2007 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM® Invitation
t he Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) will be held May 18-23, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Attendees are invited to visit the NLM exhibit booth (May 19-22) to meet NLM staff and see NLM Web products. The NLM Theater at the booth will feature demonstrations and tutorials on a wide variety of topics. Please see the NLM Theater schedule.
Continuing Education Classes
While at the meeting in Philadelphia, consider taking an MLA continuing education class taught by National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) staff, e.g.:
- Saturday, May 19, 8:00 am-5:00 pm
- Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends
- CE 500
- Instructors: J. Dale Prince, NN/LM, Southeastern Atlantic Region and Bryan Vogh, NN/LM, Greater Midwestern Region
- Wednesday, May 23, 1:30-5:30 pm
- Easy-to-read Health and Wellness Material for Consumers
- CE 308
- Instructor: Beth Wescott, NN/LM, Southeastern Atlantic Region
- Wednesday, May 23, 1:30-5:30 pm
- Will Duct Tape Cure My Warts? Examining Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- CE 309
- Instructor: Karen Vargas, NN/LM, South Central Region
- Further course details are available at http://mlanet.org/am/am2007/ce/index.html, or contact MLA at 312-419-9094 x32.
Mark Your MLA Calendars
NLM Online Users' Meeting "Sunrise Seminar"
Monday, May 21, 7:00-8:15 am
Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon AB
NLM staff will highlight recent accomplishments and new developments in a variety of online systems, including MEDLINE®/PubMed®, MedlinePlus®, and DOCLINE®.
NLM Update
Tuesday, May 22, 10:30-11:30 am
Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon EFGH
Speakers:
Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director
Sheldon Kotzin, Associate Director for Library Operations
Martha Szczur, Acting Associate Director, Division of Specialized Information Services
Leiter Lecture
Wednesday, May 23, 9:00-10:00 am
Speaker: Kent A. Smith, former Deputy Director, NLM
Location: Grand Ballroom EFGH
Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) Reception
Sunday, May 20, 7:00-9:00 pm
Ticketed event.
Ticket cost: $50, includes a 1-year FNLM membership.
Maximum attendance is 200.
Purchase tickets when registering for MLA '07.
Further details available at: http://mlanet.org/am/am2007/events/events.html#sunday
FNLM will host a reception for MLA members at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, America's oldest art museum and school of fine arts, located in the Historic Landmark Building (118-128 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA).
Informal Meetings
MedlinePlus Go Local Discussion Group
Sunday, May 20, 7:00-9:00 am
Location: Room 411-412
This is an information and sharing session with presentations by NLM staff and Go Local participants as well as time for questions. Anyone considering participating in Go Local is encouraged to attend.
DOCLINE Users Group Meeting
Sunday, May 20, 2:00-3:00 pm
Location: Room 305-306
LinkOut®
User Meeting
Tuesday, May 22, 1:00-2:00 pm
Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon D
Section-Sponsored Programming
NLM and NN/LM staff will also be participating in the following MLA sessions:
- Sunday, May 20, 4:30-6:00 pm
- Session & Topic: Be It Resolved: As Libraries Evolve to Electronic Access Their Need for Physical Space Decreases
- Speakers: Rick Forsman, Denison Memorial Library, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO; Wayne Peay, NN/LM Mid-Continental Region, Salt Lake City, UT; M. J. Tooey, NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic Region, Baltimore, MD; and Jane Bridges, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA.
- Location: Grand Ballroom KL
- Monday, May, 21 3:00-4:30 pm
- Session Title: New Voices in the Air: Next Generation of Medical Librarianship
- Topic: An Analysis of Evaluation Practice in Library Outreach Efforts from RML Subcontracts, 2001-2006
- Speaker: Mellanye Lackey, NLM 2nd Year Associate Fellow, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
- Location: Room 303-304
- Session & Topic: Power to the People: Serving the Underserved
- Speakers: Ysabel R. Bertolucci, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA; Margaret Allen, Hmong Health Project, Stratford, WI; Gale Dutcher, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; Andrea Kenyon, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; and Mark Scully, Bay Area Medical Center, Marinette, WI.
