We are pleased to announce that MAR funding has been posted for the 2013-2014 contract year.  The application deadline is March 15, 2013 for projects that run May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014.

Funding is a great way to provide health information outreach to a professional or consumer audience, or to pilot a new service you have been wanting to offer.  It is a great way to get recognition within your institution or community.  You are encouraged to review these opportunities and consider applying!

Details are available at:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/
We also encourage you to look at previously funded projects:

• http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/funded.html (2012-2013)
• http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/funded2011-12.html

Also, listen to presentations for previously funded projects in our Lunch with the RML series:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/lunch_recordings.html

We look forward to seeing your applications.

MAR is delighted to report that the “Value of Library and Information Services in Patient Care Study” has now been published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

Marshall JG, Sollenberger J,  Easterby-Gannett S, Morgan LK, Klem ML, Cavanaugh SK, Oliver KB, Thompson CA, Romanosky N, Hunter S. The value of library and information services in patient care: Results of a multi-site study. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2013 Jan; 101(1):39-46.

MAR will be making the full study results available on our website early next week:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/about/valueresults.html.  Please join us in wishing hearty congratulations to all the authors who worked so diligently on this study.

NLM, as well as MAR, will be closed on Monday, January 21 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

All of us in MAR would like to wish you a very Happy Holidays…

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MAR will be closed for Winter Recess Monday, December 24^th through Tuesday, January 1^st.

We are pleased to announce the 2^nd issue of our quarterly newsletter.  Our goal is…

• to spotlight various aspects of our services and NLM resources
• to highlight a Network member
• to announce classes and training for the next quarter, and
• to touch on any number of possible topics in future issues

Please share the newsletter:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/.  Make sure to sign-up to receive future issues using the Subscribe feature.

We are pleased to announce the 2^nd issue of our quarterly newsletter.  Our goal is…

• to spotlight various aspects of our services and NLM resources
• to highlight a Network member
• to announce classes and training for the next quarter, and
• to touch on any number of possible topics in future issues

Please share the newsletter:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/.  Make sure to sign-up to receive future issues using the Subscribe feature.

MAR would like to congratulate the Schaffer Library of Health Sciences at Albany Medical College.  One of their librarians submitted an entry that was randomly selected in the MAR National Medical Librarians Month Contest to receive an award for registration and airfare to MLA 2013.  Details on the winner and all the entries are available in our Fall newsletter:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/2012/11/10/national-medical-librarians-month/.

We are delighted to announce that MAR has identified several excellent volunteers to serve as Emergency Preparedness Liaisons for their states and regions.  Details are available in our Fall newsletter:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/2012/11/10/nnlm-mar-identifies-emergency-preparedness-state-liaisons/

Presenter:       Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM MAR

Location:         Free, Online

Date:                December 11, 2012

Details:             http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/boost_schedule.html