The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is pleased to announce the following award recipient for the Training and Online Training Development Awards.

The purpose of the training award program is to improve health professionals’, librarians’ and the public’s skills in accessing electronic health information and to foster partnerships between health sciences librarians and health professionals, the public and other librarians.Congratulations all!

Training Award Recipients

• MedlinePlus, PubMed, TOXNET and Clinical Trials.gov “Summer School” classes
  Rochester Regional Library Council, Fairport, NY
  Barbara Ciambor
• What can the 21^st Century Library Offer to Mental Health Practitioners in Rural Areas?
  SUNY Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library, Syracuse, NY
  Diane Luft
• What can the 21^st Century Library Offer to Mental Health Practitioners in Rural Areas? (two awards)
  SUNY Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library, Syracuse, NY
  Brad Long
• How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet
  Northland Public Library, Pittsburgh, PA
  Susan Shea

Online Training Development Award

• Using Wikis in Education
  The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
  Mary Jo Dorsey

And with thanks to the Outreach Committee* who served as reviewers for the awards:

Chair: Valerie Gross, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Pennsylvania

• Marie Ascher, New York Medical College
• Christine DeGoyler, University of Rochester
• Jeff Garvey, Samaritan Medical Center
• PJ Grier, Delaware Academy of Medicine
• Linda Hasman, SUNY Buffalo
• Nancy Henry, Pennsylvania State University
• Diane Luft, SUNY Upstate
• Michelle McIntyre, Roaring Spring Community Library
• Jennifer Melinn, Mental Health Association of SE PA
• Maureen O’Connor, Queens Borough Public Library
• Eileen Smith, Frankford School of Nursing

[*Applications by committee members were reviewed by a subset of the committee and scored using a standard review sheet.]

The Health Literacy Virtual Tool Kit debuted at the conference, Health Literacy: Tools for Improving Health Communications on May 30, 2007 at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York. Organized by New York Medical College (NYMC), School of Public Health and Health Sciences Library and the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet) the conference saw close to 200 attendees from all types of organizations and groups interested in health literacy. Attendees came from public and health sciences libraries, hospitals, community-based organizations and public health departments.

The Health Literacy Virtual Tool Kit is an outgrowth of the well-received toolkit given to attendees. The Virtual Tool Kit includes links to the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus, Info Rx program, Medical Library Association health literacy information and a Health Literacy video from the American Medical Association, amongst other resources.

The Health Sciences Library of New York Medical College was a recipient of an NN/LM MAR Outreach Conference Award.

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.

Here’s a quick look at some of the events and happenings at the RML this week ending May 19, 2007

What’s New in Pubmed?

Arpita Bose conducted an online class titled “What’s New in PubMed.” This one-hour session provided a brief update on changes to PubMed in the last 12 months and a look ahead to upcoming enhancements. Twelve participants attended the Web-based class. After learning about upcoming changes to MyNCBI, several participants expressed interest in attending a future RML online class about this Entrez feature. We’re taking that advice and developing a new class that will help librarians and library users maximize the benefits of MyNCBI. Stay tuned for more information about our summer schedule of online classes!

Genomics: New Directions for Public Librarians

Arpita Bose will be presenting “Resources for Answering Patron Questions” at the Human Genome Project: Librarian Training to be held on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Baruch College in Room 14-270. The Human Genome Project (The Project) is a joint initiative of Americans for Libraries Council and WE ACT for Environmental Justice. The overall goal of the Project is to meet increasing public needs for information and education about the Human Genome Project (HGP) and to foster understanding about the implications of genomics research for individuals and communities, especially communities of color, minority and low-income communities. The primary strategy for achieving this goal is to marshal the unique assets of the public library as a trusted, accessible center for information and education and a venue for local discussions on topics relevant to the community. The Project will enable an expert team to assist libraries in strengthening their collections and reference capacities with respect to genomics and to create a replicable framework for community conversations on the social, ethical and legal implications of genomics.

RML at MLA

The entire staff of the RML (Karen Brewer, Kathel Dunn, Arpita Bose, Miguel Figueroa, Harriet Geller, Gregg Headrick, Sue Hunter, and Abigail Kennedy-Grant) is off to MLA this year in Philadelphia, PA. We will be attending the All Staff RML meeting on Friday, May 18^th with other RML staffs from across the country. We will also be actively participating in the conference, including volunteering at the information booth, staffing the placement center, attending NLM user group meetings, and sitting in on sessions. If you see any of the RML staff members, please be sure to stop us and say hello.

RML Consultants First Meeting at MLA

The first meeting of RML Consultants will be happening at the MLA Conference in Philadelphia on May 22^nd. Each resource library has volunteered one staff member to be an RML Consultant and help the RML keep in touch with the membership throughout our four-state region. We are also encouraging any professional associations, library resource councils, or local consortia to volunteer an individual and help us keep in touch will all of the happenings throughout the region.

AAPA, Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center, May 26-31

Miguel Figueroa and Sue Hunter will be exhibiting at the American Academy of Physician Assistants’ 35^th Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA. This gathering of over 7,500 Physician Assistants is an excellent opportunity to help promote the services of the National Library of Medicine and to encourage more PAs to visit their local medical libraries. The RML welcomes volunteers who would like to staff the NN/LM Booth on either May 29^th or May 30^th from 9AM-4PM. To volunteer send an e-mail to rml@library.med.nyu.edu. If staff from your hospital are attending this conference, please encourage them to stop by booth #432 and introduce themselves.

