MIDLINE
No. 100 | Summer 2005 Newsletter of the Midwest Chapter / Medical Library Association
In This Issue: President's Message 2005 Annual Conference Preview Travel to Fargo Discover: Lewis & Clark Tours and Special Events CE Classes Contributed Papers and Posters MLA and Midwest Chapter News and Activities Treasurer's Report The PIE Shoppe Planning for Omaha New Member Profiles McClure Award Nominations What’s Happening: News and Announcements from around the Midwest Chapter Member News New GMR Outreach Coordinator OHSLA Fall Meeting Hardin Newsletter MIDLINE Publication Information	President's Message                             By Sheryl Stevens, Midwest Chapter President Raymon H. Mulford Library, Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH sstevens@meduohio.edu Greetings chapter colleagues:  Like many of you, I’m both looking forward to and madly preparing for our rapidly approaching 2005 Annual Conference in Fargo, North Dakota. (A word of advice to future chapter presidents, which I didn’t heed: Don’t present a paper at the chapter meeting during the year you’re president!) In addition to all of the preview info that our newsletter editor and the Program Committee have packed into this issue of MIDLINE, I’d like to highlight a couple of chapter business-related events that I think will be especially noteworthy. First, the first annual Midwest Chapter Distinguished Librarian of the Year Award will be presented at our business meeting on Monday, September 19. Elaine Skopelja, chair of the Awards and Scholarships Committee, tells me that committee members are currently in the deliberation process, but everything else is top secret. (The only other thing I can say I know for a fact is they got at least one nominee because I nominated somebody!) And second, while this next item of business may not sound all that thrilling and/or momentous, I truly think that it’s significant: The chapter Executive Board is going to spend a large portion of the Executive Board meeting on Friday, September 16, discussing a rough re-draft of our proposed new chapter bylaws. In comparing our current bylaws with MLA’s Model Chapter Bylaws and with those of other chapters, it became apparent to the Bylaws Task Force that ours have become a bit “bloated” (20+ pages vs. 10 or 11 for other chapters) and less than an ideal business document. The proposed draft (most of which was compiled by task force member and chapter President-Elect Eileen Stanley, who evidently is a glutton for punishment – she worked on it at home and even bought her own copy of Robert’s Rules of Order!) eliminates a tremendous amount of detail that more appropriately belongs in a procedure manual. In addition, it highlights a number of major areas that deserve and need reconsideration in order for us tokeep our business and board operations as efficient as possible. Examples of some of these discussion questions: Do we need or want to continue to elect nine (or any) Representatives-at-Large? Who exactly are chapter officers? Why do we need an Executive Board and an Executive Committee? Do we need both an elected Secretary and an elected Membership Secretary? Can we make the bylaws amendable by a mail vote? Discussion and resolution of these types of organizational issues and eventual replacement of our current bylaws document with a more streamlined one will make our chapter more efficient and responsive – a significant achievement. Note: The board wants and needs your input on these questions and any other bylaws-related issues. Please feel free to contact any of us either before or after the Fargo meeting. I’m looking forward to seeing all you Fargo attendees next month!  Until the next MIDLINE…

2005 Annual Conference: Travel to Fargo

By Mary Markland, 2005 Annual Conference Planning Committee & Local Arrangements Chair
Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND
markland@medicine.nodak.edu

Getting to Fargo, Then to the Hotel 

By Air: Fargo is served by two airlines: Northwest and United. Watch the news about a possible strike by the Northwest mechanics, which might affect your travel plans. It takes about 10-15 minutes to get from the airport to the hotel. The Holiday Inn has a free shuttle van. If it is not at the airport when you arrive, there is a phone in the baggage claim area where you can call the hotel. Or you can call the hotel prior to your arrival to make sure the shuttle will be there: 1-877-282-2700.

You will notice that the Fargo airport is not huge. It has one baggage claim and four gates. Although the airlines tell you to get to the airport well in advance of the scheduled flight, in our opinion one hour is sufficient. Both Northwest and United have the electronic kiosks for boarding passes. The security line is usually not too long but our security people seem to be pretty picky. Wear nice socks, as you will be told to remove your shoes! There is a gift shop at the airport in case you need an Ole and Lena* joke book or some local postcards. There is also a restaurant and lounge.  The restaurant has a snack bar where you can get quick meals or snacks and drinks to take on the plane. 

