Vital Signs: Keeping You and Your Library Vibrant and Healthy
2008 Midwest Chapter MLA / MHSLA Joint Conference
by Barbara Platts, MLIS, AHIP
Munson Healthcare
Traverse City, MI
Check Your Vital Signs! This year’s planning committee has tapped the combined talents of chapter, state, and local librarians to provide a wealth of opportunities for you to chart your status in 2008. We’ve planned a program filled with thought-provoking information and insights. Join us at this year’s conference on October 17-21, 2008 at the Troy Marriott in Troy, Michigan. The conference is sponsored by MHSLA, the Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association. Local arrangements are provided by MDMLG, the Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group.
You will hear our keynote speaker, Deena Ebbert, enlighten us with her discussion of the FISH!® philosophy, and inspire us to take on an innovative leadership role in our organizations. To keep your pulse racing, our plenary session will feature Eugenie Prime, former manager of the libraries at Hewlett Packard. Eugenie will engage us in identifying how libraries can remain vital and vibrant in the evolving healthcare environment.
The pace of this year’s conference is sure to keep your pulse pounding. We’ve planned to give you the best of care and to make sure that continuing education courses, concurrent sessions, contributed papers, posters, sunrise seminars, vendor presentations, and opportunities for networking meet the test.
Throughout the conference, we hope you take time to diagnose where we are as a profession, and envision a clear view of the course ahead. We want the conference to provide you with exciting opportunities for a well-deserved checkup. We encourage you to attend the conference and develop a care plan that will keep you and your library vibrant and healthy!
For more information check out the conference blog at: http://midwestmla2008.blogspot.com/
