Meet the instructors who will lend their professional knowledge and experience to the 4 sessions of this class.  Each presenter has written a very brief bio about who they are.

May 31, Session 1 / Michelle Burda

A Paradigm Shift:  Asking “Why” Before Saying “Yes”

As the NN/LM Network and Advocacy Coordinator for the Middle Atlantic Region, Michelle’s position allows her the opportunity to see first-hand the challenges that hospital librarians face  in the current healthcare market.  Michelle has worked in small community hospitals and in a large academic urban hospital in both clinical services and consumer health, as well as a faculty medical reference librarian.  With more than 30 years of experience in the hospital environment, she has seen the many changes in healthcare.

June 7, Session 2 / Joy Harriman

Writing a Business Plan

Joy has worked for over 20 years in the health care industry as a medical librarian as well as in marketing, training, and research.  She is currently the Medical Librarian at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, UT.  She was formerly the Director of the Medical Library at the Mobile Infirmary, in Mobile, AL, and a consultant with Right Management Consultants, Inc.  Harriman’s book, Creating Your Library’s Business Plan:  A How-To-Do-It Manual was published March 2008.  A second book, Health Care in Mobile:  An Oral History of the 1940s was published in September 2011.

June 14, Session 3 / Barbara Epstein

The Art of Negotiation

Barbara is Director of the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System and of the NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region.  Previous positions included Director of a psychiatric hospital library, and high school librarian in an urban school district.  Her career has depended on successful negotiation with administrators, staff, students, vendors and peers.  Barbara is an experienced instructor and presenter and has held offices in several organizations, including MLA and AAHSL

June 21, Session 4 / Helen-Ann Brown and Claire Joseph

Proving Your Worth / Adding to Your Value

Helen-Ann is a champion for hospital librarians.  Her clinical librarianship brings the hospital library to the bedside directly contributing to improving health.  Her professorship at the Pratt School of Library and Information Science in the Health Information Concentration inspires future hospital librarians that they can make a difference in patient care, educating the healthcare team and research.

Claire Joseph is a solo librarian at a 435-bed teaching community hospital on Long Island’s south shore.  Claire is committed to working for the survival of hospital librarians.  As Chair of MLA’s Hospital Libraries Section (2012-2013), Claire’s mission is to work with HLS to create a plan to aggressively support its membership in its ongoing fight to survive.  Claire will offer real-life strategies, based on her over 30 years of experience, that hospital librarians can use to proactively prove their worth to their administrators.

Beginning May 31 running four successive Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET)

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

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

**Registration: Register < http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/register.html?schedule_id=2255> No cost
Deadline: May 28, 2013 **

Sponsored by   Middle Atlantic Region

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

From the Association for Research Libraries (ARL):  http://www.arl.org/events/upcoming-events

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Job opportunities at NLM, NIH
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html

NISO Publishes Recommended Practice PIE-J: Presentation & Identification of E-Journals

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/recommended_practice_piej.html

NLM-Funded Study Offers New Insight into Statin Discontinuation

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/statin_discontinuation.html

NLM Mourns Loss of Sheldon G. Cohen, MD

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/nlm_mourns_sheldon_cohen.html

NLM Releases Extensible Markup Language (XML) for IndexCat™ Data

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/indexcat_data_xml.html

NLM Value Set Authority Center Publishes Annual Update for 2014 Eligible Hospital Clinical Quality Measure Value Sets

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/nlm_vsac_publishes_annual_update.html

NLM DIRECTOR’S PODCASTS

Aspirin Associated with Reduced Melanoma Risk

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript040113.html

Folic Acid Reduces Autistic Disorder?

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript040813.html

Promising Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) Diagnostic Tool

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript041513.html

NLM IN THE NEWS

Apps from Uncle Sam to Keep You Healthy

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/03/26/apps-from-uncle-sam-to-keep-healthy/

AT YOUR LIBRARY: World Health Day

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130403-LIFE-304030315

Bethesda resource speaks volumes on health and healing

http://www.gazette.net/article/20130305/NEWS/130309678/1123/bethesda-resource-speaks-volumes-on-health-and-healing&template=gazette

Careers that Combine Biology and Mathematics

http://aliciac.hubpages.com/hub/Careers-that-Combine-Biology-and-Mathematics

‘Could you poison your child?’: images from a century of medical propaganda

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4214262/national-library-of-medicine-online-image-archive-health-psa-posters

Download a Free Copy of Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine

http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/blog/2013/02/08/download-a-free-copy-of-hidden-treasure-the-national-library-of-medicine/

