Keynote Addresses

Delivering the Evidence: Hey, this is not my beautiful paradigm!
Susan E. Meadows, MLS,   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia

At MLA ’04 Susan spoke at the session titled, Filtering without Fear: The Librarian's Role in Distilling Knowledge and co-taught  the MLA CE class, Evidence Based Medicine: Librarian Where Art Thou?  Susan is also Library Team Leader of The Family Physicians Inquires Network (FPIN) a consortium of family medicine residency programs and medical libraries devoted to the cultural shift towards evidence-based practice.

A Resource for Every Question: What to Search and When
Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick, Assistant Director, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Before joining UMDNJ in September 2001, Roberta had been Associate Director for Public Services at New York University’s Ehrman Medical Library and held positions at the Weill Cornell Medical Library, Purdue University’s Veterinary Medical Library, the University of Florida Health Science Center Library, the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Todd Wehr Library, the Columbia University Health Sciences Library, and the Eastern Online Training Center of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, located at The New York Academy of Medicine.

Roberta is the column editor for “Online Updates: A Column for Search Analysts,” published in Medical Reference Services Quarterly and for the “Information Rx” column that appears in the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. She has been active in evidence-based medicine instructional programs, participating as a co-tutor in a course sponsored jointly by the American College of Physicians (ACP), The New York Academy of Medicine, and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), and in clinical librarian programs at Cornell and NYU. She holds BS and MLIS degrees from the University of Wisconsin.

Plenary Sessions

Providing Evidence-Based Public Health Resources: The Librarian's Role
Elaine Martin, Director of Library Services, Principal Investigator, Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project, and Director, NN/LM, NER
Hathy Simpson, Project Coordinator, Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project and Content Manager, PHPartners.org
Nancy Peterson, Associate Director, New England States Consortium Systems Organization (NESCSO)

Description: This panel will discuss the provision of evidence-based public health resources through three specific projects aimed at the public health workforce: (1) Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School; (2) Partners in Information for the Public Health Workforce, PHPartners.org, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region (NN/LM, NER); and (3) New England States Consortium Systems Organization (NESCSO).

Evidence-based Health Care and Critical Appraisal for Consumer Advocates
US Cochrane Center staff member to be named

Description: The Cochrane Consumer Coalition strives to involve consumers in the development, use and dissemination of best evidence.  To this end they have developed a training tool to educate interested consumers about the concept and practice of evidence-based healthcare.

Concurrent Sessions

Blogging and RSS
Jeannine Gluck, Director of the Medical Library at Eastern Connecticut Health Network, and creator of the Hospital Library Advocacy Weblog.
Ed Donnald, Interactive Technology Consultant, Pyrtek Learning Center, Hartford Hospital.

Description: This presentation will cover the basics of weblogs—what they are, how to find them, how to search them & use them to keep yourself informed, how to create your own—as well as WHY you might ( or might not) want to start a weblog.

Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
Jan Glover, Education Services and Reference Librarian at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale School of Medicine
Janene Batten, Reference Librarian to the Yale School of Nursing

Description: Don’t miss this opportunity to discover the latest information about evidence-based practice in nursing and its role in the issues facing nursing professionals today. Learn tips to enhance your searching skills and innovative ways to teach evidence-based practice techniques. This session will touch on important roles librarians can play in helping nursing professionals keep current and ways to promote EBP within the organization.

Go Local Massachusetts
Sally Gore, Resource Librarian, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Description: “Go Local Massachusetts” is a web-based service that links users of MedlinePlus to up-to-date information about healthcare providers in their local communities. Come hear about some of the challenges faced, obstacles overcome, and rewards experienced as we’ve taken on this exciting project to better serve the health information needs of residents throughout the Commonwealth.

NIH Roadmap
Regina White, Associate Vice President, Research Administration, Brown University

Description: Hear from the former Director of NIH's Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) about the NIH vision of a new paradigm for research and collaboration and what it could mean for your institution.

Making the Most of Google 
Shane Sher, Technical Computer Specialist at Providence Public Library

Description: Is the Internet useful in everyday life? Is it faster to use the phonebook or go to the computer?  Find out in this hour long class where we explore Google and use it to solve real life problems. Explore everything from checking on a flight to finding the latest medical articles.

Post-Program Meetings

ILL Systems Update (Docline / EFTS / QuickDoc) — Mark Goldstein (NN/LM NER), Jackie Lewis (UCHC, EFTS Administration), Jay Daly (QuickDoc)

Fireside Chat with the MLA President-Elect Jean Shipman—This very informal session gives you a chance to express your ideas about MLA's directions, your professional needs and to learn about key planned MLA initiatives. Join in the conversation!

LOCKSS — Tom Richardson, New England Journal of Medicine
The LOCKSS Program, using a unique open source system, collects, stores, preserves and provides permanent access to digital content. By using a LOCKSS box, which can be a simple, inexpensive personal computer, libraries can take ownership of licensed or open access digital content. This meeting is open to anyone interested in learning about the LOCKSS Program. Additional information about LOCKSS is available at http://lockss.stanford.edu.

Continuing Education Committee Meeting