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12:30

Registration

 

 

1:00-1:10

Welcome and Introductions and Presenting Issues
Facilitator: Patricia A. Hammond, Chair, Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA

1:10-1:45

Keynote Address: Cultural Competencies for Health Science Librarians
Nancy Ottman Press
, Board of Directors, African American Reach and Teach Health
Ministry, Seattle, WA  

Break

 

1:50-2:40

Cultural Immersions: The Librarian has left the building talkshow
  • Amy E. Lavertu, Information Services Librarian, Hirsh Health Sciences Library at Tufts University, Boston, MA
  • Teresa Hartman, Head of Education/Assistant Professor, McGoogan LIbrary of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Moderator : Jacqueline Leskovec, Communications Coordinator, NNLM-GMR

2:40-3:10

Break - South of the Border

3:10-4:10

Cultural Immersions @ Your Library: Practical Solutions for Serving the Health Information Needs of Diverse Users
  • Annabelle V. Nunez, Assistant Librarian, Information Services Arizona Health Sciences Library, Tucson, AZ
  • Tom Foye, Planning and Development Director, Papa Ola Lökahi, Honolulu , Hawaii
  • Mary Diggs-Hobson, Executive Director, African Americans Reach and Teach Health Ministry, Seattle, WA
Moderator: Jacquelyn Coughlan, M.S., MLS , Peter J. Cayan Library, SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica, NY
  Break

4:15-4:45

Cultural Cafe Discussion: Roundtable Excercise

5:00

Wrap Up and Evaluations
 

 

Serving Diverse Users: Cultural Compentencies for Health Science Librarians
2006 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association
http://macmla.org/sdu/agenda.html
Comments to: Shannon Jones
Last Updated: June 19, 2006