ICON News

Schoarship Application form Now Online

2010-06-14T09:48:00.001-05:00

To apply for a CE scholarship, simply fill out our online form.

Services for Health Information Consumers

2010-04-01T12:22:00.001-05:00

At our March meeting, Siobhan mentioned the following information resource regarding Services for Health Information Consumers:

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Services_for_Health_Information_Consumers

Religious Divide Project at Creighton University

2010-04-01T11:17:00.002-05:00

As reported by Judi Bergjord at our last ICON meeting:

For information on Creighton's Religious Divide Project go to http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Religious_divide

Here is an excerpt from the site:

'The purpose of this project was to partner with Project Interfaith and the Respite Resource Center to promote awareness of religious diversity, its effect on health care and to provide access to resources needed by healthcare workers. We used a workshop format to conduct training on religious diversity and how it can affect the way caregivers provide care. Through two day-long training seminars, participants reflected on their own religious views and learned about the religious views and beliefs of others. They learned about accommodating the beliefs of others under the law and about communicating in a sensitive manner. Participants also learned about how to access reliable health information.

ICON meeting, Friday March 12 @2pm

2010-03-05T12:18:00.001-06:00

Be sure to put the first meeting of the year on your calendar!

The meeting will be held at the Bellevue University Freeman/Lozier Library. Here is a Google map to Bellevue University, as well as a campus map. There is parking on the corner lot of Lloyd Street and Galvin Road South.

The agenda and December 2009 minutes are on the ICON website.

After the meeting, our speaker will be Kristin Watkins, Library/Grants Coordinator at UNMC's Biosecurity & Bioprepardeness department, who will perform as Typhoid Mary.

I hope everyone can attend!

Heather
Senior Member

MLA webcast on the Electronic Health Record

2010-03-02T16:07:00.002-06:00

On March 24th ICON is sponsoring the local showing of the next MLA webcast - “Now's the Time: Understanding the Electronic Health Record Maze and Health Sciences Librarians' Role”. Individuals can view the program from 1-3 p.m. in the Thune Rooms at the Creighton Health Sciences Library. For those desiring MLA CE credit there will be an additional discussion sessions period after the webcast. Be sure to let Jeanne Burke know ahead of time so that she can print a CE certificate for you.

Feel free to bring your lunch and guests. Creighton will provide cookies and soft drinks. Parking might be a challenge, so be sure to give yourself ample time. Free valet parking is available at the 30th St. entrance of the Hospital or you may park in one of the surrounding hospital parking lots.

If you can’t make the live session, information on viewing the recorded program later this month will be sent out at a later date.

If you have questions, please contact Jeanne or talk with her at the next ICON Meeting on Friday, March 12th.

ICON sponsoring Handheld Librarian Conference

2010-02-04T08:30:00.002-06:00

The Second Handheld Librarian Online Conference is scheduled for Feb. 17-18th. ICON is sponsoring this event. ICON members and their guests can view the sessions at the Creighton Health Sciences Library' Thune Seminar Rooms. The updated schedule is now available on the conference web site at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/schedule2010/. If you have an idea which of the concurrent session(s) you are interested in seeing, please let Jeanne Burke know so that the needed rooms can be set up. Soft drinks will be provided but feel free to bring a lunch to munch. You may park in any of the hospital patient parking lots off 30th St. or use the hospital 's free valet service.

HSL will also carry the College of DuPage library web series this Spring. All three programs are scheduled to run on designated Fridays, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CST). (The schedule and descriptions are listed below.) If you wish to view a program on your own computer, you will need to register on the NE Library Commission’s web site.

Adapted from Jeanne's listserv post.

New Year, New Things

2010-01-14T09:19:00.000-06:00

Hello all and Happy New Year!

To get things started off, chairs have been established for our two "new" committees. Jeanne Burke will assume chair responsibilities for Continuing Education and Ken Oyer will for Special Projects. Members are as follows:

Continuing Education
Jeanne Burke (Chair)
Peggy Finch
Teresa Hartman
Marty Magee*

Special Projects
Judy Bergjord
Alissa Dornik*
Ken Oyer (Chair)
Darrel WIlloughby

*Denotes Executive Committee liaison

The chairs should be contacting members soon.

All of the dates and locations for the meetings, along with educational events of interest, have been added to the calendar on the website http://www.iconlibrary.org One of those events of interest is the Handheld Librarian conference, which ICON will be sponsoring on February 17 and 18. Creighton will host again. It is a 2-day event this year. You can attend all of the sessions or pop in and out. It is your choice. A preliminary schedule is available at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/schedule2010/ More information to follow.

If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas for ICON, please feel to contact me anytime!

Heather
Senior member

Christmas Party

2009-12-02T13:29:00.000-06:00

Get ready, get set! The ICON party is Friday at 2! This is why you pay that $10.00 every year!

CALL FOR PROPOSALS!

2009-10-13T21:07:00.000-05:00

Handheld Librarian II conference online – February 17 and 18, 2010!

THEME: Alliance Library System and LearningTimes invite librarians, library staff, vendors, graduate students, and developers to submit proposals for programs related to the topic of mobile library services for the online conference. Proposals are due November 1, 2009.
TOPICS: The Handheld Librarian II conference will feature interactive, live online sessions and links to recorded events following the conference. We are interested in a broad range of submissions that highlight current, evolving and future issues in mobile library services. These include but are not limited to the following themes:
· Ebooks and audiobooks
· Managing mobile content: eBooks, Journals, video and more
· Mobilizing the library: web presence, OPACs, databases and other electronic resources
· Promoting mobile services and using mobile devices to promote traditional library services
· Information security on mobile devices
· Access to and licensing of databases on mobile devices
· Mobile products and services in the medical library
· Text Message reference service
· Vendor development
· iPhone applications
PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: This conference accepts proposals for presentations delivered in several online formats:
· A featured 45 minute presentation
· Panel discussion with others (10 minutes of presentation)
· Virtual Roundtable discussions on selected topics
· Virtual poster presentation
Submit proposals by November 1 to: handheldlibrariancfp@gmail.com .
You will be notified by December 15 if your proposal has been accepted.
PRESENTERS ARE EXPECTED TO:
· Conduct an online session using Adobe Connect
· Provide a photo, bio and program description for the conference website by December 31, 2009
· Respond to questions from attendees
· Attend an online 30-60 minute training on Adobe Connect prior to the conference
Thank you for considering a submission for conference participation. If you have questions, please contact:
· Lori Bell, Alliance Library System, lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com
· John Walber, LearningTimes, john@learningtimes.net
· Tom Peters, TAP Information Services, tpeters@tapinformation.com

MLA Webcast

2009-09-21T12:07:00.001-05:00

Cutting the Cord November 18