Here’s a sneak peek at this year’s fall MEDLI meeting.  Be sure to save the date and check back for registration information soon.

Mark your calendar and save the date for the 2016 MEDLI Spring Meeting!

2016 MEDLI Spring Meeting
Healthy Aging at Your Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information
Thursday, March 31, 2015
Farmingdale State College, Greenley Library

Join us for this “train the trainer” class, which is designed to help librarians assist their older adult patrons find health information. Discover techniques for teaching older adults to use computers and to find health information on the Internet, learn what makes a website senior-friendly; plan library programs on senior health topics; and find out about some recommended health websites for older adults.

Participants will:

• Learn about the reasons it is important to better assist their older patrons.
• Be able to evaluate health information resources based on usability issues that affect older adults.
• Learn and practice techniques for teaching older adults to look for health information on the Internet.
• Be able to research health information for older adults on online resources from the National Institutes of Health and other recommended websites.

Presented by: Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR)

Additional information is coming soon!

2015 MEDLI Fall Meeting
Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the Merrick Library

9:15AM: Registration & Refreshments
9:30AM-10:30AM: Palliative Care Presentation
10:30AM: Journal Club led by Mary Westermann & Mahnaz Tehrani.  MEDLI Business Meeting will follow Journal Club.

What is Palliative Care?
Guest Speaker: David Wollner, M.D.

This talk will review the history and evolution of hospice and palliative care, with a focus on more recent developments in the USA, and a projection of the field’s future.

About the Speaker:
David Wollner MD, FACP, AGSF, Team Physician for the Palliative Care Service of the South Nassau Communities Hospital. He has thirty years of experience in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is trained and board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Geriatric Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He has been elected to Fellow status in the American College of Medicine, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Wollner serves on the American Geriatrics Society Bioethics Committee and was a recent scholar to the NYU/ Montefiore program in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. He has published articles and book chapters in his field and has presented lectures on Hospice and Palliative Medicine throughout the United States and Western Europe.

Fee: $10 MEDLI Members/ $20 Non-members

REGISTRATION FORM (PDF) 

While summer is still in full swing, it’s not too early to mark your calendar and save the date for the 2015 MEDLI Fall Meeting!

2015 MEDLI Fall Meeting
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Merrick Library

Our Guest Speaker is David Wollner MD, FACP, AGSF, Team Physician for the Palliative Care Service of the South Nassau Communities Hospital and he will be presenting, What is Palliative Care?  His talk will review the history and evolution of hospice and palliative care, with a focus on more recent developments in the USA, and a projection of the field’s future.  Plus, we’re bringing back Journal Club!

Additional information is coming soon!

Mark your calendar and be sure to join us for the 2015 MEDLI Spring Meeting!

Wearable Technology: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask
Farmingdale Public Library
Friday, June 12, 2015

“Wearable technology” and “wearable devices” are phrases that describe electronics and computers that are integrated into clothing and other accessories that can be worn comfortably on the body.  Over the years, wearable devices have evolved from large, bulky, and uncomfortable technologies to more portable, fashionable and lightweight items. Developers have incorporated technology into wearable items such as glasses, watches, headbands, and jewelry.  While these technologies show great influence in fashion and entertainment, they potentially have a more significant impact in the areas of health, medicine, and fitness.

We will be discussing ways librarians are utilizing wearable technology to enhance services and expand outreach to their organizations, as well as the obstacles that these technologies present (e.g. cost, security & privacy concerns).

Presenters:

Robin Wright, MSILS, MBA, is the Health and Human Services Librarian at Lehman College of the City University of New York. Robin previously worked at St. Barnabas Hospital (in the Bronx), the New York Academy of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Latrina Keith, MLS, is the Head of Resources Management at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  She has more than twenty years of experience in cataloging and classification.  She previously worked at The New York Academy of Medicine, The New York College of Podiatric Medicine and Barnard College.

9:30AM: Registration & Refreshments
10AM-12PM: Workshop
12PM: MEDLI Business Meeting     
.2 CEUs (2 contact hours) will be awarded

The event is being co-sponsored with LILRC and NCLA Health Services Committee.

FEE:
MEDLI Member: $15
Non-member: $30*
*Get a FREE MEDLI membership (good till June 2016) when you register for this program.

Click here here for registration form.