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Lisa Massengale, Assistant Information Services Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences (LHS), took her outreach to a new dimension as a presenter on WILL-AM 580, Public Media Broadcasting Service of the College of Media at the University of Illinois. The interview was broadcast on Focus 580 with David Inge, on October 20, 2008, but is available in podcast format from the Focus 580 website: http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/interview/focus081020b/.
Lisa is the librarian working with Heartland Health Outreach on the New American Health Information Portal, a project funded through the GMR. Listen to Lisa and Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Editorial, Pew Internet & American Life Project, on Health Information Online: Sorting Out the Good from the Bad, and Who Uses It.
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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Fellow Illinoisans and other GMR network members may be interested in the following combined online Web conference and in-person training on Health-E Illinois.
The Rolling Prairie Library System (RPLS), Alliance Library System, Lewis & Clark Library System and Shawnee Library System are offering a training session on Health-E Illinois, the GoLocal for Illinois, on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. This event is free and will be presented by Fran Kovach, Reference & Education Librarian, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The in-person training will be held simultaneously at the RPLS training room.
For more information and to register, please go to the following URL:
http://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=4645
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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MedlinePlus is celebrating 10 years of bringing trusted health information to people across the country and around the world. Read all about the decade of changes to this consumer-friendly database, which has grown from 22 to almost 800 health topics: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/mplus_turns_ten.html
From the NLM:
“NLM is pleased to announce the debut of the Unified Medical Language System(r)
(UMLS(r)) Basics, a Web-based tutorial that enables anyone with Internet access to learn about the UMLS. You can reach the tutorial at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/online%20learning/index.htm.
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If you have not had a chance to enjoy the benefit of the GMR’s free Lending Library, be sure to take a look at what it includes. Many of the materials are meant to assist you in your daily jobs, so there are a lot of items about management of a library (big or small), and various reference help books. There are also some great resources for you to earn MLA CE Credit.
Some items that have arrived recently:
- “The First 25 Years: 1978-2003, ” Corinne F. Dorsey and Joyce M. Schowalter for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- “Answering Consumer Health Questions,” Michele Spatz
- “The Medical Library Association Guide to Health Literacy,” Marge Kars, Lynda M. Baker and Feleta L. Wilson (additional copies added to library)
- “Evaluating the Impact of Your Library,” Sharon Markless and David Streatfield
- “The Successful Academic Librarian,” Gwen Meyer Gregory
- “Managing Stress and Conflict in Libraries,” Sheila Pantry
- “Business Cases for Info Pros,” Ulla de Stricker
- “The Medical Library Association Guide to Becoming an Expert Searcher,” Terry Ann Jankowski (2008)
- “Creating a Comprehensive Information Literacy Plan,” Joanna M. Burkhardt, et al
- “Defusing the Angry Patron,” Rhea Joyce Rubin
- “Managing Budgets and Finances,” Arlita W. Hallam, et al
Remember, you can access the GMR Lending Library at the following URL: http://www.gmrlibrary.org. As long as you are a Full or Affiliate Member, you can borrow for FREE!
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