1975   

Chairperson: Jacque Doyle

March: 

Luncheon meeting so successful that the group decides to meet once a month, on the third Friday. Decided to call themselves the MEDICAL LIBRARY GROUP OF ARIZONA. 

1976    

Chairperson: Betty Kjellberg

Jan:

Micki O’Connor expects to be in Scottsdale Memorial’s new library by April.

April:

AZ Chapter of MLGSCA sponsors MLA CE: Literature of Nursing.

May:

Alison Bunting from PSRMLS visits and consults

1977  

Chairperson: Mike Widener

March:

Discussion of vertical file materials

Dec:

Group wants meetings at the Zoo, Sperry, Motorola, Botanical Gardens.

1978

Co-Chairs: Donna Rae Cintora and Jacque Doyle

Feb:

Group’s bank balance is $22.74

May:

The name MARICOPA BIOMEDICAL LIBRARIES is selected

1979

Co-Chairs: Rebekah Hinton and Carol Mills

March: 

Dues are $3.00 annually.

Aug: 

Mrs. Roswell of Roswell Bindery demonstrates book-mending techniques

Oct:

Laura Chenet of the Patient Health Education Center in Tucson spoke on the role of the medical library in providing patient education

1980             

Co-Chairs: Diane Wiesenthal and Susan Perlmuter

Feb:

Group decides to meet on the first Thursday of every month at 3:00 pm (later changed to 2:30)

Aug: 

Betty Kjellberg serves on a task force to study the development of a cooperative medical information network. 
The Good Samaritan School of Nursing Library is closed until further notice due to cutbacks in personnel

Oct:

Deborah Graham, from the Tucson Medical Center, discusses Simultaneous Remote Search

1981

Co-Chairs: Micki O’Connor and Marguerite Cooper

Feb:

Forms are distributed to collect information for a MaBL Directory. Dues are increased to $5.00

April: 

The VA initiates a union card catalog which is open to any MaBL member

Sept: 

St. Luke’s is planning a new medical library

1982  

Co-Chairs: Linda Monroe and Charles Nelson

Jan: 

Joint meeting held with Phoenix Area Association of Law Librarians

Feb:

The File Health holdings list is lost. This is a list made up of the journals indexed by Hospital Literature Index and marked to show each library’s holdings.
A MaBL “journal club” is discussed. July and November meetings to be “journal club” meetings

June: 

File Health list found!

Sept: 

Bid for the AZ Interlibrary Loan Center is awarded to Phoenix Public Library

Oct:

Fred Heidenreich of the U of A gives a program on “Guides, Giveaways & Gimmicks: Public Relations Rx for Biomedical Libraries”

1983    

Chairperson: Betty Kjellberg

July:

A proposal is recommended to try and get a grant from NLM to develop a consortium or network to automate local journal holdings. Committee is made up of Jacque Doyle, Kay Wellik, and Diane Wiesenthal

Oct: 

Professional reading list has been compiled

1984     

Chairperson: Edith Hart

April: 

Discussion of CANCERLIT and other special files on MEDLARS

Sept:

Committee formed to explore the incorporation of MaBL

Nov:

Dues increase to $10.00

1985  

Chairperson: Shirley Linert

Feb:

24 MaBL and SABL members meet in Tucson for Electronic Mail Workshop

June:

MaBL signs reciprocal ILL agreement with the member libraries of the New Mexico Consortium of Biomedical and Hospital Libraries

July:

First meeting about DOCLINE held at Good Samaritan

Sept: 

Computer meeting: Union List and database software, ordering using Majors’ system and hands-on experience on software packages

1986  

Chairperson: Tom Mead

Jan:

Tom Mead publishes a MaBL Newsletter with a catchy (and offensive to some) title: “The Bun and Chain”, which serves as a communications tool for MaBL members

Oct: 

MaBL/SABL Joint meeting in Tucson

Nov:

Meeting with Fran Wolfer of SOLAR (Serials Online in Arizona)

Dec: 

MaBL joins SOLAR. Discussion about forming an official consortium

1987             

Chairperson: Rebecca Heller

Jan:

By-laws of other groups were brought to the meeting and discussed as a possible model for MaBL

Feb:

MaBL/SOLAR sub-group meets

March:

GRATEFUL MED training to be held at St. Joseph’s and Good Sam.
MaBL considers new post of “Sunshine Chairperson” to send flowers or
cards as needed.

