Colorado Council of Medical Librarians

Marketing, Advocacy

Contents:
Advocacy Resources You Can Use Now
Request a letter
Administrator of the Year Award
MLA and MCMLA Posters

Advocacy Resources You Can Use Now:

MLA Resources:

• MLA’s Librarian Survival Kit Writing Letters, Fact Sheet, Scientific Evidence
• Vital Pathways for Hospital Librarians Brochures, PowerPoint, Talking Points, Report Hospital Library Changes, Bibliography
• MLA Communications Toolkit
• MLA Promotional Tip Sheet
• Benchmarking Network
• 2005 Salary Survey

NNLM Midcontinental Region Resources:

• Advocacy Resources for Medical Librarians
• Information Rx
• Valuing Library Services Calculator

Miscellaneous:

• The Pros and Cons of Library Outsourcing (A Planning Aid for Librarians and Administrators)
• ALA supports library advocacy
• Hospital Library Advocacy Blog
• CCML Bookmark jpg | • CCML Bookmark tiff |• CCML Bookmark pdf
• CCML Talking Points
• Articles Supporting Health Science Libraries - A CiteULike bibliography of articles that anyone can add to and use, to post, create a CiteULike account and then click the group's Info tab and click "Join".

Administrator of the Year Award

This award is offered every year for one hospital administrator during October which is National Medical Librarian’s Month. The award is given in recognition of exemplary support of a Colorado health science library and its staff during the last year.

Timeline for the award: Early July - Call for submissions; Mid-August - Deadline for submissions; September Membership Meeting - Announce winner; October - Presentation of award.

Nominate your administrator!

Administrator Advocacy Award Form

2007 Awardee:

Barb Jahn, Vice President of Operations at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. Jahn was nominated by Margaret Bandy, manager of Library and Media Services at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital. The award was presented by Gene Gardner, CCML President and Margaret Bandy.
• Read Margaret Bandy's Presentation Speech
• Photo of Gene presenting the award

• Read Kimberly Lyons-Mitchell's entry
• Photos commemorating the event!    photo 1 -- photo 2 -- photo 3
• Tracey Lynn Samdahl’s publicity in the Vail Daily newspaper.


Previous Years:

Mitchell Carson, CHE, President and CEO of Longmont United Hospital. He was nominated by Teri Manzanares, Librarian at the Consumer Health Resource Library, Longmont United Hospital. The award was presented by Teri and Joyce Condon, CCML President, at a salsa party held at the library. Below are items relating to the award and Teri's great work at the library.

• Administrator of the Year plaque
• Announcement for the Salsa Contest
• Announcement for the Library Open House
• Teri and Joyce Condon presenting the award to Mitchel Carson
• Thank-you letter from Mitchell Carson

Request a letter to be sent to your administrator:

Previous letters sent:

• Letter regarding DHMC library closure
• Letter regarding St. Mary-Corwin Library
• Letter welcoming Fort Carson Librarian

NNLM Letters:

• NNLM Advocacy Letter
• Impact of the NNLM Advocacy Letter

MLA and MCMLA Posters:

• Advocacy Committee Poster (presented at MLA, MCMLA, and CAL)