This month’s Breezing Along with the RML will feature three of our liaisons. Betsy Kelly, Assessment and Evaluation Liaison, and John Bramble, Utah/Network Membership Liaison, will continue last month’s library valuation presentation. They will discuss the economics of library services and resources and how you can communicate them to your stakeholders.. Using EFTS as an example, they will demonstrate how you can show the value of adopting sound business practices. There  will also  be an opportunity for you to share your experiences, practices and/or successes with the other attendees.

See an example of what can be learned and a product produced as a result of the Web 2.0 101 online class that MLA offered earlier this year. Marty Magee, Nebraska and Education Liaison will present the background and experience in creating the “Nebraska Notebook”, a collaborative project focused on MedlinePlus, GoLocal Nebraska and CHIRS (Consumer Health Information Resource Service) completed with an MLS practicum student, and the McGoogan Library of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center .

Join us Wednesday Sept 17, 2008 at 10am MT, 11am CT at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcrupdate/

We are fast approaching National Medical Librarians Month, October 2008! Take advantage of this opportunity to submit a project that you would like to see highlighted on the NLM public web site. Submit project descriptions, the personnel responsible for implementation, and the name of the institution where the project took place to the Claire Hamasu, chamasu@RML4.utah.edu. Only logos will be accepted. No photos or other graphics, please.

Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, September 10, 2008.

To see highlighted projects for National Medical Librarians Month 2007 go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/lo/profiles07/

MCMLA Library Advocacy Task Force is sponsoring a contest for “Frontier Forerunners of Library Marketing and Promotion!” Here is your chance to show off your marketing project or promotional activities that you have used to improve or expand services in your library or for your users. MCR members are encouraged to submit materials to Marketing and Promotion Categories: you may enter one or both categories

Prizes for the best entry scoring above 80 points will be awarded. Entries will be evaluated on Design, Presentation and Evaluation Criteria. Entries should be submitted to Barb Jones jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu by September 1, 2008. Judges for the contest will be members of the MCMLA Library Advocacy Task Force. All entries are encouraged to display their projects and promotional materials at the Marketing Booth at MCMLA. The winners will be announced at MCMLA 2008 in Cody, Wyoming. (bbj)

Why not check out the MLA CD’s from the NNLM/MidContinental Resources collection of Materials for Loan. See: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/ill/index.html