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Washington State Library Database Trials
from NNLM PNRNews, February 11, 2002
Libraries in Washington:
Here are some highlights of the Washington State Database
Trials of note for not-for-profit health libraries:
There's fun stuff in there, too, like auto repair manuals and maps. So take a look at http://www.statelib.wa.gov/sdl/trials/winter_2002/index.htm to see if there's something in there for you! See message below for more details.
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Message from Patty Ayala:
WASHINGTON STATE WINTER 2002 DATABASE TRIALS NOW OPEN
Do you buy electronic resources for your library's customers? Are you looking something new to enhance your collection at a good price? Now is the time to hunt for bargains on new products!
24 vendors have provided access to several great databases for your trial and evaluation from now through March 15, 2002.
Visit the Trial site at http://www.statelib.wa.gov/sdl to explore new products (direct URL for the trials is
http://www.statelib.wa.gov/sdl/trials/winter_2002/index.htm). Fill out the online interest form for each product you might wish to purchase at some time. If there are enough potential customers for a particular product, the Statewide Database Licensing Project staff will help facilitate group purchases to get discounts from the vendors.
Your deadline for reviewing products and making a tentative commitment for a group purchase will be March 15. There's a lot to look at so don't wait!
Cochrane Reviews and MEDLINE/PubMed
This Announcement has been superceded by a later one
from NLM.
from NNLM PNRNews, February 11, 2002
NLM has been indexing the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews) for MEDLINE since Summer 2000. Questions often come up about how to obtain copies of the full text of these reviews, since many libraries' licenses with Cochrane forbid use of content to fill interlibrary loan requests. There are a couple of options:
1. Just submit a regular request via DOCLINE for a copy of
the review. NLM's license with Cochrane permits supply of
copies in response to ILL requests.
2. Request a copy from the publisher. Cochrane supplies
copies of its reviews for a fairly reasonable price ($15 as
of February, 2002), and online ordering is available. See
their Web site at http://www.cochranelibrary.com/Cochrane/.
The article "Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Included in MEDLINE" (in the February 6, 2002 issue of the NLM Technical bulletin at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf02/jf02_cochrane.html) provides more information about its indexing of the Cochrane reviews, how to access information about updated reviews, and how to obtain full text.
Hospital Librarian's Guide to LinkOut
from Susan Barnes, February 7, 2002
Have you been wondering what LinkOut does and how it looks? There is a new Web site, created by the Pacific Southwest RML, that provides a nifty simulation. Go to the Hospital Librarian's Guide to LinkOut at http://nnlm.gov/psr/hl_linkout.html to test drive LinkOut.
At this site you can see how an icon displays for a library that has registered with LinkOut and entered its holdings. Of course, you'll only be able to see the icon -- you won't be able to click through to the full text unless your library subscribes to the ejournal.
Remember to visit http://nnlm.gov/libinfo/ejournals/linkout/ for information on how to get started with LinkOut, and contact Susan Barnes if you have questions (email sjbarnes@u.washington.edu; phone from within the Pacific Northwest US 1-800-338-7657 and from other locations 1-206-221-7425)
Quaint Old-fashioned ADDRESSES IN ALL CAPS
from Susan Barnes, January 15, 2002
Have you ever wondered why so many ILL requests have
LIBRARIES' ADDRESSES IN ALL CAPS?
That's easy: they're in all caps in these libraries' DOCLINE
records.
But...WHY ARE SO MANY LIBRARIES' ADDRESSES IN ALL CAPS IN
DOCLINE? See if you know the answer:
Give up? Strangely enough, the most correct answer is 6.
When DOCLINE was originally born back in the 1980's, the
system could not accommodate letters in upper- and
lower-case. ALL THE DATA WERE IN UPPER-CASE. When the new
Web-based version of DOCLINE was created, THESE UPPER-CASE
DATA WERE LOADED INTO DOCUSER. DOCLINE functions with them,
but HAVING ALL THOSE LIBRARY ADDRESSES IN UPPER-CASE IS
RATHER UNATTRACTIVE AND OLD-FASHIONED, ISN'T IT?
