SLA Philadelphia

Health Information Technology in the 21st Century

On March 27, 2008 at the College of Physicians, David Bates, MD, will give a talk on Health Information Technology in the 21st Century: Where Are We and What's Next?

According to Dr. Bates, there are two developments that are likely to fundamentally change the practice of medicine in the next century. One is genomics, and the second is health information technology (HIT). Health information technology is likely to become ubiquitous in care delivery in the near future. While it has great promise, it hasn't always delivered. Dr. Bates will discuss the current state of HIT, what the next frontiers are, and what an HIT-enabled practice of medicine might be like. The talk is free but there is College-Sponsored Cocktail Buffet that is $35 for the general public. Bates is Chief, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Medical Director, Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partner's Healthcare Systems; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health.

  a.. Visit: College of Physicians to register on-line

  b.. Call:  215.563.3737, ext. 304

  c.. Email:  lectures@collphyphil.org

Drexel iSchool, DUSLA and SLA Philly Chapter

I just received my issue of Drexel University's Infosphere, the iSchool at Drexel's newsletter. On page 6 is a picture of three of our members, Patti Insetta-Rath, Luray Minkiewicz and Vivian Carlson.

Last May, the three talked to the Drexel SLA (DUSLA) student chapter about the benefits of SLA involvement. It's just one of many ways we've interacted with the DUSLA chapter over the years.

Through our Knower Fund, we've also provided funds for iSchool students to attend the SLA conference. We've also hosted a "Rush at Rush" which gave students a chance to find out about the many library-oriented associations that are out there.

The Drexel student chapter has been very active since its restart about five years ago. Their progress has been such that last June, in Denver at the SLA Conference, the chapter was awarded with a Merit Award in Outstanding Leadership in the 2007 SLA SAAAC Student Group Merit awards.

In addition, our chapter won SAAAC award for Chapter/Division Support because of our work with DUSLA.

Here's to many more years of partnership between our two chapters.

SLA Philadelphia Chapter Meeting at QVC

The next SLA Philadelphia Chapter meeting will be on Wednesday, March 26 at QVC in West Chester. The meeting will include a late afternoon tour of the QVC studios, dinner and a presentation by the QVC Information Services Staff. The presentation is entitled "Sorting Things Out At QVC: Taxonomy and Metadata Development."

More details can be found here. The registration form can be found here. 

Hope to see you there.

Directions to QVC

SLA Princeton-Trenton Chapter meeting

For those members who aren't that far from Princeton, the SLA Princeton-Trenton Chapter is having a meeting on March 17, 2008 entitled "Are you Information Literate? R U Sure ;-)."  Irvin R. Katz, a Senior Research Scientist at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ, will be leading the discussion.

The cost for dinner, a tour of the Engineering Library and talk is $15. Registration form can be found  here.