We look forward to seeing you tomorrow, September 3, 2008 at 1pm Pacific, 2 pm Mountain & 12 pm Alaska time as we receive the latest news from the Medical Library Association Vital Pathways project from chair M.J. Tooey. There will be time for a question and answer session after the presentation.

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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? See you there!

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!

Are you curious about how librarians can add value to their institution’s electronic health record system?

Join us on October 3, 2008, for “Librarians and the EHR: Envisioning the future.” This forum will feature keynote speaker Thomas Payne, M.D., Medical Director, UW Medicine Information Technology Services, and panelists Sara Pimental, MLIS, AHIP, Web Content Manager, Kaiser Permanente; Emily Hull, MLS, Associate Director, Clinical Informatics, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA; and Judith Hayes, MALS, Medical Librarian/Library Manager, Tuality Healthcare. Speakers will share their own experiences and focus on a variety of ways that librarians can use their unique skills and knowledge to affect patient care via the electronic health record system.

This forum is a part of the PNC/MLA 2008 Continuing Education Update meeting to be held in Seattle on October 3-4. “Librarians and the EHR” will be held from 8:00 – 1:00 on Friday, October 3 at the Watertown Hotel. The cost is $35 and includes lunch. MLA CE credit has been applied for. Registration will open July 21. Be sure to register early for this exciting opportunity, as space is limited!

Have you noticed PubMed searches are retrieving more citations than you expected? Are stored My NCBI automatic updates including more than they did previously? Have you tried the beta version of Advanced Search in PubMed? NLM has introduced many new features to PubMed in recent weeks!

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Hello to all, and for many in our region this is a “It’s great to see you again!” introduction. My name is Nikki Dettmar and as of May 1st I am the Acting Education & Assessment Coordinator here in the Pacific Northwest Region. My job duties include developing educational activities in web-based learning formats, as well as coordinating the assessment and evaluation of our regional network and outreach programs with my RML colleagues.

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Join us for an RML Rendezvous this Wednesday, April 30 at 1:00 pm Pacific Time (2:00 Mountain Time, 12:00 Alaska Time). There’s no need to RSVP. We’ll see you online! To connect to the Rendezvous, go to http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous at the appointed time. Please sign in with your full name.

Working Together Apart: Online Collaborative Workspaces

Learn about new ways to manage group projects when face-to-face meetings are not possible and e-mail is not practical. Topics covered will include wikis, document sharing, instant messaging, and Microsoft SharePoint. We will also discuss organizational culture issues that can hinder effective online collaboration. After the session, participants will have access to a course wiki they can use to experiment with these new technologies and continue the conversation about how to implement them in our workplaces.

UPDATE 5/6/08: The recording of this Rendezvous is now available, and there’s some interesting conversation happening on the course wiki. Access to the wiki is by invitation only, but contact Alison and she will happily invite you.