HealthCampNYC - A Regional Health Unconference

HealthCampNYC: Using Collective Knowledge to Improve Health Literacy and Community Health

Friday, May 14
9am - 5pm
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library

HealthCampNYC is a regional health unconference for librarians, literacy professionals, public health professionals, medical professionals, community-based organizations and people interested in sharing with and learning from each other.

Participants at HealthCampNYC will be expected to share their work, skills and knowledge as active participants. In the rich tradition of unconferences, attendees will determine and manage program topics and sessions. Sessions may include (but are not limited to): how-to workshops, debates, or problem-solving sessions. This collaborative environment presents unique opportunities for learning, sharing, and relationship-building.

For more information and to register: http://healthcampnyc.wetpaint.com/

HealthCampNYC is hosted by Brooklyn Public Library with support from The Health Education and Literacy for Parents (HELP) Project and New York Academy of Medicine Library. This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. NO1-LM-6-3501 with New York University.

Save the Date: HealthCampNYC

SAVE THE DATE

HealthCampNYC: Using Collective Knowledge to Improve Health Literacy and Community Health

Friday, May 14
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library

HealthCampNYC is a regional health unconference for librarians, literacy professionals, public health professionals, medical professionals, community-based organizations and people interested in sharing with and learning from each other.

Participants at HealthCampNYC will be expected to share their work, skills and knowledge as active participants. In the rich tradition of unconferences, attendees will determine and manage program topics and sessions. Sessions may include (but are not limited to): how-to workshops, debates, or problem-solving sessions. This collaborative environment presents unique opportunities for learning, sharing, and relationship-building.

For more information: http://healthcampnyc.wetpaint.com/

HealthCampNYC is hosted by Brooklyn Public Library with support from The Health Education and Literacy for Parents (HELP) Project and New York Academy of Medicine Library. This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. NO1-LM-6-3501 with New York University.

Please feel free to share this info and the Save the Date flier with anyone who might be interested.

SLA '09 Recap

Some random thoughts, experiences, and pictures of SLA 2009.


SLA Leadership Development Institute

• Pain-free public speaking: SEE - Stories, Examples, Enthusiasm
• Align in 09: Two-year alignment project that looked into more effective ways to communicate to the non-library world about information professionals. A portal will be set up to discuss project findings and share information. Methods used in this alignment project included surveys, focus groups, and dial sessions. It was found that the name "Special Libraries Association" is not meaningful based on research and a discussion was started about a name change for the association.
  
• Top 10 picks for your SLA leadership toolkit:
  

1. Board of Directors
2. SLA Membership Directory
3. Leadership Center
4. Leadership Discussion Lists
5. Chapter Idea Wiki & Division Idea Wiki
6. Leadership Connections
7. Leadership Resources & Tools
8. Innovation Laboratory
9. SLA Resources
10. Click University

SLA Opening General Session

• Keynote Speaker: Colin Powell mentioned that instead of navigating through the SLA website to get to Click University, he just searched for it using Google. Maybe it's time for some web usability testing?
  
• Congrats to Pam Rollo, SLA@Pratt Advisor, for being selected as a SLA Fellow.
• Congrats to Michelle Dollinger, SLA-NY President, for being selected as a SLA Rising Star.
  

Thinking on Your Feet: Dynamic Communication

• Expanding your comfort zone
• Speaking your audience's language
• Benefits and features of a product or service
• What's the worse possible thing that can happen?
  
• "Plans are useless but planning is essential" - Eisenhower
  

Writing a Resume that Gets Results

• Your resume is not an autobiography
• Resume = marketing tool
• Networthing
• Summary/Qualifications section
• Skills - Transferable skills and technical/career-specific skills

Interviewing Tips & Techniques

• Essential HR Handbook: 100 Best Interview Questions
• Five biggest interviewing mistakes: Acting nonchalant, talking too much, exaggerating, not listening, and being unprepared

SLA Unconference Session #3

• Interesting discussion on participatory librarianship. See discussion notes
  
• Story telling vs. story listening

Developing a Job Search Strategy

• Keep learning/keep current -- core competencies of information professionals
• Building and developing networks
• Mentors
• Business cards. Suggestions: VistaPrint and Moo
  
• Having a Google presence
  

Critical Thinking

• Decision making and strategic planning
  
• Presentation (PDF)
  

National Library of Medicine (NLM) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tour

• NLM's Plan for 2006-2016
  
• HITECH Act and measuring meaningful use
• MedlinePlus is going to be redesigned sometime next year. Check out the search cloud
  
• Tutorial: Understanding Medical Words
• National Training Center and Clearinghouse
• Outreach Evaluation Resource Center
• NIH Library's physical space was redesigned based on staff suggestions instead of using a consulting firm

Science, Magic, Medicine, and Harry Potter

This is really cool. The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has a traveling exhibition, "Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine", which was created to explore the link between Harry Potter and the history of science using materials from the National Library of Medicine. Public, academic and medical libraries may apply to host the banner exhibition. The deadline is May 1. Check out the exhibition site.