Mla ‘ 10 .Annual Meeting report

MLA ‘ 10 ANNUAL MEETING

REFLECT AND LEARN

Ryan Pineda

SESSIONS ATTENDED

Welcome Address

John P. McGovern Lecture (Daniel Pink)

EBSCO’s Lunch and Learn (Nursing

Reference Center)

Interviewing and Branding

Informationist in Practice

Ovid’s Supporting the evidence-based

practice needs of nurses

SESSIONS ATTENDED (CONT…)

Janet Doe Lecture (Ana Cleveland)

Ovid Presentation (A New Look at Nursing

Information)

Elsevier Presentation (Science Direct e-books)

Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section

( Navigating the Literature, Mapping the Literature

and Connecting Librarians and Editors to Identify

Core Nursing Journals)

LESSONS LEARNED

The future belongs to the right-brainers

Six abilities that matter most include design,

story, symphony, empathy, play and meaning

Three reasons to license EBSCOHost Nursing

Reference Center includes• Evidence-based nursing portal to end-user

community• Meets all criteria for magnet process• Unlimited accessibility

LESSONS LEARNED (CONT…)

Goal of informationist is to sell the library

5 Components of Magnet Journey in Nursing• Transformational leadership• Structural empowerment• Exemplary professional practice• New knowledge, innovation and

improvement• Empirical outcome

REFLECTIONS

Medical Librarians play a very important role in the field

Librarians are important because of their “high concept”

and “high touch”

Librarians must adapt and must embed

Be proactive!

Education for health science professionals is crucial

Bradford’s Law rocks!

There are still miles to go before we sleep)

THANK YOU!