Medical Informatics Section, Medical Library Association

Annual Report 1997-98

Goal 1:	The Section is co-sponsoring (with the Molecular Biology and Genomics Special Interest Group) a pre-MLA conference all-day symposium on Saturday, May 23, 1998, titled "Impact of Genomics on Twenty-first Century Medicine ". We will continue to sponsor the MI Career Development Award although there were no applicants this year. A List of Medical Informatics course links to other web sites has been developed and is ready to put on the MIS homepage.
Goal 2:	As of January, 1998 the MI Section has a total of 474 members an increase of 165 since January, 1997
Goal 3:	The new MIS homepage site is located at the University of Rochester Medical Center (temporarily until the permanent MLA site is ready). The site replaces the print newsletter and contains the 1998 annual conference program. It will be used as a tool to communicate information to current members.
Goal 4:	The Section is sponsoring additional sessions (invited speakers and papers) on digital libraries, evidence-based medicine, evaluating information technology and public health.
Goal 5:	The Section has an appointed liaison to the government Relations Committee.

MOTION: This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.

Trudy A. Gardner, Chair