Program

Biographies of the guest speakers.

 

SOUTHERN CHAPTER/MID-ATLANTIC CHAPTER
MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
October 12 – 16, 2006
Westin Buckhead Hotel, Atlanta, GA

 

Thursday, October 12, 2006


12:00pm-6:00pm

Registration

   Mezzanine
12:00pm-6:00pm

Hospitality Desk

   Mezzanine
1:00pm-6:00pm

All Around Atlanta Tour

   (tour fee by Sept. 22nd to attend)

Georgia's Great Tour

   (tour fee by Sept. 22nd to attend)
6:00pm-7:00pm

Joint Conference Steering Committee

   Peachtree
7:00pm-

Dine Arounds

   Buckhead restaurants

 

Friday, October 13


7:00am-9:00pm

Internet Café

   Morningside
7:00am-6:00pm

Registration

   Mezzanine
8:00am-6:00pm

Hospitality Desk

   Mezzanine
8:00am-5:00pm

Continuing Education courses

Onsite at Westin
  • Creating Online Tutorials - 4 hrs
       Habersham 1:30pm – 5:30pm
  • How to Make a Point-Without Making an Enemy - 4 hrs
       East/West Paces 8:00am – 12:00pm
  • The Accidental Trainer - 8 hrs
       Tuxedo 9:00am – 4:00pm
  • Disaster Preparedness - 8 hrs
       Ansley 9:00am – 4:00pm
  • Survey Says! How to Conduct Surveys - 8 hrs
       Chastain 9:00am – 4:00pm

 

Offsite at St. Joseph’s Hospital via MARTA
  • Public Health on the Web - 4 hrs
  • Geeks Bearing Gifts: unwrapping new trends - 4 hrs
  • Website Usability: Making Content Easy to Find - 4 hrs
  • ABC’s of DNA: Unraveling the Mystery of Genetics Information for Consumers - 4 hrs
2:00pm-5:00pm

Exhibits set up

   Prefunction Area - 4th Floor
2:00pm-5:00pm

Poster Set-up

   Ballrooms DE
3:30pm-5:30pm

Mid-Atlantic Chapter New Members Reception

   Vinings
4:00pm-5:30pm

Southern Chapter Executive Board I

   Peachtree
7:00pm-

Opening Reception

   Botanical Garden
   busses board 6:15 pm, leave at 6:30 pm

 

Saturday, October 14


6:30am-7:30am

Yoga

   Westin Workout 6th floor
7:00am-9:00pm

Internet Café

   Morningside
7:00am-9:00am

Committee Meetings (8 rooms)

Mid Atlantic Chapter Committee Meetings
  • Membership & Recruitment
       Habersham
  • Communications Committee
       Chastain
  • Honors & Awards
       Tuxedo
  • Strategic Planning
       East Paces
  • Professional Development
       West Paces
  • Program 2007
       Peachtree
Southern Chapter Committee Meetings
  • Research
       Arden
  • Committee Chairs (current + incoming)
       Vinings
8:00am-6:00pm

Registration
8:00am-6:00pm

Hospitality Desk
9:00am-10:00am

Opening Exhibits / Continental Breakfast

   Prefunction Area - 4th Floor
10:00am

Opening Session

   Ballroom A
Welcome to the Joint Conference
   Program Committee Co-Chairs
Priscilla Stephenson, Southern Chapter
Melanie Norton, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
   Chapter Presidents
Pamela Neumann, Southern Chapter
Patricia Hammond, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
10:30am-11:30am

General Session I

   Ballroom A
Joe Bresse, M.D.
   Bird Influenza
11:30am-12:00pm

Neil Shulman, M.D.
   Medical Literacy
12:00pm-1:30pm

Hospital Librarians Symposium

   advance registration and ticket purchase
   Ballroom C
Speaker: Mary Fran Prottsman assisted by Karen Roth
“Metrics that Matter”
1:00pm-4:00pm

Exhibits and Posters Open

   Prefunction Area & Ballroom DE
2:00pm-3:30pm

Contributed Papers

   Habersham
   Chastain
   Tuxedo
   East Paces and West Paces
3:30pm-4:00pm

Break

   Prefunction Area
4:00pm-5:30pm

Poster Session manned

   Ballroom DE
Dismantle Posters
5:30pm-7:00pm

MAC State Meetings

  • Maryland
       Habersham
  • ANCHASL (North Carolina)
       Chastain
  • Virginia
       Tuxedo
5:30pm-7:00pm

Southern Chapter Committe meetings

  • Communications
       Vinings
  • Hospital Librarians
       Ansley
  • 2007 Conference
       Peachtree
7:00pm-

Dine Arounds

   Buckhead restaurants

 

Sunday, October 15


6:15am-7:15am

MAJORS Walk
7:00am-9:00pm

Internet Café

   Morningside
7:00am-1:00pm

Registration
8:00am-10:00am

Mid-Atlantic Chapter Breakfast Business / Awards Meeting

   Ballroom CDE

Southern Chapter Breakfast Business / Awards Meeting

   Ballroom B
10:00am-2:00pm

Hospitality Desk
10:00am-4:00pm

Exhibits

   Prefunction Area

Posters

   Mezzanine
10:30am

General Session II

   Ballroom A
10:30am-11:30am

Mark Williams, M.D.
   Health Literacy
11:30am-12:30pm

MLA Update - Jean Shipman
12:30pm-2:00pm

CONBLS Business Meeting

   Peachtree
12:30pm-2:00pm

Roundtable Discussions

   advance registration and ticket purchase
   Ballroom CDE
  • TOPICS:
  • 1. What technologies would users like (or expect) for libraries to support?
  • 2. New roles for librarians/new institutional partnerships
  • 3. Training librarians for the future: What skills are needed for tomorrow's library?
  • 4. New ideas for the use of library space
  • 5. New/popular instruction topics in your library
  • 6. Health Literacy/Consumer Health: What is the library's role?
  • 7. Maximum workforce u utilization: strategies for deploying staff throughout the library
  • 8. Strategies for creating an assessment culture in your library
  • 9. Strategies for using pod casting technology in libraries
  • 10. Interlibrary communication: tips for encouraging unique/successful approaches
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Contributed Papers

   Habersham
   Chastain
   Tuxedo
   East Paces and West Paces
3:30pm

Break

   Prefunction Area
4:00pm-5:00pm

AHIP Session

   Ansley
4:00pm-6:00pm

CDC Public Health Library & Information Center Tour

   (register by Sept. 22nd for transportation + clearance)
4:00pm-5:30pm

Exhibits Dismantle
7:00pm-10:00pm

Banquet

 

Monday, October 16


7:00am-8:45am

Southern Chapter Executive Board II

   East/West Paces
9:00am

General Session III

   Ballroom AB
9:00am-10:00am

David Satcher, M.D.
   Health Disparities
10:00am

Break

   Prefunction AB
11:00am-12:30pm

NLM Update - David Gillikin, Head Medlars Management

   Ballroom AB

RML Update - Janice Kelly

   Ballroom AB
Meeting Adjourned