PDA Conference for Librarians

[Lori Bell]

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library & Resource
Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago
Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria are pleased to
announce a pda conference for librarians: “Point of
Care to Your Palm: PDAs Playing in Peoria!” 

The conference will take place on Friday, June 7, at
the University of Illinois College of Medicine at
Peoria as the culmination of an LSTA grant project
funded by the Illinois State Library, a division of
the Office of the Secretary of State. 

Keynote speaker for the conference is Mari Stoddard,
Head of Educational Services at the University of
Arizona’s Health Sciences Library in Tucson. Her
keynote speech will address current and future trends
of pdas in the library and health care professions.
Ms. Stoddard is widely known throughout the library
field for her expertise on handheld computing. Besides
creating and teaching a series of workshops on
palmtops at the health sciences library, she has
presented workshops and papers on palmtops and
information management to the American Medical
Informatics Association, Medical Library Association,
American Library Association, and the Alliance for
Innovation in Science and Technology Information. 

The conference will start at 8:00 A.M. and end at 4:30
P.M. Topics to be covered include an introduction to
and basics of pdas; an overview of medical
applications for the pda; selecting and evaluating
medical content for the pda; integrating pdas into
library services and support; and vendor demos. The
day will also include a panel discussion of the grant
project, viewpoints on pda use, and the library role
in pdas from pda users and clinicians. 

Other speakers include: Carol Galganski, Manager,
Library & Resource Center, OSF Saint Francis Medical
Center; Jo Dorsch, Health Sciences Librarian,
University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the
Health Sciences-Peoria; Lori Bell, Medical Librarian,
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center; Peg Burnette,
Reference/Systems Librarian, University of Illinois at
Chicago Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria; and Tom
Peters, Director of the Center for Library
Initiatives, Committee on Institutional Cooperation. 

The only cost of the conference is $25.00 to cover
lunch and refreshment costs. For more information and
a flyer on the conference, contact Lori Bell, OSF
Saint Francis Medical Center, Library & Resource
Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL 61637, (309)
655-2269, or lori.bell at osfhealthcare.org



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