By Train: If you like to travel in the middle of the night, the train is for you. Amtrak’s Empire Builder arrives from Chicago at 3:49 a.m. and departs for Chicago at 2:10 a.m. It is a 13.5 hour trip from Chicago to Fargo. Because of the time of day for arrival and departure, you will need to take a cab to or from the station. It will take about 15-20 minutes to get to the hotel from downtown. Call one of the two cab companies to schedule a pick-up: Doyle 701-235-5535; Lucky 7 701-235-1717.

*Sample Ole and Lena joke, for our friends farther east: One fine spring day, Ole decided to take Lena for a drive in his new car. As they were driving through town, a policeman pulled them over and told Ole that he was doing 50 miles an hour in a 30 zone. "Oh, no," Ole protested, "I vas only doing thirty, Officer." "No, you were doing fifty," replied the cop. "Really Officer, I vas only doing thirty," Ole replied stubbornly. "Well," sniffed the cop, "I clocked you doing fifty!" At that point, Lena, sitting in the back seat and trying to be helpful, spoke up. "Officer...you really shouldn't argue vit Ole ven he's been drinking."

Discover: Lewis and Clark

By Lila Pedersen, 2005 Annual Conference Publicity Chair
Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
lpederse@medicine.nodak.edu

Remembering the Routes to Discovery theme inspired by the voyage of Lewis and Clark 200 years ago, I would like to share some excellent Lewis and Clark websites that have been brought to my attention by fellow chapter members: 

Lewis and Clark: the National Bicentennial Exhibition: http://lewisandclarkexhibit.org/

This traveling exhibit is following this path of voyage: St. Louis – Philadelphia – Denver – Portland, OR – Washington, DC. It is currently in Denver. The rich, interactive website is an educational and entertaining teaching tool.

Lewis and Clark Trail.com: http://lewisandclarktrail.com/

From Yankton, SD, this site is packed with information and includes “Today in History with Lewis and Clark” containing excerpts from the company’s journals. It highlights the historical Lewis and Clark sites in the states through which the Corps of Discovery traveled.

Discovering Lewis and Clark: http://www.lewis-clark.org/

This site, from Montana, also contains journal excerpts, as well as detailed commentary by the web authors. Its focus is on “issues, values and visions relating to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, its preludes, and its aftermath up to the present time.”

The North Dakota Tourism site: http://www.ndtourism.com

Click on Lewis and Clark to find exhibits, events, and information on Lewis and Clark in North Dakota. You might even want to plan a side trip—but be aware that you would have to travel about 200 miles west from Fargo to reach the area of the state where Lewis and Clark sojourned in the winter of 2004-2005.

By Lila Pedersen, 2005 Annual Conference Publicity Chair
Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
lpederse@medicine.nodak.edu

The 2005 Annual Conference Local Arrangements Committee has put together a great variety of special events and tours for your extracurricular enjoyment! 

The following events are included in your conference registration fee:

Welcome Dessert Reception: The first half hour, 8:00 – 8:30 p.m. of this opening event on Saturday is reserved for new members and first-time conference attendees. Then the doors are open to everyone until 10:00 p.m. 
                                                                    
Fargo Theatre and Dinner: See the movie Fargo at the Fargo Theatre! This event includes a Scandinavian buffet and an opportunity to have your picture taken with Marge (from the film). The restored Fargo Theatre, which was built in 1927, was listed in USA Today as one of “ten great places to revel in cinematic grandeur.”  Warning: This film is rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.  If you do not wish to view the movie, a bus will return you to the hotel after dinner.  Check out a movie review of Fargo on Roger Ebert’s website at http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/.

PRACS Institute Tour: Wrap up your good time with a tour on Tuesday morning of the PRACS Institute. The company is the largest privately-held provider of clinical research trials and related supporting services in North America. It generates a majority of its revenue from clinical testing of generic and new pharmaceutical products. PRACS headquarters and main facility is in Fargo and is currently adding an additional 10,000 square feet. The East Grand Forks (MN) site has just completed a 25,000 square foot addition. In 2003, PRACS opened its third facility in San Diego. Visit their website at http://www.pracs.com. Note: Although there is no cost, registration is required in order to plan transportation.

The following tours and events are not included in the registration fee:

Hosted Dinners: Saturday dinner is at your own expense. There will be sign-up sheets at the registration table, along with restaurant descriptions and sample menus. You will be escorted by a delightful dinner companion from the North Dakota-Minnesota area.

