Continuing Education

Wednesday, September 23 and Saturday, September 26

The MCMLA Continuing Education Committee selected courses for the 1998 meeting based on responses to a survey distributed at the 1997 annual meeting. Workshop suggestions were also obtained from members of the MCMLA and NN/LM-MR Education Committees. The resulting list of classes covers many topics of interest to members, including several workshops with hands-on sessions. In order to ensure a spot in the class of your choice, register early. (Classes may fill early due to computer workstation maximums, equipment limitations or availability of materials.)

CE Registration deadline is September 8 for all CEs. Prior to making travel arrangements, please check the status and attendance of your workshop to find out whether your name has been added to the class roster and to note what the minimum registration is for your class. Classes which have not reached the minimum registration by September 8 will be cancelled. Class content questions should be referred to specific instructors.

Wednesday, September 23

CE 1: Consumer Health: designing services from past successes
CE 2: Understanding Communication & Appreciating Personal Style: a workshop designed to improve personal insights through DISC profiling
CANCELLED: CE 3: No Houdini's Required: common sense methods for training your patrons to use computers and the Internet
CE 4: Presentations, Handouts and Graphics

Saturday, September 26

CE 5: Everything I Ever Needed to Know About My Library I Learned From ... A Survey?
CE 6: "Blowing Your Own Horn" ... Helping Others Understand the Value of Librarians
CANCELLED: CE 7: Benchmarking: A Tool for Designing the Future
CANCELLED: CE 8: Build a Web Page from the Ground Up - - and Still Have Fun
CE 9: Demystifying Internet File Formats: unzipping, decoding, attachments and helper apps

CE 1: Consumer Health: designing services from past successes

This half-day workshop is designed for the librarian who is contemplating a consumer health program or has been requested to start such a program at his or her institution. You may be asking yourself, where do I start? If so, this workshop is for you. Topics covered include: the history of the movement, why start such a program, who are your clients, legal issues, JACHO standards, costs, funding, personnel, collection development, guidelines, marketing, day-to-day operations and evaluation. Please join us if you are new to consumer health, setting up a program or just interested in what's happening with the burgeoning interest in this area of medical librarianship.

Wednesday, September 23
8:00 am - 12:00 noon
$50 ($65 for MCMLA non-members)
LOCATION: Embassy Suites, Elkhorn A

Instructors: Roxanne Cox Byrd, Head, Reference Department and Marie Reidelbach, Head, Education Department - McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Roxanne Cox Byrd began her library career as a legal librarian with the Attorney General's Office, State of Hawaii and shifted to medical librarianship in 1989. Serving as Reference Librarian and now Head of the Reference Department, she has over nine years of experience with the CHIRS (Consumer Health Information Resource Service) program, which has been in operation since 1985. Roxanne is the immediate past chair of CAPHIS (Consumer and Patient Health Information Section) of MLA.
Marie Reidelbach was Head of the Reference Department when the CHIRS program was initiated at the McGoogan Library of Medicine. She was a member of the Advisory Council, and co-author of a chapter in Managing Consumer Health Information Services, edited by Alan M. Reese (1991). In her current position, she has presented several sessions on locating consumer health information on the World Wide Web to both health professionals and consumers.

CE 2: Understanding Communication & Appreciating Personal Style: a workshop designed to improve personal insights through DISC profiling

Communication is the core of any organization. It plays a vital role in how well you can serve your customer/client. Insights into personal style allow you to better understand the real message by recognizing different interactive styles of behavior. This workshop will provide you a tool for dealing with others, especially in undesirable situations and when working with difficult people. Attend this class to gain insight into your own behavioral style, to recognize the behavioral styles of others, and to adapt for greater appreciation, communication and understanding.

Wednesday, September 23
1:00 - 5:00 pm
$60 ($75 for MCMLA non-members)
LOCATION: Embassy Suites, Elkhorn A

NOTE: In order that the DISC profiling tool may be purchased for each attendee, $10 has been added to the registration fee. An August 23 registration deadline has also been set for this workshop so that the individual copies of the inventory may be ordered.

Instructor: Pam Evers, Founder/Managing Partner, Abyss Partnership, Inc.
Pam Evers holds a Masters Degree in Human Relations/Counseling with an emphasis in Business Behaviors. With over twenty years as a business professional, she specializes in the delivery of a broad range of organizational development services, and she serves as an advisor/coach to leadership seeking proactive programs and growth. Pamela is flexible and experienced in meeting needs at all levels and has a particular interest in working with organizations under the influence of rapid change. Pam is a seasoned facilitator and writer, specializing in the delivery of a broad range of consulting services to government and business, both nationally and internationally.

CE3: No Houdini's Required: common sense methods for training your patrons to use computers and the Internet

*****CANCELLED due to instructor's medical emergency.*****
Was sheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 1:00 - 5:00 pm

CE 4: Presentations, Handouts and Graphics

Need some help getting the point across? This workshop is devoted to investigating ways to get people to sit up and listen to what you have to say. Whether you hope to provide technical information about locating library materials, provide workshops to large groups, or create materials which influence the funding decisions, your ability to effectively communicate can be enhanced by many of the techniques and software products that you may not have had time to explore. This class offers just such an exploration. This fine mix of practical information and just plain fun will cover use of PowerPoint to create/customize presentation files, ScreenCam for recording online sessions, screen capture techniques, and new MGI PhotoSuite image editing software. Basic information about working with gif and jpeg files and sources for photographic images and clipart will also be discussed. Attendees will be provided a free PowerPoint file (Windows 3.x or Windows 95) for customizing as well as some royalty-free clipart. Prerequisite: familiarity with the IBM Windows environment. This workshop has been approved for 5.0 MLA Contact Hours.

