Update: For a recording of this webinar, please use this link https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p98737147/

Join us to hear about Hospital Librarians Summit that was held at the SE/A Region offices on January 6, 2011.

Guest Speaker: Pat Hammond, Director, Potomac Hospital, R.P. Immerman Memorial Library

Name: SE/A Hospital Librarian Webinar

Invited By: Sheila Snow-Croft

Where: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mar09/

When: March 9, 2011 -  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Time Zone: Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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List of previously presented web conferences on subjects such as marketing your library and NN/LM updates.

Many libraries in the Southeastern Atlantic Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine are using LibGuides to share knowledge and information. LibGuides by Springshare is touted as a practical Web 2.0 application specifically built for libraries and educational institutions. The company has over 1700 libraries using this application with 125,000+ guides by 25,000+ librarians and more than 50 million page hits per month. Coordinators at NN/LM SE/A were impressed by a poster at the MAC 2010 meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from West Virginia University, in which LibGuides were used to incorporate information literacy into the health sciences curriculum at their institution. Librarians at WVU were very helpful in providing more information and offered to answer any questions and share their LibGuides with NN/LM staff. To see their poster, please visit: http://macmla.org/events/2010/presentations/arnold.pdf

After seeing how useful these guides can be, further discussion regarding the use of LibGuides for NN/LM SE/A took place and led to an information webinar session for the staff. We are pleased to announce that we will be implementing LibGuides for our network members. Each coordinator in the office has specific duties related to particular health topics. For example, the Consumer Health Coordinator specializes in various subjects related to consumer health, such as senior health, veterans health information resources and consumer genetics. The Community Outreach Coordinator specializes in resources for specific populations and is planning a LibGuide for population specific health resources for Native Americans, African Americans, etc. These guides will lend themselves quite readily to the mission of NN/LM and will be an excellent way to provide this information to network members. As a content sharing system, LibGuides can act as a gateway to specific resources on a wide variety of health topics and cool tools can be incorporated into the guides, such as RSS feeds, interactive polls, and videos, just to name a few.

At the recent Oversight Committee meeting in Baltimore, members suggested that NN/LM SE/A be a source of information on topics important to NN/LM network members. One such topic mentioned was electronic health records (EHRs). Announcements and updates regarding EHRs come at a rate that is almost impossible to keep up with, yet it’s a topic that many health sciences librarians want to know about. LibGuides will make it possible to have all of the pertinent information in one location. Based on that suggestion, the topic of the first NN/LM SE/A LibGuide is EHRs. To take a look at this LibGuide, please visit: http://seaguides.hshsl.umaryland.edu/emr. Future LibGuides from NN/LM SE/A will be found at: http://seaguides.hshsl.umaryland.edu/.

As always, the NN/LM SE/A would like your input and feedback on these LibGuides as we put them into practice. Suggestions for LibGuides topics are most welcome. We’ll be exploring this application and seeking new and creative ways to make use of these guides. One potential idea we’re exploring is the use of LibGuides as a collaborative workspace. Many network members have developed curricula and projects that can serve as “best practices” for the Region and it would be great to have a space where these projects can be shared with everyone. If you have any suggestions or comments, please email any coordinator in the SEA office or send us an email: HSHSL-NLMsea@hshsl.umaryland.edu

http://www.library.uams.edu/policy/copyright/index.html

Jan Hart has created an online module ‘Copyright – Good Habits’ that is available from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library website and was accepted for inclusion in the AAMC’s MedEd Portal.

Copyright – Good Habits

Getting a Handle on Copyright *

Created by Jan Hart, MLS, Ed.D., UAMS Library Associate Director

*Content ©2009. All Rights Reserved.

By Janice Kelly, executive director

Recently the SE/A assessed the members of the five regional advisory committees. The purpose of the assessment was to ascertain whether the new structure was working to achieve its objective of getting more member involvement in regional programs and to learn more about member satisfaction with it.

An online evaluation form was sent to 59 current and former members of the committees. Thirty-six (61%) completed the form. Of those responding, 94% agreed strongly or somewhat that they knew what was expected of them as a member of a committee. 94% or greater strongly or somewhat agreed that the size, composition, number of meetings, and meeting virtually were adequate to conduct business. 97% agreed strongly or somewhat that their opinion on regional matters was valued by the SE/A. 97% of respondents agreed strongly or somewhat that having program advisory committees was a good approach for network members to provide input and feedback on regional programs.

The members were asked also to comment on ways the SE/A could improve the committee experience. The SE/A will use the comments going forward to improve communication between meetings, distribute minutes more widely and keep to the proposed schedule of at least two, if not more, virtual meetings each contract year.

Thanks to all who participated in this important assessment. It validates that having programmatic committees is valued by our members and an effective way to gather input and feedback on regional programs.

• Observe National Public Health Week, April 6-12.
• Celebrate Earth Day on April 22 by visiting the Climate Change page.
• Visit the School and School Bus pages in honor of National Healthy Schools Day on April 27.
• Be Air Aware” in honor of Air Quality Awareness Week, April 27 – May 1, and click on the Outdoor Air and Homes pages.

For a copy of Your Health and the Environment: Earth Day Classroom Enrichment from the National Library of Medicine, click the link.

April Is Cancer Control Month

April is Cancer Control Month. Visit the MedlinePlus health topic page on cancer and read the latest cancer news. Also, check out Cancer: Questions and Answers from the National Cancer Institute.

April Is Donate Life Month

April is Donate Life Month. Learn more by visiting the organ donation topic page on MedlinePlus.

