{"id":16748,"date":"2025-03-12T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=16748"},"modified":"2025-04-04T17:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:56:27","slug":"midcontinental-chapter-of-the-medical-library-associations-early-career-librarian-initiative-taskforce-holding-monthly-online-gatherings-first-one-fri-march-21-1100-1145-am-cdt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/midcontinental-chapter-of-the-medical-library-associations-early-career-librarian-initiative-taskforce-holding-monthly-online-gatherings-first-one-fri-march-21-1100-1145-am-cdt\/","title":{"rendered":"Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association\u2019s Early Career Librarian Initiative Taskforce Holding Monthly Online Gatherings (First One Fri., March 21, 11:00-11:45 AM CDT)\u2013MCMLA Membership Not Required"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(via Brandon Kennedy, Texas Medical Center)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MCMLA (Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association) ECLI (Early Career Librarian Initiative) Taskforce is excited to announce the launch of a monthly virtual chat for new or aspiring health science librarians&#8211;open to students and anyone in the field who is in the early stages of their career (less than 5 years).&nbsp;<strong>You do not have to be a member of MCMLA to join.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What: &nbsp;<\/strong>An informal social coffee chat hour. We&#8217;ll have monthly themes related to early career librarianship with a focus on health sciences. Bring your favorite morning beverage and network with your peers!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp;The third Friday of every month <strong>from 11:00 to 11:45 AM Central<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>March 21<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Where: click <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary-tmc-edu.zoom.us%2Fj%2F81734461555%3Fpwd%3D3HCdDSCbgT1xydAiK4pAxEeBba7em0.1%23success&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cslknight%40EIU.EDU%7Cef9ab43066ed4326794d08dd6182dd92%7C616ae5455db648ed9651732703b94552%7C0%7C0%7C638773936898743227%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zcn8kb7RVwHfPC7b0%2Bwbw%2BxuGE5eyUGHaiu5wh012lE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a> (Passcode: ECLI)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to connect with others, discuss work-related topics, or just want to hear what others are experiencing, this is the place for you! No need to prepare anything-just come as you are and bring your thoughts or questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to share with your colleagues and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions or scheduled Zoom Invite, please contact Brandon Kennedy: <a href=\"mailto:brandon.kennedy@library.tmc.edu\">brandon.kennedy@library.tmc.edu<\/a> or Alex Henigman: <a href=\"mailto:alexhenigman@health.missouri.edu\">alexhenigman@health.missouri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about MCMLA ECLI, please visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcmla.org%2FECLI&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cslknight%40EIU.EDU%7Cef9ab43066ed4326794d08dd6182dd92%7C616ae5455db648ed9651732703b94552%7C0%7C0%7C638773936898764549%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LzP6DMzvrRCcIf3jvLumhej0RQ560KlJRMPGAEYdbEM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Early Career Librarian Task Force<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Brandon Kennedy, Texas Medical Center) The MCMLA (Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association) ECLI (Early Career Librarian Initiative) Taskforce is excited to announce the launch of a monthly virtual chat for new or aspiring health science librarians&#8211;open to students and anyone in the field who is in the early stages of their career&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-continuing-education","category-library-associations-non-hsli","category-medical-library-association"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16749,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16748\/revisions\/16749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}