MLA '06: Section Programs By Day

MLA '06: Section Programs by Day

The diversity of thought-provoking programs coordinated by sections and special interest groups (SIGs) offers exciting opportunities for you to celebrate the realm of medical librarianship and bask in its bright future. This list is organized by session day, then by sponsor. You may also view section programs by sponsoring section or by theme.

Sunday, May 21, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Monday, May 22, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. [9]

PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
2006 National Program Committee	Collection Development and Public Health/Health Administration Sections and Outreach SIG	Gathering Health Data in E-Environments	Contributed Papers, Demonstration, Q&A/Discussion
THEME: COLLECTIONS/RESOURCES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The spread of information has created a global arena where health practices are disseminated and exchanged. By collecting, distributing, and analyzing data from a variety of resources in the virtual realm, libraries all over the world have significantly increased their capabilities to disseminate information about the human body and spirit.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Dental Section		The Future of Professional Healthcare Education	Invited Speakers
THEME: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Trends in the healthcare environment such as increased technology, interdisciplinary teams, quality improvement, and an emphasis on evidence-based practice are causing changes in how healthcare professionals are educated. This program will feature speakers who have been involved in establishing new schools with curriculums that emphasize innovations such as computer-based education and community-based learning. SPEAKERS: Jack Dillenberg, Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health-Mesa, and Douglas Wood, A. T. Still University of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Educational Media and Technologies Section	Public Services Section and Libraries in Curriculum SIG	Integrating Technology into the Health Sciences Curriculum	Contributed Papers
THEME: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Libraries are becoming more involved in curriculum integration and are using innovative methods to partner with faculty, staff, and students. In addition, technologies for teaching from a distance are evolving and providing new opportunities and challenges for instruction.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
History of the Health Sciences Section	Pharmacy and Drug Information Section and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Sciences Librarians and Mental Health SIGs	Between "Madness" and Mental Health: Changing Perceptions and Treatment	Contributed Papers, Contributed Posters, and Skits
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Perceptions and treatment of the mentally ill (formerly termed mad or insane) have changed. Papers, skits, or posters may cover topics, persons, or institutions involved with these transformations including pharmacotherapy; stigma; medicolegal information (insanity defense, imprisonment); deinstitutionalization; definitions (e.g., homosexuality was previously considered a psychiatric disorder); or preserving unique or historic library collections about these topics.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Hospital Libraries Section	Corporate Information Services, Federal Libraries, Health Association Libraries, and Veterinary Medical Libraries Sections and Assessment and Benchmarking and Department of Veterans Affairs Librarians SIGs	Demonstrating Our Value: Benchmarking, Return on Investment, Cost Benefit Analyses	Contributed Papers
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Proving our worth in terms that speak to our administrators' bottom line is critical to our survival. Share your experiences in demonstrating your impact through cost benefit analyses, return on investment, benchmarking studies, or other performance measures that document your contribution to your organization's success.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