April Is Alcohol Awareness Month

http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/seasonal/aprilalcohol/

• Straight Facts About Alcohol
• How to Get Help
• How Can I Tell if a Friend or Loved One Has a Problem with Alcohol, or Other Illicit Drugs?

For libraries that are using My NCBI accounts and the “myncbishare=”parameter to activate their icons.

My NCBI has now a new page where libraries can select the services they wish to share with their users. The “Share Settings” page can be accessed by clicking “Preferences” on the My NCBI Table of Contents.
PubMed Filters, Document Delivery, Outside Tool and Highlighting settings can be selected on this page by clicking the check boxes. Only the selected settings will be shared.

The current institutions/shared My NCBI account settings have been preserved.

For you reference, information regarding this new page was published in the article “Shared Settings in My NCBI.” NLM Tech Bull. 2009
Jan-Feb;(366):e5

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf09/jf09_my_ncbi_shared_settings.html

Should you have any questions, please write to lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

by Marci Merola, Director
Office for Library Advocacy, American Library Association

A new web-based resource has just been released that will help library advocates make the case for libraries during times of economic downturn. The “Advocating in a Tough Economy” toolkit is available at www.ala.org/tougheconomytoolkit.

“With city, county, state and federal budgets under increasing pressure, we need to be making the case for libraries more than ever. All too often, libraries are the first to receive budget cuts. Funders need to understand the essential role that libraries play in our society and economy, with usage up significantly, and increasing numbers of people coming to libraries for job-related services, for access to government assistance programs, and as a way of making their money go further.” says Keith Michael Fiels, ALA Executive Director. “The new toolkit will arm librarians and library supporters with the facts and strategies they need to speak out effectively for libraries in this tough economy.”

The toolkit contains information on how to work with decision-makers, ways to work with the media, and talking points to help libraries articulate the role of libraries in times of economic downturn. Talking points on the economic value of libraries, with return-on-investment examples; libraries and the economy; and upswings in library usage are included. Users are also invited to share their stories of how they have successfully advocated. Recent media coverage of libraries is also featured.

This resource is part of the “Advocacy U”, ALA’s new initiative geared to providing tools, training and resources to library advocates achieve real advocacy goals in real situations at the local level. Learn more at www.ala.org/advocacyuniversity.

Contents:

Introduction

I. Talking Points

II. Making the Case

III. Outreach to Patrons and the Public

IV. Talking to the Media

V. Working with Government Officials and Legislators

VI. Staging a Rally

VII. Library Checklist

Contacts

Resources

by Florene G Linnen, flolinnen@msn.com, founder, Georgetown Diabetes CORE Group

The Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group accomplished numerous exciting goals for the year of the award funding. We introduced MedlinePlus and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to several new outreach sites. We even recruited some community based organizations to become members of the NN/LM, themselves.

The CORE Group opened a fitness room along with a personal trainer who is available to assist clients. In the fitness center we use the internet to track the clients’ weight loss and use sites such as the American Heart Association and MedlinePlus for valuable consumer health information. With the help of MedlinePlus and the internet, we created a healthy cooking demo class that assists clients with healthy meal preparation and portion sizes.

The CORE Group conducted radio interviews and television commercials that reached Georgetown County and the surrounding area. The radio interviews and PSA’s reached about 9000 listeners. The two television commercials, created to advertise our program, reached approximately 40,000 people.

The CORE Group is currently assisting another church, located in the Sampit Area, with becoming a member of the National Network of Library of Medicine and assisting them with information and methods to apply for an NN/LM funding award.

Our peer education trained youth trained several teen organizations within the schools and communities. Using iPod technology, they conducted workshops to educate their peers about current and escalating health issues. We also collaborated with IMARA, a women’s magazine company, and Select Health to organize a conference focused on locating dependable information about women’s health issues.

Our community truly enjoyed working with us, especially the youth using modern technology to access health information. They were very engaging as they demonstrated on their cell phones, blackberries etc. how to search for accurate and reliable health information. Using our youth to work with the community bridged a generational gap between the youth and our senior members. It also gave the kids a feel for doing community work.

Collaborations/Partnerships:

The Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group has developed new partnerships with several organizations that include the Council of Aging Bureau, St. James-Santee Health Clinic, and REACH US SEA-CEED/MUSC. We have also partnered with the YPD’ers (The Young People’s Division) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. We also established a new partnership with Service Over Self a youth volunteer organization in which our teens trained their teens. We still have a strong relation with Carvers Bay Library that assisted in getting our youth program started and Ma Flo’s Health and Awareness Team.

Demand Is > the Supply of Trainers

Community requests for our presentations, especially with youth presenters, have increased. In the fall of 2008, with our youth back in school, it’s harder to get in as many presentations during the week days. We are currently searching for funding to sustain our program.

The January issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online. In this edition:

When the Weather Gets Cold
Winter Health Problems
For many people, winter is a welcome time of year. But for people with certain diseases like arthritis, it can be a pain—literally. Here’s what you need to know to survive winter’s chill.
full story

Understanding Human Behavior
Using Computers to Improve Our Health

Can we use computers to understand generosity? The behavior of crowds? The root of prejudice? Researchers are developing computer models to improve our understanding of human behavior and the world we live in.
full story

Health Capsules:

• CAM Widely Used
• Supplements Fail to Prevent Prostate Cancer
• Featured Web Site: See All You Can See

Click here to download a PDF version for printing.

Please pass the word on to your colleagues about The NIH News in Health. We are happy to send a limited number of print copies free of charge for display in offices, libraries or clinics. Just email
us or call 301-435-7489 for more information.