May: 

Tour of Roswell Book Bindery

June:

Special meeting at Scottsdale Memorial to meet Mayo Clinic Consultant Judy Lorig. The impact of the opening of the new Mayo Clinic on local
Medical libraries, particularly ILL, was discussed. 

July:

Mary Rhoads of the U of A Health Sciences Library discusses AHEC (Arizona Health Education Consortium). Jacque Doyle presents a working draft of a MaBL By-laws revision. Several names for the group are discussed

1988

Chairperson: Micki O’Connor

June: 

Mini-MEDLARS update

Sept:

Helen Seaton, Edith Hart and Donna Gerometta are on a continuing education committee looking into offering an MLA CE course

Nov: 

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist David Cooper discusses the concept of Superlearning

1989 

Chairperson: Helen Seaton

Feb:

MLGSCA/NCNMLG accepts MaBL’s invitation to host the 1991 Joint Meeting

June: 

PSRMLS Roundtable and a report on the “King Replication Study”

Sept: 

All day workshop held at Phoenix Airport Hilton on “Measuring Quality and Productivity in Our Libraries”. Discussion of the “Arizona Project” in the afternoon

1990     

Chairperson: Pat Aiken

Jan:

 “Back to Fundamentals” workshop given by Beryl Glitz

March: 

Lynn Flance and Pat Auflick attend the MaBL meeting to discuss the possible merger of MaBL/SABL. It was decided not to merge at this time. Helen Seaton explained proposed changes in the By-Laws which were later approved including changing the group’s name from MaBL to CABL (Central Arizona Biomedical Libraries)

June:

Progress report on the 1991 Joint Meeting was given and a sign-up sheet for committee members circulated. Pilot program for LOANSOME DOC to begin in Region 7 in September, 1990. Vendors from BRS Colleague, Cambridge, CD-Plus, EBSCO and SilverPlatter demonstrate their products

Oct:

Leone Neegan reports on the King Research Report on Statewide Resource Sharing for Arizona. An AdHoc Committee will respond to the strategy of the report, not the report itself.

1991   

Chairperson: Marylou Goldstein

March: 

Barbara Peters from “The Poisoned Pen” is a guest speaker. Joint Meeting is held in Scottsdale, March 6-8th.

May: 

Joyce Barham represents CABL at a meeting of the “King Statewide Research Project”

June:

CABLgram is approved as the official name of the newsletter.
Need for a CABL logo is discussed.
Guest speaker Rachael Anderson, new Director, Arizona Health Sciences Library, the University of Arizona, shares future plans and goals for AHSL

July: 

CABL receives an Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Aug:

Class: Focus on BRS/Search Service

Sept:

The VA Medical Centers change their ILL policy and begin charging for ILLs, causing uproar in the CABL community. Changes to the bylaws regarding ILLs are discussed.

Dec:

 “Union Catalog” needs to be updated.

1992 

Chairperson: J. Katherine Benning

Jan:

MLGSCA CE: “Health Information Services for the Layperson”

March:

Continued discussion of proposed amendment to the bylaws regarding charging for ILLs

June: 

Jacque Doyle takes over as CABLgram editor

July:

CABL CE Program: “Continuous Quality Improvement and The Hospital Library”

Aug:

New CABLgram debuts.

1993   

President: Joseph Esposito

March:

Bylaws amendment on ILL charges passes 
CABL officers are changed from Chairman and Chair-Elect to President and President-Elect
Kate Benning and Jacque Doyle report on the proposed Arizona Health Information Network (AZHIN) project

June:

There are many changes in the membership: Susan Harker leaves VAMC; Joan Gesswein of Phoenix Baptist retires and Joyce Kern replaces her; Shirley Linert arrives at Thunderbird Samaritan; Pat Aiken is new at
Steris Labs; Raul Fernandez departs from John C. Lincoln; Lenore  Schnaitman arrives at Good Sam.

