From Tania Bardyn, Director University of Washington Health Sciences Library and NN/LM PNR:

Congratulations to Vicki Croft on receiving the International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists Award at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.  We could not be more proud that someone from the Pacific Northwest Region was so key to creating the organization and being a strong voice for medical librarians in the State of Washington and on the West Coast!

April 23, 2013, 3pm – 4pm Eastern time

As part of National Preservation Week, the National Library of Medicine will sponsor a one-hour webinar for NN/LM Members on preserving personal digital photos, documents, and videos.  A panel of NLM staff including Walter Cybulski from the Preservation and Collection Management Section and Stephen Greenberg, Christie Moffat, and Ginny Roth from the History of Medicine Division will discuss h0ow to preserve personal digital information.

To access the webinar on the day of the event, visit: http://webmeeting.nih.gov/preservationweek2013/
The system is set up so that you can enter your phone number and have it call you.  However, you can also dial in at:

1-888-850-4523
Passcode: 825882

Sponsored by: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Network Office

Posted on behalf of the National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC)

Would you like to gain new skills, brush up on existing PubMed skills and collaborate with colleagues to help create effective training strategies?  The NTC, along with the University of Washington, is offering PubMed® for Trainers (PMT). PMT is held in 4 sessions; 3 online and 1 in person session (attendance in all is expected). The last of the four sessions will be in-person at the Health Sciences Library, University of Washington in Seattle. Upon completion, the class is eligible for 15 hours of Medical Library Association Continuing Education (MLA CE) hours.

The class runs from March 6 – March 27, 2014. 

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Edit: A recording is now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p43484502/

The NIH Native American Powwow Outreach Initiative allows the NIH to build and nurture positive relationships within the Native American communities. Specifically, this Initiative offers an excellent opportunity to distribute health information, while informing Native Americans about NIH as a biomedical health resource. It also allows for engagement of Native Americans in conversation, learning about specific health concerns and discussing potential employment at the NIH.

Come join us on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 1pm Pacific time (Noon Alaska, 2pm Mountain) during our free monthly webcast at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous to learn more about this initiative from George Franklin, Information Technology Specialist, National Library of Medicine.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Noon – 1pm Pacific

Professionals in public health and primary care alike value disease prevention and health promotion, but often work disjointedly on these shared goals.  Fortunately, momentum is building to integrate public health and primary care at local and national levels.  Those involved in this effort have many examples of successful partnerships to guide them.

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By Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM, SE/A Region

If you are following developments on the national stage regarding patient engagement and consumer eHealth, you may have read recently about the Patient Engagement Framework. This framework is a model created to guide healthcare organizations in developing and strengthening their patient engagement strategies through the use of eHealth tools and resources. (http://www.nationalehealth.org/patient-engagement-framework) In collaboration, over 150 experts in healthcare, technology, and human behavior have produced this framework to assist organizations become more efficient and effective in their patient models of care. The collaboration is rooted in the idea of treating patients as partners in their care, rather than just passive customers. (more…)