ICS Activities for MLA 2016!

Hi ICS members,

I can’t wait to see all of you in Toronto! MLA 2016: Mosaic—Be a part of the big picture in Toronto, Canada starts next week and we have lots of ICS activities for you to check out!

When you arrive drop by the International Welcome Desk for ICS events tailored to helping our international visitors feel oriented and involved (and technically everyone is an international visitor for this conference!). Want to be involved? Sign up here http://bit.ly/1TjvTMf to welcome visitors! We could especially use some volunteers on Saturday! We’re also looking for our bilingually talented members who would be willing to be help those who run into a language barrier.

The ICS Business Meeting will be bright and early on Sunday, May 15^th in Room 206A. The meeting will start at 7:30am but you are more than welcome to come early to mingle. Please bring your own refreshments.

At noon on Sunday, will be our first Dine Around! Join Kathy Kwan for lunch on May 15^th from noon until 1:30pm to talk about the MLA/ICS International Visiting Health Information Professionals Program, an exciting international job exchange opportunity. Sign up sheets will be available at the International Welcome Desk or you can contact Kathy at kwan@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

Also on Sunday will be the ICS Open Forum from 4:30pm-5:25 pm in Room 202B. We’ll discuss all of MLA’s International Initiatives. Immediately following Open Forum will be the International Visitors Reception from 6:00pm-7:00pm in the Fairmont Royal York Ballroom sponsored by NEJM. Please stop by the NEJM booth to thank them for their generous sponsorship!

On Monday, May 16^th you can check out the ICS Section Poster from 2:00pm-3:25pm in Exhibit Hall A. Drop by and say hi!

Also on Monday, you are invited to join International Cooperation members and friends for a no-host dinner at Pizza Libretto. If you would like to join us, please sign up for the ICS Pizza Dine-Around at the International Visitor Welcome Desk. We will meet at the International Visitor Welcome Desk at 7:00pm and begin walking to the restaurant at 7:05 pm. Pizza Libretto is located at 155 University Ave, Toronto about 10 minutes away from the Toronto Convention Center. Please bring cash and budget for about $40 Canadian (plus an additional automatic 18% gratuity). Your hosts for this Dine-Around are Emily Glenn and Lilian Hoffecker.

On Tuesday, join us from 3:00pm-4:25 pm in Room 104C to discuss thought-provoking intercultural questions and get inspired! Co-sponsored by the LGBT SIG, the African American Medical Librarians Alliance, the Public Services Section, and the Health Disparities SIG, this year’s program is a Cross-Cultural Mosaic Café! Facilitators will rotate attendees through round table discussions on topics of intercultural experiences, programs, and initiatives. When it comes to making intercultural connections, the ‘beginner’ and the ‘expert’ is all of us. Sharing your successes and failures matter! 

I’m so excited to see you at the conference! If you’re interested in volunteering for any of the above activities, please let me know.

See you in Toronto!

All the best,

Martha Knuth

ICS Chair Elect

MLIS, Medical Librarian

WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

martha.e.knuth@gmail.com