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The slate of candidates for the 2023-2024 Executive Board is listed here: http://mdmlg.org/slate-2023-election.html. There are no contested positions, so a ballot will not be necessary. 

The new board will be approved and presented at the Summer Luncheon on June 22, 2023. 

 We also want to include this relevant information from the bylaws:

Nominations for the Board and the nominating Committee may be made from the membership at large by petitions signed by no 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.

We hope you enjoyed MDMLG’s presentation with Darlene Kaskie, NNLM Community Guide to Advance Health Information Equity, on April 20, 2023. You can view the tool here: Community Guide to Advance Health Information Equity

The recording of the session can be found here: https://youtu.be/GiLN-1atJrE.  The slides are available at http://www.mdmlg.org/NNLM%20-%20Community%20Guide%20to%20Advance%20Health%20Information%20Equity.pdf

If you would like to collaborate with Darlene Kaskie, her contact information is: darlene-kaskie@uiowa.edu.

 We hope you enjoyed MDMLG’s panel discussion with Prof. Michael McVey and Prof. Ann Blakeslee, Let’s Chat About ChatGPT, on April 13, 2023.

The links to the video recording of the presentation and the slide deck are below. The recording begins after the introductions.

Video recording:
https://emich.zoom.us/rec/share/sCaMYgJ3EaDhq8F48M5NLMurctS-77yenyoFQ4iojfLFOuuWdnE1_kizI-NRWgJn.FAILxjnTI5_W_mk-

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yTQ1t7wkx0U793jzWQoEFCzCeusWgKhhGsO40Vh0iE8/edit?usp=drivesdk

It is with a heavy heart that I convey to you that our current Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group (MDMLG) President, colleague and friend, Margaret Danowski, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.

Margaret was the Health Professions Librarian at Central Michigan University's Park Library since 2019. Before working at Central Michigan University, she worked for 23 years as an Assistant Professor and IT/Reference Librarian at Madonna University in Livonia, MI, where she was the Liaison to the College of Nursing and Health. In her early career, Margaret worked as a part-time librarian for a dental supply company in Romulus, MI, as well as a library technical assistant at the Oakland County Law Library.

Her early dream was to become an archaeologist. After completing her Bachelor’s degree in Classical Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology (1985) at the University of Michigan, Margaret enrolled in an art history graduate program in North Carolina where she studied ancient art. She returned to Michigan and worked as a serials and routing clerk at a law library in the metropolitan Detroit area. At the urging of her supervisor, she applied to the University of Michigan’s School of Library and Information Science, where she earned her M.I.L.S. in 1990.

Margaret, also called Meg, will always be remembered by her MDMLG colleagues and friends as a hard-worker with a positive disposition who was always willing to volunteer for committees and other service work. She was a member of MDMLG’s Nominating Committee for two years (2020-2021 & 2021-2022), Chair of the Programming and Professional Development Committee (2021-2022), and served as President from August 2022 until her recent passing. She added a seasoned depth of insight, as well as a touch of humor, to our association discussions. She will be so missed by all of us.

At this time, there are no formal services planned. However, should any plans be announced, they will be communicated to the MDMLG membership.