Students were invited to attend an invitational conference on the topic listed above at the Carolina Club. The program for the day was as follows:

9:00-10:15	Distance Education for Health Science Information Specialists Moderator: Barbara Moran, SILS, UNC at Chapel Hill The Education Needs of Health Science Information Practitioners -- Carol Jenkins, Director, UNC Health Sciences Library and Medical Library Association President-Elect Distance Education and globalization -- Joanne Gard Marshall, SILS Dean, UNC at Chapel Hill
10:15-10:30	Break
10:45-12:00	International and Interdisciplinary Collaboration -- Panel Moderator: Barbara Wildemuth, SILS UNC Alberta McKay, Director of Global Information Management, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Tom Ricketts, Deputy Director, Sheps Center for International Health Science Research Diane Sonnenwald -- Associate Professor, SILS, UNC at Chapel Hill
12:00-1:30	Lunch
1:30-2:15	Success Stories about Web-Based Health Science Educational Programs Moderator: Claudia Gollop, SILS, UNC at Chapel Hill Connie Schardt -- Medical Center Library, Duke University Sheila Engelbardt -- School of Nursing, UNC at Chapel Hill Allan Steckler -- School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill
2:15-2:45	Break
2:45-3:45	NC-Israel Health Sciences Knowledge Management Cooperative Program Moderator: Evelyn Daniel, SILS, UNC at Chapel Hill Susan Lazinger, Professor, LIS School, Hebrew University Ruth Handzel, Health Science Librarian, Tel-Aviv University Sara Fine, Professor, LIS School, Bar-Ilan University Sheizaf Rafaeli, Professor, Business School, University of Haifa Evleyn Daniel, Professor, SILS, UNC
3:45-4:15	Next Steps Discussion

Revised 2/22/2001.