Welcome!
We would like to invite you to come celebrate WHSLA's 25th
anniversary in the beautiful setting of the Wisconsin River
valley. The Stoney Creek Inn offers excellent conference facilities,
along with warm and cozy Northwood's decor...natural stone,
cedar, real log walls, and a fireplace in the lobby!
The two day conference will include keynote speaker Michelynn
McKnight, an Anniversary/business lunch, interactive forums,
CE courses, a special reception, GMR update, new information
on WISCAT and Badgerlink, board and consortia meetings, and
lots of networking with colleagues.
Much more has also been planned to add to your experience.
Hope you will be able to join us in Wausau!
2002 Annual Meeting Committee
Peg Allen
Barb Bartkowiak
Janet Dixon
Cindy Herzog
Mindy LaBonte
Conference Site & Lodging
The Stoney Creek Inn captures a rustic, Northwood’s feeling
in the largest conference center in the Wausau area. When you
see a life-sized, hand-carved bear, you know you’ve arrived!
It is conveniently located off Interstate 39 and next to the
Cedar Creek Outlet Mall and popular restaurants. Features include
an indoor pool, exercise room, and continental breakfast.
A block of rooms have been reserved for attendees at a rate
of $57.00 plus 12% tax based on single/double occupancy. All
rooms have either one king size bed or two double beds. Rollaway
beds are available for an additional fee. Call 1-800-659-2220
to reserve a room. Please make sure to tell the reservation
agent that you are with the WHSLA group when you call. For more
information visit the Stoney Creek Inn website. www.stoneycreekinn.com
Driving Directions
From Madison/Milwaukee: (Approx. 2.25 hours from Madison)
From Hwy 90/94 West, take Hwy 39/51 North. Exit 185 just south
of Wausau. Turn right off the ramp and right at the lights.
From Appleton: (Approx. 2 hours)
From Hwy 10 West, take Hwy 39/51 North. Exit 185 just south
of Wausau. Turn right off the ramp and right at the lights.
From Green Bay/Eau Claire: (Approx. 2 hours)
From Hwy 29, take Hwy 39/51 South. Exit 185 just south of Wausau.
Turn right off the ramp and right at the lights.
Monday, April 22
| 8:00
AM - 10:00 AM |
Board
Meeting |
| 9:30
AM - 10:30 AM |
Registration |
| 10:30
AM |
Welcome |
| 10:35
AM - 11:30 AM |
Celebrating
Your Worth
Speaker: Michelynn Mcknight, AHIP |
Michelynn McKnight, AHIP
As we celebrate 25 years of WHSLA, Michelynn McKnight will help
us identify the strengths derived from our professional associations,
both formal and informal. She will challenge us to build on
our history for a winning future. As she wrote when running
for election to the MLA Board, “Together, we have so much
experience and expertise to share. Together, we can promote
our profession more than we can alone. Together, we can influence
librarian and non-librarian policy makers for the sake of our
clients.
As Director of the Health Sciences Library, Norman Regional
Hospital, Norman, OK, Michelynn McKnight knows the challenges
of our profession. In her sixteen years as a community hospital
librarian, she has survived a dozen corporate reorganizations
and consistently improved and expanded services. In addition,
she is a doctoral student, University of North Texas, where
her dissertation research is an ethnographic study of nurses’
information seeking behavior. She is also a Visiting Lecturer,
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University
of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign and an adjunct instructor,
School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma.
Her numerous professional achievements include serving as the
current Chair of the Hospital Libraries section of the Medical
Library Association (MLA), election to the MLA Board of Directors,
and serving as President of the Oklahoma Health Sciences Library
Association. Her publications list is extensive, and she is
a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information
Professionals.
| 11:30
AM - 1:00 PM |
Anniversary/Business
Lunch |
Help us celebrate WHSLA’s 25th Anniversary by taking part
in this special lunch. The business meeting will feature organizational
issues, Library and Librarian of the Year Awards, and PRIZES!
| 1:00
PM - 4:00 PM |
Interactive
Forums |
Take part in these interactive forums to discuss timely topics
with your colleagues. Sessions will be scheduled in three 45-minute
time slots, with repeats based on member interest. Leaders will
prepare 15-20 minutes of content, to be followed by questions
and sharing of relevant experience. If you have topic-related
resources to share, please bring 50 – 100 copies. Remember
to choose three on your registration form.