International Cooperation Section		Coordinated Programs or Peer-to-Peer: Which is the Better Model for International Cooperation Between Libraries? A Debate.	Invited Speaker
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: There are two basic schools of thought about how best to set up collaborative relationships between libraries in the North and those in the South. On the one hand there are coordinated programs involving a certain amount of setting up and managing. At the other end of the continuum there are very many small-scale, peer-to-peer arrangements—mostly of the “sister library” type. The session takes the form of a formal debate on the question This house believes that time spent coordinating is seldom wasted, and two invited speakers from different backgrounds will speak to each side of the question. The motion will then be thrown open to general debate from the floor, allowing delegates to express opinions and share experience before the session concludes with a vote. SPEAKER: To be announced.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Medical Library Education Section	None	Transformations in Progress: Voices of the Next Generation of Medical Librarianship	Contributed Papers
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This next generation of medical librarians will ultimately be responsible for transformations in the profession. This forum provides an opportunity for students and recent graduates to present research from their degree and/or training program.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section	Hospital Libraries Section	Get Magnetized: Magnet Recognition, Libraries, and Excellence	Invited Speakers
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program recognizes excellence in nursing services of health care organizations and the information services that support nurses. A brief history, the Magnet process and requirements, and the impact on information services will be presented. The panel of librarians are from Magnet institutions. A Q&A session follows. SPEAKERS: Christina Joy, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, MD, and panelists: Richard Barry, AHIP, American Nurses Library, American Nurses Association, Silver Spring, MD; Jan Baum, John C. Lincoln Health Network, Phoenix, AZ; Sally Harvey, AHIP, Learning Resources and Continuing Medical Education, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; David Howse, Arizona Health Sciences Library, University of Arizona-Tucson; Pamela Sherwill-Navarro, AHIP, Health Science Center Libraries, University of Florida-Gainesville; and Dorice Vieira, Ehrman Medical Library, New York University School of Medicine-New York
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Research Section	Consumer and Patient Health Information and Hospital Libraries Sections	Tools to Assist Underserved Librarians	Contributed Papers, Contributed Posters, Invited Speaker
THEME: RESEARCH METHODS PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Transforming librarians into researchers is not such a daunting task! However, it can be difficult to determine which daily project has the added value to become a research project. Acquiring the appropriate tools and skills will enhance the underserved librarian's ability to determine how to proceed when selecting the best research method(s), how to collect and analyze the data, and how to design the study. SPEAKER: To be announced.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Veterinary Medical Libraries Section	None	Transforming Veterinary Dentistry through Education and Practice	Contributed Papers and Invited Speaker
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Our speaker will discuss aspects of the specialty practice of veterinary dentistry and the value of continuing education for practitioners. Contributed papers will discuss the primary sources of information relating to veterinary dentistry. SPEAKER: Chris Visser, Aid Animal Dental Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ: "Practicing Veterinary Dentristry in a Zoo Setting"

