How many of you spend time looking at possible applications to install on your iPhone or other smartphone? (Max meekly raises his hand.)  I will admit that I’m probably well-suited for the job of Technology Coordinator because I get excited about new gadgets and how they might make our lives run more efficiently.   It does take a lot of weeding out of the junk to get to the good stuff.  The kind of gadgets we  once called ‘toys,’ are those that are finally coming to a bit of maturity in their development.  For instance, I’m a big fan of the iPhone.  This, despite the really horrible phone service we experience in Chicago.

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Are you a seasoned GMR award funding recipient? Are you thinking this might be the year to try for your first GMR award? In either case, the GMR has updated its award application forms to make your funding request easier and more accurate. The GMR offers seven types of awards which are in amounts less than $5,000. Network members may apply for these awards at any time using the application form linked to the Call for Application (CFA) for each of the awards. Because of reported difficulties with the online forms, the GMR has revised the way members apply. (more…)

If you are a gadget geek like me, you will be salivating at all of the neat-o things that are being reported out of the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show.

The talk this year,  is all about e-readers and tablets.

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As 2009 comes to a close, we start hearing and reading stories that recap “the year that was” and others that focus on the year ahead.    There are also the inevitable Top 10 lists for the year, like:

• Top 10 Most Popular Searches of 2009 (can anyone guess what Number 1 is without looking?)
• Top 10 Viral Videos of 2009; and even
• Top 10 Archaeological Finds of 2009

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Many of our readers were in the listening audience yesterday for the MLA webcast, “Cut the Cord: Connecting to Our Mobile Users.”  In the webcast, I discussed some funding opportunities, including those in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.  A part of ARRA, is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

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Thanks to enhancements to our vendor, EOS, there are now ways for you to interact with the GMR Lending Library and the records in it.  The Lending Library consists of many professional development materials that are only offered to GMR members to check out.  It is a little something extra we wanted to make available to help you offer the best service possible to your patrons.   As a reminder, we also include in our collection, past MLA web sessions.  You can check these items out, review the materials and send the evaluation back  to earn MLA CE Credit.

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The GMR is offering sponsorship of webcast sites for the upcoming MLA Webcast: Cut the Cord: Connecting to our Mobile Users to be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m., central time.  Visit http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/mlawebcast.html for detailed information on how to become a sponsored site.

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Smartphones like the iPhone, the Blackberry, and the T-Mobile MyTouch are becoming ubiquitous. Thanks to advances in technology, the types and numbers of applications that are available for use on these devices has increased exponentially. Applications like Bejeweled, TomTom and even the U.S. Constitution can be installed and used on many smartphones. The iPhone is one of the most popular smartphones in the market today. A list of the top 10 medical applications available in the iTunes App Store can be found in the article: “Tools of the trade for on-the-go physicians,” by Cynthia Johnson and can be found in Medicine on the Net (August 2009). Below is a summary of other applications that can be found in iTunes under the categories of Healthcare & Fitness and Medical, and are in no particular order. Not all of the applications are free and price will be listed if applicable (prices are only accurate as of the date of this blog post.)

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The US Department of Labor has redesigned and updated a federal website: Disability.gov: Connecting the Disability Community to Information & Opportunities. Disability.gov (formerly known as DisabilityInfo.gov) provides easy access to comprehensive disability-related information and resources. (more…)

He’s free!  Its Tugger our DOCLINE mascot. The folks at NLM thought it was time for you to see another more serious side of Tugger so he is available again. This time he is pictured here with the thing that really drives resource sharing in the health sciences, journals.  If you would like the opportunity to add DOCLINE wallpaper to your pc or maybe just update what you already have then use the link below to capture the side of Tugger that suits you most.

DOCLINE Wallpaper