2011 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM Invitation

[Editor's note: Additional informal meeting information added on April 21, 2011.]

[Editor's note: Section-Sponsored Programming and Posters information added on May 3, 2011.]

The Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) will be held May 13-18, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Attendees are invited to visit the NLM® exhibit booth #510 (May 14-17) to meet NLM staff and see NLM Web products and services. The NLM Theater at the booth will feature demonstrations and tutorials on a wide variety of topics. Please see the NLM Theater schedule.

Mark Your MLA Calendars

Monday, May 16 (7:00 am – 8:15 am)
NLM Online Users’ Meeting "Sunrise Seminar"
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101J, Level One
NLM staff will highlight recent accomplishments and indicate new developments in a variety of online systems including MEDLINE®/PubMed®, MedlinePlus®, and other NLM products.

Tuesday, May 17 (10:30 am – 11:30 am)
NLM Update
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballroom A/B
Speakers:

Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director

Betsy Humphreys, Deputy Director

Sheldon Kotzin, Associate Director for Library Operations

Tuesday, May 17 (7:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
National Library of Medicine 175th Anniversary Celebration
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballroom A/B
MLA attendees and Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) members join together to celebrate the NLM 175th anniversary at the biggest party of the year! Join us for this fun celebration to connect with your old and new friends at the MLA meeting. Come early to chat with your colleagues over food and drinks. Stay to enjoy a taste of the unique birthday cake.

Wednesday, May 18 (9:00 am – 10:00 am)
Leiter Lecture
Speaker: Peter Hotez
Peter J. Hotez is a distinguished research professor, Walter G. Ross Professor, and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University. He is also president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, an affiliated non-profit research and advocacy organization, and director and principal investigator of Sabin Vaccine Development, a product development partnership supported by the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Dr. Hotez received a bachelor's degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry magna cum laude (Phi Beta Kappa) from Yale University, a doctorate from Rockefeller University, and a doctorate in medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College. He obtained pediatric residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital and postdoctoral training at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Dr. Hotez's research focuses on vaccine development for parasitic diseases, with an emphasis on recombinant vaccines for hookworm and schistosomiasis. Dr. Hotez also has a strong policy interest to promote the control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In 2006 at the Clinton Global Initiative, Dr. Hotez cofounded the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (GNNTD) with the mission to facilitate access to essential NTD medicines. In 2007, Dr. Hotez became the founding editor-in-chief of Public Library of Science (PLoS) Neglected Tropical Diseases, and he is currently the president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dr. Hotez has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as several books, including Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development.

Informal Meetings
National Cooperative Print Retention planning meeting
Sunday, May 15 (2:00 pm – 3:00 pm)
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101B, Level One

Please join NLM, RML and resource library staff at an informal meeting to learn about and discuss plans for a national cooperative print retention program. The meeting will be chaired by Martha Fishel from NLM, and you will hear reports from NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic Region (Region 2) and NN/LM Greater Midwest Region (Region 3) where regional planning efforts have started. The purpose of this meeting is to learn about what we have investigated so far, and hear some of the recommendations that are under consideration. We encourage participation from every NN/LM region. If you have questions now that you would like addressed at the meeting, please send them by April 29th to Martha Fishel: fishel@nlm.nih.gov.

DOCLINE® Users Group Meeting
Tuesday, May 17 (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room L100F, Lower Level

Continuing Education Classes

While at the meeting in Minneapolis, consider taking an MLA continuing education class taught by NIH, NLM or National Network of Libraries of Medicine® (NN/LM) staff:

Friday, May 13 (8:00 am – Noon)
Diagnostic Error and Patient Safety: Team Up and Tackle It
CE301
Instructors: Elaine Alligood, VA PCS Field Program, Boston, MA; Lorri Zipperer, Zipperer Project Management, Albuquerque, NM; Linda C. Williams, VA National Center for Patient Safety, Ann Arbor, MI; and Barbara Bowers Jones, NN/LM, MidContinental Region, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri-Columbia

Saturday, May 14 (8:00 am – Noon)
Behind Closed Doors: Politics in the Library
CE201
Instructors: Marty Magee, NN/LM, MidContinental Region, McGoogan Library of Medicine, Nebraska Medical Center-Omaha, and Barbara Bowers Jones, NN/LM, MidContinental Region, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri-Columbia

Saturday, May 14 (8:00 am – Noon)
PubMed Rediscovered: Hidden Treasures in Searching
CE302
Instructor: Kay Deeney, NN/LM, Pacific Southwest Region, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, Center for the Health Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles

Saturday, May 14 (8:00 am – Noon)
The Canny Consumer: Resources for Consumer Health Decision Making
CE700
Instructor: Terri Ottosen, NN/LM, Southeastern/Atlantic Region, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland-Baltimore

Saturday, May 14 (8:00 am – Noon)
Finding Info in Numbers and Words: Data Analysis for Health Information Outreach
CE700
Instructors: Susan J. Barnes, NN/LM, Outreach Evaluation Resource Center, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington-Seattle, and Cynthia Olney, NN/LM, Outreach Evaluation Resource Center, Atlanta, GA

Saturday, May 14 (1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
Valuing Your Library: Needs Assessment, Program Development, Program Evaluation
CE202 (on site at MLA)
CE 203 (eLearning Web-based course)
Instructors: Cynthia Olney, NN/LM, Outreach Evaluation Resource Center, Atlanta, GA and Susan J. Barnes, NN/LM, Outreach Evaluation Resource Center, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington-Seattle

Wednesday, May 18 (1:00 – 5:00 pm)
Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library
CE303
Instructor: Gail Kouame, NN/LM, Pacific Northwest Region, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington-Seattle

Wednesday, May 18 (1:00- 5:00 pm)
Entry to the Genome World: Genome Browsers
CE602
Instructor: Medha Bhagwat, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Further course details are available at http://mlanet.org/am/am2011/ce/index.html.

Section-Sponsored Programming

NIH, NLM, and NN/LM staff will also be participating in the following MLA sessions:

Sunday, May 15 (4:30 pm – 6:00 pm)

Session Title: Next Steps: The Future (General Topic Session)
Topic: Rethinking Information Delivery: Using a Natural Language Processing Application for Point-of-care Data Discovery
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Semantic MEDLINE, with a statistical algorithm called Combo, in identifying decision support information for disease prevention.
Authors: T. Elizabeth Workman, NLM Informatics Fellow and PhD Student, Biomedical Informatics and Joan M. Stoddart, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Time: 5:39 pm – 5:55 pm
Location: 101J - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session Title: Rethinking Technical Services
Topic: Rethinking Book Acquisitions: An Analysis of Book Usage over Time
Objective: With a decline in overall usage of our book collection, we sought to understand the characteristics of the decline. Our objectives were (1) to describe the decline fully; (2) to classify books into usage categories; and (3) to understand the characteristics of the differences, such as the subject areas of the books, book selector, secular trends, and other externalities.
Authors: I. Diane Cooper and Karen G. Smith, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Time: 5:15 pm – 5:35 pm
Location: 101I - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session Title: The T-shaped Librarian
Topic: Model Template for a Health Care Knowledge Management Center
Objective: Not Available
Author: Mark Goldstein, NN/LM, New England Region, Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, MA
Time: 4:55 pm – 5:15 pm
Location: 101F/G - Minneapolis Convention Center

Monday, May 16 (10:30 am – 12 Noon)

Session Title: Rethinking Assessment
Topic: Pervasive Assessment: Integrating Assessment into the Organization
Objective: Rethink assessment! More than an activity required by funders, assessment must be pervasive throughout library operations and a formal responsibility of every professional librarian. With fewer people coming into the library and more people doing their own searches, traditional metrics are decreasing. We must rethink how we collect and interpret evidence of our continued relevance and value.
Authors: Betsy Kelly, NN/LM, MidContinental Region, Becker Medical Library, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO and Claire Hamasu, NN/LM, MidContinental Region, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Time: 10:55 am – 11:15 am
Location: 101C - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session Title: Rethinking Health Information: Creating Outreach Initiatives, Projects and Programs to Reach Special Populations
Topic: General and Environmental Health Education Outreach to K-12 Students and Teachers
Objective: None available
Author: Alla Keselman, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Time: 11:35 am – 11:55 am
Location: 101B - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session Title: Rethinking Our Value: Determining Return on Investment (Part 1)
Topic: Rethinking Our Value: Federal Libraries Value Project
Objective: Health sciences librarians in federal agencies provide knowledge-based information to support their agencies' missions. They provide research support to help improve health outcomes, garner research support, and reduce costs. This study will determine if information seekers consider the information provided by their federal libraries to have positively affected their patients' care, research project development, or health care decision making.
Authors: Terrie R. Wheeler, Information and Education Services Branch, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD ; Edward J. Poletti, Health Sciences Library, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR; Priscilla L. Stephenson, Library Service, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; Janet Heekin, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Jane A. Pellegrino, Library Services, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA; Pamela Scott, Tripler Army Medical Library, Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler AMC, HI; Mary E. Ryan, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Ann Russell Potter, Library Program Office, Headquarters, US Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, TX; Kathy S. Parker, Library Services, Naval Medical Center Library, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA; Mary Virginia Taylor, Medical Library, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Shreveport, LA; Nancy Terry, Anne White-Olson, and Barbara Brandys, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Time: 10:55 am – 11:15 am
Location: 101F/G - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session Title: Rethinking Our Value: Determining Return on Investment (Part 1)
Topic: Rethinking Our Value: Design and Early Results from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), Value Study
Objective: The goal of the Value Study is to measure the value and impact of library and information resources, including the librarian-provided services, on the clinical decision making of physicians, residents, and nurses.
Authors: Joanne Gard Marshall, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Julia Sollenberger, Medical Center Libraries and Technologies, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Sharon Easterby-Gannett, Medical Libraries, Lewis B. Flinn Medical Library, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE; Mary Lou Klem, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Lynn Kasner Morgan, Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; Kathleen (Kate) Burr Oliver, NN/LM, Middle Atlantic Region, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY; Karen Brewer, NYU Health Sciences Library, New York University, New York, NY; Susan Cavanaugh, UMDNJ Camden Campus Library, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden, NY; Kathel Dunn, Consultant, Takoma Park, MD; Sue Hunter and Neil Romanosky, NN/LM, Middle Atlantic Region, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY; and Cheryl A. Thompson, Institute on Aging; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Time: 11:15 am – 11:35 am
Location: 101F/G - Minneapolis Convention Center

Monday, May 16 (2:00 pm – 3:00 pm)

Open Forum
Topic: Changing Face of Scholarly Communications
Description: Join the Ad Hoc Committee for Advocating Scholarly Communications and the Collection Development Section for a panel discussion on the changing landscape of scholarly communication and the impact of these changes on academic and hospital libraries. The program will provide an overview of the ad hoc committee’s 2010 survey and an update on the National Institutes of Health public access policy. Panelists will then highlight some key issues and engage participants in a discussion of new roles and challenges for libraries in areas such as acquisition and licensing of ebooks, the role of the library as publisher, resource sharing, and research data curation.
Location: 101C - Minneapolis Convention Center

Open Forum
Topic: Rising Stars
Description: The MLA Emerging Leaders Task Force will present a review of the MLA "Rising Stars" leadership development pilot program, including presentations by rising stars Karen Hanus, assistant director, Libraries, Medical College of Wisconsin– Milwaukee; Emily Hurst, technology coordinator, HAMTMC Library, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center–Houston; Rex Robison, informationist, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; and Robert Johnson, research librarian, Nursing, Science Library, University of California–Irvine, concerning their projects.
Location: 101B - Minneapolis Convention Center

Monday, May 16 (3:00 pm – 4:30 pm)

Session: Collaborating across Borders to Improve Health Information Delivery
Topic: A Solution in Sight: South-South and South-North Collaboration to Improve Access to the World's Ophthalmic Information
Objective: To enhance the ability of staff of eight developing-country ophthalmic resource centers (RCs) to make medical, scientific, and technical information available to health care workers in order to improve training, research, and care locally, regionally, and globally; to reduce isolation of center staff by creating an international network for mentoring, training, and problem solving.
Authors: Pamela C. Sieving, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Bette Anton, Fong Optometry and Health Sciences Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Suzanne S. Gilbert, Center for Innovation in Eye Care, Seva Foundation, Berkeley, CA
Time: 3:05 pm – 3:25 pm
Location: 101I - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session: Education (General Topic Session)
Topic: Rethinking PubMed: How Effective Is Face-to-face Training
Objective: To demonstrate how teaching PubMed in a daylong, face-to-face class results in improved knowledge of database functions and to determine which content areas of the class are best and least understood. Results will then be used to improve instructional design in areas that seem to be poorly presented or grasped.
Authors: Joey Nicholson and Sharon Brown, National Training Center and Clearinghouse; New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY
Time: 3:21 pm – 3:37 pm
Location: 101J - Minneapolis Convention Center

Tuesday, May 17 (3:00 pm – 4:30 pm)

