Winners: Clare Bonnema, M.L.I.S., Medical Librarian at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Illinois Elissa M. Cochran, B.A., M.L.S., Medical Librarian at Presence Covenant in Urbana and Presence United Samaritan in Danville, Illinois. She is also a teaching assistant at the UI-Chicago College of Medicine. Sarah Isaacs, M.L.I.S., Head Librarian at the Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse in Champaign,…
Category: Continuing Education
Past President’s Message – How Can We Be Agents of Change?
I attended the BioMedical Informatics course at the Marine Biological Laboratory(MBL), in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, September 16 – 22, 2012 with 16 librarians, 7 physicians, 6 administrators, and 1 vendor. The most important trend was the integration of the (electronic health record) EHR into the duties of the librarian. Before this class, I did not…
CE Hi-lites
Librarian Conferences coming up this year: The Medical Library Association 2011 Annual Conference, MLA 2011, “Rethink”, will be held in Minneapolis, MN May 13-18. The Illinois Library Association 2011 Annual Conference, “Bold Brilliant Brave” will be Oct. 18-20 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd., Rosemont, IL. The IACRL Annual Conference…
CE Hi-lites: MLA Webcast
MLA WEBCAST: ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library INFORMATION: available here DATE: November 10, 2010 TIME: 1:00-2:30 pm, Central Time. CHICAGO AREA LOCATIONS: Joliet: Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center Chicago: University of Illinois at Library of the Health Sciences Rm 303 CONTACTS: Joliet: Virginia Gale: Virginia.Gale@Provena.org Please RSVP to Virginia by email. The…
CE Hi-Lites: Convenient, Affordable Online Continuing Education
Interested in taking one of the new online leadership and management continuing education (CE) courses, but missed the deadlines this summer? “Everyday Leadership”, “Influence”, “Change Management”, and “Supervision without Micromanagement” will be offered again beginning October 20, 2010. These practical, self-paced courses take just two hours per week. New to online classes? MLA’s friendly support…