Join us for this year’s Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) Annual Conference. Tracey Smith, DNP, PHCNS-BC, MS will be the keynote speaker for the conference. The title of the presentation is: Health Scientists, Libraries, and Public Health: Partnerships for Community Health. This interactive session will focus on how libraries can promote community/public health by creating healthy social and physical environments through cross-sector collaboration to address topics such as disease prevention, health misinformation, digital literacy, expansion of broadband, and wellness.
Dr. Smith is the Director of Community Health and Programs at Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA). She received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice with a focus on health literacy and a masters in community health nursing with a minor in multicultural nursing. She has been involved in healthcare in numerous roles over the past 30 years allowing her to build skills to engage multiple types of health care providers and customers. She has led programs providing support services to local police systems, schools, healthcare clinics, and community-based organizations through the integration of community health workers into interdisciplinary teams.
The conference will take place in person on Friday, September 22 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (with a “happy hour” event from 4:00 PM to 5:00 pm), at the Hilton Garden Inn Naperville/Warrenville (28351 Dodge Dr. in Warrenville).
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN on the conference website — https://hsli.org/conference/#Registration. Registration deadline is Monday, September 18th.