Public Librarians Response to Hurricanes: Lessons, Issues and Strategies
Lecture and Webcast
February 20, 2009 12:30 - 2:30
http://ci.fsu.edu/news/?p=1363

The five panel experts have had “hands on” experience in assisting libraries plan for and respond to hurricanes.  As such they are assisting the Information Institute in completing a study that will identify public library best practices in hurricane preparedness and response, create a web portal to organize and access a broad range of information that can be of assistance to public librarians and local communities regarding hurricanes, and provide training to public libraries for how best to use this website and the various materials generated by the study.  Detailed background information about the study, its goals, funding, activities, can be found at: http://www.ii.fsu.edu/news_detail.cfm?newsID=62 The program will also be webcast with access instructions to be announced on the College of Information webpage at http://www.ci.fsu.edu/.

Health Information Outreach and Community Engagement:  Lessons Learned from the Experts
Thursday, February 12, 2009 / 2 – 3:30 PM
Engaging your community with health information outreach projects is rewarding, meaningful work. Come learn from the experiences of experts in health information outreach and community engagement. Each speaker has led a successful health information outreach subcontract from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine/ New England Region. The program is intended for anyone interested in pursuing funding or learning more about how to engage the local community in effective health information outreach.
Registration is free and on a first come, first serve basis.  Session will be limited to fifty participants.
To register, please contact Martha Pearson at martha.pearson@umassmed.edu.
In your email please include:
•    Name
•    Institution / address with zip code / phone / e-mail
•    Name of the program (Health Information Outreach and Community Engagement:  Lessons Learned from the Experts).

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