Genomics Pioneers: Mardis and Church Welcome Apps that Impact Patients

http://nygenome.org/blog/genomics-pioneers-mardis-and-church-welcome-apps-impact-patients

Glossary of Genomics Terms

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1677346

Henkel Physicians

http://events.detroitnews.com/ann_arbor_mi/events/show/310870163-henkel-physicians

Mutating Gonorrhea and ‘Superbugs’ Coming Soon to a Town Near You?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/04/mutating-gonorrhea-superbugs-coming-soon-to-a-town-near-you.html

National Library of Medicine: A valuable outing, and not just for MDs

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-library-of-medicine-a-valuable-outing-and-not-just-for-mds/2013/03/05/ad118674-851e-11e2-999e-5f8e0410cb9d_story.html

Objects of Our Affliction

http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/issues/2013/winter/features/reznick.html

Objects of our afflictions

http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2013/02/objects-of-our-afflictions.html

Spring allergies could hit hard

http://www.waow.com/story/21813070/2013/03/27/doctors-say-spring-allergies-could-hit-hard#at_pco=cfd-1.0

Stopping a Statin May Not Be a Forever Thing

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/38207

Top 10 Weirdest Prescription Drug Side Effects

http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/medication/10-weird-prescription-drug-side-effect.htm/printable

Understanding Statin Discontinuation

http://www.biocompare.com/Life-Science-News/134092-Understanding-Statin-Discontinuation/

University of Saint Mary [Leavenworth, Kansas] hosts traveling exhibit on Civil War medicine

http://www.kcnursingnews.com/briefs/article_1a7d4c07-155a-552b-b04b-096b46b598e1.html

Wealth of medical information can be found—for free—at PlaneTree

http://www.mercurynews.com/sunnyvale/ci_22958062/wealth-medical-information-can-be-found-free-at

What We Learn From Clinical Trials

http://catalyst.phrma.org/what-we-learn-from-clinical-trials/

NEW OR UPDATED MEDLINEPLUS TOPICS

­English:

Blood Sugar

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodsugar.html

Hyperglycemia

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hyperglycemia.html

Español:

Hiperglucemia

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/hyperglycemia.html

The April 8th Summit at the Sheraton Eatontown, NJ was a big success!  The event was sponsored by the New Jersey State Library in partnership with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR), LibraryLinkNJ, and New Jersey Library Association.  Check out tweets and pictures from the event.

Register for PubMed® for Trainers (It’s free!)
Would you like to gain new skills, brush up on existing PubMed skills and collaborate with colleagues to help create effective training strategies?   The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC), along with the Long Island Library Resources Council and Farmingdale State College, Greenley Library is offering PubMed® for Trainers (PMT).

PMT is held in 4 sessions; 3 online and 1 in person session (attendance in all is expected).  The last of the four sessions will be in-person at Farmingdale State College, Greenley Library.  Upon completion, the class is eligible for 15 hours of MLA CE credit.

The class runs from June 6 – June 27, 2013.

This hands-on course consists of 9 presentations created by the National Library of Medicine, live demonstrations, hands-on exercises, group work and discussions, and networking opportunities over the course of four sessions.  You can expect an additional 2-3 hours of independent homework.

By the end of the course, you should:

• Have a functional knowledge of the MEDLINE database
• Understand behind the scenes details of how PubMed translates your search
• Know how to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Customize your search results and save search strategies using My NCBI
• Increase you knowledge of how to more effectively search for drugs, diseases, and patient centered research.

The dates and times for the four class sessions are:

• Thursday, June 6, 2013 10-12 ET (online via Adobe Connect)
• Thursday, June13, 10-12 ET (online via Adobe Connect)
• Thursday, June 20, 10-12 ET (online via Adobe Connect)
• Thursday, June 27, 9-4:30 ET (in-person in Farmingdale)

This course is open to all!  For more information and to register, visit: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/class_details.html?class_id=359.

New Webinar:  Running Your Hospital Library Like a Business

Hospital librarians provide a valuable service to their hospitals, a service that needs to be managed like the business it is.  Through a series of four, 90-minute online classes, you will:  define and describe how your organization calculates you dollar value; walk through the steps needed to write a business plan that matches the mission and objectives of your hospital; learn to be a convincing negotiator; learn how to show your worth with dollar signs rather than anecdotes.  As you look at the business of hospital libraries, you will develop a business backbone, allowing you to provide valued services that are aligned with the values of your hospital. In these challenging times developing a strategic business sense is essential.

