The MLES annually sponsors a contributed papers session at each MLA Conference to highlight scholarly work by current LIS graduate students, recent graduates of LIS master's and doctoral programs, and/or individuals currently participating in postgraduate training programs in LIS, medical informatics, or other related fields. The topics are not specified, but should concern some aspect of medical librarianship, medical informatics, information in health care, or professional issues of interest to the MLES.
Individual students, doctoral candidates, trainees and fellows are asked to submit their work for a juried, blinded, evaluation by a committee of MLES members, with between five and seven papers being chosen for presentation at the national MLA meeting. Multi-authored papers are welcome, but the first author must be a student, recent graduate, or trainee/fellow. Details are available each year on this MLES website; a deadline of December 1st for submission is set each year, and there is usually a modest stipend available to assist the presenters with their travel costs.
We hope that you will join us to meet and greet old friends and fellow alumni. This is for all alumni - including those from schools that have closed or morphed into something unrecognizable.
The following schools will be participating, and the list is growing:
University of Michigan
Texas Woman's University
Syracuse University
University of South Carolina
Dominican University
Long Island University
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Texas
University of Pittsburgh
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
University of Alabama
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaigne
University of Missouri
University of Kentucky
| Tuesday, May 6 from 3:00 to 4:30 in Pacific Salon 4/5.
Special contributed papers session for new graduates and current students |