Are YOU going to MLA ’12 in Seattle? I will not be there…but that is not going to keep me from participating! I registered for the e-Conference which is “the next best thing to being there.” Online content will be “close to live” with streaming video of the big events available within 24 hours. With my e-registration, I am able to use the online scheduler, so I searched to see what our chapter members will be doing during the meeting. The Midwest Chapter/MLA will be well-represented at this year’s annual MLA meeting. I’m looking forward to watching our chapter members’ presentations on video (synchronized with their PowerPoint slides even) and looking at their posters online.

Here is a list of chapter members who will be presenting sessions and/or posters at this year’s meeting:
SESSION PRESENTERS:
Amy Blevins
Cracker Jack Instruction: Creating, Implementing and Managing a No-Budget Online Continuing Education Course
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 619/620
Pamela S. Bradigan
Librarians Leading Knowledge Management
5/21/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 602/603
Katherine V. Chew
Determining Your Lineup Card: Implementing a Demand-Driven Acquisition Program within a Large Academic Institution
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 612
Nadia Lalla
Windup and the Pitch: Delivering Instruction Using Videos
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 619/620
Beth Layton
You Can Observe a Lot Just By Watching: Building a Comprehensive Copyright Program
5/21/2012 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Room : 615/616
Theory and Practice à la Yogi Berra: The Interprofessional Education of Medical and Pharmacy Students in Evidence-Based Medicine
5/21/2012 10:30 AM – 12:00 AM Room : 612
The Research Ironman: Collaboration, Outreach, and Evidence-Based Mental Health
5/21/2012 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Room : 619/620
Margaret Moutseous
Using Librarians in Experiential Learning in Evidence-Based Practice Education
5/21/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 611
Carol A. Powell
Librarians Teaching Critical Appraisal: Assessment of Evidence-Based Medicine Competency of Fourth-Year Medical Students Using an Adapted Fresno Test-Based Exercise
5/20/2012 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Room : 613/614
Gurpreet Rana
Strengthening Research Capacity and Addressing Global Health Challenges: A Librarian’s Perspective
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 602/603
Melissa Rethlefsen
Cracker Jack Instruction: Creating, Implementing and Managing a No-Budget Online Continuing Education Course
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 619/620
Stephanie J. Schulte
Librarians Teaching Critical Appraisal: Assessment of Evidence-Based Medicine Competency of Fourth-Year Medical Students Using an Adapted Fresno Test-Based Exercise
5/20/2012 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Room : 613/614
Carol Shannon
Windup and the Pitch: Delivering Instruction Using Videos
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 619/620
Nicole R. Theis-Mahon
Determining Your Lineup Card: Implementing a Demand-Driven Acquisition Program within a Large Academic Institution
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 612
Kelly Thormodson
Improving Our Reference Desk Management and Training or “I Wish I Had an Answer to that because I’m Tired of Answering that Question” (Yogi Berra)
5/21/2012 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Room : 615/616
Debra A. Werner
Supporting the Medical Support Staff: Outreach to Administrative Assistants and Secretaries
5/22/2012 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Room : 604
POSTER PRESENTERS:
Amy Blevins
Poster Session 2: 159. Stepping up to the Plate: Experiences as First-Time Instructors of a Library Research in Context Class
Amy E. Donahue
Poster Session 2: 63. Emergency Preparedness and Librarians: A Match Made in…Hospitals!
Carol Gordon
Poster Session 1: 80. Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN): Connecting with Faculty, Residents, and Medical Students
Barbara A. Gushrowski
Poster Session 2: 108. Iterative Design in Online Instruction: Using Module Grades and Student Feedback to Guide Content and Delivery Modifications
Rhona Kelley
Poster Session 1: 80. Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN): Connecting with Faculty, Residents, and Medical Students
Erin Kerby
Poster Session 1: 137. Planning a Strategic Lineup for the Delivery of Effective Reference Services
Fran E. Kovach
Poster Session 1: 80. Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN): Connecting with Faculty, Residents, and Medical Students
Nadia J. Lalla
Poster Session 1: 137. Planning a Strategic Lineup for the Delivery of Effective Reference Services
Deborah Lauseng
Poster Session 1: 137. Planning a Strategic Lineup for the Delivery of Effective Reference Services
Beth Layton
Poster Session 1: 110. It’s a Matter of Inches: Using Statistics to Improve a Copyright Image Guide
Connie Poole
Poster Session 1: 80. Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN): Connecting with Faculty, Residents, and Medical Students
Gurpreet K. Rana
Poster Session 1: 134. Partnerships in Diversity: A Multi-Pronged Collaboration with the School of Public Health
Melissa Rethlefsen
Poster Session 2: 144. Playing the Field: Using CampusGuides Statistics and Google Analytics to Assess a Intranet Site Redesign
Poster Session 2: 171. The Core Public Health Journal Project: A Game Change in the 3rd Inning
Merle Rosenzweig
Poster Session 1: 59. Depositing Intellectual Property into an Institutional Depository
Poster Session 1: 65. Distributing Relevant Information to a Remotely Located Clinical Department of a Medical Center
Poster Session 3: 97. Healthy Communities: A Snapshot of Outreach
Anna E. Schnitzer
Poster Session 1: 59. Depositing Intellectual Property into an Institutional Depository
Poster Session 3: 97. Healthy Communities: A Snapshot of Outreach
Carol Shannon
Poster Session 2: 96. Hitting a Moving Target: Resource Access in a Mobile World
Poster Session 2: 156. Show Us Your Heart! A Statewide Library Initiative to Increase Organ Donation Registration
James Shedlock
Poster Session 1: 131. One Design to Rule Them All: Harnessing Competing Brand Guidelines to Create a Unified Vision for a Library Website
Vedana Vaidhyanathan
Poster Session 1: 152. Revitalizing Education at the Library: Increasing Number of Attendees and Responding to Feedback
All I can say is this: Midwest Chapter rocks!