About the Association of Mental Health Librarians (AMHL)

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ABOUT AMHL
What Is The Association? -- Joining AMHL -- Renewing your AMHL membership -- Benefits Of Membership --

	WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATION? The Association of Mental Health Librarians (AMHL) is a professional organization of individuals working in the field of mental health information delivery. Its members come from a variety of settings: inpatient hospitals, academic and research institutions, and psychiatric and psychological agencies. AMHL provides opportunities for its members to enhance their professional skills; encourages research activities in mental health librarianship; and strengthens the role of the librarian within the mental health community. A highlight of the Association is its annual conference, which provides continuing education and networking possibilities for its members. Librarians, library assistants, library associates or any other individual interested in the field of mental health librarianship are eligible to join. MLIS students with an interest in mental health are welcome as well. JOINING AMHL Membership dues are $15.00. Please make checks payable to AMHL and mail with membership form (PDF) to: Arlene Krizanic 2628 N. Sawyer Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 RENEWAL of your AMHL Membership Your next renewal dues payment will be due January 31st, 2010. The deadline for dues payment for renewal is January 31st of each calendar year. Renewal dues are $15.00. To renew for 2010, please make checks payable to AMHL and mail with membership form (PDF) to: Arlene Krizanic 2628 N. Sawyer Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Small Grants Program Reciprocal Interlibrary Loan Agreements The MHLIB Listserv Annual Meeting Scholarship Publisher Discounts	BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP Small Grants Program Members may apply to receive funding from the AMHL Small Grants Program. This program was established to provide an opportunity for members to engage in research and creative endeavors. Reciprocal Interlibrary Loan Agreements Members may network with other mental health libraries for interlibrary loan purposes, often developing free reciprocal interlibrary loan agreements. The MHLIB Listserv MHLIB is a discussion forum for mental health librarians, consultants in the mental health field, and other professionals working or having an interest in mental health. The primary purpose of the MHLIB is to share information, answer questions, share available duplicate materials, and post announcements of conferences and employment opportunities. Maintained by John R. Clark, MEd, MLIS, the list is by approved subscription only to maintain the high level of professionalism. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MHLIB/ Post message: MHLIB@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: MHLIB-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: MHLIB-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: MHLIB-owner@yahoogroups.com Annual Meeting Scholarship Not only do members pay a lower annual meeting registration fee than non-members, first-time attendees at the annual meeting may apply for a scholarship for annual meeting expenses up to $500.00. Requirements are: membership for at least 2 years and never having attended an annual meeting. Contact Stuart Moss, AMHL President at moss@nki.rfmh.org Publisher Discounts AMHL members also receive a 10% discount on purchases of many products from American Psychiatric Publishing for their individual use. The discount applies to many products, including books, journals, and videos. (The discount does not apply to some other products, such as database and electronic book subscriptions (psychiatryonline.org), and does not apply to institutional purchases of any products). AMHL members will need to identify themselves as such to APP Customer Service staff (i.e., telephone orders) and Data Entry staff (i.e., mailed or faxed orders). APPI staff will then verify that the customer is an AMHL member by checking on the AMHL Directory page and process the order with the discount. If you have questions about AMHL, please contact the AMHL President: Stuart Moss Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research 140 Old Orangeburg Rd. Orangeburg, NY 10962 845-398-6576 fax: 845-398-5551 moss@nki.rfmh.org

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