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8/18/95                              Sam Hendrix (334) 844-3698

AUBURN HOSTING ANNUAL MEETING OF STATE HEALTH LIBRARIANS
     AUBURN -- The Alabama Health Libraries Association will hold
its  15th annual conference Sept. 7-8 at the Auburn University
Hotel and  Conference Center and Foy Union Building.   
     More than 50 librarians from throughout Alabama and
surrounding  states are expected to attend the conference, which
has a theme of  "Medical Libraries in Transition."    
     The schedule consists of two continuing education courses on 
Thursday and a keynote address and program on Friday morning.     
    "As consumers demand to know more about their medical
conditions,  health libraries must respond more than ever to
provide needed  information for both patients and physicians," said
Tamera Lee, head of  the Cary Veterinary Medical Library at Auburn
and the new president of  the organization.   
    "Being better able to provide such sensitive information in an 
innovative, legal way is the crux of the transition that this type
of  library faces today, and we believe the sessions planned for
our  conference will help those of us who work in these libraries
make this  transition."   
     Representatives from libraries based at hospitals, pharmacy 
schools, veterinary medicine schools and other health-related
facilities  will participate in the meeting, says Lee.        
Those who work in such libraries are often called on by 
physicians, pharmacists, veterinarians and other health
professionals to  conduct literature surveys and other background
research, meaning the  librarian must often have a substantial
knowledge of the subject matter  in order to make the right
judgments.    
     "In some hospitals, librarians walk the rounds with a
physician  to learn more about particular illnesses to be able to
get the physician  the most current information on an illness or a
treatment," Lee said.   
     On Thursday morning, Jane Lambremont, head of the Veterans 
Administration Medical Library in Alexandria, La., and a nationally 
respected grantwriting expert, will speak on "Grantsmanship for the 
Health Sciences Librarian."  On Thursday afternoon, Eleanore
Stewart,  head conservator at Stanford University Libraries,will
lead a workshop on  "Disaster Recovery of Library Materials."     
     On Friday morning, Marion Paris, associate professor at the 
University of Alabama's School of Library and Information Studies,
will  give a keynote address on "Abandoning the Comfort Zone:
Making Medical  Reference Accountable."  Paris will be joined by
Joan Lukins, director of  pharmacy information at Samford
University, and Mary Fran Prottsman of  the Lyster Army Hospital,
in a strategic planning session, group case  studies and simulation
exercises.    
     The group will also hold its business meeting on Friday.     
     For more information, contact Lee, the program chair, at the
AU College of Veterinary Medicine Library, 334/844-1749. 

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