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Evidence-based nursing CE in New Jersey

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Daniel Kipnis
on November 8, 2007
in Continuing Education and Events
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Our MLA neighbors in New Jersey are sponsoring a CE course on “Finding the Evidence: Evidence-based Practice in Nursing”

While finding evidence in the medical literature has become fairly standardized, finding the evidence in the nursing literature can be less straightforward. This class will include a basic overview and history of EBP in nursing, hierarchies of quantitative and qualitative evidence, formulating the question and finding the right resources, as well as covering aspects unique to nursing, such as qualitative meta-synthesis and EBP in nursing administration.

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Firefox 2.0

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Gary Kaplan
on November 6, 2007
in Continuing Education and Events
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Our friends at Philadelphia SLA will hold their 3rd TechTopics workshop on making the most of the Firefox browser. If the first two–on the 2.0 Office and Second Life–are any indication, this will be an excellent session. The workshop will be held in-person and via webcast.

The hands-on session will introduce student and professional librarians to Firefox and add-on’s in a computer lab setting. Included are automation add-on’s such as iMacros, Wikipedia Toolbar, Google Toolbar & LibX and organizational toolbars such as Del.icio.us & Zotero. Come find out how to use add-on’s to customize your browsing experience, automate tasks and get the most out the web. Session requires pre-registration and the pre-work of exporting your browser bookmarks to a file to work with in class. Christopher Curry is the Digital Archives Technician for the Drexel University Archives and Special Collections, and is close to completing his MS in Library Science at Drexel’s iSchool.

MLA members are eligible for the member rate. Registration deadline is Friday, November 9. Details at: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cphl/index.htm

MLA Webcast: Scholarly Publishing and Open Access: Straight Talk

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Lynne Joshi
on October 2, 2007
in Continuing Education and Events
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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

Hawaii! Call for MLA ‘09 CE Course and Symposia Ideas

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Daniel Kipnis
on September 19, 2007
in Continuing Education and Promotion
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MLA is now accepting ideas for exciting & innovative courses and symposia to offer at MLA ‘09 in Hawaii. Courses and symposia would be held on May 15, May 16 and May 20, 2009. Suggestions must be submitted by Friday, December 14, 2007, for consideration by the MLA Continuing Education Committee (CEC) at its Midwinter meeting, in January 2008. Read more>>>

MLA Webcast - Survival of the Fittest: Strategies to Prove Your Library’s Value

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Gary Kaplan
on February 13, 2007
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Join your colleagues on March 7, 2007 as the Philadelphia Regional Chapter hosts MLA’s spring webcast!

Take advantage of this national continuing education event. Share ideas with colleagues about marketing your library, learn techniques from MLA member experts and earn up to 3.5 MLA CE contact hours.

Scheduled speakers:

  • Kathleen A. Boylan, Senior Vice President of Public Communications Inc., Chicago, IL
  • Rosalind F. Dudden, Health Sciences Librarian of the Gerald Tucker Memorial Medical Library, National Jewish Medical & Research Center, Denver, CO
  • Chris Olsen, Marketing Consultant to Information Professionals , Chris Olsen & Associates, Grasonville, MD

More information about the webcast is available on mlanet.org

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