MEDLI’S HISTORY: Programs
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| Fall 1965 | Basic course for Medical Librarians | Volunteers from MEDLI |
| September 28, 1967 | “Talking Books” Service | “Miss” Kelleher |
| October 3, 1968 | First continuing education program: Copyright Law | “Miss” Annan |
| June 11, 1970 | Round Table Discussion on Library Participation Projects in the Nassau-Suffolk Regional Medical Program | Irene Miller |
| April 23, 1970 | MEDLARS Workshop | Carol Herring |
| October 29, 1970 | National Library of Medicine Source Grant ProgramMicrofilming | Ella Abney Jarmila Dvorak |
| May 7, 1971 | Summary of the Past Activities and Forecast of New Activities of the RMLLiterature Retrieval and Search | Ann HutchinsonRuth Marcolina |
| October 17, 1971 | Round Table Discussion on Methods for Implementation of Grant Objectives | Thomas H. Rees, Jr. |
| May 4, 1972 | Public Library Services to Hospitals in Nassau County | Muriel Javelin |
| November 9, 1973 | Announced at meeting? | |
| May 24, 1973 | Panacea | Emil Frey |
| January 25, 1974 | CW Post Library Program and Special Libraries | Joseph N. Whitten |
| May 9, 1974 | Panel Discussion on What’s New in Health Sciences Libraries | Ella Abney, Moderator Tobie Heller Katherine Boccieri Elsie Wilensky |
| October 24, 1974 | MEDLINE workshop | Isabel Spiegel Ruth Marcolina |
| February 13, 1975 | Reference and Bibliography Workshop | Lucretia McClure |
| May 8, 1975 | Descriptive Cataloging and Subject Analysis | Michael Koch |
| May 20, 1976 | Current Awareness through Data Bases | William Funderburk Ruth Marcolina Clara Faulkner |
| October 21, 1976 | Consortium Workshop: MEDCORE Commitment to CooperationCentral Administration of a Hospital LibraryCIR (Consortium for Information Resources) and its Impact on Community Hospital Libraries | Elizabeth McMullen Ruth Marcolina Maria C. Thompson Marge Getchell |
| February 3 1977 | Public Relations and Graphic Design for Libraries: Information–We Can’t Live Without It | Seymour Stark Tom Bach |
| April 21, 1977 | Federal Agencies in the Health Care Field: VA–What’s That? What is HSA All About? |
James M. HahnDaniel Sisto |
| May 4, 1978 | Panel Discussion on Patient Education | Panelists: Spencer Albert, Wendy Carter, Judith Toper, Karen Wiseman |
| October 26, 1978 | Grants and Grantsmanship | Doris Doran & Burt Eckstein |
| May 15, 1979 | Copyright Law for the Librarian | Harvey J. Coopersmith |
| October 18, 1979 | Alternative Ways of Healing (yoga demonstration) | Gladys Ruth Kanter |
| October 9, 1980 | Discussing the Nature of Legal Literature The Legal Publishers’ Point of View |
Lynn Fullshire & Jim Lodato Arnold Blair |
| April 30, 1981 | Library Space Utilization | |
| October 15, 1981 | Information Needs of the Physically Disabled | Ruth Vellemen |
| Aprill 22, 1982 | Book and Journal Repair | Virginia Wisniewski |
| November 17, 1982 | New Developments in Communications Technology | Frank Chickering |
| May 3, 1983 | Tour of the SUNY Health Sciences Library | |
| October 19, 1983 | Library Applications of Microcomputers | |
| April 27, 1984 | Overview of Microcomputing in Health Sciences Libraries | M. Bruce Maxian & James Lafferty |
| May 3, 1984 | A Collage of Medical History | Esther Geller |
| November 1, 1984 | Stress Management | Linda Zintl |
| May 2, 1985 | History and Manufacture of Cosmetics | Eugene Mavroudis |
| July 16, 1985 | Interlibrary Loan Workshop | Virginia Cook |
| November 8, 1985 | Geriatric Medicine and Patient Care: Alzheimer’s Disease | Dr. Frederick Sherman |
| April 29, 1986 | DRGs | Sandra Strang |
| November 6, 1986 | Coma Recovery Programs | Robin Grass |
| April 28, 1987 | Audiovisuals and Microcomputer Technologies for the Medical LibraryDocline | Laura BarrettMary Mylenki |
| September 17, 1987 | Docline Seminar | Kathleen Moellerl |
| November 5, 1987 | 1. Sponsoring End-User Vendor Programs: BRS Colleague and Paper Chase2. Telefacsimile Service in a Hospital Consortia | Deborah CasselLeila Hover |
| April 26, 1988 | The Hospice Alternative | Mary Jane Ringkamp |
| June 14, 1988 | Psych Info Workshop | |
| October 5, 1988 | Consumer Health Information: The Role of the Health Information Professional | Mary Westermann |
| June 19, 1989 | Using the Medical Library to Investigate a New Disease (Lyme Disease) | Dr. Louis Verardo |
| August 10, 1989 | Curing Online ILLs | Kathy Kwan, Joan Napolitano, Caryl Kazen, James lafferty |
| October 25, 1989 | Breast Cancer on Long Island | Dr. Andre Varmer |