- Location: Grand Ballroom AB
- Session Title: Beyond the Digital Revolution: Virtual Collaborations, Virtual Partnerships, Virtual Communities
- Topic: Declaring Independence from the Classroom With Moodle: Outcomes of the MLA CE Institute for Developing Web-based Instruction
- Speaker: Gail Kouame and Andrea Ryce, NN/LM, Pacific Northwest Region, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Michele Spatz, Planetree Health Resources Center, Mid-Columbia Medical Center, The Dalles, OR; Dolores Judkins, Oregon Health and Science University Library, Portland, OR.
- Location: Independence Ballroom
- Tuesday, May 22, 3:00-4:30 pm
- Session Title: Joining the Revolution: Providing Information in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Past, Present, and Future
- Topic: Dietary Supplement Database for Consumers
- Speakers: Hua F. Chang, Vera W. Hudson, Ying Sun, Dorothy Moore, George Hazard, and Jeanne Goshorn, Specialized Information Services Division, NLM, Bethesda, MD.
- Location: Room 305-306
More complete information about these sessions is available at the MLA '07 Annual Meeting Web site at http://mlanet.org/am/am2007/events/builder.html. Click on Link to the OASIS Program Planner; click on Browse link.
Posters
NLM and NN/LM staff will be presenting the following posters at MLA:
- Sunday, May 20, 2:00-3:00 pm
- Poster Session 1
- Location: Room 405-409
- Topic: A Multimedia Digital Repository Needs Assessment and Evaluation: Comparing 2003 and 2007
- Presentation Number: 12
- Presenters: Sharon Dennis, NN/LM MidContinental Region, Salt Lake City, UT, and Sebastian Uijtdehaage, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
- Monday, May 21, 2:00-3:00 pm
- Poster Session 2
- Location: Room 405-409
- Topic: Setting a Firm Foundation: Developing a Course in Global Health Informatics for a Master’s Program in Global Health
- Presentation Number: 1
- Presenters: Marcus A. Banks and Karen Brewer, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; and Van B. Afes, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY.
- Topic: Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Integrating/Embedding Library Instruction Services into an Innovative Health Sciences Summer Course
- Presentation Number: 7
- Presenter: Mary M. Henning, Wyoming Liaison, NN/LM MidContinental Region, Laramie, WY.
- Topic: Going the Distance with Moodle: Outcomes of the MLA CE Institute for Developing Web-based Instruction
- Presentation Number: 9
- Presenters: Andrea Ryce and Gail Kouame, NN/LM, Pacific Northwest Region, Seattle, WA; Dolores Judkins, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; Michele Spatz, Planetree Health Resource Center, Mid-Columbia Medical Center, The Dalles, OR.
- Topic: Changing the Way We Do Distance Education: Experiences with the Access Grid and Personal Interface Grid to Deliver Online Seminars
- Presentation Number: 19
- Presenter: Sharon Dennis, NN/LM MidContinental Region, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Topic: Moving to Moodle: Creating Online Instruction from an MLA CE Class
- Presentation Number: 22
- Presenters: Marty Magee, NN/LM Nebraska and Education Liaison for the MidContinental Region, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
- Topic: Poultices, Potions, and Prayers
- Presentation Number: 33
- Presenters: Cynthia R. Kahn, Himmelfarb Library, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC; and Gail Kouame, NN/LM, Pacific Northwest Region, Seattle, WA.
