2009 Special Libraries Association Meeting Reminder and NLM® Invitation

T he [This link was removed because it is no longer valid] Special Libraries Association 2009 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO (SLA) will be held June 14-17, 2009 in Washington, DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Attendees are invited to visit the NLM exhibit booth #1145 to meet NLM staff and see NLM Web resources and services.

NLM activities at the SLA meeting include the following:

Saturday, June 13 (12:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

How to Become a Federal Librarian

Free session; however pre-registration is required. More information available at: //www.loc.gov/flicc/meeting_announcements/2009/ma0915.pdf

Location: Library of Congress, Madison Building, West Dining Room

This workshop will include speakers who will answer questions and will provide assistance on how to write a

resume, handle KSAs (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) and more.

Panelists:

Nancy Faget, U.S. Government Printing Office

Julie Carpenter, Human Resources Director, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

Michele Masias, Law Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice

Nardia Bennett, Human Resources Specialist, Consumer Product Safety Commission

Lisa M. Boyd, NN/LM National Network Office, National Library of Medicine

Monday, June 15 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)

Translational Medicine Meets the Semantic Web

Location: Convention Center, 142

As the pace of biomedical research increases, so do the information needs of healthcare providers and scientists. This talk will explore the development of Translational Medicine, knowledge exchange between bench to bedside, and the Semantic Web, a meaning-based approach to World Wide Web technology, allowing better access to pertinent information across biomedical domains. Current and emerging issues and the role of information specialists will be discussed.

Speaker:

Olivier Bodenreider, MD, PhD, Staff Scientist, Cognitive Science Branch, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine

Monday, June 15 (1:45 pm - 3:15 pm)

Strategic Technology Alliance Series: What's New at the National Library of Medicine

Location: INFO-EXPO Hall, Booth #1071

Speakers:

Lisa M. Boyd, NN/LM National Network Office, National Library of Medicine

Stephanie Publicker, Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine

Tuesday, June 16 (9:30 am - 11:00 am)

RDA and the Future of Cataloging: What You Need to Know

Location: Convention Center, 207B

RDA (Resource Description and Access) is the hottest of hot topics in the cataloging world. What is it? How will it affect the future of cataloging? Barbara Tillett from the Library of Congress will explain exactly what RDA is, and why it is important. Barbara Bushman, from NLM, will discuss the RDA testing being coordinated by the three US National Libraries and the work of the RDA Implementation Task Force.

Speakers:

Barbara B. Tillett, Chief, Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress

Barbara Bushman, Assistant Head, Cataloging Section, National Library of Medicine

Tuesday, June 16 (9:30 am - 11:00 am)

Toxicology Roundtable: Environmental Resources of the National Library of Medicine

Location: Convention Center, 143A

This presentation will cover several of the newest environmental health resources from the National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services Division. These resources were created using current Web-based technologies in an effort to convey information in a friendly and easy to navigate manner, for a wide audience range.

Speakers:

Laura Bartlett, Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine

Colette Hochstein, Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine

Stephanie Publicker, Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine

Tuesday, June 16 (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm)

Emergency Preparedness & Recovery Advisory Council No-Host Dinner

Location: Tony Cheng's Restaurant, 619 H Street, NW

Join librarians from the Disaster Information Specialist Project, the National Library of Medicine, and

SLA's Emergency Preparedness & Recovery Advisory Council for an informal, no-host dinner on Tuesday, June 16 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. This is a networking opportunity and a place to share your own disaster preparedness, response, and recovery experiences! Dinner will be at Tony Cheng's Restaurant, about a ten minute walk from the Convention Center.

Please RSVP by e-mailing Amy Donahue at donaamy@mail.nih.gov.

Thursday, June 18 (9:00 am - 4:00 pm)

Tour: National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library

Location: The campus of the National Institutes of Health right outside of Washington D.C.

The National Library of Medicine is the largest medical library in the world. This tour will visit both the NLM and the NIH libraries as well as take a general tour of the NIH campus. Advanced RSVP required. For directions and to RSVP, please contact Tom Harrod at tharrod@umd.edu no later than June 17. Please bring $10-15 for a metro train ticket to the venue and for lunch.

Please join us at these events.

By Stephanie Publicker
Specialized Information Services

Publicker S. 2009 Special Libraries Association Meeting Reminder and NLM® Invitation. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 May-Jun;(368):e15.