SAVE THE DATE!

Join your colleagues on November 20, 2007 as NN/LM MAR hosts Medical Library Association’s fall webcast, “Scholarly Publishing and Open Access: Straight Talk.” More information about the webcast is available here: http://mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/scholarlypub/index.html

Take advantage of this national continuing education event. Share ideas with your colleagues about current topics, learn techniques from MLA member experts, and earn MLA CE contact hours.

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Time: 2:00 pm

Location: New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Complete registration information for MAR’s event will be available soon! Check the MARL listserv and blog (the MARquee, http://nnlm.gov/mar/blog/) for more information.

The goal of the Outreach Evaluation Workshop Series is to develop the ability of those who conduct health information outreach projects to gather and use evaluation data for program improvement and decision-making.

These first two workshops, in a series of four, are hosted by NN/LM MAR and taught by Susan Barnes and Cindy Olney of the Outreach Evaluation Resource Center, NN/LM Pacific Northwest, University of Washington.

Community Assessment (3 MLA CE credits)
This workshop will help librarians and others involved in health information outreach to design quality programs and garner support for those programs by taking the right first step: collecting community and needs assessment information about the groups of people who will be involved.

Planning Outcomes-Based Outreach Programs (3 MLA CE credits)
This workshop will help librarians and anyone interested in health information outreach to focus on what they want to accomplish by designing outreach programs around intended results. Participants will learn to construct logic models to plan health information outreach projects, with project outcomes as the pivotal part of the plan.

Class date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Class times: Community Assessment: 9:00-12:00; Planning Outcomes-Based Outreach Programs: 1:00-4:00
Location: New York University, Frederick L. Ehrman Medical Library, 550 First Ave., New York
Registration: Register for either or both classes by sending an email to rml@library.med.nyu.edu

Registration is free. Class break refreshments and lunch are included for attendees. The classes are limited to 25 registrants. Please register by October 30, 2007.

It’s time to head back to school with the RML! Join MAR staff and network members for online classes from September through December—all you need is an Internet-connected computer and a telephone. Classes are FREE for NN/LM members. To join or renew your free membership, visit our web site.

Send us an e-mail to sign up for a class at rml@library.med.nyu.edu.

Eleven classes will be offered—and six are new!

EVALUATION

1. NEW! Clever Evaluation

Evaluating programs and projects is a lot like exercising: most of us know it’s very important and we plan to start doing it as soon as we have time. Cindy Olney, evaluation specialist for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (OERC), will present a 90-minute session on evaluation methods that are quick, resourceful, and useful. Her strategies include using existing data, combining evaluation with other project activities, and enlisting the help of others in data collection. Cindy Olney has been an evaluation specialist since 1991 and has worked with the OERC since 2004. She specializes in planning and evaluation of health information outreach and public health projects.

October 9, 10:00 – 11:30am

PUBMED

2. PubMed MyNCBI

This class is presented in two parts. You may attend either session or both.

Part I. Learn how to customize your PubMed experience using MyNCBI (formerly Cubby). Save your favorite citations, and keep current with automatic searches—the results will come straight to your inbox. Change the look of PubMed with custom tabs and highlighted search terms.

Part II. Create shared filters for your library users’ using MyNCBI. Shared filters allow you to activate LinkOut icons, specify display formats, and limit search results. Shared Filters are an important feature for any library that participates in NCBI’s LinkOut program.

Part I: Monday, October 29, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Part II: Monday, November 5, 11:00am - 12:00pm

3. NEW! PubMed for Academic Librarians

This ninety-minute class is targeted to academic librarians who are new PubMed users. If your library supports programs in nursing, allied health, complementary therapies, or other biomedical sciences, learn how to use the power of PubMed to locate scholarly journal articles.

Thursday, December 6, 10:00am – 11:30am

RESOURCE SHARING AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY

4. LinkOut

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. MLA CE credits available.

Three hours, divided into two sessions. *Attendance at both sessions is mandatory to receive CE credit*

September 27 and October 4, 3:00 – 4:30pm

November 27 and December 4, 11:00am – 12:30pm

5. DOCLINE for Beginners

The title says it all! If you are new to DOCLINE, this one-hour class will provide an overview.

Thursday, September 20, 10:00 – 11:00am

Tuesday, October 23, 2:00 - 3:00pm

6. DOCLINE: Reports, Routing Tables and More

This one hour class will cover some of the more specialized topics in Docline, including the reporting features and routing tables. Registrants are welcome to submit their “problem questions” to be answered during the course. This class is intended for current DOCLINE users and is not an introductory class.

