Springfield Technical Community College hosts WMHIC December Meeting

STCC welcomed the WMHIC group this past Friday for our quarterly winter meeting. Along with a general business meeting and updates from members' institutions, we were able to tour the unique and cutting edge medical simulation lab at STCC.

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Register now for Medical Library Association 2011 in Minneapolis, MN, May 13-18.

WMHIC Google Group

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Friends of WMRLS meeting October 8

Friends of WMRLS Annual Meeting, is having a meeting October 8, 2010, at the Whately facility of the Massachusetts Library System.

From the news release:

Now that WMRLS is no more, we must redefine our mission and our focus as an organization. We have many options. We need your input, imagination and inspiration.

Join us at the Friends of WMRLS Annual Meeting, October 8, 2010, in Whately at the former WMRLS Headquarters (coffee 9:30, meeting 10 – 12).

Help us determine our organization’s future direction.We have many choices:

• Continue to build and maintain a cohesive, motivated, western Mass library community.
• Continue to inform legislators of the needs of the western Mass library community.
• Continue to advocate with the new Massachusetts Library System for the needs of western Mass libraries.
• Provide leadership within the local library community.
• Maintain a relationship with the wider library community in the Commonwealth.
• All of the above
• None of the above; disband the organization.
• Other ideas that you bring to the discussion.

We hope to see you on October 8!

See directions to the Whately facility.

Agenda for Friday September 24, 2010

Western Massachusetts Health Information Consortium

September 24, 2010 9:00am-12:00pm

Massachusetts Library System, Whately Facility

4 Sandy Lane, Whately, MA 01093

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Coffee and catching up

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Business meeting

News and updates:

• · Officer reports (treasurer report attached)
• · Upcoming meetings and conferences

Other business:

• · Mailing list for WMHIC
• · Future of WMHIC

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Coffee break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Lauri Fennell, Outreach and Education Coordinator from NN/LM NER

We're looking forward to a beautiful day, a great location, and an engaging meeting this Friday. Please join us!

Ethics Day at UMass Amherst October 8, 2010

The UMass Amherst Libraries will host "Ethics Day: Engaging Librarians in the Responsible Conduct of Research," professional development program for New England area librarians, on Friday, October 8, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on Floor 26, Du Bois Library, UMass Amherst. For more information and to register for the free program by October 1, visit http://guides.library.umass.edu/ethicsday. Lunch and other refreshments will be provided.

Registration is filling up quickly, so please hurry if you'd like to sign up for those last few spots!

NAHSL fall meeting October 24-26 2010

The North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries 2010 conference will be held in Newport, Rhode Island, October 24-26, 2010. This year's theme is:

Libraries in Balance:
Preserving our Roots, Growing our Future

"Storing, preserving and accessing knowledge and information by blending the best of library traditions with the technology tools of the future."

Join your fellow health information librarians for speakers, continuing education classes, poster sessions, and networking. Registration materials are only available online this year, and registration costs are lower if you register by October 1, 2010.