MLA ‘08 Blog

Colleagues at the Illinois Chapter of the Special Libraries Association invite MLA members to attend a meeting about implementing Web 2.0 tools in a business environment . . . [originally posted to MEDLIB-L] . . .

Greetings to attendees of the Medical Libraries Association who will be attending your meeting in Chicago! The Special Libraries Association Illinois Chapter cordially invites you to our meeting on Tuesday, May 20th [from 5:00-7:00pm]. It will be held at the Union League Club in downtown Chicago - a wonderful venue with an outstanding art collection. The topic for the meeting is “Where’s the ‘working’ in social networking?”

Details may be found on our website. You can find a link to the registration form there as well - please register if you plan to attend as we need to give an attendance count to the ULC. All who wish to register must do so by 9PM (Central) on Sunday night, the registration form shuts down automatically at that time.

SLA Illinois is pleased open this meeting to MLA members and we hope some of you can join us - we look forward to seeing you there!

The Hyatt Regency is steps from Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, a shopping mecca. You’ll find everything from . . .

• Department stores (Barneys, Bloomingdales, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, Saks)
• Designer boutiques (Kate Spade, Hermes, Ferragamo, Burberry . . .)
• Specialty shops (Tender Buttons, Sur La Table, and more . . .)

In addition to the storefronts lining Michigan Avenue, there are multiple indoor shopping centers (900 N. Michigan and Water Tower Place), and dozens of side streets worth exploring. This map shows just a few of the retailers on the “Mag Mile”.

If you love a good deal, don’t overlook the shopping on State Street in the Loop. Cruise the shoe racks (and other clothes and accessories) at Nordstrom Rack. Haunt the (designer) Back Room at Loehmann’s. Brag about your deal from Filene’s Basement. A map of retailers is available here.

For additional unique finds, take the CTA blue line train to Damen and explore the boutiques of Wicker Park and Bucktown.

In response to several inquiries . . . We’ve listed here some local options for Saturday evening religious services, for meeting attendees who would like to participate in Sunday MLA sessions as well as attend services.

Please see this webpage for a more comprehensive list of downtown Chicago churches and synagogues.

Saturday, 5pm Services

St. Peter’s Church (Catholic), with 4:30 confession
Address: 110 W. Madison Street (map)

Chicago Loop Synagogue (Jewish), with both afternoon and evening prayers
Address: 16 S. Clark Street (map)

First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple (the one with the Sky Chapel, but the services are in the main church on the second floor of the building)
Address: 77 W. Washington Street (map)

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

Share your MLA 2008 photos online in the MLA 2008 Group on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/groups/mla2008/). The group name is “MLA 2008”.

For more information about posting to a Flickr group, see the FAQs.

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is dedicated to “art of our time”, works created since 1945. MCA exhibits include painting, sculpture, photography, video & film, and performances. For an overview, join one of the tours offered daily at 1:00pm.

Current exhibitions at MCA include a presentation of work by Karen Kilimnik. Kilimnik first gained fame for her scatter-art installations in the 1980’s and early 90’s. This exhibit includes a selection of her installations and paintings. Her work is described as “draw[ing] on the traditions of gothic mystery and fairy tales, presenting narratives that unfold over the course of a series of related paintings.”

The MCA also hosts performances. Currently on stage is Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire. Raffo performs all roles in this work, which portrays the life of Iraqi women under the rule of Saddam Hussein and since his expulsion. Tickets are still available for May 16th, 17th and 18th; call the box office at 312-397-4010 or purchase online.

Insider Tip: Be sure to stop in at the MCA Store to browse the unique gifts. And if you’re feeling hungry, Puck’s at the MCA (a creation of Chef Wolfgang Puck) has a seasonal lunch menu, outdoor patio, and most importantly, a great view.

Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: 220 E. Chicago Avenue (map)
Hours: 10:00am-8:00pm Tu; 10:00am-5:00pm W-Su; closed Monday
Admission: $10 (adult), free on Tuesdays

- Kristin Hitchcock

Hey you guys! Make sure you have added to your plans what may be the hottest session of MLA, Connecting With Leaders: What Do They Expect. Want to know what your administration wants from you? How you fit into budget thinking? What they see as the library’s role in the future of healthcare and education?

We have five leaders from a range of healthcare institutions who will be addressing what they expect as Return on Investment (ROI) from their library:

• Robert Golden, Dean, School of Medicine and Public Health and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Jeffrey Miller, Vice Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• William Duffy, Vice President of Nursing, Evanston Hospital
• Lois Halstead, Vice-Provost and Vice President University Affairs, Rush University
• Diana Halfer, Administrator, Clinical and Organizational Development, Children’s Memorial Hospital

They have been given questions gathered from REAL LIBRARIANS! And they are coming prepared to take questions from other REAL LIBRARIANS LIKE YOU! Bring your questions. They’re pumped. Be there, it’s going to be a blast.

Monday, May 19 10:30-12:00, Columbus I/J. Sponsored by Leadership & Management and Hospital Libraries sections.

- Terry Burton

Please join us at the 2nd Annual Lecture on the Evidence Base, sponsored by StatRef, as we bring two exiting leaders in the medical library community in the exploration of Web 2.0 for Professional and Clinical Productivity. (Tuesday, May 20th 4:30 - 6:00 pm in Regency Ball Room A).

With 90 minutes, our speakers will be able to lead us on this exploration of emerging social technologies, also known as Web 2.0, looking at how they can potentially impact all phases of the medical library, including the organization and use of the evidence base. Web 2.0 applications have become embedded in all walks of life.

• Health care consumers are using social tech to build community as well as share health tips and news;
• Practitioners share clinical images and articles, and ask for opinions on drafts;
• Faculty use blogs and wikis and Second Life in education;
• Lab directors use wikis for collaboration and presentations;
• And so much more!

Libraries must not be left out when our communities move into new information spaces. So come get comfortable as with three microphones, a projector and 90 minutes they take us on one of the A ticket rides of the conference.

David Rothman
Through his widely-read medical library blog, davidrothman.net, David Rothman keeps his readers up-to-date on the latest web tools and technologies relevant to health information needs and medical libraries. His blog has been ranked among the top English-language health care blogs in the world and has been mentioned in the Medical Journal of Australia, the Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, and Ophthalmology. In less than 2 years, davidrothman.net has had more than 100,000 unique visits and gained an RSS following of more than 1,800 subscribers.

Patricia F. Anderson
Patricia is currently the Emerging Technologies Librarian of the University of Michigan Health Sciences Libraries. For the previous decade, she was the Head of the University of Michigan Dentistry Library. During this time she was offered many exciting professional opportunities, including coauthoring the Medical Library Association Encyclopedic Guide to Searching and Finding Health Information on the Web, supporting the Let’s Face It web site, and serving as expert searcher for the NIH Consensus Development Conference on Diagnosis and Management of Dental Caries Throughout Life (the first NIH consensus conference to require systematic reviews of the speakers). Ms. Anderson currently specializes in the application of social, semantic and emerging technologies in support of the academic, research, clinical and outreach/service missions of the University of Michigan Health System.

- Mike Kronenfeld, Chair, Dental Section

Please mark your schedule and support these *exciting* CAPHIS events at MLA.

Patient Education and Consumer Health Libraries: Collaborating for Improved Patient Care
Date: Saturday, May 17th
Time: 8:00am-5:00pm
Offsite: Northwestern University

Hospitals-whether large or small, urban or rural, academic center or community institution-have an interest in assuring both patient education for improved outcomes and consumer health education for health promotion, disease management, patient safety, and scientific literacy. Establishing a comprehensive, hospital-based program that encompasses consumer health, patient education, and community institutions presents unique challenges and opportunities for collaboration and synergy to support existing clinical entities and centers of excellence. This symposium will profile four hospital programs that have successfully implemented effective collaboration between patient education and consumer health libraries, with the aim of suggesting implementation strategies to attendees in their own settings. The symposium provides the opportunity for participants to showcase collaborative programs that they have completed in their own libraries. Model collaborations between hospital and public libraries will also be highlighted.

