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History of the Health Sciences Section Activities


HHS Sessions at the 2003 MLA Annual Meeting, San Diego CA

HHS Business Meeting at the 2003 MLA Annual Meeting, San Diego CA



Catch the Wave!
History of the Health Sciences, Complementary and Alternative Medicine SIG
Beachcombing for a Cure: History & Current Developments in Botanical Medicine
Monday, May 5, 2003 - 3:30-5:00 p.m.
AbstractsEclectic legacy: the contributions of early American botanical literature to modern complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)And Here's To You, Mrs. Grieve: Thyme To Revisit Those Old Herbal BooksBeautiful Botanicals: Nature's Original Healing "Art"Plants from many healing landscapes: herbal medicines used by diverse culturesElizabeth Blackwell - the forgotten herbalist?

Speaker

Paper Title

Anne Maria Frketich, MLS
Offices of the Surgeons General, Armed Forces Medical Library
Falls Church, VA

Moderator

Michael Flannery, MLS, MA
Associate Director for Historical Collections,
Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

David J. Owen, MLS, Ph.D.
Education Coordinator-Basic Sciences
Kalmanovitz Library, University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Pamela M. Rose, MLS
Health Sciences Library (HSL), University at Buffalo (UB)
Buffalo, NY

Julia S. Whelan, M.S.
Senior Outreach Librarian
Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Lana Dvorkin, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Center for Integrative Therapies in Pharmaceutical Care, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Boston, MA

Bruce E. Madge, ALA, DHMSA
Assistant Director
Information, Patient Experience and Public Involvement, National Patient Safety Agency
London, United Kingdom




Catch the Wave!
History of the Health Sciences
Diving for Treasure: Library Exhibits from Idea to (virtual) Reality
Tuesday, May 6, 2003 - 3:00-4:30 p.m.
AbstractsPlanning an exhibit for the 50th anniversary of the structure of DNAFrom realia to visual virtualityTransforming a Medical Library into a Treasure Island for K-12 Teachers The Library's Legacy: A Virtual History RoomTreasures on the Web

Speaker

Paper Title

Patricia Tuohy
Head, Exhibition Program
History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD

Moderator

Mila Pollock, MLS
Director of Libraries and Archives
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Margaret Vugrin, M.S.L.S., AHIP,
Reference Librarian
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Library
Lubbock, TX

Richard C. Wood, M.L.S.
Executive Director of Libraries
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Library
Lubbock, TX

Jiwon Kim
Exhibition Educator
History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, MD

Rebecca L. Fisher, MLIS,
Information Services Librarian
Dahlgren Memorial Library, Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Taeyeol Park, PhD
Curriculum Support Coordinator
Dahlgren Memorial Library, Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Young Rhee, MLS
Head, Web Program
History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine,
Bethesda, MD



History of the Health Sciences Business Meeting

Date

Time

Monday 5 May

7:00am to 9:00am

4/22/03