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…
Category: Conferences and Meetings – HSLI
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…
2014 HSLI Conference November 13-14, Champaign Illinois
Mark your calendars for November 13-14, 2014 for the HSLI annual conference. The 2014 meeting will be held in at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign, Illinois. The theme for the meeting is “Communicate and Advocate”.
Conference Report – Carmen Howard
The 2013 Midwest Chapter/MLA and HSLI conference was a new experience for me, and I would like to thank the Syed Maghrabi Scholarship committee and all of HSLI for giving me the opportunity to attend. Although I have been a librarian for many years, I am relatively new to the health sciences and this was…
Conference Report – Daneen Richardson
I want to thank the committee for awarding me one of the Syed Maghrabi Scholarships for the 2013 Joint Midwest Chapter MLA/HSLI Conference. This assistance allowed me to attend the conference as a participant as well as a member of the planning committee. I attended the Saturday morning CE Planning, Conducting, & Publishing Research. Our instructors, Nancy…
Conference Report – Michael Wold
“The Practice of Medicine is an art, not a trade, not a business, but a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head.“-William Osler, MD, 1849-1919. I think this quote could read “The Practice of Medical Librarianship is an art.”This conference, Navigating a River of Information, reflected so many talented, innovative, progressive,…
All for One Conference, 2015
The dates have been set for October 21-24, 2015 at the Peoria Civic Center for the All for One conference. This will be a joint meeting of academic, public, school and special library associations.
Submit Nominations for 2013 Starfish-Thrower Award Deadline Oct 3rd.
Do you know someone who has made an important contribution of time and/or talent to our organization? Would you like to recognize a fellow member for their participation in HSLI? Nominate the person for the 2013 Starfish-Thrower Award! This award is based on the story of the child who “makes a difference” by throwing stranded…
Call for Papers and Posters Midwest Chapter MLA and HSLI Conference
Call for Papers and Posters The Program Committee invites proposals for contributed papers and posters for the joint Midwest Chapter MLA and HSLI Conference to be held October 5-8, 2013 in East Peoria, Illinois. The conference theme is “Navigating a River of Information”. We encourage you to take a literal or figurative (use your fertile…
Save the Date: Midwest Chapter Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Chapter Meeting, East Peoria, IL, October 4-8, 2013
HSLI is pleased to be hosting the Midwest Chapter MLA Annual Chapter Meeting will be held in East Peoria, IL from October 4 to 8, 2013. At Midwest 2013, participants will focus on “Navigating a River of Information”, appropriately accompanied by the scenic Illinois River that the East Peoria Embassy Suites East Peoria – Hotel…