The week of May 13^th, there will be an announcement on USAJOBS.gov for the Deputy Chief of the Public Services Division position at the National Library of Medicine. The position will be listed as a Supervisory Librarian GS-1410-14, with a salary range from $105,211 to $136,771 including locality pay per annum. The announcement will be posted for five days. This brief posting period is because of the federal government’s interest in accelerating the hiring process and should not be interpreted as an indication that someone has already been selected.

The selected candidate will serve as the Deputy Chief of the Public Services Division (PSD), a division of 70 staff members within the National Library of Medicine. The Public Services Division provides a range of services for accessing the Library’s collection and information resources.

The Deputy Chief assists the Division Chief in managing the Division, and is responsible for:

• Establishing and interpreting policies;
• Analyzing programs and assessing resource requirements;
• Formulating long-range plans for the division;
• Overseeing  budget and staffing requirements; and
• Representing NLM to various professional and government organizations.

PSD is responsible for contributing to the National Library of Medicine’s mission of providing biomedical research and health information worldwide through a variety of programs and activities, including:

• Providing quality consumer health information through MedlinePlus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/);
• Providing reference and web services;
• Supporting NLM’s digitization program;
• Ensuring the Library’s collection remains accessible and useable; and
• Providing access to library materials held in the Library’s collection onsite and electronically.

In addition to an interesting, challenging work environment, NLM has a great location on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.  It is a short Metro ride from Washington D.C. and a short walk from Bethesda’s thriving restaurant and retail district.

Please contact Martha Fishel, Chief, Public Services Division at 301.496.5501 or fishelm@mail.nlm.nih.gov with questions.

All MAR staff are attending MLA in Boston as we speak.  So we ask your patience while we’re out of the office.  We hope that if you’re attending MLA, we encourage you to drop by to visit us at one of our presentations or posters.  We’d love to see you!

HSLANJ is happy to announce that the MLA 4 credit hands-on computer class, “From A(norexia) to Z(its): Providing Health Information to Teens” has been rescheduled.  HSLANJ thanks LibraryLinkNJ and the Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) for their support of this class. 

The class will be taught by Lydia Collins, the Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator at MAR, at two New Jersey sites as follows:

• Tuesday, June 14, 2013, Morris County Library Training Lab, Whippany, NJ  9:30 am – 2:00 pm
• Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Mercer County Library, Lawrence Branch, Lawrenceville, NJ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm

The class is open to interested librarians from member libraries of LibraryLinkNJ and to HSLANJ members.

” From A(norexia) to Z(its)” can also be counted as a four credit Specialty class for the MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization program.

The registration form with further details is available at: http://www.hslanj.org/froma.pdf.

Free Printed Summaries of AHRQ’s “Closing the Quality Gap” Evidence Report Series Available

The federal government’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a free resource to help health care providers learn more about the evidence supporting eight quality improvement strategies. “Closing the Quality Gap: Revisiting the State of the Science” offers Executive Summaries of eight evidence reports that focus on various aspects of health care quality. AHRQ’s evidence reports offer an unbiased analysis of available research on specific health care topics. The individual reports are:

• “Bundled Payment: Effects on Health Care Spending and Quality” 12-E007-1
• “The Patient-Centered Medical Home” 12-E008-1
• “Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities” 12-E009-1
• “Medication Adherence Interventions: Comparative Effectiveness” 12-E010-1
• “Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy” 12-E011-1
• “Prevention of Healthcare–Associated Infections” 12(13)-E012-1
• “Quality Improvement Measurement of Outcomes for People With Disabilities” 12(13)-E013-1
• “Improving Health Care and Palliative Care for Advanced and Serious Illness” 12(13)-E014-1

To order the set, request publication OM 13-0014 from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295 or ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov.

To order individual reports, please order by title and publication number:

For online copies, go to http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/.

Librarian – Fox Chase Cancer Center, Phila PA

Description

TALBOT RESEARCH LIBRARY seeks full-time librarian for active, service-oriented information center serving the research, clinical and administrative staff of Fox Chase Cancer Center. The librarian will be involved in many of the library’s core operations. Specific responsibilities include: reference service, user assistance and user instruction, internet and online bibliographic database searches, assist the Director in marketing and evaluating library services and resources, provide maintenance and support for library technologies and assist in collection management.

