NEWS AND NOTES / NOUVELLES ET NOTES

Compiled by Sandra Halliday

<table><tr><td>Grey Literature Report</td><td>97</td></tr><tr><td>Literature searches: look before you leap</td><td>97</td></tr><tr><td>Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC) of the Medical Library Association Annual Conference</td><td>97</td></tr><tr><td>7th Annual Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) Conference 2005</td><td>98</td></tr><tr><td>Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA / ABSC) Annual Conference 2006 – “Pearls of Wisdom”</td><td>98</td></tr><tr><td>Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Conference 2006 – “Transformations A–Z”</td><td>98</td></tr></table>
NEWS AND NOTES / NOUVELLES ET NOTES

Grey Literature Report

http://www.nyam.org/library/greycolldev.shtml

In 1999, The New York Academy of Medicine began collecting grey literature in an effort to better meet the needs of inter-
nal research staff. This project developed into the *Grey Literature Report*, an online report published quarterly by The New
York Academy of Medicine Library, which now serves a community of more than 400 subscribers.

The Report is intended primarily for researchers, practitioners, students, and the lay public who are interested in public health, health and science policy, health of minorities and special populations (children, women, uninsured, elderly), and related disciplines. To view the latest issue, check out the following Web site: http://www.nyam.org/library/glrv7n2.shtml (accessed on 17 July 2005).

Literature searches: look before you leap

The above heading is the title of an article written by W. Summerskill for *The Lancet*. It contains some general comments and observations about the role of librarians as part of an interdisciplinary team in evidence-based practice. The following is the complete reference:

Summerskill W. Literature searches: look before you leap. *Lancet*. 2005 Jul 2;366(9479):13-14.

Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC) of the Medical Library Association
Annual Conference

http://www.unyoc.org/conference/index.shtml

The theme for the Joint Annual UNYOC Conference is “Going for the Gold: Librarians as Information Champions”. The conference will take place from 28 to 30 September 2005 at the Hilton Lake Placid Resort. For more details, check out the conference Web site.
**7th Annual Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) Conference 2005**

http://www.vrd.org/conferences/VRD2005/

The 7th Annual Virtual Reference Desk Conference will take place on 14–15 November 2005 in Burlingame, California, near San Francisco. For additional information about VRD and the conference, check out their Web site.

**Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA / ABSC) Annual Conference 2006 – “Pearls of Wisdom”**

For librarians who like to make conference plans in advance, the CHLA / ABSC Annual Conference in 2006 will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, 12–16 May.

**Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Conference 2006 – “Transformations A–Z”**

For librarians interested in the annual MLA conference, in 2006 it will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, 19–24 May.