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History of the Health Sciences Section Activities

HHS Sessions at the 2008 MLA Annual Meeting, Chicago IL

HHS Business Meeting at the 2008 MLA Annual Meeting, Chicago IL

Photos from Section Activities at MLA 2008





Opening Doors: The African American Connection in Medical Librarianship
History of the Health Sciences Section
African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG
Opening Doors: The African American Connection in Medical Librarianship
Sunday, May 18, 2008, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

AbstractsLisa M Boyd

Consumer Health Librarian

National Network Office, National Library of Medicine, NIH
Bethesda, MDQuest for Equality: Opening Librarianship to Librarians of Color. Cynthia L. Henderson

Deputy Director

Multi-Media Center, Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GAThose Who Made a Difference: A Qualitative Study of Firsts Richard Nollan

Assistant Professor

University of Tennessee
Memphis, Memphis, TN The First Blood Bank in the South: The John Gaston Hospital Blood Bank in 1938 Jill Newmark & Margaret Hutto

National Library of Medicine
Bethesda MDOpening Doors: Contemporary African American Surgeons

Presenter

Paper Title

Michael S. Fitts

University of Alabama, Lister Hill Library
Birmingham, AL

Moderator




InterConnections: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Medical History
History of the Health Sciences Section
Veterinary Medical Libraries Section, Mental Health SIG
Interconnections: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Medical History
Monday, May 19, 2008, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

AbstractsKevin O'Brien

Acting Assistant Special Collections Librarian
UIC Library of the Health Sciences
Chicago, ILA Philosopher’s medical utopias: Ernst Bloch and the history of medicine Judy Chelnick

Asssociate Curator
Division of Science, Medicine and Society, Smithsonian Institution
Washington DCArtificial Hearts, Endoscopes and Other Cool Stuff Diane Fagen

Librarian
American Veterinary Medical Association
Schaumburg, IL Veterinary Medicine's Contributions to Human Health Kathel Dunn

Associate Director
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region New York University Medical Center
New York, NYClaudius Mayer and Frank (Brad) Rogers: the End of the Index-Catalogue and the Origins of the Modern Index Medicus, a Personal History

Speaker

Paper Title

Patricia E. Gallagher, AHIP

Acting Head of Public Services
New York Academy of Medicine Library
New York, NY

Moderator




History of the Health Sciences Business Meeting

Date

Time & Location

Sunday 18 May 2008

7:30am to 9:00am, Skyway 273

02/3/08