APLNB/ABPNB is an association of professional librarians -- information experts in New Brunswick.
APLNB/ABPNB is an association of professional librarians -- information experts in New Brunswick.
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Work / Life Balance in Modern Libarianship

2011 Annual General Meeting and Conference
A conference in conjunction with the Maritime Health Library Association

To download the poster and the program, click here

2011 AGM & Conference

Events Schedule

Friday, October 21
Georges-L-Dumont, Salle d'Acadie, 2nd floor
1:00 PM Michelle Helliwell and Andrea Kuttner
Consumer Health Information/Patient Education and Health Literacy: Issues for Librarians
  • Health Literacy: Patient Education, Consumer Health and the informed public
  • Consumer Health libraries and library services : in-hospital and opportunities for partnership
  • Information Management of Patient Education in health care systems: What are the issues and why are librarians involved?
6:00 PM ABLNB / APBNB Conference Registration
7:00 PM APLNB / APBNB Annual General Meeting
9:00 PM APLNB /ABPNB and MHLA Reception
Carleton Room, Crowne Plaza, Downtown Moncton
Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Parking is $2 per hour up to $10 maximum. The hotel front desk will need to register the licence plate number for parking.
Saturday, October 22
Georges-L-Dumont, Salle d'Acadie, 2nd floor
9:00 AM APLNB / ABPNB Conference Registration
9:15 AM Conference Opening — Coffee and Announcements
10:00 AM Marilyn Babineau, Regional Manager of Quality Worklife, Horizon Health Network

Work-Life Balance: Myth or Reality? Work-life balance is a broad concept that is sometimes difficult to define and to live. This talk will offer the speaker's thoughts on how each of us can prioritize between work and life, given that we spend at least one third of our life at work.

11:00 AM Jessica Giroux,Medavie Bluecross

Welcoming Change into your life. This seminar addresses the emotional reaction that people experience when confronted with change, taking into account their own personalities and strengths, and provides coping skills to enable individuals to manage change more effectively.

12:00 PM Lunch break
1:30 PM Sunny Marche
Professor, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
2:30 PM Tour of the Health Library at the Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr. Georges –L-Dumont
3:00 PM Closing Remarks & Refreshments

How to Register

APLNB, APLA & MHLA members: $40.00 / $45.00 at the door

Non-members: $45.00 / $50.00 at the door

Please complete the registration form and send it to info@abpnb-aplnb.ca before October 14th, 2011. Thank you!

 

You can pay via our PayPal account

 

 

If you do not wish to pay by Paypal, please mail your cheque, made payable to APLNB, to this address

Treasurer
ABPNB / APLNB
P.O. Box 423, Station A
Fredericton, NB
E3B 4Z9

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been set aside at the Crowne Plaza Moncton Downtown at the conference rate of $119 plus tax. Rooms must be reserved by September 30th to qualify for this rate. Parking is a flat rate of $10 for overnight guests.

A dedicated booking website for online reservations has been set up. Alternatively, the phone number for reservations is 1-888-233-9527 (be sure to mention the Association of Professional Librarians of New Brunswick).