Requirements

• Master’s in Library Science (ALA accredited) along with at least one year working (or volunteering) in a medical, scientific or academic library.
• Knowledge of medical and scientific terminology, excellent internet and online searching skills, excellent communication skills (written and oral), excellent instructional and teaching skills, proficient technology skills and an ability to figure out solutions to tech problems.
• A strong commitment to service and the ability to work in a team as well as independently. Excellent work habits and a professional attitude.
• Must possess a proficient knowledge of online databases and internet searching, and an understanding of collection management.
• Must possess excellent organizational skills in relation to the diversification of job responsibilities. Ability to dissect a problem, devise alternative approaches, and persist until it is resolved.
• Bibliographic instructional skills, prior experience or coursework in online instructional tools, or a teaching background preferred. Marketing skills a plus.
• Must have good time management skills and an ability to evaluate priorities.
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Need to be able to successfully communicate with technical support personnel either within Fox Chase or outside the institution.
• Must be able to clearly explain technical information. Should keep supervisor apprised of progress with job tasks.

Requisition Number 13-0087
https://re2o.ultipro.com/fox1000/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*290849B52297DD0D

·        Health Sciences Librarian Fellow:  A one-year fellowship designed to prepare a recent library school graduate for a career in health sciences information services:  http://hsl.med.nyu.edu/jobs/health-sciences-librarian-fellow

·        This is a new position in the library's growing Division of Knowledge Informatics.  Responsibilities include developing a repository of controlled terminologies and concepts that will impact the education, research, and patient care missions of the NYU Langone Medical Center:  http://hsl.med.nyu.edu/jobs/ontology-manager

Presenter:       Missy Harvey, Technology & Communication Coordinator, NN/LM MAR

Location:         Free, Online

Date:                May 14, 2013

Details:             http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/boost_schedule.html

Description:  Have you received funding from MAR?  Are you publishing web pages and/or materials created as a result of federal funding?  If so, then you need to know about Section 508 Compliance to ensure you’re meeting the Federal requirements that will be enforced beginning May 2013.  Join us to learn tips and to help reduce your stress so you’ll be able to apply 508 compliance features to your website and materials.

Presenter:       Missy Harvey, Technology & Communication Coordinator, NN/LM MAR

Location:         Free, Online

Date:                June 3, 4 and 6, 2013

Details / Registration:  http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/class_details.html?class_id=489

Due to the high demand for this class, we are closing registration May 3^rd.  MAR members are being given one last chance to register before we open the waitlist to those registered from outside our region.

Deadline to Register:  May 3rd, 2013

Members of NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region will be given first priority.  Those outside of NJ, NY, DE and PA are placed on a waitlist.

Details / Register:  http://nnlm.gov/training/schedule/class_details.html?class_id=603

MAR will be offering free four successive Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET)

Participants in this series of programs will further develop their library business skills.

May 31/ Session 1:          A Paradigm Shift:  Asking “Why” Before Saying “Yes”

June 7 / Session 2:            Writing a Business Plan

June 14 / Session 3:          The Art of Negotiation

June 21 / Session 4:          Proving Your Worth / Adding to Your Value

Sponsored by   Middle Atlantic Region

Additional questions: Michelle Burda  mburda@pitt.edu /  (412) 624-1589

NLM’s spring lecture series continues. The fourth lecture is coming up on Monday, April 29th from 3:30-5:00 pm.  Dr. Brad Hesse, Chief of the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute, will be joining us on the NIH campus in the Natcher Conference Center, Balcony B.  The title of his talk is: “Quantifying the Health Information Revolution: Triangulation in an Era of Big Data.”

More information about Dr. Hesse can be found at: http://staffprofiles.cancer.gov/brp/prgmStaffProfile.do?contactId=1546&bioType=stf

This event will be videocast live and archived at:  http://videocast.nih.gov.

Thank you to Dr. Andrew Pleasant for the exciting lecture he gave on April 10^th.  If you missed any of the first three lectures, they are available under “Past Events” on videocast.nih.gov.  Past lectures are listed by date (starting with the most recent).

Background

There are more and increasingly diverse ways for health information to reach the public. The interest among Americans to receive health information also remains high compared to most other topics. To maximize the impact of health information on the nation’s well-being and empower consumers, communicators need to know whether their messages are reaching the right audience, whether the information is understood, and whether the materials make a difference in decision-making and health outcomes. As a result, evaluation is an integral and crucial part of health communication.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host a spring lecture series to highlight innovative approaches and best practices in evaluating health communication. As the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NLM diversify their use of mass communication channels to dispatch health information, a fresh consideration of evaluation’s cutting edge is timely and important.

NLM and NIH employees are encouraged to attend this series, as are members of the public, other governmental agencies, as well as faculty and students from area universities. The lectures will feature discussion and participation by audience members.

Lecture 4 – April 29^th, 3:30-5:00 pm, Balcony B, Natcher Building 45, National Institutes of Health

“Quantifying the Health Information Revolution: Triangulation in an Era of Big Data.”

Brad Hesse, Ph.D., Chief, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Hesse directs several of NCI’s cancer communication research initiatives, including the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) and the Centers of Excellence in Cancer Communication (CECCR).

Gary Kreps, Ph.D., discussant