Beginning May 31 running four successive Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET)

Participants in this series of programs will further develop their library business skills.  Goals specific to each session include:

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

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:  a) Define and describe how their organization calculates their dollar value; b) List two questions that explain how their job value is calculated from a HR/Finance perspective; c) Identify and describe their hospital or system’s strategic imperatives; d) Analyze the role of selective dissemination of information in demonstrating worth; e) Discuss the importance of the reference interview and the all-important ‘why’ question; f) Define the people we serve.

June 7/ Session 2:  Writing a Business Plan

At the conclusion of this session, participants will:  a) Know the benefits of writing a business plan and how to write one; b)  Describe their library’s business/focus; c) Identify the people they serve; d) Have written the beginning of their library’s business plan.

June 14/ Session 3:  The Art of Negotiation

At the conclusion of this session, participants will:  a) Appreciate strategic approaches to negotiating; b) Know at least three specific negotiating strategies; c) Identify examples of workplace situations where these negotiating strategies may be applied; d) Develop negotiating strategies and know to which workplace situation they apply.

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

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:  a)Calculate the dollar value of services in a way their hospital administrators can appreciate; b) Demonstrate their worth through information dissemination; c) Determine their customers’ needs; d) Align the library’s mission and objectives to that of the hospital; e) Conduct community outreach.

Registration:  No cost  / http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/register.html?schedule_id=2255
Deadline:  May 28, 2013  (Members of NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region will be given first priority)

This class is composed of four – 1.5 hr. sessions with 1.5 MLA CE awarded for each session attended.  For a complete description of this class:  http://cech.mlanet.org/node/815

You only need to register once.

NOTE:  At this time the class will be not be available to access online after the class session is over.

Sponsored by   Middle Atlantic Region

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

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the availability of new funding to support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces.  Navigators are individuals and entities that will provide unbiased information to consumers about health insurance, the new Health Insurance Marketplace, qualified health plans, and public programs including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

To access the funding opportunity announcement, visit:  http://www.grants.gov, and search for CFDA # 93.750.

CHICAGO – A new report released by the National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE) reveals that school librarians are highly involved leaders playing a critical role in their schools through consistent and sustained collaboration with other educators. Additionally, school librarians not only participate in but deliver professional development to peers, educators and staff in their schools.  The report, Remodeling Literacy Learning: Making Room for What Works, details key findings from a nationwide survey of more than 2,400 educators representing all grade levels and subject areas. It investigates the connection between professional learning, educator collaboration and student learning. The report is available at www.literacyinlearningexchange.org.

Survey findings indicate that many schools are not structured to support the professional collaboration educators identified as important in strengthening their practice. Despite this, educators are participating in some forms of school-based collaboration, and school librarians are often participating at rates equal to or greater than other educators. With the already small amount of time set aside for collaboration during the school day dwindling, a substantial number of school librarians are participating in professional learning networks on their own time. Fifty-one percent reported seeking and sharing ideas at least weekly in online networks and communities. Of those school librarians participating in the survey, 66 percent indicated they also provide professional development to peers and other educators, and 58 percent provide these services to staff inside their school. Further, 60 percent indicated their decision to do so was voluntary.

More specific data pertaining to school librarian responses to the NCLE survey can be found in an infographic created by AASL. To view, please visit http://www.ala.org/aasl/research/ncle-infographic.

The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field. AASL is one of 30 professional education associations, policy organizations and foundations part of the NCLE coalition.

A project of the National Council of Teachers of English and the Ball Foundation in alliance with over 30 stakeholder groups representing educators and school/community leaders, the National Center for Literacy Education is a project to celebrate the work of successful school teams across the country that are achieving remarkable results in advancing literacy learning.

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The Edward G. Miner Library at the University of Rochester Medical Center is looking for someone join us as our Nursing Liaison Librarian.  More specifics about the position (including the job description and the link to our online HR system) are available:  http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/libraries/miner/about/Jobs.cfm

More information about Rochester, NY is available:  http://rochester.edu/aboutus/rochester.html

We’re looking for someone who enjoys challenging work but still has fun, someone who sets their own direction rather than waiting to be directed, someone who is – well – outstanding.

Donna Berryman, MLIS, EdD
Edward G. Miner Library
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Rochester, NY

Join us on Monday, April 8th at the Sheraton Eatontown, NJ.  Come together with the emergency planning community, first responders, public health workers, and community and faith-based groups to provide a forum for discussing roles libraries can play in supporting future disaster preparedness, response and recovery efforts:  http://lss.njstatelib.org/events/2013/apr/08/ports_in_a_storm_the_library_as_disaster_recovery_center