Please join the Public Health/Health Administration Section, Dental Section, and Health Association Libraries Section along with the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section and the Libraries in Curriculum SIG for:

The Role of Health Sciences Librarians in Applying Web 2.0 Technologies and Their Uses in Clinical and Public Health Practice and Instruction
Monday May 19, 2008 4:30-6:00pm
Organized by: Christine Marton, PH/HA Chair-Elect

DESCRIPTION: Web 2.0 technologies offer web users the ability to design and participate in collaborative online environments that foster communication, information sharing, learning, practice, and research. These technologies include social bookmarks, wikis, podcasts, blogs, folksonomies, social search engines, mashups, and instant messaging. Health sciences librarians are actively involved in developing awareness campaigns and new curricula for health care practitioners on the uses of Web 2.0 technologies in professional practice.

SPEAKERS:

Gillian G. Mayman –
Creating a Roadmap: Web 2.0 and Local Public Health Practice

Erika Sevetson –
Connecting content to readers: marketing RSS as an information management tool

Linda J. Spadacccini –
When You Can’t Use a Wiki Because of Security Issues, Try Share Point

Patricia F. Anderson –
Second Life for Engagement, Outreach, and Building Interdisciplinary Communities of Learning

Lauren A. Maggio –
Teaching MeSH: Web 2.0 Style