The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR) is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for sites around the region to host the upcoming Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education webcast Connecting E-science and Team Science: The Changing Nature of Research on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 11am-12:30 pm Pacific time.

NN/LM PNR will pay MLA webcast registration fees for up to 4 selected sites that agree to promote and host the webcast for colleagues in their area. (more…)

The Health Data Tools and Statistics page, on the PHPartners.org website has been reorganized to make public health data and statistics easier to find and use.

New Public Health Data Tools and Statistics Categories: (more…)

The National Library of Medicine has a new blog, ReferencePoint, targeting health sciences library staff in the U.S. and abroad.
ReferencePoint postings will:

• Increase the awareness of NLM products and services available online and onsite.
• Inform the targeted audiences about health sciences resources outside of NLM.
• Promote dialogue and learning exchanges between NLM staff and staff at other libraries.

Reference librarians and other NLM staff will write, review, and respond to comments on the blog. Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep in touch.

More information is available in the NLM Technical Bulletin.

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NN/LM PNR has learned of several upcoming free webinars that may be of interest:

• Tuesday, August 23rd: 11am – 12pm Pacific

Incorporating Ethics into Emergency Planning and Response to Ensure Health Equity

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This seminar will focus on the incorporation of ethics into emergency planning and response to promote health equity. A local jurisdiction’s approach to the development of an ethics framework will be highlighted, and an example of equitable distribution of vaccine with hospitals and culturally-specific communities will be described.  For more information and to register, visit this link: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e4e3j1ok8114fea7&llr=pf7m85dab&source=govdelivery (more…)

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This is a repost of our June 30, 2011 announcement. Space is still available and we would love to have you join us!

Join us at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library in Seattle, WA as the National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) presents PubMed® training on Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:30am to 5pm (7.5 Medical Library Association continuing education credits) and TOXNET® and Beyond on Friday, September 16, 2011 9:00am to 4:00pm (6 Medical Library Association continuing education credits).

To register for one or both of these classes, please go to this link: (more…)

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Edit: A recording of this session is now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p94034987/

LibGuides are web-based, customizable templates that many libraries are using to serve as subject guides and portals to their resources and services.  Chris Childs, Education & Outreach Librarian at Hardin Library at University of Iowa, has found a way to use LibGuides to go beyond the library in working with community organizations.  Hear about Chris’ projects and see if there are ways you can use LibGuides beyond the traditional audiences!

Please join us on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 at 1pm Pacific time (12 Alaska, 2pm Mountain) during our free monthly webcast featuring Chris Childs at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous. If you are unable to join us then, we invite you to view a recording of the webcast at the Rendezvous website later.

As part of our Federal agency services regarding electronic and information technology resources being accessible to people with disabilities, closed captioning is available on this and future RML Rendezvous webcasts.

For more information please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? to test your computer connection as a Flash update may be needed. We look forward to seeing you at the webcast!