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2009 Conference Stipend Application

IHSLA will offer one stipend to a qualified* IHSLA member. If your dream is to attend our IHSLA annual meeting and you feel this stipend would make your dream come true, then let us know!

The stipend will be available to attend our Annual Conference on
April 15-16, 2009
@ The University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN

*Applicants must: be an IHSLA member with 2009 dues paid in full, and submit a completed application by March 1, 2009.

The individual receiving the stipend will be notified the week of March 15th, 2009.

The stipend will cover full conference registration, one night lodging at the Morris Inn plus mileage* to and from South Bend. The recipient of the stipend will be asked to write a short article about their conference experience for the IHSLA website.

Applications must be returned by 12 noon, March 1st, 2009 to:

Jennifer Helmen, IHSLA President
by email to helmenj@sjrmc.com

Stipend Application [Word]
*current reimbursement rate will apply

Continuing Education Course

This class will begin by defining "alternative" & "complementary". How do we know what is "Good" information about alternative medical traditions or complementary medicine practices? How will you avoid and teach others to be critical about fraudulent or exploitative information?

You will learn about and use information resources that clarify and explain different CAM Traditions. Web sites that provide warnings of dangerous practices, side effects, or complications are emphasized.

We will concentrate on identifying CAM information published on the Web by credible sources - that is research supported or otherwise critically reviewed by knowledgeable conventional or CAM medicine researchers or practitioners.

Diane K. Kovacs is President of Kovacs Consulting - Internet & Web Training. She has more than 15 years of experience as a Web Teacher and Consultant. Diane has been designing and teaching Web-based MLA Approved CE Courses since 2001. She also designs and teaches Web-based courses for UIUC GSLIS LEEP, the ACRL, and other organizations.

The Virtual Reference Handbook: Interview and Information Delivery Techniques for the Chat and E-Mail Environments by Kovacs, Diane K. Neal-Schuman Publishers (2007) published concurrently in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishers (2007) The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines by Kovacs, Diane K. & Robinson, Kara L. was published in 2004 by Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Genealogical Research on Web was published in 2002. How to Find Medical Information on the Internet: A Print and Online Tutorial for the Health Care Professional and Consumer (2000) (Library Solutions Press)and Building Electronic Library Collections: The Essential Guide to Selection Criteria and Core Collections (Neal-Schuman) were both published in 2000.

Diane's first book The Internet Trainer's Guide , was published in 1995. The Internet Trainer's Total Solution Guide was published in 1997. She has also co-authored with her husband Michael Kovacs, Cybrarians Guide to Successful Internet Programs and Services which was published by Neal-Schuman in 1997.

Diane Kovacs is the 2000 recipient of the "Documents to the People" award from the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association. She was also the recipient of the Apple Corporation Library's, Internet Citizen Award for 1992 and was the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association's first recipient of the Leadership Award in 1996. Since 1990 she has been the editor-in-chief of the Directory of Scholarly and Professional Electronic Conferences.

Diane received an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in 1989 and an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Kent State University in 1993. She has a B.A. in Anthropology also from the University of Illinois, 1985.

Hotel Information

The Morris Inn is located the Notre Dame campus. A limited number of rooms is reserved at the rate of $132/Singele, $152/Double per night (excluding tax). Call for reservations and mention you are with the Indiana Health Sciences Librarians Association. The phone number for reservations is 800.280.7256

*You must make your reservation by March 14, 2008. Reservations requested after this date will be on a space available basis and at the prevailing room rates.