727 Marrett Road [Exit 30B off Interstate 95/Rte. 128], Lexington, MA

8:00-9:00am: Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:00am: Business Meeting

10:00-10:15am: Break

10:30am-12:20pm: "Health Information and the Public"

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch

1:30-2:30pm: "System Mergers and their Effects on Libraries & Library Service"

2:30-2:45pm: Break

2:45-4:00pm: "Electronic Journals & Copyright"

For further information, contact Anita Loscalszo, Conference Chair, at:

Tel: 508-785-1407 Fax: 508-785-1429 E-mail: aloscalz@bu.edu

A SPECIAL THANK YOU -

MAHSLIN is grateful to the following organizations for their generous financial support of the 1999 annual meeting. Their assistance is much appreciated:

Basch Subscriptions ; Blackwell ; The Faxon Co., Inc. ; Login Brothers Book Co., Inc. ; Rittenhouse, Inc.

SLATE OF OFFICERS & INCOMING COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Slate of candidates for officers for the 1999 - 2000 MAHSLIN year:

Vice-President/President Elect: Mary Linn Bergstrom, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester

Secretary: Kate Benning, Somerville Hospital, Somerville

In addition, MAHSLIN welcomes the following members as they assume positions as committee chairs:

Education: Peg Spinner and Kelly Cronin, UMass Medical Center, Worcester

Membership: Pat Davis, Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth

MAHSLIN would like to thank the following outgoing Board members for their creative participation and hard work over the past several years. Their efforts have helped to make a strong Executive Board and, thus, an effective organization, overall. Thanks for a job well done!

Sydney Fingold - Past President ; Anne Lima - Secretary ; Howard Silver - Education Chair ; Marybeth Edwards & Cathy Guarcello - Membership Co-Chairs

PLEASE NOTE -

Len Levin, Technology Chair, would like to remind all annual meeting attendees to please take a moment to fill out the Survey on the Status of Intranet Development in Massachusetts Healthcare Organizations and Role of the Medical Libraries. It will be available at the registration table and your responses will help the Technology Committee assess the state of intranet development. Please remember to complete and return this survey before leaving the meeting. Your help is much appreciated.

FROM THE MAHSLIN CHAIR

We are close to one of the highlights of my professional year, the MAHSLIN Annual Meeting. So many of us work in isolation or semi-isolation that it's a treat to see my colleagues again. That kernel of personal need is wrapped in a professional enrichment of speakers and talk about issues that affect our jobs and careers. One might be tempted to feel discouraged with our daily diet of dismal news, but seeing us all together, I'm gratified to realize the vitality of our association. You make it vital - I look forward to seeing you on April 29.

MAHSLIN, as part of its supportive role, contributed financial support to several library-related organizations or programs throughout the past year. They are:

The Boston Public Library Flood Relief Fund ; The MLA Century Fund ; The NAHSL 1998 Annual Meeting (held in Boston)

ARCHIVES Picture this - Kate Kelly, Archives Chair, reports that she has just about finished sorting through the various boxes that contain MAHSLIN's archived documents. She has noticed, however that nowhere along the way has she found any photographs of events, meetings, members, etc. Since pictures often make for the most interesting of historical records, she would like to pull together as many MAHSLIN-related photos as she can. Thus, anyone who may have snapshots or photos that they would like to donate to the MAHSLIN archives is urged to contact Kate Kelly at the Massachusetts General Hospital Treadwell Library, 617/726-8600 or kelly.kate@mgh.harvard.edu.

EDUCATION Two MLA accredited courses have been sponsored by MAHSLIN this year to date. The first, Reference Manager & Procite: Hands On! Was hosted by Nelinet in Newton. Sixteen people attended the half day session on November 19, 1998. The second program, Building a Consumer Health Information Service, was presented by MAHSLIN's own Mary Linn Bergstrom and Kate Kelly. Hosted by Mary Linn at UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, on April 8, 1999, a total of twenty-five people attended, coming from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. A third program is scheduled this summer on June 16, 1999. Creating Library Service Forms on the Web, a half-day class will be taught by Michael Leach and hosted by Kathy Schilling at Boston University Medical Center. Also, the CE Committee and the MAHSLIN Board reviewed and clarified the guidelines for its educational support programs. The guidelines are posted on the MAHSLIN homepage and interested consortia should contact the CE Chair.

The editor encourages your input of news and comment to future editions of MAHSLIN Network News. If you would like to submit material for consideration, please contact:

Terri Niland Fahey Library, Lawrence Memorial Hospital Hallmark Health System, 170 Governors Avenue Medford, MA 02155 Tel: 781/306-6606 Fax: 781-306-6655 E-mail: tniland@shore.net

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