Wednesday, September 26, 1:00 – 2:00pm

Friday, November 2, 11:00 am – 12:00pm

7. NEW! Copyright and ILL

Guidelines? Law? CONTU? This course will give a basic introduction to copyright including the exclusive rights of copyright holders, copyright duration, and fair use. Learn how copyright affects ILL and how librarians can better balance ILL service needs with copyright law. You will also gain an understanding of the features in DOCLINE that address copyright law.

Tuesday, October 2, 2:00 – 3:00pm

Thursday, November 29, 11:00am – 12:00pm

TECHNOLOGY

8. Creative Commons: What Is It?
The digital age has caused a plethora of problems concerning copyright. Along comes the concept of Creative Commons to help define the rights of creators, users, and consumers. What is it and how is it used? Take this one hour online class and learn more!
Monday, October 8, 3:00 - 4:00pm

Thursday, November 15, 3:00 - 4:00pm

9. NEW! Using Wikis in Education

Wikis are gaining in use and acceptance in corporate and healthcare environments as quickly as they are in academia. Health sciences librarians with formal or informal responsibility for user education can learn more about wikis in this 90-minute class, taught by Marcy Brown, a clinical medical librarian with close to fifteen years of experience in secondary research services. She holds a master’s in Library and Information Science, a graduate certificate in Healthcare Information Technology, and is currently working toward a second graduate degree in Educational Technology. Note: Class size limited to 25 participants.

Monday, November 5, 9:30 – 11:00am

CONSUMER HEALTH

10. NEW! Consumer Health Information at the Public Library

Public librarians, do you receive health information requests at the reference desk? Do you want to plan programming on health topics? Learn about National Library of Medicine’s free, authoritative consumer health web sites like MedlinePlus and NIH Senior Health.

Monday, October 8, 10:00 – 11:00am

Monday, November 12, 1:00 – 2:00pm

11. NEW! Consumer Health Funding for Public Libraries

The hour-long online course will provide an overview of funding available from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and National Library of Medicine. The class will review the existing awards from the NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region, review how awards are created and eligibility in applying for the awards. The class will also discuss options for public libraries to supplement awards with training, promotional items and other assistance from NN/LM MAR staff.

Thursday, October 4, 2:00 – 3:00pm

Tuesday, November 6, 10:00 – 11:00am

Now Available on MAR’s Training & Educational Opportunities Web Page: Full Text and PubMed Trifold

This handy new guide summarizes the different full text options available in PubMed, including PubMed Central, publisher links, Loansome Doc, and of course, your own library’s collections. NEW: You can customize the trifold brochure by adding own local library information in the space provided!

How to access the new trifold brochure:

1. Go to MAR’s Training & Educational Opportunities.

2. Go to the topic called Find NN/LM Produced Training Materials.

3. Select Full Text and PubMed. The document will open as an Adobe PDF.

4. Save the document to your computer.

5. Open the document in Adobe Reader. You will see a Typewriter tool that will let you add your own content within the blank space provided.

You can find other handy trifold brochures in Find NN/LM Produced Training Materials, including PubMed Basics and MedlinePlus Basics in English and in Spanish.

Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed®

Learn how to find articles about a chemical or drug of interest. On August 23 the U.S. National Library of Medicine hosted a 45-minute online clinic on how the NLM MeSH vocabulary is used to describe substance concepts and how to search PubMed for relevant articles.

The search clinic recording is now available online:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/chem.html

You may view the clinic recording, read the transcript, view the slides, and evaluate the clinic.

The RML is pleased to announce the newest addition to our website: our new AV Lending Library.

You can now borrow from our collection of videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMs in order to keep up on everything from MLA’s last webcast or to learn more from “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians!”

Just follow this link to the online order form http://nnlm.gov/mar/services/lendrequest.html

We look forward to sharing these items with you!

Three New Sections Debut on MAR Website

Two new sections debuted on the Resource Sharing & Document Delivery section. Copyright and ILL (http://nnlm.gov/mar/rsdd/copyright.html) will help members navigate the ins and outs of copyright and ILL, including copyright guidelines, the Copyright Clearance Center, and general copyright information. DOCLINE Stats (http://nnlm.gov/mar/rsdd/docstats.html) provides some enlightening numbers for DOCLINE both nationally and regionally. Under About MAR, The Value of Libraries Planning Study page (http://nnlm.gov/mar/about/value.html) keeps members current on one of the exciting projects being conducted by the Regional Advisory Committee. An outline of the project, core group members, and reports from meetings are available. If you have comments or suggestions for improvements or new additions to our Website, please contact us at rml@library.med.nyu.edu.

