Annual Meeting 2000: Program

Conference Information:

The 2000 Annual Meeting is jointly presented by the Medical Library Association and the Canadian Health Libraries Association. Preliminary program information is available on MLANET (http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2000/program/index.html). Information includes details about the upcoming meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 5-11, 2000. Everything from housing information and forms to social highlights is just a click away. It's easy to register with a credit card at the Online Registration Center, which features a secure server. Other methods of payment are available when you use the Registration Form in the soon-to-arrive Preliminary Program publication. The form can also be downloaded from the "How to Register" page of the program site.

Schedule of NAHRS events:

Saturday, May 6th

• 8 p.m.: Informal dinner for interested members, Brother's Restaurant (1 Water Street). E-mail Richard Barry at rbarry@ana.org by May 5, if you plan to attend.

Monday, May 8th

• 10:30-noon: NAHRS Research Committee Task Force meeting

• 2-4 p.m.: Mapping the Nursing Literature, Phase I, poster session

Tuesday, May 9th

• 12:30-2 p.m.: NAHRS Business Meeting

• 2:30-4 p.m.: Invited Paper Session: "Hedges/Filters for Evidence-Based Literature," presented by Ann McKibbon, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

• 4-6 p.m.: NAHRS Executive Board Meeting (Pan Pacific Hotel, Governor General Suite C)

Wednesday, May 10th

• 9-10:30 a.m.: Contributed Papers Sessions:

  • "Walking Hand-in-Hand: Consumer Health Advocacy," co-sponsored by Consumer and Patient Health Information, Hospital Libraries, and NAHRS

  • "Outreach to Public Health Professionals: Demystifying the Drago of Population-Based Service," co-sponsored by Public Health/Health Administration Section, the Outreach SIG, and NAHRS