2007 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Susan Kendall May - SIG business meeting - MLA 2007, coordinated by Susan Kendall. 2006 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Susan Kendall May - SIG business meeting - MLA 2006, coordinated by Susan Kendall May - Reception for members of the Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG and Medical Informatics Section 2005 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Michael Newman May - SIG business meeting - MLA 2005, coordinated by Michael Newman May - Reception for members of the Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG, Medical Informatics Section, and Pharmacy and Drug Information Section 2004 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Michael Newman May - SIG business meeting - MLA 2004, coordinated by Michael Newman May - Reception for members of the Medical Informatics Section and the Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG 2003 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Jennifer Lyon May - SIG business meeting - MLA 2003, coordinated by Jennifer Lyon May - Election of new convener - Michael Newman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA May - 8-hour MLA CE course on Digging In: Hands-on experience with NCBI's Molecular Databases, developed by Renata Geer and Donna Messersmith and presented by Mark Minie 2002 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Jennifer Lyon May - SIG business meeting - MLA 2002, coordinated by Jennifer Lyon November - first offering of the revised and expanded 3-day course on Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources, developed and presented on site at NLM by Renata Geer and Donna Messersmith 2001 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Michele Tennant May - SIG business meeting - MLA 2001, Orlando, FL, coordinated by Michele Tennant May - Election of new convener - Jennifer Lyon, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN July - Bioinformatics Journal Club - started and led by Jennifer Lyon November - final offering of the original 8 hour course on "Molecular Biology Information Resources"; course then expanded to a 3-day format with additional hands-on exercise, as requested by past participants 2000 May - SIG programming and presentations in conjunction with various MLA Sections, coordinated by Michele Tennant May - SIG business meeting #1, coordinated by Michele Tennant May - SIG business meeting #2, coordinated by Michele Tennant 1999 May - SIG business meeting - discuss process for election of new SIG convener September - Election of new convener - Michele Tennant, University of Florida, Gainesville 1998 April - SIG web server set up by Bob Engezser, Washington University, St. Louis; web pages for SIG and symposium posted by Renata Geer. May - full-day symposium on Impact of Genomics on 21st Century Medicine at MLA 1998, Philadelphia, PA; approximately 70 participants attended Symposium organizers: Renata C. McCarthy (Geer), Mary C. (Suzy) Holt, Stuart Yarfitz, Pamela M. Corley, Ellen Dewkett, Betsy Larson, David J. Owen, Michele Tennant, Valerie Florance May - SIG business meeting, MLA 1998, Philadelphia, PA October - SIG listserv established by Stuart Yarfitz, University of Washington, Seattle 1997 May - SIG business meeting, MLA 1997, Seattle, WA, coordinated by Renata Geer May - submission of application to MLA for official SIG status - approved at MLA 1997 annual meeting May - submission of proposal for full-day symposium on "Impact of Genomics on 21st Century Medicine" to be offered at MLA 1998; approved by MLA CE Committee in June for 8 contact hours May - first offering of 8-hour course on Molecular Biology Information Resources by Renata Geer of NCBI and Janet Morrison of Stanford at MLA 1997, Seattle, WA; course continued to be offered at various locations around the U.S. through November 2001. 1996 June - SIG business meeting at MLA - submission of proposal for 8 hour MLA CE course on "Molecular Biology Information Resources" by Renata Geer of NCBI and Janet Morrison of Stanford; approved by MLA CE Committee in June for 8 contact hours 1994 August - survey posted to MEDLIB-L gauging librarian involvement in molecular biology information resources support services - posted by Renata McCarthy (Geer as of 2000) as part of NLM Associate project, 1993-1994 September - formation of informal SIG; members primarily included survey respondents SIG founder and leader (1994-1999) - Renata Geer