MCMLA 2008 - Cody, Wyoming - Recently Updated Pages

General Session CE's

Maryhenning — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:07:57 CDT

Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy

- Instructors: Barb Jones and Betsy Kelly
Date: Oct 4, 2008 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (or 10-5)

Introduction to Study Design and Critical Appraisal

- Instructor Connie Schardt
Date: Oct. 4 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Introduction to Blogs and Wiki’s

- Instructors: Sharon Dennis and Susan Roberts
Date: Oct. 7, 2008 from 8:00 AM to Noon

If a Picture's Worth a 1000 Words...: enhance your presentations by adding still and animated screen captures

-Instructors: Sharon Dennis and Susan Roberts
Date: Oct. 7, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Publishing SMART: How to Make Your Article visible

- Instructors: Allyson Mower and Mary Youngkin
Date: Oct. 7,2008 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Creating Influence: Getting What You Want

- Instructors: Frank and Lisa Traditi
Date: Oct. 7, 2008 from 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Thanks to Cody Merchants!

Maryhenning — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:57:18 CDT

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Open Spaces, Frontier Places

Maryhenning — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:59:23 CDT

Online registration closed : MCMLA 2008 Registration Page

The Sky's the Limit!

open - accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants; free from limitations, boundaries; affording unobstructed passage or view.

space - the infinite extension of the three-dimensional region in which all matter exists. frontier - an area just beyond or at the edge of a settled area; an undeveloped area or field for discovery or research.

place - a space, area, or spot, set apart or used for a specific purpose.

If you are exploring open spaces in the delivery of health care information to rural or urban clients;

If you are you on the frontier in teaching or providing knowledge-based resources to library users in a unique setting or to a unique set of patrons; if you have designated a place in the library for a new, innovative purpose;

if you are you using innovative means to serve the underserved in rural or urban settings; if your library is using Web 2.0/open source software/social networking to deliver information; if you have initiated a new research project, then you are on the frontier!

Paper and poster sessions at MCMLA 2008 will include innovative discussions of

• Research – surveys, assessment, statistics, theories, overviews

• Teaching and learning – methods, strategies, models, one-on-one, classes, distance delivery

• Electronic information and delivery – collection development, e-books, databases, web 2.0

• Administration and support services – program development, ILL, document delivery

• Collaboration – public libraries, consortia, tribal communities • Marketing and Publicity – methods, achievements

Paper presentations will be 15 minutes long and in a lecture format scheduled for
Oct. 5, 2008.
Posters will be displayed and discussed during the 75 minute poster session on
Oct. 6, 2008.

Conference Schedule

Maryhenning — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:26:09 CDT

Friday, October 3

Wild Horse Tour
Cody Trolley Tour
12 pm — 8 pm Registration & Hospitality Hotel Lobby
2:00 pm — 5:30 pm CE #1 Gateway and Clinical Trials.gov

Cody High School Transportation provided from hotel lobby

Saturday, October 4

7 am — 6 pm Registration & Hospitality Holiday Inn Lobby
8:30 am — 5 pm CE# 2 PubMed Searching Cody High School

Cody High School Transportation provided from hotel lobby

12 pm — 4 pm MCMLA Board Meeting Board Room, Lunch Provided
1:00 pm—5:00 pm CE#3 Introduction to Study Design and Critical Appraisal Two Dot
3 pm — 5 pm Exhibitor Set Up Taggarts & Breezeway

6 pm — 8 pm Welcome Reception Buffalo Bill Historical Center

Honors and Awards (Trolley transportation provided)

Sunday, October 5

7 am — 6 pm Registration & Hospitality Holiday Inn Lobby
7:30 am — 8:45 am Nursing@Ovid "Live the Experience"

OVID - Main Ballroom
Nursing@Ovid "Live the Experience"

Logical Images - Pitchfork
Bridging the "Google Gap" -- Is Google the right tool for your clinicians to use to assist in visual diagnosis? A 2006 study published in the BMJ showed that the diagnostic accuracy rate when using Google is 58%. VisualDx, an image-rich online software system, was developed to help bridge this gap. VisualDx assists clinicians of all levels in diagnosing patients presenting with a rash, infectious disease, drug eruption, eye problem, oral lesion, acute pulmonary infection, STD, or other conditions where pattern recognition is key to diagnostic accuracy. With over 900 diseases and 17,000 medical photographs, it also includes the differential diagnosis of child abuse, travel-related disease, bioterrorism, cellulitis, and important reminders in regards to MRSA, healthcare worker precautions, disease reporting.
Come join us for a hot breakfast and learn how hospitals nationwide are using VisualDx to fill a significant information gap never before addressed by an eResource.

