The DOCLINE presentation given at MLA 2013 is now available to view from the DOCLINE presentations page at:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/doclinepresentations.html.  The presentation includes speaker notes.

The "MLA 2013 DOCLINE Update" presents data highlights and preliminary analysis from the recent national survey of DOCLINE libraries as part of the NLM strategic planning initiative exploring the future of resource sharing.  The goal of the initiative was to better understand the resource sharing needs of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine given the declining use of DOCLINE for ILL and Loansome Doc for document delivery.  We clearly heard that DOCLINE is still vital to many of you.  The presentation also gave a brief overview of recent and upcoming releases.

We invite libraries to share their thoughts on the results presented, and any further insights into their future needs regarding obtaining biomedical literature for health professionals.  You can send comments to NLM by clicking Contact Us in DOCLINE or at https://docline.gov/docline/help/contact_nlm/help_page.cfm or discuss with your Regional Medical Library.

Also available are the NLM Theater presentation recordings at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj13/mj13_mla_theater_ppt.html

- Maria

DOCLINE Customer Service

National Library of Medicine

US: 1-888-FINDNLM (press 2)

Intl: 301-594-5983 (press 2)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline

Spring is a good time to review your DOCLINE account.  Keeping your library’s institutional information up-to-date is mandated in the NN/LM Document Delivery Plan.  So make a point of doing some Spring cleaning once per year:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/libraries/docline.html.

NN/LM MAR and MCR are presenting their quarterly online series of DOCLINE classes starting on Wednesday, March 13, 2013.

NOTE:  The prerequisite is you MUST be a DOCLINE user with access to DOCLINE to take the class (the class requires you to log into your DOCLINE account to complete exercises).

Completing the class and the evaluation entitles you to receive MLA CE credit for each class you take.

• NO need to register
• NO fee
• NO password to join/enter the online classroom

For MAR members, please email Michelle Burda (mburda@pitt.edu) if you have any questions.

Schedule (All classes are 1 – 2 pm ET)

• March 13, 2013:               Beginning DOCLINE
• March 20, 2013:               DOCLINE:  Serial Holdings
• March 27, 2013:               DOCLINE:  Routing Tables
• April 3, 2013:                     DOCLINE:  Borrow and Lend

Location:  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/memberservices

If you’re unable to connect online, join by phone at:  1-866-519-2800, Participant code 848754

You are encouraged to test your connection prior to joining the class. To test your connection, go to this web address https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

NLM will be inviting DOCLINE libraries to participate in a survey on interlibrary loan practices and needs of the health science libraries in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and Canada.  This is your opportunity to help shape resource sharing programs of the future.

NLM initiated this survey to investigate the reasons for the declining use of DOCLINE and current practices of libraries regarding resource sharing.  The number of ILL requests entered into DOCLINE has decreased 46% since 2002 while Loansome Doc requests declined 68% in that same period.  Your response to this survey is very important and will help us to understand the resource sharing needs of librarians in the NN/LM and Canada, and how NLM can best meet those needs now and in the future.  We look forward to your participation.

The survey has 30 questions that we estimate will take about 12 minutes to complete.

NLM will be sending the invitation email via SurveyMonkey to the address of each library’s ILL contact reported in their DOCLINE institution record.  If that email fails, the survey will be immediately emailed to the ILL delivery address for the DOCLINE library.  If the listed ILL contact has previously opted out of receiving emails from SurveyMonkey, please contact DOCLINE at https://docline.gov/docline/help/contact_nlm/ask.cfm to receive a link to the survey.  Responders can leave the survey before completion in order to confirm their responses.  The original email link will return them to where they left off.

The NN/LM  Middle Atlantic and MidContinental regions are presenting the second of an online series of DOCLINE classes on Wednesday, January 16, 2013.

Prerequisite:  you MUST be a DOCLINE user with access to DOCLINE to take the class (The hands-on component of the class requires you to log-in to your DOCLINE account to complete the exercises).

NO need to register.
NO fee.
NO password to join/enter the online classroom.

For MAR members email Michelle Burda (mburda@pitt.edu) if you have additional questions.

Class Schedule

All classes begin at 1 pm (ET)

Wednesday, January 16 2013 -   DOCLINE: Serial Holdings

Wednesday,   January 23, 2013 – DOCLINE: Routing Tables

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 – DOCLINE: Borrow and Lend

To access the class, go to:  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/memberservices

For dial-in from your telephone use, 1- 866-519-2800; Participant code is 848754

Beforehand, test your connection prior to joining the class: https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

PLEASE arrive on time!  Classes start promptly at the top of the hour. You can join the class and call-in 15 minutes before the class begins.

The NN/LM   Middle Atlantic and MidContinental regions are presenting the first of an online series of DOCLINE classes on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.

Prerequisite:  you MUST be a DOCLINE user with access to DOCLINE to take the class (The hands-on component of the class requires you to log-in to your DOCLINE account to complete the exercises).

NO need to register.
NO fee.
NO password to join/enter the online classroom.

For MAR members email Michelle Burda (mburda@pitt.edu) if you have additional questions.

