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MLA '06

MLA '06
May 19-24, Phoenix, AZ

Read the minutes.

Read Jon Eldredge's insightful report.


Public Health/Health Administration Section Business Meeting
May 21 2006 4:30PM to 6:00PM Hyatt: Ellis East

Networking Lunch with MLA Sections
Tuesday, May 23, 12:30-2:00PM


Primary Program

Evidence-Based Public Health Librarianship
Monday, May 22, 2-3:30 PM

Moderator:
Catherine Pepper
University of North Texas Health Science Center

Description
What are the information needs of the public health workforce? What research supports library efforts to facilitate public health decision making? This program will take a rigorous look at these questions. It will also provide tools for practicing evidence-based public health librarianship and ideas for locating information about this topic.

Speakers
E. Hatheway Simpson
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jonathan D. Eldredge
University of New Mexico
Janet Heekin
National Institutes of Health Library
Maureen Dobbins
McMaster University


PH/HA Secondary Sponsored Sessions

Gathering Health Data in e-Environments
Sunday, May 21, 2-3:30 PM

Description
"The spread of information has created a global arena where health practices are disseminated and exchanged. By collecting, distributing, and analyzing data from a variety of resources in the virtual realm, libraries all over the world have significantly increased their capabilities to disseminate information about the human body and spirit."


Stuck on E: Patron Expectations of e-Everything Changes What We do
Monday, May 22, 2-3:30

Description
"Course materials and information resources are increasingly available in electronic formats. As a result, how libraries support the information needs and education of health care professionals is rapidly changing."

 

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