Show off Your Apps: Innovative Uses of National Library of Medicine (NLM) Information

Five innovative software applications that help researchers, health professionals, and the general public in their quest for medical and scientific information are the winners of the NLM’s first software development challenge. Visit the NIH News for more information on the recipients and their apps. [da]

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is funding seven Disaster Health Information Outreach and Collaboration Projects in a new program which began September 2011. The program supports efforts of libraries and other organizations to work together to improve use of disaster medicine and public health information by agencies working in any phase of all-hazards management. [da]

Congratulations to the 2011 Awardees:

American Academy of Pediatrics [Elk Grove Village, IL]
Health Sciences Library, College of Community Health Sciences, University of Alabama [Tuscaloosa, AL]
Inova Fairfax Hospital [Falls Church, VA]
Kanawha-Charleston Health Department [Charleston, WV]
Marshall Co. Health Dept. [Benton, KY]
Monroe Co. Dept of Public Health [Rochester, NY]
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center [Albuquerque, NM]

This Spotlight! session focusing on National Library of Medicine Environmental Health Resources, will be presented by Jim Honour.  Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appreciated).

URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided.  Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm)

A commonly used three-drug regimen for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been found harmful.

NIH has stopped one treatment arm of the trial; other two treatments are continuing.
The complete text for the alert is available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/2011_nhlbi_ifp.html  /ch

A new traveling exhibition is available from the National Library of Medicine, regarding a remarkable family of doctors in 19th century Virgina.  The letters document the working lives of the Henkel physicians as they share medical cases, professional rivalries and the experience of the Civil War. (mm)

See information about this exhibition at:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibitions/henkel.html

With EBSCO’s recent purchase of NetLibrary, the NN/LM MidContinental Region e-book collection has taken on a new look!  More than 100 e-books are still there – ready for you to read online, but there is no current way to “browse” the collection in EBSCO Host.

Check our E-book brochure for a listing of books located at:   http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/pdf/TrifoldNetLibrary0610.pdf. As always, if you access the collection through the NN/LM MCR webpage, it’s FREE, and you can also print out a handy brochure. See: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/netlibrary.html (mm)

This Spotlight! session focusing on National Library of Medicine Genetics Resources, will be presented by Dana Abbey.  Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appreciated).

URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided.  Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm)

The Fall 2011 issue of NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine is now available online. Learn about the challenges and rewards of medical research, preventing drug abuse and addiction, peripheral artery disease, high blood pressure, asthma, and seniors suffering with chronic pain. [da]

The Office of Diversion Control has a new exhibit at the DEA Museum – Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America.  If you can’t visit in person, their website has excellent information on the history of prescription drugs, the science of drugs, pain management, and more.

October 29, 2011 is National Take Back Day – a day to safely dispose of unwanted, unused, and expired medications.Visit the collection site page for a site near you. [da]

The NN/LM MidContinental Region is now offering  two funding opportunities.  The awards will be made until the funds are exhausted, or until the end of the contract year (April 30, 2012, ) whichever comes first.

Professional Development Award is to support health sciences librarians who wish to attend a conference, or take a training or workshop of their choice. (Each award will be for up to $1,500)

Training Health Professionals Stipend is to support health science, public, or special librarians who wish to exhibit and present at a medical or health-related meeting or conference in the MidContinental Region. Three awards will be made with each for up to $1,000.

Each award has specfic  requirements,  so you’ll need to read them carefully before applying.   For more information -http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding . Contacts: Dana Abbey dana.abbey@ucdenver.edu (for Training Health Professionals Stipend)  or Jim Honour jhonour@uwyo.edu  [jh]