32nd Annual SALIS Conference
April 27-30, 2010, New York City

CONFERENCE AGENDA

We have a terrific program planned, with an impressive mix speakers from CASA and other ATOD and Library organizations in the NYC, area as well as SALIS members from the US, Canada, and Europe.  In addition, attendeees will have an option to tour the New York Public Library and the Morgan Library.

View the brief agenda here, see below for a partial list of speakers.

• Susan E. Foster, MSW, Vice President and Director of Policy Research and Analysis at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. She is responsible for the preparation of CASA's latest report "Behind Bars: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population."
• Michael Ahmadi, MPH, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA. "Using Knowledge Management Technology to Help Meet Information Needs in the Field of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs"
• Robert Pandina, PhD, Director, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University. "Scientific Publishers: Gatekeepers of Human Knowledge"
• Harry Levine, PhD, Professor of Sociology at Queens College, City University of New York,"Collect the Policy - Underdogs and Losers: Unconventional Advice for Librarians of Substance Use and Abuse"
• Rick J. Block, Head of Special Collections Metadata and Cataloging, Columbia University. "Promise for the Future, or Legacy of the Past? Cataloging in a Changing World"
• Dan Lawrence, MLIS, Director, Prevention Information Center, Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education. "Social Media in the Office: "To-do" or "Taboo?"
• Gwyndolyn Ensley, M.Ed & George Marcelle, SAMHSA, "Preventing and Reducing Underage Drinking as a Federal Priority"
  
  
• Christine Goodair, Coordinator National & International Programmes, International Centre for Drug Policy, George's Medical School, University of London, "The Perils of Progress - Quality Unassured"