Here is a free tool by Hewlett-Packard that allows you to enter the URL for RSS feeds and then create a PDF that looks like a newsletter. Librarians can use this tool to create customized newsletters for doctors, researchers, faculty or any one who would benefit from receiving the most up-to-date information on a given topic. Click here to visit a discussion about this tool. Click here to create a Tabbloid newsletter. [RB]

In September 2006, the Medical Library Association (MLA) was awarded a two-year contract by the National Library of Medicine to study aspects of health information literacy in hospital libraries. The Health Information Literacy Curriculum was developed as part of this Health Information Literacy Research Project. It includes a Powerpoint slide show (20-40 minute version and 40-50 minute version), a detailed script, notes for presenters, background reading, and tips for librarians - which are direct quotes from the pilot site librarians that tested the curriculum and reflect lessons learned.

Please send any feedback about the curriculum to Jean Pugh Shipman, Co-Principal Investigator for the project, at Jean.Shipman@utah.edu.[da]

Pat Wagner, who many may be familiar with as instructor of our classes - Marketing As If Your Library Depended On It, is now part of a new training partnership with several online classes through the University of North Texas. Check out her offerings at www.leadonline.info. Her focus on personnel, management, leadership, marketing, project management, change and strategic planning issues may be just the ticket for some professional development at a reasonable cost available at your own desktop! (mm)

Start the New Year with new MeSH terms! For 2009, 446 descriptors have been added to enhance your PubMed search results.

The National Library of Medicine’s NLM Technical Bulletin will keep you informed all year long with enhancements, updates and changes. Visit NLM Announces to sign up to receive email alerts from the Bulletin and numerous other listservs. [da]

Your RML staff is breathing a sigh of relief — the site visit team came, learned, and complimented us on the work we’ve been doing. The compliment certainly wouldn’t have been expressed without the cooperation and assistance of all of you in the region over the 2.5 years of the current contract or all of you who helped us facilitate the site visit day! We sincerely appreciate the tech people who worked with us over the past months to make sure that the technology worked, the individuals who hosted the public session, and those of you who shared your opinions with the team members either on the day of the site visit or via the questionnaire. It’s appropriate that during this week of Thanksgiving that we THANK YOU!

Hug Your People: The Proven Way to Hire, Inspire and recognize Your Employees and Achieve Remarkable Results, available through the NN/LM MidContinental Region web site portal at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/netlibrary.html. No user or password required for usage. Check it out today! (mm)

Have a safe and healthy Thanksgiving Day feast with food safety tips from MedlinePlus. Learn about food safety, food storage, preparation and handling for this holiday and everyday in the kitchen. [da]

Fotonovela from Hypertension Project
https://xfiles.uth.tmc.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1937631_1-t_BTd1XO6o (PDF file)
Como Controlar Su Hipertension
This fotonovela was developed as a collaboration between the University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston and the CDC.

Free Somali Mental Health Video
Egal Shidad, a Somali folk character, is at work to bring mental health messages to the Somali communities in the United States. The Confederation of Somali Community, ECHO Minnesota (Emergency, Community and Health Outreach), KFAI Community Radio, Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) collaborated to produce and hour-long show which is now available on the web at http://newroutes.org Somali producer and host Mukhtar Gaaddasaar takes the audience on a journey to learn about mental health.

The program includes storytelling, personal opinions, historical accounts of traditional ceremonies, guidance from an Imam, and valuable insight from two mental health professionals experienced in working with Somalis. A free DVD with English subtitles will be available in December and you can put in your request by writing directly to the project managers - a link is on the web site.

[posted on ClAStalk listserv] scb

NLM will be closed Thursday, November 27. The MCR offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28 for Thanksgiving. We wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving!