SCC/MLA '07: Events & Schedule

Final Program (PDF)

Paper & Poster Abstracts (PDF)

Roundtable Topics (notes coming soon)

  • AHIP – Helpful Information About Initial Application & Renewing Your Membership (Credentialing)
  • Content Licensing: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow – A Report on a Pre-Conference at the Society for Scholarly Publishing 2007 Annual Conference
  • Copyright Changes on the Horizon
  • Electronic Resources for Teaching & Supporting Clinical Skills
  • Help!!! My Library’s on Fire & I’m Rescuing…(Essential Resources for Your Library)
  • Hospital Librarian’s Role in Managing the Knowledge of their Institution/Knowledge Management
  • Librarian Liaison Program--Ideas that Work
  • Local NIH Policy Promotion, Support & Contribution Tracking Ideas
  • Marketing/PR
  • NNLM SCR Update
  • Nursing Resources (with an emphasis on Electronic Resources & Magnet Hospital Status)
  • Providing Quality Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services
  • Re-Imagining Scholarly Communication-- Recent Issues & Trends Facing Libraries
  • Re-imagining Your Work-Life Balance
  • What Did My Doctor Tell Me? The Librarian’s Role in Health Literacy
  • Wikis/Blogs in Your Library

Continuing Education

Before Disaster Strikes: Essential Steps in Disaster Preparedness
Date: Saturday, 10/20 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (8 Contact Hours) ($130)
Instructors: Julie Page, California Preservation Program & Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service and Deborah Halsted, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

An Introduction to Service Learning Opportunities for Health Sciences Libraries
Date: Saturday, 10/20 - 8:00 am - 2:00 pm 8 Contact Hours ($80)
Instructor: Marilyn R. Davis, Holmes PhD Scholar, Community Outreach Coordinator, University of New Mexico Research Services Learning Program, Albuquerque, NM

Creating More Effective Learning Activities
Date: Saturday, 10/20 - 8:30 am - 3:30 pm (6 Contact Hours) ($130)
Instructors: Gale G. Hannigan, Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Jeanne Burke, Health Sciences Library, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

Library Assessment: From Accountability to Improvement
Date: Sunday, 10/21 - 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (4 Contact Hours) ($80)
Instructor: Kay Chapa, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Selecting and Using Bibliographic Software for a Systematic Review or Other Large Project
Date: Wednesday, 10/24 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (8 Contact Hours) ($130)
Instructor: Claire Twose, William H. Welch Library, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and Martha Harris, VERDICT, College Station, TX

Creating a Business Plan
Date: Wednesday, 10/24 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (8 Contact Hours) ($130)
Instructor: Joy Harriman, Texas Tech University HSC-Odessa, Odessa, TX

Proving Your Worth: Professional Business, Marketing, and Political Tools
Date: Wednesday, 10/24 - 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (4 Contact Hours) ($80)
Instructor: Michelynn McKnight, Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science, Baton Rouge, LA