Bonanzaville USA Tour: The cost is $24 for the Saturday morning tour. Bonanzaville is named after the Bonanza Farms of this region in the late 19th century, which were a result of Northern Pacific Railroad’s marketing efforts. The NPRR lobbied for large-scale, showcase farms of 1,000 acres or more to advertise the economic potential of the land on either side of the Northern Pacific’s route, in particular the land along the Minnesota-Dakota Territory border known as the Red River Valley. Bonanzaville is an historic village of over 40 buildings depicting life in the Red River Valley in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Visitors travel back to the time when bonanza farm homes dotted the wheat-blanketed plains and the general store was spilling over with merchandise. The tour includes authentic log cabins, a sod house, a church, a schoolhouse, a train depot, and a bonanza farm mansion. Each building is filled with period furnishings and artifacts. In addition, the main museum houses Native American artifacts, dolls, and much more. Vintage automobile, tractor and airplane museums are a part of the village.

Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center and Red River Boat Tour: The cost is $24 for this Saturday afternoon event, which contains several parts:

• An informative ride on the pontoon boat S.S. Ruby on the Red River of the North will begin the afternoon. It is autumn, so danger of flooding is very low. After all, this is the river that forced the evacuation of the entire city of Grand Forks in April 1997 and left residents with an average of six feet of water in their basements. The summertime captain of the S.S. Ruby is a librarian at the North Dakota State College of Science. Visit the website of the River Keepers, who operate the S.S. Ruby at http://www.riverkeepers.org.

• The central feature of the museum is a replica Viking ship, the Hjemkomst (which means “homecoming”), built by Robert Asp and his family from Moorhead, Minnesota. Asp and a hardy crew of family members and friends sailed it through the Great Lakes, starting at  Duluth, MN on Lake Superior, and across the Atlantic Ocean to Norway in 1982. You will view the award-winning film documentary chronicling the construction of the 76-foot hand-built Viking ship and its incredible 6,000-mile voyage. The ship itself is on display at the museum, standing under the flexible white sail-like roof that accommodates the ship’s tall mast. See a picture of the mighty Hjemkomst Viking ship at http://www.hjemkomst-center.com/.

• Next you will get a guided tour of the exact replica of the 72-foot tall wooden Hopperstad stavkirke (stave church) in Vik, Norway. The original church dates from the twelfth century. The stave churches were built during Norway’s transition from paganism to Christianity, so you will see both dragonheads and Celtic crosses on the roofs.

• You will have time to explore the rest of the museum. The special exhibit during September is “Quilt National”, an array of quilting trends, artistry and diversity from throughout the world.

Stitcher’s Shop Hop: The cost of $15 covers the bus ride around Fargo on Saturday afternoon. We will visit a unique needlework shop, two wonderful quilt shops, and a fabric outlet store. Plans include a stop at the Nordic Needle, which specializes in hardanger embroidery (named after the Hardanger region of Norway where this craft originated), tatting, cross stitch, and stitching accessories or embellishments. Rae-Bon Quilt and Sewing Center and Stitch It are two local quilt shops that always have irresistible fat quarters. [You mean you don’t know what a “fat quarter” is?? Expert stitchers define it thus: “a 1/4 yard cutting of fabric, but instead of cutting across the fabric in a narrow, 1/4 yard length these are half of a 1/2 yard cut” – or commonly 18"x22" (18"x 1/2 width of fabric".]  Mill End Textiles Outlet includes quilting cottons and goes beyond to include fleece and material for draperies and upholstery. Leave the parka at home because you will need the space in your luggage for your purchases. Naturally, we will find a moment to stop for home-made chocolate! So, bring that fabric swatch you want to match and hop on the bus!

Other Fargo attractions:

There is a wonderful fine arts museum, Plains Art Museum, set in a beautifully renovated turn-of-the-century warehouse in downtown Fargo (http://www.plainsart.org). While downtown, visit the eclectic Zandbroz Variety for a unique shopping experience that "the antithesis of WalMart.” Zandbroz is home to "Dakota Soda," an old-fashioned sweet shop. At the new Fargo Air Museum (http://www.fargoairmuseum.org/), located near the Fargo Airport, are historic aircraft from World War II and earlier. For sports fans, the Roger Maris Museum (http://www.rogermarismuseum.com/) traces the career of legendary Fargo athlete Roger Maris, who as a New York Yankee hit 61 home runs during the 1961 season, breaking the longstanding record of the great Babe Ruth. Located right across the street from the Holiday Inn in the West Acres Mall, you will see the actual film of Roger's last 12 homers of 1961, along with his uniforms, baseball equipment and other memorabilia.

