State news compiled by Ximena Chrisagis, Chair, State Liaisons Committee
Fordham Health Sciences Library
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Kentucky
Submitted by Mary Congleton
University of Kentucky Medical Center Library, Lexington, KY
The Kentucky Medical Library Association met on November 10, 2009 at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville for a business meeting, yummy snacks (provided by host Dina Burshteyn) and a CE program on disaster planning. Mary Congleton, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for Kentucky, presented the NN/LM's "10-Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning" to thirteen participants.
North Dakota
Submitted by Karen Anderson
Angus L. Cameron Medical Library, Trinity Health, Minot, ND
The spring meeting of the Health Science Information Section (HSIS) of the North Dakota Library Association is scheduled for April 30th, 2010 on the campus Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota. Max Anderson, Technology Coordinator from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region, will be instructing a CE course titled "Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials. More information on this training opportunity can be found at http://nnlm.gov/training/screencasting/index.html
Ohio
Submitted by Bette Sydelko and Ximena Chrisagis
Wright State University Libraries, Dayton, OH
The Ohio Health Sciences Library Association (OHSLA) will meet on April 19, 2010 at Mt. Carmel in Columbus. Two MLA CE courses will be presented: Advanced PubMed by Holly Burt and Geeks Bearing Lite Gifts by Max Anderson.Ohio also has several new representatives:
- Lisa McCormick of the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati is OHSLA's newly appointed representative to the Ohio Collaborative for Clear Health Communication. The Collaborative is a program of the Ohio Statewide Area Health Education Center (AHEC) (http://medicine.osu.edu/orgs/outreach/AHEC/Pages/index.aspx). As representative, Lisa will serve as a conduit for communication and health literacy initiatives between the collaborative and the Association, local library groups, health sciences and hospital libraries, and library science educational programs in Ohio.
- Mike McGraw of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library is Ohio's Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) representative to the GMR; his two-year term began in June.
- Mary Pat Harnegie from Cleveland Clinic Alumni Foundation Library is OHSLA's current "representative on the Ohio Council of Library and Information Services (OCLIS).