WMLA Annual Meeting 2003

Friday, April 4

Bastyr University

Kenmore, Washington

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Program:

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.	Registration
8:30 – 9:45	WMLA Business Meeting
9:45 – 10:15	NN/LM PNR Report
10:15 – 10:30	Break
10:30 – 12:00	Dr. Marie Annette-Brown, Professor, University of Washington School of Nursing *Enhancing Mood and Energy: A Research Based Program of Light, Exercise and Vitamins.* Dr. Brown will speak about her recently completed research, "LEVITY: Light, Exercise, and Vitamin Intervention for Women with Depressive Symptoms." This is an intervention study testing the effects oflifestyle changes, (vitamins, exercise and light exposure) on women's mood.
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch: Purchase in Bastyr cafeteria Vegetarian Buffet ($3.50-$5.50 by weight.)
1:15 - 2:15	Mary Ross, Training and Development Managing Librarian, Seattle Public Library *Searching Below the Surface: Accessing the "Invisible" Parts of the Web.* Traditional search engines are only skimming the surface of the Web, missing certain types of files and information stored in databases. To effectively find this hidden content, you'll need a variety of strategies, resources, and tools for searching and for current awareness.
2:15 – 2:30	Break
2:30 – 3:30	Lauri Ellis, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation *Focusing on the User Experience - Best Practices for Intranet Web Site Design and Usability.* This talk will provide insight into how the Microsoft Knowledge Network Group (KNG) creates intranet portal sites that make employees more efficient and effective through easy access, exchange, and use of relevant information and knowledge. Lauri will share her experiences with web site redesign processes and describe how to use techniques such as persona creation, user observation and contextual inquiry to help drive decision making around key components of a site. These techniques can be scaled according to the size of your team and the resources you have available to implement them. She will also provide tips on how the KNG team extends best practices around web site design and navigation out to other teams within the company.
3:30 – 4:00	Discussion and Evaluations

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Travel Assistance:

WMLA is offering travel assistance of up to $200 per person to 2 librarians who are WMLA members and who live more than 200 miles from the meeting site in Kenmore, WA. The funds will help defray meeting, travel, and lodging costs. We especially want to encourage first time attendees or those members who have not been able to attend a WMLA meeting in recent years. If you are interested, please send an email to bhorak@peacehealth.org with a brief description of where you live and why you want to attend this year's meeting. Applications will be taken until March 19 and we will let you know by March 21st.