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Learn to develop Web-based Instruction — Submit Your Application Today!

Learn to develop Web-based Instruction — Submit Your Application Today!

The Medical Library Association is hosting its 2nd institute to teach the skills need to develop web-based instruction. MLA is currently accepting applications to this Institute. The deadline date for submissions is Friday, March 21st.

The MLA CE Institute 2008: Developing Web-Based Instruction

Who: Based on a competitive process, twenty MLA-approved continuing education (CE) instructors and NN/LM coordinators will be selected for this learning opportunity.

What: At the MLA CE Institute, instructors will participate in intensive training and spend time in course development to transfer their existing face-to-face classes into Web-based mentored courses.

Where: Downtown Chicago

When: May 13-16, 2008

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Drexel University Libraries’ Scholarly Communication Symposium 2008: Scholar2Scholar

Drexel University Libraries invite you to the 2008 Scholarly Communication Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Please join us!

The Drexel University Libraries, with support from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), will present The 5th Annual Scholarly Communication Symposium titled: Scholar2Scholar: How Web 2.0 is Changing Scholarly Communication. Join us for a half-day symposium featuring a speaker presentation by Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor, Chemistry and E-Learning Coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University, followed by panel and roundtable discussions. An optional Dutch-treat networking lunch concludes the day.

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The Leslie Nicholas Lecture: Health Information Technology in the 21st Century

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Presents

The Leslie Nicholas Lecture

Health Information Technology in the 21st Century:
Where Are We and What’s Next?

David Bates, MD
Chief, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical Director, Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partner’s Healthcare Systems
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health

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Dr. Albert C. Barnes: The Physician, the Collector, and the Collection

Presented by William S. Tasman, MD, former Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Institute and Professor and Emeritus Chairman of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University; and Derek Gillman, LLM, Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation, this program will explore the remarkable life of Dr. Albert C. Barnes both as a physician (and his role in the development of Argyrol) and as the collector of what is now one of the world’s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings..

Tuesday March 11, 2008, 6.15 pm

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia

Complimentary Reception to Follow Program

To register call 215.563.3737, ext. 304 or email lectures@collphyphil.org

Visit http://www.collphyphil.org to register on-line and for a complete listing of programs

This program is supported, in part, by Citizens Bank.

Patient Safety Resource Seminar: Librarians on the Front Lines

Join us at Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson University, for a seminar on Patient Safety. This interactive seminar will be conducted by Arpita Bose of the MAR. You will learn how librarians can play an active role in Patient Safety activities in the workplace. Attendees will earn 2.5 MLA CE credits. Space is limited for this free event. For more information, and to register, contact Jackie Knuckle.