St. Louis Medical Librarians'Evaluation of the 2001-2002 Strategic PlanMission:The mission of the St. Louis Medical Librarians is to facilitate healthcare information access in the Greater St. Louis area and to promote the professional development of its members. Goal 1To facilitate the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and resources, which support easy access, and prompt delivery of healthcare information Objective I.1: By March 2002 a Union List will be offered Completed Due to insufficient orders making cost recovery impossible the Union List was not published. Objective I.2:Content for the SLML web page will be evaluated and changes/additions made. Completed. Cindy Fedders has served as interim webmaster since Russ Monika’s resignation as webmaster. However, since the SLML Web site is connected to the Becker site Russ Monika is the only individual who can edit/update the SLML web site. Currently Cindy makes the corrections, sends them to Russ via electronic mail, and then Russ updates the SLML web site. In the 2002-2003 business year the SLML Board will need to appoint a new webmaster and locate a new host site for the SLML web site. Cindy Fedders has offered to continue to oversee the SLML list serve, or the Board may request that the new membership chair take on this responsibility. At this time Cindy believes that Becker will continue to host the list serve for free. Objective I.3: : A Strategic Planning Committee will be formed in the 2001-2002 business year. A Strategic Planning Committee was formed in the 2001/2002 organizational year. Saundra Brenner is serving as the chair of the committee. A draft of the proposed strategic plan was distributed electronically to the membership for their comments. Small group discussions were also held at the business meeting on Thursday, June 27, 2002. The committee’s will take the comments and suggestions of the membership and submit a final, revised strategic plan for the 2002-2003 business year to the Board by September 2002. Goal IITo promote the professional development of SLML members. Objective II.1: By September 1, 2001, the Continuing Education Committee will identify and plan CE offerings for the 2001-2002 year. No report submitted. Objective II.2: By September 1, 2001, the Program Committee will identify and plan program activities for the 2001-2002 year. No report submitted. Generic Strategies Finance No changes suggested. The Treasurer will develop the annual budget by October 15, 2001. Completed The budget was submitted to the Board in November, 2001 and approved at the December, 2001 Board meeting. The Treasurer’s report includes four outstanding issues to be resolved
during 2002-2003: Overview of SLML finances for the 2001-2002 business year:
A more detailed report was presented at the Annual Business Meeting held Thursday, June 27, 2002. The Finance Committee will investigate alternate forms of income. Completed. During the year The Peterson Group and Matthews-McCoy Medical Books, and Ovid Technologies sponsored some programs or donated materials. The SLML Organization has appreciated their generous support. An anonymous donation was once again made to cover the cost of the award plaques given to members at the Annual Awards Luncheon. Governance The Governance Committee shall examine recommendations and make changes to the Procedure Manual. The Committee will make approved changes to the By-laws as necessary. Completed. The proposed revisions to the Procedure Manual submitted at the May 2001 SLML Board meeting were approved. A revised edition of the manual was posted to the SLML web site. A print copy was submitted to the Archives Chair. Membership The Membership Committee shall revise and publish the membership list. By January 2002, a Membership Directory will be produced and distributed. Completed. Membership renewal letters were sent out in November 2001 with due date of November 20th. Return labels (to Ruth Lewis, Treasurer) were included. All members who did not return the membership form were contacted by phone or email. No second renewal letter was sent. The Directory was printed and distributed in January 2002. New member information was distributed to the membership via SLML-l. The member directory on the web site was updated. Total membership for 2001-2002 is 80 members. Cindy Fedders and Ed Walter, with assistance from Russ Monika, updated the web site directory. The SLML list serve was moved to the computer at Becker Medical Library and the software was changed from Listserv to Lyris (a web based management software). Nominating The Nominating Committee shall be responsible for all elections. By May, 2002 the Nominating Committee will submit a slate of officers to the membership by mail. The announcement of the officers will be made at the Annual Business meeting. Completed. Ballots were sent out May 2 with a return date of May 10; however,
ballots received after May 10 were included in the count. The results
of the election were announced at the annual business meeting on Communications The Communications Committee shall be responsible for the dissemination of information of interest to members. The Committee will foster listserv use. The SLML Newsletter will be published on the web site three times during the year. The SLML Web Page will be updated during the year. Not acted upon during 2001-2002. Evaluation To support its mission, SLML will monitor and evaluate the Strategic Plan. Completed. The Strategic Plan evaluation submitted and titled “Evaluation of the 1999-2001 Strategic Plan” was a double year report as a report had not been completed for the 1999-2000 year. This report entitled “Evaluation of the 2001-2002 Strategic Plan” is based upon the 1994 strategic plan from which the St. Louis Medical Librarians group has been operating. Utilizing the 2001-2002 Committee Chair annual reports, the activities of SLML were compared to the current organizational strategic plan. Report was submitted to the President June 20, 2002. Archives To provide continuity to the organization and to preserve its records, SLML will establish and maintain an archive. Completed. The Committee's activities are ongoing. Respectfully submitted by John C. Chesmelewski June 20, 2002. |