The National Library of Medicine Training Center is bringing their PubMed for Trainers course to New York City, October 11 – 23, 2012.  The course requires attendance at all sessions, both online and  in-person:

• Online session:                                                October 11, 2012 (10:00 am – Noon ET)
• Online session:                                                October 15, 2012 (10:00 am – Noon ET)
• Online session:                                                October 18, 2012 (10:00 am – Noon ET)
• In-person session in New York, NY:            October 23, 2012 (9 am – 4 pm ET)

Seating is limited.  For class details and to register, see:  http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/schedule.html.

The Department of Veterans Affairs commemorated Research Week from April 23-27.  Several national and local events took place to recognize the key role that VA research plays in advancing health and health care:  http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2304.

The Institute of Medicine on Friday posted a new ‘discussion paper’ titled, “Developing a Robust Clinical Trials Workforce,” authored by Drs. Ann Bonham (AAMC’s Chief Scientific Officer), Robert Califf, Elaine Gallin, and Michael Lauer.  Also posted is a related commentary by Dr. Sherine E. Gabriel, “Educating the Workforce for a Transformed Clinical Research Enterprise.”  All the authors are participants in the activities of the IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation and participated in the Forum’s November 2011 workshop to envision a transformed U.S. clinical trials enterprise.
http://www.iom.edu/Global/Perspectives/2012/RobustWorkforce.aspx
http://www.iom.edu/Global/Perspectives/2012/EducatingtheWorkforce.aspx
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Envisioning-a-Transformed-Clinical-Trials-Enterprise-in-the-United-States.aspx.

The Wall Street Journal last week ran a special section on innovations in health care.  Among the articles was a discussion of the use of simulators in medical education.  The collection also featured a discussion with Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps on the wireless revolution that is coming “as the digitication of health care meets the smartphone.”
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/innovations-in-healthcare-04162012.html
http://tinyurl.com/d7kteep
http://tinyurl.com/bmr26yl

This is a presentation from the IOM related to Attributes of a Health Literate Organization:  http://iom.edu/Global/Perspectives/2012/Attributes.aspx.

MLA ’13, will take place on May 3–8, 2013, in Boston, and will incorporate the 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), the 7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), and the 6th International Clinical Librarians Conference.  Submission of papers and posters (using the MLA submission system) will begin earlier than usual because of the lead times needed for international participants.  The 2013 contributed papers and posters submission deadline is May 1, 2012.  Final findings and results may be added to the accepted papers and posters up to 1^st February 2013, so you don’t have to have completed research to submit a paper or abstract.  The same system will be used for submissions to all four parts of the incorporated meeting – MLA, ICML, ICAHIS and ICLC.

The 2013 meeting theme is “One World: Information in an Interdependent World,” which emphasizes global interdependencies in all health-related areas.  “One Health” is meant to encompass not only human and animal health, but also public health, environmental health, climate change, food safety and production, and international health policy.

For access to the online submission process, instructions, and a list of section program themes, see www.mlanet.org/am/am2013/.

We encourage you to always check out our MAR website (http://nnlm.gov/mar/) to see our latest activities.  Here’s what on our front door this week:

What’s Happening with MAR These Days?

• April 12-14: We’re exhibiting at the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Conference, Hershey Lodge, Hershey, PA

• April 13: We’re teaching the course The Ropes: Planning Instruction for the Adult Learner at the Central NY Library Resources Council (CNYLRC)

• April 17: We’re hosting the Director of the NLM Web Services Technology Operations Center (Web-STOC), Michael Boer, for a visit to MAR

• April 18: We’re hosting the webcast Leveraging Mobile Technologies for Health Sciences Libraries at MAR

• April 18-19: We’re exhibiting at the New York State Public Health Association Conference, Hilton Garden Inn, Troy, NY

• April 19: We’re welcoming the Hospital Libraries SAG: http://nnlm.gov/mar/about/sag.html#hospital to MAR

The NY-NJ MLA Chapter will be offering a 6 MLA CE credit course entitled “EBM & the Medical Librarian”, taught by Connie Schardt on April 30th, 2012 from 10 am -5 pm.

The class will be held at the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), conveniently located at 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor (between Broadway and University Place, near Union Square).

This CE course will be free for NY-NJ MLA Chapter members and registration is on a first come first served basis.  The registration fee for lapsed and non-members will be $25 ($15 of which can  be applied towards NY-NJ MLA Chapter membership renewal).

Register at http://bit.ly/nynjebm
Please register promptly as space will be limited to 28 seats.  If the course fills up, you will be placed on the waiting list.  You will be notified as soon as possible if space becomes available.

For additional information, please email CE Committee Chair, Dina Matsoukas, km2056@columbia.edu.

*This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00003-C with the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.

The Institute of Medicine has a new report that provides a resource manual to help communities deliver health care effectively in the midst of catastrophic disasters:

http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/20120321.html

We would like to invite librarians interested in or currently involved in library services targeted to clinical and translational science researchers to participate in this study.  Several potential roles for libraries and librarians are covered in this survey, including literature searching, instruction, data management, bioinformatics, collaboration and community engagement support.

This study follows up on a similar study conducted in the winter of 2011.  It is designed to chart the growth of services over the last year, as well as include librarians beyond those working with institutions which have received Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA).  Participants in the current study are NOT required to have participated in the 2011 study.

For the purposes of this study, “clinical and translational science” includes all research efforts and collaborations designed to facilitate the transfer of laboratory data into clinical practice and community health.  We are interested in your responses whether or not your institution has received a CTSA, and regardless of your location, as long as your library serves researchers in clinical and translational science.

Note that the survey has been designed to let only one participant respond on a specific computer.  That participant may interrupt the survey and then return to complete it on that computer, as long as cookies are not cleared.

Please complete the consent form and survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NLJWV3F.

If you have any questions regarding this study, please contact the principal investigator, Michele Tennant (tennantm@ufl.edu).

Michele R. Tennant, PhD, MLIS

tennantm@ufl.edu

(352) 273-8426

Cecilia Botero, MLIS

cecbote@ufl.edu

Rolando Garcia Milian, MLIS

Rolando.milian@ufl.edu

Jennifer A. Lyon, MS, MLIS

jalyon@ufl.edu

Hannah F. Norton, MSIS

nortonh@ufl.edu

Health Science Center Libraries

University of Florida

Exempted 23 February 2012

University of Florida Institutional Review Board 02

Protocol #2012-U-0196