9:00 am — 10:30 am Welcome Keynote - Main Ballroom Marc Babitz, MD

"Caring for the Patient Who Is Not In the Room". His work in the field of "Community - Oriented Primary Care," which emphasizes caring for the patient who is "not in the room," focuses on the importance of access to health information resources for providers and patients especially in rural / frontier America.

10:30 am — 5 pm Exhibits Open Taggarts

10:30 am — 11 am Break with ExhibitorsTaggarts

11 am — 12 pm Program:Robert McKnight, MPH, ScD Main Ballroom - "Epidemiology 101: The Basics"

12 pm — 1:30 pm Lunch with Exhibitors Bandana Room
1:45 pm — 3 pm Paper Presentations

Use of Emerging Technology - Two Dot

Scan Grants: Reaching Out with RSS to Researchers in Rural Areas
Free Range RSS Feeds and Farm Raised Journals: What to Expect When Using RSS as a TOC Service

Exploring a New Frontier: The Nebraska Notebook for Consumer Health
Exploring the Electronic Notes Frontier in a Professional Program: Going Where No Veterinary College Has Gone Before

Library Services - Main Ballroom

Health Information Resources (HIR: A Curriculum-integrated Library

Offered Course on its 10th year

Bibliographic Instruction In a Pediatric Teaching Hospital
Health Information Literacy Research Project: Exploring a New

Frontier

Innovation in Perspective: Reinventing Information Services at the

UC Denver Health Sciences Library

Library Advocacy- Pitchfork

Vital Pathways Plus: MLA Champions Hospital Librarians
ROI Calculators
Demonstrating Effectiveness: One RML's Story
Dog and Pony Show: Growing and Developing a Clinical Library

Service

3-3:30 pm Break with Exhibitors Taggarts
3:30 pm — 5 pm Panel Discussion "Health and Information Access on the Frontier- Challenges" Main Ballroom

Deb Fleming, PhD, Moderator; Marc Babitz, MD; Robert McKnight, MPH, ScD; Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MLS; Rex Gantenbeim, PhD
What are the major barriers to accessing health care and health care information for residents in this region, especially those living in rural or underserved areas? Are the barriers economic, educational, cultural, lack of access to information or providers? How do we identify those barriers?

5-6:00 pm-- Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) informational meeting. Lynne Fox and Mary Helms will answer your questions relating to membership in AHIP and your career enhancement. ---Two Dot Room

5 pm - 6:30 pm Tour of the Cody Public Library, hosted by Frances Clymer, MLS, Director
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm Exhibit Teardown --Taggarts
6:30 pm — 9:30 pm Hoe Down Barbeque dinner featuring music by the Bearded Pigs. Special Guest appearance. Bandana Room

Monday, October 6

7 am — 6 pm Registration & Hospitality Holiday Inn Lobby
7 am — 9 am Poster Set Up Taggarts 1 & 2
7 am - 8 am Sunrise Seminar

SWETS Two Dot
SwetsWise e-Source Manager in SwetsWise Subscriptions

7 am — 8 am Committee Meetings TBA
8 am — 9 am Breakfast with the RML/MLA Update Main Ballroom
9 am — 10:30 MCMLA Business Meeting Main Ballroom
10:30 am — 10:45 am Break Breezeway

10:45 am — 12 pm Panel Discussion "Health and Information Access on the Frontier- Solutions" Main Ballroom

Deb Fleming, PhD, Moderator; Lesley Boughton, MLS; Jim Bush, MD; Deb Ward, MLS; Rex Gantenbeim, PhD

In response to the challenges of the previous panel, what are some of the solutions to accessing health care and health care information for residents in this region? What can medical librarians provide? Are telemedicine and other telehealth outreach technologies viable solutions?

12:15 pm — 1:30 pm Luncheon Bandana Room Jim Bush, MD

"Missed Opportunities, or It Is No Good To Be Right If Nobody Knows It!"
Examples through history of medical discoveries that have been slow to advance because the information hasn't been effectively distributed to physicians; often it has taken years for these discoveries to become widespread practices.

