On August 3-4, I attended the Mississippi State University Library eResource & Emerging Technologies Summit (LEETS) held at the Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU in Starkville, MS. The conference, divided into two days with eResources topics and discussion on the first day, followed by emerging technologies topics and presentations on the second day.

The first day’s presentations examined topics from demand-driven acquisition to developing an institutional repository to ensuring access to subscribed e-content. The day began with a keynote address by Tim Collins, president/CEO of EBSCO Publishing, who provided a unique look at upcoming eResources products and price structuring. He discussed that pricing will be more closely targeted to efficiently respond to libraries’ use of electronic resources

Another highlight from the first day of the conference was a presentation given by Regina Reynolds, Director of U.S. ISSN Center, and Head, ISSN Publisher Liaison Section, Library of Congress, as she shared the work of the PIE-J (Presentation & Identification of E-Journals) working group. She talked about efforts being aimed at more efficiently and more effectively indexing and labeling e-journal content, thereby making it both more discoverable and easier to use.

The second day provided equally timely and relevant presentations. Emerging technologies topics included: librarian’s roles in social media, cloud computing, making digital video accessible, augmented reality, app development, and of course a review of apps for librarians. Because I always appreciate a thorough, yet manageable, review of various emerging technologies and products, a few of my favorite presentations were presented as such

First, Rachel Renick, Public Services Librarian at Millsaps College, gave an outstanding review of a handful of free, easy-to-use mobile app development tools. She recommended the following tools in her presentation,: Conduit, Appsbar, Appcelerator, & Tiggzi. If you’ve been thinking about creating your own mobile app, give these tools a look

Nicole Hennig, Head of the User Experience Group at MIT Libraries presented ‘Apps4Librarians’, session modeled after applications she and her staff recommend to faculty and students seeking to enhance productivity, and stay more organized. The presentation and discussion were aimed at effective use of mobile technologies and how their placement within the education setting is appropriate and valuable. More than 50 suggested apps were discussed—among them ones for note-taking, presenting, cloud computing, and library research. The presentation concluded with tips on how to keep up with the latest apps.

More information about the 2012 MSU LEETS conference, including recorded presentations can be found at: http://blogs.library.msstate.edu/msuleets/?page_id=1223

For more information, please contact Andrew Youngkin, Emerging Technologies/Evaluation Coordinator @ ayoungki@hshsl.umaryland.edu.

Date:  September 19th, 2012

Time:  Noon to 1:00 pm (EDT)

Presenter: Becky Mehling, MLS

Rebecca Mehling, MLS is the Medical Librarian at University Hospital East (UHE), part of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  Ms. Mehling’s professional experience spans more than 25 years, most as the sole medical librarian in several hospital libraries.  She has been the sole medical librarian at UHE, where she is responsible for all library operations, since 2002. Before coming to UHE she served as a Consumer Health Librarian and Library Consultant, assisting several hospital libraries with the planning and design of their consumer health libraries, collection development, and training volunteer staff.  Prior to this she was the sole medical librarian at St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, which is now part of the Columbus (OH) based Mt. Carmel Health System.

Presentation: The Electronic Health Record and My IHIS (Integrated Healthcare Information System) Adventure as a Physician Super User

Implementing a hospital based electronic health record system (EHR-S) is fraught with many challenges.  This presentation will focus on a solo medical librarian’s role as a physician super user at one hospital, during the implementation phase (Go Live) of its EHR-S. IHIS is the hospital’s branded version of EPIC. The presentation will also cover the training she received to prepare her for her physician super user role during the initial month long Go Live EHR-S implementation.

What do you need to join these conferences?

• A computer (with Flash installed)
• A telephone

How do I connect?

 Go to this URL: http://webmeeting.nih.gov/beyondthesea

• Enter as a Guest
• Sign in with your first and last name

Follow the instructions in the meeting room to have Adobe Connect call your phone or call 1-800-605-5167 and enter the participant code 816440 when prompted.

