The Medical Informatic Section (MIS) is sponsoring some technology sessions at MLA.

Monday 10:30-noon
Revolutionizing Discovery Through Text Mining -Speaker K. B. Cohen, Center for Computational Pharmacology, University of Colorado and Health Sciences Center -Denver will discuss the basics of text minig and cover language processing technologies and automated knowledge discovery.

Monday 3:00-4:00
Top Technology Trends: Where Is the Revolution Leading Us Next? -A panel of five health sciences librarians from accross the country will provide their insights into the technologies that librairans should track and prepare for.

Tuesday 3:00-4:30
1,776 Uses for Technology -Five presenters discus how they have employed new technologies, including mashups, podcasts, browser toolbars, wikis, and extensible techniques for creating online tutorials.

Check out MLA's Online Planner to see what going on at what time. I hope to hit all of these sessions but it as I create my plan of attack I will have to see what other sessions are out there that might conflict. Unfortunately, I can't TiVo sessions I don't attend.