MIDDLE ATLANTIC PERSPECTIVE
Newsletter of the
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Middle Atlantic Region
New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware
| The New York Academy of Medicine - 1216 Fifth Avenue - New York, NY 10029 |
| Volume 12 Number 4 | July - August 2002 |
In This Issue...
National Training Center & Clearinghouse's
Educational Clearinghouse Database
Linking Your Web Site to MEDLINEplus
Freeshare Update
New DOCLINE Members
MCP Hahnemann Merged into Drexel
Refer On After NLM
NLM Gift Items Available
Informationist Conference Tapes Available
MLA Tapes Available
NLM Technical Bulletin
Note: This is a newsletter. The links and information are up-to-date when published and are not updated after the published date.
The Educational Clearinghouse Database is a national medical information resource designed to provide users with ready access to medical information and web-based medical education and health materials. The web site was designed both to meet the specific needs of the customer base of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), and be an integral part of the coordinated system-wide NN/LM network. The database contains information devoted to self-instructional materials and resources, fact sheets, manuals, classes and, if one is an educator, materials for train-the-trainer type classes. In addition to health-related materials, a user will find Internet and web-browser skills information.
The National Training Center & Clearinghouse (NTCC) will continue to collect, analyze and index training materials, products, tools and classes for the Educational Database that will be used by the Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs) and the NN/LM member libraries, health educators, information professionals, health professionals and health consumers.
Development of the National Training Center & Clearinghouse's Database
The first year of the current RML contract was a very busy time for the staff of the NTCC. Not only were the support staff and the trainers preparing, developing and teaching classes, but a new element was added to their program under the contract awarded in May 2001. The contract mandated that the NTCC develop a feature within its web site for the easy searching/location of educational materials created by NN/LM member libraries, the Resource Libraries and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). So, over the latter part of 2001 and the first months of 2002, the entire staff of the NTCC gathered information and URLs on educational materials found within NLM and NN/LM web pages. It was decided to create an online database, fully searchable through web browsers using the applications of MySQL and PHP.
Michael Boer, Michael Miller and Chris Shaffer, of the Seattle, Los Angles and Chicago NN/LM offices respectively, and Janet Zipser at NLM, worked with the training staff deciding upon the look and feel of the database. Searchable field names were decided upon and created.
The NTCC trainers, Mary Van Antwerp, Andrew Hamilton, and Maureen Czujak, proceeded to canvass the NN/LM and NLM web sites gathering URLs, writing annotations and assigning keywords. The database was tested by the designated contact persons at each of the Regional Medical Libraries and staff at the NLM. The Educational Database "went live" on June 17 and can be found at http://nnlm.gov/mar/online and then click on either of the Educational Clearinghouse Database hyperlinks.
We welcome and encourage your submission of items to be added to the Educational Clearinghouse Database. The developers of the Educational Database have created a tool for suggestions. It is located on the search page.
Complete information concerning the resource is vital.
The Clearinghouse is intended to be representative, but not exhaustive, useful but not authoritative, fair but not necessarily impartial. Inclusion of data contained in the Clearinghouse will not serve as an endorsement of the material by the NLM, NTCC, or NN/LM. The NTCC will not dictate the content of the material, but will reserve the right to remove obsolete material from the Clearinghouse.
A lengthier version, containing screen shots and more detail may be found in The NLM Technical Bulletin for July August, 2002 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/current_issue.html
Does your institution's web site need consumer health information? If it does, The National Library of Medicine invites you to link from your web site to MEDLINEplus at http://medlineplus.gov/ MEDLINEplus brings together, by health topic, authoitative information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government, non-profit and other health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also provides you with a database of full-text drug information, interactive health tutorials and an illustrated medical encyclopedia.
Advantages of linking to MEDLINEplus include:
What's the best way to link to MEDLINEplus? You are welcome to link to MEDLINEplus or any of the over 500 health topic pages, either directly or by opening a new window. The advantage of opening a new window is that your users still have a browser window with your web site available. Also, because of arrangements with licensed content providers, please do not place any pages in a frame.
