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MAHSLIN: 2024 Annual Meeting

The Massachusetts Health Sciences Libraries Network (MAHSLIN).

Pictures from the Annual Meeting!

Conference Schedule

8:00 - 9:00        Registration, Breakfast/Social, Visit with Exhibitors

9:00 - 10:00        Business Meeting

10:00 – 10:15        Exhibitors/Break

10:00 – 11:30     Speakers

11:30 – 12:00     Exhibitor Lightning Talks

[Virtual half day covers 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM]

12:00 – 1:00    LUNCH

Member Driven Time

1:00 – 2:30     Roundtables

2:30 – 3:30     Poster/Social/Vendor break

3:30 – 5:00     Wrap Up/Happy Hour

Speaker

Cynthia Cheng Correia helps professionals and organizations advance their insights and foresight capabilities to enhance planning, decision, and performance outcomes. For over two decades, she has brought robust and innovative insight/foresight programs, systems, and solutions to wide-ranging teams and companies. Cynthia is Managing Director of consultancy Knowledge inForm; founding Past-President of the Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows; and she developed SLA’s Competitive and Decision Intelligence Certificates Program. She produces the Informed series of webinars, courses, articles, and videos providing early warning, insights, and foresight on insight/knowledge practices, including the intersections of AI and innovations, research and analysis, and industries. Cynthia has been recognized for instructional excellence for her master’s program-level instruction at Simmons University, and has appeared in leading publications, including The New York Times and the award-winning The Emerald Handbook of Modern Information Management.

Calling All Members

MAHSLIN is seeking members for the following committees:

Education

Meeting Planning 

Membership

MAHSLIN 2024 Annual Meeting

 

Linking Librarians of Today and Tomorrow

Friday, April 5th

8 am to 5 pm

 

Management and Academic Building C-520/521

300 The Fenway

Boston, MA 02115

 

Registration is Open Now!

MAHSLIN Member – $50.00

Virtual/Half-day Attendee – $10.00

Non-member – $75.00

For non-members the cost covers the Conference fee and membership for remainder of year

Other Library Associations – $75.00

Speaker/Instructor – Free

Students/Unemployed/Retirees – Free

Simmons Faculty – Free

Conference Description

Join us to network with experienced medical librarians! This year, we will be exploring Artificial intelligence (AI), Knowledge Management, Competitive Intelligence and what a librarian should know on the topics. Registration will be available soon, please save the date. This year's annual meeting will be hybrid with a virtual option in the morning, but we encourage ALL members to attend this special gathering of members and students of Simmons.

Time will be built into the schedule to meet and network with our favorite library vendors, each other, and poster displays.

Coffee, snacks, and meals will be provided, with appropriate breaks.

Call for Posters

MAHSLIN is putting out a call for posters

Max Size 3-feet x 4-feet (feel free to go smaller if you choose)

Share your ideas and/or projects on a poster with members and students of Simmons University.

  • Any topic within the Health Sciences Field
  • Health sciences or Librarianship

This will not be a formal presentation, we will be viewing posters during social networking time, please feel free to stand with your poster and prepare to discuss or let your visual data speak for itself.

For guidance on poster creation: this will not be a judged event, let's have fun!

MLA : Publications : Structured Abstract (mlanet.org)

MAHSLIN does not endorse this company nor will we payback any funds, this is optional and not required. 

Free printable, customizable research poster templates | Canva

Return the application below to JcoaleMAHSLIN@gmail.com and feel free to contact with any questions!

2024 Meeting Partners

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibiting

For information on exhibiting at this hybrid event, please contact: Jennifer Coale

JcoaleMAHSLIN@gmail.com

Conference Planning Committee

Jessie Casella, MLIS

Jennifer Coale, MLIS

Anna Dorste, MLIS

2024 Annual Meeting Book Exchange

Bring a book, Take a book!

A Book Exchange table will be available at the meeting.  Feel free to bring a book and exchange it for a new (to you) book.  Please limit the number of books you are exchanging to 2.