Call For Proposals

The Georgia Conference on Information Literacy is currently accepting proposals for consideration for the 2008 conference in downtown Savannah, GA.

Proposal deadline is April 15, 2008. Proposals can be submitted online at the website listed at the bottom of this email.

The Georgia Conference on Information Literacy invites proposals across disciplines for workshops and presentations that will consider, extend, or otherwise address information literacy in K-12 and postsecondary settings:

• DEFINING INFORMATION LITERACY in a digital age.
• EFFECTIVE MEANS of developing information literacy skills in learners.
• PARTNERSHIPS between librarians and classroom teachers to teach students research skills.
• INFORMATION LITERACY across the disciplines.
• ASSESSMENT of information literacy initiatives.
• INTELLECTUAL property, copyright, and plagiarism in the digital age.

EASY ONLINE SUBMISSION PROCESS:
http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolitsubmitonline.html

Conference Date: October 3-4, 2008
Conference Website: http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html

Thank you. We hope to have you join us this year in Savannah!


Karen McNeany
Asst. Program Development Specialist
GA Southern University Continuing Ed.
PO Box 8124
Statesboro, GA 30460
(912) 681-5556

NNLM PubMed for Experts Course at GA-PCOM

Please join Melissa Speed, the librarian at PCOM for a class, "PubMEd for Experts at GA-PCOM" on Friday, July 25th, 2008.

For more on PCOM:

http://www.pcom.edu/General_Information/georgia/georgia.html

More below:

PubMed for Experts
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries Consortium
Atlanta, GA
Contact: Melissa Speed
678-225-7541
Instructor: Toni Yancey

More info below:

http://nnlm.gov/training/pubmedexpert/

CE Course @ Life University!

NLM Instructor Terri Ottosen will be combining and teaching two topics at Life University titled:

"Will Duct Tape Cure My Warts: Examining CAM".


"From Snake Oil to Penicillin: Evaluating Consumer Health Information on the Internet"

When: Tue April 1st, 2008 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

RSVP by March 14th, 2008 to Geetha Sridaran at 770-426-2691 or
gsridaran@life.edu

http://www.life.edu/about_life/gettinghere.asp

Thanks for sending this along, Geetha.

MLA CE Institute 2008 Developing Web-Based Instruction

An exciting opportunity from MLA!

MLA CE Institute 2008

Developing Web-Based Instruction

More below:


http://www.mlanet.org/education/institute/2008/index.html?home_20080221

Librarians' Journal Club Article

The upcoming journal article is:

Med Ref Serv Q. 2007 Fall;26(3):1-19.

Integrating knowledge-based resources into the electronic health record: history, current status, and role of librarians.

Albert KM.

Library Services, Talbot Research Library, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. karen.albert@fccc.edu

Satisfying clinical information needs remains a major challenge in medicine, underscored by recent studies showing high medical error rates and suboptimal physician adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines. Advanced clinical decision support systems can improve practitioner performance and patient outcomes. Similarly, integrating online information resources into electronic health records (EHRs) shows great potential for positively impacting health care quality. This paper explores the evolution and current status of knowledge-based resource linkages within EHRs, including the benefits and drawbacks, as well as the important role librarians can play in this process.

PMID: 17915628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Classess Offered @ Life University on March 14th, 2008

Please join us for a class instruction and earn CE credits. The class is taught by NNLM instructor Terri Ottosen.

When: Tuesday April 1, 2008 Barclay Circle Marietta, GA 30060

Library Computer Lab
Contact: Geeta Sridaran 770-426-2691

e-mail: gsridaran@life.edu

RSVP by March 14, 2008

Will Duct Tape Cure My Warts: Examining Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

The goal of this class it to increase understanding of CAM. Students will learn the history of CAM and its impact on medical practices. They will learn how CAM is used, how to avoid junk science, and how to look up the effectiveness of CAM therapies. This is a two-hour class.

For more info, visit http://nnlm.gov/training/consumer/cam/

From Snake Oil to Penicillin: Evaluating Health Information in the Internet

This is a hands-on course that will describe why it is important to evaluate websites. Participants will learn how to evaluate health information sites, for accuracy, authority, bias, currency, and coverage.

For more info, visit http://nnlm.gov/training/consumer/snakeoil/

MLA Webcast @ Morehouse!

The Morehouse School of Medicine Library is hosting the MLA Webcast "Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices: Discovering the Participatory Web."



Date: March 5, 2008, Wednesday

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Standard Time

Where: Electronic Laboratory in the Library



To register to attend please reply to this email or call 404.756.1756 by March 3, 2008.



For directions and parking information please go to the MSM website: www.msm.edu and click on Directions to the left.



For agenda, goals, and objectives for the Webcast, go to: http://mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/web2.0/index.html



Light Refreshments will be served.