Session: Health Policy Changes and the Role of Libraries and Librarians in Response
Topic: Roles for Librarians in the Changing Landscape of Federal Grants
Objective: None available
Author: Valerie Florance, Extramural Programs, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Time: 3:05 pm – 3:25 pm
Location: 101B - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session: Health Policy Changes and the Role of Libraries and Librarians in Response
Topic: New Roles for Health Sciences Librarians: Collaborating on Health Communications Research at the National Institutes of Health
Objective: This case report describes a research project between a health sciences librarian and a health media researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), in which the authors conducted a content analysis study. The purpose of the study was to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of popular press coverage of an NIAAA report and health initiative, A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges. This case study demonstrates how librarians can combine knowledge of social sciences research methods with specialized skills in developing search strategies and database searching.
Author: Janet Heekin, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Time: 3:25 pm – 3:45 pm
Location: 101B - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session: Health Policy Changes and the Role of Libraries and Librarians in Response
Topic: MedlinePlus Connect: Opportunity for Librarians to Bring Patient Information into Organizations Responding to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
Objective: None available
Author: Joyce E. B. Backus, Public Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Time: 3:45 pm – 4:05 pm
Location: 101B - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session: Health Policy Changes and the Role of Libraries and Librarians in Response
Topic: Investing in America’s Public Health Workforce: Shaping New Roles for Librarians
Objective: This study, conducted in six states, addresses inadequate information access by the public health workforce. Objectives were to: (1) identify trusted electronic resources for testing, (2) provide access to and training on identified resources, (3) improve article delivery, (4) analyze use of resources in relationship to work, and (5) document process change in participating organizations.
Authors: Elaine Martin, NN/LM, New England Region; Karen Dahlen, Lamar Soutter Library, Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA; Javier Crespo, NN/LM, New England Region, Lamar Soutter Library, Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, MA
Time: 4:05 pm – 4:25 pm
Location: 101B - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session: Rethinking Our Value: Determining Return on Investment (Part 2)
Topic: New Roles Bring New Value: A Case Study in Listening to Customers and Creating Solutions
Objective: To listen to customer needs and design products and services that are vital to customer base. This brought the library from the brink of closure in 2007 to being awarded the 2009 Federal Library of the Year Award in the Small Library Category in October 2010. Author: Terrie R. Wheeler, Information and Education Services Branch, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Time: 3:05 pm – 3:25 pm
Location: 101F/G - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session: Rethinking Our Value: Determining Return on Investment (Part 2)
Topic: Library Roles in Creating Scholarly Metrics for Researchers and Research Funding Organizations
Objective: Libraries are in a time of tremendous change, but if we are brave enough, we can step into the gap and apply our librarian and information professional skills in new ways to meet changing needs. One growing need for research-focused organizations is to critically analyze and measure the quality of research being performed.
Authors: James King, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD and Terrie Wheeler, Information and Education Services Branch, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Time: 4:05 pm – 4:25 pm
Location: 101F/G - Minneapolis Convention Center

Session: Serving the Information Needs of a Multilingual/Multicultural Clientele
Topic: Expanding Access to Culturally Diverse and Language Appropriate Health Information: The Web-based Refugee Health Information Network
Objective: The intention of the Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN) is to make accessible high-quality culturally and linguistically appropriate health information. Further, RHIN serves to enable a culture of information sharing and communication among those who specialize in refugee and immigrant health.
Authors: Gale A. Dutcher, Division of Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD and John C. Scott, Center for Public Service Communication, Arlington, VA
Time: 3:50 pm – 4:05 pm
Location: 101C - Minneapolis Convention Center

Posters

NIH, NLM, and NN/LM staff will be presenting the following posters at MLA:

Sunday, May 15 (2:00 pm – 3:00 pm)
Poster Session 1
Location: Exhibit Hall A - Minneapolis Convention Center

Topic: Understanding Biomedical Terminologies: Development of Online Documentation to Facilitate User Comprehension
Objective: To produce web-based documentation to facilitate the usability of the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus, a multipurpose biomedical and health terminology resource, by software developers, informatics researchers, librarians, and other information professionals.
Author: Patrick McLaughlin, Technical Information Specialist, MEDLARS Management Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Poster Board Number: 156