MONDAY, MAY 22, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. [11]

PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Cancer Librarians Section	Complimentary and Alternative Medicine SIG	Cancer Prevention and Treatment: From Community Transformations to Complementary and Alternative Therapies	Invited Speakers
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION/SPEAKERS: Oncologist Davor Vugrin, clinical professor of medicine, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, will speak on community transformation to prevent cancer (what can be done individually and within groups to prevent cancer, colon cancer prevention from a community perspective, etc.). Oncology nurse Edythe Garvey, clinical nurse specialist and consultant, Banner Desert Medical Center, Chandler, AZ, will speak about her institution’s complete complimentary and alternative medicine program, which incorporates a variety of therapies, including hypnotherapy.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Collection Development Section	Hospital Libraries and Technical Services Sections	The Journey Ahead: Leaving Print for the Virtual Library	Contributed Papers and Posters, Q&A/Discussion
THEME: COLLECTIONS/RESOURCES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: All library activities are being affected by the shift from print to electronic. Decisions on how to collect and control our resources in a multi-format world are our greatest challenge. This program will address what measures are being used by libraries when dealing with electronic resources.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Corporate Information Services	New Members and African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIGs	The Job Market: How to Find the Jobs, What do Hiring Managers Want?	Invited Speakers
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The current job market is challenging to library and information professionals. This program will discuss arenas to consider for employment, hints on what hiring managers look for, and how to present oneself in a job interview. It will address the needs of recent graduates as well as experienced professionals. SPEAKERS: Rosalind Lett, AHIP, The Knowledge Cartel, Lithonia, GA: "An Entrepreneur's View of the Job Market"; Holly Buchanan, AHIP, Knowledge Management and Information Technology, Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, and School of Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center-Albuquerque: "An Academic's View of the Job Market"; and Deborah Schwarz, Library Associates, Los Angeles, CA: "An Agency's View of the Job Market"
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Dental Section	Medical Informatics and Public Health/Health Administration Sections	Stuck on E: Patron Expectation of E-Everything Changes What We Do	Contributed Papers, Contributed Posters
THEME: COLLECTIONS/RESOURCES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Course materials and information resources are increasingly available in electronic formats. As a result, how libraries support the information needs and education of health care professionals is rapidly changing.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
History of the Health Sciences Section	Oral History Committee, MLA Board, and MLA Headquarters	Passing the Baton: Transforming Knowledge	Contributed Papers, Contributed Posters, and Invited Speaker in an Integrated Room Setting
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Knowledge and scientific ideas are transferred and changed through mentoring, research, and social or scientific pressures. Examples: the heart from Galen to Harvey to DeBakey, genetics from Mendel to Watson and Crick to the Genome Project, or the mentoring of Osler or Henderson. SPEAKER: Jeremy Norman, Norman Publishing, San Francisco, CA: "A Leslie Morton Style Review of Selected Landmarks in Medical Bibliography from Alexandria to the Internet"
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Leadership and Management Section	Hospital Libraries	Information Darwinianism	Invited Speakers
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: “Information Darwinianism" is a term…to describe the tremendous challenges that libraries are facing today. Using a twelve point model…you can help your library to not only survive--but to thrive!” SPEAKERS: Lou Wetherbee, Lou Wetherbee and Associates,Dallas, TX, and Richard Wayne, Strategic Information Management Services, DeSoto, TX
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Medical Library Education Section	Medical Informatics Section	How We Educate Ourselves: A Refresher on Education Options	Invited Panel
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: How do we keep up with current trends in medical librarianship and informatics? Several formal and informal education options are available. The panel will describe options in distance education, continuing education classes, and fellowships. PANEL: Christopher Stave, Lane Medical Library and Knowledge Management Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Steven MacCall, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa; Ana Cleveland, AHIP, Health Informatics Program and Houston Program, University of North Texas-Denton; and Prudence Dalrymple, Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section	Hospital Libraries and Chiropractic Libraries Sections and African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG	Implementing Evidence-based Practice in the Real World	Contributed Papers, Invited Speaker
THEME: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: There is much written about evidence-based practice (EBP) for health professionals, but what are the best ways to take EBP from concept to reality, to implement EBP in the real world ? Contributed papers will present a number of project collaborations that support nurses bringing evidence-based practice to the point of care and create a nursing culture of evidence-based practice. SPEAKER: Ellen Fineout-Overhold, Center for Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Nursing, Arizona State University College of Nursing-Tempe, co-author of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, will discuss how librarians, scientists, and clinicians can collaborate to advance evidence-based practice and a culture of best practice.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Public Health/Health Administration Section	Research, Health Association Libraries, and Federal Libraries Sections	Evidence-based Public Health Librarianship	Contributed Papers, Invited Speaker, Case Scenarios
THEME: COLLECTIONS/RESOURCES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: What are the information needs of the public health workforce? What research supports library efforts to facilitate public health decision making? This program will take a rigorous look at these questions. It will also provide tools for practicing evidence-based public health librarianship and ideas for locating information about this topic. SPEAKER: E. Hatheway Simpson, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Worcester: "Improving Access to Public Health Information: A Study of Information Needs in a State Health Department"
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Public Services Section	Outreach and Molecular Biology and Genomics SIGs	Transforming Reference and Outreach Services for Biomedical Researchers	Contributed Papers, Contributed Posters
THEME: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The established standards of information and reference services delivery are well known in biomedical libraries. How do these standards apply to biomedical researchers, who are often very savvy information consumers, and to other users, who "speak" an unfamiliar, often very technical, "language?" This session will examine best provision of reference services to these users.

TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. [10]

PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section	Chiropractic Libraries Section and African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG	Promoting Patient Safety	Contributed Papers
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This session will explore what librarians are doing to promote patient safety, how library projects are impacting patients and/or organizations, and how librarians' involvement is helping organizations meet accreditation standards in this area.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Educational Media and Technologies Section	Medical Library Education Section	Virtual Classroom: Demonstrating the Use of Distance Learning Technologies	Contributed Papers, Case Scenarios and Demonstrations in an Actual Electronic Classroom Setting
THEME: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Many libraries and library schools are reaching out to distant learners and are using innovative technologies, such as Horizon/WIMBA, WebCT, Blackboard, audience response systems, production of CDs and DVDs, and more to reach these students.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Federal Libraries Section	Outreach and African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIGs	Arizona to Zimbabwe, Afghanistan to Vermont	Contributed Papers
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Share your experiences with providing information to consumers or health care providers. How have you effectively reached underserved populations such as immigrants, Native Americans, or urban dwellers? Where do medical relief organizations or health care professionals in war torn or developing countries go when they need quality health information but cannot reach their usual sources.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
History of the Health Sciences Section	Hospital Libraries Section	Junk into History? Dealing with Archives and Gifts	Contributed Papers and Contributed Posters in an Integrated Room Setting
THEME: COLLECTIONS/RESOURCES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Have you taken advantage of the opportunity to showcase your library while preserving your institution's history? Many institutions assign archival functions to the library, and the library is often given unsolicited gifts. Librarians do not always have the skills or space needed to deal with archives or gifts.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Leadership and Management Section	Corporate Information Services, Health Association Libraries, and Technical Services Sections and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Sciences Librarians SIG	Managing Change	Contributed Papers, Contributed Posters
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: As libraries evolve, library staff must evolve. This program's focuses on our evolving profession, creation of preemptive change, our role as change agents, and the influence of societal change on our work. Further, this program will focus on achieving necessary changes while maintaining stability and continuity in our organizations and the profession.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Medical Informatics Section	Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG	Biomedical Ontologies and Taxonomies	Invited Speakers
THEME: RESEARCH METHODS BACKGROUND: Ontologies and taxonomies are valuable tools used in bioinformatics and medical informatics to improve information retrieval, increase interoperability of systems, and enable natural language processing. What are ontologies, how do they differ from taxonomies, and how are they related to MeSH and other traditional hierarchical thesauri? SPEAKERS: Stuart Nelson, Medical Subject Headings, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MA, and Joyce Mitchell, Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Utah-Salt Lake City, will provide an introduction to ontologies and taxonomies and their application in the information storage and retrieval systems that are important to biomedical libraries.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Pharmacy and Drug Information	None	EMBASE.com Lecture: Exploring the Boundaries Between Indigenous Healing and Contemporary Biomedicine	Invited Speaker
THEME: HEALERS AND HEALING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This presentation will address different perspectives on healing, from aboriginal to contemporary biomedical. The different ideas these medical systems pose about the person, about mind and body, and about healing will be considered as well as how these different medical systems can be integrated. How healing occurs within the lives of specific individuals and how transformation (including spiritual) relates to healing and a cure will be explored through story and narration. The speaker will discuss how information about these practices can lead to improved health care and lessen the gap in health disparities among different populations and how health care providers can learn about traditional, aboriginal, and indigenous practices in ways that are sensitive, non-intrusive, and respectful. SPEAKER: Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Family Medicine, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine-Saskatoon and Royal University Hospital
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Relevant Issues Section	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Sciences Librarians SIG	Transformation Begins with a Single Step…	Contributed Papers, Invited Presentations
THEME: LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Real-world examples of taking a stand on a library concern, an ethics problem, a medical issue, a breaking news story, or a world event.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Research Section	Hospital Libraries and Nursing and Allied Health Resources Sections and Outreach and African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIGs	Research 101 Toolbox	Contributed Papers, Contributed Posters
THEME: RESEARCH METHODS PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Research 101 Toolbox provides useful information to assist you in your research to determine needs assessments and outcome measures. Using the right tools will save you time and increase the quality of your end results. Participants will gain knowledge on how to use the toolbox, design research, combine methods, collect data, analyze data, and write up the research project.
PRIMARY SPONSOR	SECONDARY SPONSORS	PROGRAM NAME	PROGRAM FORMAT
Technical Services Section	Educational Media and Technologies Section	Transforming Scholarly Publishing: The Role of Institutional Repositories	Contributed Papers and Contributed Posters
THEME: COLLECTIONS/RESOURCES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Much has been made of the "crisis in scholarly publishing" in recent years. Institutional repositories have taken a central role in the discussion as possible solutions to that crisis. Libraries are playing a pivotal role in the creation and preservation of these institutional repositories.

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