The NNLM-SE/A Regional Advisory Committee for Technology has recently developed a needs assessment to assist the RML in identifying appropriate and relevant technology training & instruction for the Southeastern/Atlantic Region. We invite librarians and staff from all resource libraries, medical libraries, and health science information centers within the region to participate in the assessment.

The survey can be accessed at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WTW5KHX, and the deadline to submit responses will be October 5, 2012.

Questions regarding the survey can be directed to: Andrew Youngkin, NNLM-SE/A Emerging Technologies/Evaluation Coordinator at ayoungki@hshsl.umaryland.edu or Kimberley Barker, Manager for Technology Education & Computing at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library at the University of Virginia and current chair of the NNLM-SE/A Technology Regional Advisory Committee at: KimberleyBarker@virginia.edu.

Thank you in advance for your willingness to participate and provide the NNLM-SE/A staff with valuable feedback.

Date:  September 19th, 2012

Time:  Noon to 1:00 pm (EDT)

Presenter: Becky Mehling, MLS

Rebecca Mehling, MLS is the Medical Librarian at University Hospital East (UHE), part of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  Ms. Mehling’s professional experience spans more than 25 years, most as the sole medical librarian in several hospital libraries.  She has been the sole medical librarian at UHE, where she is responsible for all library operations, since 2002. Before coming to UHE she served as a Consumer Health Librarian and Library Consultant, assisting several hospital libraries with the planning and design of their consumer health libraries, collection development, and training volunteer staff.  Prior to this she was the sole medical librarian at St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, which is now part of the Columbus (OH) based Mt. Carmel Health System.

Presentation: The Electronic Health Record and My IHIS (Integrated Healthcare Information System) Adventure as a Physician Super User

Implementing a hospital based electronic health record system (EHR-S) is fraught with many challenges.  This presentation will focus on a solo medical librarian’s role as a physician super user at one hospital, during the implementation phase (Go Live) of its EHR-S. IHIS is the hospital’s branded version of EPIC. The presentation will also cover the training she received to prepare her for her physician super user role during the initial month long Go Live EHR-S implementation.

What do you need to join these conferences?

• A computer (with Flash installed)
• A telephone

How do I connect?

 Go to this URL: http://webmeeting.nih.gov/beyondthesea

• Enter as a Guest
• Sign in with your first and last name

Follow the instructions in the meeting room to have Adobe Connect call your phone or call 1-800-605-5167 and enter the participant code 816440 when prompted.

Date:  September 19th, 2012

Time:  Noon to 1:00 pm (EDT)

Presenter: Becky Mehling, MLS

Rebecca Mehling, MLS is the Medical Librarian at University Hospital East (UHE), part of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  Ms. Mehling’s professional experience spans more than 25 years, most as the sole medical librarian in several hospital libraries.  She has been the sole medical librarian at UHE, where she is responsible for all library operations, since 2002. Before coming to UHE she served as a Consumer Health Librarian and Library Consultant, assisting several hospital libraries with the planning and design of their consumer health libraries, collection development, and training volunteer staff.  Prior to this she was the sole medical librarian at St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, which is now part of the Columbus (OH) based Mt. Carmel Health System.

Presentation: The Electronic Health Record and My IHIS (Integrated Healthcare Information System) Adventure as a Physician Super User

Implementing a hospital based electronic health record system (EHR-S) is fraught with many challenges.  This presentation will focus on a solo medical librarian’s role as a physician super user at one hospital, during the implementation phase (Go Live) of its EHR-S. IHIS is the hospital’s branded version of EPIC. The presentation will also cover the training she received to prepare her for her physician super user role during the initial month long Go Live EHR-S implementation.

What do you need to join these conferences?

• A computer (with Flash installed)
• A telephone

How do I connect?

 Go to this URL: http://webmeeting.nih.gov/beyondthesea

• Enter as a Guest
• Sign in with your first and last name

Follow the instructions in the meeting room to have Adobe Connect call your phone or call 1-800-605-5167 and enter the participant code 816440 when prompted.