Kentucky
The Kentucky Medical Library Association hosted a CE program at the University of Kentucky's William T. Young Library in Lexington on June 12 presented by Lisa Traditi of the University of Colorado, Denver Health Sciences Library. Lisa's presentation, "The Librarian and the Evidence: Our Role in EBHC," was well received.
Minnesota
The Health Science Libraries of Minnesota (HSLM) sponsored a program on October 13, 2009, and reached out to library paraprofessionals and technicians in the state as well as HSLM members. The morning session was presented by Samanthi Hewakapuge of the GMR on consumer health information on the Web, and the afternoon session was "Cool Web 2.0 Tools" by Melissa Rethlefsen from Mayo Clinic.
North Dakota
The fall Health Science Information Section (HSIS) of the North Dakota Library Association (NDLA) meeting was held September 24 in Dickinson, ND, at the NDLA Annual Meeting.
Travis Schulz received the HSIS Professional Development Grant to attend this year's Midwest Chapter conference. Travis is also the new HSIS chair. Mary Markland is chair-elect, and Theresa Norton was elected as secretary.
GMR Consumer Health Coordinator Samanthi Hewakapuge gave a GMR update at our meeting. She also gave two "Healthy Aging at Your Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information" presentations at NDLA. Ann Pederson discussed emergency disaster plans for North Dakota.