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Informationist Conference

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Conference Agenda

To top of page Day One: April 4, 2002

9:00 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Welcome and Meeting Overview
9:25 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Introduction of Keynote Speakers
9:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Opening Keynote Session
Lessons Learned / Key Points
10:40 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Concept Exploration Panel I
The Informationist in a Clinical Setting
Lessons Learned / Key Points
12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Box lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Concept Exploration Panel I (con't.)
2:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Concept Exploration Panel II
The Informationist in a Research Setting
Lessons Learned / Key Points
3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Break
3:50 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. Concept Exploration Panel III
The Informationist's Education
Lessons Learned / Key Points
5:10 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. Adjournment
6:00 p.m. Reception

To top of page Day Two: April 5, 2002

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Introduction and Review
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

An unstructured break will be available during group sessions.

Group Sessions
Specific topic assignments from below for each group (two groups per topic)

A. How should informationists acquire needed knowledge and expertise in clinical and research settings (training and credentialing, KSAs)
B. How should informationists' services be funded in clinical and research settings? (financial models)
C. How should informationists' services be marketed in clinical and research settings? (promotion)
D. What are suggested ways to test and implement the informationist concept in clinical and research settings (grants, pilots, fellowships, etc.)?
E. What are the ways to assess the value of an informationist (evaluation)?

Each group should derive recommendations for above topics and then identify:
A. potential collaborators
B. priority
C. related action items
11:00 a.m. - noon Breakout Reports I
Topics A, B, C
noon- 1:00 p.m. Box lunch
1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Breakout Reports II
Topics D & E
1:40 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Action Agenda
Discussion Panel/Lessons Learned/Key Points
3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Synthesis of Reports, Next Steps
4:30 p.m. Wrap-up

For further information about the content of the invited Informationist Conference, please contact Jean Shipman, jpshipma@vcu.edu, or Carla Funk, funk@mlahq.org.

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