"Connecting with the
NER"
A Distance Education Series
Stay up to date professionally without leaving your desk! The National Network of Libraries of Medicine/ New England Region brings you a new distance education series. This ongoing series will feature hot topics in health sciences librarianship and highlight major updates to National Library of Medicine resources.
To register, please contact Martha Pearson at martha.pearson@umassmed.edu and let her know which session you want to attend. Details of how to access the web conference and Adobe Connect session will be forwarded upon registration.
Programs Include:
PubMed and More: News from the National Library of Medicine
Lauri Kolakoski Fennell
Date: December 10, 2008
Time: 10:00-11:30 AM
Direct from her official NLM Orientation, Lauri will be sharing news and updates
from Bethesda. The focus of the session will be on PubMed changes.
New information on SIS and NCBI resources, along with other news from
NLM, will also be covered. Watch for more details when she returns
on December 8th.
Setting up RSS Feeds: Newsfeeds, Blogs, and PubMed
Penny Glassman
Date: December 17, 2008
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM
This session will provide participants with an introduction to the NN/LM NER Blog, describe how RSS feeds work with Bloglines and Google Feeds, and discuss PubMed RSS Feeds, including how to create a feed for your Web site.
Highlights:
- The NN/LM NER Blog
- RSS Feeds Explained
- Feed Readers: Bloglines and Google
- PubMed and RSS Feeds: Personal Use and Creating for a Web Site
The program will conclude with time for questions.
Coming Soon...More Information on Future Sessions
| Program | Tenative Dates | Facilitator |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency Preparedness Planning: Ten Steps to Continuity Planning | Three Sessions: January 21st, February 11th, February 24th | Penny Glassman |
| Maintaining your DOCLINE Routing Table | January 28th | Mark Goldstein |
| Health Information Outreach and Community Engagement: Lessons Learned from the Experts | February 12th, 2 -3:30 PM | Michelle Eberle, with Guest Speakers |
| Public Health Online Resources — Virtual Tour of PHPartners.org | February 3rd | Hathy Simpson |
