NAHSL 2008 Conference
October 19 - 21, 2008
Lowell, MA

Preliminary Program

Saturday, October 18th
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration
Sunday, October 19
7:00 am - 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Morning Continuing Education
8:00 am - 3:00 pm All Day Continuing Education
9:00 am - 12 Noon Resource Library Directors' Meeting
12:00 Noon - 5:30 pm Registration
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm NAHSL Finance Committee Meeting
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Afternoon Continuing Education
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm AHIP Open Forum
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Welcome Reception at Boott Cotton Mills (Transportation Provided)
Monday, October 20th
7:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration (except during programs)
7:00 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits Opening
7:00 am - 4:00 pm Exhibits
7:30 am - 9:00 am NAHSL Executive Board Meeting/Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:30 am Opening Remarks/Introductions
9:30 am - 10:30 am Plenary Session 1 – Beatrix Hoffman, Ph.D - From Sickness to "Sicko": A Century of Battles Over Universal Health Coverage in the United States. Additional Information
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break/Exhibits
11:00 am - 12:00 noon Plenary Session 2 - Betsey Humphreys - Prologue to the Future: 50 Years of Medical Librarianship. Additional Information
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch/NLM & MLA Updates
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm BreakOut Sessions
  “Green” Libraries – Anne Larsen and Jennifer Nadelson
 Supporting Your Institutional Authors: the NIH Mandate and Institutional Repositories – P. Scott Lapinski and Sally Gore
 Effectively Utilizing MLA Benchmarking Data – Janet Cowen and Shirley Gronholm
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm “A Lady Alone”: Elizabeth Blackwell, First American Woman Doctor. A play written by N. Lynn Eckhert, MD and presented by Linda Gray Kelley
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm RML Task Force on Disaster Planning
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Conference 09 Planning Committee
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Continuing Education Committee Meeting
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Party
7:00 pm - 10:00 50th Anniversary Celebratory Banquet
Tuesday, October 21st
7:00 am - 10:00 am Registration (except during programs)
7:30 am - 9:00 am Buffet Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:15 am NAHSL Business Meeting/RML Update/Awards
10:00 am - 11:00 am Special Archives & Preservation Program: Donia Conn - Over-the-Counter Solutions for What Ails Your Collections
11:00 am - 12:00 noon Plenary Session 3: Carolyn Clancy, MD - Driving Change through Research: Future Trends in Health Care Quality and Access. Additional Information
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Joint Conference Planning Lunch
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Afternoon Continuing Education:
  The Healthy Librarian – Michelle Eberle