New Course: PubMed MyNCBI

Arpita Bose and Miguel Figueroa introduced a new course for the Middle Atlantic Region, PubMed MyNCBI. Several attendees learned the unique features of MyNCBI that librarians can utilize for their own work or for enhancing their users’ experiences with PubMed. In addition to filters, saved searches, and automatic updates, attendees learned how to establish shared institutional filters and activate LinkOut holdings with MyNCBI.

RML Reaches out to HUD Neighborhood Networks

Arpita Bose taught a workshop on consumer health information and grant writing to eight members of the Housing and Urban Development’s Neighborhood Networks group in New York City. She was joined by Ms. Fu Mei Yang, who works at the Health Information Center (http://www.nypl.org/health/) of the Mid-Manhattan branch of New York Public Library. Ms. Yang presented local health information web sites to the participants. The class participants, who work at senior centers in New York City, learned about MedlinePlus and NIH Senior Health as well as awards (http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/) from the RML. Many participants had not heard of MedlinePlus before, and they were excited to learn about this authoritative, reliable consumer health resource.

The RML offers free training on NLM’s consumer health resources, including MedlinePlus, NIH Senior Health, and more. If you represent a community-based organization or faith-based organization in DE, NJ, NY, or PA, please contact Arpita Bose (arpita.bose@library.med.nyu.edu), Outreach and Communications Coordinator, for more information about our training opportunities.

Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed®

Learn how to find articles about a chemical or drug of interest. The U.S. National Library of Medicine is hosting a 45-minute online clinic on how the NLM MeSH vocabulary is used to describe substance concepts and how to search PubMed for relevant articles.

The clinic is designed for librarians and other information specialists with little to moderate experience in searching for articles about chemicals or drugs in PubMed. Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of how to search PubMed.

The clinic is limited to 150 attendees, so please register early.

Date: Thursday, August 23rd
Time: 2:00 - 2:45pm EDT

For information and registration, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/chem.html
The clinic will be recorded . Those unable to participate “live” may view it at a later time at this address.

Registration is now open for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)’s three-day course, Introduction to Molecular Biology and Information Resources. The course will be taught in the Middle Atlantic Region on April 2-4, 2008 at New York University Ehrman Medical Library, New York, NY.

Librarians interested in learning an overview of search systems available at NCBI can attend the three-day Introduction to Molecular Biology and Information Resources course. This course reviews many NCBI services and search systems by combining lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experience. If you work with researchers in molecular biology or bioinformatics, this course will be of interest to you.

More information is here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/MLACourse/

Here’s a quick look at some of the events and happenings at the RML this week ending June 8, 2007:

NN/LM MAR’s Internal Advisory Board Meeting on June 6^th

NYU’s Internal Advisory Board (IAB) for the NN/LM MAR met on Wednesday, June 6, for a two hour lunch and meeting. At the meeting, the Internal Advisory Board – comprised of Gustavo Cruz, DDS, Francesca Gany, MD, Lewis Nelson, MD, and Joel Oppenheim, PhD – discussed regional outreach issues and potential partners with Karen Brewer, PhD, NN/LM MAR Director; Kathel Dunn, MSLS, Associate Director; and Arpita Bose, MS, Outreach and Communication Coordinator. The IAB offered their insights on how to make an effective impact with a small amount of resources and identified potential partners in the four state region. The IAB confirmed the direction of NN/LM MAR in choosing a “theme” to focus on; NN/LM MAR will be doing this in its Strategic Plan, drawing on the regional needs assessment conducted this past Spring.

Keeping UP with NLM’s PubMed

Arpita Bose, Outreach and Communications Coordinator, will be teaching a class, Keeping Up with NLM’s PubMed, at Albany Medical College, Albany, NY on June 11. A special thanks to the Capital District Library Council and Christopher Tosh for their work in organizing the course!

A Belated Thank You

Sue Hunter and Miguel Figueroa exhibited at the AAPA (American Academy of Physician Assistants) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 29^th and 30^th. They were aided by two wonderful volunteers: Margy Grasberger of Thomas Jefferson University and Kirsten Anderson of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Margy offered conference attendees some of the best 5-10 minute PubMed demonstrations we’ve ever seen while Kirsten showed how important public librarians are in providing health information. Our thanks to both volunteers!

Four Classes at NYU’s Ehrman Medical Library June 14^th and 15^th

Arpita Bose and Miguel Figueroa will be teaching four classes next week at NYU’s Ehrman Medical Library—Keeping Up with PubMed; PubMed for Experts; Docline Explained; and Getting Started with LinkOut. For those who have already registered, a reminder message will be sent out on Monday June 11^th. If you have not registered, you may send a message to rml@library.med.nyu.edu.