Sept: 

CABL/SABL/SLA Class: “Copyright Law in the Age of Technology”

Oct:

CABL Journal Club begins with Jacque Doyle, Joe Esposito, Mary Lou Goldstein, Lenore Schnaitman, Helen Seaton and Kay Wellik as members

Dec: 

Interest in a para-professional section arises

1994

President: Lenore Schnaitman

March: 

Jacque Doyle chairs a Futures Committee to explore the future of CABL as a group of individual librarians or of institutional libraries. Lenore Schnaitman takes over as Chair in September.

Sept.: 

Bylaws changes are approved lowering the percentage needed for a quorum to 33% from 40%
A CABL budget will be considered for the following year

Oct: 

Helen Seaton is appointed Co-Chair for the 1996 Joint Meeting of MLGSCA/NCNMLG
CABL/SABL class: “Knowledge-Based Information Management and the Hospital Library”- presented by Jacque Doyle

1995

President: Mike Kronenfeld

Dec:

CABL archivist role is created and filled by Pat Sullivan.
Paraprofessionals vote in favor of joining CABL
Listserv is now available for CABL members
Mickie O’Connor retires as Library Director at Scottsdale Memorial Osborn

1996   

President: Kathy Bilko

March:

MLA Teleconference: “The Role of the Library in Accreditation”

July: 

Call for membership participation in the 1998 Joint Meeting

Oct.: 

Aaron Thomason designs the winning CABL logo and is awarded $100
Mike Kronenfeld creates a home page for the Maricopa Medical Center Health Sciences Library

1997 

President: Dawn Murray Humay/Donna Gerometta

June:

Futures Committee has met for two years. The consensus is that CABL should focus on continuing education and social functions which encourage informal networking 
Kathy Zeblisky takes over as CABLgram editor

Sept:

Program on “Traditional Chinese Medicine” at Good Sam

Dec:

Old “journal retention” project is revived
CABL will participate in the Joint Meeting Feb 12-14, 1998 in Tucson by presenting a poster on the history of CABL and SABL. Jacque Doyle, Lenore Schnaitman, Kathy Bilko and Pat Sullivan volunteer.

1998  

President: Donna Gerometta

Jan: 

First CABLgram with scanned photographs

Feb:

Joint Meeting Feb 12-14th: “Infinite Vistas: Creating the Future, Celebrating The Past”

March:

Cataloguing class at Good Sam

May:

MLA Teleconference “The Digital Library: An Oxymoron?”

July: 

Fernande Hebert retires from Maricopa Integrated Health System and as Secretary of CABL

Sept:

MLA Teleconference: “Evidence-Based Health Care in Action”

Dec:

CABL listserv housed at Maricopa County is upgraded

1999 

President: Helen Seaton

March: 

Discussion of the impact of new area codes on CABL member libraries
Helen Seaton initiates discussion of developing a CABL website
University of Arizona Library School loses ALA certification but appeals
CE Course: Alternative Medicine

April: 

Docline becomes web-based

2000

President: Kathy Zeblisky/Molly Harrington

Feb:

CABL Member Jeanne Miller travels to Poland and visits libraries while there
CABL members provide information, forms and brochures

March: 

CABLgram to be discontinued due to lack of news items. Informationto be put on the listserv. 
Possible hosts for a CABL web site are explored.
First discussion of electronic journals

April:

The CABL Directory is now available through the listserv

June:

The Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library provides training on the new web-based Docline system

Oct:

Call for volunteers to work on the 2002 Joint Meeting Jan 30-Feb 2, 2002 “Do It Yourself”

Nov: 

MLA Teleconference: The Effects of E-Journals on Your Library”

2001   

President: Molly Harrington

March:

MLGSCA CE “Introduction to Web Authoring”

June:

 Free CABL intranet site expires

Sept: 

“Holder of Record” journal retention project is dropped
Sally Harvey takes over as Director, Banner Health AZ Libraries
Jacque Doyle assumes a new position – Manager of Clinical Innovation & CME, Banner Health

Oct:

Pubmed class at ASU Noble Science Library

Dec:

AZ School for Health Sciences, and Phoenix Children’s Hospital are building libraries 
Banner Health announces it will build a new hospital on the west side

2002    

President: Sally Harvey

Feb: 

CABL membership drops to 29 from 60; rebounds to 56 later in the year
MLA teleconference: “Sync or Swim: Managing the Flood of PDAs in Health Care”

April:

