[PSR-News] NCLIS Libraries and Health Information Forum

[heidits at library.ucla.edu]

Network colleagues,

Forwarded from NLM...please consider and forward to anyone who might 
be interested in attending.  Naomi Broering, from the Pacific 
Southwest Region, is one of the ten finalists for the 2006 Health 
Information Awards for Libraries.

Hope to see you there!

Heidi

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                      Invitation to Attend
                          May 3, 2006

           NCLIS Libraries and Health Information Forum

                    National Library of Medicine
                   Lister Hill Center Auditorium
                       Bethesda, Maryland USA

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
(NCLIS) invites interested parties to the Libraries and Health
Information Forum, to be held at the National Library of Medicine on
Wednesday, May 3.

The day-long forum will bring together those interested in consumer
health information and the ten finalists for the 2006 Health 
Information
Awards for Libraries. The Awards are designed to encourage library
programs that address one or more of the following: dietary choices;
exercise; smoking cessation; alcohol and/or drug abuse prevention or
cessation; immunizations and health screenings; and improved health
literacy, that is, the ability to understand and make use of health
information.  A panel of judges in each state selected the state 
winners
based on how well the program encouraged lifestyle improvement among 
the
target population, the program's adaptability, collaboration with other
organizations, and how successfully the program was able to reach out 
to
people with low information literacy skills. From those state winners,
ten finalists have been chosen to participate in the forum.

Representatives of the finalist libraries will participate in three
panel discussions: "Effective Programs," "Health Literacy," and
"Partnerships and Outreach." Each panel will address critical issues 
and
challenges in their area. Panel moderators will be Karen Motylewski,
Institute of Museum and Library Services; Heidi Sandstrom, National
Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region; and Barbara
Nail-Chiwetalu, University of Maryland Libraries.

Dr. J. Edward Hill, President of the American Medical Association, will
be the Keynote Speaker. The Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Richard H.
Carmona, will also address the forum. Eugenie Prime, a member of the
Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine will serve as the
forum moderator.

The forum will begin with coffee at 8:30 a.m., with the program 
starting
at 9:00 a.m. A luncheon will be served, and the forum is expected to 
end
at 4:45 p.m.  A reception honoring the NCLIS 2006 Library Health
Information Awards winners will follow immediately.  Nine of the ten
finalists will be awarded a $1,000 prize and the Grand Prize Winner
library will be announced and will receive $20,000. 

The forum is free and open to the public.  However, *REGISTRATION IS
REQUIRED BY APRIL 25, 2006!* 

To register, send an e-mail with NCLIS FORUM in the subject line to:
Sean McDonald at mcdonas at mail.nlm.nih.gov.  Include your name, address,
institutional affiliation, e-mail, and telephone number.  Please
indicate whether you need special accommodations, and what type.
Questions about the forum should be directed to wwhitney at nclis.gov, 
with
copy to thahn at nclis.gov.

Registration Deadline: April 25, 2006

More information, including the forum agenda is at:
http://www.nclis.gov/award/healthawards06.html

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
gratefully acknowledges the following for their generous support of the
2006 Health Information Awards for Libraries:

The Henderson Foundation
Mary H. ("Mitzi") Perdue, in memory of Frank Perdue Thomson Gale

ABOUT NCLIS

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
(NCLIS) is a permanent, independent agency of the Federal government
charged by Public Law 91-345 to advise the President and Congress on
national and international library and information policies, to 
appraise and assess the adequacies and deficiencies of library and 
information
resources and services, and to develop overall plans for meeting
national library and information needs.  
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Kim
Kim A. Miller
Special Assistant - Technical
U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 1800 M
Street, NW; Suite 350 North Tower Washington, DC 20036-5841
202-606-9200; Fax 202-606-9203 kmiller at nclis.gov www.nclis.gov
<http://www.nclis.gov/> 


Heidi Thiessen Sandstrom
Associate Director
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Pacific Southwest Region
(310) 794-6572    
heidits at library.ucla.edu