Here are some images and text to assist you in coding your HTML link to MEDLINEplus. Please observe the form of the MEDLINEplus name, which should always begin with "MEDLINE" in capital letters and "plus" in lower-case letters.
Additional text to describe MEDLINEplus and graphics are available from the Linking to MEDLINEplus page at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/linking.html
Information on Linking MEDLINEplus provided by:
Naomi Miller and Jennifer Marill
Public Services Division
National Library of Medicine
The message below appeared on DOCLINE-L on June 26, 2002. As FreeShare emanated from the NN/LM PSR, the writers are, in effect, its custodians. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Kwan or Andrea Lynch.
I would, however, like to remind all BHSL members that while many BHSL members in Regions 1 and 8 participate in FreeShare, BHSL hierarchical numbers take precedence over FreeShare. Unless a BHSL library is a member of the same local consortium you are a member of, BHSL rules. All BHSL libraries have a number and an asterisk after their institutional name, e.g., ABC Hospital (*4), ZYZ Medical Center (*6); therefore, ABC Hospital is to be placed in cell 4 and XYZ Medical Center in cell 6. Guidelines for Routing Table Construction can be found at http://nnlm.gov/mar/docline/guidelines.html Thank you for adhering to the guidelines and making BHSL--and FreeShare--work for everyone.
Joanne Jahr
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Dear FreeShare Members,
We would like to clarify the issue regarding charging FreeShare members for requests depending on delivery method. There is no charging of fellow FreeShare members allowed regardless of delivery method.
According to the FreeShare webpage located at http://nnlm.gov/libinfo/docline/freeshare.html by electing to participate, libraries in the FreeShare group agree to fill document delivery requests free of charge on a reciprocal basis. That is, FreeShare participants will provide free ILLs to any other group member.... Each FreeShare library is responsible for reviewing requests received to determine whether it is from a FreeShare partner and should not be billed/charged, regardless of the maximum cost indicated."
If your library does charge an additional amount to deliver a DOCLINE request in a particular way, then please reject the request for "OTHER" as this reason code does not retire the request from the system and is appropriate for the situation. That is, if your library can't fax a request for free, or if you receive too many requests in a day, or something else prevents your library from filling the request as submitted, then you can reject the DOCLINE request using the OTHER code as the reason.
Please let us know if you have any questions and/or concerns.
Julie Kwan
Library Network Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
(NN/LM), Pacific Southwest Region
UCLA Biomedical Library
310-825-5342
jkkwan@library.ucla.edu
Andrea Lynch
Network Assistant
Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library
Phone # 1-800-338-7657 or (310) 206-5633
Fax # 1-310-825-5389
http://nnlm.gov/psr/
The following libraries have joined DOCLINE and are looking for reciprocal arrangements:
Sage Colleges / Russell Sage College NYUCJA
Clark Library
45 Ferry Street
Troy, NY 12180
Frankford Hospital School of Nursing PAUFKN
4918 Penn Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Christiana Care Junior Board Cancer Resource Library DEUIQF
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center
4701 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Newark DE 19713
In 2002, the Drexel University board of trustees voted unanimously in favor of merging MCP Hahnemann University into Drexel. As a result of that merger, the following institutions have undergone name changes:
LIBID PAUHAN MCP Hahnemann University
Health Sciences Libraries
is now
Drexel University Health Sciences Libraries
Hahnemann Library
245 North 15th Street, MS 449
Philadelphia PA 19102-1192
LIBID PAUMCP MCP Hahnemann University
Health Sciences Libraries
is now
Drexel University Health Sciences Libraries
Florence A. Moore Library of Medicine
3300 Henry Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19129
LIBID PAUMQL MCP Hahnemann University
College of Medicine
is now
Drexel University College of Medicine
(formerly MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine)
Queen Lane Library
2900 Queen Lane
Philadelphia PA 19129
DOCLINE libraries, please note: If you have "Refer On After NLM" checked in your routing profile, please make sure that you also indicate the maximum cost you are willing or able to pay. For an example of why, see the message below from CISTI.
