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the Mayo Center for Healthy Living. Also included in the program will be a Technology Forum in cooperation with the GMR, contributed papers and posters. Social events will include a welcome event in the Exhibits area on Saturday evening and a dinner reception at the Rochester Art Center on Sunday. Additional tours of Mayo Clinic facilities and a Rochester Trolley tour are being planned as well. Five CE courses are scheduled, three offered on Saturday and two on Tuesday. An initial contact has been made with prospective exhibitors. The budget for the meeting is in excellent shape, as expenses are quite affordable in Rochester for items such as catering and audiovisual support. Continuing Education is projected to break even. If the number of exhibitors remains at the 20 we have had for the last several years (and not including any additional sponsorship revenue), we would need 70 attendees at a registration rate of $250 to cover the fixed costs. The Publicity Committee has been adding information to the conference website and is actively promoting the conference through newsletters and email lists. The Call for Papers and Posters, including announcement of the Chapter’s new research award, will go out in April. We anticipate opening registration through Acteva in early July. Oct 4-8, 2013 – Peoria IL Roy Jones, 2013 Conference Coordinator The Midwest Chapter, MLA / HSLI 2013 Joint Conference will be held in Peoria and East Peoria, Illinois and will run from Friday, October 4 th until Tuesday, October 8 th , 2013. The Embassy Suites, East Peoria has been selected as our conference site. The hotel contract is currently in negation with Jill Berkowitz of Group to Go working with the hotel and the local Conference Planning Committee to finalize the contract. Treasurer Amy Donahue has been kept appraised of the contract status. Committees have been selected and will be more active as the hotel contract is finalized. The program committee has created an outline of the program events as that is a necessary part of the negotiations with the hotel. 2014 – Bismarck ND Mary Markland and Ann Pederson, 2014 Conference Co-Chairs Space has been reserved at the Radisson Hotel in Bismarck for Oct 10-14, 2014. No contract has yet been signed, due to concerns about Bismarck as a location. The oil boom in western North Dakota is currently straining capacity for both airline flights and hotel rooms in Bismarck. Mary will be talking with the Bismarck Convention and Visitors Bureau to assess the situation and it will be discussed with the state group in the next few weeks. 12
On the plus side, Bismarck is quite different from Fargo and has some good options for tours and fun stuff. The only other option would be to hold it in Fargo again, as the situation in Minot is even worse than Bismarck and Grand Forks does not have a good venue for the conference. If Bismarck is the choice, people will need to make their plans early. Input from the Board about the situation would be most welcome. 2015 – KY I had an inquiry from the Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau that I forwarded to the KMLA president, Carla Townsend. They will discuss the matter at their May board meeting. This report is informational and requires no action by the Board. Faster – Higher - Stronger Indiana Final Report Midwest Chapter MLA – 2011 Indianapolis, Indiana October 7-11. The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association and the Indiana Health Sciences Libraries Association was held in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 8 th through 11 th at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. The theme for the conference was “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. The keynote speaker was Margo Coletti, who shared how she transformed her library at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center into a Knowledge Management Center, as well as her experiences with a Knowledge Management project at the New England region of the NN/LM. The plenary speaker was local author and videoblogger John Green, who shared his views on the Internet, connectedness, healthcare and reading. At the Technology Forum, co-sponsored with the Greater Midwest Region, four librarians from different types of libraries shared how they utilized technologies funded by NN/LM GMR Technology Improvement Awards to carry out innovative projects. Rounding out the program were 19 contributed papers and 19 posters. Updates from the GMR, NLM and MLA and the Annual Business Meeting of the Chapter were also held. Six continuing education courses were offered. On Saturday, there were two half-day classes and one full day class. On Tuesday, there were two half-day classes in the morning and one six-hour class. The conference opened with an Exhibitor Event and Welcome Reception from 7:30 to 9:00 pm on Saturday. The Sunday evening social event was a Tailgate Party at the NCAA Hall of Champions, where members were able to view the exhibits and participate in various sports activities. Exhibitors included 16 vendors plus the Medical Library Association and the Greater Midwest Region of National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Tables were also included for the Professional Development 13
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