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), for the Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is pleased to announce that the Health Sciences Library of New York Medical College received an Outreach Conference Award for the conference, Health Literacy: Tools for Improving Health Communications.

The conference, Health Literacy: Tools for Improving Health Communications, will be held May 30^th at New York Medical College. The conference, co-sponsored by New York Medical College’s Health Sciences Library, School of Public Health and the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet), features sessions on the interaction of health literacy from an individual and system point of view; the implementation of the Joint Commission Requirements related to the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate health care and as a guest speaker includes Sabrina Kurtz-Ross, MEd, the MLA Health Information Literacy Research Project Coordinator and Adjunct Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine.

Registration is $10, with a May 25, 2007 registration deadline.

The Conference will be held at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY.

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Middle Atlantic Region (MAR), is pleased to announce the following award winners for the MicroAward and Exhibit Awards.

MicroAward winners will promote NN/LM and library services through their awards. Award receipients will highlight Loansome Doc, promote awareness of a consumer health information service and showcase new materials in hippotherapy.

Exhibit Awards recipients are representing NN/LM and library services at exhibits for crime victims, rural health practitioners and nurse executives.

Congratulations all!

MicroAward Recipients

Family Medicine Update 2007

• SUNY Stony Brook, Colleen Kenefick

Horse Therapy Awareness

• Veteran’s Administration, Northport (NY), Mary Lou Glazer

Community Health fairs

• Booker Health Sciences Library (NJ), Catherine Boss

Exhibit Award Recipients
KeywordsCelebs NewsWhite SEOSEO Forum

22nd Annual Crime Victims’ Candlelight Vigil

• Bellevue Hospital Center (NY), Tania Bardyn

Rural Health Conference, Roots of Change

• Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Valerie Gross

Organization of Nurse Executives of New Jersey (ONE/NJ) Research Day

• Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey, Robin Siegel

The following sites in the Middle Atlantic Region will offer the MLA web cast this Wednesday, March 7. If you find yourself outside the region on March 7, check MLA’s web site for other web cast hosting sites throughout the country:

http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/marketing/states07.html

If you cannot attend the web cast, the RML will purchase copies of the DVD for individual viewing at later dates. CE credit is awarded for viewing the DVD.

New Jersey:
Robert T Mackes
New Jersey Hospital Association, Princeton, NJ
Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey
C/O Union Hospital Medical Library
1000 Galloping Hill Rd
Union, NJ 07083-7951
Phone: 908.851.7234
Fax: 908.851.5850

New York:
Arpita Bose
NYU School of Medicine
Ehrman Medical Library
550 First Ave
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212.263.4185
Fax: 212.263.4258

Christopher Tosh
Albany Medical College
Capital District Library Council
28 Essex Street
Albany, NY 12206
Phone: 518.438.2500
Fax: 518.438.2872

Min Liu
South Huntington Public Library
Long Island Library Resources Council
Melville Library Building
Suite E5310
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3399
Phone: 631.632.6659
Fax: 631.632.6662

Amy Lyons
University at Buffalo
Health Sciences Library
Abbott Hall
3435 Main St., Bldg #28
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: 716.829.3900 x131
Fax: 716.829.2211

Deborah Emerson
Rochester Regional Library Council
390 Packett’s Landing
Fairport, NY 14450
Phone: 585.223.7570

Pennsylvania:
Dan Kipnis
Thomas Jefferson University
1020 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215.503.2825
Fax: 215.923.3203

Kathleen Mazurek
Reading Hospital and Medical Center
PO Box 16052
Reading, PA 19612-6052
Phone: 610.988.8418
Fax: 610.988.9775

Claire Huntington
Geisinger Health System
100 North Academy Ave
Danville, PA 17822-2101
Phone: 570.271.6288
Fax: 570.271.5738

Rosemarie Taylor
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Wyoming Valley Health Care System
Hospital Library
575 N River St
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18764
Phone: 570.552.1175
Fax: 570.552.1183

MAR exhibited at National Women’s Heart Day on Friday, February 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. National Women’s Heart Day, organized by Sister-to-Sister, is an annual women’s health fair with free screenings for personal heart risks. We distributed MedlinePlus fliers and pens and demo’ed MedlinePlus for more than 200 visitors.

Many thanks to our volunteers, Colleen Bradley-Sanders, Archivist, NYU Ehrman Medical Library, and Gloria Willson, Dept. Principal Librarian at Public Health Library,NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene!

Pictured above: Arpita Bose, Outreach & Communications Coordinator, and Sue Hunter, Planning & Evaluation Coordinator, NN/LM, Middle Atlantic Region

February is American Heart Month, and the RML is participating in National Woman’s Heart Day! The Sister to Sister Foundation organizes this annual free health fair, which includes free screenings on heart disease risks.

The RML will be exhibiting at National Women’s Heart Day. We will be talking with attendees about MedlinePlus as an information tool for heart health. Volunteers are welcome! If you would like to join us, please contact Arpita Bose (arpita.bose [at] library.med.nyu.edu or 212-263-4176). If you would like to publicize this event at your institution, you can contact Arpita for a PDF of the event flyer.

National Women’s Heart Day–New York will be held Friday, February 16, 7:30 am to 2:30 pm, at Madison Square Garden.

Partnering with Community-Based Organizations (CBO’s)
A new resource page  from the South Central Region of NN/LM on partnering with CBO’s including links to information on:

* Why Partner

* Forming Relationships

* Cultural Differences Between Partners

* Needs Assessments

* Program Planning

* Evaluation

* and Other Resources