The RML is weeding its MLA audio tape collection. If you are a member of the NN/LM MCR, we are willing to send you the complete MLA tape collection for any or all of the years - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. You may have heard a plenary speaker that you’d like to hear again or maybe you want a copy of a presentation that you made at MLA! We will distribute on a first come first served basis. Check the MLA web site for program information. (http://www.mlanet.org/am/meetings.html)

Deadline for requests: September 30, 2009.

Send your mailing address indicating the MLA year(s) that you want to: rml4@rml4.utah.edu

(Do not request a specific tape within a collection. ) /ch

Please join your colleagues in Cody, Wyoming for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association, “Open Spaces, Frontier Places” : October 3-7. It’s a great opportunity to focus on health and information access on our rural and urban frontiers!

conference wiki: http://mcmla2008openspaces.wetpaint.com [jh]

The September 17 Breezing session recording is now available online.

Betsy Kelly, Assessment and Evaluation Liaison, and John Bramble, Utah/Network Membership Liaison continued last month’s library valuation presentation. They discussed the economics of library services and resources and how you can communicate them to your stakeholders. Using EFTS as an example, they demonstrated how you can show the value of adopting sound business practices.

Marty Magee, Nebraska and Education Liaison, showed 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. She presented 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.

Are you interested in learning more about “microblogging” services like Twitter and FriendFeed? Perhaps you’ve heard about them and wondered if they had any application for the library. Join me for a 1-hour session online where I’ll demonstrate Twitter and FriendFeed as well as showing some examples of how libraries and other organizations are using these services to push information out to their patrons.

The session will be held online using Adobe Connect; all you need to participate is a web browser and a telephone. The session will be held on Thursday, September 18, from 1 - 2 pm Mountain Time, 2 - 3 pm Central Time. No sign up is required; please see the instructions below for participating.

If you can’t make the session, don’t worry; I will also be recording it for later viewing.

Class information:

Where: Online at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/psrsd/. On the day and time of the class, please go to this web address. Log in as Guest with your first and last name. There will be instructions in the meeting room for you to join the teleconference.

Description of class:

During this 1-hour session, participants will:

• Learn how to send and receive “Tweets” using Twitter clients
• Learn how to set up a FriendFeed page to push out information from a variety of services
• View and discuss examples of how library and other organizations are using microblogging.

No experience is required; however, I welcome others who have used these services to share your experiences with the class.

If you have questions, please contact Sharon Dennis at sdennis@lib.med.utah.edu. [SD]

Please join your colleagues in Cody, Wyoming for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association, “Open Spaces, Frontier Places” : October 3-7. It’s a great opportunity to focus on health and information access on our rural and urban frontiers! The deadline to sign-up for the NLM Gateway/Clinical Trials and PubMed classes has been extended to Sept.12.

To learn more about the conference, visit the website: http://www.mcmla.org/meetings/2008/index.html and the

conference wiki: http://mcmla2008openspaces.wetpaint.com [jh]

Please join your colleagues in Cody, Wyoming for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association, “Open Spaces, Frontier Places” : October 3-7. It’s a great opportunity to focus on health and information access on our rural and urban frontiers!

To learn more about the conference, visit the website: http://www.mcmla.org/meetings/2008/index.html and the conference wiki: http://mcmla2008openspaces.wetpaint.com [jh]

Due to problems with the Adobe Connect server, the August 21 online class, “Microblogging Using Twitter and Friendfeed,” has been canceled. The class will be rescheduled for Thursday, September 18, from 1 - 2 p.m. MT, 2 - 3 p.m. CT. [SD]

This Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 10am MT, 11am CT is the time for our monthly Breezing Along with the RML. Barb Jones, Missouri/Library Advocacy Liaison, and Betsy Kelly, Assessment and Evaluation Liaison, will reprise their MLA presentation on tools to enable hospital librarians to determine the return on investment and cost benefit of their libraries and services. Come with some numbers and let’s discuss how you can use the online calculators to show the value your library brings to your institution. Joining is as easy as going to a web site (http://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcrupdate). More information and links to recordings of previous sessions are available on the MCR web site (http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/updates/updates.html Add this event to your calendar and join us! /ch

This year, under American Library Association (ALA) President Jim Rettig’s leadership, members will have new opportunities to participate in ALA and to communicate their success stories. One of these opportunities is an ALA-wide virtual poster session. The first of two poster sessions will debut this fall. Its focus is “Community Central.”

Share your experiences of making your library vital in your community (any kind of community). The possibilities are almost endless. Are you reaching underserved populations? Are you vital to local political activity? Is your library a center of learning? Are you visible outside the building? Demonstrate the specific purpose of your community involvement and the ways that you have achieved that purpose. Photos, images, and sounds may accompany your presentation. http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/august2008/rettigposter.cfm [scb]

Please join your colleagues in Cody, Wyoming for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association, “Open Spaces, Frontier Places”: October 3-7. It’s a great opportunity to focus on health and information access on our rural and urban frontiers.

Earn credit for attending either or both of the preconference classes, offered by the National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Oct. 3 & 4, 2008.
Instructors from the NTCC will be traveling to Cody specifically for these classes!
NLM Gateway and ClinicalTrials.gov Class (attendees are awarded 3.5 MLA continuing education credits) 2:00 PM-5:30 PM Oct.3, 2008.
PubMed (attendees are awarded 7.5 MLA continuing education credits.) 8:30 AM-5:00 PM, Oct. 4, 2008
The classes are free!! and you do not have to register for the conference in order to attend. Classes fill quickly and spaces are limited, so don’t delay! Please register directly: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html?schedule_id=430
To learn more about the conference, visit our website: http://www.mcmla.org/meetings/2008/index.html and the conference wiki: http://mcmla2008openspaces.wetpaint.com [jh]