Descriptions & Instructor Information Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends Sunday 8:00 am – 12:00 noon 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch on own Description This class is intended to provide a fun, fast-paced, and informative introduction to and update on today’s hottest technology trends. Program participants will be able to identify technology trends and they will understand how these trends will impact or can be integrated into traditional library services. Content will be presented in with a “can-do” focus intended to encourage participants to investigate at least one technology for implementation in their institution. Course structure will include brief vignettes and demonstrations of a wide variety of technologies. Some of the topics to be covered include instant messaging, podcasting, open source software, spyware and other malware, developments in mobile computing, blogs and wikis, radio-frequency identification, and more. Participants will be able to develop an increased awareness of new and changing technologies, understand how new and changing technology affects traditional library services, and be able to identify ways in which one or more of these technologies would be applicable to their institution MLA CEUs: 4 Instructor Penny Glassman is Technology Coordinator of NN/LM, New England Region University of Mass Medical School   Concepts in Endocrinology Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Description A follow-up to previous “Concepts in Neurology,” this course is intended for health science librarians who wish to learn more about medicine to increase their effectiveness in providing information services to clinical staff. MLA CEUs: 4 credits pending Instructor Diana Norris is an acute care nurse practitioner and has 9 years experience working as an advance practice nurse as part of a hospitalist team caring for acutely ill adult patients with a wide variety of medical illness. Diana is also on the clinical faculty at the UCONN School of Nursing and Yale University School of Nursing.   Conflicts and Communication Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Description Unhealthy conflicts cost medical libraries time, money and credibility, as well as diminish the quality of their services. Learn three models of workplace conflict management that can be applied with library users, co-workers, vendors and other institutional employees. Participants will learn how to control their own emotionality, resolve problems and increase productivity, even when dealing with chronic difficult situations. MLA CEUs: 4 pending Instructor Pat Wagner has been working with libraries since 1978 as a consultant and trainer and is a frequent presenter at regional and national medical and special library conferences. She has a professional background in marketing and has developed several marketing programs specifically for the medical library community.   Searching for Drug and Pharmaceutical Information Online Sunday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Description This course offers an overview of major online sources for pharmacology/therapeutics information and pharmaceutical market research. Topics covered include factors in the drug development and regulatory review process that affect information retrieval, as well as types of drug nomenclature and their relationship to scientific communication and effective literature searching. Discussion centered on detailed examination and comparison of sources will emphasize key points to consider in database selection. MLA CEUs: 8 Instructor Bonnie Snow, director, Pharmaceutical Markets, Dialog. Widely recognized in the information professional community as a subject specialist and expert searcher familiar with pharmaceutical industry information needs and applications, Bonnie Snow has 30 years of experience as an online educator, author, and consultant. Her bibliography includes more than 70 publications, earning her an award for Excellence in Online Published Columns and recognition in the books Secrets of the Super Searchers (1993) and Super Searchers on Health & Medicine (2000). She has served as Chair of both the Pharmaceutical Division of the Special Libraries Association and the Pharmacy & Drug Information Section of the Medical Library Association.   AHIP Open Forum Sunday 4:00p.m. - 4:45pm Description Join our Credentialing Liaison, Joan Yanicke for a discussion of the pros, cons, how-tos and when-tos of the Academy. Bring your questions, comments and suggestions. Please use the checkbox on the registration form to let us know if you plan to attend, though walk-ins are welcome. If you are unable to attend the Forum, you may contact Joan to schedule some time with her [joan.yanicke@stvincenthospital.com] or plan on visiting her at the MLA table in the exhibit hall. Finding Information on Environment and Health Tuesday 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. Location Computer Classroom, Hartford Hospital. Class offered at NO CHARGE. Description The hands-on training session will focus on how to obtain and use valuable resources for environmental health information. It will demonstrate resources developed by the NLM in areas of toxicology and environmental health. A primary focus will be those available centrally through the NLM website and related online resources. Ultimately, this effort is intended to lead to concrete improvements in the daily lives of community residents through the generation of new activities to promote environmental health. MLA CEUs: 4 pending Instructor Terry Greene, M.S. is a Senior Environmental Health Specialist at the JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies (JSI). She has taught professional institutes on environmental health for the American Public Health Association annual conferences and has developed regional environmental health information training programs for the Environmental Protection Agency and National Library of Medicine. Ms Greene is co-author of the JSI tutorial "Environment and Health: Learn About the Environment Where You Live. Protect the Health of Your Family and Community." Written for communities, it is a good introduction to using available information to protect local environmental health