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HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARIANSHIP

Medlical Library Association (MLA)

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Professional Organizations

LOCAL Professional organization for health sciences librarians living and working in the Dallas / Ft Worth area:

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HealthLiNe

Membership Dues:
    Librarians - $15 annually
    Students - $ 5 / annually 

Meetings:
    4 times / year
    meeting locations vary 

Purpose:
    professional development / continuing education
    professional networking
    promotion of interlibrary loan services
    invited speakers
    forum for communication with regional and national health library organizations
(MLA, MLA SCC, NN/LM)


 
REGIONAL Professional Organization for health sciences librarians in our 5-state region: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas

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SCC MLA

Membership Dues:
    Librarians - $35 / annually
    Students - $5 / annually
    Additional Option - SCC/MLA Hospital Library Interest Seciton - $5 / annually

Purpose:
    one of 14 chapters of MLA
    fosters heath sciences librarianship
    advancing opportunities for continuing medical education
    promotes cooperation and communication between members

Meetings:
    Annual
    October
    3-4 days
    Location varies
    invited speakers, continuing education/training, exhibits, contributed papers and poster sessions

  Healthy People 2020

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Healthy People 2020 

Healthy People 2020 provides a framework for prevention. This online resource is a statement of our National Objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.

Healthcare Reform: HITECH Act

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  Health Reform in Action

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Health Reform in Action

This website is designed to help provide consumers with critical information regarding new health reform legislation.

Medical Librarianship Websites

NN/LM: (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
SCR  (South Central Region)
Health Information for the Public

NN/LM: (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
SCR (South Central Region)
Health Information in Spanish 
(Información de Salud en Español)

Drug Information

PubMed News and Noteworthy

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