{"id":1676,"date":"2010-05-13T14:41:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T21:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2010-05-13T15:18:36","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T22:18:36","slug":"jm2010-rejuvenate-%e2%80%93-engage%e2%80%a6refocus%e2%80%a6connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/?p=1676","title":{"rendered":"JM2010: Rejuvenate \u2013 Engage\u2026Refocus\u2026Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1683\" title=\"2010_logo2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/2010_logo2.jpg\" alt=\"2010_logo2\" width=\"250\" height=\"81\" \/>By\u00a0JM2010 Quad-chairs:\u00a0<em>Ellen Aaronson, Rebecca Birr, Judy Bube, and Kathy Zeblisky <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joint Meeting<\/a> of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona (MLGSCA) and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group (NCNMLG) was held at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa in Glendale, Arizona, January 27-30, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>125 attendees enjoyed the beauty and serenity of the Arizona desert while participating in a stimulating program that featured a diverse field of speakers and continuing education opportunities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/invited_speakers.htm\" target=\"_blank\">David Rothman<\/a>, a Hospital Librarian, blogger, and self-proclaimed technology geek in New York opened the meeting with a lively and fast-paced discussion of current technology trends.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/invited_speakers.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Keith A. Frey<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/invited_speakers.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Nadine Ellero<\/a> updated us on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in medical practice, and how medical librarians can become involved with this transition.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/invited_speakers.htm\" target=\"_blank\">David Levy<\/a>, Professor at the University of Washington, explained how technology has changed, how this change affects the quality of life, and why we have \u201cNo Time to Think\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/invited_speakers.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Connie Schardt<\/a>, MLA President \u00a0and Associate Director for Public Services at Duke University Medical Center presented a very engaging and factual account of \u00a0why EBM (evidence-based medicine) is far from \u201cdead\u201d!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/ce.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Continuing education<\/a> courses included Emerging Technologies for Librarians, Understanding Healthcare Literature, PubMed Rediscovered, Creating Online Tutorials, and Locating Cancer Information.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting activities were shared via the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/connect.html\" target=\"_blank\">Connect\/Follow\/Share<\/a>\u201d link on the JM2010 website. \u00a0The program featured 16 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/PosterAbstracts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">posters<\/a> and 21 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/PaperAbstracts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">contributed papers<\/a>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog posts<\/a> were submitted by 16 official bloggers along with photos on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/1296094@N25\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a> and posts to the JM2010 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=78662670128\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees responded very positively when surveyed about the program schedule, content, and quality of the sessions, the exhibit hall (32 vendors!!), the networking and social activities, and the conference facility.<\/p>\n<p>The comprehensive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/report.htm\" target=\"_blank\">final report<\/a> is available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/jtmtg2010\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">MLGSCA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Posted 5\/13\/10<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0JM2010 Quad-chairs:\u00a0Ellen Aaronson, Rebecca Birr, Judy Bube, and Kathy Zeblisky The Joint Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona (MLGSCA) and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group (NCNMLG) was held at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa in Glendale, Arizona, January 27-30, 2010. 125 attendees enjoyed the beauty and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,20,21,23,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1682,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mlgsca.mlanet.org\/newsletter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}