We are excited to announce that we now provide individualized DOCLINE training using Macromedia Breeze, a web conferencing tool currently used within the National Institutes of Health.

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There are now 145 DOCLINE libraries in the Pacific Southwest Region that are members of EFTS, the billing component for DOCLINE. In fact, the Pacific Southwest ranks third in number of EFTS members, following only the original EFTS regions — New England and Middle Atlantic — with 175 and 319 members respectively. (more…)

We have news about David Brown, Alison Clement, Moss Humphrey, and Judy Kammerer.

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The Routing Table: A Key DOCLINE Design Element

DOCLINE automatically routes requests in order to minimize staff time and labor and to foster quick and efficient filling of requests.

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On May 3, 2006, NCLIS (U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, an agency of the Federal government) sponsored the 2006 Libraries and Health Information Forum at the National Library of Medicine. The purpose of the day-long forum, organized by the staff of NCLIS and the National Library of Medicine, was to bring together the representatives of the ten libraries that were finalists for the 2006 Health Information Awards for Libraries as well as others interested in consumer health information.

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Tribal library staff gathered in Pala, California, for the all day Prescription for Success class taught by Bette Anton from the University of California, Berkeley, Optometry/Health Sciences Library.

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On June 1st, Arizona Go Local (http://medlineplus.gov/arizona) debuted as the 15th MedlinePlus Go Local site and the first state site in the NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region! Arizona Go Local, an enhancement to MedlinePlus® , provides a directory of local health services for residents of the Grand Canyon State.

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Do you provide Loansome Doc service? Do you want new patrons to register with you first before they send you requests? Do you want to remove that testy unauthorized patron from your list of Loansome Doc patrons?

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Congratulations are due! (more…)