Submitted by Joan Zivich
Lacera Memorial Library, Community Hospital, Munster, IN
The Indiana Health Sciences Librarians met in Lafayette on April 26 and 27 for their annual meeting.
On Thursday afternoon, they attended a great class on health statistics given by Professor Charles Wessel of the University of Pittsburgh. Attendees walked away armed with very useful information about accessing health statistics on the web and a most useful bibliography. The class was followed by a tour of the brand new Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University’s Discovery Park. The librarians were very impressed by the presentations on the facility and its goals that were given by center professors and by the tour of the building. The collaborative research being done at this facility in nanotechnology is truly “cutting edge” and very exciting!
Friday was filled with a very useful presentation by Julie Esparza, Deaconess Hospital, Evansville on calculating the dollar value of medical libraries and their services; a most interesting presentation on the IUMC Library’s HIV/AIDS Information Outreach Grant by Kellie Kaneshiro, Ruth Lilly Medical Library; an insider’s view of grant writing from our expert, Peggy Richwine, Ruth Lilly Medical Library; time viewing and visiting with our exhibitors; and lively roundtable discussions.
We were also very happy to welcome back an emeritus member and past IHSLA President, Ruth Pape. We are looking forward to our 2008 meeting in Indianapolis where we will greet our old friends, meet our new members, and learn something new.