(via Jacqueline Leskovec, National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region)
DEADLINE: Friday, November 6th, 2015 (only one Illinois location has applied so far)
How to Become a GMR Sponsored Webinar Site http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/mla-webinar
The GMR will sponsor the registration costs for up to *two (2) individual webinar events per state* in the region for the final three 2015 MLA Webinars. As only a limited number of webinars can be sponsored; please work with your state and local health science librarian groups to identify centralized locations. All webinars come with on-demand recording available through 12/31/15.
NOTE: Select the upcoming MLA webinar
<http://www.mlanet.org/p/bl/et/blogid=61> for which you would like to be sponsored – but be aware our current plan is to only fund two events per state.
Applications for these final three webinars are due by *Friday, November 6, 2015*.
– *Webinar:* *Instructional Design for Medical Librarians *
*Date/Time:* Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., CT
More information
<http://www.mlanet.org/blog/instructional-design-webinar>
– *Webinar:* *Precision Medicine: What Is It and Why Should I Care? *
*Date/Time:* Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., CT
More information <http://www.mlanet.org/blog/precision-medicine-webinar>
– *Webinars:* *EHR Integration (*More information TBA)
*Date/Time:* Wednesday, TBD, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., CT
*To submit your request to be a sponsored site for one of the August webinars:*
- Download and/or print a copy of the MLA Webcast registration form:
MLA Registration Form
<http://nnlm.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/multi_webinar_reg_fall_0.doc>
- Complete the form *and sign the bottom of the form*
– Do not mark any of the boxes related to registration fees
– DO mark the box(es) for the webinar(s) for which you are requesting
sponsorship
– Do not include purchase order or credit card information; no
payment is required
- *Do not send the form to MLA. * Instead
– If you are in Michigan, email your application to Barbara Platts
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,’cvml’,’bplatts@mhc.net’);>
– Otherwise, either fax the completed form to:
Christina Heinrich
GMR Project Assistant
312-996-2226 (fax)
– OR send the form electronically to gmr4u@uic.edu
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,’cvml’,’gmr4u@uic.edu’);>
- *IMPORTANT: With your form, please describe how many attendees you
expect to draw at your location and how you plan to promote this webcast to
those in your area.* You may write this on the form, a fax cover sheet,
in the email accompanying the electronic submission, or in the following
email:
- Please email Holly Burt
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,’cvml’,’haburt@uic.edu’);> (Michigan residents
excepted)
– To verify your email address and to let us know the form is on its
way
– Include your LIBID
– Include information on additional contacts for your webcast site
(e.g. a co-coordinator) and their email address(es)
- The deadline to submit registration and information to the GMR is
NOON, Friday, *November 6, 2015*
*Selection Process:* Site selection will be based on geographical location, accessibility and potential number of attendees. Up to two (2) sites per state will be funded. Selections will be made by Tuesday, *November 10, 2015*, and all submitters will be informed of the GMR’s decisions. Please note that the GMR will be covering the costs for *Site Registration* only, not *Individual Registration*.
Site coordinators will receive one (1) activity point applicable to their Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) membership.
All sites sponsored by the GMR will be listed at: MLA Webinar Site Sponsors Funded by the GMR – Recipients <http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/funding-recipients/mla-webcast-sites>.
If you have any questions, please contact Holly Ann Burt, Outreach and Exhibits Coordinator at 1-800-338-7657 and press one (1) for the Regional Network Office or use the direct line to the Chicago metro area 312-996-2464, or e-mail Holly at haburt@uic.edu.