- Tuesday, May 22, 1:00-2:00 pm
- Poster Session 3
- Location: Room 405-409
- Topic: Hospital Library Advocacy in the MidContinental Region
- Presentation Number: 18
- Presenter: Barbara B. Jones, Missouri Liaison, NN/LM MidContinental Region, Health Science Library, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
- Topic: An Advocacy Service for Hospital Librarians
- Presentation Number: 22
- Presenters: Shirley Gronholm, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; Mark Goldstein, NN/LM New England Region, Worcester, MA; Margo Coletti, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Denise Corless, Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood, MA; Barbara Davis, Newport Hospital, Newport, RI; Anne Fladger, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Mimi Guessferd, Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH; Sheila Hayes, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, NH; Claire LaForce, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland, VT; and Emily Scribner, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington, ME.
- Topic: Peer Power PLUS 2006 Online Symposium: Peer Tutoring, Online Health Resources, and Community Outreach
- Presentation Number: 32
- Presenters: Javier Jiménez, Technology Coordinator, South Texas Independent School District; Sara Reibman, Librarian, Biblioteca Las Américas; Lucy Hansen, Lead Librarian, South Texas Independent School District; Ann Vickman, Librarian, Biblioteca Las Américas, South Texas Independent School District, Mercedes, TX; Frederick B. Wood, Office of Health Information Programs Development, NLM, Bethesda, MD; and Cindy Olney, Evaluation Consultant, C.O. Evaluation Consulting LLC, Greensboro, NC.
- Topic: ¡VIVA! Peer Tutor Summer Institutes
- Presentation Number: 33
- Presenters: Sara Reibman, Librarian, Biblioteca Las Américas; Lucy Hansen, Lead Librarian, South Texas Independent School District; Ann Vickman, Librarian, Biblioteca Las Américas; Javier Jiménez, Technology Coordinator, South Texas Independent School District, South Texas Independent School District, Mercedes, TX; Frederick B. Wood, Office of Health Information Programs Development, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; and Cindy Olney, Evaluation Consultant, C.O. Evaluation Consulting LLC, Greensboro, NC.
More complete poster information is available at the MLA '07 Annual Meeting Web site at http://mlanet.org/am/am2007/events/builder.html. Click on Link to the OASIS Program Planner; click on Browse link.
| NLM Theater Schedule - Booth 509 | |
|---|---|
| Sunday, May 20 | |
| Noon | NLM Gateway |
| 12:30 | What’s New with Environmental Health and Toxicology Databases? |
| 1:00 | PubMed Central® Update |
| 1:30 | LinkOut® Update |
| 2:00 | Manuscript Submissions & the NIH Public Access Policy |
| 2:30 | What's New with MedlinePlus, GoLocal & NIHSeniorHealth? |
| 3:00 | Turning the Pages of Micrographia |
| 3:30 | PubMed Review |
| 4:00 | RxNorm & DailyMed® |
| 4:30 | Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®) |
| Monday, May 21 | |
| 10:00 | PubMed Review |
| 10:30 | LinkOut Update |
| 11:00 | RxNorm & DailyMed |
| 11:30 | Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) |
| 1:30 | Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM) Web site |
| 2:00 | NLM Gateway |
| 2:30 | Semantic MEDLINE® Visualization Prototype |
| 3:00 | Public Health Partners Web site |
| 3:30 | Molecular Biology & Genomic Resources – Take a Coffee Break |
| 4:00 | Manuscript Submissions & the NIH Public Access Policy |
| 4:30 | PubMed Central Update |
| Tuesday, May 22 | |
| 10:00 | Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM) Web site |
| 11:30 | Turning the Pages of Micrographia |
| Noon | Public Health Partners Web site |
| 12:30 | What’s New with Environmental Health and Toxicology Databases? |
| 1:00 | PubMed Review |
| 1:30 | Semantic MEDLINE Visualization Prototype |
| 2:00 | What's New with MedlinePlus, Go Local & NIHSeniorHealth? |
| 2:30 | Molecular Biology & Genomic Resources – Take a Coffee Break |
Join Us
Please join us at these events! Additional information or changes to this information will be announced in the NLM Technical Bulletin.
2007 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM® Invitation. NLM Tech Bull. 2007 Mar-Apr;(355):e9.
