MLA '08: Networking Events

• Friday, May 16
  • Only Connect...to the Community! Each One Teach One
• Saturday, May 17
  • Only Connect...to the Community! MLA Health Information Table at Rush University Health Fair
  • Welcome Reception and Opening of the Hall of Exhibits
• Sunday, May 18
  • New Members/First-time Attendees Breakfast
  • Tai Chi
  • Chapter Council Roundtables Luncheon
  • International Visitors Reception
  • Library School Reunion
  • Hospital Libraries Section Business Meeting and Reception
  • Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) Reception
• Monday, May 19
  • Awards Ceremony and Luncheon
  • Reception hosted by the American Medical Association
• Tuesday, May 20
  • Open Forums
  • MLA Reception

Friday, May 16

Only Connect...to the Community!
Be involved at the meeting and have fun! The 2008 NPC has arranged two exciting community outreach events in Chicago:

• Each One Teach One
  Friday, May 16, 2008, noon– 2:00 p.m.:
  MLA members will go to the Wrightwood- Ashburn branch public library to exchange expertise with a team of public librarians on heath information and community outreach. Round trip transportation provided from the Hyatt. Pick up at 11:00 a.m. Participants will return to the Hyatt about 3:00 p.m. Maximum: 15

To volunteer, please check the appropriate box on the registration form. Round-trip bus transportation from the Hyatt Regency Chicago will be provided. These community outreach events are the first to be held at an MLA annual meeting, and we need your support to make them successful! For additional information contact Tammy Mays, AHIP, at tmays@wisc.edu or Deborah Jameson, AHIP, at djameson@partners.org.

Saturday, May 17

• MLA Health Information Table at Rush University Health Fair, at the Chicago Christian Industrial League: Members will offer free literature searches to the approximately 1,000 residents who are expected to attend from the city’s underserved communities. Two volunteer shifts:
  1. Morning, 8:00 a.m. pickup at Hyatt, return noon. Maximum: 20
  2. Afternoon, 10:30 a.m. pickup at Hyatt, return 2:30 p.m., Maximum: 20
     
  To volunteer, please check the appropriate box on the registration form. Round-trip bus transportation from the Hyatt Regency Chicago will be provided. These community outreach events are the first to be held at an MLA annual meeting, and we need your support to make them successful! For additional information contact Tammy Mays, AHIP, at tmays@wisc.edu or Deborah Jameson, AHIP, at djameson@partners.org.

• Welcome Reception and Opening of the Hall of Exhibits
  5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
  
  Ticketed event. One ticket to the reception is included with meeting registration packages A, B, C, and, E. Purchase additional tickets on the registration form.

Sunday, May 18

• Chapter Council Presents Chapter Sharing Roundtables
  noon–2:00 p.m.
  Optional ticketed event. You must register in advance. There will be no onsite registration. A lunch ticket is required and costs $45.
  
  Register by topic code number. Registrations without a topic number will not be processed. Network! Share experiences! Make new friends! Discuss current issues! Attend the Chapter Council Presents Chapter Sharing Roundtables for lunch and informal discussions on a variety of topics.
  
  Facilitators will be at each table to initiate discussion and encourage participation. Recorders will be available to document the discussion for posting on the Chapter Council website (www.chaptercouncil.mlanet.org). Facilitators and recorders earn one point toward membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals for completing these activities! If you would like to share your skills and expertise as a facilitator or a recorder, please email Angela Dixon at Angela_Dixon@URMC.Rochester.edu.

Topics for 2008 roundtables

1. Second Life and Health Care Information
2. Assessment and Evaluation
3. Changes in Technical Service in a Digital Environment
4. Clinical Decision-making Tools (Up-to-Date, MD Consult)
5. Communicating Techniques for Library Patrons
6. Copyright Issues
7. Document Delivery Services and Interlibrary Loan
8. Electronic Libraries
9. Evidence-based Practice
10. Evidence-based Nursing
11. Expert Searching
12. Handheld Clinical Resources
13. How to Obtain Funds for Library Projects
14. How to Stay Current with New Technologies
15. Integrating You or the Library into the Curriculum
16. Issues in Hospital Librarianship
17. Liaisons Stepping Out of the Library
18. Librarian as a Consultant
19. Library Directors of the Future
20. Management of E-resources
21. Managing Resources in Emergency or Disaster Situations
22. Multiple Generations Working in the Same Library
23. New and Emerging Roles for Medical Librarians
24. Oral History
25. Point-of-care Clinical Resources
26. Providing Virtual Reference Service
27. Strategies for Threatened Librarians or Libraries
28. Supporting Magnet Status Initiatives
29. Using New Technologies and Instructional Design for Teaching
30. Wikis in the Library
    
• International Visitors Reception
  6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
  Invitation only.
  
• Library School Reunion
  6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
  
  
• Hospital Libraries Section Business Meeting and Reception
  6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
  
  Ticketed event. No charge, but registration is required. Select the reception on the registration form.
  
  
• Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) Reception
  7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
  Offsite: Chicago History Museum
  
  Ticketed event. Ticket cost: $60 includes a 1-year FNLM membership. Purchase tickets on the registration form.
  
  FNLM will host a reception for MLA members at the Chicago History Museum, the city’s first cultural museum (founded in 1856), located at 1601 N. Clark Street. Guided tours will begin at 7:00 p.m., showcasing periods of Chicago’s history in newly renovated dramatic galleries followed by a reception featuring live music on Uihlein Plaza with a spectacular view of Lincon Park, the lakefront, and the Gold Coast.

Monday, May 19

• Awards Ceremony and Luncheon
  
  noon–1:30 p.m.
  Grand Ballroom, Salons E, F, G, and H
  
  Ticketed event. One ticket to the luncheon is included with super inclusive and inclusive registration. Onsite tickets are available for sale in the MLA Registration Center prior to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 20.
  
• Reception hosted by the American Medical Association
  8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
  
  Ticketed event. No charge, but registration is requested. Join your colleagues at a gala reception celebrating the 125th anniversary of JAMA and the 100th anniversary of Archives of Internal Medicine--hosted by the American Medical Association at the Mid-America Club. To attend, please check the box on the registration form for a complementary ticket.

Tuesday, May 20

• Open Forums
  3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
  
  Audience participation is encouraged during concurrent sessions that take on hot topics for the association.
  
  Open forums allow members to discuss hot topics for the profession and the association, and MLA ’ 08 will feature several including updates on the Health Information Literacy research project, the work of the Task Force on Social Networking Software, and the Vital Pathways program, a program that is developing an action plan for MLA to assist members in advocating for the importance of hospital libraries and librarians to hospital decision makers and key leaders in the health care field.
  
  
• MLA Reception
  
  7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
  Grand Ballroom, Salons E, F, G, and H
  
  Ticketed event. One ticket to the reception is included with packages A, B, C, and E. Purchase additional tickets on the registration form.
  
  

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