Have you ever tried to find a particular page, person or phone number on an NN/LM website and not know where to look? As much as the we try to make our pages easy to navigate, sometimes the information might not be readily found. Here is a tool that is right under our noses. (more…)

Have I mentioned to you lately that the GMR has a Lending Library? Max chuckles softly to himself.

Anyway.  I wanted to let you all know about some continuing education opportunities - you can even do them in your pajamas if you want!

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Or is it?

Many hospital libraries I have spoken with since I arrived on the scene here at the GMR have told me of difficulties in accessing social software tools like blogs, wikis and instant messaging.  The IS/IT departments say they have no staff to deal with any extra software or possible technology troubleshooting that might be required as result of access to some of these tools.

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The Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) is pleased to announce the launch of The New Americans Health Information Portal (NAHIP).

http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/

This portal is a collaboration with the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights. Our new portal links to a variety of quality multi-lingual health education documents. Languages include: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, French, Haitian Creole, Karen, Khmer, Lao, Russian, Somali, Swahili, Thai, Tigrina and Vietnamese.

We hope this site is useful and welcome feedback. For comments on website: lmassen1 at uic.edu

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Technology typically changes exponentially. I remember when I worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Help Desk Staff telling me that RAM doubles in size every 18 months.   At first I didn’t really know what RAM was, so I just said “wow!” Now I do know what RAM is and does, but my brain overfloweth with the number of emerging technologies in the news.

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The Southeastern Atlantic and Greater Midwest regions of the National Network of
Libraries of Medicine are now accepting registrants for the online version of “Geeks
Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends.”

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In a few short hours, I learned how to make a podcast and to publish it online. Thanks to a 3-hour training by GMR Technology Coordinator, Max Anderson, I learned how to use podcasting software Audacity and Podbean and get 3 hours of MLA continuing education credit in the process. Although I will not win a prize for broadcasting, I have shared my podcast below with Podbean’s embeddable podcast player. (more…)

We are excited to announce a funding opportunity from the NN/LM GMR to support purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of hardware and software that enhance access to health information. This funding opportunity is the Technology Improvement Award. Awards may be used to improve information services to health professionals and health care consumers through the use of technology. What types of projects can you fund with this award? Some ideas include:

• Purchasing equipment and/or software (i.e. a scanner, web server, public access computer) to aid in delivering health information electronically;
• Paying for Internet access for one year;
• Paying for wiring and/or installation of new connections;
• Upgrading computer equipment.

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Now, where is that library? I know I put it here somewhere! Thanks to a mashup of Google Maps and your location in DOCLINE by Web Services Technology Operations Center (Web-STOC) programmer Aron Beal in Seattle, you can find other institutions more easily via NN/LM Member Maps. Before I get into too much detail about the member maps, let me briefly explain about Web-STOC.  This team keeps our websites in good running order and keeps us compliant with federal guidelines related to accessibility.  They are located at the University of Washington, which is home to the NN/LM - Pacific Northwest Region.

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Once the domain of the television show Star Trek, a whole new world of communication allows users to communicate instantaneously with each other. The Vocera Communications Badge (http://www.vocera.com) is what enables this instant communication. Via an identification badge like those already worn by many, on a lanyard or clipped to a shirt or a suit coat, and using wireless communication protocols, people can communicate using voice recognition. (more…)