Columbia Area Medical Librarians Association (CAMLA)

The purpose of the Columbia Area Medical Librarians Association (CAMLA) is:

• To become acquainted and foster better communications between the medical librarians in the Columbia area.
• To cooperate in the exchange of information and share our existing resources to greater mutual advantage.
• To strengthen our existing resources and library services through cooperative programs and funding.
• To promote continuing education of medical librarians.
• To assist in the development and growth of medical libraries in the Columbia area.
• To demonstrate an active interest in the continuing education of the health community by providing information on the library services and resources (both print and non-print) available locally and through the national biomedical communications network.

Current Officers:

Roz Anderson, President (roz@med.sc.edu)
Briget Livingston, Secretary/Treasurer (blivingston@med.sc.edu)

CAMLA Meeting Information

June 14, 2007

Four librarians from the School of Medicine Library gave PowerPoint presentations highlighting different sessions or classes at MLA's annual meeting in Philadelphia May 18-23, 2007. Below you will find links to those presentations and the NLM Update presentations. Many thanks to Lisa Antley-Hearn at Lexington Medical Center for hosting the meeting!

Roz Anderson's Presentation - NLM Update (115 KB)

Soumitra Kayal's Presentation - Top Technology Trends for Medical Libraries (544 KB)

Briget Livingston's Presentation - Presidential Inaugural Address (1.23 MB)

Steve Wilson's Presentation - Plenary Session I (2.02 MB)

NLM Update PowerPoint Presentations

Photos from the meeting:

May 30, 2006

Three librarians from the School of Medicine Library gave PowerPoint presentations about attending MLA's annual meeting in Phoenix May 19-24, 2006. Below you will find links to those presentations.

All files are PowerPoint (.ppt) files

Briget Livingston's presentation (17.8 MB)

Roz McConnaughy's presentation (11.5 MB)

Steve Wilson's presentation (284 KB)