The CABL Directory is now available in .pdf format Pat Sullivan of the Medical Society Library retires

May:

Jacque Doyle delivers the Janet Doe lecture at MLA entitled “A Job With A View: Perspectives from the Corporate Side of Health Care”

June:

MLGSCA CE on Health Literacy

Sept:

CABL members help set up the new library at Fresh Start Women’s Center, Phoenix

Oct:

AZ Department of Health Library shuts down

Dec:

MLA CE “Digital Reference: Collaborations, Big and Small”

2003

President: Eliane Purchase

March:

CABL members hear the news that the University of Arizona Library School may be closed due to budget cuts (it is later saved)
MLA Teleconference “Get HIP to HIPAA”

April: 

MLGSCA CE: Rapid Webpage Editing

May:

MLA CE “Marketing as If Your Library Depended On It” 

June:

Kay Wellik (Mayo) presents “Evidence-Based Medicine” to a packed CABL audience
Becky Birr and Kathy Zeblisky (Phoenix Children’s) begin work on a CABL web site and logo

Sept:

Winning CABL logo is displayed; CABL web site to be hosted by Banner Health
MLA teleconference: “Reading Between the Lines: Focusing on Health Information Literacy”

Oct:

 CABL Web site debuts

2004

President:  Evonda Copeland

Held 6 meetings

Feb   

Mayo  Joint CABL /SLA Program on Copyright Dr Jack Rowe, ASU presenter

Apr

Banner Desert  Magnet Program Bob Dent, BDMC presenter

June

St Joe’s  “Library as place” Alison Bunting, UCLA retired, presenter

Sep

Gateway Comm College  Webcast  “Art and practice of electronic journal, book, and database licenses”

Retirements:  Jean Crosier, Helen Seaton

Oct

Banner Good Sam  “Benchmarking for hospital libraries” Jacque Doyle, presenter

Dec

Holiday party

61 members

Held MLA satellite teleconference entitled, The Art and Practice of Electronic Journal, Book, and Database Licenses: Practical Tips for Health Care Organizations.

Started planning for MLA Annual Meeting to be held in Phoenix in May, 2006

Voted to merge CABL listserv with SABL; to have one statewide listserv (ABL) and two regional ones.

2005

President:  Lora Robbins

Held 6 meetings.

Hosted MLGSCA sponsored Wireless Seminar “Implementing WiFi: What to Look at Before You Leap”.

Sponsored CE class “Finding the Best Evidence to Meet Nursing Information

Needs”.

Hosted NLM-sponsored CE class on grants and funding.

Voted that the union list at PIMC would be permanently dismantled.

Mar

Maricopa  Doody’s Core Titles  Dan Doody, presenter

June

ASU  Future of EBP in Arizona; what difference can you make”  Dr Ellen Fineout-Overholt, ASU presenter

Aug

Lombardi Restaurant—MLA local arrangement update

Oct

St Joe’s  NLM grants and NN/LM funding opportunities, Heidi Sandstrom, RML presenter

May

JC Lincoln MLA Keeping patients safe; roles of information professionals”

Voted to permanently discard the old journals retention/holder of record project

Became involved in the AZ Consortium Meeting on Evidence Based Nursing.

Scottsdale Fashion Square Health Information Center at Scottsdale Fashion Square closes.

Work continues on the MLA Annual Meeting plans, including the daily newsletter and other local arranges duties.

CABL submits a poster for MLA 2006 on ‘Implementing Evidence Based Practice in Hospital Libraries.’  Poster was accepted.

2006

President:  Rebecca Birr

Became more involved in the AZGoLocal Project of the AHSL.

5 meetings

Became increasingly involved in the statewide Evidence-Based Practice Consortium.

Hosted “Geeks Bearing Gifts” from PSRML.

51 members.

Contributed $100 to the MLA Local Arrangements Committee

Presented Poster at MLA: Expediting evidence based practice by building clinical partnerships, the role of Central Arizona Biomedical Libraries (CABL) in the Arizona Consortium for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice. (AZCAEP)”

Hosted: Moving at the Speed of Byte: Emerging Technologies for Information Management".

Celebrated CABL’s contributions to the successful MLA Annual Meeting.

Bank balance over $3,000.

2007

President:  Sheila Hofstetter