President's Message

 Neil Rambo
 AAHSL President
 Director
 NYU Health Sciences Library
 NYU Langone Medical Center


 

 November 21, 2017

AAHSL Annual Membership Meeting
November 3, 2017
Boston

Welcome - Neil Rambo, President

Recognition of Retiring and New/Interim Directors

Directors who have retired:
Dohn H. Martin, Oklahoma State U - College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dixie Jones, LSU Health - Shreveport
Kerry O'Rourke, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Carlene Drake, Loma Linda University
Pat Thibodeau, Duke University Medical Center
Julie Schneider, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Julia Sollenberger, University of Rochester Medical Center
Jean Shipman, University of Utah
Irma Quinones, University of Puerto Rico

New/Interim Directors:
Maija Anderson, Oregon Health & Science University
Elizabeth Burden, Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Crystal Cameron-Vedros, University of Kansas
Jo Cates, Rush University
Jerry Daly, Loma Linda University
Jon Goodell, Oklahoma State U - College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jamie Gray, Weill Cornell Qatar
Brenda Green, Meharry Medical College
Christopher Hooper-Lane, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Beth Ketterman, East Carolina University
Karen Liljequist, University of Rochester Medical Center
Jennifer Lloyd, LSU - New Orleans
Rikke Ogawa, UCLA
Will Olmstadt, LSU - Shreveport
Jane Quigley, Dartmouth College
Melissa Rethlefsen, University of Utah
Carmen Santos, University of Puerto Rico
Cindy Thompson, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Megan von Isenburg, Duke University Medical Center
Victoria Wagner, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Philip Walker, Vanderbilt University

We have 21 new/interim directors joining us, twice as many as are leaving to retirement. That's a good thing! On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire membership, we extend a warm welcome to you. You are now part of a community of colleagues who have a unique understanding of the challenges and privileges that come with serving as part of the leadership of an academic health sciences environment. I encourage you to reach out to your fellow members and seek their advice and counsel. Explore the Member Center area of the website and use the AAHSL Survey Monkey account to see survey results for best practices in our member libraries. Use the AAHSL-All or AAHSL-Directors email lists to connect and solicit advice.

Introduction of 2017-2018 Fellows and Mentors

As noted with the announcement of retirements, the need for qualified leaders in our institutions continues unabated. We are fortunate to have another strong cohort of fellows and mentors.

The 2017-2018 cohort:

Amy Allison, Emory University
Mentor: Cynthia Robinson, Penn State College of Medicine

Robin Champieux, Oregon Health and Science University
Mentor: Janice Jaguszewski, University of Minnesota

Deidre (Dede) Rios, University of the Incarnate Word
Mentor: Brenda L. Seago, Augusta University

Linda Van Keuren, Georgetown University Medical Center
Mentor: Barbara Bernoff Cavanaugh, University of Pennsylvania

Philip Walker, Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Teresa L. Knott, Virginia Commonwealth University

President's Report

It was my privilege to serve as president this year. I will touch on a few highlights:

* The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force was launched earlier this year and you will be hearing from them, and seeing results of their work, throughout the year.
* The Competency-Based Medical Education Task Force continued its work, as is demonstrated by the poster on display at this meeting and that will be part of the AAMC poster session on Monday evening (Nov 6).
* Chicago Collaborative - The AAHSL Board of Directors decided to end support for the Collaborative after 9 years of an exploratory partnership with publisher and scientific editor representative associations. The other members of the Collaborative will consider whether to continue with the working group and, if so, in what fashion. If they do continue, AAHSL will consider sending member representatives to participate.
* Annual Statistics - Rod MacNeil, Chair of the Assessment & Statistics Committee, and Board Liaison (and Past President) Ruth Riley, along with Steve Squires, Editor, and the A&S Committee members, continued work on revising the surveys and transitioning to a new platform which includes outsourcing the collection, analysis, and reporting of the data. It's a complex process and is proceeding. We anticipate that the cycle now in process will be the final prior before transitioning to the new platform and method in the next year.
* Future Leadership - Eric Albright, Chair, and the Future Leadership Committee led a thoughtful process in responding to the retirement of Carol Jenkins', Program Director, at the conclusion of the 2016-2017 Leadership Fellows cohort year. The FLC conducted a search/recruitment for a successor. We are extremely fortunate to have persuaded Pat Thibodeau, recently retired AAHSL director, to take on the role of Program Director. We are grateful to Carol for her 3 years of exemplary service and we look forward to a new era of Future Leadership under Pat's direction.
* Scholarly Communication - AAHSL continued to be a strong advocate in support of open access, open data, open science, and related issues of scholarly communication. AAHSL signed on to many letters to Congress from various organizations and responded to Requests for Information from NIH. The Scholarly Communication Committee, under Chair Melissa DeSantis, was a partner to this. We also thank Mary Langman with the MLA office, who provides leadership and support to AAHSL in this advocacy.