Topic: Digital Storytelling: A New Media Tool for Engaging American Indians
Objective: American Indian Health (AIH) is an information portal dedicated to issues affecting health and wellness of American Indians. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the AIH User Group work collaboratively to apply best practices in bringing health information to this population. The latest objective was finding new and unique ways to keep the portal relevant to users.
Authors: Laura Bartlett, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; Brenda Manuelito and Carmella Rodriguez, nDigiDreams, Santa Fe, NM; Judith L. Rieke, American Indian Health User Group Coordinator, National Library of Medicine, St. Paul, MN; Gale A. Dutcher, Division of Specialized Information Services; National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Poster Board Number: 16

Topic: Bringing the Library to the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA): An Online Community for Library-based Translational Science Initiatives
Objective: To advance the role of library and information science professionals in Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)-related initiatives through the creation of a robust, freely available online community for interaction.
Authors: Adelaide M. Fletcher, Online Educational Services Librarian; Dana Abbey, NN/LM MidContinental Region, Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Poster Board Number: 165

Topic: Just Talking About It Helps! Rethinking Information Advocacy to Decrease Health Disparities and Promote Health Equity
Objective: To (1) increase awareness of disparities in health care among medical librarians, (2) promote resources to providers related to increasing awareness of health disparities and health equity, and (3) provide access to information on health care disparities and health equity to medical providers.
Authors: Patricia J. Devine, Pacific Northwest Region, NN/LM, Seattle, WA; James E. Anderson, University of Washington Medicine Information Technology Services, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Poster Board Number: 183

Topic: Rethinking Engagement: Getting More Involved with Clients
Objective: This study investigates the short- and long-term effects on librarians of attending their patrons' professional association meetings.
Authors: Joey Nicholson, National Training Center and Clearinghouse, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY; Nancy Schaefer, Health Science Center Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Poster Board Number: 26

Topic: Wounded in Action: Reaching out to Veterans Through Art and Programs
Objective: To support the Wounded in Action art exhibit, a national juried exhibit produced and organized by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Faculty librarians felt it was important to develop helpful resources, educate the community, and raise the awareness of the many people touched by wounded warriors.
Authors: Anna L. Tatro, Liaison and Outreach Services Librarian; M. J. Tooey, NN/LM, Southeastern Atlantic Region, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Poster Board Number: 39

Topic: How Satisfied Are Our Customers? A Five-year Evaluation of Information Desk Services and Staffing
Objective: The study seeks to evaluate customer satisfaction at the library’s information desk and to determine whether we are meeting our customers’ needs. We also wish to compare the level of satisfaction and any changes over a five-year period.
Authors: Alicia A. Livinski and Brigit S. Sullivan, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Poster Board Number: 84

Tuesday, May 17 (1:00 pm – 2:00 pm)
Poster Session 2
Location: Exhibit Hall A - Minneapolis Convention Center

Topic: Patient Care and the Hospital Library: A Regional Study
Objective: Our objectives were to obtain data from hospitals in the MidContinental region of National Network of Libraries of Medicine to determine the perceived value of health sciences libraries, the use of the library, its resources, and its services and to provide insights about barriers for the use of these library resources at their institution.
Authors: MaryEllen C. Sievert, Deborah H. Ward, Dirk Burhans, Barbara Jones, NN/LM, MidContinental Region, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Margaret Bandy, Library and Media Services, Medical Library, Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO; Jerry Carlson, Medical Library, Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO; Rosalind Dudden, Library and Knowledge Services, Gerald Tucker Memorial Medical Library, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO; Wilma Bunch, Hospital Library, Cox Memorial Hospital, Springfield, MO; Emily Eresuma, Medical Library, Primary Children’s Medical Center; Erica Lake, Health Information Center, LDS Hospital; Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
Poster Board Number: 172

Topic: A Regional Strategy for Transitioning to a Knowledge Management Center (KMC) in a Health Care Institution
Objective: 1. What resources and training in knowledge management (KM) concepts will be required?; 2. What new competencies and skills might be required for KM?; 3. What are the components of the knowledge management center (KMC) template?; 4. Does application of the template create more than one model?
Author: Mark Goldstein, NN/LM, New England Region, Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, MA
Poster Board Number: 34

Tuesday, May 17 (2:00 pm – 3:00 pm)
Poster Session 3
Location: Exhibit Hall A - Minneapolis Convention Center

