Monthly Archive for October, 2007Page 2 of 2

Drexel University Libraries/ Dash for Democracy

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Rebecca Raszewski
on October 5, 2007
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Join Drexel University Libraries in supporting a good cause and getting a little exercise!

On November 3, 2007, Drexel University Libraries will be teaming up with other local library workers and friends to participate in the Dash for Democracy 5K run/walk. Each team competing in the Dash chooses a cause to represent in the race. The team with the most registered participants running/walking for the same cause will receive $2,000 to donate to its chosen cause. There is no personal fundraising required. Read more>>>

October is National Medical Librarians Month!

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Rebecca Raszewski
on October 4, 2007
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In honor of National Medical Librarians Month, please share any pictures or promotions your libraries are doing on the MLA-Phil website!

I’ll start this off with where I work. On the Drexel University Health Sciences Libraries’ website, there will be a blog entry (update: here it is!) with a link to profiles of the librarians.

To see what other libraries are doing in the region, take a look at the Middle Atlantic Region on NLM’s website. This page features a description of Delaware Academy of Medicine’s Wellness Wednesdays.

MLA Webcast: Scholarly Publishing and Open Access: Straight Talk

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Lynne Joshi
on October 2, 2007
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[update: read Ellen's post-even wrap up --gar] Without a doubt dramatic changes over the past several years in scientific, technical, and medical publishing have opened a Pandora’s box of questions for library patrons, researchers, and librarians. Attend the November webcast and join your colleagues in a conversation about how publishers are reacting to open access, the new access models that are emerging and how these changes will continue to impact our libraries and their users.

Scheduled speakers:

Heather Joseph, Executive Director Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Washington DC

Patricia Thibodeau, AHIP, FMLA Associate Dean, Library Services and Archives, and Director, Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durham, NC, and Chair, Medical Library Association, Scholarly Publishing Task Force

Karen Albert, AHIP Director, Library Services, Talbot Research Library, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA

Location:

Thomas Jefferson University
Herbut Auditorium
College Building - lower level
1025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(directly across from the Scott Library)

Cost:
$20 MLA/SLA Members
$25 Non-members
$15 Students/Retirees/Between Jobs

Register now!

For more information, contact:
Sharon Easterby-Gannett at seg@christianacare.org (302-733-1164)
or
Ellen Justice at ejustice@christianacare.org (302-733-1179)

Take advantage of this national continuing education event and earn 3.5 MLA CE contact hours.

Check here for more information about the webcast:
http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/scholarlypub/index.html?home_20071002

Call for focus group volunteers: Value of Libraries Planning Study

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Gary Kaplan
on October 1, 2007
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The Value of Libraries Planning Study Group asks for 6-8 hospital librarians, or librarians in an academic medical center that serve a hospital, to attend a focus group on the afternoon of Friday, October 12, 2007. The results of the focus group, which will be facilitated by Elaine Martin of the University of Massachusetts and tape recorded, will inform the work of the Value of Libraries Planning Study Group in defining and shaping a research study on the value of libraries. Focus group attendees will be asked to interview their hospital administrators prior to the focus group, using a standard set of questions.

To volunteer for the focus group, please contact PJ Grier at plg@delamed.org or 302-733-3937. Once you have been confirmed as a focus group volunteer, he will be in touch with you about exact location and times, as well as provide you with the list of questions to ask your hospital administrator.

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