1:45 pm — 3 pm Poster Presentations Taggarts
3 pm — 3:30 pm Break Taggarts
3:30 pm — 4:30 pm Closing Plenary Main Ballroom Lesley Boughton, MLS, Wyoming State Librarian

4:30 pm — 6 pm Poster Breakdown Taggarts
5 pm — 6:30 pm Debriefing -TBA
6:30 pm — Dine-Arounds

Tuesday, October 7
Continuing Education

8 am – noon CE # 6 "Introduction to Blogs and Wikis" Two Dot
8:00 am – 3:30 pm CE #7 "Creating Influence: Getting What You Want" Pitchfork

For a map of the meeting rooms, please go to: http://www.blairhotels.com/meet_conv/bbv.rooms.html

Speakers

Maryhenning — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:08:56 CDT

"Caring for the Patient Who is Not in the Room"

Marc Babitz , MD

Keynote Speaker: Sunday October 5th 9 - 10:30 AM
Panel Discussion Speaker: Sunday, October 5th, 3:30 - 5 PM

Dr. Marc Babitiz, MD, serves as the Director, Division of Health
Systems Improvement for the Utah Department of Health. He
oversees four Bureaus (Child Care Licensing, Health Facility Licensing, Emergency Medical services and Preparedness, and Clinical Services), plus the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health. He recently served as Director of Student Programs in Family Medicine at the University of Utah. from 1995-2008. His work in the field of "Community - Oriented Primary Care" which emphasizes caring for the patient who is "not in the room," focuses on the importance of access to health information resources for providers and patients especially in rural / frontier America.

Lesley Boughton MLS

Closing Plenary Speaker: Monday October 6th, 3:30 -4:30 PM
Panel Discussion Speaker: Monday October 6th, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Lesley Boughton has been the Wyoming State Librarian since 1999.
Prior to accepting this appointment she was a director in three
Wyoming county library systems. She holds a Master’s degree in
Library Science from Southern Connecticut State University and is
active in library association at the state, regional and national levels.

Jim Bush MD, FACP

Luncheon Speaker: Monday October 6th, 12:15 - 1:30 PM

Panel Discussion Speaker: Monday October 6th, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Dr. James Bush MD, FACP, joined the Wyoming Dept. of Health in March 2007 as Staff Physician and Medicaid Medical Director.
He is keenly interested in implementing the "Total Health Record" and making telehealth a working reality in Wyoming. Prior to his current position, Dr. Bush had a solo practice in Internal Medicine in Fort Collins, Colorado as well as being Chief of Staff at Poudre Valley Hospital, and president of the Colorado Society of Internal Medicine. Also a teacher, he has been on the clinical faculty of the University of Colorado for 23 years and is involved with teaching Residents in Family Practice in Fort Collins.

Epidemiology 101: The Basics

Robert McKnight

Program Speaker: Sunday October 5th 11 AM - 12 PM
Panel Discussion Speaker: Sunday October 5th, 3:30 - 5:00 PM

Robert H. McKnight, MPH, ScD is Director of the Southeast Center
Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention which is funded by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. A professor of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health at University of Kentucky College of Public Health, he teaches courses in Injury Epidemiology and Control, and Health and Agricultural Populations. Dr. McKnight is an associate editor for theJournal of Agricultural Safety and Health and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Agromedicine. He has recently published articles in the Annual Review of Public Health and Public Health Reports.

“Health and Information Access on the Frontier”

Rex Gantenbein PhD
Panel Discussion Speaker: Monday October 6th, 10:45 AM - 12 PM.

Dr. Rex Gantenbein is a Professor of Medical Education and Public
Health at the University of Wyoming (UW) and Director of the Center
for Rural Health Research and Education in the College of Health
Sciences. He is also an adjunct Professor in the UW Department of
Computer Science and an affiliate Professor of Biomedical and Health
Informatics in the University of Washington School of Medicine. He
has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Iowa. His
areas of expertise include telemedicine, health information technology, computer security and privacy, and system engineering.

Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS, is the Community Outreach Liaison for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region. Her office is located at Creighton University’s Health Sciences Library. She is responsible for developing health information programs for underserved and vulnerable populations in six states, through developing effective and efficient partnerships with community groups. She created the “Bringing Health Information to the Community” web log that serves as a clearinghouse of information for grant information, web sites, and resources on public health, HIV/AIDS and more. Her content generation also includes web pages for minority health and low income populations. In 2005, Siobhan was named by Library Journal as one of the “Movers and Shakers” in the country. She also received the University of Illinois Graduate School of Information Science “Health Sciences Information Award” in 2003.

