Licensing Electronic Resources (8 Contact Hours)
Laurie Thompson, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
In the good old days, all we had to master was the Copyright Law and Fair Use. We would acquire a book or a journal, post and monitor a "fair-use" photocopy policy, and go on about our activities. Now, disks arrive; we
become connected with online sources. With each new digital information product, there arrives a separate license. Each contains its own private "copyright" terms imposed by contract. This course provides a primer on: license provisions and terminology; comparing the license and copyright; and managing the licensing process. Through lecture, instructor debate and student participation, you will learn strategies for developing a license management model, including: building a team for license evaluations and negotiation; a clause-by-clause analysis of an existing license agreement; tips for negotiating strategies; and techniques for building a productive relationship with the legal department.

Teaching About Evidence Based Practice (6 Contact Hours)
Lisa Traditi, Denison Memorial Library, University of Colorado HSC, Denver, CO
This course will provide participants with the information needed to start or improve their classes on searching the literature for the evidence. Participants will explore the librarian's role in evidence-based practice, develop learning exercises using evidence-based database resources, practice searching those resources, learn how to ask answerable questions, and leave with planning and marketing tips for their evidence-based health care institution. This course uses demonstration, small and large group learning formats, and discussion in a highly interactive and hands-on style.

Technology Planning for Health Sciences Libraries (4 Contact Hours)
Wallace McLendon, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 
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.

Easy to Read Health and Wellness Materials for Consumers: Recognizing It, Finding It, Writing It, and Rewriting It. Beth Westcott, Network Access Coordinator, NN/LM Southeast/Atlantic Region, University of Maryland at Baltimore Health Sciences Library

This hands-on introductory class discusses some of the principles of teaching the adult learner, the elements of effective easy-to-read materials, 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 clear health communication resources. 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.

Keeping Up to Date with NLM's PubMed and Gateway
J. Dale Prince, Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM, SE/A, Health Sciences Library, University of Maryland at Baltimore
With a hands-on approach, this class will show attendees how to use the features of PubMed and NLM's Gateway products effectively. Attendees will be able to describe the contents of PubMed and Gateway, formulate basic search strategies; display, print, and save results in various formats; revise and refine searches; and use special features such as Related Articles, Link to journals, Citation Matcher, and Clinical Queries. Attendees will also be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the “linkout” feature. The class will be online and hands-on. The instructor will demonstrate online searches using both systems; and students, at computers connected to the Internet, will be invited to follow along. Time for individual practice will be provided. Examples of search strategies appropriate for hospital, academic, and special libraries will illustrate the need for utilization of both systems

Manage Your Time, People, Money, Projects, Stress (6 Contact Hours): A Leadership Symposium
conducted by Pat Wagner, Pattern Research, Denver, CO
Are most of your projects finishing on time, under budget, at the quality you desire and with everyone still speaking to each other? Would you like to improve your ability to manage your time and oversee projects without micromanaging? Would you like your employees (and yourself) to improve their understanding of performance expectations and better deal with the mounting physical and emotional stresses of the day? This full-day, interactive workshop with hands-on practical exercises, will teach participants how to apply better practices in time, project, and stress management to enrich their workplace and personal lives. This program addresses time, project, and stress management from the realities of a busy medical library with limited staff and budget.

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