Dear colleagues
Today is the last day for us to receive Early Bird registrations for
the 10th Asia Pacific Health, Special and Law Librarians' Conference
which will be held 24th-27 August in Adelaide, Australia.
Of particular interest to UK health and medical librarians will be the
keynote address by Linda Watson, Director of the Claude Moore Health
Sciences Library, University of Virginia at Charlottesville. She is
Past President of the Medical Library Association.
Among many appointments, Linda Watson has served the MLA as Board
member (1996-99), Treasurer (1997-1999) and as chair of the National
Program Committee.
She has also served as editor of MLA News "Media News" column, as
chair of the National Program Committee, and as chair of the ISI/Frank
Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award Jury. A Distinguished
Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP),
Watson is a recipient of MLA's Mid-Atlantic Chapter Librarian of the
Year Award.
Linda is currently (2002-2005) a member of the National Library of
Medicine PubMed Central National Advisory Committee.
Her keynote address will cover the recent developments in PubMed,
PubMed Central and the future developments planned for these services.
For more details of the Conference, please go to
http://conferences.alia.org.au/shllc2003/index.html
To send your early bird registration today, you can register online at
https://www.qiservices.com.au/~firststep/conferences/ALIA/
(No, that's not a typo' - the URL begins with 'https://...'!)
Or print the 2-page registration form (PDF) at
http://conferences.alia.org.au/shllc2003/registrationform.pdf
and fax it to the number (in Australia) shown at Step 7.
Please remember that the registration fees are shown in Australian
dollars.
Please also note that the Registration fee includes the Welcome
Reception, the Reception at the newly renovated State Library of South
Australia and the Conference Dinner.
We look forward to seeing as many of our UK colleagues as possible,
and we thank those who have already registered.
With best wishes,
Philip Keane
Conference Convenor
Head, Library & Educational Information Services
RAH/IMVS Library
Institute of Medical & Veterinary Science
PO Box 14
Rundle Mall Adelaide 5000
South Australia AUSTRALIA
Ph +61 8 8222 3224
Fax +61 8 8222 3152
Mobile +61 418 301 529
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