Class Schedule

All classes begin at 1 pm (ET)

Wednesday,   January 9, 2013   - Beginning DOCLINE

Wednesday, January 16 2013 -   DOCLINE: Serial Holdings

Wednesday,   January 23, 2013 – DOCLINE: Routing Tables

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 – DOCLINE: Borrow and Lend

To access the class, go to:  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/memberservices

For dial-in from your telephone use, 1- 866-519-2800; Participant code is 848754

Beforehand, test your connection prior to joining the class: https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

PLEASE arrive on time!  Classes start promptly at the top of the hour. You can join the class and call-in 15 minutes before the class begins.

With the holiday season in full swing, we’d like to remind users that you can help keep requests moving efficiently through DOCLINE by completing the Out of Office form.  This will prevent requests from routing to your library during a closure.   Detailed instructions for use of this feature can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_deactivate.html.

You can set a future ‘Out of Office’ date range and request RML approval at any time by going to the Institutions, Update, Out of Office page.  Note you cannot request a 2nd deactivation period until the present period is past.  We do suggest you submit your request for deactivation a few days in advance of your departure to ensure time for your RML to review.

To expedite borrowers’ requests through DOCLINE, at the end of the day the last day your library is active, please receipt any new requests and process all outstanding requests as ‘Not Filled’ so they will immediately route on to the next potential lender.

Note:  Please do not post temporary deactivation notices of library closings to DOCLINE-L.   We appreciate your desire to notify colleagues of temporary closures (or problems), but the system will automatically route around inactive libraries.

If you have questions, call your RML at 800-338-7657.  Canadian libraries should call CISTI at 800-668-1222.

Best wishes to all for a safe and joyous holiday season.

DOCLINE Customer Service
National Library of Medicine
US: 1-888-FINDNLM (press 2)
Intl: 301-594-5983 (press 2)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline

We thought you should know about details from an ALA RUSA post that may interest DOCLINE libraries.

RUSA STARS’ 5 Things Every New Resource Sharing Librarian Should Know
Are you new to Resource Sharing and Inter-library Loan? Check out these tips and resources put together by your colleagues! (http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/stars/5-things-every-new-resource-sharing-librarian-should-know )
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For additional tips & tricks see the “DOCLINE Best Practices” page created by the RMLs with input from DOCLINE libraries at:  http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/docline/bestpractices.html

The RMLs and CISTI provide training and user assistance for DOCLINE in their respective regions. You will also find detailed instructions for most DOCLINE features in the online Help, as well as FAQs. You can reach your DOCLINE coordinator by selecting ‘Contact Us’ on the top blue menu in DOCLINE, then selecting the link to ‘Contact Your RML’.

The LinkOut Library Submission Utility:  Multiple Subscription Date Ranges:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd12/nd12_linkout_su.html

MLA is now accepting ideas for thought provoking and innovative courses and symposia to offer at MLA ’14 in Chicago, IL.  Courses and symposia will be held on Friday, May 16, Saturday, May 17, and Wednesday, May 21, 2014.  Suggestions must be submitted by Friday, December 14, 2012, for consideration by the MLA Continuing Education Committee (CEC) at its midwinter meeting in January 2013.

If you have a course idea, even if you think someone else should teach it or already is teaching it, please nominate the course by filling out the form: http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/ce/course_submission_2014.doc

Detailed information on courses and symposia is below and on the MLA web site.

Courses

MLA’s CEC would like to present a variety of courses, covering the seven Professional Competencies for Health Sciences Librarians described in MLA’s Educational Policy Statement, Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success <http://www.mlanet.org/education/policy/>. MLA CE courses are four, six, or eight hours in length.  Active participant involvement must be built into the course to qualify.  For ideas, look at MLA’s Education Clearinghouse or offerings at other meetings.

What new topics or courses have caught your eye?  Who is teaching a class or has expertise you would like to tap into?  What classes from past meetings would you like to see offered again?  The MLA CEC wants to hear from you!  Are you currently a course instructor or would you like to create a new course?  You may nominate yourself.

For more information check out the MLA annual meeting course selection process or contact Debra Cavanaugh, continuing education coordinator, at mlapd3@mlahq.org or 312.419.9094 x32.

Symposia

Sections, chapters, or other MLA groups may choose to cosponsor (with MLA) a symposium at the annual meeting.

MLA defines a symposium as a “learning opportunity organized for the purpose of providing a forum for discussion of a well-defined topic.”  Typically, it consists of a series of presentations by experts, followed by an exchange of opinions among participants.  Active involvement of the attendees must be built into the symposium schedule to qualify as an educational opportunity.

If your idea is chosen by the CEC, you will be asked to submit a proposal, using the official MLA Symposium Guidelines for final consideration at its May 2013 meeting.

Send in Your Ideas

Ideas for courses or symposia must be submitted by Friday, December 14, 2012, to ensure consideration.  For more information and submission forms go to: http://www.mlanet.org/education/callcourses2014.html.

Send your submission form to: Joey Nicholson, CEC Liaison, 2014 National Program Committee, NYU Health Sciences Libraries, New York University Langone Medical Center, 550 First Ave., New York, NY  10016; email:  Joseph.Nicholson@med.nyu.edu.

Questions?  Contact Joey Nicholson, at the contact information listed above or contact Debra Cavanaugh, continuing education coordinator, MLA, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900, Chicago, IL 60601-7246; 312.419.9094 x32; fax, 312.419.8950; email, mlapd3@mlahq.org.