Can anything be done about this? Yes! Libraries, it's in your
hands. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR ADDRESSES (AND YOUR CONTACT NAMES)
FROM UPPER-CASE to upper- and lower-case in DOCUSER. Is this
a system requirement? No, but your addresses will be easier
to read and your requests more attractive. Next time you
update your DOCUSER record, take a few moments to upgrade it
as well -- if you haven't yet, introduce your DOCUSER record
to the radical innovation of mixed upper- and lower-case
letters (by retyping the text). Then, take another moment to
give yourself a pat on the back.
And, as an added bonus, when the new edition of our regional
directory is published, your entry will show the world that
you've been paying attention and that your DOCUSER record
(which was used for the directory) is a state-of-the-art one,
RATHER THAN A RELIC OF THE PAST.
New E-mail Tutorial on Licensing
from NN/LM PNR, January 15, 2002
Here's a new educational service from ALA's Office for
Information Technology Policy. Read on! It's FREE for ALA
members. "Signing on the Dotted Line: Licensing Essentials
for Library Professionals"
Beginning February 25th through April 5th, OITP will host an
online e-mail tutorial on licensing. Similar in format to the
successful copyright and UCITA tutorials offered in 2000 and
2001, the licensing tutorial will cover licensing basics in
25-30 brief, but informative messages written by Lesley Ellen
Harris (http://www.copyrightlaws.com/index2.html),
a recognized expert in copyright law and the author of
Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for
Librarians.
The tutorial will help librarians negotiate and interpret
licensing agreements with confidence. Highlights include:
frequently asked questions, licensing lingo tips, how to
develop a licensing policy, how to be a better negotiator,
and MORE. The licensing tutorial course is FREE to ALA
members, and only $25 for non-ALA members. For those
librarians engaged in licensing activities, this is a MUST
DO!
Signing up is easy.
After subscribing, you should receive an automated
message. On February 25th, you will receive your first e-mail
tutorial message on licensing. You can read your messages
when they arrive, save them for later, or print them out, but
we recommend reading the messages in the order that they are
received.
Non-ALA members can also receive the tutorial by sending a
$25 check or money order made out to the American Library
Association. Please include your e-mail address with your
check so we can subscribe you. Send the check to:
American Library Association
Office for InformationTechnology Policy
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 403
Washington, DC 20004
Attn: Chiffonya
For more information, contact Chiffonya Brown or Carrie
Russell at ALA's Washington Office, (800)941-8478 or write to
Chiffonya at cbrown@alawash.org.
How can you help your Spanish-speaking library patrons
decide what health information is the best? Advertise our new
Web page: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/hip/informacion.html
A notable and interdisciplinary advisory group helped
the PNRML develop the English Web page for consumers: "Is
this health information good for me?" at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/hip/criteria.html
The page offers, in easy-to-read language, hints in deciding
whether or not to believe the health information you read or
hear. Now, thanks to Javier Crespo, Consumer Health
Coordinator, New England Regional Medical Library and Mario
Javier Piñeda, University of Washington MD/PhD student, we
now have the same page in Spanish.
Of course, you will also want to direct your users to good
sites on the Web to begin with; see "Best Health Favorites
for your Computer" at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/hip/bookmarks.html,
which includes Spanish-language selections.
Full Names in PubMed -- Don't Panic!
from: Linda Milgrom, December 31, 2001
One of the many changes in MEDLINE data for 2002 will be
the inclusion of full author names as part of the record.
Confused? Worried about its impact on searching? Don't be.
For now, full author names will not be searchable in PubMed.
In fact, the full name will only appear in the MEDLINE and
XML display formats. NLM will not hunt for "full names." They
will be entered into the record only if they appear in the
"author position" (usually the title page of the article).
Most of us will not even be aware of this change and there's
no need to alter searching practice, but don't be startled if
you see first and middle names when viewing new citations in
the MEDLINE or XML format.
NLM is also adding "patient education handout" as a
publication type for 2002. This PT will be used to identify
"patient pages" now included in many clinical journals.
What else is new? Eight hundred forty-seven new MeSH
Headings! Read about all the changes in the Technical
Bulletin. The article on MEDLINE Data Changes for 2002 is at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd01/nd01_2002_medline_data_changes.html
This publication is funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM-1-3516.
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