Posted on November 16th, 2011 by Patricia Devine | Filed under Funding, Provide Outreach
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We are happy to announce a new funding opportunity in the Pacific NW Region, the Health Information Services Promotion Award. Proposals are due December 30, 2011 and projects must be completed by April 30, 2012.
This is an award of up to $5,000 for projects that promote the value of health information services offered by an information professional within the organization or community. Proposals are due December 30, 2011 and projects must be completed by April 30, 2012. Read more »
Posted on November 10th, 2011 by Nikki Dettmar | Filed under National News, News From the RML, Training & Education
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The following news is from Sharon Dennis, Assistant Director of the NN/LM National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC), located at the University of Utah, which offers in-person and online training related to NLM products.
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Posted on November 9th, 2011 by Nikki Dettmar | Filed under Member Services, Technology, Training & Education
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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 Some information is unique to one format and some information is out-of-date, so where’s the authoritative source for finding this vital information?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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Posted on November 8th, 2011 by Patricia Devine | Filed under Member Services, Training & Education
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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.
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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. Read more » |
Posted on November 7th, 2011 by Patricia Devine | Filed under Network Members, Training & Education
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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. Read more »
Posted on November 4th, 2011 by Nikki Dettmar | Filed under News From the RML, Training & Education
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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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