Rx: Conference Program

Saturday, September 24
4:00 – 7:00 Hospitality Open
WaterFire begins at 6:40 pm
Sunday, September 25
7:00 -5:00 Registration Open
8:30 – 12:00 Resource Library Directors’ Meeting
8:30 -5:00 Continuing Education Programs
10:00 – 5:00 Hospitality and Scholarship Open
5:30-8:00pm Welcome Reception
Monday, September 26
7:00 – NOON Registration Open
7:00 – 5:00 Scholarship and Hospitality Open
7:30 – 8:30 NAHSL Executive Board Meeting
7:30 – 3:30 Exhibits Open
7:30 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
9:00 Welcome
9:15 – 10:00 Keynote Address
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
10:00 -10:40 Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 – 11:45 Keynote Address
A Resource for Every Question: What to Search and When
Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick, Assistant Director, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New.Jersey
NOON – 1:30 Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:30 – 12:45MLA Update
Jean Shipman, MLA President-Elect, 2005-2006
1:30 – 2:30 Concurrent Sessions
Please register for one of the following four classes:
Making the Most of Google
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
Blogging and RSS
Go Local Massachusetts
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 Concurrent Sessions
Please register for one of the following four classes:
NIH Roadmap
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
Blogging and RSS
Go Local Massachusetts
4:00 – 5:30 ILL Systems Update Docline / EFTS / QuickDoc
Fireside Chat with MLA President-ElectJean Shipman
LOCKSS OverviewTom Richardson, NEJM
4:00 – 5:30Continuing Education Committee Meeting
5:30 – 6:30 Cocktail Reception
6:30 Banquet
Scholarship prizes awarded
Tuesday, September 27
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast Buffet
8:30 – 10:00 Business Meeting
RML Update Elaine Martin, Director, NN/LM, NER
NLM Update David Gilliken, Head, MEDLARS Management Section
10:00 Check-Out break
10:30 – 11:30Providing Evidence-Based Public Health Resources: The Librarian's Role
11:30 – 12:30 Evidence-based Health Care and Critical Appraisal for Consumer Advocates
12:45 – 3:00 Education Coordinators Meeting
12:45 – 3:00 RI / CT Joint Conference Planning Luncheon
1:00 – 5:00 Continuing Education Class