Frances Clymer MA MLS

Park County Library System Director Cody, WyomingPanel Discussion Speaker: Monday, October 6th, 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
Frances Clymer is a graduate of the University of Kansas and the Université de Poitiers. She earned her MLS degree from the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. Since the spring 2005 she has been involved in the planning and construction of a new central library facility for Park County in Cody, Wyoming. The library opens to the public on October 4, 2008.

Prior to assuming her position with the Park County Library System, Clymer was for many years librarian of the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody. She and her family have lived in Cody since 1983.

Deborah H. Ward, MA, MSLS, AHIP

Director, Health Sciences Libraries
University of Missouri - ColumbiaPanel Discussion Speaker: Monday ,October 6th,
10:45 AM -12 PM

Welcome!

Maryhenning — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:00:20 CDT

“Open Spaces, Frontier Places”

open - accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants; free from limitations, boundaries; affording unobstructed passage or view.

space - the infinite extension of the three-dimensional region in which all matter exists.

frontier - an area just beyond or at the edge of a settled area; an undeveloped area or field for discovery or research.

place - a space, area, or spot, set apart or used for a specific purpose.

Welcome to Cody, Wyoming, site of the MCMLA 2008 Annual Meeting!

What better place to embark on our exploration of “Open Places, Frontier Spaces” than Cody, Wyoming, the eastern gateway to Yellowstone National Park, and a “small western town with a big city attitude. “

When it comes to exploring new frontiers, medical librarians have always been at the forefront. This year’s meeting focuses on identifying and meeting the challenges pertaining to health and information access on the frontiers of the rural and urban areas of our region. Our sparkling program of continuing education classes, paper presentations and posters will keep you busier than a prairie dog after a gully washer!

We’ll look at obstacles and opportunities found in life on the frontier from a variety of viewpoints and experiences. We’ve rounded up our conference speakers and corralled some local experts for a pair of stimulating and thought-provoking panel discussions. Panel members include

Keynote speaker; Marc Babitz MD
Plenary speaker, Wyoming State Librarian, Lesley Boughton MLS
Luncheon speaker, Jim Bush, MD, FACP
Robert McKnight MPH, ScD,-Kentucky Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention
Frances Clymer, MLS, Park County Librarian
Rex Gantenbein, PhD, University of Wyoming Medical Education and Public Health
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MLS Community Outreach Liaison, NN/LM, Health Science Library
Creighton University
Deb Ward MLS, AHIP Director, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri
Deborah Fleming, PhD, University of Wyoming Clinical Professor of Medical Education and Public Health

Plan to rendezvous with your fellow frontierspeople during the opening reception at the fabulous Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the Hoe Down on Sunday night featuring our own Bearded Pigs, or at any of Cody’s fine watering holes. Don’t miss the wide open spaces of the Wild Horse tours or a ride on the Cody Trolley for a taste of Cody’s western history.

Welcome to Cody!

Powder River, Let’er Buck!

Mary Henning, Conference Planning Chair

Jenny Garcia, Co-Chair

Meeting Planning Committee Members

Maryhenning — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:35:01 CDT

Name	Email	Phone Number	Role
Mary Henning	mhenning@lccc.wy.edu	307-772-4285	Chair
Jenny Garcia	jgarcia@uwyo.edu	307-766-5379	Co-chair
Michlene Mankin	mankinmd@ccmh.net	307-688-1380
Nicole Cormia Pouget
Jerry Carlson
Kathy Tacke
Beth Robertson
Jim Honour
Linda Waggener

Conference Events

Maryhenning — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:54:30 CDT

The opening reception for MCMLA 2008 will be held at the spectacular Buffalo Bill Historical Center on Saturday, Oct. 4th. from 6-8 pm.

Transportation to and from the BBHC will be provided by
Cody Trolley Tours

The reception will be held in the rotunda of the
Draper Museum of Natural History

Key features that distinguish the Draper Museum of Natural History include:

A geographic focus on one of the most compelling biological and geological theaters in the world - the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and surrounding area

A multidisciplinary perspective on the dynamics of coupled human and natural systems

An emphasis on integrating exhibits and educational programming with original research

Visit the BBHC online before the conference : http://www.bbhc.org/home/index.cfm

PubMed, Gateway & Clinical Trials classes

Maryhenning — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:28:57 CDT

Pre-Conference Continuing Education classes

PUBMED® & NLM GATEWAY TRAINING IN CODY!

