Daneen Richardson
Reference Librarian
Graham Hospital
School of Nursing Library
Canton, IL

Have you seen the request from the NN/LM GMR for volunteers to help exhibit at conferences? Well, I did and thought that it sounded interesting. I felt that it was a way I could help them as they had helped me when they awarded my 2005 Technology Improvement Award: Providing access: Digital nursing resources past and present. (more…)

Established in 1988 by the World Health Organization, World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. Resources for AIDS awareness are available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website, http://www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays/. Included are links to fact sheets, customizable posters, downloadable public service announcements (PSAs) and videos. AIDS.gov provides access to U.S. government HIV/AIDS information on prevention, testing, treatment, research, policies and resources.

Jola Sliwinski
EFTS Program Coordinator
University of Connecticut Health Center Library
Farmington, CT

EFTS, the Electronic Fund Transfer System used to debit and credit member accounts for the cost of interlibrary loans, was started in 1996 and currently has over 1200 participants. There are now EFTS libraries in each of the 50 states, Canada and Mexico. In developing this service over the past eleven years, EFTS staff has had the opportunity to listen to many librarians who have raised questions, issues and concerns regarding EFTS. Here are some of the more common questions, concerns and answers about EFTS: (more…)

The GMR welcomes Kathryn (Kate) Carpenter as Assistant University Librarian for the Health Sciences (AULHS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). As the AULHS, Kate also serves as the Director of the Regional Medical Library for the Greater Midwest Region. Prior to joining the UIC staff on November 1, 2007, she most recently served as Professor of Library Science and Library Director at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, Indiana from 1998 to October 2007. (more…)

NIH News in Health is available not only online but in print as well. A limited number of print copies may be obtained free of charge for display in offices, libraries or clinics. Contact Harrison Wein, Ph.D., Writer/Editor, for more information.

NIH News in Health November 2007 topics include:

Feature Stories:
* Heft for the Holidays – How to Hold Off Those Extra Pounds
* The Vexing Pain of Vulvodynia – Giving Attention to a “Private Problem”

Health Capsules:
* Treatment for Depressed Teens
* African Americans and Kidney Disease

Featured Web Site:
* NIH Multimedia Gallery

For previous issues of NIH News in Health: http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/past.htm

Kudos to network member Paul Blobaum who was recently elected to a two-year term as president of the Governors State University (GSU) Faculty Senate. Paul is an associate professor, reference librarian in the University Library, and librarian for the College of Health Professions at GSU. Read more: [Out of date link removed].