I am writing to thank UNYOC for providing me with the funds to attend the Medical Library Association’s vConference, “2020 Vision: The Future in Focus.”+ My original intention was to attend the in-person conference scheduled for May 2020 in Portland, Oregon. As COVID-19 spread, planners rescheduled the event to August 2020 and eventually moved the …read more
Tag: Professional Development Award
UNYOC Professional Development Blog Post – Tami Hartzell
(The following is a blog post from Tami Hartzell, MLS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development award). Thanks to UNYOC, and the UNYOC/MLA Professional Development Grant for allowing me to attend “Transforming Healthcare Through Evidence-based Practice, the National Summit”. The Summit was presented by the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute …read more
UNYOC Professional Development Blog Post – Liz Grace
(The following is a blog post from Liz Grace, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). As a newly-appointed Head of Collections in an academic health sciences library, I am constantly seeking new educational opportunities. Attending the Charleston Library Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisitions in Charleston, South Carolina …read more
UNYOC Professional Development Blog Post – Michelle Zafron
(The following is a blog post from Michelle Zafron, MLS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). UNYOC, thank you for awarding me the UNYOC/MLA Professional Development Scholarship! This May, I attended the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in Chicago, Illinois. It was a busy but very productive …read more
IDEAL Conference Reflection
(The following is a blog post from Twanna Hodge, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award) On August 6 and 7 2019, the Ohio State University Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries hosted IDEAL ’19: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in …read more
MLA ’19: A Refreshed and Renewed Recap
(The following is a blog post from Rachel Becker, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). Maybe someday I’ll be jaded about attending MLA, but after my 3rd annual meeting I can confidently say I’m not there yet! Thanks to UNYOC’s Professional Development Award, I got another chance to spend …read more
First-time Attendance at MLA
(The following is a blog post from Darcey Mulligan, MLIS, one of the 2019 winners of the UNYOC Professional Development Award). As an early career librarian, my attendance at the annual MLA conference in Chicago was a whirlwind. I am so glad that I was able to attend and experience what so many others have …read more
Breakfast of Champions
Though I am late in submitting this report, my tardiness is not a reflection of my gratefulness to UNYOC for granting me the funding to attend the chapter’s 2018 annual conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Conscious of the fact that the winter season has already inched well into February, moving me another month past this event …read more
UNYOC 2011: Inspiration and Education
(As a requirement of UNYOC’s Professional Development Award, recipients must post on the UNYOC blog describing their experience including the impact this has had on them personally and/or their organization.) With UNYOC’s generous support, I was able to attend their 2011 Annual Meeting in Poughkeepsie, New York. This professional development opportunity benefitted me greatly in …read more