Don't Forget to Register for the MLA Webcast

Moving at the Speed of Byte: Emerging Technologies for Information Management
MLA's Educational Webcast
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Times/Locations:

1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Children's Hospital Boston (includes wrap-around)

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mass Medical School

The agenda for this 2-hour program is packed and includes: Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, RSS/Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis and a look at what future technologies (such as mobile technology, biomedical informatics and nano-technology) might bring to medical libraries.

Lots more information about the program is available on the MLA website (<http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/technologies/index.html>) including bios of the presenters, goals and a more detailed agenda. Charles Greenberg, one of NAHSL’s “own” who works at Yale, is one of the speakers, and there is a link to his surgery blog on the bio page!

Boston Location: Children's Hospital Boston (includes wrap around)
Time: 1:30 – 5:00
MLA CE credits: 3.5
The Boston location will include a exciting wrap-around session with two MAHSLIN members who will discuss the use of some of these technologies in their libraries. Brandy King, Librarian, Center for Media and Child Health, will talk about her new blog for the Center and Cara Helfner, Librarian, Kessler Health Education Library, will talk about the use of podcasting in her library.

There is no charge to MAHSLIN members to attend either program. There is a $10 charge for non-MAHSLIN members to attend the Webcast at the Boston location. Registration deadline is Friday, November 3rd.

To register for the Boston location, please email Alison Clapp (Alison.Clapp@childrens.harvard.edu) the following information:
Your Name:
Your Institution:
Your Email:
Your Work Phone:

Worcester Location: Univ. of MA Medical School, Worcester, MA, Room S2-321 (Second Floor of Medical School Building)
Time: 2:00-4:00
MLA CE credits: 2.0
URL to Register: <http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/mlawebcast.html>

There is no charge to attend the program at the Worcester location.

This page last updated November 02, 2006