Philadelphia Regional Chapter / Medical Library Association
The one day conference will be held on April 2, 2009 at the University Conference Center on the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine Campus. Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean of Library Services, Duke University Medical Center Library, will present the keynote address focusing on changes in health sciences libraries, the implications for librarian roles, and the need to transform skill sets.
The $787 billion economic stimulus bill approved by Congress will, for the first time, provide substantial amounts of money for the NIH and for related Health Concerns which were highlighted in the stimulus package summary previously presented.
Included in this Omnibus package is the FY 2009 Labor-HHS-Educations Appropriations bill. Currently, most Federal health and education programs are funded at their FY 2008 levels by a continuing resolution (CR) that will expire on March 6. Recognizing that the CR is set to expire, it is likely that appropriators will work to advance this legislation in the near future. Below are the preliminary details on the funding within this package.
Robb Mackes, DelMIRA Project Coordinator for the Delaware Academy of Medicine, learned this week that he is the recipient of the Thomson Reuters/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award!
Through Robb’s management, DelMIRA (Delaware Medical Information Resource Alliance) provides access to electronic databases, textbooks and journals to all acute care hospitals and four federally qualified health centers in Delaware. DelMIRA was created to “… address the disparity in access to biomedical information and health data that exists statewide and affects all types of health care institutions.”
Robb can add this award to his many accomplishments including the “Librarian of the Year” award he received in 2008 from HSLANJ: the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey.
Congratulations Robb!!
Title: Drexel University Libraries’ Scholarly Communication Symposium
Location: Drexel University, Bossone Lobby
Link out: Click here
Description: For What It’s Worth: The Hidden Costs of Scholarly Communication
Start Time: 08:30
Date: 2009-04-16
End Time: 13:30
Please be sure to send Rachel Resnick your articles, columns, reports, photos by March 1.
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