Archive for May 13th, 2008
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The Shedd Aquarium (On Chicago’s Museum Campus)
The Shedd Aquarium opened in 1930 and is named for John G. Shedd, a retired president of Marshall Field & Company (the flagship Marshall Field’s department store, now owned by Macy’s, is located downtown on State Street). Shedd was a powerful booster for the city of Chicago, and gave several million dollars to make sure [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The Field Museum (On Chicago’s Museum Campus)
The Field Museum was founded to house the biological and anthropological collections assembled for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. The museum name changed in 1905 to honor its major benefactor, Marshall Field, and moved to the lakefront in 1921. The museum actively engages in current research, supported by a notable library holding [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Adler Planetarium (On Chicago’s Museum Campus)
Built in 1930 and named for Chicago industrialist Max Adler (an early stockholder in Sears, Roebuck and Company), the Adler Planetarium is considered the first modern planetarium in the Western hemisphere. It can be seen at the edge of the Museum Campus, jutting out into the lake, from many points in the city.
From models of [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Visiting the Museum Campus
Just south of Chicago’s Loop is the 57-acre lakefront Museum Campus. Visiting this destination is a real treat. What other big city lets you go from seeing dinosaurs to viewing a star-bright sky to watching dolphins and whales frolic in the sea? You can do all of this by visiting the Field Museum, [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
NAHRS – When You’re #2, You Have to Try Harder . . .
Did you know that the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (NAHRS) is the second largest section in MLA?(see the end of this post to learn who is the biggest)
NAHRS works to address the interests and concerns of librarians who support nursing and the allied health professions. Our members include librarians in a wide variety [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Shuffle On Over to the Section Shuffle
Sections are the heart of the MLA experience!
Sections provide the place to network with other medical librarians who work in setting similar to yours and who serve populations such as yours.
Sections are where you find out new developments, services and products relevant to specifically to what you do.
Sections provide a chance to be one of [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Spotlight on SIGs: AAMLA
Tell us briefly about the purpose and/or background of your SIG.
The African American Medical Librarian’s Alliance (AAMLA) SIG is committed to providing leadership and support on issues such as recruiting and retaining diverse librarians, developing mentoring and leadership for minority librarians, and creating a repository of information on the expert skills and special abilities of [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Spotlight on SIGs: New Members
Tell us briefly about the purpose and/or background of your SIG.
The purpose of the New Members Special Interest Group is to provide a forum for librarians with less than three years of experience to engage in information exchange and discuss information important to new librarians and new MLA members. Our goal is to [...]