Treasurer's and Headquarters Reports

Cynthia Henderson, Secretary/Treasurer, delivered the reports:

Membership is at 177, up from 169 in 2016. The membership breakdown is:

* 127 Full US members (up 1)
* 7 Full Canadian members (down 2)
* 265 Associate members (down 1)
* 12 New schools (up 8)
* 6 Developing schools (up 2)

There are 127 people registered for the 2017 Educational Program.

Committee and Task Force Reports

If you've had time to review the annual reports from the committees and task forces, you know that the bulk of the work in the association is really member-driven. This year we had 88 members serving on our committees and task forces. On behalf of the Board, I want to thank each of you who served on a committee or task force this year. Thanks also to the committee and task force Chairs for their leadership this year:

Eric Albright, Future Leadership
Jane Blumenthal and Laura Cousineau, Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (AAMC)
Heather Collins, Competency-Based Medical Education
Melissa DeSantis, Scholarly Communication
Kristi Holmes, Research Services
Rod MacNeil, Assessment and Statistics
Joanne Muellenbach, New and Developing Libraries
Cristina Pope, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Debra Ward, Program and Education

Nominating Committee and Election of Officers

The Nominating Committee was chaired by President-Elect, Jane Blumenthal. The members were Sandra Franklin, Emory University, and Debra Rand, Hofstra University. Jane Blumenthal presented the slate for election of officers for 2017-2018:

Member At Large: Tania Bardyn, University of Washington
President-Elect: Judy Cohn, Rutgers University

The slate was approved by acclamation. Congratulations and welcome to our new officers.

Recognition of Board Service

I'm pleased to recognize our outgoing Board members for their dedicated service to the association for the past three years. On behalf of the membership, we thank you for sharing your expertise and wisdom during the board's deliberations, dedicating your time and energy to the association, and being great colleagues.

Member at large: Pam Bradigan, Ohio State University
Past President: Ruth Riley, University of South Carolina

Closing Remarks

Earlier I had announced that I would be retiring at the end of February 2018. Unfortunately, this occurs during my term as Immediate Past President. In her remarks as Incoming President, Jane Blumenthal announced that she had been able to persuade outgoing Immediate Past President, Ruth Riley, to continue on in that role through the year. Ruth has graciously agreed to do so. We are all grateful for her generous and extraordinary service.

My year as President would not have been successful without Ruth's partnership. I benefited from her knowledge, experience, and counsel. I will do everything I can in the time I have left on the job to support both Jane and Ruth.

It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as AAHSL President. We advance AAHSL's agenda together. Thank you.

Best,
Neil


 July 26, 2017

Dear Colleagues,

We may be heading into the dog days of summer (Wikipedia, of course!), but that doesn’t mean that everyone has unplugged and gone off to the beach. Well, not all of the time, anyway…

You may be aware that a lot is going on in Washington these days. And by “going on” I mean a lot of flurry and bluster even if little of substance seems to result. Nevertheless, there is a lot to pay attention to. Please do note that your professional associations are paying attention and, in coalition with allied organizations, are involved.

Listed below are the advocacy efforts that AAHSL has been part of since our annual meeting in November of last year. Most of these efforts have been undertaken in conjunction with MLA (thanks to our partnership with MLA, ably guided by Mary Langman, MLA’s director of information issues and policy). We are able to extend our reach as a professional association because of this partnership.

