This session is a no holds barred session for lively discussion by conference attendees with an interest in the health sciences. Rittenhouse is a conference sponsor supporting this session. Boxed lunches will be provided.
RSVP Required for the sponsored lunch:
The 22nd Health Sciences Lively Lunchtime Discussion session will feature a panel of 3 librarians who will present on relevant and timely collection development topics before the conversation is opened up to all attendees. Expanding upon topics previously discussed at Charleston, presentations will address the challenges of collection building and providing resources to our constituents during times of uncertainty. While traveling over the ever-changing health sciences collections landscape, we will visit the twisty and, sometimes, unpaved paths of seeking alternative funding sources, being responsive to emerging technological developments, and integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) considerations and criteria into our collections work.
Sarah McClung will discuss the “ins” and “outs” of grant writing and funding proposals for health sciences collections projects, including the value and complexity that partnerships bring to the process. Karen Gau will provide a snapshot of DEI collections projects and pilots underway at various institutions. Andrea McLellan will briefly guide us through the alleys and gullies of addressing demand and acquiring virtual reality resources for our collections.
Moderator Ramune Kubilius will briefly highlight and share a link to this year’s edition of the annual “Developments” handout that she has compiled, of interesting and noteworthy trends of the past year. To conclude the session, attendees will be invited to participate in a lively discussion of the trends, innovations, and challenges surfaced (and inspired) by the presentations.
(Note: The session title, "Down long wiggled roads", was inspired by a snappy line in the book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!)
