MLA '06: Receptions and Special Events

This listing does not include educational opportunities, such as continuing education courses, section programming, and featured speakers. Consult the meeting site index for an overview as events and schedules are added. Note: some events listed below require a ticket and some are invitation-only.

Saturday, May 20

• Welcome Reception and Opening of the Hall of Exhibits
  (5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.)
  Convention Center: Halls D and E
  Ticketed event. One ticket to the reception is included with inclusive and conference-only registrations.
  

Sunday, May 21

• New Members/First-time Attendees Breakfast (7:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.)
  Convention Center: Phoenix 16–20
  Ticketed event. For tickets, contact mlams2@mlahq.org or 312.419.9094 x13.
  
  
• Chapter Council Presents Sharing Roundtables (noon – 2:00 p.m.)
  Convention Center: Phoenix
  Lunch sponsored by MLA and these MLA chapters: Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona, Midcontinental, Midwest, North Atlantic Health Science Libraries, Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group, Philadelphia Regional, South Central, Upstate New York and Ontario
  
  Ticketed event. Tickets, which include lunch, can be purchased in the MLA Registraion Center prior to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 20. No tickets will be sold the day of the event. Preferred topic is not guaranteed for onsite ticket purchase.
  
  Join your colleagues for lunch and informal discussions on a variety of topics. The roundtables provide an opportunity to share experiences, make new friends, and discuss mutual professional concerns and chapter activities.
  
  If you would like to share your skills and expertise as a facilitator or a recorder, please email Chapter Council Roundtables Committee Cochairs Jan LaBeause (labeause_j@mercer.edu) or Marie Reidelbach, AHIP (mreidelb@unmc.edu). Facilitators and recorders can earn one point for the Academy of Health Information Professionals for completing these activities!
  
  When registering for roundtables, select one of the following topics:

• Hospital Libraries Section Business Meeting and Reception (4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.)
  Convention Center: Phoenix 16–19
  Ticketed event. No charge, but registration is required. Select the reception on the meeting registration form.
  
  
• International Visitors Reception (6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.)
  Sponsored by EBSCO.
  Hyatt Regency: Sundance
  Invitation only.
  
  
• Library School Reunion Reception (6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.)
  Hyatt Regency: Remington and Russell
  
  
• Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) Reception
  (7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.)
  Sponsored by Elsevier.
  Ticketed event; offsite. Purchase tickets on the registration form. No onsite ticket sales.
  Cost: FNLM member, $25 per person; nonmember, $50 per person (includes 2006 FNLM membership).
  
  Join National Library of Medicine (NLM) supporters and staff for a private tour of the Native American Arts collection of the Heard Museum. Widely regarded as the "the nation's most prestigious private Indian Arts Center," the ten exhibit galleries of the Heard provide an opportunity for all ages to learn more about Native peoples and cultures. Also join the Friends of NLM for a celebratory dinner, sponsored by Elsevier, in the museum's central courtyard—a Phoenix landmark for its beautiful fountains, brick patios, and covered walkways with continuous arches. Bus transportation will be provided to and from the event. Attendance maximum is 200 participants.
  

• The Poisoned Pen Mystery Bookstore Reception (7:00 p.m.)
  Ticketed event; offsite. Purchase tickets when registering. No onsite ticket sales
  
  Hors d'oeuvres and round-trip transportation from the Hyatt is included. Cash bar. Attendance minimum is 40.

Monday, May 22

• Awards Ceremony and Luncheon (noon–1:30 p.m.)
  Hyatt Regency: Ballroom
  Ticketed event. One ticket to the luncheon is included with inclusive registration. Purchase additional tickets on the registration form.

Tuesday, May 23

• Networking Lunch with MLA Sections (12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.)
  Conventer Center: Halls D and E
  Ticket event. Purchase tickets when registering.
  
  Join in an informal lunch with members of your section to connect more personally with others who share your interests. Not a section member yet? No problem. The lunch is also a great opportunity to learn about MLA’s twenty-three sections.
  
  
• Open Forums (3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.)
  Audience participation is encouraged during these concurrent sessions that take on hot topics in the association.
  
  Information Specialist in Context Task Force
  Convention Center: Tucson 37
  The MLA Task Force on the Information Specialist in Context will provide opportunities for the membership to learn more about the final report from the consultant team, “Envisioning the Information Specialist in Context (ISIC): A Multi-Center Study to Articulate Roles and Training Models,” and discuss next steps with representatives from the MLA Board and the task force.
  
  Developing Middle Managers: What We Learned and Where We Are Going
  Convention Center: Tucson 39
  At MLA ’05, MLA’s Leadership and Management Section’s Task Force on Professional Development for Current and Aspiring Middle Managers (PDCAMM) presented preliminary data results. At this open forum, the PDCAMM task force will present its findings and recommendations drawn from a more in-depth analysis of the data and subsequent focused interviews. The task force welcomes and encourages comments, suggestions, and reactions from the audience.
  
  Education and Research: Visions for Tomorrow
  Convention Center: Tucson 36
  You are invited to provide feedback on the draft revision (PDF, 340KB) to MLA’s educational policy statement and the delineation of research-related knowledge and skills that will form the core of a revised research policy statement. This forum continues discussions begun at MLA ’05 in San Antonio and will inform the final adoption of new statements by MLA.
  In preparing for the open forum, members may wish to consider the following questions:
  • Do the introductory sections provide a clear and accurate picture of the context in which health information professionals work and the need for lifelong learning?
  • Do the core areas of knowledge and skills appropriately reflect necessary competencies for health information professionals in the current environment and anticipated changes in the foreseeable future?
  • What additional competencies do you believe should be added?
  • Do you have any comments on the desirability of the draft recommendations, additional ones to suggest, or general comments to offer?

• Fun and Friendship: The Final Transformation (7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.)
  Sponsored by American Academy of Pediatrics.
  Hyatt Regency: 2nd Floor Atrium
  Ticketed event. One ticket to the reception is included with inclusive registration. Purchase additional tickets on the registration form.
  
  Join colleagues and friends—old and new—for a transformative evening of fun and friendship as you sample Southwestern cuisine, enjoy lively music, and regional dancing.