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MLA Satellite Teleconference
Roles and Essential Skills for the Expert Searcher

Wednesday, March 10, 2004
1:00 p.m., central time

Goals and Objectives

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The goals of this teleconference are to give attendees an overview of the basic concepts of expert searching, to explore the issues involved in developing and retaining expert skills, and to promote expert search services as an important means of institutional support. Additionally, the teleconference serves as an introduction to the MLA Policy Statement: "Role of Expert Searching in Health Sciences Libraries."

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At the end of this teleconference, attendees will be able to:

  • Define the concepts of expert searching and expert searchers
  • Identify and describe the various components of the expert search process
  • Identify and describe situations in which the knowledge and skills of expert searchers are essential
  • Cite "high impact areas" in which consultation with an expert searcher and the provision of an expert search are critical to institutional decision-making
  • Explore avenues by which health information professionals/health sciences librarians may become and remain expert searchers

For more information, contact Kathleen Combs, mlapd1@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094 x29.

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