation presentations (15 minutes)

· "How To" presentation that teach practical, hands-on skills (15 minutes).

· Lightning talks (5 minutes)

· Posters (3-5 minutes, 1 poster slide)

Deadline to submit proposals is September 15, 2023. Submit your proposal here: https://redcap.providence.org/redcap/surveys/?s=JAAA8CJJ4H3TLKYK

When: July 20 at 8:00 a.m. SST, 9:00 a.m. HST, 11:00 a.m. AKDT, 12:00 p.m. PDT, 1:00 p.m. MDT, 2:00 p.m. CDT, 3:00 p.m. EDT, July 21 at 5:00 a.m. ChST

Presentation: Homelessness and Inclusion Health

The interactions between homelessness and health are complex. Having a greater understanding of these interactions, of complex trauma, historical trauma including racism, and the negative effects of social exclusion on health is essential for librarians and others in supportive roles. Evidence-based interventions like inclusion health, health through housing, and health literacy supportive education, help to improve the health and life trajectories of people experiencing homelessness. Brief case studies and discussion of the role of librarians will be included in this presentation.

The PNC-MLA Health Equity and Diversity Speaker Series is a collaboration between NNLM Region 5 and Pacific Northwest Chapter/Medical Library Association (PNC-MLA) through the efforts of its Diversity Committee.

Presenter: Josephine Ensign is Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. She teaches public health, health policy, and health humanities. She has been a nurse for forty years and has the lived experience of homelessness as a young adult. Her scholarship and practice as a nurse practitioner focus on trauma-informed care and health inequities for people marginalized by poverty and homelessness. She has also authored books, essays, and articles on the topic of homelessness.

The webinar is free but registration is required. Unable to attend the live session? It will be recorded and posted on the NNLM YouTube channel.

 

 

PNC/MLA in Solidarity with UW Libraries Strike

PNC/MLA stands in solidarity with our colleagues at University of Washington, particularly our colleagues in the Health Sciences Library. We believe that all librarians deserve fair working conditions, and support the legal right to form, join, and assist a union. Learn more about how you can support our colleagues here: https://www.seiu925.org/2022/10/12/uw-libraries-on-strike/