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Congratulations to Wayne State University for having two health-focused courses certified to offer the Medical Library Association’s Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS). Dr. Deborah Charbonneau, a Professor in the School of Information Sciences at Wayne State University, successfully prepared an application through the Network of the National Library of Medicine’s (NNLM) Consumer Health for Library Students program. This initiative enables students to obtain a CHIS level II credential upon completing an approved course. Wayne State University is proud to be the first university in Michigan to offer this certification, setting a new standard for health information education.

For additional information and details, visit
https://news.nnlm.gov/region_4/wayne-state-university-brings-consumer-health-information-specialization-chis-to-campus/

The Program & Professional Development Committee cordially invites you to the MDMLG Annual Summer Meeting and Luncheon, the meeting will be preceded by lunch and a presentation by the Detroit Historical Society titled, "Midnight: Detroit and the Underground Railroad."

Date: June 25, 2025

Time: 11:30 am to 3:30 pm

Location: Rochester Mills Beer Co.

Link to register: https://form.jotform.com/251474856843064

This is a reminder about the upcoming MDMLG General Business Meeting on April 23, 2025, held in person at the Michigan School of Psychology in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Date: April 23, 2025
Time: 1pm to 3pm

Program Schedule:
1:00pm - 1:45pm  - General Business Meeting
1:45pm - 2:00pm  - Refreshments
2:00pm - 3:00pm  - Presentation by Julia Pope, Conrad R. Lam Archives, Henry Ford Health

Address:
Zalapi Lecture Hall and Conference Center, Blau Building
Michigan School of Psychology
26811 Orchard Lake Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48336

Parking Info:
Be sure to check traffic/road status the day of the meeting, as all of Michigan is under construction. Visitor parking is freely available on the MSP campus. When you arrive, head to the left for parking near the Zalapi Lecture Hall and Conference Center in the Blau Building. 

We hope to see you there!

 The Nominating Committee would like to present the 2025 MDMLG Slate of Candidates.

President-
David Stewart, Assistant Professor, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Library

Secretary-
Laura (Laurie) Arrick, Librarian, Henry Ford Wyandotte, Sladen Libraries

Outreach-
Jillian Beckwell,  Instructional Design Librarian for Rochester Christian University

Nominating Committee-  
Tamara Sawyer, Knowledge Services Manager-Librarian, CMU Health Partners
Cynthia Simpson, Librarian, Lawrence Technological University
Stephanie Swanberg, User Services Librarian, Michigan School of Psychology

The website with the candidates' pictures and biographical sketches can be found at http://mdmlg.org/slate-2025-election.html

The membership is allowed to make Nominations for the Board and the Nominating Committee from the membership at large by petitions signed by not fewer than ten (10) personal members providing they are submitted in writing to the chair of the Nominating Committee at least seven (7) days before the election. Petitions must be accompanied by a written statement of acceptance from the candidate and biographical sketch.

According to the bylaws, after 30 days, if there have not been any properly obtained petitions for any positions the Board is within its rights to deem the slate elected.  The Board may do this because none of the positions are being contested.

Please contact Melanie Bednarski with any nominations, petitions, or any questions you may have.

MDMLG Nominating Committee
Melanie Bednarski, Chair
Brianna Andre
Bethany Figg

MDMLG Spring Program - Ending Race-Based Medicine

Wednesday, February 19^th at 1:00pm

The Zoom link is located in the listserv posting.

Join us as the co-creators of the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s End Race-Based Medicine Taskforce Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, MD, FAAP and Latonya Riddle-Jones, MD Associate Professor - Clinical Internal Medicine talk about the work their task force is doing to dispel and extinguish the misguided belief that individual races are biologically distinct groups determined by genes, and terminate medical practices and research that adhere to that concept.

"Race-based medicine is the practice of medicine – and other forms of health care – grounded in racial essentialism, which is the false belief that races are biologically distinct groups determined by genes," Dr. Opara said. "It is a key component of structural and systemic racism in medicine and has perpetuated multiple generations of harm to Black, as well as other minoritized and structurally excluded communities."

 SAVE THE DATE - Spring General Business Meeting

The spring MDMLG General Business Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 1:00 pm at the Michigan School of Psychology in Farmington Hills, MI. More information and an agenda will be shared closer to the meeting date.  

The current issue of MDMLG News is now available on the MDMLG website or directly at http://www.mdmlg.org/MDMLG%20News%20Volume%2051%20Issue%202%20Winter%202025.pdf

Current and past newsletters can be found at 

http://www.mdmlg.org/news.htm and 

http://www.mdmlg.org/newsletter-archives.htm

The winter MDMLG General Business Meeting on Wednesday, January 29^th, 2025 at 1pm via Zoom. During our meeting, we will hold a brief session outlining board and committee roles and other opportunities to be involved in MDMLG.

Please use the access link below to join the meeting.
https://emich.zoom.us/j/81140631832

The winter issue of MDMLG News will be published by January 22^nd. Please let me know if you have any news to share!