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…)

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 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…)

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) makes it easy to link directly to MedlinePlus®, the consumer health database that is free online. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.

Check http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/linking.html
for information on how to add MedlinePlus graphics and links to a web page.

A new search offering by Google has been implemented into the pages of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Greater Midwest Region (GMR) website. This new tool limits searching to only the web pages of the GMR instead of the entire Network. This new feature helps users to focus on information from and about our region.

The search banner is modified to read: Google^TM Custom Search.
Check it out by going to the home page of the GMR: http://nnlm.gov/gmr

By Mary J. Markland, MA, AHIP
SE Clinical Campus Librarian
Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and the Health Sciences

I work in a small office without an on-site library or technical support. I had to borrow equipment from the other departments in my building for conference calls, scanning and teaching. I requested equipment in my Technology Improvement Award application that would allow me to be more independent and be able to take “my show” on the road whenever I wanted. (more…)

By Ginger Bopp, MLS
Regional Library Manager
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center/St. Charles Mercy Hospital/St. Anne Mercy Hospital
Toledo, Ohio

At my hospitals, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center/St. Charles Mercy Hospital/St. Anne Mercy Hospital, the library does not have its own server, technical support people, or web designer. We get good support for PC breakdowns, but we are far from the primary client. Hospital financial operations, patient care functions that include automated medication systems (Admin-Rx) and electronic health records, radiology archiving, and online access are among the other client groups vying for our Information Services. That’s why I use a work-around to help our users obtain access to our resources. (more…)

By Morgann Thomas, Librarian
Carle Foundation Hospital Library
Urbana, IL

Due in no small part to a technology award from the U. S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), Carle Foundation Hospital Library has recently leapt into the cutting edge of library services. (more…)