Federal: The EPA’s Science Advisory Board voted on May 31, 2018 to review two recent proposals by EPA administrator Scott Pruitt: (1) to require that only publicly-available data be used to make environmental regulations, and (2) to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. Since public health data are often restricted to protect patient privacy, there…
Category: HSLI Governance
Legislative Update, 05/24/2018
Federal: MLA and AAHSL oppose the EPA’s Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science rule. Read the statement they submitted to the EPA. If the EPA rule is instated, loss of information including important datasets on the health impacts of lead may result. The repeal of net neutrality is slated to go into effect June 11, 2018….
Legislative Update 05/04/2018
Federal: 1) Take action in National Library Legislative Day from home, if you’re not traveling to D.C. for the event next week. Here are the priorities this year: House & Senate: Reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act (S. 2271) House & Senate: Fully Fund LSTA and IAL for FY 2019 House & Senate: Visit…
Legislative Update 04/13/2018
Federal: Congressional Research Service reports, prepared for members and committees of Congress, will soon be available on a free public website within 90 days of creation. Prior to the FY18 omnibus appropriations bill that was signed into law on March 23, 2018, the CRS was not mandated to make this publicly-funded research openly available, although…
Legislative Update, 03/27/2018
Federal: Congress passed an appropriations bill for FY18! What does this mean for medical libraries? – NIH will receive $37 billion, an 8.8% increase from FY17 funding. – NLM will receive $428.5 million, an increase of 5% from FY17 levels. – The IMLS will receive $240 million, up 3.9% from FY17. Read more from the…
Thank You for Supporting the HSLI 2017 Annual Conference!
The Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference Planning Committee would like to express its sincere appreciation to all who contributed time, energy, financial support, etc., to the 2017 Annual Conference. This includes (and is in no particular order): CE Presenters & Facilitators: Susan Fowler, Gabe Rios, Sarah Isaacs, Merinda Hensley Reception Presenter: Dr. Marge Jones Keynote Speaker: Dr….
Call for Nominations: HSLI President-Elect and Secretary
(via Molly Horio, OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center) The HSLI Board of Directors is seeking nominations of current HSLI members to be candidates for election to two offices: HSLI President-Elect and Secretary. The President Elect will serve a one-year term that begins after the 2017 Annual Business Meeting in October, and ends at the close…
Legislative Update, 05/16/2017
Federal: Take action to support federal library funding! Contact your senators to sign each of the Reed/Collins LSTA and Reed/Grassley/Stabenow IAL “Dear Appropriator” letters. Senators have until May 19 to sign. President Trump has proposed elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and most all other library funding sources. Read the full story on the District…
Call for Nominations–HSLI Treasurer
(via Molly Horio, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center) The HSLI Board of Directors is seeking nominations of current HSLI members for election to the office of HSLI Treasurer. The Treasurer will serve a two-year term that begins after the 2016 Annual Business Meeting in November, and ends at the close of the Annual Business Meeting…
HSLI Seeking Candidates for President-Elect
(via Molly Horio) HSLI elects new leaders each year, so we can continue to provide professional and educational development and networking opportunities for Illinois librarians, information professionals, and library students in the health sciences. This fall, HSLI will elect a new President-Elect. The President-Elect will serve a one-year term, to commence at the close of…