Continuing Education
Continuing Education courses will be held Monday October 27, 2008. The Half day courses will be held at Ross Bridge Resort while the full day courses will be held off site at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Half Day Courses:
Ethical Concerns for Health Science Librarians
4 contact hours
8 – 12 at Ross Bridge. Cost: $110
Boxed Lunch Available as a separate ticketed item.
Introduction to Evidence based Practice in a Magnetic World
3 contact hours
8 – 12 at Ross Bridge. Cost: $110
Boxed Lunch Available as a separate ticketed item.
Gaining Leadership Skills without Formally Supervising People
Natalie Kay Reed
Course Description: This class will help each participant to identify leadership skills s/hewants to develop, and then identify non-supervisiory leadership opportunities that currently exist for them in their own circles of influence. People without supervisory experience often wonder how to get leadership experience to qualify for future management role and thus enhance their career development opportunities. In response to the growing need to develop library leaders to replace retiring babyboomers, a task force of the Leadership and Management Section of MLA has identified experience and qualification expectations that current upper library managers hold. These are somewhat differnet from beliefs about skills that the applicant pool holds. Leadership opportunities exist all around us, in and out of our professional responsibilities and places of work. Participants will use in-class discussion and worksheets to create a personal action plan and timelineto obtain leadership experience that they desire.
4 contact hours
1 – 5 at Ross Bridge. Cost: $110
Boxed Lunch Available as a separate ticketed item.
Easy to Read Health and Wellness Material for Consumers
Course Description: This hands-on introductory class will discuss some of the principles of teaching the adult learner, the elements of effective easy-to-read materials elements such as design and layout, and their practical applications. We will also pay close attention to the communication dynamics of providing understandable, easy-to-read health information to consumers and learn to adapt or add resources useful for low-literate adults. Participants will learn more about how adults manage with low literacy skills. We’ll review the disconnect between health information providers and health information seekers, the success of “plain language” initiatives and the importance of text, type, graphics, vocabulary, space and layout. The session covers published material, how to write your own material and ways to partner. Participants should bring pieces they use or some information that needs to be written in an easy-to-read manner.
4 contact hours
1 – 5 at Ross Bridge. Cost: $110
Boxed Lunch Available as a separate ticketed item.
Full Day Courses:
Technology Planning for Health Sciences Librarians
Wallace McLendon and Bart Ragon
Course Description: Participants will gain skills in identifying emerging technologies that will impact library services. Attendees will develop practical tools to prepare for and optimize these new technologies using a new planning process taught through lecture/discussion and demonstrated through model building and manipulation, case study, and group activities. In addition to gaining a clearer understanding of how technology impacts library activities, participants will also learn strategies for integrating transformational technologies into the library’s mission and goals.
6 contact hours
9-4 at UAB. Cost &160
Lunch and Snacks included.
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Geeks Bearing Gifts: New Technology Trends:
Dale Prince
Course Description: Geeks Bearing Gifts: New Technology Trends is intended to provide a fun, fast-paced, and informative introduction to and update on today’s hottest technology trends. Program participants will be able to identify technology trends and they will understand how these trends will impact or can be integrated into traditional library services. Content will be presented in with a “can-do” focus intended to encourage participants to investigate at least one technology for implementation in their institution. Course structure will include brief vignettes and demonstrations of a wide variety of technologies. Some of the topics to be covered include RSS, spyware, developments in mobile computing, blogs and wikis, social bookmarking, radio-frequency identification, and more. 4
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6 contact hours
9-4 at UAB. Cost &160
Lunch and Snacks included.
Directions to site for Geeks Bearing Gifts:
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If you are driving from the CE site to Ross Bridge and need to get directions use this address or click: 4000 Grand Ave Hoover, Alabama 35226
