Librarians with an interest in public health, make this the year you attend the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Stipends funded by The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund for this purpose will be awarded to at least 11 librarians in 2013. This year’s APHA meeting will take place in Boston, MA from November 2-6, 2013. Its theme is Think Global, Act Local: Best Practices Around the World. Continue reading
2013 Joint MLGSC/NCNLMG Joint Meeting in San Diego
2013 MLGSCA/NCNLMG Joint Meeting, July 24-27
Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunity
Meeting at a Glance
Call for proposals
Mina Davenport, Children’s Hospital – Away for EPIC training – July 29 to December 2, 2013
I will out of the Library starting on July 29 to be trained as a Certified Trainer for EPIC, our electronic medical record. I will be learning and then teaching Cadence, which is scheduling/registration. I will also be a SuperUser and doing extra training during implementation in October and November. I should be Continue reading
Who is Raquel Abad, the New President-Elect ?
Raquel Abad
Raquel Abad has been a health sciences librarian at the University of California Davis Blaisdell Medical Library since August 2010. She has also worked as the Project Coordinator for the annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposia since 2009, and is the Managing Editor for the Journal of Continue reading
My MLA 2013 Reflections
I used the NCNMLG Professional Development Grant to cover a portion of the expenses that were incurred by attending the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA). This meeting was held May 3-May 8, 2013, but I attended from May 4-May 8. This was my second time attending the MLA conference, but my first time was in 2008, which was about two months after I had just begun my career as a medical librarian, so I am sure you can imagine I was somewhat overwhelmed and the experience was a whirl! While that first experience was certainly a valuable learning experience, this year’s meeting gave me an opportunity to build upon the years of professional experience that I have acquired since that first meeting. When considering the meeting in retrospect, two themes particularly stand out: relationship building and professional inspiration. Continue reading