Registration is currently underway for the Michigan Health Sciences Library Association's Annual Education Conference. This year's conference will take place on October 12-14 at the Baronette Renaissance Hotel in Novi, Michigan. The theme is Think Outside the Book and the program is packed with CE opportunities, interesting speakers, poster presentations, vendor dine and learns, as well as ample time for networking with your fellow medical librarians. Considering attending this year's conference? Here are some of the highlights. * CE's, including: Translational Bioinformatics; Lean Process Improvement Demystified; Engaging the 21st Century Learner: Best Practices & Classroom Management Techniques; Planning, Conducting & Publishing Research; Introduction to Visualization for Librarians; and Health Policy Information Seeking: Sources and Strategies for Effective Searching. * Speakers: Thomas Buchmueller, health economist from the University of Michigan; and Sally Gore, research evaluation analyst for the University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science. * Panel discussion that will cover changes in libraries, from mergers, new programs, to going book-less. * Poster sessions, lightning rounds, dine and learns, & more! View the complete program here: http://mhsla.org/home/2016/program.htm For more information about the conference, including how to register, visit the conference site: http://mhsla.org/home/2016/index.htm Hope to see you there! Bethany Figg, MBA, MLIS, AHIP bethany.figg@cmich.edu<mailto:bethany.figg@cmich.edu> Visit us online!<https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/cmed/Education/Residency/GME/Pages/default.aspx> Graduate Medical Education Administrator | CMU College of Medicine 1000 Houghton Street, Saginaw MI 48602 *: 989-583-7406 | 6: 989-583-6907 Central Values: Integrity | Respect | Empathy | Inclusiveness | Social Responsibility | Excellence | Innovation