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(The following information comes courtesy of Katie Dayani.  For questions, please use the contact information listed in the post.)

The Kansas-Western Missouri Chapter of the Special Libraries Association is hosting our second annual conference on Friday, October 20th in Kansas City.

We invite proposals for 45-minute informational sessions on topics of interest to librarians, students, and information professionals from all backgrounds - public, academic, and special.  We also have opportunities for poster sessions, "lightning round" sessions (10 minutes), or panel sessions.

Submit your proposal via the link below by June 1st and candidates will be notified of acceptance by June 15th.  Please contact president@kwm-sla.org with any questions. 

https://goo.gl/1BdZGA

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Create a display? Have a great elevator speech?  Have an email tag line?  Promotion?  Share your ideas and success!  We are calling these blog posts LibInterst (think Pinterest combined with Librarian Design Share)

To start I am sharing a promotion I did for Doctors' Day to promote our offsite access product.

Let us know your ideas and success!

Angela Spencer - MCMLA Advocacy Chair

angela.spencer@stlukes-stl.com

Call for Paper and Poster Abstracts 

2017 MCMLA Annual Meeting

The Program Committee invites paper and poster abstract submissions on any health sciences librarianship topic for the 2017 Midcontinental Chapter Meeting in Columbia, Missouri. The meeting will take place from October 9-11 at the Tiger Hotel, with paper and posters sessions being held on Tuesday, October 10th. 

Deadline for abstract submission is June 9, 2017.

Notifications of acceptance will be made by July 19, 2017.

Please contact Christi Piper, cpiper@uccs.edu or 719-255-3027 with questions.

Instructions:

• Abstracts should be kept under 250 words. Structured abstracts are preferred. Find more information about structured abstracts at mlanet.org [http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=517]
  
• Submissions should be sent to Christi Piper via this online form [https://www.jotform.com/refdesk/MCMLA2017]

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Date:    Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:10:40 +0000

From:    "Dina J. McKelvy" <MCKELD1@MMC.ORG>

Subject: Chapter Council Sharing Roundtables!

Time to register for

Chapter Council Sharing Roundtables

At MLA 2017 Seattle!

So many great topics to choose from!  

1.      Makerspaces

2.      Hospital Libraries

3.      Library Redesign

4.      Diversity & Inclusion in Libraries   

AND MANY MORE! Find details here: http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=999

Want to be a Facilitator and earn AHIP points? Visit the forms here<http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=999> to learn more and contact Mina Davenport FMI or to sign up! mdavenport@mail.cho.org<mailto:mdavenport@mail.cho.org> (Deadline for facilitator sign up is May 1.  First to contact gets dibs on the topic of her/his choice)

All this, and lunch with your colleagues too!  A plated lunch is offered -  Smoked Washington Chicken entrée with sides and dessert. Leave it to Seattle folks to smoke a chicken! Options available for dietary restrictions.

PRICE: $40  

Sign up here when you register for the conference!

http://www.mlanet.org/page/mla-17-how-to-register  

-Dina McKelvy. AHIP

Chapter Council Alternate -NAHSL  

Dina McKelvy, MLS, AHIP | Manager, Library & Knowledge Services | Maine Medical Center

22 Bramhall Street | Portland,  Maine 04102 | (207) 662-4080 | mckeld1@mmc.org<mailto:mckeld1@mmc.org>  

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 MMC Library: Connecting you with knowledge to learn, share & create  

Remember that that $40 can be out of MCMLA's pocket instead of yours if you register for a Roundtable and at http://www.mcmla.org/roundtable_application, you're one of the two lucky winners, and you write about what you learned for the MCMLA Express.

Jerry Carlson

MCMLA Honors & Awards Chair

jerry.carlson@uchealth.org

The deadline for submissions for the February issue of the Express is Friday, February 10. YOU are what makes the Express great, so please consider sending something in to share with your MCMLA colleagues. Please send in a blurb about your work! And don't forget to let me know about any papers, posters, presentations, awards, or any other recognition you or a fellow member have received, so we can recognize your efforts. You can email me at sprochia at health.missouri.edu.

Thanks!

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The MCMLA Endowment Piggy reminds you that it's not too late to donate to the MCMLA Endowment and receive a 2016 tax deduction.  Donations can be mailed to:

MCMLA

PO Box 221465

St. Louis, MO 63122

Be sure to include "MCMLA Endowment" in the check memo line!

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6 months – but that’s not too soon to Dream to attend MLA’17, Dream Dare Do – and in particular the Chapter Council Roundtable Lunch.  What’s more, you can Dare MCMLA to pay for it.  All you need to Do is apply for the MCMLA 2017 Chapter Council Roundtable Lunch Award!

The award winner(s) will reimbursed for the full cost of the Chapter Council Sharing Roundtables Luncheon which is held at the annual MLA meeting. The luncheon is an opportunity to network, share experiences and meet with colleagues at MLA.

Are you interested?

Selected applicants must:

1. Be a current member of MCMLA

2. Register for the Chapter Council Sharing Roundtables Luncheon

3. Write a summary of the experience for the MCMLA Express after MLA

Apply now!

The application deadline is March 1, 2017. Two names will be drawn at random and the winners notified by March 18, 2017.

If you have questions please email Jerry Carlson, Chair of the MCMLA Honors and Awards Committee.