My MLA 2008 Annual Conference Personal Agenda
16 – 21 May 2008
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Continuing Education (CE400)
Electronic Collection Development for Health & Medicine E-Libraries
Location: Wrigley
Time: 0800-1700
Learn to create a collection development plan for an electronic library of free and fee-based web-accessible resources for health and medicine. Students will focus on developing a collection plan for one library patron group of their choice for the kind of library they work in (e.g., hospital, medical center, medical school, allied health programs, public libraries, academic libraries, other special libraries, etc.). Patron groups may include: health care consumers, physicians of general or particular specialty, nurses, pharmacists, medical school students, allied health students, biomedical researchers, etc. Participants will end the course with a good draft e-library collection development plan. Instructor: Diane K. Kovacs, Web Teacher, Kovacs Consulting, Internet and Web Training, Brunswick, OH
Note: There is a web-based portion of this course to follow the MLA '08 meeting. Participants will receive 15 MLA CE contact hours, representing their online and live course work.
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Ovid Sunrise Seminar: Meeting the Needs of Nursing Professionals
Location: Acapulco
Time: 0700-0815
Seminar taught by Ovid trainers re: database and full-text resources required by nurses.
Plenary Session I: MLA Opening Session and Presidential Address
Location: Grand Ballroom
Time: 0900-1000
The MLA 2008 opening session featuring Mark Funk’s presidential address. His address will focus on the future of librarianship that provides an opportunity for critical reflection on how to preserve the best traditions of health sciences librarianship.
Plenary Session II: The John P. McGovern Lecture: Andrew Zolli
Location: Grand Ballroom
Time: 1030-1200
Author and futurist will outline the trends shaping the future and its impact on health sciences librarianship.
Dept of the Army Medical Command Libraries SIG
Location: Skyway 269
Time: 1530-1430
Document Delivery: PubMed Linkout
Location: Acapulco
Time: 1530-1630
Addresses the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Linkout Program.
Consumer & Patient Health Information – Coping with Budget Cuts ~ Creative Solutions in Lean Times
Location: Grand Ballroom A
Time: 1630-1800
Addresses budget cuts and challenges libraries face. Potential solutions will be presented, as well as the use of creative marketing and branding .
Monday, 19 May 2008
NLM Sunrise Seminar
Location: Columbus IJ
Time: 0700-0815
NLM staff will highlight accomplishments and new developments in a variety of online systems, including MEDLINE/PubMed, MedlinePlus, and DOCLINE
Plenary Session III: Janet Doe Lecture: Thomas G. Basler, MLA Fellow
Location: Grand Ballroom
Time: 0900-1000
Will address changing leadership for changing times.
Federal Libraries Section - Mental Health Resources for Veterans, Military Personnel, & Families
Location: Columbus GH
Time: 1400-1530
In 2005, the US Congress established the National Demonstration Program for Citizen-Soldier Support (CSSP). Citizen soldier families and veterans face numerous personal and family life challenges that severely tax their resources. Maintaining and achieving good mental health is vital for these individuals. It is important that they have access to mental health resources. This session is an especially important session for AMEDD librarians due to the increased emphasis on Soldier mental health issues and dealing with the rehabilitation of those with traumatic brain injuries.
Federal Libraries Section – Connecting with Administrators to Show the Value of Libraries & Librarians?
Location: Columbus GH
Time: 1630-1800
Addresses administrators expectations and how-to for librarians to communicate their value, return on investment, cost benefits, etc., in their respective organizations.
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Elsevier Clinical Decision Support Sunrise Seminar
Location: Columbus CD Room
Time: 0700-0815
How-to integrate your library holdings into your hospital’s software applications. Integrate clinical decision support content for physicians, multi-care teams and pharmacists into the hospital’s electronic health records system.
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Plenary Session: NLM Update
Location: Grand Ballroom
Time: 1030-1130
Session details changes in the NLM databases and document delivery system, DOCLINE ~ used by medical libraries to obtain materials not available in the local medical library collection.
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Document Delivery: QuickDoc
Location: Hong Kong
Time: 1130-1230
Follow on meeting to the NLM Update with information about QuickDoc.
Medical Informatics: Technologies in Teaching
Location: Regency Ballroom A
Time: 1400-1540
This session will cover the multitude of ways that technologies are used in teaching (simulations, avatars, podcasts, Web 2.0, online courses, interactive DVD or web-based multimedia programs, audience response systems, etc.) for a wide range of audiences (health sciences students, residents, preclinical students, undergraduates, continuing education programs, and even library staff.)
Nursing & Allied Health Research: Connecting Librarians, Nurses, & Accreditation/Credentialing Organizations to Improve Patient Care
Location: Columbus EF
Time: 1630-1800
Libraries serving the health professions are guided by standards defined by organizations ranging from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations to professional program accreditation and individual credentialing, as well as regional accreditation. Changes in accreditation and credential standards and guidelines represent serious challenges to libraries and can even contribute to library closings. Magnet status is another credential many hospitals are seeking, and librarians have been part of that credentialing process. Libraries, librarians, and library organizations are learning to work with accrediting and credentialing organizations to shape the standards and guidelines in ways that strengthen health care and health care education by stressing the roles that libraries and information play. Focus on how to proactively shape credentialing and accreditation processes, librarian participation in credentialing and accreditation organizations, and efforts to shape institutional accreditation planning.
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Plenary Session IV: Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians
Location: Grand Ballroom
Time: 0900-1200
Program devoted to the description, demonstration, discussion, and debate of these tools which librarians need to be aware of as well as understand how to incorporate them into the delivery of library services.
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