Author Archives: Amy Donahue

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Paper Presentations – Kathy Schilling’s “Knocking it out of the park for cancer symptom support”

The abstract: Knocking it Out of the Park for Cancer Symptom Support:  Lessons Learned in the Development and Evaluation of a Cancer Patient Self-Management System Texas, 3:00pm-3:50pm Presenter: Katherine Schilling, Ed.D.  Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, … Continue reading

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Paper Presentations: Stephanie Schulte’s “Teaming Up with Nursing to Put Evidence into Action at an Academic Medical Center”

First, the abstract: Teaming Up with Nursing to Put Evidence into Action at an Academic Medical Center Michigan, 11:00am-11:50am Presenter: Stephanie J. Schulte, Assistant Professor, Education & Reference Services Coordinator, OSU Health Sciences Library, Columbus, Ohio Authors: Stephanie J. Schulte, … Continue reading

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Midwest Twitterers?

If you haven’t noticed, the badge on the right hand side of this blog features the tweets of Midwest Twitter fiends.  If you’re a Midwest Chapter member and would like to be added to the list, please e-mail me at … Continue reading

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MLA Annual Conference

Another wonderful MLA conference has come and gone, this one in our own midwestern backyard.  For those who were there, I hope you had as a good a time as I did, that you’ve had a chance to recover, and … Continue reading

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Time = Money

Hopefully by now we’ve all seen the great Time=Money poster created and made available to us by the lovely folk at the GMR (check out the “Promoting Your Library” page for more!).  It was love at first sight for me … Continue reading

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Always wanted to be a star? Now you’ve got 2 chances!

The year is still young and already the YouTube opportunities abound. With promises of prizes! MLA “Revitalizing Your Message” Submissions Due: February 11 This “contest” invites you to be part of the Cancer Section’s MLA 2011 program (co-sponsored by Public … Continue reading

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Call for Member News!

On behalf of our great newsletter, MIDLINE, I’m soliciting any and all member news. What’s going on in your state/community/organization/life? We’d love to hear updates from you as individuals, as well as from groups like the Health Sciences Libraries of … Continue reading

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Medical Libraries & MLK Jr. Day

(apologies for the lack of an early January post; I need to create a buffer of post topics…e-mail any suggestions to adonahue (at) umn (dot) edu!) Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!  Many medical libraries will be closed or have … Continue reading

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MLA Election Results: The Midwest Represents!

After this year’s MLA Election, we have very outstanding people serving in positions of national leadership.  And a good number come from our very own chapter!  Please join me in congratulating our fellow Midwest Chapter Members! President Elect: Jane L. … Continue reading

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December’s a Good Month for Weather Preparedness!

I hope you all had great Thanksgivings and are having a wonderful start to your holiday seasons! I recently took advantage of the opportunity to attend the Wisconsin “Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)” conference, which was a great experience … Continue reading

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