Submitted by Ed Holtum, Chair, 2007 Joint Annual Meeting Publicity Committee
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
MLA’s Midcontinental/Midwest Chapters 2007 Joint Annual Meeting in Omaha offers a lucky thirteen continuing education classes to choose from. For complete information about these offerings at visit the conference website's CE page.
Grant Writing for Success
J. Randal Johnson, Ph.D. and Claire Hamasu
Learn how to write a fundable proposal. Participants will complete the course with a manageable project and the outline of a proposal ready to be completed and submitted to their RML or NLM.
Emerging Mobile Technologies
Melissa De Santis and Gabriel R. Rios
Increase your knowledge of new technologies: Web 2.0 services, podcasting, wireless ubiquity, and emerging mobile services. Discuss issues regarding security and infrastructure. Study cases from institutions that are taking innovative approaches to using mobile devices and new technologies.
Leadership Skills
Natalie Reed
Identify leadership skills and then identify non-supervisory leadership opportunities. In-class discussion and worksheets will help create a personal action plan and timeline to obtain leadership experience.
Bioinformatics Primer
Diane Rein
An introduction to the vocabulary of bioinformatics, this class will demonstrate how to effectively search and navigate through the major medical bioinformatic resources. Various bioinformatic records and search strategies will be demonstrated, including both text-based and DNA/protein sequence-based (BLAST) bioinformatic database searching.
Getting Magnetized: Search and Service Strategies for Nursing Excellence
Margaret (Peg) Allen
Learn about knowledge-based information needs of nurses in clinical and academic settings, with an emphasis on evidence based nursing practice and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet initiative. Also learn efficient methods of finding resources for evidence-based practice, evaluate point-of-care resources, and identify collaborative education and service strategies to improve knowledge-based information services for nurses in clinical and academic settings.
Redesigning Library Spaces for the Electronic Age
Logan Ludwig
This fast paced course will examine technology space planning for new, remodeled, and renovated library space. Examine the design of electronic classrooms, information commons, public access workstations, and touch down stations.
Expert Searching Nursing & Allied Health
Peg Allen
This is a workshop for experienced health sciences librarians who want to improve their knowledge and skills as expert searchers on interdisciplinary teams.
Research for Beginners: Seven Steps for Success
Brenda Pfannenstiel
Examine why we don¹t do research, why we should, and how to get started. Participants will address the topics of getting the resources and approvals to begin, finding and using research instruments, collecting and analyzing data, avoiding project fatigue, and publishing the results.
Library Advocacy
Barbara Jones
This class will provide librarians with the tools and education to successfully advocate for their libraries within their institutions. It will increase awareness of the value of libraries and librarians to hospital administrators and health care professionals.
Patient Safety
Lorri Zipperer
How can librarians contribute to the work of patient safety at their institution? This course will introduce key resources related to patient safety. Learn how knowledge transfer can be identified as an element that supports an organization's ability to learn from both error and patient safety success.
Cultural Competency
Peg Allen
This course focuses on meeting the health information/health literacy needs of refugee and immigrant populations. The model can also be applied to low literacy ethnic groups.
Introduction to Study Design and Critical Appraisal
Connie Schardt
Learn to identify good studies and help support evidence-based medicine within your institutions. Learn critical appraisal skills through an understanding of basic study designs and validity issues related to reducing bias in clinical studies.
Institutional Repositories
Allyson Mower and Karen Estlund
Examine basic concepts, dilemmas, and requirements for creating, maintaining, and marketing an institutional repository. Topics include open access, copyright, system infrastructure, work flow and staffing, and recruitment and use. Part one addresses fundamental issues involved in building institutional repositories. Part two concerns strategies for creating a sustainable repository at institutions.
License to Learn / License to Lead: Knowledgeable and engaging instructors with relevant content. You can¹t go wrong with any of these offerings!