Hello from Cowtown!!

The CHLA/ABSC 2011 Planning Committee wants to see you at the conference this year. Why? You'll find out over the next 10 days as we post the Top 10 Reasons to Attend CHLA/ABSC 2011. We'll post this to our Web site and Facebook page too. To start, here's

#10: Location, Location, Location

Friday, May 27, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

How to Teach Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: a workshop for librarians because articles do not “fall from heaven” and expert searchers are made not born 

Friday, May 27, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Friday, May 27, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Friday May 27, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

This half-day course is designed for medical librarians who want to learn evidence-based concepts in order to comfortably support and teach evidence-based clinical practice at their institution. Through large and small group discussion and hands-on, case-based learning, you'll learn the skills to critically appraise therapy studies. Instructor Jeff Mason is a hospital librarian who has taught evidence-based clinical practice at McMaster University's and Dartmouth College's well-known courses.

Thursday, May 26, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Single-session workshops are the predominant format for library instruction. As librarians, we’re always looking for ways to make these sessions more hands-on and engaging. This session will teach you to use instructional design principles to plan a short workshop. Participants will learn to identify goals for the session, organize learning activities, and evaluate your sessions. Instructors Patti Dyjur and Patrick Kelly are instructional designers with the University of Calgary.

Thursday, May 26, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Increasingly, health librarians are being asked to locate statistics. Often, all that’s available is raw data that hasn’t been turned into useful statistical figures. Don’t despair – you don’t need a magic wand to transform data into statistics! Join Peter Peller, University of Calgary’s data librarian, as he explains how to use the wizardry of open-source statistical software to extract data from the Canadian Community Health Survey and turn it into statistics your clients can use.

We have great Continuing Education sessions lined up for this year's CHLA/ABSC conference in Calgary, including a full day workshop held at the Banff Centre and developed especially for CHLA/ABSC by the Banff Centre. The workshop fee includes transportation to and from the Banff Centre.

The Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association (SAHLA) and the Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association (NAHLA) are pleased to sponsor two Alberta library students at the upcoming Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada Conference, to be held in Calgary, Alberta, from May 26-30, 2011.

Greetings from cold, snowy Calgary!

Registration for CHLA/ABSC 2011 is open.

Register before April 25 for early bird rates for the conference, CEs and Banff Tour. And don't forget we have special rates for WestJet and accommodations at the Hyatt.

For details and to register, please see our Web page: http://www.chla-absc.ca/2011/