Grant Hospital
Call
to order: President Julie McDaniel
called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m.
Minutes: Minutes from the March 31,
2003 spring business meeting were not available for review.
Treasurer’s
Report: Becky Mehling reported a
balance of $884.85.
Continuing Education: Lisa Blackwell suggested querying the COHSLA
list to determine if members are interested in attending NCBI training on the
genomic databases as part of the COHSLA spring 2004 meeting. Lisa Blackwell and Lynda Hartel volunteered
to query the list to determine interest.
Networking: Sandy Wicker volunteered to
handle networking duties for Susi Miller when she takes maternity leave in
2004.
A suggestion was made to change the location of the
monthly luncheon from Ashley’s to another location because of construction on
and around the OSU campus. Jo Yeoh
suggested the Riverside Hospital cafeteria, Fern Cheek suggested returning to
the Fawcett Center, and Sarah Murphy suggested the Blackwell. No action was taken.
Web Page: Lynda Hartel reported that
the COHSLA web site will have a new web address. No date was available as to
when this change will take place.
Award Committee: Stacy Gall agreed to chair
the Award Committee for 2004. Stacy read
a thank you note she had received from Joyce Tallman, winner of the 2003
Scholarship Award.
Nominating Committee: Sarah Murphy will chair the Nominating Committee in
2004. Sarah encouraged COHSLA members
interested in running for an office to contact her.
Old Business: Stacy Gall announced that
the video of the HIPAA teleconference broadcast earlier this year is available
for borrowing.
New Business: Jo Yeoh, on behalf of
COHSLA, volunteered to purchase Café Courier gift certificates for Barb
VanBrimmer, a member of COHSLA and
former COHSLA president who is ill. Becky Mehling, Treasurer, will send Jo a
check to cover the cost of the gift certificates.
Announcements: Lynda Hartel provided
information about the Frankenstein exhibit and related activities. The exhibit
opens September 25 in the Medical Heritage Center in the Prior Health Sciences
Library.
Lynda shared information about the Center for
Knowledge Management open house scheduled for October 1, 2003 in the Prior
Health Sciences Library.
Lynda Hartel announced that Susan Kroll has been
appointed Associate Vice-President for the Health Sciences Center for Knowledge
Management at OSU.
Lynda also shared that Sarah Murphy will have an
article published in the upcoming issue of the Journal of the Medical
Library Association.
Adjournment: Julie McDaniel adjourned the
meeting at 1:30 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted by:
Becky
Mehling
Secretary