MAR Announces Fall Online Classes
Monday, September 8th, 2008It’s time to head back to school with the RML! Join MAR staff and network members for online classes from September through December—all you need is an Internet-connected computer and a telephone. Classes are FREE.
To sign up for a class, e-mail us at rml@library.med.nyu.edu
Ten classes will be offered—and one is new!
DOCLINE: Reports and Routing Tables
This one hour class will cover some of the more specialized topics in DOCLINE, including the reporting features and routing tables. Registrants are welcome to submit their “problem questions” to be answered during the course.
Thursday, September 18
11:00 am-12:00 pm
What’s New in PubMed
This hour-long class will review new and noteworthy features in PubMed, including the revised Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) algorithm.
Tuesday, September 23
10:00-11:00 am
DOCLINE SERHOLD: Searching, Updating, and Reporting
This course will focus on the SERHOLD feature of DOCLINE. Attendees will learn how to add new titles and formats to their library’s record, search SERHOLD for other library’s holdings, and utilize the SERHOLD reporting functions to make the most of this unique tool in DOCLINE.
Tuesday, September 23
2:00-3:00 pm
PubMed MyNCBI
In this 90-minute session, you will learn how to customize your PubMed experience using MyNCBI (formerly Cubby), and create shared filters for your library users. Save your favorite citations, and keep current with automatic searches—the results will come straight to your inbox. Change the look of PubMed with custom tabs and highlighted search terms. Create shared filters that allow you to activate LinkOut icons, specify display formats, and limit search results. Shared Filters are an important feature for any library that participates in NCBI’s LinkOut program.
Tuesday, September 30
2:00-3:30 pm
Copyright and ILL
Guidelines? Law? CONTU? This course will give a basic introduction to copyright including the exclusive rights of copyright holders, copyright duration, and fair use. Learn how copyright affects ILL and how librarians can better balance ILL service needs with copyright law. You will also gain an understanding of the features in DOCLINE that address copyright law.
Thursday, October 2
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Introduction to RML Services
What can the RML do for you, and what are the current RML programs? Attend this session, geared to new and existing network members, to gain answers to these questions. This is a one-hour overview of the RML services and an update to the current RML programs. Special focus will be paid to the NN/LM MAR Website so that users can learn to find what they need when they need it.
Tuesday, October 7
10:30-11:30 am
LinkOut Update
The LinkOut submission utility saw a significant redesign in late April 2008. This one-hour session will help familiarize LinkOut libraries with the revised interface. This courses is intended for libraries already working with LinkOut and interested in learning how the new interface will affect them. PLEASE NOTE: We will not be offering Getting Started with LinkOut over the fall months. If you need this training, please contact Miguel Figueroa (figueroa@library.med.nyu.edu) to make individual arrangements.
Wednesday, October 29
10:00-11:00 am
DOCLINE Tune-Up
This quick and informal session will highlight ten things you can do this fall to help improve your DOCLINE account. Quickly review your routing table, run a SERHOLD report, update your institution record, and more. These quick tips will highlight the minor maintenance issues that can help DOCLINE work better for you.
Monday, November 3
2:00-3:00 pm
NEW! Basic Nutrition Resources
Consumers, students, clinicians, and you! Where do you begin when looking for nutrition information for consumers or for clinicians? This course will take you through basic resources available to you from NLM, NIH, and others. We will also briefly review how to search for nutrition information literature.
Tuesday, November 18
10:30-11:30 am
Free Productivity Tools
Library’s budgets are always pinched for one thing or another. Did you know that there are a multitude of free software packages out there that do just about everything that commercial software packages can do? In this 90-minute class we’ll take a look at some of these software packages, their usefulness, their limitations and things to think about if you decide to go the free software route.
Thursday, November 20
3:00-4:30 pm