March/April 2002
volume 11, issue 2
In this issue:
Digital Health Reference Service: A Cooperative Project with Public Libraries
PSRML Express Outreach Awards
It's "EZ" to Apply for NLM's Internet Connection Grants!
Membership Renewal Update
Joint Meeting Update
MEDLINE Facts
Where Can I Find a Listserv On...?
Surgeon General's Reports on the Web
NIH's New Rare Disease Information Center
Highlights from the January - February 2002 NLM Technical Bulletin
In every issue:
Table of Contents for the NLM Technical Bulletin
Upcoming Events - 2002
Publication Information
Upcoming Events-2002*
| March 2002 | |
| 12 - 16 | Public Library Association, Phoenix, AZ (PSRML exhibit) |
| 20 - 22 | 14th Annual National HIV/AIDS Update Conference, amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research), San Francisco, CA (SIS/PSRML exhibit) |
| 21 | Children's Environmental Health Information Resources on Thursday at 10:00 am-12:00 p.m. (PST). PSRML will be a satellite downlink site for this special Public Health Training Network (PHTN) broadcast. |
| 22 | Creating Database-Driven Content for Your Web Site, NCNMLG/PSRML spring 2002 CE course, 9:00am-4:00pm, Fremont, CA |
| 27 - 30 | National Science Teachers Association, San Diego, CA (PSRML exhibit) |
| 29 | Deadline for PSRML Express Outreach Awards-First round |
| April 2002 | |
| 2 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module I: Health Reference, 9 am-12 Noon, Butte County Library--Chico, CA |
| 2 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module II: Print Based Consumer Health, 1 pm-4 pm, Butte County Library--Chico, CA |
| 3 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module III: Internet Based Consumer Health Resources, 9 am-12 Noon, Butte County Library--Chico, CA |
| 3 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module III: Internet Based Consumer Health Resources, 1 pm-4 pm, Butte County Library--Chico, CA |
| 4 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module I: Health Reference, 9 am-12 Noon, Butte County Library--Chico, CA |
| 4 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module II: Print Based Consumer Health, 1 pm-4 pm, Butte County Library--Chico, CA |
| 4-6 | Primary Medicine 2002, Long Beach, CA (PSRML exhibit) |
| 12 | Making PubMed Work for You, HPCMLA/PSRML CE course, Honolulu, HI |
| 12 | Consumer Health Information Resources, HPCMLA/PSRML CE course, Honolulu, HI |
| 18 | Making PubMed Work For You, Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) & Southern California Online Users Group (SCOUG), Long Beach, CA |
| 18 | Introduction to Consumer Health Resources at the National Library of Medicine: MEDLINEplus, ClinicalTrials.gov and the NLM Gateway, AIIP/SCOUG, Long Beach, CA |
| 23 | PSRML Regional Advisory Committee Meeting at UCLA |
| 24 | Measuring the Difference: Strategies for Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Programs, 8:30am to 4:30pm, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
| 30 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module I: Health Reference, 9 am-12 Noon, Shasta County Library--Redding, CA |
| 30 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module II: Print Based Consumer Health, 1 pm-4 pm, Shasta County Library--Redding, CA |
| May 2002 | |
| 1 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module III: Internet Based Consumer Health Resources, 9 am-12 Noon, Shasta County Library--Redding, CA |
| 1 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module III: Internet Based Consumer Health Resources, 1 pm-pm, Shasta County Library--Redding, CA |
| 2 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module I: Health Reference, 9 am-12 Noon, Shasta County Library--Redding, CA |
| 2 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module II: Print Based Consumer Health, 1 pm-4 pm, Shasta County Library--Redding, CA |
| 6-8 | American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Los Angeles, CA (PSRML exhibit) |
| 17-23 | MLA '02: "Big D", MLA Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX |
| 20-21 | American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), AMIA 2002 Spring Congress, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 26-June 2 | Medical Informatics Course at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory |
| June 2002 | |
| 1 | Deadline for NLM Resource Grants, for more information visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/extramural.html |
| 18-23 | American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Reno, NV (PSRML exhibit) |
| 24 | Keeping Up (1-day), National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC), Los Angeles, CA |
| 25 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module I: Health Reference, 9 am-12 Noon, Humboldt County Library--Eureka, CA |
| 25 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module II: Print Based Consumer Health, 1 pm-4 pm, Humboldt County Library--Eureka, CA |
| 25 | Keeping Up (1-day), NTCC, Los Angeles, CA |
| 25 | Deadline for PSRML Express Outreach Awards-Second Round |
| 26 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module III: Internet Based Consumer Health Resources, 9 am-12 Noon, Humboldt County Library--Eureka, CA |
| 26 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module III: Internet Based Consumer Health Resources, 1 pm-4 pm, Humboldt County Library--Eureka, CA |
| 27 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module I: Health Reference, 9 am-12 Noon, Humboldt County Library--Eureka, CA |
| 27 | Consumer Health Information for California A Workshop to Enhance Your Health Information Skills, Module II: Print Based Consumer Health, 1 pm-4 pm, Humboldt County Library--Eureka, CA |
| July 2002 | |
| 15 | Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) (see http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/) will give the NLM/MLA 2002 Leiter Lecture |
| 28-Aug. 1 | National Urban League, Los Angeles, CA (PSRML exhibit) |
| September 2002 | |
| 12-14 | Association of American Retired Persons, San Diego, CA (PSRML exhibit) |
| 22-25 | American Academy Otolaryngology--Head/Neck Surgery, San Diego, CA (PSRML exhibit) |
| 29-Oct. 6 | Medical Informatics Course at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory |
| October 2002 | |
| 1 | Deadline for NLM Resource Grants, for more information visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/extramural.html |
| 7 | TOXNET on the Web (1-day), NTCC, Tucson, AZ |
| 8 | Keeping Up (1-day), NTCC, Tucson, AZ |
| 9-10 | Introduction to Web-Based Searching: Using PubMed, the NLM Gateway and ClinicalTrials.gov (2-days), NTCC, Tucson, AZ |
| 14 | Keeping Up (1-day), NTCC, Davis, CA |
| 15 | Keeping Up (1-day), NTCC, Davis, CA |
| November 2002 | |
| 3-7 | Navigating in Turbulent Waters, Internet Librarian 2002, Palm Springs, CA |
| 9-13 | AMIA 2002, Biomedical Informatics: One Discipline, San Antonio, TX |
| 18-22 | PIALA 2002 Conference, Chuuk State, the Federated States of Micronesia |
| December 2002 | |
| 2 | Keeping Up (1-day), NTCC, Los Angeles, CA |
| 3 | TOXNET on the Web (1-day), NTCC, Los Angeles, CA |
*Please visit the PSRML Library Professional Development Award web page to apply for an award to attend educational events. PSRML will make available awards up to $1,000 to individuals in Primary Access Libraries in Region 7. Applications may be made at any time.
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