  • Community sign-on letter organized by the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research to House and Senate leaders urging $34.1 billion for NIH by the end of the 2016 calendar year. (November 2016)

  • AAHSL and MLA submitted comments in support of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Strategic Plan. The Associations addressed these four planning themes:
    • Theme 1: The role of NLM in advancing data science, open science, and biomedical informatics
    • Theme 2: The role of NLM in advancing biomedical discovery and translational science
    • Theme 3: The role of NLM in supporting public health
    • Theme 4: The role of NLM in building collections to support discovery and health in the 21st century (January 2017)

  • AAHSL and MLA filed comments with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will help formulate strategic approaches to prioritizing NIH data management and sharing activities. The Associations recommended: a 12-month embargo, and making that data available for 10 years utilizing publicly available databases assessing the outcome and relevance of the 2013 RFI (NOT-HG-13-011) on the development and implementation of an NIH Data Catalog as part of the overall Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative linking ORCHID to datasets via a unique identifier linking to eRA Commons accounts (similar to PMCID). (January 2017)

  • Community sign-on letter to President Trump and House and Senate leaders urging enactment of a final FY17 spending package that includes $34.1 billion for NIH and ensures that NIH remains a priority in FY18 and beyond. (February 2017)

  • MLA/AAHSL statements to the House and Senate Labor-Health and Human Services & Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittees supporting NLM's fiscal year 2018 funding and recognizing the medical library community’s role in supporting NLM’s programs and services. (March 2017)

  • Dear Colleague Letter organized by members of the House of Representatives urging House members to support FY18 funding for NIH that is at least $2 billion above FY17 enacted levels. (March 2017)

  • Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Statement in response to the President's FY18 budget blueprint that guts NIH funding by nearly 20% current levels. (March 2017)

  • The Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task Force met in Washington DC. Mary Langman, Director, Information Issues and Policy, MLA scheduled a record number of 30 visits and 28 drop-off packets of information for our four teams. (April 2017)
  • Community sign-on letter organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) urging Congress to avoid a year-long continuing resolution and complete the FY17 appropriations process and to decline the Administration's proposed cuts in FY18. (April 2017)

  • AAHSL and MLA recommended that the National Library of Medicine receive at least $412M in FY 2018. In their May 22nd statement to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies, the associations highlighted new and ongoing services that benefit the public, health and health information professionals. The MLA/AAHSL statement supports the recommendations made by the Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislative Task Force during their April 19th Capitol Hill meetings. (May 2017)

  • AAHSL joined almost 800 national, state, and local organizations on a letter calling for an increase in the allocation for the FY2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill available here. While the House Appropriations Committee provided $5 billion less than current funding, the Senate held the funding level for the bill flat after changes to “Changes in Mandatory Programs” or CHIMPS. Neither allocation meets the health, education, and labor needs of the American people. On behalf of the 800 organizations, the Coalition for Health Funding, the Committee for Education Funding, and the Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce, have sent letters to House and Senate appropriators calling for a deal to raise the budget caps to allow for an increased allocation. You can access them using the links below:
    • 07/21/2017 Letter: 800 Organizations Oppose Flat Funding for Senate Allocation for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, FY 2018
    • 07/14/2017 Letter: 800 Organizations Oppose Cuts to House Allocation for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, FY 2018

 I hope you are able to find some time to relax and reflect. Let me know if you have any questions about any of the items above.

Best,
Neil


June 29, 2017

Dear Colleagues,

In spite of me falling behind on the communication front, that's not because nothing is going on in the world of AAHSL. Here is some of what's been happening:

  • AAHSL@MLA: Several AAHSL groups took advantage of their members being in the same place at the same time.
    • The Assessment & Statistics Committee held an all-day meeting to continue their work on revising the surveys and planning a transition to a new platform and host. Expect to hear more about this in a few months.
    • The Scholarly Communication Committee, Research Services Committee, Program & Education Committee, and the Competency-based Medical Education Task Force all met as well.
    • The Fellows and Mentors participated in an all-day Leadership Institute.
    • The newly formed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force also got together somewhat informally.
  • Interprofessional Education Collaborative: President-elect Jane Blumenthal and I represented AAHSL at the spring IPEC Council meeting, held at AAMC offices in Washington, DC, on June 7. The Collaborative consists of 20 associations representing health professions. The theme of the spring Council meeting was wellness: how each health profession contributes to the well-being of their students, faculty, and practitioners. Health sciences libraries and librarians, naturally enough, come at this topic from a different perspective than those professions that recruit and teach their own students, etc. As with so many of the ways in which we interact with our multiple user communities, our roles as service provider and as "common ground" enable us to be a link between the various health professions. It's worth thinking about how our spaces, services, and practitioners can positively affect the well-being of our users.

  • And, finally, the Retirement Celebration for Betsy Humphreys: I was pleased and honored to participate in the celebration of Betsy's amazing career on June 19 at NIH. I was delighted to see so many AAHSL members there. The program highlighted the countless and lasting contributions that Betsy has made to NLM, NIH, and the library and informatics communities. The totality of Betsy's career is a remarkable record. It occurred to me that we are unlikely to see anything like a career with such impact and import again. Maybe I am being shortsighted on this point, but I know I won't see such a record equaled, let alone surpassed.

That's it for now.

Best summer wishes to all,
Neil


April 25, 2017

Dear Colleagues,

As I referred to a few weeks ago, the three AAHSL presidents – Ruth Riley, Immediate Past-President; Jane Blumenthal, President-Elect; and me – made our Spring visit to Washington, DC, to meet with the leadership of partner associations and with NLM. We had seven meetings with 14 people over a 48-hour period. Here’s a snippet of what we learned:

  • We met with Patti Brennan, NLM director, and Betsy Humphreys, NLM deputy director, for a wide-ranging discussion on issues of mutual interest. We learned about the strategic planning process that is now underway at NLM, NLM’s role leading and coordinating data science at NIH, and the challenges presented to these efforts and all NIH programs by the new administration in Washington. The main message from this meeting was NLM’s strong and continuing support for the NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program. That, of course, is good news and gratifying to hear!
  • We had 3 meetings at AAMC, all of them substantive in their way:
    • We met with Alison Whelan, recently named chief medical education officer, who has particular expertise in competency-based medical education. She was very interested to learn about our CBME task force and the librarian’s role in medical education. Whelan had helpful insights into connecting our work with medical school teaching faculty.
    • We met with David Acosta, brand new chief diversity and inclusion officer, and Laura Castillo-Page, senior director, diversity policy and programs & organizational capacity building. They were enthusiastic to learn about our recently appointed diversity task force. They are interested in learning more about our task force’s efforts and how this may tie in with related AAMC activities in this area.
    • Our third meeting at AAMC was with Heather Sacks, director of constituent engagement. Heather coordinates GIR (Group on Information Resources), GBA (Business Affairs), and GIP (Institutional Planning). We discussed with Heather ways in which AAHSL can continue to work with GIR now that we have separated the Matheson Lecture and AAHSL business meeting and program session from the formal AAMC program.
  • We met with the leadership team of ARL (Association of Research Libraries). Among many topics discussed, diversity issues, data management services in libraries, and the relationship of academic health sciences libraries to university libraries were key.
  • Other meetings included:
    • AMIA, with Doug Fridsma, President and CEO, and Jeffrey Williamson, vice president of education and academic affairs.
    • Tony Mazzacchi, senior director of policy and research, Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health. Tony used to be a policy director with AAMC and continues to be one of the most knowledgeable analysts in Washington on health professions education policy.

As current President, this is the second time I have participated in these visits and I am reminded anew how valuable they are to the progress of AAHSL programs and initiatives. AAHSL is small but we have an extensive reach. These meetings remind our partners who we are and what we are about. I have no doubt that we are able to do more and go farther because of these discussions.

I am happy to discuss or answer questions about any of this.

Best,
Neil


April 5, 2017

Dear Colleagues,

Next week the AAHSL Triumvirate – Ruth Riley, Immediate Past-President, Jane Blumenthal, President-Elect, and I – will descend on Washington, DC, for our annual meetings with AAHSL partner organizations and associations. This year we will be meeting with the leadership of:

  • National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  • Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  • American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
  • Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
  • Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

[The line-up changes slightly from year to year depending on current issues and, typically, calendars. There were a few other meetings we were not able to schedule next week because of schedule conflicts and we will follow up on those with conference calls in the next few months.]