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All,
Every once in a while CISTI receives a request on DOCLINE from an American library through the "Refer on after NLM" function where there is no maximum cost indicated. CISTI fills the request and the library then refuses to pay the amount billed. CISTI charges copyright for all document delivery requests from American clients. This means that the amount CISTI will invoice is often quite a bit higher than what most resource libraries will charge. And since CISTI is the only non-American library in the DOCLINE "Refer on" category, our situation is unique.
CISTI received more than 2,100 "referred on" requests between May 2001 and June 2002, so we want to continue to be included as a "Refer on" library. But in training sessions for DOCLINE, you may find an opportunity to remind libraries to use the max cost field, even if their routing tables are carefully arranged not to exceed a certain cost limit.
Thanks,
Bev Brown
Coordinator, DOCLINE and Special Projects
CISTI
Montreal Rd., M-55
Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0S2
Tel : 1-800-668-1222/613-998-0070
Fax : 613-952-8244
Email : beverly.brown@nrc.ca
National Library of Medicine logo products are now available for personal use, to give as gifts, or to hand out at meetings. A wide range of products - hats, shirts, mugs, pens, etc. - are available for purchase through the Recreation and Welfare stores at the National Institutes of Health. They can be seen at www.nlmgiftshop.org You can even order online with a VISA card. Your order will be processed within 7-10 working days. New products will be added over time, so please check the site often. If you have specific suggestions or questions about this program, contact:
Karen Hajarian, Director of Promotions
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
(301) 402-4277
hajarian@nlm.nih.gov
Supported by a grant from the National Library of Medicine, the Medical Library Association sponsored an Informationist Conference, April 4-5, 2002. Planned and implemented by the MLA Informationist Conference Task Force, the conference was held to facilitate a national discussion; derive a consensus definition; and develop recommendations for an action agenda for the "informationist" professional in clinical and research domains.
We have available for loan two tapes: Part 1 contains the welcome and keynote address; and Part 2, the group reports and wrap-up. These tapes may be requested by DOCLINE through the New York Academy of Medicine Library (NYUNYA). Please note in the Comments field, "Available from the RML." There is no charge for borrowing these tapes. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.mlanet.org/research/informationist/
The NN/LM office has purchased a full set of audiotapes from the Medical Library Association 2002 annual meeting held in Dallas, Texas.
The tapes are available on loan from the NN/LM office and may be requested by DOCLINE® through the New York Academy of Medicine Library (NYUNYA). When ordering, please note in the Comments field, "Available from the RML." There is no charge for borrowing these tapes. If you prefer to make a phone request for a tape, please call us at (800) 338-7657 (press 1 at the prompt).
GS2. Plenary Session II - The Janet Doe Lecture ...Introduction...Betsy L. Humphreys, AHIP, Associate Director, Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland; A Job with a View: Perspectives from the Corporate Side of Health Care ...Jacqueline Donaldson Doyle, AHIP, Manager, Clinical Innovation and Continuing Medical Education, Banner Health System, Phoenix, Arizona.
