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The Medical Library Association (MLA) Liberty Chapter serves the people of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and the Philadelphia region of Pennsylvania.

The Liberty Chapter is a merger of the former New York-New Jersey Chapter and the Philadelphia Regional Chapter.



Upcoming events

    • 10/15/2024
    • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Online
    Register

    Register to attend the 2024 Liberty Chapter Annual Business Meeting.

    This meeting is open to all chapter members. Registration is required to received the meeting link.


    2024 Business Meeting Schedule

    10:00am – 10:05am  Welcome and Introduction

    10:05am – 10:30am  NNLM Region 1& 7 Update

    (Speakers: Faith Steele, NNLM Region 1, Interim Executive Director & Jessica Kilham, NNLM Region 7, Associate Director)

    10:30am – 11:00am  MLA Update

    (Speaker: Brenda M. Linares, President, Medical Library Association)

    11:00am – 11:30am  Participant break/tech set-up

    11:30am – 1:00pm  Liberty Chapter Business Meeting

    (Led by: Jaclyn Morales, Chair, Liberty Chapter)

    1:00pm – 1:30pm  Lunch Break

    1:30pm – 2:30pm  Professional Development program: 

    The Health Sciences Librarian and Generative AI 

    Fred LaPolla

    This class will explore the use of generative AI in medical libraries, including common ways it can be employed, how to write prompts to achieve those goals, and confronting common challenges in working with generative AI systems.

     Participants will be able to:

    • Identify common use cases for health sciences librarian

    • Compose a prompt to meet these cases

    • Compose a prompt to mitigate common challenges in AI use


    • 10/16/2024
    • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
    • The Great Hall at The Rockefeller University; 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
    Register

    The 4th Annual Liberty Chapter Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 10:00am-4:30pm at The Great Hall at The Rockefeller University; 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065. The meeting will be held in-person and virtually. The theme for this year's meeting is “Delivering Information that Makes an Impact.”

    Program Details:

    Our 2024 keynote speaker is Stephanie Fendrick, FACHE, MBA, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Virtua Health. Where are you, where do you want to be, and how will you get there? Stephanie’s talk will guide you through creating a strategic plan for your library and your career.

    We will also be joined by Chris Duffy, MLIS, AHIP, Director of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Library and Miriam Hoffman, MD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Together, they will discuss “library champions,” those super-members of your institution that support and advocate for the library. We’ll discuss how to find and foster these impactful relationships.

    The program also includes member and vendor lightning talks, member posters (new this year!), and built-in time to network with your colleagues and our generous sponsors.

    New this year: we will have a post-meeting reception in the Rockefeller University Library at 4:30pm! Join us while you wait for your train or bus to home.

    Coming from out-of-town? Please see our Public Transportation/Lodging/Parking page.

    Questions about the Annual Meeting? Please contact Allison Piazza, Programming Committee Chair, at allisonpiazza.nyc@gmail.com.

    Registration will close on Tuesday, October 1

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