These visits provide the opportunity to educate our colleagues about AAHSL and the vital role that academic health sciences libraries play within their member institutions and in support of their user communities. In return we learn about the issues they are facing and possible areas where we (and/or you!) may be able to collaborate.

If you have any issues that you would like to see addressed during our visits, please let any one of us know.

Thanks!

Best,
Neil


March 14, 2017

AAHSL Colleagues,

This is a synopsis of the recent Board of Directors meeting held in San Diego on February 23-24. When I started this message I described it as “brief”. It is, in that it skims the surface of the content of the meeting. But it became a bit lengthy, so apologies for that and thanks if you read all the way to the end.

We welcomed the newly elected members – Jane Blumenthal, president-elect; Cynthia Henderson, secretary/treasurer; and, Jerry Perry, member at large – in their official capacities. We enjoyed a productive meeting covering a wide range of issues.

On the agenda were updates on committees and task forces, finalizing a strategic plan update, a report on the January meeting of the Inter-Professional Education Consortium (the first for AAHSL to attend as a new member), planning for the annual meetings of the AAHSL presidents with NLM and associations in and around Washington, DC, and developing a tentative plan and schedule for the AAHSL meetings later this year (November 2-3) in Boston.

A few highlights:

  • Annual Meeting: Plan now to attend our one-day meeting in Boston on Friday, November 3. As with the 2016 meeting in Seattle, the 2017 meeting is expected to include morning committee meetings, annual membership meeting, Matheson Lecture (without having to register for the AAMC Learn, Serve, Lead conference!), education program, and an evening reception. The Board and 2017/18 Fellows/Mentors will meet on Thursday, November 2.
  • Assessment and Statistics Committee: The 2015/16 (39th edition) of the annual, salary, and descriptive surveys have been published. 127 libraries completed the Annual survey, 126 the Salary, and 128 the Descriptive. The committee is conducting an analysis of potential migration of the statistics to a subset of questions from the ACRL survey with a selection of more specific, targeted questions from the current AAHSL survey. Much more to say about this once the committee completes its analysis and other details have been worked through. 
  • Future Leadership Committee: Working from recommendations developed by the FLC, the Board approved a plan to 1) recruit a Program Director to succeed Carol Jenkins, who will be stepping down from this position in September at the conclusion of the 2016/17 Leadership Fellows year, and 2) commit to supporting a 2017/18 Leadership Fellows cohort.
  • MLA/AAHSL Joint Legislative Task Force: Updated background materials are being prepared for the task force meeting and Capitol Hill visits on April 18-19.
  • Research Services Committee: Two new members were recently added to fill vacancies – Marisa Conte (University of Michigan) and Debra Rand (Hofstra Northwell). Welcome!
  • Finance Committee: The Board approved a recommendation to engage an investment consultant to review the association’s financial assets and recommend potential investment strategies.


My thanks to your hard-working and high-functioning Board of Directors:

Ruth Riley, Immediate Past President
Jane Blumenthal, President-Elect
Cynthia Henderson, Secretary/Treasurer
Pam Bradigan, Member
Nadine Dexter, Member
Jerry Perry, Member
Louise Miller, Executive Director, ex officio

As always, I am happy to answer questions or address concerns you may have.

Best,
Neil
President


 February 8, 2017

The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Board of Directors, acting on behalf of the Association, is concerned about recent actions of the new administration in Washington, DC, which we believe are counter to the interests of our communities and at odds with our professional principles. AAHSL represents the values and interests of academic health sciences libraries and the integral role our members play in ensuring the highest quality education, research, patient care, and the health of our communities. Access to scientific information and basing health care practice and policy on the best available evidence are core values.

The executive order on immigration negatively and unfairly affects students, faculty, and staff at our health professions schools and the availability of needed health care providers for our communities. Also troubling are possible attempts to restrict the dissemination of scientific information from government agencies. Publicly-funded research findings and scientific data should be available to all without political or ideologically-motivated interference.