Topic: Outreach Impact Study: The Case of the Greater Midwest Region
Objective: This project's goal is to engage library and information science (LIS) students in an outreach impact study. Students are conducting the study to determine the impact that National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region (NN/LM GMR), funding has on the ability of members to perform outreach on behalf of NN/LM. This project resulted from a subcontract from NN/LM GMR to the University of Kentucky School of LIS.
Authors: Jeffrey Huber, School of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; Jacqueline Leskovec, NN/LM, Greater Midwest Region; Ruth Holst, NN/LM, Greater Midwest Region, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; Emily Kean, Trina Altman, Kate Dupin, and Phillip Fitzgerald, Students, School of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; Zach Young, Alice Whitman Memorial Library, Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, Lexington, KY
Poster Board Number: 128

Topic: Building an E-science Portal for Librarians: A Model of Collaboration
Objective: This poster focuses on the collaboration among science and medical librarians from multiple diverse New England research institutions in designing and aggregating content for an e-science portal.
Authors: Donna Kafel, Myrna E. Morales, Robert Vander Hart, Sally Gore, Andrew Creamer, Javier Crespo, NN/LM, New England Region; and Elaine R. Martin, Lamar Soutter Library, Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Poster Board Number: 161

Topic: Rethinking Face to Face
Objective: In light of an increase in inexpensive conferencing software coupled with the decrease in both travel budgets and chapter members available to plan our annual meetings, the association formed a task force to analyze alternatives to our tradition of geographically rotated, locally planned, yearly, face-to-face chapter meetings.
Authors: Rebecca S. Graves, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Jerry Carlson, Medical Library, Poudre Valley Health System, Fort Collins, CO; Lynne M. Fox, Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; Claire Hamasu, NN/LM, MidContinental Region, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Mary Henning, Teaching and Learning Center, Laramie County Community College Albany County Campus, Laramie, WY; Jackie Hittner, Library, American Association of Orthodontists, St. Louis, MO; Jeff Kuntzman, Library Information Technology, Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Poster Board Number: 164

Topic: Teaching Research Data Management: An Undergraduate/Graduate Curriculum
Objective: This poster outlines curriculum frameworks and competencies for data management instruction that can be delivered through a variety of methods (video, online self-paced, one-on-one instruction); identifies user requirements and interface design elements for a system that can host student data; and presents a communication plan developed to inform those interested in data management about the curriculum planning process and results.
Authors: Donna Kafel and Mary E. Piorun, Lamar Soutter Library, Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA; Tracey Leger-Hornby, Library Services and Siamak Najafi, Research Computing and Academic Support, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA; Paul Colombo, Medical School and Elaine Russo Martin, Library Services, Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Poster Board Number: 74

NLM Theater Schedule

NLM Theater Schedule — Booth 510 A PDF version of the NLM Theater schedule is available.
Sunday, May 15
Noon	Health Services Research & Public Health Update
12:30 pm	Disaster Health Information Update
1:00 pm	MyMedicationList & DailyMed® Update
1:30 pm	Digital Collections & More from the History of Medicine Division
2:00 pm	NLM K-12 Educational Resources
2:30 pm	PubMed Review
3:00 pm	Redesign of My NCBI & Managing NIH Public Access Compliance
3:30 pm	Comparative Effectiveness Research: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
4:00 pm	UMLS® & RxNorm Update
4:30 pm	Drug, Toxicology, and Environmental Health Resources Update
Monday, May 16
10:00 am	MedlinePlus & MedlinePlus Connect
10:30 am	MyMedicationList & DailyMed Update
11:00 am	UMLS & RxNorm Update
11:30 am	Drug, Toxicology, and Environmental Health Resources Update
1:30 pm	NLM K-12 Educational Resources
2:00 pm	Redesign of My NCBI & Managing NIH Public Access Compliance
2:30 pm	PubMed Review
3:00 pm	LinkOut® Review
3:30 pm	Searching for Journal Information in the NLM Catalog
4:00 pm	Disaster Health Information Update
4:30 pm	Comparative Effectiveness Research: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Tuesday, May 17
10:00 am	PubMed Review
11:30 am	MedlinePlus & MedlinePlus Connect
Noon	Digital Collections & More from the History of Medicine Division
12:30 pm	Searching for Journal Information in the NLM Catalog
1:00 pm	NLM K-12 Educational Resources
1:30 pm	LinkOut Review
2:00 pm	Disaster Health Information Update
2:30 pm	Drug, Toxicology, and Environmental Health Resources Update

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By Janet Zipser
MEDLARS Management Section

Zipser J. 2011 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM Invitation. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 Mar-Apr;(379):e10.