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MAILING LIST INFORMATION, Updated 2004 Welcome to the Medical Library Association mailing list for the Assessment and Benchmarking SIG. You may want to keep this message for future reference. MLA provides this mailing list as a forum for ideas, questions, announcements and concerns specific to the group's interests. For other topics or concerns, MLA provides a wide range Internet resources such as MLANET and the discussion list MEDLIB-L. This SIG was formed in January 2003 due to the increased interest and requirements for institutional assessment, benchmarking and outcome measures, and to increase related programming at the MLA Annual Meeting. Potential members of this SIG include those responsible for planning and assessment at their libraries, whether it be academic, corporate, or hospital. The purpose of the Assessment and Benchmarking SIG is to foster learning, cooperation and support among libraries and librarians interested in assessment, benchmarking and outcome measures. We will: 1. Provide a forum for exchange of knowledge about asessment, benchmarking and outcome measures. 2. Promote the exchange of ideas and experiences in implementing assessment, benchmarking and outcome measures. 3. Collaborate with Sections to encourage MLA Annual programming relevant to the interests of this SIG and promote professional development for librarians in this area. GUIDELINES 1) Members of the group should subscribe to the mailing list at the beginning of their term of service or membership and should unsubscribe at the end. For some groups, your MLA staff liaison will have already subscribed you to the list. 2) For the mailing list to be an effective communication vehicle, it is important that all members of the group use it. Members who do not have access to email should contact headquarters staff for assistance. 3) Always sign your messages. Include your name and your email address. 4) Messages appearing on the mailing list may be forwarded to other lists or individuals as long as proper credit is given to the author. 5) The possibility always exists that any of your messages may become public, even messages you prefer remain private. Do not post any confidential, defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive or illegal material. Do not post any materials protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. 6) MLA accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted by users. 7) This is a private list; only subscribed members may post to the list or read the list archives. 8) MLA reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines. MLA HEADQUARTERS STAFF ARE GLAD TO HELP Subscribers who have questions or need help should contact the MLA list administrator at MLA headquarters: Email: mlafa1@MLAHQ.ORG Fax: 312/419-8950 Voice: 312/419-9094 x20 Mail: Medical Library Association 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60601-7298 To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the mlasig-ba Archives. The current archive is only available to the list members.

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