During this first year of NIH Public Access Policy implementation, NIH-funded authors have a lot of questions about how to comply with the new rules. Here are a few resources to check for answers.

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We are excited to announce a new funding opportunity from the NN/LM PNR to support purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of hardware and software to enhance access to health information.

Up to three (3) awards of up to $5,000 each are available to NN/LM member organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of these awards is to enhance the capacity of a library or organization to offer electronic health information services for health professionals or health consumers.

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Congratulations to the Spokane County Medical Society Library, the Center for Public Health Nutrition, at the University of Washington, and OR211. These 3 network member organizations were recently awarded new funding for Express Outreach projects in the Pacific Northwest Region.

For more information about their projects, please see: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/funding/OutreachAwards2006-2011.html

Please join us in three weeks for an RML Rendezvous on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1pm Pacific time for a presentation by Medical Library Association’s Vital Pathways Task Force Chair M.J. Tooey. We will post a reminder about the Rendezvous here the day before it will occur.

For more information about Vital Pathways and how to connect to this and future Rendezvous sessions, see Next Presentation and How Do I Connect to RML Rendezvous? We look forward to having you join us!