Free in Colorado through the Biographical Center for Research: http://www.bcr.org/training/partners/teleconferences/index.html

Free in Missouri at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/development/workshop/nolimitslearning/default.asp

Free in Nebraska, see Nebraska Library Commission at: at http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ and search on the Training Calendar by using DuPage.

• Soaring to Excellence: Reversing the Ratchet: Basic Technology Adoption Strategies for Library Workers - Friday, November 7, 2008
• Library Challenges & Opportunities: Information Literacy for Life - Friday, November 21, 2008
• Soaring to Excellence: Targeting the Ages: Programming that Hits the Mark - Friday, February 13, 2009
• Library Challenges & Opportunities: Diversity Beyond the Obvious - Friday, April 3, 2009
• Soaring to Excellence: An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics - Thursday, April 16, 2009

All classes are from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Central Time, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m Mountain Time.

College of DuPage http://www.dupagepress.com/COD/index.php?id=183(mm)

Click on it from our home page - Calendar of Events - http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/calendar.html

Click here to watch the archived session: Dana Abbey, Colorado/Consumer Health Liaison and John Bramble, Utah/Network Membership Liaison rounded out the year. Dana presented on the changes and enhancements to PubMed, including My NCBI, advanced searching, and automatic term mapping. John held a lively discussion with Members on effective strategies for negotiating electronic resources. This discussion will lead to four online synchronous and asynchronous classes on effective strategies and the fundamentals of licensing electronic resources. [rb]

Yes, we’re heading towards the end 2008. Due to the NN/LM site visit on November 19, 2008, October will be the last Breezing Along with the RML session for the year. Don’t worry we’ll be returning again in 2009 on the 3^rd Wednesday of every month at 10am MT, 11am CT.

Rounding out the year will be Dana Abbey, Colorado/Consumer Health Liaison and John Bramble, Utah/Network Membership Liaison. Dana will present on the changes and enhancements to PubMed, including My NCBI, advanced searching, and automatic term mapping. John will hold a discussion with you on effective strategies for negotiating electronic resources. This discussion will lead to four online synchronous and asynchronous classes on effective strategies and the fundamentals of licensing electronic resources.

Join us at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcrupdate/. All you need is an Internet connection and a phone! /ch

The purpose of the Sewell Fund Learning Partnership program is to provide funding for a mid-career medical or health care librarian or information scientist to spend twelve months in the environment of a host organization. If you are a health sciences librarian or information specialist who is interested in being considered for selection as a Sewell Fund Fellow, the application period begins in January 2009 with applications due by April 15, 2009. Sound interesting? Host organizations who can present a learning environment are also be sought. For more information and the application forms, please go to http://www.sewellfund.org. Questions? Email lpinfo@sewellfund.org If you would like to be contacted by phone, please leave a telephone number and preferred time of day for a return call. /ch

An emergency can be as wide-scale as an earthquake or flash flood or as local as a burst pipe in the book stacks. Do you know how to ensure the continuation of your primary services and access to your primary resources in the event of an emergency at your library? Learn and share strategies for creating a service continuity plan during this 90-minute online class.

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Time: 2:30-4 pm MT, 3:30-5pm CT
Instructor: Dan Wilson, Coordinator, NN/LM Emergency Preparedness Project

To participate via Adobe Connect go to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/contplan/

Log in as Guest with your first and last name. There will be instructions for having the system call your phone.

If you have a phone with an extension or another reason it can’t call you, you can also call in manually at the number below. You can call in starting 15 minutes prior to the start of the teleconference. 1-866-846-3997 Passcode: 579437

If you have questions please contact Claire Hamasu chamasu@RML4.utah.edu or 1-800-338-7657 (1-800-DEV-ROKS)! /ch

National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) trainers will be training just prior to MCMLA in Cody. Add some FREE professional development to your schedule.

Learn new skills and brush up old ones.

• NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov - Friday, October 3, 2008 2:00pm-6:00pm
• PubMed - Saturday, October 4, 2008 - 8:30am-5:00pm

Register at: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html?schedule_id=430

Register today! (mm)

1) Check out opportunities for professional growth where the NN/LM MidContinental Liaisons are training at the NN/LM MCR web page -http://nnlm.gov/mcr/. Look for the Calendar of Events on the right hand side.

2) What if you missed MLA and all the good information shared there. You can still check out the MLA CD’s from the NNLM/MidContinental Resources collection of Materials for Loan. See: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/ill/index.html

Don’t wait - expand your world today! (mm)

National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) trainers will be training just prior to MCMLA in Cody. Add some FREE professional development to your schedule.

Learn new skills and brush up old ones.

• NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov - Friday, October 3, 2008 2:00pm-6:00pm
• PubMed - Saturday, October 4, 2008 - 8:30am-5:00pm

Register at: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html?schedule_id=430

Register today! (mm)

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]