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE'S TRAINING FOR YOU LOCALLY

The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC), in conjunction with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region and the MCMLA , is offering two FREE hands-on classes taught at :

Cody High School
1225 10th St.
Cody, WY 82414

Round-trip transportation will be provided from the Holiday Inn to the Cody High School
courtesy of the Holiday Inn.

The following two preconference classes will be taught by the staff of the NTCC:

The NLM Gateway and ClinicalTrials.gov (3.5 MLA CE Hours)
Friday, October 3, 2008
2:00pm to 5:30pm

The NLM Gateway & Clinical Trails database is of particular interest to public and consumer health librarians and all health information consumers.

PubMed® (7.5 MLA CE Hours)
Saturday, October 4, 2008
8:30am to 5:00pm
Lunch on your own at nearby restaurants.

TO REGISTER for either or both of these FREE classes, simply click on this registration form link.
Both of the training sessions are intended for health sciences library staff, public or academic librarians, health professionals, and anyone interested in using these free National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases.
You may register separately for these pre-conference classes without registering for MCMLA 2008 conference.
The staff of the NTCC and the NNLM/MCR hopes to see you there.

Cancelled CE's

Maryhenning — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:38:43 CDT

Regretfully, these classes have been cancelled due to low enrollment (9/16/08)

Measuring Your Impact
Publishing SMART
If a Picture’s Worth 1000 Words

Other CE's listed in the program schedule still have seats available if you would like to reschedule.

Sunrise Seminars - See more of new products

Giraldus — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:25:02 CDT

The Exhibit Hall gives you a glance at new products from our vendors; Sunrise Seminars let you see them in depth.

On Sunday:

Wolters-Kluwer / Ovid presents Nursing@Ovid : 'Live the Experience'.

Logical Images, Inc. offers "Bridging the 'Google Gap' -- Is Google the right tool for your clinicians to use to assist in visual diagnosis?"

A 2006 study published in the BMJ showed that the diagnostic accuracy rate when using Google is 58%. VisualDx, an image-rich online software system, was developed to help bridge this gap.

VisualDx assists clinicians of all levels in diagnosing patients presenting with a rash, infectious disease, drug eruption, eye problem, oral lesion, acute pulmonary infection, STD, or other conditions where pattern recognition is key to diagnostic accuracy. With over 900 diseases and 17,000 medical photographs, it also includes the differential diagnosis of child abuse, travel-related disease, bioterrorism, cellulitis, and important reminders in regards to MRSA, healthcare worker precautions, disease reporting.

Come join us for a hot breakfast and learn how hospitals nationwide are using VisualDx to fill a significant information gap never before addressed by an eResource.

A Western Buffet Breakfast will be available to participants in these two.

On Monday Swets brings a pre-breakfast opportunity for coffee, tea, and cocoa and their program,
"SwetsWise e-Source Manager in SwetsWise Subscriptions."

Don't burn daylight just lyin' in bed - Come to a Sunrise Seminar and learn more about products to improve your library practice and your patrons'.

Hotel Information

Maryhenning — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:27:24 CDT

Holiday Inn, Cody
1701 Sheridan Ave.
Cody, Wyoming 82414
Hotel Front Desk: 1-307-587-5555
Hotel Fax: 1-307-527-7757
http://www.blairhotels.com/hicody/

Lodging / room block information:
On behalf of Blair Hotels and the Holiday Inn, we extend a warm welcome to all of you for the MCMLA 2008 Meeting “Open Spaces, Frontier Places” to be held in Cody, Wyoming.
You can expect genuine western hospitality from an excellent staff committed to providing the best convention experience ever. The Holiday Inn is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Cody within walking distance of shopping, activities, attractions and cultural events.

A block of rooms is being held for the MCMLA 2008 Meeting at the Holiday Inn, Cody, Wyoming for the dates of October 3-7, 2008. Please use our toll free number to make your reservations: Holiday Inn, 1-800-527-5544 , ext. 635.

In order to ensure that you receive the pre-arranged group rate ($79 1-4 persons) please use the code (MLA) assigned to your group when making reservations. All individuals should be advised that one night’s lodging guarantee, in the form of a major credit card or cash payment is required to be on hand at the Holiday Inn prior to issuance of a confirmation number.

