The GMR is offering sponsorship of webcast sites for the upcoming MLA Webcast: Survival of the Fittest: Strategies to Prove Your Library’s Value to be held on March 7, 2007. (more…)

Two new classes have been added to the pantheon of available courses GMR Coordinators are available to teach to library groups, associations and consortiums.

• Patient Safety Resource Seminar: Librarians on the Front Lines focuses on understanding the issues of and becoming involved in the solutions to patient safety and was developed by Holly Ann Burt (GMR)

• Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation to Demonstrate Value provides methods for librarians to show the value of their library’s services and was developed by the NN/LM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center.

Both are offered for Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education (CE) credits. For more information about these and other courses, visit http://nnlm.gov/gmr/training/classes.html.

The first annual meeting of the 2006-2011 Greater Midwest Region (GMR) Regional Advisory Council (RAC) was held in Chicago on December 5, 2006. Four breakout groups followed the orientation and introduction sessions. The following topics were discussed by the groups: elicensing, communications technologies, public health, and partnering with community based organizations. (more…)

The following training sessions and events are planned in the GMR. To find current meetings and events in our region, including events at which the GMR is exhibiting, NTCC PubMed classes, exhibit volunteering opportunities, and more, visit the GMR Calendar online: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=NNLMGMR

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The GMR is pleased to announce that all Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for awards and subcontracts are now available online at: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/

Just updated are the five types of awards. (more…)

Welcome to The Cornflower, the online blog/newsletter of the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. With this issue, we have transitioned from the traditional newsletter format to a blog, or weblog. Like ESources, The Cornflower features news and articles on topics of interest to members of the GMR. Earlier issues of ESources–and its predecessor, 3Sources–are available in our newsletter archive. If you have questions about the new GMR blog, see FAQs–Frequently Asked Questions, a page linked from the right-hand column on our blog.

Why The Cornflower? The cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, has been grown for thousands of years and is one of our most striking wild flowers. (more…)

A new look and feel is unfolding for the Greater Midwest Region Website http://nnlm.gov/gmr and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Website http://nnlm.gov/ as a whole.

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We have added some new features to the GMR Lending Library and wanted to let you know a little bit about them. (more…)

Test Your EQ by Mark Davis
A Guide to Developing End User Education Programs in Medical Libraries by Elizabeth Connor
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