Cultivating Member Engagement the Armadillo Way: A Practical Guide for Chapters and Caucuses

Friday, May 6, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Location: 338-339

Primary Presenter/Session Organizer(s)

Laura N. Haygood, AHIP

Research and Education Librarian
Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas

Slides Handouts

Presenter(s)

Laura Wright

Research Support Librarian- Systematic Reviews
Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences, Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Montie Dobbins, MLIS, AHIP

Assistant Director of Technical Services
Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport
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Daniel Burgard, MSLIS

University Library & Vice Provost for Scholarly Information Management
Gibson D. Lewis Library, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Susan C. Steelman, AHIP

Head of Education & Research Services
Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas
Jennifer K. Lloyd, AHIP

Associate Director
LSUHSC Libraries
New Orleans, Louisiana
Katie Prentice, AHIP

Executive Director
TMC Library
Houston, Texas
David C. Duggar, AHIP

Head, Liaison Section Program
LSU Health Shreveport, Health Sciences Library
Shreveport, Louisiana

Session Format:
Panel Presentation and Roundtable Discussions

Session Objective/

Overview:
This session will discuss the efforts taken by the South Central Chapter to foster member engagement. Topics include the chapter’s Membership Committee, the Early Career Librarians Initiative, chapter social events, SCAMeL (the region’s academic medical library consortium), and the Armadillo Ball held during MLA’s annual meeting. Participants will leave this session with tips and insights into creating engagement within their own chapter or caucus. Participants will be able to learn from our experiences and mistakes, duplicate our successes, and brainstorm ways to use this information in their own chapter or caucus. This interactive session will also offer opportunities for other groups to share their successes.

Methods:
Short presentations will be given by panel members. In keeping with Universal Design for Learning, information will be relayed via multiple methods.

Participant Engagement:
Participants will engage in roundtable discussions, where they will have the opportunity to brainstorm methods to apply to their chapter. During this time, participants will also be encouraged to share the successes of their chapter or caucus. Each roundtable will be focused on topics related to member engagement: social event planning, paths to leadership, engaging early career librarians, and collaborative leadership within the region. This format can be easily shifted online via breakout rooms should the meeting shift online unexpectedly.

Sponsor(s):
South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to list actionable steps that can be taken to engage students and early career librarians with the organization.
Upon completion, participants will be able to build and implement programs to engage members and create community.
Upon completion, participants will be able to outline methods and paths to leadership, in partnership with other (external or internal) organizations.
Upon completion, participants will be able to identify opportunities for collaborative leadership development.