St. Joseph’s Mercy Health Center, Hot Springs, AR, has been awarded both the DOCLINE Library Improvement Project and the EFTS Assistance Award.

Congratulations to St. Joseph’s.

The recording of the July 15 SCR CONNECTions web meeting “Introducing DOCLINE 4.0” is available online at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p14974846/. The recording is 34 mins 29 secs long.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 19, 10:30-11:30 AM CT.

Topic: Screencasting in Libraries
Time: August 19 2009, 10:30-11:30 AM Central Time
Link: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/scr/

All of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Presentations from the Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Conference 2009 have been posted on the NLM Technical Bulletin.

MLA 2009: NLM® Online Users’ Meeting: Remarks

MLA 2009: NLM® Online Users’ Meeting: Questions and Answers

MLA 2009: NLM Online Users’ Meeting: PowerPoint® Presentations for Meeting Remarks, MedlinePlus®, and DOCLINE®

MLA 2009: NLM® Theater Presentations

MLA 2009: NLM® Update PowerPoint® Presentations

One topic covered in many of these presentations was the PubMed redesign. In developing the redesign concepts, NCBI has the following goals:

• Make PubMed easier to use
• Simplify the interface
• Refresh the look of the site
• Organize information better
• Make “power features” readily accessible
• Promote scientific discovery

The NN/LM SCR will be offering the class Getting the Best out of DOCLINE at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Gibson D. Lewis Library, Fort Worth, TX on Monday, July 6, 2009 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Attendees will learn how to use the features of DOCLINE effectively. Additional topics include DOCLINE updates, reports, Loansome Doc and EFTS.

To register for the classes, go to: http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/register.html.

If you have any questions, please contact Re Mishra at ruicha.mishra@exch.library.tmc.edu or 713-799-7880.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is launching a new program to ensure that its holdings of journals, indexes, and other serials are as complete as possible.  Your library can help by donating print volumes that you no longer wish to retain. If you are a DOCLINE library, use the new Web-based system at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/journaldonation/ to find out what NLM needs.

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The NN/LM SCR will be offering the following classes at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center/AHEC Learning Resource Center, Pineville, LA on Thursday, April 30.

April 30, 2009
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Keeping up with NLM’s PubMed

With a hands-on approach, this class will show attendees how to use the features of PubMed effectively. Attendees will be able to describe the contents of PubMed; formulate basic search strategies; display, print, and save results in various formats; revise and refine searches; and use special features such as Related Articles, Link to journals, Citation Matcher, and Clinical Queries. The instructor will demonstrate online searches and students, at computers connected to the Internet, will be invited to follow along. Time for individual practice will be provided.

April 30, 2009
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Getting the Best Out of DOCLINE

Attendees will learn how to use the features of DOCLINE effectively.  Additional topics include DOCLINE upgrades, reports, Loansome Doc and EFTS.

To register for the classes, go to: http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/register.html.

If you have any questions, please contact Re Mishra at ruicha.mishra@exch.library.tmc.edu or 713-799-7880.

The NN/LM SCR will be offering the class Getting the Best out of DOCLINE at the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, TX on Monday, February 9, 2009 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Attendees will learn how to use the features of DOCLINE effectively. Additional topics include DOCLINE upgrades, reports, Loansome Doc and EFTS.

To register for the classes, go to: http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/register.html.

If you have any questions, please contact Re Mishra at ruicha.mishra@exch.library.tmc.edu or 713-799-7880.

The National Library of Medicine announces the upcoming release of DOCLINE 3.3 currently scheduled for the morning of Sunday, February 10, 2008. We anticipate DOCLINE and Loansome Doc will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours while we release the latest versions of DOCLINE and Loansome Doc.

DOCLINE 3.3 Release Notes can be viewed at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/docline_rel_info_v3_3.html

Highlights of the release include:

1. Added ability for lenders to receive email notification of new Normal, Rush, and/or Urgent Patient Care requests routed to them.

2. Revised the user interface for the requesting and viewing of serial holdings reports.

3. Within DOCLINE institution record, allow libraries to request their library be set “Inactive” during extended staff absence due to vacation or special circumstances. The new feature provides a more efficient mechanism for your Regional Medical Library to review and process Out of Office requests.

The lend transaction service fee increase for the Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS) is scheduled to take effect on February 1, 2008. We strongly encourage you to upload any completed transaction files prior to that date. All lend transactions uploaded after January 31, 2008 will be assessed at the new 5% fee.

Keep in mind that a 5% charge on a $9.00 transaction is only 45 cents, and a 5% charge on an $11.00 transaction is only 55 cents.

To find out more about EFTS, go to their website at https://efts.uchc.edu/efts/common/index.aspx.

This is a reminder that the NN/LM SCR Spring Cycle Award applications are due Friday, 1 February 2008.

The following awards are available:
· Course Development Award
· DOCLINE Library Improvement Project Award
· Express Outreach Award
· Mobile Health Education Project Award
· Regional Symposium Award

We hope you will consider applying!  Please let the award manager, or me, know if you have questions regarding these funding opportunities.