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Dragonfly

Winter 2004 -- Volume 35, Number 1

News from the MLGSCA/NCNMLG/PNCMLA Joint Meeting

by Susan Barnes, Resource Sharing Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region

The Joint Meeting of the three chapters of the Medical Library Association from the far West (the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona; the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group; and the Pacific Northwest Chapter, MLA) took place in Sacramento, CA on January 29 and 30, 2004. The meeting featured a joint NN/LM Exhibit from the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Libraries. RML staff distributed information about NLM systems, including a What's New at NN/LM" handout summarizing key news items.

Linda Milgrom and Gail Kouame at exhibit
Photo by Susan Barnes
Gail Kouame, Linda Milgrom (NN/LM PNR) help visitors at the booth
Andrea Lynch at exhibit
Photo by Susan Barnes
Andrea Lynch (NN/LM PSR) gives out information with a smile

Goodbye, Hello

At NN/LM Update from the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Libraries, Neil Rambo bid the Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library goodbye for now as he takes on the new role of Acting Associate Director for Research, Education, and Clinical Services at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library. We welcomed Cathy Burroughs as the Acting Associate Director of the Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library.
Neil Rambo & Cathy Burroughs
Photo by Susan Barnes
Neil Rambo and Cathy Burroughs in Sacramento
The winners
Photo by Susan Barnes
The victors, Patrice O'Donovan, Bob Pringle and Janet Schnall
In Sacramento, the Pacific Northwest Rules!

The joint NN/LM PNR-NN/LM PSR Update featured a rousing "game show" challenge match-a hybrid of Jeopardy and Weakest Link-in which some of the three chapters' best minds tested their knowledge of National Library of Medicine resources. After a strenuous, very competitive, and hilarious battle, the Pacific Northwest emerged the winner! Congratulations to the team of Patrice O'Donovan, Bob Pringle, and Janet Schnall for their enthusiastic and quick-witted work.

Test your own knowledge: here are the questions faced by our experts. How would you have done?

1. PubMed: History and Clipboard data will be lost after how many hours of inactivity?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Eight)

2. Tox Town: Tox Town has two neighborhood views, what are they?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Town view and City view)

3. MedlinePlus: Approximately how many Health Topics are now included in MedlinePlus?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: 650)

4. EFTS: Who manages EFTS for NLM?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: University of Connecticut - they are under contract with NLM to provide this service)

5. DOCLINE: What is the DOCLINE mascot's name and breed?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Tugger, Jack Russell Terrier)

6. Open Access/PubMed Central Questions: What is PubMed Central?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: A digital archive of full-text life sciences journal literature to which access is free and unrestricted-or words to that effect)

7. MedlinePlus: What are the two sources of drug information on MedlinePlus?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: USP DI® Advice for the Patient and MedMaster)

8. NLM Gateway: What NLM database was searchable only through the Gateway, but was recently incorporated into PubMed?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: OldMedline)

9. NN/LM Website: What site would one visit to find nationwide training opportunities for librarians and health information specialists?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: NTCC or Educational Clearinghouse)

10. MedlinePlus: Where on MedlinePlus might you find an illustration of a knee arthroscopy?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Encyclopedia or Interactive Tutorial)

11. NIHSeniorhealth: How long has NIHSeniorhealth been around?
Less than a year? More than a year?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: More than a year. It was recently re-released with publicity and with more content [10 topics covered] and special features such as enlarging text, high contrast, and speech recognition, at the end of October.)

12. Household Products Database: Would you expect to find if Sesame Street Bubble bath is toxic in the Household Products Database? Yes, or No?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Yes!)

13. MedlinePlus: Describe two ways in which someone can access Easy-to-Read resources on Medline Plus.
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Links labeled on individual health topics pages, Special link from main Health Topics page, Interactive Tutorials handouts).

14. PubMed: How many variations of a truncated term (i.e., asterisked word stem) will PubMed process?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: 600)

15. Tox Town: What division at NLM developed Tox Town?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Specialized Information Services)

16. MedlinePlus: Where on MedlinePlus can you find the "Guide to Healthy Web Surfing?"
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: About)

17. DOCLINE: Name three examples of Copy Surcharges
(…AND THE POSSIBLE ANSWERS ARE: Additional Pages; Color Copies; Citation Verification/Correction; Electronic Delivery; Fax; International; Mail; Out of State/Region; Other; For Profit Organization; Rush; Tax)

18. Open Access/PubMed Central Questions: NLM is digitizing back issues of journals and making them available in PubMed Central. What was the first journal to be made available in PubMed Central back to its first issue from July, 1911?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Bulletin of the Medical Library Association; also acceptable: Journal of the Medical Library Association, BMLA, JMLA)

19. NLM Gateway: Name one of the latest additions to the "Other Collections" category of the NLM Gateway?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: HSDB, OMIM. If the teams are stumped, this question could be used as a multiple-choice question with the following choices: NIHSeniorHealth, Household Products Database, TOXLINE, or HSDB and OMIM)

20. NN/LM Website: Where is the best place to start when seeking funding information related to NLM and the NN/LM?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Your Regional Network office)

21. MedlinePlus: When did MedlinePlus debut and with how many health topics?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: 1998 and 28)

22. EFTS: What are two primary advantages of joining EFTS?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Reduce invoicing, reduce billing - other acceptable responses might be: save time, reduce paperwork, make the accounts payable department happier, streamline paperwork)

23. NIHSeniorhealth: Do you need to have special software to run the new features of NIHSeniorHealth such as the talking, enlarging the screen print or seeing the videos?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: No, most are already included in your browser. And one program/utility for the speech is loaded on the fly.)

24. EFTS: How can you get help at this meeting with EFTS?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: Visit the EFTS booth and talk with Ralph and Colleen!)

25. PubMed: PubMed links to which SIS database through LinkOut?
(…AND THE ANSWER IS: HSDB)

Dragonfly, Winter 2004 -- Volume 35 Issue 1

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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