The National Library of Medicine challenged people to create innovative software applications that use the Library’s vast collection of biomedical data. Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions @ http://challenge.gov/NIH/132-nlm-show-off-your-apps-innovative-uses-of-nlm-information. [da]

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has stopped one arm of a three arm multi-center, clinical trial studying treatments for the lung-scarring disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) for safety concerns. For more information, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/2011_nhlbi_ifp.html.[da]

As of November 1^st, NLM will no longer answer customer service questions in foreign languages, including Spanish.  A stock reply will go out via Siebel to customers who contact us in languages other than English, of course with reference to M+ and M+ en Espanol.

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)

Two updates from:  1) John Bramble, Technology Coordinator , who will introduce the eleven NN/LM Technology program activities and 2) Jim Honour, Wyoming Coordinator on funding opportunities provided by the RML in this contract year including the Professional Development Award, Training Health Professionals Award and scholarships for business practices for librarians class.

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 a few minutes before the hour. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm)

Funeral Home Location Added to Tox Town City Scene

Funeral home employees are exposed to a number of health and safety concerns. Visit the new location page to learn about possible employee exposure to various chemicals, including formaldehyde and solvents, and blood borne pathogens.

Funeral Home     http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/locations.php?id=145

Funeraria       http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/espanol/locations.php?id=146

The six national Pediatric Pulmonary Training Programs and the MCH Library, all of whom are funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), have released a new set of resource guides about sleep and sleep disorders in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women.

Sleep in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women: Knowledge Path can be used by health professionals, researchers, and community advocates to learn more about sleep, to improve diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, for program development, and to locate training resources and information to answer specific questions. The knowledge path is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_sleep.html.

Sleep in Babies, Kids, Teens, and Pregnant Women: Resources for Families links to sleep centers and specialists and websites about sleep and sleep problems. A separate section presents websites for adolescents. This family resource brief is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/families/frb_sleep.html.

Sleep: Resources for Schools points to websites and materials for educating students and their families, teachers, and school staff about sleep and sleep disorders. The school resource brief is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/schools/srb_sleep.html.

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 National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) are pleased to announce the launch of MedPrint,  a national cooperative medical serials print retention program, which will ensure the preservation of and continued access to selected biomedical journals in print.  The MedPrint program is open to all U.S. libraries in DOCLINE.

Approximately 250 journals selected from Abridged Index Medicus® (AIM) and scanned PubMed Central® (PMC) titles will serve as the first set of materials to preserve in print.  MedPrint participants will volunteer to retain one or more titles included on the list for up to 25 years, ending in 2036.  The goal of the program is to get commitments for 12 copies of each title with widespread geographic distribution.  NLM’s copy will be the 13^th.

A formal agreement will be signed between MedPrint participants and NLM.  Commitment to titles beyond the original 250 is encouraged, but will not be included in the agreement.

The MedPrint site, which includes detailed information about the program, as well as links to the downloadable title list and the formal agreement document, is available at:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/printretentionmain.html /ch

Two updates from:  1) John Bramble, Technology Coordinator and 2) Jim Honour, Wyoming Coordinator.   Mark your calendar.

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 a few minutes before the hour. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm)