Support for Karen Schaefer of Langlois Public Library to attend ALA Midwinter 2019.

Support for Molly Montgomery of Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine to attend ALA Midwinter 2019.

Support for Amelea Kim of Montana State Library to attend ALA Midwinter 2019.

Support for Joann Flick of Montana State Library to attend ALA Midwinter 2019.

Award to attend May 6-9, 2018 United States Public Health Service Annual Symposium in Minneapolis, MN

The professional development award will support travel and additional training at the Evidence Based Librarianship in Practice EBLIP 9 conference in Philadelphia, PA. As a mid-career faculty member, this conference presents an opportunity to expand my skillset into other areas relevant to health sciences librarianship. This conference is an 94 conference that rotates locations around the world. The overall organization stems from the University of Saskatchewan's Centre for Evidence Based Library & Information Practice.

The 'Quality Service' training offered by the Disney Institute will help me better understand the needs of the patients and families/caregivers I serve by putting the right guidelines and service standards into place. I will gain insight into how better to reach and relate with the population I serve as the Consumer Health Librarian for Orlando Health. After experiencing and learning in this customer service based training, I will leave with tools and ways in which to connect and share valuable health related information.

Attend 'The 9th 94 Evidence Based Library & Information Practice Conference: Embedding and Embracing Evidence', from June 18 - 21, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This project will support professional development in the area of data management through attendance at the 2017 Research Data Access and Preservation Summit RDAP.

I am requesting these funds for attending the North Carolina GIS conference in Raleigh North Carolina, February 23-24, 2017. The conference description states 'Learn about refreshed data resources, see demonstrations of new apps, gain exposure to emerging technologies, and become familiarized about the relationship between GIS and the development of public policy.'

Attend the annual Southeastern Chapter of the Medical Library Association's Annual Meeting, being held October 19-22, 2017 in Knoxville, TN. Maya Hollinshead, Program Coordinator will be attending.

Pay a trainer to facilitate three train-the-trainer workshops per month 5 months for a total of 15 workshops for two new outreach teams 2 people per team=4 people in facilitating PIA's health literacy classes in underserved communities. Trainees will accompany the trainer on community workshops and practice facilitating the workshops after two months. Trainees will receive a certificate of completion after final class,

I will present at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine on a project I have been participating in for the past year about electronic portals. Electronic portals enable people to engage in personal healthcare choices and manage on-going care. The Patient Engagement Portal PEP, developed by two large rehabilitation hospitals that could not find an off-the-shelf solution to meet their population needs, is an easy to use tool for patients with physical and/or cognitive disabilities.

This funding will cover expenses accrued through travel and help cover the cost of honoraria for Susan LaValley at the MAC Annual Meeting. Susan LaValley will be instructing librarians on conducting profession-related research.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host multiple CE courses and offerings during the annual meeting in Knoxville, TN, Oct. 19-22,2017, for the benefit of members that register for the courses. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in CE instructors and thus allow SC/MLA to lower the CE registration costs for attendees.These courses will also have MLA approved CE points offered for members to count toward AHIP certification.

Congratulations to Darlene Kilpatrick! She received a professional development award to attend Library Marketing & Communications Conference.

Congratulations to Kristen DeSanto who received an award to attend Diagnostic Error in Medicine 12th Annual 94 Conference.

Participation in the ALA Midwinter Conference's Implicit Bias, Health Disparities and Health Literacy: Intersections in Health Equity session will allow me to deepen my understanding of this topic and how my library and institution can provide better information to the community members we serve.

Congratulations to Heather Brown for receiving a professional development award! She attended the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Council of State Archivists CoSA and the Society of American Archivists SAA

JCLC brings together a diverse group of librarians, library staff, library supporters, and community participants to explore issues of diversity in libraries and how they affect the ethnic communities who use our services.

The 3rd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in 2018, 'Gathering all Peoples: Embracing Culture & Community' will take place September 26-30, 2018 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico.

To enable the Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host a speaker who will directly address the challenges for academic and hospital libraries in the future. To accompany our theme, 'Experience the Magic: Libraries of Tomorrow',Julie Esparza, MLS, AHIP, will discuss what she sees for libraries and librarians around the corner. Julie is not only the new President-Elect of MLA, but has also served a long career in academic, hospital, corporate, and public libraries before arriving in Shreveport, LA at LSU Health.

To enable the Southern Chapter of MLA to support and host a speaker on diversity and inclusion. The Chapter has invited Derrick Jefferson of American University in Washington, D.C. to come speak on the last day of the conference - Sunday, October 28th, 2018. As noted in the 2018 Janet Doe lecture by Elaine Martin and in the Plenary Session #5 featuring former Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher, diversity and inclusion are important topics to libraries and librarians. Derrick Jefferson, MLIS, MFA, main research area is diversity and inclusion.

Funding will directly support honorariums and/or travel expenses of members of the leadership panel who will speak at the 2018 MAC Annual Meeting in Ocean City, MD.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host a recommended and well recognized speaker on data management, Shirley Zhao, during the annual meeting in Orlando, FL Oct. 25-28,2018, for the benefit of all members of the Southern Chapter/MLA who are able to attend the regional conference. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in Mrs. Zhao as well as covering her speaking fee.

isaster Preparedness in vulnerable populations is reliant on their access to information to properly establish their personal disaster preparedness plans. Humanity Road is interested in improving the use of technology for health information access, especially to underserved and underrepresented populations in the SE Atlantic area. Our goal is to reach vulnerable populations including over 55, 92, and disabled to educate them on how to leverage online resources with the NLM to improve their personal preparedness plan.

Funding will directly support honorariums and/or travel expenses of instructors who will teach MLA CE classes for the 2018 MAC Annual Meeting in Ocean City, MD.

To enable Southern Chapter/MLA to support and host multiple CE courses and offerings during the annual meeting in Orlando, FL, Oct. 25-28, 2018, for the benefit of members who register for the courses. The funding will help defray the expense of bringing in CE instructors and thus allow SC/MLA to lower the CE registration costs for attendees. These courses will also have MLA approved CE points offered for members to count toward AHIP certification.

Janet Masud-Paul is requesting funding to attend the University of Pittsburgh's Systematic Review Workshop: the Nuts and Bolts for Librarians. I am attending this workshop to understand the underlying framework for systematic reviews and improve the Libraries' ability to collaborate with our College of Nursing and Health Professions faculty/students working through this process.

Funding is requested for Mary Cabral to attend Systematic Review Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts for Librarians.