MIDLINE

Submitted by Karen Hanus
Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Milwaukee, WI

When registering for MLA '09, be sure to sign up for Chapter Council Presents Sharing Roundtables on Sunday, May 17, 2009, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. If you wish to attend, you must register for a roundtable topic when you submit your annual meeting registration.

Tickets are $38 and include a lunch of salad with pineapple cream dressing, grilled chicken with papaya barbecue sauce, market vegetable sauté, roasted baby potatoes, ginger cake with exotic fruit and island punch. Please indicate dietary restrictions on your registration form.

Facilitators will be at each table to initiate discussion and encourage participation. Recorders will be available to document the discussion for posting on the Chapter Council website. Facilitators and recorders earn one point toward membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals for completing these activities. If you would like to share your skills and expertise as a facilitator or a recorder, please email Angela Dixon.

Topics for the 2009 roundtables are:
1. Archives Management in Health Sciences Libraries
2. Building Partnerships
3. Changes in Technical Service in a Digital Environment
4. Clinical Decision-making Tools (UptoDate, MD Consult)
5. Collection Development
6. Copyright Issues
7. Evidence-based Nursing
8. Expert Searching
9. Future of Medical Libraries/Librarians
10. How to Obtain Funds for Library Projects
11. How to Stay Current with New Technologies
12. Influencing Decision Makers
13. Integrating You or the Library into the Curriculum
14. Issues in Chapter Leadership
15. Issues in Hospital Librarianship
16. Liaisons Stepping Out of the Library
17. Librarian as a Consultant
18. Library Renovation/Space Planning
19. Management of E-resources
20. Marketing Library Services
21. Measuring Success with Web 2.0 Tools
22. New and Emerging Roles for Medical Librarians
23. Open Source Applications for Libraries
24. Oral History
25. Outreach
26. Personalized Medicine/Personal Health Records
27. Research for Librarians
28. Searching the Gray Literature
29. Supporting Magnet Status Initiatives
30. Using New Technologies and Instructional Design for Teaching

The list of topics are also located on page 10 of the MLA Meeting Preliminary Program. Additional information on each topic is available here. The Chapter Sharing Roundtables event is co-chaired by Karen Hanus, the Midwest Chapter's Alternate Representative to the MLA Chapter Council.

The Midwest Chapter/MLA's 2009 "Free Lunch Award" is open for applications. Two awards will be offered to Midwest Chapter/MLA members. The deadline for entries is Tuesday, March 31. Award recipients will be notified by Friday, April 3, 2009.

Requirements:

• Applicants must be Midwest Chapter/MLA Members. Not a member? Go here to join.


• Applicants must be attending the MLA Annual Meeting in Honolulu AND be pre-registered for the Chapter Council Roundtables (there are no on-site registrations allowed).


• Tickets are $38 and must be pre-paid by the applicant.


• The two winners will be reimbursed $38 each after the meeting.


• Applications Must Include:


• Name, work or home address and email address or phone number


• The specific Roundtable that was selected


• A paragraph or two describing "Why I Deserve a Free Lunch" (Creativity and conciseness are encouraged! Entries are judged on humor, pathos and/or neediness)