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

MLA and AAHSL are issuing the following statement encouraging publishers to support authors in complying with NIH Public Access Policy:

NIH Policy Support Statement

The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries and the Medical Library Association urge journal publishers to fully support authors who are federally mandated to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy.  Many authors are confused by the varied approaches and policies of different journals for submitting articles to PubMed Central. This issue will become even more pressing beginning July 1, 2013, when NIH will delay processing an award if publications arising from it are not in compliance with the Policy.  Additionally, authors and their institutions need publisher support to address prior lapses in compliance, dating back to 2008, as failure to do so will adversely affect future grant funding.

On behalf of academic health centers, health sciences schools, libraries and more importantly, journal authors, we ask that:

• Publishers allow authors to submit to PubMed Central the final published versions of their articles published after April 7, 2008, related to awards that will have an anticipated start date of July 1, 2013.  We ask that this permission be communicated to authors via the journal website and other relevant communication mechanisms between now and July 1, 2013.
• Going forward, publishers consider entering into an NIH Portfolio agreement with PubMed Central, wherein the journal commits to depositing all articles funded by the NIH (as defined by the NIH Public Access Policy), starting with a specified volume/issue or publication date.   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/faq/#q15.

Authors in academic health centers are increasingly aware of the importance of selecting journals that simplify compliance.  Publisher assistance with the compliance process would strengthen ties with their authors, an important market, and establish a strong pipeline for future cutting-edge research articles.   Also, it would avoid the potential problem of researchers inadvertently violating publisher agreements when attempting to bring older publications into compliance.  Finally, having a standard, easy solution for all authors would reduce publisher workload in consulting with individual authors to bring older articles into compliance.

Any delay in grant awards will have an adverse effect on major research institutions that thrive on competitive NIH funding.   Publishers have a major role in the compliance process.  We strongly encourage them to streamline the process and offer all possible assistance to authors mandated to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy.

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The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) supports academic health sciences libraries and directors in advancing the patient care, research, education and community service missions of academic health centers through visionary executive leadership and expertise in health information, scholarly communication, and knowledge management.

Founded in 1898, the Medical Library Association (MLA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, educational organization of 4,000 individual and institutional members in the health sciences information field that provides lifelong educational opportunities, supports a knowledgebase of health information research, and works with a global network of partners to promote the importance of quality information for improved health to the health care community and the public.

PRINCETON, NJ (April 15, 2013)—The April 15 deadline has been extended to April 26, for participation in the Group Licensing Initiative formed under the umbrella organization Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey (HSLANJ). The organization’s spring 2013 offer features more than 446 resources from 10 vendors, at a cost savings of 15-60% off regular pricing.

Participation, open to all hospital librarians throughout the Mid-Atlantic region (DE, NJ, NY and PA), has grown from 75 to more than 100 Mid-Atlantic hospital libraries during the past year. Known as the first consortium of its kind in the nation, the non-profit Group Licensing Initiative strives to provide  access to the highest-quality, current electronic resources in the form of medical journals, books and databases, and at the most cost-effective pricing available thanks to the organization’s leverage of group purchasing strategy.

To receive a copy of the offer, please contact Project Manager Robert Mackes, MLS, AHIP, at 570-856-5952 or rtmackes@gmail.com. Deadline for participation has been extended to April 26 due to high interest.

For more information, on the HSLANJ Group Licensing Initiative, including FAQs and testimonials, see www.hslanj.org/gli.html.

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.

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

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

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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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

MAR will be offering free four successive Fridays, 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET)

Details:  http://nnlm.gov/training/schedule/class_details.html?class_id=603

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

June 7 ^/ Session 2:            Writing a Business Plan

June 14 / Session 3:        The Art of Negotiation

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

• 1.5 hours MLA CE credit awarded for each session
• Watch for Registration information—MAR members will be given first priority
• Additional questions:  Michelle Burda, mburda@pitt.edu, (412) 624-1589

The next METRO Science Librarians SIG meeting will be:

Friday April 19 – 1:30 – 4:30 PM
METRO Headquarters
57 East 11^th Street – 4^th Floor
New York, NY

This meeting will be a research forum featuring the following speakers and topics

• Implementing Kindle and iPad borrowing services in the Health Sciences Library and creating e-books collection – Irina Meyman – Lutheran Medical Center

• Studying International Scientific Collaboration through the Web of Science – Selenay Aytac – LIU Post

• Outreach and information literacy for engineering students – Jay Bhatt – Drexel

• Assessing Use and Usage of Butler Library – Nisa Bakkalbasi, Barbara Rockenbach and Francie Mrkich  – Columbia University

• Measuring the Disparities between Biology Undergraduates’ Perceptions and Their Actual Knowledge of Scientific Literature with Clickers – Aditi Bandyopadhyay – Adelphi University

Please register at http://metro.org/events/312/

Please contact me for further Information

Bruce Slutsky
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Robert Van Houten Library
323 Martin Luther King Blvd
Newark, NJ 07102
slutsky@njit.edu
(voice) 973-642-4950 (fax) 973-642-7862
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Check out the April issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research. In this edition:

The Benefits of Slumber
Why You Need a Good Night’s Sleep
With so many demands on our time, we often sacrifice sleep to fit everything into our days. But sleep affects both mental and physical health, and lack of sleep can have serious consequences.
Read more about the benefits of slumber.

Sleep On It: How Snoozing Strengthens Memories
When you learn something new, the best way to remember it is to sleep on it. That’s because sleep helps strengthen the memories you’ve formed throughout the day.
Read more about the complex links between sleep and memory.

Health Capsules:

* Brain Scans Give Clues to Antidepressant’s Effects
* Living with Low Vision
* Featured Website: Inside Life Science

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