GS3. MLA Business Meeting I
GS4. NLM Update...Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, Director; Angela B. Ruffin, PhD, Head, NN/LM Office and Betsy L. Humphreys, Associate Director, Library Operations, NLM, Bethesda, Maryland
GS5. MLA Business Meeting II and Inaugural Address...Linda A. Watson, AHIP, President, MLA
GS6. Plenary Session III - Introduction...JoAnne Boorkman, AHIP, Associate Chair 2002 NPC and Generations in the Workplace...William Strauss, Partner and Co-Founder, LifeCourse Associates, Great Falls, Virginia
02/03. "Diversity, Demographics and Disparities in Accessing and Delivering Health Information and Health Care: Part I and Part II"...Chiropractic Libraries, Relevant Issues, Consumer and Patient Health Information, and Public Health/Health Administrations Sections and Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Mental Health, Osteopathic, African American Medical Librarians Alliance and Outreach SIGs
04. "Delivering Genetics Information to Consumers" ...Cancer Librarians, Veterinary Medical Library Sections, Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG
05/06. "Dollars and Sense: Part I and Part II"... Collection Development, Technical Services, Hospital Libraries, Consumer and Patient Health Information, Public Services, and Federal Libraries Sections
07. "Dealing with At-Risk Employees"...Leadership and Management Section and Mental Health SIG
08. "2002 EMBASE/com Lecture: Contemporary Pharmaceutical Compounding" ...Pharmacy and Drug Information Section
10. "Library Digitization Projects"...Educational Media and Technologies and History of Health Sciences Sections
11. "AIDS in Africa and the Impact of Information" ...International Cooperation, Public Health/Health Administration, and Medical Library Education Sections and African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG
12. "Dimensions of Mentoring: A Family Portrait" ...Leadership and Management Section
13. "Electronic Records Management (ERM)" ... Medical Informatics and History of the Health Sciences Section
14. "The Value and Values of Libraries"...Public Services and Consumer and Patient Health Information Sections
15. "Digital Archiving of Electronic Journals"... Technical Services and Collection Development Sections
16. "Non-Book Historical Collections at the National Library of Medicine"...History of the Health Sciences Section
17. "Hospital Library Benchmarking-A Tool for Library Improvement"...Hospital Libraries Section
18. "Debuting Fresh Perspectives"...Medical Library Education Section
19. "Participating in the Genome Age: Present Research on Pharmacogenetic...Pharmacy and Drug Information, Cancer Librarians, and Veterinary Medical Libraries Sections and Molecular Biology and Genomics SIG
20. "Knowledge Management"...Medical Informatics, Medical Library Education, and Health Association Libraries Sections and African American Medical Librarians Alliance SIG
21. Legislative Update
22. "Electronic vs. Print Resources"...International Cooperation, Collection Development and Hospital Libraries Sections and African American Medical Librarians Alliance and Internet SIGs
23. "Technical Services, Collections, and Public Services Special Topics Roundtable" ...Technical Services, Collection Development and Public Services Sections
24. "The Role of the Librarian in Evidence-Based Medicine and Practice"...Dental Libraries Section
25. "Document Delivery in the 21st Century: Different Formats, Innovative Methods" ...International Cooperation and History of the Health Sciences Sections
26. "Eyes on the Competition"...Corporate Information Services, Hospital Libraries, and Pharmacy and Drug Information
27. "Don't Put It Here: Dealing with Unwanted Library Content and Responsibilities" ...History of the Health Sciences and Hospital Libraries Sections
28. "PDAs and Pocket PCs: Uses and Issues"... Hospital Libraries, Nursing and Allied Health Resources, Veterinary Medical Library, Health Association Libraries, Collection Development, and Medical Informatics Section
29. "More to Life than the MLA: Outreach to Other Professional Associations" ...Public Health/Health Administration and Nursing and Allied Health Resources Sections
30. "Dealing with Tough Questions"...Consumer and Patient Health Information, Cancer Librarians, Nursing and Allied Health Resources, Veterinary Medical, and Federal Libraries Sections and Mental Health SIG
31. "Health Care for the Transgendered Community" ...Relevant Issues Section and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Health Sciences Librarians SIG
32. "Reflective Practice: Qualitative Research - Tales from Recovering Positivists" ...Research Section
33. Open Forum: Developing Web-Based CE Courses
34. Open Forum: Getting Published with Neal Schumann & MLA
35. Open Forum: Informationist Conference Follow-Up Discussion
36. Open Forum: Recruiting People into Health Sciences Leadership
NOTE: Section Session 09 "Digital Devices to go Roundtable"…Educational Media and Technologies and Public Health/Health Administrations Sections and Internet SIG was not taped due to technical difficulties.
The following articles from the current Technical
Bulletin are available on the Web at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/tb.html
2002 May - June; 326
Linking MEDLINE® Citations to Evidence-Based Medicine Assessments and Summaries - e2
Technical Notes: - e1
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