Edit: a recording is now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p13016205/

Internally produced pocket guides, websites, posters, and intranets; all are used to disseminate institution-specific protocols and algorithms used in clinical practice.  Some information is unique to one format and some information is out-of-date, so where’s the authoritative source for finding this vital information?

Come join us on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 1pm Pacific time (Noon Alaska, 2pm Mountain) during our free monthly webcast at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous to meet OCCAM (Online Clinical Care Algorithms & Messages), a web app designed specifically for UW Medicine that collects this information in a single, mobile-optimized format.  Amy Harper, Clinical Librarian at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, will discuss how the idea for OCCAM first came about, how the web app and website were created and marketed, and future plans for OCCAM.

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The NN/LM PNR Professional Development Library is a collection of materials for professional development opportunities for NN/LM PNR Network members. See below for two recent additions to our collection. To borrow, please send email to:nnlm@u.washington.edu.

Mukherjee, Bhaskar. Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Services. Oxford, UK: Chandos Publishing, 2010.  With qualitative and quantitative methods, the author examines the changing scenario of scholarly publishing in the face of increased pricing and availability. (more…)

Samaritan Health Services, an NN/LM PNR Network Member, has won the Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) 2011 Innovation Award for their project Access for All: Gateway to Information about Health Research Funding and Resources. (more…)

Edit: A recording is now available, currently without audio, at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p99213422/

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Pacific Northwest Region (PNR) and Greater Midwest Region (GMR) invite you to join a free 90 minute webcast, Biomedical Publishing 101, to be held on Thursday, December 8, 2011 beginning at 9:30 am Pacific/11:30 am Central/12:30 pm Eastern time. It was created by the Chicago Collaborative, a joint partnership of librarians, publishers and editors.

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Congratulations to the two winners in our contest for National Medical Librarians Month! Beshia Popescu, Medical Librarian at Peacehealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, Washington; and Ken Pfaff, Librarian at the Grotto Library of the Cortiva Institute in Seattle, Washington submitted the winning entries for a $500 scholarship each to MLA in Seattle in May 2012. (more…)

Join your colleagues on Friday, November 18th from 11am-12:30pm (Pacific time) for the Medical Library Association (MLA) webcast Connecting E-science and Team Science: The Changing Nature of Research.  The topics that will be covered include an introduction and review of eScience, understanding research and researchers, collaborative science (or ‘the science of team science’), and concluding with librarian involvement as connectors and facilitators. (more…)