| May 22, 1990 | What is Modern Chiropractic? | Dr. Donald Murphy |
| August 9, 1990 | Medical Information on CD-ROM and End-User Searching: A Hands-On Workshop (Joint program with LILRC) |
Valerie Rankow Panel Discussion (Virginia Cook, Arlee May, Joan Napolitano) |
| May 7, 1991 | CancerLine and PDQ Searching | Roberta Bronson |
| November 1, 1990 | Stating You Own Venture | Jack K. Mandel |
| November 12, 1991 | The Hospital as a Pluralistic Moral Community: A Challenge for Health Care in the 90s | Father Robert Smith |
| May 6, 1992 | Serving the Information Needs of our Clientele: Ownership v. Access | Lynn Fortney, EBSCO |
| October 15, 1992 | A Tour of Medical Libraries in Moscow, Prague, Budapest and St. Petersburg | Ruth Marcolina |
| January 23, 1993 | AIDSLINE | Roberta Bronson |
| April 29, 1993 | Intensive Care: Medical Ethics and the Medical Profession | Robert Zussman |
| October 26, 1993 | Poetry as Therapy: The Healing Power of Words | Sonia Usatch |
| January 14, 1994 | Beyond e-mail | Charles Greenberg |
| April 22, 1994 | An Introduction to Complementary Medicine | Speakers from the New Center for Holistic Health, Education and Research |
| November 2, 1994 | Managed Health Care | Dr. Lawrence Ravich |
| October 10. 1996 | UCMP Online Demonstration | |
| February 27, 1998 | Evidence-Based Medicine for Librarians: Panning for Gold | |
| April 23, 1998 | Tour of the New York Public Library | |
| November 20, 1998 | Library Fundraising | Diana Smartt |
| February 24, 1999 | Molecular Biology Information Resources | Renata McCarthy |
| June 1, 2000 | New Web-based DoclineAriel | Joanne JahrJeanne Galbraith |
| June 6, 2001 | Creating, Measuring and Analyzing Customer Satisfaction with Library Services | Sponsored by MLA |
| October 24, 2001 | Autumn Gourmet Luncheon | Stephen A. Bello |
| December 4, 2001 | The History of Medicine: The Last Hundred Years | |
| July 9,, 2002 | Walking tour of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | |
| October 22, 2002 | Newsday Writer Shares Prescription for Success Chief of Breast Surgery Columbia Presbyterian Hospital |
Ridgely Ochs |
| December 11, 2002 | Safeguarding our Patrons’ Privacy: What Every Librarian Needs to Know about the US Patriot Act & Related Anti-Terrorism Measures | |
| August 7, 2003 | Tour of Hewlett House | Debbie Blick |
| October 22, 2003 | Breast Cancer | Dr. Freya Schnabel Chief of Breast Surgery Columbia Presbyterian Hospital |
| December 5, 2003 | Bibliotherapy for Children and Young Adults | Don Wilson |
| March 25, 2004 | Consumer Health Resources in Libraries | Joint Meeting with LILRC |
| October 15, 2004 | Dr. John Kovach Director, LI Cancer Center |
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| March 29, 2005 | The Changing Health Care System | Robin Grass |
| December 2, 2005 | Essential Docline/Docline Explained | Joanne Jahr |
| April 17, 2006 | Cyber-Problems in the Wired Workplace | |
| November 9, 2006 | The Gospel of Germs | Nancy Tomes Professor of History Stony Brook University |
| June 15, 2007 | Traditional Chinese Medicine and Psychiatric Diagnosis | Thomas Nash |
| November 8, 2007 | Geeks Bearing Gifts | Gregg Headrick |
| April 1, 2008 | Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use | Arpita Bose |
| November 3, 2008 | “Kings Park” | Lucy Winer, producer |
| April 27, 2009 | Valuing Library Services | Panel discussion with Arpita Bose Joint meeting with BQSI/MB |
| October 19, 2009 | Conversations with Anahad O’Connor | Anahad O’Connor NY Times sciences and math reporter |
| April 27, 2010 | Gaming, Exer-games and Behavior, Cognition, and Neuro-plasticity | Shaw Bronner, PhD J. Adam Noah, PhD ADAM Center, LIU, Brooklyn Campus |
| November 3, 2010 | MEDLI & BQSI/MB Joint Meeting: Mini Med School |
Dr. Reena Karani Dr. Helen M. Fernandez Dr. David C. Thomas Dr. Audrey K. Chun |
| June 14, 2011 | The ABC’s of the FDA | Dilcia Granville, PhD |
| November 7, 2011 | Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids. | Julie Salamon |
| May 8, 2012 | Online discussion of “Evolution, revolution, or obsolescence: An examination of writings on the future of health sciences libraries” (J Med Libr Assoc. 2012 January; 100(1): 5–9). | Dr. Julie McGowan |
| April 16, 2012 | 50th Anniversary Dinner at the Library Cafe in Farmingdale | |
| June 6, 2012 | Journal Club: Discussion of “Exploring e-readers to support clinical medical education: two case studies” (J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 April; 99 (2): 110-117). | Mary Westermann, Facilitator |
