Join us Thursday, March 20, 2014, from 1:00pm-5:00pm for “Measuring What Matters to Stakeholders.” This continuing education session will be taught by Ruth Holst, Associate Director of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region. Participants are eligible to receive 4 hours of Medical Library Association credit. This is a free session, but…
Year: 2014
Conference Report – Linda Feinberg
I want to thank the scholarship committee for choosing me as one of the recipients of the Syed Maghrabi Scholarship. This enabled me to attend the meeting with less financial worries. The educational funds through my hospital are a lot harder to come by, as I’m sure everyone is aware and experiencing. Of immediate use…
Conference Report – Virginia Gale
The message I heard over and over again was technology in service of the library user and library staff. There is no substitute for knowing what your users want, but, as I’ve always said, we have to stay at least one step ahead of some our users and show others that technology has moved beyond…
Conference Report – Leslie Menz
Thank you so very much to the 2013 Syed Maghrabi Scholarship Committee for awarding me a scholarship to Midwest Chapter MLA 2013 Navigating a River of Information October 4 through October 8, 2013 in East Peoria, IL. It was an honor to be chosen. The conference was held on the banks of the Illinois River at the…
Illinois’ New Concealed-Carry Law
Hope everyone had a nice holiday. I’m sure many of you are aware that Illinois’ new concealed-carry law, which allows concealed carry by those individuals not deemed as posing a threat to the public, went into effect on January 1. As this article from the Springfield State Journal-Register notes, the law will not have much impact on…