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April - June 1998 Volume 19 Number 2
Letter from the Chair
John Donne (1623) wrote "No man is an island, entire
of itself..." In
modern voice Lennon and McCartney sang "I get by with a
little help from my friends." The universal truth is that
we often need others, especially in our work. The new buzz word
for all this "works and plays well with others" is
"partnering." We need partners to help us accomplish
our goals; in turn those partners depend on us. Today in health
sciences libraries your goals may include patient education and
consumer health education, whether you do it yourself or partner
with others who are doing it. Who are your partners, your colleagues,
in this task - other health sciences librarians, health educators,
nurse educators, physicians, nurses, public librarians, others?
This year's PNC/MLA annual meeting, "Partnering for Healthy Communities" is just right for you - and for your partners, whoever they may be. The meeting will be held at the Grove Hotel in Boise, Idaho from Tuesday, October 27th to Thursday, October 29th. There will be a full pre-conference day of continuing education on the 27th that will focus on information for patient education and consumer health: finding it, organizing it, and disseminating it. The first day of the meeting will also have a consumer health/patient education focus. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Albert Bandura, Stanford University professor, former President of the American Psychological Association, renowned scholar and author on the subject of self-efficacy and health-related behavior changes. For those wanting to attend just this first day of the meeting there will be a special one-day fee. There, of course, will be sessions just for medical librarians: electronic journal subscriptions, a PubMed update and so much more. Be sure to check the PNC/MLA web site for more details about the meeting.
Plan to join us in the charming city of Boise for the chapter's
40th
anniversary, a time for learning, meeting and, of course - partnering!