GMR began a new year on May 1, 2008. We are delighted to announce that we again have multiple funding opportunities for Network members for Year 3 of our contract with the National Library of Medicine (NLM). For a summary, go to: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/current.html

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Spring greetings from wintry Chicago! Today’s snowfall brings us closer to cracking the top ten worst Chicago winters in recorded history. Even if we do not feel a sense of honor in this designation, we are emotionally moved by its impact.

I am delighted to be serving as RML Director for the Greater Midwest Region. I began work at UIC on November 1, 2007. Later in November, I was officially welcomed at a lovely reception attended by my colleagues at the University, the GMR Office, and the local health sciences library community.

As much as I enjoyed the conversation, food, and fun, I am happier still with the work itself. I am impressed with our regional plan and the significance of our initiatives. Together, the GMR membership, awardees, and volunteer leadership are having a positive impact on consumers, health practitioners, and scholars in our region.

In the past four months, I have learned about our major initiatives, our services, and our members. We are moving forward in all program areas. (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.

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 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…)

Congratulations to our own Tammy Mays, one of the Spectrum Scholarship winners, who is beginning her doctorate program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Hear about Tammy’s journey - and learn more about the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship program - at: http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/spectrum/phdfellowship/mays.htm.

The second annual meeting of the 2006-2011 GMR Regional Advisory Council (RAC) was held in Chicago on September 10-11, 2007. During the first part of the meeting, members were given an update on the programs and services offered by the GMR and engaged in a lively discussion about current issues such as outreach to community-based organizations and access to multi-lingual health information. (more…)

Emergency preparedness planning will be a major focus of the GMR during the current five year contract with the National Library of Medicine. Ruth Holst, the Associate Director of the GMR, is working with associate directors from the other seven regions to create a National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Emergency Preparedness plan. (more…)

The GMR is offering sponsorship of webcast sites for the upcoming MLA Webcast: Scholarly Publishing and Open Access: Straight Talk to be held on November 20, 2007. Visit http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/mlawebcast.html for detailed information on how to become a sponsored site. (more…)

We’ve added a new brochure to the PubMed® pantheon! Like PubMed Basics, PubMed My NCBI and Searching PubMed with MeSH, Full Text and PubMed is a trifold brochure in pdf format which you are welcome to copy and print. Additionally, by downloading the brochure and opening it in Adobe Reader® , you will find you can add and save your own local library information in the box provided. Full Text and PubMed may be accessed at: http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/fulltexttri.pdf.

For a complete list of available NLM and NN/LM brochures and flyers, visit the GMR Handouts page at: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/handouts.html