MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING
MAY 15-20, 2009
HONOLULU, HAWAII

Mental Health SIG Meeting:
Monday, May 18, 2:00-3:00 PM
Room: HCC 308A
Convener: Stephanie Ballard, M.L.S., M.Ed.

This section contains information about Section Programs that are co-sponsored by the Mental Health Special Interest Group. For other MLA'09 Program information click here.

Mark your Calendars!

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009
Section Program 1
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Hawaii Convention Center (HCC), Room 317A

Fusing Culture and Community to Improve Health Literacy

Presenters:

1. Diane G. Schwartz, AHIP: Connecting an Underserved Community with Health Information and Services: Fusing Culture, Community, and Education for Somali Bantu Refugee Children in Buffalo, NY.
2. Jill T. Boruff: Health Literacy Support for Patients and Professionals: Facilitating Access to Multilingual Patient Education Materials.
3. Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi: Unexpected Outcomes of the Health Information Literacy Research Project.
4. Katherine L. Schilling: Health Consumers Cancer Information-Seeking Needs and Behaviors: An Analysis of Usage Patterns in the Cancer TRAIN Web Information Portal.
   

Primary Sponsor: Cancer Librarians Section
Secondary Sponsors: Complementary and Alternative Medicine SIG, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Science Librarians SIG; Mental Health SIG; Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section.

Date: Monday, May 18, 2009
Section Program 2
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Location: Hawaii Convention Center (HCC), Room 319A

Personal Health Records: How Private is Your Medical Information?

Presenters:

1. Janet M. Scheider: My HeatheVet: The VA's Internet Gateway to Patients' Personal Records.
2. Linda Hogan: Personal Health Record Certification and Privacy Safeguards.
   

Primary Sponsor: Pharmacy and Drug Information Section
Secondary Sponsor: Mental Health SIG, Relevant Issues Section.

Date: Monday, May 18, 2009
Mental Health SIG Informal Meeting
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM
Location: Hawaii Convention Center (HCC), Room 308A

If you are a librarian interested in mental health issues, we cordially invite you to attend this meeting! Convener will be Stephanie Ballard, M.L.S., M.Ed., Research & Instruction Librarian, Los Angeles Library, Alliant International University (sballard@alliant.edu).

Other activities that might interest you:

Sunrise Seminar:
American Psychological Association Sunrise Seminar and Continental Breakfast
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Time: 6:30-7:30 AM
Location: Hawaii Convention Center (HCC), Room 301B

Training session will include content updates on the American Psychological Association databases and search examples on the major vendor platforms.

RSVP to psycinfo@apa.org with "Sunrise Seminar RSVP" in the subject line. Contact person: Lisa Sick (lsick@apa.org)

Mark your calendars so you don't miss these activities. Be there to show your support!

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