Focus on the Forest, Not the Trees: A Checklist for Planning Chapter Meetings
| dc.creator | Traditi, Lisa K. | en |
| dc.creator | Crossno, Jon | en |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0003-2875-849X | |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0002-1527-6208 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-15T20:50:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-15T20:50:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-05 | |
| dc.description | Author Affiliations: Jon Crossno, MLS, AHIP, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Lisa Traditi, MLS, AHIP, Head of Education and Reference, Health Sciences Library, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado | en |
| dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES: After successfully planning Quint*Essential: Convergence and Collaboration, a meeting of five MLA chapters, the authors share the lessons they learned from their experience. METHODS: Held Oct.12-16, 2014, Quint*Essental was a joint meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of MLA (MCMLA), Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona (MLGSCA), Northern California & Nevada Medical Library Group (NCNMLG), Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA (PNCMLA), and South Central Chapter of MLA (SCCMLA). After reviewing successes and failures of their multi-chapter meeting, the authors used SurveyMonkey to gather the opinions and advice of other multiple chapter meeting planners. The authors then identified key activities and time-sensitive tasks necessary to planning such a meeting. RESULTS: From this amalgam of information, they created a checklist designed to help future planners, whether for individual or multiple chapter meetings. This checklist also includes a recommended timeline for when essential milestones should be reached. CONCLUSIONS: Holding a multi-chapter meeting, while a daunting task, can be beneficial to chapters and attendees. A vetted planning checklist, along with strong communication, skills with shared decision-making, and effective record-keeping are key components for success. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Traditi, L. K., & Crossno, J. (2016, May). Focus on the forest, not the trees: A checklist for planning chapter meetings. Poster session presented at the 2016 meeting of the Medical Library Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/3096 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/3096 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Checklist | en |
| dc.subject.mesh | Surveys and Questionnaires | en |
| dc.title | Focus on the Forest, Not the Trees: A Checklist for Planning Chapter Meetings | en |
| dc.type | Poster | en |