2005 Annual Conference: Continuing Education Classes

By Lila Pedersen, 2005 Annual Conference Publicity Chair
Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
lpederse@medicine.nodak.edu

As of press time, there are still some continuing education courses open. The two courses Measuring Your Impact and Understanding Healthcare Literature are full. The two courses Developing a New Role for Librarians and Research for Beginners still have a few openings.

The following courses have a considerable number of openings yet: 

Joint Commission Standards: Management of Information and Beyond taught by Susan Schweinsberg Long, M.L.S., A.H.I.P. This course will be especially valuable to new hospital librarians and to those whose institutions have not undergone accreditation review since the 2003 standards revision. The class highlights the Shared Vision – New Pathways initiative, including the tracer survey process and the 2003 standards consolidation. Using scenarios, case studies and group discussion, participants will clarify the library’s role in maintaining organizational JCAHO compliance.

Prescription for Copyright: Know the Law! taught by Arlene Bielefield, M.L.S., J.D. Ms. Bielefield is a recognized expert in copyright law and practices. Here you will learn the basics of copyright law, especially as applied to health science libraries. Topics include fair use, print and electronic resources, reserves, interlibrary loan, the Internet, and distance education requirements. Copyright certainly is a hot issue in this age of electronic information resources and distance education!

2005 Annual Conference: Contributed Papers and Posters Technology Forum

By Lila Pedersen, 2005 Annual Conference Publicity Chair
Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
lpederse@medicine.nodak.edu

Last Minute Conference Registration Reminders!

Early registration closes August 31! Online registration will close on that date, and earlybird mail-in registration must be postmarked by that date. Beginning September 1, the conference price goes up by $50. The block of rooms at the Holiday Inn will be released after August 20. So be sure to register as soon as possible!

2005 Annual Conference Program Highlights

The 2005 Annual Conference program is taking final form. The posters and the contributed papers have been selected, and the GMR Technology Forum topics are in place!

GMR Technology Forum: Managing Electronic Resources
Monday, September 19, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

A panel, moderated by Bryan Vogh at the NN/LM GMR headquarters at the University of Illinois-Chicago, will discuss four topics:

• Acquiring an electronic collection, presented by Kathleen Strube, Aurora Health Care St. Luke’s, Milwaukee – group or consortium purchasing, working with aggregators vs. publishers, negotiating price and terms of license, taking advantage of free resources, and keeping track of the resources.

• User access to resources, presented by Deborah Adams, Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI – ezProxy and other technologies to validate your users and follow your license.

• Promotion of your electronic collection, presented by Audrey Bondar, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.

• Open forum and general discussion, led by Bryan Vogh – discussion will be entertained on any topic related to health information technology.

Contributed Papers
Three Concurrent Sessions, Sunday, September 18, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Session I:

• Gone with the Wind? The Prevalence of Vanishing Web Citations in Scientific Literature

• Expanding Electronic Journals Through Publisher Site License Access

• Uncovering the Landscape of E-journal Management

• Paths to Open Access: Navigating the Brambles and Bushes to Discover a New Future?

Session II:

• Internet Access: Barriers and Solutions for Hospital Libraries

• Charting the Course to Copyright Compliance

• Organizing for a Go Local Project

• Discovering New Routes to Training the Public Health Workforce

Session III:

• The “Integrated” Academic Health Science Library

• Road to Instruction with Pediatric Residents: EBM Journal Club

• Collaborative Discovery: Librarians and Clinical Nursing Faculty Building Online Learning Objects

• Planning the Journey and Packing for the Trip: Considerations for a Successful Outreach Program

Poster Session
Monday, September 19, 9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Posters will be staffed by presenters from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

• Adventures on the Road to Electronic Document Delivery in Rural Wisconsin, and Discoveries Along the Way

• Partnering for Patient Empowerment Through Community Awareness (PPECA): Patient Safety

• Grant Writing and Developing a Grants Information Service

• Health Information Rx – Reference Tools for Health Questions: A Statewide Demonstration Grant Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

• Reaching Out with Banned Books

• Blazing a Trail to Information Management: RefWorks and EndNote Collaboration

• Creating Tutorials for Online Learning

• Trial by Fire: Multi-Type Collaboration on a Regional Conference

• Code Yellow:  Library 9-1-1

• A Statistical Portrait of the Electronic Resources at the Library of the Health Sciences, University of North Dakota

• Discover SALUD: Connecting Current and Future Public Health Workers with Health Education Materials for Latinos

• A Multi-State Virtual Reference Project

• Digital Discovery: Finding Routes Through Bits, Bytes, Pixels, and More

• Conscience Works: A Collection of Electronically Published Works on Moral Development Psychology and Its Applications

• Integrating Multiple Access Routes to Electronic Journals in a Multi-Hospital Library System

• Linking Native Americans to Health Information: Phase II

• Students on Both Sides of the Desk

• Collaborating on the Roll-Out of a Web Content Management System at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center

• The Road Down Marketing Lane

For contributed paper and poster abstracts and authors, as well as for complete program information, go to the conference website http://midwestmla.org/2005conference and click on Program. 

