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The Research Section Strategic Planning Committee completed its work on the Research Section's new vision statement and strategic plan.

The Research Section Strategic Plan can be found at:

http://research.mlanet.org/business/
strategic_plan_111411.doc

The plan was developed after an extensive consultation process that involved a Spring 2011 online survey of Research Section and MLA members (Survey on Research Activities of Librarians), a discussion of the draft at the 2011 section business meeting, and obtaining feedback from the membership via email, our Facebook page, and posting the draft plan on the section website. The committee received many positive and thoughtful comments from section members about the draft plan which were incorporated into the final draft.

The plan will be a valuable source of inspiration and position our section as a thriving, dynamic, and successful research community within MLA and beyond for years to come.

Many thanks go to the Strategic Planning Committee for their hard work on the ground-breaking document and their commitment to improving our section and the MLA research environment. Committee members are: Kris Alpi, Brooke Billman, Gary Byrd, Diane Cooper, Carole Gilbert, Sandy De Groote, Cheryl Dee, Roz Dudden, Carol Perryman, Kay Wellik, and Susan Lessick (Chair).

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