Join MAR staff and network members for in-person classes in June at New York University Ehrman Medical Library. Classes are FREE for NN/LM members. To join or renew your free membership, visit our web site: http://nnlm.gov/mar/services/

To sign up for a class, call us at 800-338-7657 or e-mail us at rml@library.med.nyu.edu. All classes will take place in the Carlisle Computer Classroom, New York University Ehrman Medical Library in Manhattan. Confirmation and directions will be sent prior to the class dates. Space is limited, so sign up soon!

1. Keeping Up with PubMed
Description: With a hands-on approach, this class will show attendees how to use the features of PubMed effectively. Attendees will be able to describe the contents of PubMed; formulate basic search strategies; display, print, and save results in various formats; revise and refine searches; and use special features such as Related Articles, Link to journals, Citation Matcher, and Clinical Queries. The instructor will demonstrate online searches and students, at computers connected to the Internet, will be invited to follow along. Time for individual practice will be provided. (4 MLA CE)

Instructor: Arpita Bose

Time: 4 hours

Date: Thursday, June 14, 9 am to 1 pm

2. PubMed for Experts

Description: Designed as an advanced class for experienced MEDLINE searchers. This hands-on class will highlight advanced PubMed techniques that can be used to conduct comprehensive searches. Attendees are encouraged to contribute past and present difficult searches to discuss with the class. (3 MLA CE)

Instructor: Arpita Bose

Time: 3 hours

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2 pm to 5 pm

SEO
Blog Hosting, make your own blog

3. DOCLINE Explained

Description: Designed as an introductory class on the DOCLINE system for new or inexperienced users on the current DOCLINE system. (3 MLA CE)

Instructor: Miguel Figueroa

Time: 3 hours

Date: Friday, June 15, 9 am to 12 pm

4. Getting Started with LinkOut

Description: This hands-on class is designed to provide step-by-step direction on how to activate LinkOut for a library’s print and electronic journal collections, so that users are able to view holdings and access full-text through the PubMed interface. Topics covered are registration for LinkOut, entering holdings, displaying a library’s icon for branding purposes, and access to free full-text through LinkOut. (4 MLA CE)

Instructor: Miguel Figueroa

Time: 4 hours

Date: Friday, June 15, 1 pm to 5 pm

Here’s just a reminder that DOCLINE routing will NOT be affected by the President’s Day holiday on Monday, February 19^th. While the National Library of Medicine and the Middle Atlantic Region’s offices will both be closed, DOCLINE will route requests as normal. This means that libraries will receive requests on Monday and that any requests entered on Monday will route to libraries on Monday.

If you have questions or concerns about how your President’s Day schedule will affect DOCLINE, please contact Miguel Figueroa at figueroa@library.med.nyu.edu.

The DOCLINE Team announced today that Internet Explorer 7.0 and Firefox 2.0 are now supported for DOCLINE. Other browsers currently supported for use with DOCLINE are Internet Explorer 6.x, Firefox 1.5.x, and Netscape 7.1.

Customers using a third party product to interface with DOCLINE should check with their vendor for compatibility with these two browsers and the third party product prior to upgrading (e.g., ILLiad, QuickDoc, Relais or Clio).

Any users upgrading their browsers or using a new PC should verify that their browser settings are correct. See http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/system_requirements.html#browser for links to all supported browsers.

Users encountering problems using either Internet Explorer 7.0 or Firefox 2.0 and DOCLINE should send a message to NLM via the Contact Us link within DOCLINE or email custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

With the added support of Internet Explorer 7, NLM will end support for Internet Explorer 5.5 at the end of February (Microsoft ended support for IE 5.5 on December 31, 2005). Internet Explorer 5.5 users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Internet Explorer 7, or Firefox 2.0.

In November 2006, Mozilla announced that it is ending Firefox 1.5 support on April 24, 2007. NLM will end support for Firefox 1.5 at the same time. Firefox users are encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 2 .0 before the April 24, 2007 support end date.

Attention All BHSL Members:

New change to BHSL in 2007! As of January 1, 2007, the BHSL hierarchy has been removed from DOCLINE. Libraries may now treat BHSL as a single entity, similar to other library groups in DOCLINE such as Freeshare.

BHSL participants should take a moment to remove the hierarchy number from their DOCLINE Institution Record. To do this, simply:

1. Log in to DOCLINE
2. Click INSTITUTIONS
3. Click UPDATE {your LIBID}
4. Scroll down to “Document Delivery Address” and remove the designation — parentheses, asterisk, and number, for example: (*8)
5. Click yellow SAVE button

For those unaware of the preceding history or concerned by the effect of this change on their library, NN/LM conducted a pilot test in July 2006 to see whether a suspension of the BHSL hierarchy would adversely affect interlibrary lending (ILL) among participants. Network members from both the Middle Atlantic Region and the New England Region were selected, and routing tables were modified where the “BHSL Library Group” was stored separately into one of the cells, absent of any hierarchy. The duration of the pilot test extended over two weeks. Post-test analysis revealed no negative effects on interlibrary lending (ILL) activity. Since the DOCLINE program now incorporates load balancing into the algorithm of its match program, the hierarchy has for the most part outlived its original purpose. Please feel free to contact the MAR offices with any questions regarding this change.

This message is being forwarded from the DOCLINE-L listserv. It was posted by Maria Collins, NLM:

NLM will be looking into ways to best route and/or reroute requests
using cost as a factor as we work on the redesign of the Requests and
Serial Holdings modules scheduled for development over the next year.

All libraries should review and update their institution record
annually, or whenever changes take place. The information is used by
the DOCLINE system for its various functions and by fellow DOCLINE
libraries daily to evaluate lender services and fees, and obtain contact
information.

In particular, please review and update your library’s cost information
found in your institution record (Institutions / Update / Services &
Fees). Your fellow DOCLINE libraries need this information when
selecting potential lenders. Also, NLM will be analyzing library cost
information as part of our design process in evaluating any changes to
routing based upon cost.

For those libraries concerned about the logistics and administrative
overhead billing libraries outside of their routing table, we encourage
you to consider joining EFTS. See
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_efts.html

Get in the Network Loop — ask your new contact in the Region about DOCLINE,
EFTS, LinkOut services! If you have a question related to DOCLINE, LinkOut, or
EFTS or would like to schedule an online or in-person training session contact
Tania Bardyn, Acting Network Coordinator at rmlnetwork@library.med.nyu.edu. or
bardyt01@library.med.nyu.edu Tel: (212) 562-2933. National Network
of Libraries
>of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region