Submitted by Sharon Kambeitz-Lumphrey
Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis, MN
A classroom of participants attended the "Patient Safety Resource Seminar" course presented by Holly Burt of the Greater Midwest Region of the NN/LM. With her passion for teaching, Holly presented a well-received course on a wealth of the best patient safety resources for librarians. Following the morning's CE, Chair Judy Heeter convened the June 8, 2007 annual business meeting at noon in conjunction with the group lunch. It was announced that Donna Barbour-Talley was officially elected as Chair-Elect. The official launch date, July 31, 2007 was announced for the website called My Health Minnesota - Go Local and that ceremonial remarks will be made by Dr. Donald Lindberg; Dr. Frank Cerra, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, University of Minnesota; and Suzanne Miller, State Librarian.
Final announcements were made that HSLM along with other Minnesota organization members will present the September 2007 program, Minnesota Library 2.0 Summit with presenter Michael Stephens, internationally known technology speaker and author. Social software is touted as the new wave of technologies and will draw a diverse group of librarians and information workers throughout Minnesota.