Program Sessions

This event offers a unique opportunity for state groups to exchange ideas and network in an informal setting. The Roundtable breakfast is designed to help current and future state association leaders share both information on association activities and printed and visual association materials. The event is open to any interested person. Table topics include:

• President: strategic planning, leadership
• Vice President: meeting planning
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Communications: newsletters, listservs, WWW
• Membership
• Continuing education
• Outreach

All participants must register for the event. Registration is $10.00. Breakfast will be provided. Please include the appropriate fee and indicate a topic preference on the Meeting Registration form. If registration is low for a selected topic, registrants will be offered placement at another table.

Questions??? Contact Pat Higginbottom, phiggin@uab.edu or 205-934-2230.

All attendees of the 1998 Joint Meeting of Southern and Midwest Chapters of MLA are invited by SC/MLA Hospital Libraries Committee to attend the "Hospital Librarians; Luncheon." Ms. Cindy E Suter will provide an entertaining and thought provoking look at the challenges involved in developing a hospital-based consumer health library.

The fee for the luncheon is $25.00. All attendees must register for this event. Please mark the appropriate place on the Meeting Registration form and include the appropriate fee with your registration fees.

Weaving Our Past into Our Future
Dan Gahl, Executive Director and Director of Clinical Affairs, Alliance Partners, Cincinnati, Ohio

Historians tell us that by looking back we can look forward. Demographers and actuaries tell us that statistical trends can predict our future. Psychics and mystics tell us they can predict our futures (usually at little more than $2.95 per minute!). Today we will play historian, we will consult demographers and actuaries,and then together we will prognosticate what the future holds for us. Most important though, we will look at how we prepare ourselves for success by using/acquiring the skills necessary to successfully "weave our future."

Threads of the Past
Jean Demas (moderator), T. Mark Hodges, Logan Ludwig, Ken Robichaux

MLA Update
Jacqueline D. Doyle, President of the Medical Library Association

Join our distinguished panel of representatives for the Southern and Midwest chapters and our vendor community as they weave the threads of our past into a tapestry that makes a bold statement of who we are today and who we hope to be in the future. The panel discussion will be followed by an update from MLA President, Jacque Doyle.

Quality Customer Service--You CAN Get There From Here
Barbara White, Lexington Community College, University of Kentucky

Quality customer service is a perennial topic in health sciences libraries. All of us, regardless of our particular roles in an institution, play a major role in providing customer service. Come find out how we can all achieve the same goal of quality customer service.

We'll provide the box lunch and the vendors will provide the latest news on their hottest products. Enjoy a sandwich with fruit, chips, and a cookie while you listen to the various vendors update us on their products and services.

This page is maintained by Mary Vaughn, mvaughn@pop.uky.edu Created July 13, 1998 URL: http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/MCMLA/MCSC98/roundtables.html