January 30, 2017

Many thanks to Mary Langman, MLA’s director of information issues and policy, for coordinating the development of joint MLA and AAHSL responses to two recent RFIs (Requests for Information): 

- NLM’s request for information on the NLM strategic plan
- NIH’s request for information on data management, sharing, and citation

Members of both the MLA and AAHSL Scholarly Communications Committees, other MLA members, and many from AAHSL member libraries, contributed to these important statements.

I recommend these to you. Both statements can be found on MLA’s Public Policy Center page.

Best,
Neil


December 20, 2016

Hello AAHSLers. I hope this finds you warm (for those of us for whom that is an issue) and soon (but not quite yet) to enjoy a happy holiday season! 

I expected a post-annual meeting lull but there has been a lot going on. Much of what is going on, however, is still in process and will have to wait for the next update. But not to disappoint. There is an important development that I am pleased to share now:

Thanks to the vision and effort of President-Elect Jane Blumenthal, and others, and thanks to the willingness of many AAHSL member librarians to volunteer their time and talent, the AAHSL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force has been formed and is ready to launch. The task force members are listed at the end of this message and the charge is attached. Information about the task force will soon be added to the committee and task force section of the AAHSL website.

As usual with AAHSL, more volunteered than could be accommodated. Thank you to all who stepped forward. I hope all who are interested and motivated will find a way to participate in this work.

More, next time. Until then, wishing you all a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year!

Best,

Neil

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AAHSL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force

Chair
Cristina A. Pope
Health Sciences Library Director
SUNY UPSTATE

Members
Martin Wood, MSLIS, AHIP
Director, Maguire Medical Library
Florida State University, College of Medicine

Emily J McElroy
Director
McGoogan Library of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Sandra Martin
Director
Shiffman Medical Library
Wayne State University

Barbara Bernoff Cavanaugh
Associate Director, STEM Libraries; and
Director, Biomedical Library
University of Pennsylvania

Letisha R. Wyatt
Basic Science Liaison/Research Data Management Librarian
Oregon Health Sciences University

Stephanie Swanberg
Assistant Professor and Information Literacy and eLearning Librarian
Medical Library at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) 

Stephen Kiyoi, MLIS, MS HAIL, AHIP
Director, ZSFG Library, UCSF

Board Liaison 
Cynthia L. Henderson, MILS, AHIP
Associate Dean Health Sciences Libraries and
Director Norris Medical Library
University of Southern California


November 11, 2016

Dear Colleagues,

It was great to see so many of you in Seattle a week ago. We had a blockbuster day on Friday, November 11, with several early morning committee meetings, a networking breakfast, our annual business meeting, followed by the Matheson Lecture given by Patti Brennan, NLM Director, a networking lunch, an ambitious afternoon educational workshop (thanks to the Program and Education Committee), and, finally, a reception at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, hosted by Tania Bardyn and staff. Oof!

It was a lot to pack in. But it was rich and many thanks to all those who contributed to it and made it possible.

A few of you asked me to send you the (selected) remarks I made during my incoming president's address. So, instead, I will brazenly inflict this on the subscribers to AAHSL-All. Admission: the remarks were not written. What I share below is my recollection of what I said, or, more accurately, what I hoped and meant to say. These remarks were given about 48 hours after learning the results of the national election. I was still in the early stages of absorbing the meaning of that (still am).

I would be remiss if I did not address the moment that we find ourselves at. Earlier this week, we as a nation lurched into an uncertain future. We took this step out of fear, anger, and frustration, in the face of uncertainty and unsettling change. That response doesn't usually turn out that well. We, as a professional association, are also facing an uncertain future and unsettling changes to our profession. We, too, can react out of fear. We can retreat and reject the future. We are done if we do so. Instead, we have to have courage and continue forward. We have even more of a challenge before us to advance access to information for the advancement of health. It's who we are and what we do.

Follow me on Twitter @RamboNeil for the latest in AAHSL news. Your money back if you find a more timely source of what's going on in AAHSLland.

Neil
AAHSL President