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Date:         Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:58:59 -0400
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Subject:      MLA Symposium: Information Services for Emergency Preparedness an
              d Response

If you are attending the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in May,
you may be interested in attending:
The Role of Information Services for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CE
800)  <http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2005/ce/symposia.html>
http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2005/ce/symposia.html

Sunday, May 15, 2005, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas

This symposium includes presentations from experts who will address the
information resources and services that need to be developed and promoted to
strengthen public health planning and emergency preparedness.

Keynote speaker Harold L. Timboe coordinated the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center's response to the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. An experienced public
health trainer will facilitate group activities.

The symposium will discuss unmet needs, the possibility of a nationally
coordinated catalog of resources, collection and access issues, and the
librarian's expanding role in training emergency services personnel. Mini
posters will be solicited, and organizations will be asked to bring
literature to share with attendees.

Symposium Speakers Include:

Harold L. Timboe, (keynote speaker), associate vice president,
Administration, and director, Center for Public Health Preparedness and
Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio

Brad Robison, library director, Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute
for the Prevention of Terrorism, Oklahoma City, OK

Lian Ruan, director/head librarian, Illinois Fire Service Institute Library,
Champaign, IL

Kristine Alpi, AHIP, library manager, Public Health Library, New York City
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY

Marti Szczur, deputy associate director, Division of Specialized Information
Services, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Carl S. Osaki, clinical associate professor and research project manager,
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of
Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington-Seattle

Shari Clifton, associate professor/head, Reference and Instructional
Services, Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library, University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

The cost for registering is $100, and includes a box lunch.

This symposium is being sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and
MLA's Public Health/Health Administration Section, Federal Libraries
Section, Nursing and Allied Heath Resources Section and Hospital Libraries
Section. It counts for 6.5 MLA contact hours.

MLA early registration ends April 15.
 <http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2005/index.html>
http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2005/index.html
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