* Consumer Health : Cultural Diversity: How are you responding
to the health information needs of Wisconsin’s increasingly
diverse population? Where do you go for information in languages
other than English, such as Spanish and Hmong? What are others
doing on a local and national level?
Leader: Tammy Mays, Consumer Health Coordinator for the Greater
Midwest Region, NN/LM
* Grantsmanship: Are you aware of the NLM, NN/LM, and private
foundation funds available to augment your limited budget? What
are the key things to include in your application? What happens
once you are funded? We’ll share information from classes
and personal experience.
Leader: Peg Allen, Library Consultant and author of five funded
NLM and NN/LM grants and contracts.
* Electronic Journals / Pubmed Linkout: What are the trends
in electronic journal publishing? How do you mange electronic
subscriptions? Will PubMed Linkout work for you?
Leader: Chris Shaffer, Technology Coordinator Consumer Health
Coordinator for the Greater Midwest Region, NN/LM
* Copyright: What’s new in copyright? How do you handle
those multiple copy requests? Where do you go for more information?
Basic issues and implementations of copyright within our individual
libraries will be the focus of this commiseration/discussion.
Leader: Barb Bartkowiak, Reference Librarian, Marshfield Clinic
* WISCAT / Badgerlink Update: How can you use the new WISCAT
for cataloging and interlibrary loan? What’s new with BadgerLink?
Leaders will demonstrate the new WISCAT union catalog and interlibrary
loan management systems and provide an update on BadgerLink.
Plans are being made for the new interlibrary loan program to
be able to interconnect with the DOCLINE service.
Leaders: Sally Drew, Director and Terry Wilcox, Interlibrary
Loan Librarian, Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library
| 5:00
PM - 7:00 PM |
Evening
Reception at the Leigh
Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Sponsored by OVID |
Join us in a private reception at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson
Art Museum , North central Wisconsin’s premier art museum
featuring special exhibitions, collections rooted in bird imagery,
and sculpture-filled gardens to delight visitors of all ages.
Special exhibition on view April 22:
* Picasso : 25 Years of Ceramics
* Ink and Paper : Pablo Picasso Prints
For more information on the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
please visit their website.
www.lywam.org
| 7:00
PM - 9:00 PM |
Around
the Town Dinners |
Join your local hosts for dinner at one of several Wausau area
restaurants. Menus and sign-up sheets will be available in the
registration area.
Tuesday, April 23
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Sunrise
Breakfast
Partially sponsored by GMR NN/LM |
Enjoy a breakfast buffet and learn what’s new with NLM,
the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and our own Greater
Midwest Region.
| 9:00
AM - 1:00 PM |
Continuing
Education Courses |
* Proving Your Worth : Professional, Business, and Political
Tools
Does your CEO perceive the library’s value as somewhere
between the fountain in the lobby and the doughnuts in the doctors’
lounge? Learn to use legitimate business, political, and professional
tools to show the impact of your essential services. Take home
practical ideas and strategies you can use immediately. This
4 hour course focuses on promoting the value of library services
to administrators, decision-makers, and users.
Instructor: Michelynn McKnight, Director of the Health Sciences
Library, Norman Regional Hospital, Norman, OK
* Website Usability : Making Your Content Accessible
Usability rules the web. If a patron can’t navigate your
website, then he or she will not use your library to find information.
The rest of the Internet is only a mouse click away. Participants
in this four hour workshop will learn how to conduct usability
studies without expensive consultants, how to create accessible
web pages, and how to apply design simplicity to their websites.
Workshop topics include integration of diverse resources, library
websites as components of institutional websites, and Internet
vs. Intranet design.
Instructor: Chris Shaffer, Technology Coordinator Consumer Health
Coordinator for the Greater Midwest Region, NN/LM
| 1:15
PM - 2:15 PM |
Northwestern
Consortia Meeting |
If other groups are interested in meeting during this time
please contact Mindy LaBonte (715-346-5091 or labontem@smhosp.org
).
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The WHSLA 2002 Spring Conference is brought to you with the
support of:
Gold Sponsor:
OVID
Silver Sponsors:
CINAHL
DIVINE
GMR NN/LM
MDConsult
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