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Change in Status of a US Medical Library

This notification form is designed by the Medical Library Association (MLA) to rapidly collect information on major changes within individual medical libraries in the US. These changes may be reported by the library staff or by colleagues who are aware of any major changes going on within the library.

If you don't have all the answers to these questions, please provide enough information for us to be able to identify the institution being reported and identify yourself. MLA can contact you later if more information is needed.

Institutional Information
1) Institution name
2) Library name
3) Librarian/Library manager
4) Administrator in charge of theinstitution (if known):
5) Address 1:
6) Address 2:
7) City:
8) State / US Territory:
9) Zip code:
10) Librarian's daytime telephone:
11) Librarian's email address:
12) Person reporting this change (if different from librarian above):

 

 


Name:

Affliation:

Daytime telephone:

Email address:

13) What is happening to this library? Check all that apply.

Library closing
Library merging with another library (please provide details:)
      
Library merging with another department (please provide details:)
      
Change in library reporting structure (please provide details:)
      
Library re-opening
Professional librarian (MLS) being hired
Professional librarian (MLS) being made full-time
Library staff being downsized
Professional librarian (MLS) being eliminated
Professional librarian (MLS) being reduced to part-time
Other (please provide as much detail as possible:)
      

14) When will these actions occur?
Has already happened
Immediately
Within the next month
Within next several months
Other (please specify):
      

Specific effective date of action, if known:
15) Should MLA send a letter to the institution's administrator in support of your library? (available ONLY if this form completed by institution's librarian)
No       Yes (please specify below to whom the letter should be sent):

Letter may be sent to:
16) May MLA contact you for additional information?
Yes      No
17) May MLA forward this information to your regional National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) library?
Yes      No
18) Please provide any other comments or information about the situation:
    

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