2019 SC/MLA Annual Meeting: Paper & Poster Abstracts - deadline extension (June 19)

The SC/MLA Programming Committee invites you to submit proposals for contributed papers and posters for the 2019 SC/MLA 69th Annual Meeting in Savannah, GA on October 10-13.

The meeting theme is "Squaring the Circle: Libraries Shaping the Future"

Please submit a blinded abstract through this form following the structured abstract format by MLA's Research Section. There is a 300-word maximum. The blinded abstract, which will be used in a blind review process, must not include any specific information that would identify authors or institutions. The deadline for paper and poster abstract submissions has been extended to Wednesday, June 19 (11:59pm). 

Please consider the following when submitting abstract proposals:

• "Squaring the Circle" is an impossible mathematical task and a metaphor for trying to accomplish the impossible. Please share experiences in which you have attempted the impossible, and either failed or succeeded.
• Shaping the Future: Please describe how you are shaping the future of libraries and the health sciences in the areas of technology, resources, services, or library spaces.

SC/MLA Members presenting at MLA'19

Poster Session 1

Sunday May 5, 2019, 3:30 PM – 4:25 PM

Skye Bickett

Poster Number: 8

A Feather in Our Research Cap: Implementing REDCap in the Library 

Natasha Williams
Poster Number: E11

Trends among Personal Librarian Programs in Medical and Academic Health Sciences Libraries

Sharon Leslie, John Nemeth & Hannah Rutledge
Poster Number: 79
From Nursing Student to Practicing Nurse: One Institution’s Pipeline from School of Nursing to Health Care System and Its Impact on Library Instruction and Nursing Research Publications 

Marilyn Teolis

Poster Number: 145

The Adventures of Floridiana Jones: Using Gamification to Improve Outcomes for Diabetes Management

Lindsey Blake

Poster Number: 157

Use Trends by Medical Students at an Academic Medical Center in the Third and Fourth Clerkship Years

How to successfully navigate your 1st MLA

You cannot see and do it all and you don’t need to.

To learn the most about MLA attend the business meeting, open forum, and presidential address.

Before MLA:

• Pack an ample supply of business cards
• Sign up for a mentor/colleague connection
• Sign up and go to the first timer’s breakfast
• check the weather to help with wardrobe planning and remember meeting spaces are usually chilly bring layers
• Participants seem to be dressing more casually in recent years when they are not presenting 
• bring small bills for tips and to for your share of any group meals

Practice self-care:

• Pace yourself so you don’t wear yourself out
• Hydrate
• Have a healthy snack on you
• Leave yourself plenty of downtime and opportunities for casual conversation

Social Connections:

• Introduce yourself to at least one person at every event you go to
• Attend at least one poster session for great ideas and networking
• Library School Reunion is a smaller get together and very casual

Scheduling and Social Media:

• Use the program planner & the App
• Follow #mlanet19 on Twitter
• What to tip? (see more at Forbes.com)

Tips for Service:

• For bellhops and airport baggage handlers, $2 per bag; give more for great service or very heavy bags.
• $2–$5 to doormen for hailing cabs (extra in bad weather) or helping with bags.
• $3–$5 per night for housekeeping staff (extra for upscale hotels or if you left your room particularly messy)—and tip daily, not at the end of your stay, since employees change from one day to the next.
• 15%–20% for taxi, Uber, or Lyft drivers; more if drivers help you with luggage and are great drivers!

2019 SC/MLA Annual Meeting: Call for Papers & Posters

The SC/MLA Programming Committee invites you to submit proposals for contributed papers and posters for the 2019 SC/MLA 69th Annual Meeting in Savannah, GA on October 10-13.

The meeting theme is "Squaring the Circle: Libraries Shaping the Future"

Please submit a blinded abstract through this form following the structured abstract format by MLA's Research Section. There is a 300-word maximum. The blinded abstract, which will be used in a blind review process, must not include any specific information that would identify authors or institutions. The deadline for paper and poster abstract submissions is June 10, 2019.

Please consider the following when submitting abstract proposals:

• "Squaring the Circle" is an impossible mathematical task and a metaphor for trying to accomplish the impossible. Please share experiences in which you have attempted the impossible, and either failed or succeeded.
• Shaping the Future: Please describe how you are shaping the future of libraries and the health sciences in the areas of technology, resources, services, or library spaces.

Two Job Opportunities: Allied Health Sciences Librarian and Nursing Information Librarian (Augusta University)

The Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library of Augusta University in Augusta, GA invites applications for the position of Allied Health Sciences Librarian. The primary focus of this full-time, non-tenure track faculty position is to provide customized library services to the College of Allied Health Sciences faculty, students and staff.

The Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library of Augusta University in Augusta, GA also invites applications for the position of Nursing Information Librarian. The primary focus of this full-time, non-tenure track faculty position is to provide customized library services to the College of Nursing faculty, students and staff.

Required:

• Master’s degree in library science from an ALA accredited program
• Experience in a health sciences library or other health sciences environment
• Knowledge and experience with current electronic health information resources and services
• Flexibility to work collaboratively in a cross-trained team environment
• Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong user-focused customer service skills and abilities
• Evidence of ability to meet university standards in librarianship, teaching, publication and research, and service commensurate with faculty status

For more information, please see the full job postings at:

• Allied Health Sciences Librarian
• Nursing Information Librarian (Job ID: 14376)

Please supply a cover letter, resume or CV, and three professional references as one PDF document.

Sign-Up for the Orlando Meeting Dine Arounds

We have created an electronic sign-up for the SC/MLA Annual Meeting dine arounds in Orlando on Friday, October 26. Groups will meet in the Wyndham Hotel lobby at 6 p.m.

If you are a new member and haven’t had a chance to meet many of your new colleagues this is a great way to meet some new friends and enjoy dinner. Sign up here as a facilitator (to lead the group) or as an attendee.

Restaurants:

• Bongo's Cuban Cafe
• Morimoto Asia
• Paddlefish
• STK Orlando

As of 10/17, two of the restaurants still need facilitators: Morimoto Asia and Paddlefish. Please consider leading one of these groups. Reservations have already been made. We just need someone to lead the group to the restaurants which are all in Disney Springs right next door to the hotel.

Special thanks to Carrie Cullens (USF) for creating the sign-up for us and Faith Schafer-Moody (UCF) for reserving the restaurants!

Don't Forget to Nominate! Beatty MLA Volunteer Service Award

The Beatty MLA Volunteer Service Award recognizes a medical librarian who has demonstrated outstanding, sustained service to the Medical Library Association (MLA) and the health sciences library profession.

Criteria:

• Current member of MLA and for the last 10 years
• Nominee should have made exceptional contributions to furthering the mission, goals, and objectives of MLA and the profession as demonstrated by outstanding and significant service in the association’s leadership, publications, research, special projects, or combination of these four elements
• Nominee must not have served on the MLA Board of Directors or received a national MLA award prior to the time of nomination.

Nominate a colleague! Nominate yourself! (Don’t be shy.)  Due November 1, 11:59 p.m. (CDT). Find out more here.