In this presentation, our guest presenter will share the premise of the IMLS-funded program, 'BIPOC Become Librarians' which addresses the lack of diversity in the LIS profession.  They will discuss the process they developed and what was learned.

This presentation champions increasing diversity in health sciences librarianship, highlighting an NLM and NIH priority.

This webinar session is for educational and informational purposes in alignment with NNLM goals and does not offer medical advice.

Presenter:

Mantra Roy, PhD, MLIS, Collection Strategy Librarian, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University

Dr. Roy, works at San Jose State University's King Library as a tenure-track librarian faculty. Along with reference, collection development and information literacy sessions, she focuses on projects that bring visibility to underrepresented groups and communities. 

Objectives:

1. Develop programing to address a need in the community/profession
2. Identify partners to collaborate on a project and conduct outreach
3. Evaluate and assess the program

Register Here: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/demystifying-lis-profession-bipoc-undergraduate-students-bipoc-become-librarians

Please join us on August 7th 2024 for the latest PNC-MLA Health Equity and Diversity Speaker Series talk: 

Challenges for Agricultural Producers and Workers: How to Assist Those on the Front Line 

Presented by Gracia María Puerto Hernández, Spanish Speaking Agricultural Extension Coordinator, Washington State University Skagit County Extension. 

  Our Board has been hard at work this year meeting almost weekly to discuss various topics related to membership engagement, annual meetings, professional development, chapter finances, scholarships, and much more. This time together as a Board is very valuable but we also agree that the voice of our membership is the most important resource we have. 

Therefore, we would love to invite PNC members, or those interest in learning more about our chapter, to join us for a monthly meeting to get to know each other, ask questions, give feedback, and have some virtual connection time!  This opportunity is open to library students, library staff and librarians alike. We want you all to come chat with us!

The meetings will be held the first Thursday of the month through the end of the year from 9am-10am PST . The dates are as follows (note: we may use one of these as our fall business meeting as well):

Please email mary.mcateer@vmfh.org for the meeting link or with any questions. 

We look forward to seeing you all soon! 

As MLA Portland quickly approaches, we are excited to gather together as a community nationally and locally. PNCMLA would love to plan a brief get together for our regional members (and non-members, come join the team!), so please take a moment to fill out this brief interest survey:  https://take.quiz-maker.com/poll5179444x58ea422B-156

We have also created a PNCMLA Discord server to coordinate during the conference. There is a channel for members to post their presentation times and locations so we can show up with some local support. Join the server here: https://discord.gg/cDzZEGZXs6

And last but not least, we are so happy to announce the recipients of our 2024 PNCMLA conference scholarship:

• Megan Benfield
• Frances Chu
• Ann Dyer
• Irene Miller
• Sara Ostlund
• Ekaterini Papadopoulou

 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.