Speakers

1. General Session I (Keynote Speaker) - Friday, October 18, 2002, 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

William W. Stead, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, Director of the Informatics Center, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University will speak on "New Directions for the Profession."

Dr. Stead will be anchoring his presentation on the model he presented at the Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture he gave on May 28, 1997 (published as "Positioning the library at the epicenter of the networked biomedical enterprise." Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Jan;86(1)26-30).

2. General Session II - Friday, October 18, 2002, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

A panel presentation on "Connecting with Our Future: Library Recruitment and Mentoring," sponsored by the Hospital Library Committee.

"Professional Recruitment"	Pat Williams, Recruiter, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville
"Minority Recruitment and Mentoring"	Rosalind Lett, Consultant, Nashville
"Mentoring and Leadership for Women"	Linda Adkison, Ph.D., Professor, Genetics Department, Mercer University School of Medicine
"MLA Mentoring Program"	Jean P. Shipman, Director, Tompkins-McCaw Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

3. General Session III (Cunningham Lecture) - Saturday, October 19, 2002. 10:30 am - noon

Toni Carbo, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh will speak on information ethics and information policy. This presentation is sponsored by the Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University, as the 4th in their annual Cunningham Lecture Series, named in honor of Mrs. Eileen R. Cunningham, librarian at Vanderbilt from 1926-1956.

4. Hospital Libraries Lunch - Saturday, October 19, 2002, Noon - 2:00 pm

Nunzia B. Giuse, M.D., M.L.S., Director of the Eskind Biomedical Library and Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University, will speak on "Medical Librarian Training: the Vanderbilt Experience."

The Lunch will also include a "Technical Connections Round Robin."

5. MLA and RML Updates - Sunday, October 20, 2002, 10:30 am - Noon

Linda Watson, MLA President-Elect and Director, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Health System, will present the MLA update. Jean P. Shipman, Informationist Conference Chair & Director, Tompkins-McCaw Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, will report on the MLA/NLM Informationist Conference and next steps. Janice Kelly, Executive Director, NN/LM-Southeastern Atlantic Region, will provide an update of Regional activities and initiatives.

6. General Session IV - Sunday, October 20, 2002, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

A panel will discuss "Unique Collaborations: Libraries Reaching Out."

"Partnering through Technology"	Nancy Lorenzi, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Clinical Professor in Nursing, Vanderbilt University
"Partnering with Public Libraries"	Kay Due, M.L.S., Manager of Public Services, Central, Memphis and Shelby Co. Public Library and Information Center
"Partnering with Public Health"	Bobbie Carlson, M.L.S., Coordinator, Consumer Health Information Education, Medical University of South Carolina
"Partnering with Faith-Based Organizations"	Sandra Franklin, M.L.S., Associate Director, Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University
"Partnering with Rural Communities"	Rita Smith, M.L.S., Rural Health Information Clearinghouse (RHIC) Librarian, Mercer University
"Partnering in Other Parts of the World: A Sub-Saharan Library"	Jane Bridges, M.L.S., Clinical Campus Librarian, Mercer University