To answer questions by health professionals about MedlinePlus®, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine has created a new trifold brochure MedlinePlus For Health Professionals, available in Word and pdf formats. Feel free to download, copy and hand these out at exhibits and the reference desk. A space for your library name and information is included. This brochure, along with other consumer health, PubMed and more resources, may be found on the GMR Handouts page at http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/handouts.html

The National Library of Medicine
NLM Announces: Week of Jan 14, 2008

NLM Web Site
14 Jan 2008 Job Opportunities at NLM, NIH, DHHS
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html

15 Jan 2008 *NLM Technical Bulletin, Jan-Feb 2008, Updated Training Materials Available
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_updated_training.html

(more…)

The National Library of Medicine
NLM-Announces: Week of Jan 7, 2008

Specialized Information Services (SIS) Web Site
10 Jan 2008 News from the Specialized Information Services Division
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/news.html#a1

NLM Web Site
8 Jan 2008 *NLM Technical Bulletin, Jan-Feb 2008, OLDMEDLINE Content Continues to Extend Back in Time
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_oldmedline.html

(more…)

With each contract year, the GMR offers funding in the form of awards and subcontracts to network members. As we approach the end of our contract year, the GMR still has funding available for Public Health subcontracts and several smaller awards. These are listed at the following page: Current Requests for Proposals. The deadline for the Public Health subcontracts has been set at February 15, 2008.

As we get closer to April 30, 2008, the end of the current GMR contract year, we may have unexpended funds available for a few additional projects. Please contact the GMR if you have a project idea that does not fit into one of the available funding categories.

Anna Ercoli Schnitzer
InfoPoint Librarian
Health Sciences Libraries
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

As part of our project, Creating Health Information Connections for Persons with Disabilities, funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region, the staff members of the University of Michigan (U of M) Health Sciences Libraries attended one of two Disability Sensitivity Sessions presented by representatives of the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, our partner and collaborator in the project. (more…)

Chris Allen, MSLS, AHIP
Munson Community Health Library
Traverse City, MI

On a snowy Monday, January 14, 2008, two intrepid GMR librarians braved the elements to come to Traverse City, Michigan, for a day of MLA credit workshops. Holly Burt began the day presenting Making the Most of PubMed and after lunch, Jacqueline Leskovec shared Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at your Library. This kind of training is a free service offered to members by the NN/LM GMR! (more…)

The GMR is offering sponsorship of webcast sites for the upcoming MLA Webcast: Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices: Discovering the Participatory Web to be held on March 5, 2008. (more…)

The National Library of Medicine
NLM-Announces: Week of Dec 31, 2007

NIH SeniorHealth
4 Jan 2008 *Participating in Clinical Trials
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/participatinginclinicaltrials/toc.html

NLM Web Site
31 Dec 2007 *New Accessions and Unprocessed Collections, 2007

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/manuscripts/2007acc.html

(more…)

Ulrike Dieterle
Distance & Outreach Coordinator
Ebling Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Outreach started with a bang on January 2, 2008, as Ulrike Dieterle, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ebling Library’s Outreach Coordinator, ushered in the new year by providing an Information Resources Workshop for hospital health educators from 12 Wisconsin counties at their member Education Round Table meeting. While most of the participants were onsite at the RWHC Sauk City facility, some joined in via distance technologies as well. (more…)

The National Library of Medicine
NLM-Announces: Week of Dec 24, 2007

27 Dec 2007 *Skill Kit: The Effects of Year End Processing (YEP) on Saved Searches or RSS Feeds
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd07/nd07_skill_kit_yep.html

28 Dec 2007
NLM Technical Bulletin – November – December 2007 Issue Complete
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/issue_complete.html
_____

To subscribe to this and other National Library of Medicine Email Lists see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/listserv/.

*new