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U.S. Army, Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii.: View of the front of hospital from plan, 1945



History of the Health Sciences Section Activities



HHS Sessions at the 2009 MLA Annual Meeting, Honolulu HI

HHS Posters at the 2009 MLA Annual Meeting, Honolulu HI

HHS Business Meeting at the 2009 MLA Annual Meeting, Honolulu HI


Infusing History into the Curriculum
History of the Health Sciences Section
Public Services Section, Libraries in Curriculum SIG
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Presenter

Paper Title
Abstracts

Joan Stoddart
University of Utah, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
Salt Lake City UT

Moderator

Patricia L. Thibodeau, FMLA; Richard A. Peterson, AHIP; Suzanne Porter, AHIP

Medical Center Library, Duke University,
Durham NC

Fusing the Old and New: Integrating the Library's History of Medicine Program into the Revised Curriculum

James Shedlock, AHIP; Ron Sims; Ramune Kubilius, AHIP

Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,
Chicago IL

Promoting and Teaching the History of Medicine in an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

Patricia E. Gallagher, AHIP; Sejal Gandhi; Winifred S. King

The New York Academy of Medicine Library
New York, NY

Teaching the Next Generation: Introducing Health Research to Middle and High School Students

Michael A. Flannery

University of Alabama
Birmingham AL

Utilizing the Past in the Present Curriculum: Vesalius and Beyond



Promotion and Development Fusions for Special Collections
History of the Health Sciences Section
Veterinary Medical Libraries Section, Mental Health SIG
Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Speaker

Paper Title
Abstracts

Patricia E. Gallagher, AHIP

New York Academy of Medicine Library
New York NY

Moderator

Maureen M. Knapp, AHIP,
Library, LSUHSC-New Orleans,
New Orleans LA

Distributing a Newspaper Clippings Collection

Chamya Kincy

Cataloging and Metadata Center, UCLA,
Los Angeles CA

"A Condom a Day Keeps the Doctor Away": Organizational Fusions for Digitizing AIDS Awareness Posters

Elaine Skopelja, AHIP

Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis IN

Health 'Cranks' in the Early 20th Century or Why the Public Health Past is Prologue to the Future

Stephen J. Greenberg

History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine
Bethesda MD

Old Wine in New Bottles: Digital Projects from NLM's History of Medicine Division




Threatening Fusions: When Ideologies and Demagogues Meet Ideas and Libraries
Relevant Issues Section
History of the Health Sciences Section
Wednesday, May 20 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Speaker

Paper Title
Abstracts

TBA

Moderator

TBA
Dr. Rebecca Knuth
Associate Professor in Library and Information Science
University of Hawaii
Honolulu HI

Threatening Fusions: When Ideologues and Demagogues Meet Ideas and Libraries.



Poster Sessions
Sunday, May 17, 2009, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Presenter

Poster Title
Abstracts

Joan Stoddart and Diane McKenzie

Connecting Library Directors and the History of Medicine

Colleen Weum
University of Washington Libraries, Health Sciences Library
Seattle, WA

The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition of 1909; A Centennial Look at Why a Fusion of the Past and Present will Shape Our Future




History of the Health Sciences Business Meeting

Date

Time & Location

Monday, May 18, 2009

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM, Convention Center, Room 303B
03/24/09