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

In early November of 2007, two University of Michigan Health Sciences Libraries staff members visited Estabrook Elementary School in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to present a class of 26 5th-grade students with a PowerPoint presentation on Good Health Sites and some age-appropriate handouts.

Essentially two major government sites were shown from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), HHS for Kids (http://www.hhs.gov/kids/) and healthfinder.gov kids (http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids/). The class members were very excited, and many questions were asked about which websites were good ones and which ones were not. (more…)

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the solicitation of quotations from organizations and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to HIV/AIDS related health information for patients, the affected community, and their caregivers. Projects must involve one or more of the following information access categories: (more…)

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce a new web resource about its Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC). The DIMRC web site seeks to provide access to quality disaster health information at all stages of preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. Initially, the site will focus on NLM and NLM-supported resources and activities. It will then expand to include other sources of authoritative disaster health information. (more…)

The April 2008 issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online at http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/ with new access features. Topics in the April Issue: (more…)

Kevin O’Brien
Assistant Access Services Librarian
University of Illinois at Chicago

The world of library resource sharing is undergoing a period of change. Electronic journals and freely available content like the material in PubMed Central are contributing to a decline in demand for interlibrary loan service as it has been traditionally defined. In response, many libraries are changing the way they do business. (more…)