| October 25, 2012 | Chinese Acupuncture: Diagnosis and Treatment | Dr. Michael Bailou Huang BA, MS, MLS, Med |
| April 30, 2013 | First “Annual Dinner” at the Rosewood Inn in Melville | |
| June 4, 2013 | The Good, the Not So Good, and the Ugly: Making Sense of the Medical Literature | Catherine R. Messina PhD |
| October 4, 2013 |
The Zen of Information Science: Building the Future in a Health Sciences Environment
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Jason Bengtson, Emerging Technologies/R&D Librarian, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
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| April 17, 2014 | MEDLI & BQSI/MB 2014 Joint Spring MeetingPodcast about Podcasts-A virtual medical conference that bridges the gap between journal and bedside
Getting More Value from the Value Study: Using Evidence to Communicate your Worth
BrowZine App Demo
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Sheryl Ramer, Hospital Librarian, Elmhurst Hospital Center Julia Sollenberger, Associate Vice President and Director, Medical Center Libraries & Technologies at the University of Rochester Medical Center
Ted Tyson, SeniorAccount Executive, BrowZine
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| November 21, 2014 |
PANDORA’S DNA: Tracing the Breast
Cancer Genes Through History, Science, and One Family Tree
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Lizzie Stark (author)
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| June 12, 2015 |
Wearable Technology: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
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Robin Wright, MSILS, MBA, Health and Human Services Librarian, Lehman College of the City University of New York Latrina Keith, MLS, Head of Resources Management, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| October 8, 2015 | What is Palliative Care? | David Wollner MD, FACP, AGSF, Team Physician for the Palliative Care Service, South Nassau Communities Hospital |
| March 31, 2016 | Healthy Aging at Your Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information | Lydia N. Collins, MLIS, Consumer Health Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR) |
| November 14, 2016 | Lend-A-Hand: Printing with a Purpose | Ellen Druda, Librarian Supervior, Technology & Internet Services, Half Hollow Hills Community Library and Margie Hartough, Head, Teen Services, Half Hollow Hills Community Library. |
| June 7, 2017 | The Science Behind Medical Marijuana | Dale Deutsch, PhD, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University. |
| November 15, 2017 | Open Access and New Modes of Scholarly Communication | Darren Chase, Associate Librarian/ Head of Scholarly Communication from SUNY Stony Brook. |
| June 14, 2018 | Evidence-Based Concussion Management | Dr. Halley Zwibel, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Director of Center for Sports Medicine, New York Institute of Technology & Dr. Adena Leder, Assistant Professor in Clinical Sciences and Director of Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Center, New York Institute of Technology. |
| December 7, 2018 | Copyright Skills as Risk Management Tools: The Librarian’s Role | Barbara C. Ingrassia, MLS, AHIP, CCM, Certified Copyright Manager, Speaker and Trainer, President of Manage Copyright |
| June 5, 2019 | The Evidence About Vaccination: Information & Knowledge for the Librarian | Dr. Janice T. John, DO, MS, MPH of the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell |
| November 18, 2019 | Back To Our Beginnings: Fall Networking Event | Stacy Posillico, Health Sciences Librarian for the Eastern Region Hospitals of Northwell Health |
| June 8, 2020 | THE PATRON IS A PERSON: BRIDGING THE GAP TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO LIBRARY PATRONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS | Denise Driscoll, RN-BC, CARN, PMHCNS-BC, NPP, Assistant Vice President of Behavioral Health at Mather Hospital; Debra Engelhardt, MLS, Director of Comsewogue Public Library & Adjunct Professor at Palmer School of Library and Information Science; Alexis Rodgers, LMSW, Coordinator for Mental Health Education at the Association for Mental Health and Wellness (MHAW) |
| December 3, 2020 | The Scientific Record on COVID-19: Does Speed Kill? | Ivan Oransky, MD, vice president of editorial at Medscape and co-founder of Retraction Watch |
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