submitted by Lisa Oberg

In celebration of MLA's Centennial, the MLA Continuing Education Committee is offering a year of distance learning opportunities. "Evidence-Based Health Care in Action" is the topic for this series of events.

MLA's first multi-level distance education program will launch with a teleconference on September 16, 1998. Our Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library has graciously agreed to sponsor this CE event.

The conference will be televised live in the University of Washington Health Sciences Building. If you are interested in attending please RSVP to the RML by phone (206-543-8262 or 1-800-338-7657) or email (nnlm@u.washington.edu). The conference will also be videotaped. Contact the RML to borrow the video.

The year-long series will continue with journal clubs, beginning in September, 1998, continuing through April, 1999. For more information read the following announcement from the Continuing Education Committee or check out MLA's Evidence-Based Health Care in Action web site.

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The MLA Continuing Education Committee, in celebration of MLA's Centennial, is pleased to announce a year of distance learning opportunities. Evidence-based health care was chosen as the topic for this year-long series of events. Plan on participating in as many as possible and build on your skills!

* Journal Clubs, October 1998-April 1999

Suggested multi-level bibliographies will be posted on MLANET during September. Clubs may be organized in person or electronically.

* EBHC Continuing Education Courses (tentative roster) at MLA 1999, Chicago

* EBM: Panning for Gold

* Critically Appraising the Gold: Evaluating the Clinical Literature

* EBM: A Practicum

* Meta-analysis

* Evidence-based Library Practice

* EBHC Page on MLANET

* EBHC Resources List

* EBHC Listserv Information

* EBHC Teleconference Information

* EBHC Journal Club Information

Watch MLANET for more information! Or contact Kathleen Gaydos, MLA continuing education coordinator,via email or 312/419-9094 ext.

submitted by Maryanne Blake

National Online Training Center

Just wanted to remind folks in the region that there are National Online Training Center PubMed and Internet Grateful Med classes scheduled December 14-16, 1998, as well as in Februrary and April, 1999.

The National Online Training Center's 1999 schedule for the first six months of 1999 is now available at http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/mar/online/schedule.html

The schedule for the last six months of 1999 will be available in May, 1999.

submitted by Maryanne Blake (originally posted on HLIB-NW, 10-7-98)

SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THE NOVEMBER 21, 1998 OFFERING OF LAURA GASAWAY'S
COPYRIGHT PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. REGISTER NOW!

 

The American Association of Law Libraries is offering, "Copyright in the Age of Technology" on Saturday, November 21, 1998, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., in Seattle, Washington. For additional information about this program, please contact Lara Koban, AALL Educational Program Coordinator, at 312-939-4764 or via email.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Modern technologies introduce new challenges and generate questions on issues of copyright. One of the leading authorities on copyright law and libraries will address these issues and answer questions such as: How does copyright law apply to digitized information? What are the changes in copyright in the electronic environment? How do you cope with new formats
and different methods of accessing and storing information?

Topics covered in this full-day workshop include:

- Copyright Act of 1976, Owners' Rights, Fair Use;
- Fair Use Conclusion;
- Section 108: Library Exemption;
- Digital Issues; and
- Non-print Works.

Participants will learn to:

- Understand the copyright law at it applies to law libraries;
- Apply existing law to newer electronic media;
- Identify areas in which the law is unclear or in which new laws are needed; and
- Design solutions to copyright problems in their local libraries.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS PROGRAM?

Law librarians, non-law librarians, and others interested in learning the issues of copyright law and the effect of copyright on their daily job.

 

INSTRUCTOR

Instructor for this program is Laura N. Gasaway, Director and Professor of Law, Katherine R. Everett Law Library, University of North Carolina.

PROGRAM LOCATION

University of Washington, School of Law, Seattle, Washington

 

REGISTRATION

The deadline for registrations is October 30, 1998. The registration fee is $125.00 for AALL members, $158.00 for non-AALL members, $84.00 for student members and $104.00 for student non-AALL members. The fee includes program, handouts, lunch, and morning and afternoon breaks.

Registration forms may be obtained at http://www.aallnet.org/events/edu_copyright.html or by contacting Maggie Kearney, AALL Program Assistant, at 312-939-4764 or via email.

AALL recognizes major support from BNA, Inc. for the Professional Development Program.