CHI Meetings
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2008
October 29, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: William Hallock Park Memorial Public Health Library [HIV/AIDS Resource Library]
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
455 First Avenue, Room 1200, New York, NY 10016
tel. (212) 447-2981. Directions and Information
Topic: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Public Health Librarian, Gloria Willson, hosts the meeting in the William Hallock Park Memorial Public Health Library. Overseen by the Bureau of Public Health Training, the library serves staff, students and the public. We will have a tour of the library, hear an overview of its services, and learn about its history.
Remember, October is Health Literacy Month! Do you have a story to share about how your library supports health literacy? We'll conclude the meeting with a roundtable discussion of your experiences.
July 23, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Science, Industry and Business Library (S.I.B.L.), 188 Madison Ave., New York, NY, tel. 212.592-7000. Directions
Please note that SIBL opens precisely at 10:00 AM on Wednesdays. Proceed to conference room 014/015, located on the lower level, just behind the staircase.
Topic:
1.) NOAH: New York Online Access to Health / Accessa Computerizado de la salud en Nueva York : Librarian and NOAH Managing Editor Pat Gallagher, MLS, MA, AHIP will give us an overview of this important consumer health resource, its history and an inside look at the editorial process.
2.) The meeting will conclude with a guided tour of the Science, Industry and Business Library.
April 23, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Carlisle Computer Classroom, Ehrman Medical Library, NYU Medical Center (550 1st Ave., New York, NY) Directions
Topic: Gale Health & Wellness Resource Center: In-person trainer will orient us to this NOVEL database's new interface in a hands-on training session.
January 23, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library Health Information Center 455 5th Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016 Tel (212) 340-0882
Topics:
1.) Social Networking Technologies in eHealth.
Discussion will revolve around emerging uses of social networking technologies in relation to provision and use of consumer health information.
2007
October 24, 2007
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: METRO (57 E. 11th St., 4th Fl., New York, NY)
Topics:
1.) Discussion of online training session in Gale's Health & Wellness Resource Center, a NOVEL database.
2.) Planning for future meetings.
July 25, 2007
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Myrna Mahon Patient Resource Library, Weill Cornell Medical College (1305 York Ave. (at E. 70 st.), 2nd Fl., New York, NY, tel. 646-962-5721). Located on the 2nd floor, just to the left as you come off the escalators.
Topic:
1.) Database training session. A live trainer will conduct a training session in the AltHealthWatch database.
2.) Tour of the Myrna Mahon Patient Resource Library. Librarian and meeting host Rhonda Allard will give a tour of her recently opened Patient Resource Library.
April 25, 2007
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: METRO (57 E. 11th St., 4th Fl., New York, NY) directions
Topic: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Resources
January 24, 2007
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: METRO (57 E. 11th St., 4th Fl., New York, NY) directions Topics:
1.) How to use a wiki to enhance a SIG (Invited guest: Stephen Francoeur, co-convener of METRO's Virtual Reference SIG and an editor of the Virtual Reference wiki)
2.) Finding Good Consumer Health Information in Other Languages
CHISIG_MeetingNotes_Jan07.pdf
2006
October 25, 2006
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Carlisle Computer Classroom, Ehrman Medical Library, NYU Medical Center (550 1st Ave., New York, NY) directions
Topic: HealthLiteracy October is Health Literacy Month! At this meeting, identifying elements important to health literate documents will be discussed. Ways to assess a document's reading level will be demonstrated, and information resources will be previewed and discussed.
CHISIG_MeetingNotes_Oct06.pdf
July 26, 2006
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Location: METRO
Topic: First meeting of the CHI SIG. Details
