Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association

Advocacy Committee

Purpose:

The Advocacy Committee was created in 2015, as a result of the merger of the Library Advocacy and Governmental Relations committees.

Information and documents related to this merged committee will appear in this area. The web pages for the previous two committees are linked here for archival purposes.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Advocacy Challenge Past winners can be found Here:

Jennifer Mayer's Infographic 1 & 2
Other Member's Entries (Hittner Annual Report; Yaeger virtual presentations/Zoom consults)

For Links to our Most Recent Podcasts:

Mark Aaron Polger -Editor Library Marketing Journal (27.12 min)
John Chrastka -Director of EveryLibrary, a political action committee for libraries (21.51 min)
Jennifer Burke -A consultant that assists libraries in communicating value & expanding impact (24.34 min)

Advocacy Examples submitted by Chapter Members

Current Membership:

2024-2025

Vacant - Chair
Ashley Bassett (2025)
Emily Glenn (2026)
Lydia Howes (2025)

Access committee documents on the Chapter Sharepoint site. You will be prompted to login as a Chapter member to obtain the link.

Past Membership:

2023-2024
Heather St. Clair - Chair
Ashley Bassett
Kiara Comfort
Emily Glenn
Lydia Howes

2022-2023
Heather St. Clair - Chair
Ashley Bassett
Kiara Comfort
Lydia Howes
Angela Spencer

2021-2022
Kiara Comfort - Chair
Emily Eresuma
Angela Spencer
Kristy Steigerwalt
Heather St. Clair

2020-2021

Kristy Steigerwalt - Chair

Kiara Comfort

Emily Eresuma

Angela Spencer

Jacob White

2019-2020
Emily Eresuma - Chair
Kristy Steigerwalt
Jacob White
Carly McCracken
Timmi Johnson

2018-2019
Emily Eresuma - Chair

Kimberly Harp

Kristy Steigerwalt

Jacob White

Carly McCracken

2017-2018

Angela Spencer - Chair

Emily Eresuma
Kimberly Harp

John Bramble, Ex-Officio

2016-2017
Angela Spencer - Chair
Darell Schmick
Gwen Lawson - Student Member
Emily Eresuma

2015-2016
Angela Spencer - Chair
Emily Eresuma
Camilla Gentry
Gwen Lawson - Student Member
Elizabeth (Betsy) Mueth
Darel Schmick
Rose Wilson

2014-2015
Elizabeth (Betsy) Mueth - Chair
Camilla Gentry
Angela Spencer
Rose Wilson
Barb Jones - Ex-Officio

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