Wednesday, September 23
11:00 am - 5:00 pm (Meet shuttle in Embassy Suites lobby 10:15 am.)
$50 ($65 for MCMLA non-members)
LOCATION: UNMC, McGoogan Library of Medicine, 8th Floor, Training Room

Instructors: Nancy Ralston, Regional Projects Coordinator, NN/LM-MR and Terry Arndt, User Education Librarian, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Nancy Ralston renewed her lifelong interest in art/graphics/visuals in 1996 when her professional travel time was reduced and her NN/LM-MR activities were redesigned to include greater creativity and flexibility. As an experienced instructor with an undergraduate degree in art, she searches for ways to use technology to increase the effectiveness of library programs, particularly those programs which benefit from the use of new, fun software and improved communication methods. Amazed at the current availability of programs that help professionals look good, she has worked hard to acquire the presentation and graphics skills that have practical application to medical librarians.
Terry Arndt is User Education Librarian and Assistant Professor at the McGoogan Library of Medicine, UNMC. She received her MLS from SUNY Buffalo in 1993. Prior to becoming a librarian, she worked as a public relations manager in the non-profit sector, preparing promotional materials in the days before off-the-shelf software. For the past five years, she has made extensive use of presentation software packages to enhance classes through the use of on-screen shows, slides, handouts, transparencies, videos and webpages.

CE 5: Everything I Ever Needed to Know About My Library I Learned From ... A Survey?

Well, maybe not everything, but a well-designed, well-planned survey can help librarians succeed at tasks ranging from quality assurance to service delivery to planning. This four-hour class will provide participants with practical, real-world advice on framing, developing, distributing, and analyzing the data from a survey. Class activities will include developing meaningful survey questions, critiquing surveys, and pre-testing a survey. At the end of the session, participants will feel comfortable with organizing a survey to gather information needed for planning and improving library programs and services. This workshop has been approved for 4.0 MLA Contact Hours.

Saturday, September 26
8:00 am - 12:00 noon
$50 ($65 for MCMLA non-members)
LOCATION: Embassy Suites, Elkhorn A

Instructor: Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, Assistant Director for the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Missouri - Kansas City
Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, Ph.D. currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Before accepting this position, Peggy worked in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Midcontinental Region office in Omaha, serving as the Regional Development Coordinator, Outreach Coordinator, and Associate Director. Always committed to the importance of the education role for librarians, Peggy received her Ph.D. in Education from Walden University in 1996.

CE 6: "Blowing Your Own Horn" ... Helping Others Understand the Value of Librarians

As exciting as it is to be in librarianship today, especially with the advances technology is making for enhanced service delivery, it is also a very frightening time. Phrases like, "downsizing," "outsourcing," and "Isn't it all on the Internet?", are marginalizing librarians in hospitals, corporations and other settings. This three-hour class will introduce participants to an eight-step plan to help librarians not only enhance their place in organizations, but also help them educate their clients on the value librarians can bring to an institution. Activities in the class will include a self-assessment, and small and large group sharing sessions. Come prepared to speak up! At the end of the session, participants will have concrete ideas ready to use to enhance their value in their organizations. This workshop has been approved for 3.0 MLA Contact Hours.

Saturday, September 26
1:30 - 4:30 pm
$50 ($65 for MCMLA non-members)
LOCATION: Embassy Suites, Elkhorn A

Instructor: Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, Assistant Director for the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Missouri - Kansas City
Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, Ph.D. currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Before accepting this position, Peggy worked in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Midcontinental Region office in Omaha, serving as the Regional Development Coordinator, Outreach Coordinator, and Associate Director. Always committed to the importance of the education role for librarians, Peggy received her Ph.D. in Education from Walden University in 1996.

CE 7: Benchmarking: A Tool for Designing the Future

******CANCELLED******
Was scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

CE 8: Build a Web Page from the Ground Up - - and Still Have Fun

******CANCELLED*******
Was scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

CE 9: Demystifying Internet File Formats: unzipping, decoding, attachments and helper apps

Do you have to be a technical expert to be comfortable with the Internet? No, you don't. However, certain basic skills are needed by those who do research on the Internet or use the Internet as a communication medium. More and more, this describes all library and information professionals. Besides being important and marketable skills, mastering these basics make your use of the Internet easier. This workshop will show you what you need to know in order to work with the strange formats you'll encounter on the Internet. You'll learn the processes of moving various data formats from point A to point B and how to make use of that data when it gets there. You'll also learn post-transfer processing (decoding, decompressing, and use of helper applications in order to view/manipulate data). You'll get hands-on practice using freeware and shareware applications to read e-mail attachments, and you'll practice using helper applications with your Web browser to view multimedia files delivered over the World Wide Web.

Saturday, September 26
8:30 am - 12:30 pm (Meet shuttle in hotel lobby 8 am.)
$50 ($65 for MCMLA non-members)
LOCATION: UNMC, McGoogan Library of Medicine, 8th Floor, Training Room

Instructor: Don Arndt, Associate Director/Head of Public Services and Assistant Professor for the University of Nebraska's Law Library
Don Arndt currently serves as Associate Director/Head of Public Services at the Schmid Law Library in Lincoln, Nebraska. Previously, he held positions at the University of Pennsylvania Law School as Reference/Government Documents Librarian and Reference/Electric Resources Librarian. Don has published articles on various topics relating to electronic information and the Internet and has presented programs on HTML tagging, document imaging and CD-ROM networking at local, regional and national conferences.

Midcontinental Chapter/Medical Library Association
1998 Annual Meeting
Omaha, Nebraska
September 23-26, 1998