You will NOT be able to receive the pre-arranged group rate online, or through the chain National toll- free numbers, so please call to make your reservations. You may begin to make reservations anytime. The block of rooms reserved for your group will remain in the computer system until September 17, 2008 (or until such time as the full block of rooms has been sold to convention attendees, whichever comes first).
Please make reservations prior to September 17, 2008, as the hotel will not guarantee room availability after that date.
Check in is at 3 pm; Check Out is required prior to 12:00 Noon.
Those attendees requiring a later check out must clarify with the hotel front desk manager; requests will be based on availability. Check out may be extended to 1pm. Check out after that time will be subject to one night’s additional lodging.

MCMLA 2008 T-Shirt

Maryhenning — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:16:58 CDT

We did not receive enough orders prior to the printing deadline, so we have had to cancel the T-shirts.

If you have already paid for a T-shirt with your registration, you will receive a refund after the conference.

Please call UW Conferences and Events at 877-733-3618 ext.5 if have any questions.

Sorry!

Are You Coming to Cody?

Maryhenning — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:21:51 CDT

We want to know if you plan to attend MCMLA 2008 in Cody! Please let us know by adding to the thread below.

Win “valuable” prizes (and learn about conference news and events) by contributing to the “Are You Coming to Cody?” thread!

Winners will be selected weekly from names appearing in the threaded discussion. Winning names will be posted in the wiki (we’ll ask first) and prizes awarded in Cody.

(Sorry, ’08 planning committee members are not eligible.)

Yellowstone National Park

Maryhenning — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:12:15 CDT

Old Faithful Webcam

Welcome to Yellowstone National Park!
Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk.
Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world's most extraordinary geysers and hot springs, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

http://www.nps.gov/yell/

Frontier Forerunners of Library Marketing & Promotion

Maryhenning — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:54:11 CDT

Frontier Forerunners of Library Marketing and Promotion Contest!

The MCMLA Library Advocacy Task Force is sponsoring a contest for “Frontier Forerunners of Library Marketing and Promotion!

Here is your chance to show off your marketing project or promotional activities that you have used to improve or expand services in your library or for your users.
MCR members are encouraged to submit materials to Marketing and Promotion
Categories: you may enter one or both categories
Prizes for the best entry scoring above 80 points will be awarded.
Entries will be evaluated on Design, Presentation and Evaluation Criteria.

Entries should be submitted to Barb Jones jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu by September 1, 2008.
Judges for the contest will be members of the MCMLA Library Advocacy Task Force.

All entries are encouraged to display their projects and promotional materials at the Marketing Booth at MCMLA. The winners will be announced at MCMLA 2008 in Cody, Wyoming. (bbj)

Powder River, Let'er Buck!