The Bridge Is Out: Better Learn How to Swim–Coping with Budget Cuts–Creative Solutions in Lean Times
Date: Sunday May 18th
Time: 4:30-6:00 pm
Location: Grand Ballroom A

In theory, at least, the more people use something, the less likely it is to be cut from the budget. The more beneficial the library service, the more secure it is. So wouldn’t it be great if libraries could attract overflowing crowds. This session addresses the budget cuts challenges faced by all libraries. Potential solutions will be presented, as well as creative marketing/branding will also be addressed.

Speakers:

• Deborah Lauseng — Efficiencies of Scale and Empowerment: Consumer Health Website Design Using Social Technologies
• Molly Cahall — Using an In-depth Analysis of Individualized Learning to Best Inform a Library Training Program
• Sharon Dennis — High Tech High Touch: Sharing Staff at a Distance
• Elizabeth Smigielski — Are You Marketing or Just Promoting? One Without the Other Is a Wasted Effort

Consent or Obedience? Medical Authority and Consumer Health Education: Bridging the Medical Ethics Gap
Date: Monday May 19th
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm
Room: Grand Ballroom A

Today, the Internet has transformed the way consumer health information is distributed and who has access. Consumers have access to multiple, conflicting sources of medical information and in order to decipher this information it calls for skills and strategies for judging the trustworthiness of a source. This program will discuss the ethics of research on medical authority and knowledge e.g. how consumers use health information and the ethical implications of that.

Speakers:

• Laurie Zoloth — Truth and Consequence: Authoritative Knowledge, Claims of Salvation, and the Medical Internet
• Michal Raucher — What They Mean when They Say it’s Good Science: The Medical Community’s Response to Boutique Fetal Ultrasounds

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The CAPHIS Executive Board Meeting will be held on Sun, May 18, 2008: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Room: Atlanta
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The CAPHIS Business Meeting will be held Monday, May 19, 2008: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Room:Comiskey
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- Tammy Mays

Tell us briefly about the purpose and/or background of your SIG.
The Pediatric SIG is a group of librarians from children’s hospitals throughout the nation that communicate regarding their special pediatric library interests. The group maintains an active listserv among members and meets at each annual MLA meeting. The group also collaborates on an ongoing basis to produce a core list of books for pediatrics and the pediatric subspecialties. This list is a guideline for book selection for children’s hospital library collections. The group also collaborates on interlibrary loan issues among the group.

Do you have a website and/or list-serv?
Pediatric Special Interest Group Website - http://pedsig.mlanet.org/
Pediatric Special Interest Group listserv – pedhosplib@tamucc.edu

Will you be meeting at MLA? If so, when and what is on your agenda? Is the meeting open to non-members?
The Pediatric SIG Meeting is at the Hyatt on Monday, May 19, from 3:30-4:30 PM, in the New Orleans Room.

Agenda:

1. Pediatric Core List – including books and journals in pediatrics
2. Discussion and evaluation of new electronic products – Nursing Consult, Mosby Nursing Skills with Pediatric Content, OVID SP
3. Discussion about use of CINAHL on Ebsco
4. PubMed Linkout
5. Discussion of Mark Funk’s Task Force on Social Networking Sites (Facebook, YouTube, Second Life, Blogs, Wikis, etc.
6. Library resources and the Electronic Medical Record

Is there anything else about your SIG that you’d like to share with MLA blog readers?
The Pediatric SIG is a group that is very supportive of each other and member’s needs. We also try to get together for dinner or lunch at the annual MLA meeting.

And just for fun, what’s on your must see/do list for Chicago?
My “must see” in Chicago is the Komodo dragon at the Shedd Aquarium. I’d also like to see “Jersey Boys” or “Wicked”.

- Thanks to Carol Jeuell for the news about the Pediatric SIG at MLA ‘08.