Gary Atwood
Gary S. Atwood is a Library Associate Professor and Systematic Review Librarian at the University of Vermont’s Dana Health Sciences Library. His primary responsibility is to serve as team leader for the library’s new systematic review service. He also participates, as either a collaborator or co-author, on reviews in UVM's Larner College of Medicine, the College of Nursing and Allied Health, and the University of Vermont Medical Center. His research interests include information seeking behavior of students, faculty, and researchers as well as the use to technology in the research process. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.
Intervention
Bring a laptop or an iPad with keyboard to this session.
Target Audience: Everyone is welcome at this interactive but self-directed session. Participants who have in-progress projects, can go directly to the appropriate table. Participants, who have ideas but remain unsure about whether they should do a project, could spend the time determining feasibility of a program or project.
1) Idea Exchange: Develop bullet points of ideas or a 150-200 word abstract for a program, project, or proposal. Then – find someone at your table (or a moderator/session coordinator) to talk through the project or proposal. If your idea requires refinement, you can stay or move to a different table.
2) Keeping up with the Literature/Literature Search: Health information professionals must thoroughly review the literature before developing a new research proposal or designing a project or program. Take time now to read from your previously identified articles or start the literature search.
3) Peer Review: Prospective attendees will spend 30 minutes chatting with and getting feedback on an abstract or manuscript. Note: For this table only, Abstracts or Manuscripts must be supplied to hoogland.margaret@gmail.com (Subject Line “CHLA Conference”) a minimum of one week prior to the conference!
4) Write, Write, Write: Writing is hard work – in this distraction reduced space, take your time to edit, draft, or revise a project proposal, work on a manuscript, or maybe get started on your annual report documentation. Either way, the session coordinators will ensure your time is protected from distractions.