Information

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Publication

• "The Outreach SIG: Past, Present, and Future" by Jan LaBeause, Deborah Halsted, and Jane Bryant; edited by Virginia A. Lingle. MLA News 1999 Nov/Dec;(321):13-14.

Past Meetings

MLA 2008 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

• Convener: Keith Cogdill
• Business Meeting - May 21, 2008

MLA 2007 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Convener: Deborah Charbonneau
• Business Meeting - May 20, 2007

MLA 2006 Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona

• Co-Conveners: Mary Riordan and Deborah Charbonneau
• Business Meeting: May 21, 2006
• SIG Activities
• Meeting Minutes

MLA 2005 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

• Convener: Mary Jackson
• Business Meeting: May 16, 2005

MLA 2004 Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.

• Convener: Jack Raines  and Mary Jackson
• Business Meeting: May 24, 2004

MLA 2003 Annual Meeting. San Diego, California

• Convener: Jack Raines  
• Business Meeting: May 4, 2003
  Minutes from meeting.
• Program: 
  1. Building Lighthouses on Far Shores: Services to Underserved Health Professionals, May 5, 2003 (Sponsored by MLA's Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, the Public Health/Health Administration Section, and the Mental Health and Outreach SIGs).
  
  2. Caught in the Whirlpool: Information Needs of and Outreach Services for At-Risk and Underserved Consumer Populations, May 5, 2003 (Sponsored by MLA's Public Health/Health Administration,
  Dental, International Cooperation, Consumer and Patient Health Information, Relevant Issues Sections and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Sciences Librarians; and African American Medical Librarians Alliance, and Outreach SIGs.

• Convener: Will Olmstadt
• Business Meeting: May 20, 2002
  Minutes from meeting.
• Program: Diversity, Demographics, and Disparities in Accessing and Delivering Health Information and Health Care, Parts I and II, May 19-20, 2002 (Sponsored by MLA's Chiropractic Libraries, Relevant Issues, Consumer and Patient Health Information, and Public Health/Health Administration Sections and Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Mental Health, Osteopathic Libraries, African American Medical Librarians Alliance, and Outreach SIGs.)

• Conveners: Elaine May Banner, AHIP and Kathleen M. McCloskey, AHIP 
• Recorder: Lynne M. Fox, AHIP
• Business Meeting: May 28, 2001. Minutes from meeting.
• Program: Library Partnerships  Powerful Connections: A Symposium, May 30, 2001 (Sponsored by MLAs Consumer and Patient Health Information, International Cooperation, and Public Health/Health Administration Sections and Outreach SIG with the National Library of Medicine.) 
  

• Conveners: Kathleen McCloskey and Elaine May Banner
• Recorder: Brian Bunnett
• Business Meeting, May 8^th, 5:30-7:00pm, Minutes
• Program: Outreach to Public Health Professionals: Demystifying the Dragon of Population-based Service, xxx (Contributed papers session cosponsored with the Public Health/Health Administration and the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Sections)

• Convener: Jan LaBeause (for Peggy Richwine)
• Recorder: Lynne Fox
• Business Meeting, May 17^th, 2:00-3:30pm, Minutes (can scan in?)
• Program: Standards and Quality Assurance in Public Services with the Public Services Section

• Conveners: Mary Jo Dwyer and Regina Lee
• Recorder: Lynne Fox
• Programs:
  • Innovative Services to Benefit Distant Practitioners and Learners with the Dental and the Public Services Sections
  • Providing Library Services for Mid-Level Practitioners with the Nursing and Allied Health Resources, the Public Services, and the History of the Health Sciences Sections

• Conveners: Mary Jo Dwyer and Regina Lee

• Conveners: Maggie Zeller and Jim Wohlleb
• Program: Outreach Frontiers: Programs for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals with the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section

• Conveners: Deborah Halsted and Jane Bryant
• Programs:
  • Hospital Libraries: Reaching Out to the Unaffiliated Health Professional with the Hospital Libraries Section
  • Reaching Underserved Populations: Information for Health Professionals is the Key with the Public Health/Health Administration Libraries Section
  • Networking Rural America: Diversified Clients/Diversified Needs with the Medical Society Libraries Section

• Conveners: Mary E. Helms and Mary L. Riordan

• Conveners: Claire Hamasu and Diana McDuffee 

MLA 1991, San Francisco, CA (Informal Meeting)

• Conveners: Linda Jacknowitz, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; and Eve Ruff, Library Services, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle

Selected Meeting Minutes

• MLA 2007. Philadelphia, PA. Minutes from Outreach SIG business meeting.

• MLA 2006. Phoenix, AZ. Minutes from Outreach SIG business meeting.
  
  
• MLA 2003. San Diego, CA. Minutes from Outreach SIG business meeting.
  
  
• MLA 2002. Dallas, TX. Minutes from Outreach SIG business meeting.
  
  
• MLA 2001. Orlando, FL. Minutes from Outreach SIG business meeting.
  
  
• MLA 2000. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Minutes from Outreach SIG business meeting.
  

Annual Reports

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