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GMR Update

January 2010

Current Outreach Summary

The Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine® (NN/LM) is in the fourth year of a five-year contract with the National Library of Medicine® (NLM). The Outreach Program Summary for Year 4 is found at: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/about/04outreachsum.html.

Year 4 Initiatives

Current initiatives focus on assisting librarians with emergency preparedness planning, working through issues related to electronic licensing of health information resources, and increasing the use of distance education technologies to train Network members. We continue to place strong emphasis on outreach to public health workers, public libraries, and community-based organizations in addition to traditional outreach to health professionals.

• Planning Questionnaire
  Thank you to everyone who responded to our planning questionnaire in January. We received 194 responses, which we will use to modify and enhance our programming in the months and years ahead.
• Emergency Access Initiative (EAI)
  The National Library of Medicine (NLM) in partnership with members of the Professional & Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers has announced the availability of free full-text articles from over 200 biomedical journals and over 30 select reference books for healthcare personnel responding to a disaster. The Emergency Access Initiative serves as a temporary collection replacement and/or supplement for libraries affected by disasters that need to continue to serve medical staff and affiliated users. More information at: http://eai.nlm.nih.gov.
• E-Licensing / Group purchasing
  The GMR is working with the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (formerly Michigan Library Consortium) to identify possible group purchasing opportunities for packages of e-books, e-journals or databases. We will be sending out a list of possible products and asking for your feedback. Watch the GMRLIST for more information.
• Outreach Impact Study
  The GMR has awarded a $40,000 subcontract to the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science to conduct an outreach impact study. The purpose of the project is to engage a group of graduate library school students, under faculty guidance, to plan and implement a study to determine the impact that GMR funding has had on recipient institution’s ability to conduct local outreach projects.

Program Area Updates

Consumer Health Information:

• GMR will be represented at the Aging in America 2010 NCOA-ASA Conference during March 15-19 in Chicago, IL.
• Traveling Exhibits (General information at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibitions.html ):
  • Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health will be sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Bio Medical Library; Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries; and Des Moines University during the first half of 2010. Online Exhibition: http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/againsttheodds/exhibit/
  • Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians was sponsored by Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine this January. Online Exhibition: hhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/changingthefaceofmedicine/
  • Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature will be sponsored by Vespasian Warner Public Library in Clinton IL this May and June. Online Exhibition: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/frankenstein/
  • Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine is fully booked and will be sponsored by Knox County Public Library, IN; Vernon Area Public Library District, IL; Muncie Public Library, IL; Ela Area Public Library District, IL; Purdue University Library; Chardon Public Library, OH; and Galesburg Public Library, IL during early part of 2010. Online Exhibition: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/harrypottersworld/
  • The latest traveling exhibit Everyday Miracles: Medical Imagery in Ex-Votos will be sponsored by Loyola Stritch School of Medicine Health Sciences Library during April and May 2010. Online Exhibition: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/exvotos/
  • Another new exhibit from NLM The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Yellow Wall-Paper" was sponsored by University of Iowa, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences this January. Online Exhibition: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/theliteratureofprescription/b1Literature.html

Education and Training Opportunities:

• Upcoming GMR classes and presentations include:
  • February 2010
    • PubMed for Experts at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY
    • Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library two months online class co-taught for GMR & NER
  • March 2010
    • Grant Writing: Turning Ideas into Dollars at the Akron-Summit County Public Library in Akron, OH
    • PubMed Update at the March Educational Program and Meeting of Chicago and South Consortium in University Park, IL
    • Savvy Searching for Senior Health Information at the Aging in America 2010 Conference in Chicago, IL
    • The MidContinental Region's Valuation Tools will be offered online to GMR members on March 15, 2010, at 1:00 PM (CT). Registration is not required but please RSVP Jacqueline Leskovec, Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator if you would like to attend. 1.0 hour MLA CE is available to participants
  • April 2010
    • Geeks Bearing Gifts at the Ohio Health Sciences Library Association Spring Meeting in Columbus, OH
    • Grant Writing: Turning Ideas into Dollars at the Iowa Health Science Librarians April meeting in Des Moines, IA
    • Patient Safety Resource Seminar at the Indiana Health Sciences Librarians Association Annual Meeting in Nashville, IN
    • NLM Online: Free Public Health Databases and Resources at the Indiana Joint National Public Health Week Conference in Indianapolis, IN
    • PubMed for Experts at the Kentucky Medical Library Association Annual Spring CE and Meeting in Lexington, KY
    • PubMed for Experts at the Ohio Health Sciences Library Association Spring Meeting in Columbus, OH
    • Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials at the North Dakota Library Association Health Science Information Section Meeting in Jamestown, ND
  • May 2010
    • Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library and Healthy Aging at Your Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information in Sioux Falls and Rapid City, SD
    • Patient Safety Answers Require Outreach, In-Reach and Partnerships poster presentation at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
    • Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials and Can You Hear Me Now: How to Make a Podcast in Sioux Falls and Rapid City, SD
    • Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

Exhibits:

• The GMR will be exhibiting at a number of upcoming events. Visit the GMR Calendar to keep up with our current events. To volunteer to help staff an exhibit, contact the State Contact Librarian.
  • Indiana Joint National Public Health Week Conference April 6-7, 2010, in Indianapolis, IN
  • Indiana Health Sciences Librarians Association April 8-9, 2010, in Nashville, IN
  • National School Boards Association (NBSA) 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition April 10-12, 2010, in Chicago, IL (Fully staffed)
  • Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) 24th Annual Conference April 28- May 2, 2010 in Cleveland, OH
  • National Wellness Conference July 17-22, 2010 in Stevens Point, WI

Funding:

• The GMR has updated the way that members can apply for awards. We have had some difficulty with our online forms so we have decided to use Microsoft Word as the preferred method of applying for awards.
• Funds are still available for a variety of awards. See the list at: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/current.html.
• Funding for subcontracts will not be available for the remainder of the contract, which ends in April 2011.
• A new award was initiated in Year 4 to stimulate membership in and use of EFTS (Electronic Fund Transfer System). Current EFTS members and non-EFTS libraries are both eligible: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/efts/eftsrfp.html. The latest deadline for submission is April 1, 2010.

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