Chapter Holiday Lunch: December 14, Wednesday
You are hereby invited to the HPC-MLA Annual Christmas Lunch to take place on Wednesday, December 14 2011 at the Stage Restaurant in the Honolulu Design Center at 11:30.
Link to Stage Restaurant:
http://www.stagerestauranthawaii.com/stage-experience
You have an option of ordering off menu or opting for the prix fixe menu (which does not include drinks).
Please RSVP by Monday, December 12, 2011 by contacting Diane Kunichika at: diane.kunichika@amedd.army.mil.
When you RSVP, please let Diane know what menu choices you are selecting from, and please include your drink if any.
Drink prices are:
Soda $3.50 (refillable)
Iced Tea $4.00 (refillable)
Plantation Iced Tea $4.50 (refillable)
[Note: There are brewed coffee and tea prices on the lunch menu. Drinks are separate and not part of the prix fixe menu]
Group Tax rate is 18%.
Hope to see you all there… and HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2011!
Thank you for participating in November’s MLA Webinar
Thank you for joining HPC-MLA members for November 18th’s Fall MLA webcast, “Connecting E-science and Team Science: The Changing Nature of Research” for 2011.
A special mahalo to NN/LM PSR who generously continues to sponsor the webcast over the years! We greatly appreciate their support!
We also send a big mahalo to Eric Nagamine of Kuakini Medical Center who was kind enough to allow our group to use KMC facilities to view this season’s webinar!
For those who attended, please remember to fill out the online evaluation. The link to the evaluation is found on the last page of the Participant’s Manual. After completing the Web evaluation, you will be able to print your certificate of completion.
Stay tuned for information on MLA’s Spring webinar! Have a great weekend everyone!
Save the date: APRIL 20 (Webcast)
Mark your calendars for the next MLA Webcast, “Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon: Finding Our Way in New Biomedical Research and Health Care Environments.”
The Webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, from 8:00-9:30 am at Straub. We thank Straub Clinic & Hospital for generously serving as the host site once again!
More information about the webcast is available from the MLA website.
Specific details for our own site will follow.
Please contact Carolyn Dennison if you are planning to attend.
Chapter Annual Meeting TODAY!
The HPC-MLA Annual Meeting is today at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Health Sciences Library!
We look forward to seeing you all at 8:00 a.m. sharp!
Reminder to Vote for the 2011 Chapter Board
Deadline to vote is this Friday, February 25!
If you are a member of the HPC-MLA and have not yet voted, please do so…
Please contact Tina Takamoto, Nominating Committee Chair, for more information if you did not receive the ballot via the listserv. Her email is located in the Members Section (Membership Directory) of the Chapter Website.
Mahalo!
2011 Membership Renewal Period
Happy New Year to ALL!
Time to renew
your Chapter membership for the new year, 2011, if you have not already done so… deadline is February 26.
We look forward to meeting up with you all this year!
Save the Date! March 9, 2011
March 9, 2011
SAVE THE DATE and mark your calendars for the Chapter’s Annual Meeting in 2011… to be held at the Health Sciences Library, University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kakaako!
Holiday Tea: December 10, 2010
The Annual Holiday Tea is right around the corner! We hope you all can make it this year!
When:
December 10, 2010, Friday
2:00 p.m.
Where: (Kailua)
A Cup of Tea
407 Uluniu St., #101
RSVP:
By DECEMBER 6 to Linda Uchida (luchida@hpu.ed)
For more information about menu selections and location, etc. please visit A Cup of Tea’s Website (link above).
Disaster Preparedness and Response Workshop on Dec. 3, 2010
The Hawaii-Pacific Chapter of the Medical Librarians Association is holding a Disaster Planning Workshop with presenter, Julie Kwan, Acting Associate Director at UCLA/National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
The “10-Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning” class is one of three primary components of NNLM’s Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan. While the focus of the class is on enabling libraries to maintain their information services to their patrons in the event of an emergency or disaster, the class also includes information about developing basic personal safety procedures as well as how to get help to mitigate the damage to collections after a disaster.
WHEN:
December 3, 2010 (Friday)
9:00 a.m. – noon
WHERE:
PREL
Conference Room
Pioneer Plaza Building
900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300 (13th floor)
(Pioneer Plaza is located behind the main Bank of Hawaii building on Bishop Street. For detailed information on parking options please contact Linda)
Coffee, tea and morning pastries will be served.
Please email Linda Uchida (luchida@hpu.edu) by Monday, November 29 if planning to attend.
Save the date! Webcast on November 10
Join us for MLA’s webcast, “ABCs of E-books: Strategies for the Medical Library,” to be presented on Wednesday, November 10, 9:00-10:30 AM
HST.
The webcast will familiarize us with electronic books and the associated collection management issues related to various platforms, pricing models, licensing agreements, term of ownership, resource management and access methods. These are needed to help us make informed decisions which will best serve our constituents.
We will be viewing the webcast at STRAUB. More details to follow.
NN/LM PSR is generously sponsoring our registration fee, so there will be no charge for the webcast.
Please send Carolyn Dennison an email (dennison@hml.org) if you will be attending so that she can get a preliminary head count!
Hope to see you all there!
