INDIANA - The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Indiana Health Sciences Librarians Association (IHSLA) will be held April 10 and 11, 2008, at the Marten House, Indianapolis, Indiana. This year's meeting theme is "Don't Hesitate! Innovate: Transforming the Future of Medical Librarians." A CE Course on health literacy will be taught by Melinda Orebaugh, MLS. Get all the details here. Early bird registration ends March 21!
IOWA - The Iowa Library Association Health Sciences Subdivision will be meeting at Des Moines University on April 18, 2008. The business meeting will be held in the morning along with a tour of the DMU Human Simulation Lab. The afternoon will be devoted to a workshop "Prescription for Success: Consumer Health Information on the Web" taught by Jacqueline Leskovec, Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator for the Greater Midwest Region.
KENTUCKY - The Kentucky Medical Library Association Spring Education Meeting will be held April 29, 2008 at the Hospice of the Bluegrass Library in Lexington. Course presenter will be Diane Wolf, MSLS.
NORTH DAKOTA - The Health Science Information Section of the North Dakota Library Association will meet Friday, April 18, 2008 in Fargo, ND. The program will be "Communication: How to Communicate in an Open, Honest, and Effective Way" presented by Linda Schwartzwalter, Organizational Development Coordinator at MeritCare.
OHIO - The Ohio Health Sciences Library Association spring meeting will be Friday, April 4th, 2008 at the Medical Heritage Center in the Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University. The 4 hour CE class on "Health Literacy" will be presented by Janet Petty, MLIS, AHIP and Sandra Cornett, PhD, RN.
WISCONSIN - The Wisconsin Health Science Library Association will be skipping its regular spring annual meeting since MLA will be close by in Chicago this spring. WHSLA will have its annual business meeting in Chicago during the MLA meeting on Tuesday, May 20th. A 4-hour CE class is also being planned to be held in Stevens Point, WI. The tentative date is April 25th. Watch for details!