Maryhenning — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:19:30 CDT

“Powder River, Let ‘er Buck”: Term “Invented” by a Range Cowboy in Wyoming

By Phil Roberts, UW Dept. of History

UW football coach Joe Glenn often repeats the familiar mantra “Powder River, Let ‘er Buck,” as an expression indicating resolve—“we’re going to go out and do this task successfully, whatever the obstacles.”
The derivation of the expression was debated as long ago as the 1920s because it had been used frequently by American soldiers in World War I. A succession of veterans assumed it had origins in their respective home states—not all of them from Wyoming.
According to an old-time Wyoming cowboy who wrote about the origins of the expression in Annals of Wyoming, the term first gained notice in central Wyoming—right where you’d expect—along the banks of the Powder River. In the winter of 1928-29, the Annals editor asked Edward J. Farlow of Lander, a well-known former mayor of Lander and state legislator, to tell the story in order to resolve the question that “has been revived by an eastern publication.”
Here’s how Farlow explained the origins in “Powder River, Let ‘er Buck: Famous World War Slogan Came from Lips of One Missouri Bill,” in Annals of Wyoming, January 1929: “In the fall of 1893, the L outfit, Four Jay, Horse-collar and IX outfits pooled their herds of 1,600 beef steers and dry cows to be driven to the railroad and shipped east to market at the Double Dives, on the south side of the Big Wind River, just south of where the town of Riverton now stands…. When this roundup was over, the beef bearing the brands I mentioned above were all put in one herd, and the outfit shaped up for the long drive to the railroad. This time to Casper, as we had never shipped from Casper before, and this was our first trip and the trail was new to all of the cowboys, but myself.”
The outfit consisted of eight cowboys, one cook, one horse wrangler, and Farlow who was boss of the outfit. As Farlow pointed out, usually the herds were taken south to Rawlins to the train, and sometimes to Medicine Bow. But this time, it was to Casper. “None of them had ever seen Powder River and they were all excited. In the morning when they were catching horses for the day, I called out to them to get their swimming horses as we were going to cross Powder River several times before night. Missouri Bill, who already roped his horse, turned him loose, muttering that ‘this damn buckskin couldn’t even wade a river.’ “About 10 o’clock the lead of the herd reached the river and it was almost dry, the water standing in holes and barely running from one hole to the other. The herd followed down the stream for a distance of about two miles before they were watered, and we crossed it many times.
“When Missouri Bill saw it, he looked at it very seriously for some time, and then said, ‘So this is Powder River,’ and that night in camp he told us he had heard of Powder River and now he had seen Powder River, and he kept referring to Powder River nearly every day until we reached Casper, which we did in 28 days. “In the evening before we were going to load for shipping, and the cattle were all bedded down near the stockyards, the boys all adjourned to the saloon for a social drink, and Missouri Bill said, ‘Boys, come and have a drink on me; I have crossed Powder River.’ They had the drinks and a few more and were getting pretty sociable. “When Missouri Bill again ordered, he said to the boys, ‘have another drink on me; I swam Powder River,’ this time with a distinct emphasis on the words ‘Powder River.’ ‘Yes, sir, by _____ Powder River,’ a little stronger emphasis. When the drinks were all set up, he said, ‘Well here’s to Powder River, Let ‘er Buck.’….
The slogan was shouted louder and louder along with other similar references to the stream, very tiny most the year where the cowboys had crossed it en route to Casper. As Farlow concluded his story, “that is the first time I ever heard the slogan, and from there it went around the world. Farlow added that “Missouri Bill’s name was William Shultz and I have not heard of him for more than 20 years. He was a good cow hand and while here he worked for the L Outfit most of the time.”

Heard frequently in the Powder River country, the term apparently was not generally used elsewhere in the state. Eventually, however, the phrase became associated with the University of Wyoming, probably as a result of returning soldiers from World War I and Powder River Basin students repeating the phrase.
In the late 1920s, competition was announced for a school "fight song" for UW. The winning entry, written by Lorna Simpson, wife of Milward Simpson (later, a UW trustee, governor and U. S. Senator), included the words, "Powder River, Let 'er Buck." (The song was sung at the dedication ceremonies for the Simpson Family Plaza on the UW campus in September 2006).
Now, Coach Glenn has re-popularized the phrase, re-introducing Wyoming students (and younger state residents) to a commonly used expression of resolve dating from the days of the range cowboys in the early statehood period.

Vendor Information

Maryhenning — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:57:36 CDT

Exhibit Opportunities

The Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association invites you to participate in the 2008 Meeting at the Holiday Inn in Cody, Wyoming, October 4-7, 2008.

Application For Exhibit Space

More information(pdf)

Contact:
Jerry Carlson
Medical Library, Poudre Valley Health System
1024 South LeMay Ave. Ft Collins, Colorado 80524
970-495-7323 gmc@pvhs.org

Registration

Maryhenning — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:42:15 CDT

MCMLA 2008 Registration Page

Cody, Wyoming

Maryhenning — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:29:54 CDT

Airservice Information
The Yellowstone Regional Airport (COD) offers year-round airline flights to Cody, Wyoming on United Express or Delta Airlines. Cody airport features jets and large cabin-class turboprop aircraft with in-flight service and restrooms.
The website for our airport is www.flyyra.com
SkyWest Airlines is a code share partner with Delta Airlines and United Express. Mesa Airlines is a code share partner with United Express.
Contact the airlines for specific information. http://www.skywest.com/>

SkyWest/Delta Airlines
Connecting through Salt Lake City, Utah
http://www.skywest.com/
Toll Free (800) 221-1212
Local (307) 587-9740

SkyWest/United Express
Connecting through Denver, Colorado
http://www.ual.com/>
Toll Free (800) 864-8331
Local (307) 587-9740

Mesa Airlines/United Express
Connecting through Denver, Colorado
http://www.mesa-air.com/
Local (307) 587-9740
Toll Free (800) 864-8331

Attendees can also fly into Billings, Montana. Sometimes the airfares are cheaper; certainly they offer more flights per day. That website is www.flybillings.com.
Billings is about a 2-hour drive to Cody and rental cars are available at the airport.