Illinois Librarians Give Poster Sessions at MLA 2017

Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)

June 1, 2017

A number of librarians from Illinois gave poster sessions at the Medical Library Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting. This year’s event took place in Seattle, from May 26 to 31. The theme was “Dream, Dare, Do”.

The poster sessions are below. For those that included presenters not from Illinois libraries, just the Illinois ones are listed. Also, if some of the presenters were from Illinois but were not librarians, only the librarians are listed.

Sunday, May 28

2:00-2:55 PM

“Flipped Instruction in an Interprofessional Education Course”

  • Charlotte Beyer, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, sole author

“Exemplary Practices to Inspire Library Accessibility: A Toolkit”

  • JJ Pionke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, co-author

“Exploring the Role of Tacit Knowledge in Evidence-Based Practice”

  • Peg (Margaret) Burnette, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sole author

 “Rural Information Connection: An iPad Mini Lending Program to Rural Student Physicians”

  • Emily Johnson, UIC Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria, primary author; Carmen Howard, UIC Library of the Health Sciences – Peoria, co-author

Monday, May 29

2:30-3:25 PM

“Can I Get a Visual?: The Impact of the New Clinical Informationist Program”

  • Jonna Peterson, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, primary author; Karen Gutzman and Corinne Miller, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, co-authors

Tuesday, May 30

1:00-1:55 PM

“We Built It. . . and They Came! Building a Repository Solution for the Future”

  • Violeta Ilik, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, primary author; Kristi Holmes and Digital Initiatives Working Group, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, co-authors

2:00-2:55 PM

“Library Guides on Disabilities: Building a Robust Resource for All”

  • JJ Pionke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, primary author; Jaena Manson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (graduate assistant), co-author

“Bridging the Gap: Dare to Incorporate Citation Analysis in Searching for Literature”

  • Q. Eileen Wafford, Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University, sole author

To see the full list of poster presentations, go here.

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