From Mary Markland, 2008 Midwest Chapter President
Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND
The Health Science Information Section of the North Dakota Library Association met in Jamestown on September 27, 2007 as part of the annual NDLA Conference. The conference theme was “Laughing with Librarians: Becoming Unhinged and Unshelved!” After donning our jester hats, we set out to have a good time while still taking care of business. The biggest item of business was our discussion of the North Dakota GoLocal project. The University of North Dakota Library of the Health Sciences recently received the award for this project and they are asking for the assistance of all the health science librarians in the state. Jacqueline Lescovec from the GMR was our guest. She was the winner of the friendliest exhibitor award given by the New Members Roundtable! The HSIS program was also held on September 27th. We had two speakers from the Fargo VA Hospital speaking on “Lighten Up! How to Take Your Work Seriously, Yourself Lightly!” One of the other highlights of the meeting was the Friday luncheon with Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, the creators of the Unshelved comic strip.