Treasurer's Report

Submitted by Chris Shaffer, Midwest Chapter Treasurer
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
chris-shaffer@uiowa.edu

Chapter assets are $41,093.25  as of August 3, 2005. The budget, financial statement, ledger, accounts and reports are available on the Chapter web site at http://midwestmla.org/business/treasurer/.

The PIE Shoppe is Baking! Midwest Chapter Promotion Idea Exchange

Submitted by Elizabeth Smigielski
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
elizabeth.smigielski@louisville.edu

What’s cooking? PIE. The new Midwest Chapter Promotion Idea Exchange, The PIE Shoppe for short, is almost ready for a taste, and it’s guaranteed to be satisfying. Developed by the Midwest Chapter Task Force on Promoting Library Services, the PIE Shoppe is our forum for sharing, swapping and sparking promotion ideas and resources. It will be an online venue for posting promotional tools and for sharing ideas and tips. Among the items you can expect are: marketing plans, assessment tools, and promotional tools for classes, events and exhibits, signage, tips, database use and more. 

We’ll all go hungry without your help. The PIE Shoppe depends on your input to stock the shelves. We need samples of your work; your bookmarks, posters, and flyers, whatever the flavor. A link to the PIE Shoppe will soon appear on the Midwest Chapter homepage. Be on the look out for more information about how you can become involved. The PIE Shoppe will have an information booth at the Annual Conference in Fargo, so stop by and have a taste. Sweet or savory, we’re sure to please.

Omaha 2007 Planning

Submitted by Jim Bothmer, Teri Hartman, Jim Lander, and Chris Shaffer
2007 Conference Planning Committee Members

The 2007 Conference Planning Committee met in Omaha on July 18, 2005. Chairs from most of the conference committees were able to attend. We toured the beautiful new Hilton Omaha, which promises to be a fabulous conference venue with sunlit meeting rooms. The grand foyer for exhibits and refreshments features floor-to-ceiling picture windows. Planners also enjoyed the charm of the nearby Omaha Old Market, a 15 minute walk from the hotel, as well as scouting trips to antique stores and galleries, breakfast at an authentic 1950s diner, and a few tasty beers at Upstream Brewing.

New Member Profiles

Submitted by Mary K. Taylor, Midwest Chapter Member
Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
mtaylor@lib.siu.edu

Karen Jones is the Medical Librarian at Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights, OH. Her professional interests include consumer health and medical information. She has worked in corporate (British Petroleum) and public (Cuyahoga County) libraries. Karen has her library science degree from Case Western Reserve University, and an undergraduate degree from Kent State University. Her home town is Rocky River, OH. She loves to travel, read, learn new things and ideas, hike, play tennis, and, most of all, spend time with her family (husband, son, and "a big golden retriever named Buster"). Karen is looking forward to working with the Midwest Chapter and attending future meetings.

Andrew Osmond is the Electronic Resources & Cataloging Coordinator at Ebling Library, Health Sciences Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lisa Urbatsch is the Patient Care Assistant--Education Support at the Dr. Jack Craven Library of Mercy Medical Center (part of the Catholic Health Initiatives system) in Williston, ND. She provides in-house education for staff members and for the community, including continuing education programs, via many avenues, including satellite downlinks and webcasting. Lisa graduated from Williston State College. Her home town is Grenora, ND. She likes to read. Her oldest son recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. He and her middle son are sophomores in college at rival institutions (North Dakota State in Fargo, University of North Dakota--Grand Forks). Her youngest son is a junior in high school. She is looking forward to attending the annual meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association.

Jason Young is a solo librarian at the Medical Library of the Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, IA. He enjoys being "my own boss" but also says "What's scary is when I begin arguing with my boss." He has a degree in journalism from Iowa State University and received his MLIS from the University of Iowa in May 2004. Jason's professional goal is to "provide the best service possible." He enjoys listening to and collecting music, camping, hiking, and "spending way too much time online." He, his wife, and their dog will soon be moving to a house built in 1900. Jason says "I've only been a health sciences librarian since April 15, but so far I love it. Some of you would probably say I'm too new to know better."

Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award

Nominate a colleague for Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award! Each year, the Medical Library Association honors individuals who have rendered distinguished service to health sciences libraries and furthered the purposes of health sciences librarianship. The Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award, established in 1998 in honor of one of MLA's most respected members, honors outstanding practicing librarians or library educators in the field of health sciences librarianship and informatics who demonstrate skills in one or more of the following areas: teaching, curriculum development, mentoring, research, or leadership in education at local, regional, or national levels. The recipient receives a certificate at the annual meeting and a cash award of $500 after the annual meeting. Please take this opportunity to nominate an outstanding colleague for MLA's Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2005. Complete information and application forms for all MLA awards and honors may be found at: http://www.mlanet.org/awards/honors/index.html. If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Kirby sarah.kirby@providence-health.org, Carol Powell powell.225@osu.edu, or Michele R. Tennant michele@library.health.ufl.edu.

Mary Congleton, University of Kentucky Medical Center Library, has secured funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine for Hispanic health information outreach for the Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) based in Mt. Vernon. The $10,000 Consumer Health Award will provide computers and Internet demonstrations for four Hispanic communities in the AHEC service region in order to increase access to and awareness of Spanish language health information resources including MedlinePlus en Espanol.

New GMR Outreach Coordinator

Holly Ann Burt joined the Greater Midwest Region as the Education and Outreach Program Coordinator and the Ohio State Contact Librarian on August 1st. Previous to working for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, she served as Information Resource Manager and internal webmaster for the National Patient Safety Foundation. She received a bachelor’s degree in Astronomy from San Diego State University and a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary before earning her Master of Library and Information Science from Dominican University in 2002. Her library experience includes cataloging antiquarian maps at the Newberry Library and cross-country federal archive hopping as the family genealogist, as well as an internship at Northwestern University’s Schaffner Library. Holly taught science in high schools in California and Benin, West Africa; substituted in first grade through college classes in California, Oklahoma and Illinois; and continues to teach religious topics in church settings. She enjoys reading, singing, science and cats and is excited to be sharing in the vital NN/LM community. Holly may be reached at haburt@uic.edu or 312-996-8480.

OHSLA Fall Meeting

The Ohio Health Sciences Library Association 2005 Fall Meeting will be held Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at the Genome Research Institute in Cincinnati:

• 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast

• 10:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon Blogs, RSS, & Libraries, Oh My! presented by Glen Horton, Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium.

• 12:00 Noon -1:00 p.m. Lunch/Business Meeting

• 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Electronic Serials Management presented by Mary Conroy, OHIONET and representatives from Serials Solutions and EBSCO.

• 3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Wrap Up and Evaluation

The registration fee is $40 which includes continental breakfast and lunch. For more information visit the OHSLA website http://www.ohslanet.org/events/announcement.html or contact Joan Giglierano, Chair, OHSLA Communications Committee 614-292-4863, or e-mail: giglierano.1@osu.edu.

Hardin Scholarly Communication Newsletter

Hardin Scholarly Communication News (HSCN), distributed by Hardin Library at the University of Iowa, brings together a variety of topics that affect the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new developments, open access and alternative publishing models in the health sciences. The newsletter aims to reflect the interests of its readers, so comments, suggestions and entries to include are welcomed by the editor. Subscribers also receive the News@Hardin newsletter. Keep your eye out for the August issue due out at the end of the month. Visit: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/scholarly_comm_news.html.

MIDLINE is published in electronic format four times a year by the Midwest Chapter/Medical Library Association. The newsletter and archives are available at http://midwestmla.org/MIDLINE/. Statements and positions expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily represent the official positions of the Chapter, the Chapter Board, or the Editor. Contributions from all Chapter members are welcomed and encouraged. Copy deadlines for coming issues are as follows:

Issue	Copy Deadline	Posting Date
Fall	October 15, 2005	November 15, 2005
Winter	January 15, 2006	February 15, 2006
Spring	April 15, 2006	May 15, 2006
Summer	July 15, 2006	August 15, 2006

Contributions may be edited for brevity, clarity, or conformance to style. The Medical Library Association Style Manual, available at http://mlanet.org/publications/style, provides guidelines for MIDLINE contributors. All copy should be submitted in electronic format to the editor, Clare Leibfarth (e-mail: LEIBFARTH@exchange.oucom.ohiou.edu). Photos should be submitted as .jpeg files.