From OC

2009 Events

• too focused, not a good match He Huliau: Eliminating Health Disparities in Native and Pacific Peoples, Hilton Orange County; Costa Mesa, CA (February 5-7, 2009). http://www3.jabsom.hawaii.edu/native/ Presented by the Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Pacific Island Health Partnership of Orange County, CA. Not on NLM Exhibits list.
• done ACRL 14th National Conference (Association of College and Research Libraries) in Seattle, WA (March 12-15, 2009). Conference title "Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend." Poster proposals are due 10/20/08. Susan's proposal was accepted and she presented the poster at the meeting.
• done 2009 New Mexico Library Association Conference will be held April 22-24 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. (http://nmla.org/2009_Conference/conference.htm) Patricia Bradley presented a session on Native American Health Information Resources, including the wiki in this presentation. She also had OC flyers available as handouts. There were 9 attendees.
• another time, perhaps Reaffirming Cultural Knowledge
  The Third N-Nurse Symposium for Transformation in Health Care
  Albuquerque NM   April 15-17, 2009
• another time, perhaps Advances in Indian Health, UNM Continuing Education
  Albuquerque NM   April 21-24, 2009
• not a priority--not health-related Tribal Self-Governance Conference, Orlando FL, Hotel/Logistics TBA (May 16 - 21, 2009). http://www.tribalselfgov.org/ (also, it conflicts with MLA)
• presentation completed Tribal College Librarians Institute. http://www.lib.montana.edu/tcli/ (June 8-9 and June 11, 2009). This professional development event for tribal college librarians is held every year at the Montana State University Library in Bozeman. It is organized by Mary Anne Hansen (mhansen@montana.edu) who, as a participant in the 2006 Albuquerque meeting subscriber to the NativeHI email list, has received announcements about the wiki. Mary Anne has shared the publicity flyer with the tribal college librarians via their email list. Susan is on the agenda to make a presentation about Outreach Connections at the 2009 Institute on June 9, 2009.
• NN/LM PNR does not plan to attend or exhibit at this conference.Indian Health Service Research Conference, Portland OR, August 24-28
• Not a priority for 2009 --- Gathering of Nations--According to the Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow Web site (http://www.gatheringofnations.com/front.htm), this event will be held from April 23-25, 2009 in Albuquerque, NM. This is North America's biggest Pow-Wow. There is a phone number to call to ask about advertising, exhibiting, etc. The office is closed periodically from July-September. So, it appears that toward the end of September or early October might be the best time to talk with someone and get some prices. Barbara will continue to check back to reach Dr. Lita Mathews to get more information about the Program Book and see if I can get more information about the exhibit cost. Do any of the other options interest anyone?  Barbara will look for information about the Gathering of Nations to see whether that might be a good publicity target for us.There are a number of potential opportunities for advertising:

• Gathering of Nations Program Book (need to call Dr. Lita Mathews at 505-836-2810)
  
• Reserve a booth as a "merchant" at the Indian Traders Market (need to check back at the Website "at a later time" to get details). This space is shared by over 800 booths. The phone message says that exhibit applications will be mailed out in January 2009.
  
• Advertise on their high traffic Web site (see http://www.gatheringofnations.com/misc/advertise.htm) by: Banner ad at $150/month; Button ad at $250/month; Platinum Package at $500/month which includes banner on home page and Internet radio page, all ad features, and 3 mentions in their monthly online newsletter reaching over 27,000 subscribers; Sponsor the Gathering of Nations and receive exposure at the annual event.

2008 Events

• done 20th Annual Native Health Research Conference in Portland, OR (August 25-28, 2008). Sohail Khan shared the final version of the flyer with administrators at the Indian Health Service who could make announcements about the wiki at the Portland meeting and later facilitate further publicity to tribal leaders and health directors. Claire printed 400 copies of the final version and sent them to the hotel in Portland where Sohail's assistant was staying for the conference. She distributed them to attendees at morning gatherings.
• done Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations in Minneapolis, MN (September 21-24, 2008) http://www.diversityrxconference.org/). Ellen Howard, Steering Committee member, attended this meeting and NLM had a booth in the exhibit hall, staffed by Holly Burt of the Greater Midwest Region network office. Barbara had copies of the bookmark printed and sent to Holly at her hotel in MInneapolis and she included them with materials at the exhibit.
• done National Indian Health Board Annual Consumer Conference at Pechanga Casino & Resort in Temecula, CA (September 23-25, 2008) http://www.nihb.org/staticpages/index.php?page=200403301344379533 The NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region sent Pat Auflick from the University of Arizona to assist NLM Specialized Information Services staff at this conference. Barbara sent copies of the bookmark to Pat for inclusion at the exhibit.
• done National Diversity in Libraries Conference, "Spectrum of the Future," Louisville Marriott Downtown in Louisville, KY (October 1-4, 2008) http://www.librarydiversity.org/ Charniel McDaniels is coordinated the NLM exhibit at this meeting, and Barbara sent bookmarks to her for inclusion at the exhibit.
• done Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future; fall Forum in Arlington, VA co-sponsored by ARL and CNI (October 16-17, 2008) http://www.arl.org/events/fallforum/forum08/oct08schedule.shtml Poster proposal submitted and approved; poster designed by Susan and Barbara; Susan will have poster produced and one of her University of Washington Health Sciences Library friends will transport and post it.

• done New Mexico Library Association in Socorro, NM (October 17, 2008). Outreach Connections was a resource highlighted in the presentation by Patricia Bradley, "Researching Native Health Information: The Native American Health Information Services Program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center."
• done APHA (American Public Health Association) met in San Diego October 25-29, 2008. Catherine Selden was responsible for the NLM booth with Alan Carr from the NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region assisting. Claire obtained permission from Catherine Selden to distribute our bookmarks from the booth. 200 bookmarks were sent to Alan Carr who transported them to the booth. About 75 were distributed. Alan had no comments about the reception attendees had to the availability of the wiki.
• doneIndian Health Information Management Conference, "Managing Health Information Technology to Improve Performance and Outcomes," Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, AZ (December 15-19, 2008). http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/IHIMC/ Poster submission forms due October 20, 2008. Posters should address a range of topics related to the theme of the IHIMC demonstrating the use of Information Technology tools to support health care delivery in Indian Country. "Staffing of poster displays is strongly encouraged during staff breaks, lunches, and is mandatory during the mixer on Wednesday, December 17th from 6:00 to 7:00pm." Jeanette Ryan has taken responsibility for publicity at this conference.
• next year, perhaps NIH-NARCH-PI/PD science meetings, NIH Natcher Center and NHGRI, Bethesda, MD (November 5-6, 2008). Sohail will contact Dr. Trachtenberg to see whether we might give a presentation at a NARCH monthly teleconference.
• doneNIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center; National Harbor, MD (December 16-18, 2008). http://www.blsmeetings.net/2008healthdisparitiessummit/ Angela is looking into whether our poster or bookmarks could be included at the NLM exhibit.