Virtual Summer 2020 Meeting – Save the Date

Tuesday, July 14th: 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Mark your calendars for our upcoming virtual summer meeting. Agenda overview is below. Please check the GHSLA listserv for a meeting invite.

Agenda Items:

Welcome New Members
Shannon Glover, GHSLA President

Planting the Seed for Change
Emily Lawson, GHSLA President-Elect/Program Chair

Coping with Crisis: Shhh…Time to Listen
Guest Speaker: Chaplin Michael Fogas
Staff Support Liaison, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

DEI Discussion
Lead by GHSLA Executive Team Members

Business Meeting
Emily Lawson

Wrap-up
Shannon Glover

Election Results and Officers for 2020

Thanks to everyone who voted in the 2020/2021 officer election. The results are below.

Immediate Past President: Kimberly Powell
Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library

President: Shannon Glover
Northeast Georgia Health System

President-Elect/Program Chair: Emily Lawson
Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library

Secretary: Lachelle Smith
Augusta University

Treasurer: Kate Daniels
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Web Communications Coordinator: Carolann Curry
Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon

2020 GHSLA Annual Meeting Postponed Until March 2021

The executive committee initially planned to move the March meeting to June 2020, but due to the current environment and the uncertainty of what the rest of the year will bring, we’ve decided to postpone the conference until March 2021. The 2020 meeting agenda will still be in place, barring any issues with speaker/presenter availability.

The 2021 meeting will be held in-person at Hotel Indigo – Vinings and the finalized dates will be forthcoming.

All registration fees paid for this year’s meeting will be transferred to next year’s meeting. If you require a refund, please contact emily.lawson@emory.edu to request one.

Please note: There will still be two more GHSLA regularly-scheduled meetings for 2020. The first will be held virtually in June. The meeting agenda will be sent out in May.

POSTPONED GHSLA Annual Meeting

The GHSLA Spring Meeting planned for Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17 IS POSTPONED.

In recognition of the evolving policies, institutional recommendations, and travel restrictions the GHSLA executive board and Planning Committee have decided to postpone the Spring GHSLA meeting.

We are currently working with the hosting hotel to identify available dates for a Summer meeting.  For those that reserved a hotel room, you have until Saturday March 14th at 6pm to cancel without penalty.  We currently have inquires out to see if this window can be extended. For those with room reservations, I would encourage you to contact the hotel directly at 1-770-4325555| Email Hotel

Please feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions or concerns.  We will share any additional information as it becomes available.

We thank you all for your understanding and flexibility,

~Kim Powell, GHSLA President

Job Postings: Clinical Informationist (2 openings) at Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library (Atlanta, GA)

Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library has two openings for Clinical Informationists!

The Clinical Informationist (CI) works with a user-oriented, embedded team of Clinical Informationists to develop and deliver innovative clinical and nursing programs, services, and collections to School of Medicine faculty and graduate medical trainees, Emory Healthcare (EHC) attending physicians and staff, and clinical staff at various clinical teaching sites.

CIs provide a range of services in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Library’s clinical informationist model, including development of information products and services to support clinical and educational activities, on-demand assistance in locating information, collaboration and consultation on clinical research projects, such as healthcare quality improvement initiatives, collection management, instruction, and assessment.

Come join a dedicated and energetic team serving an ever-growing community of faculty, staff, students in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, as well as Emory Healthcare.

The job summary is posted on Emory Libraries website; the full description is available as PDF.

Feel free to reach out to Hannah Rutledge (hannah.rutledge@emory.edu), Head of CI Services, if you have any questions.