Rebecca Brown presented Update on PubMed - on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009.  Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources is a new series of classes presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region! We’re focusing on the spotlight aspect - choosing limited databases on which to focus, and practice time with exercises in each monthly session. Click here to view the archived recording or go to https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p67806081/

Future sessions will be posted and archived at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/updates/spotlightresources.html

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Are you interested in learning about electronic health records?  The NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region held an Electronic Health Record Forum in October of 2008.  The purpose of the forum was to “ensure that health sciences librarians are an integral and important part of the electronic health records (EHR) team in healthcare organizations.”  Speakers included several medical informatics experts.

The forum audio was recorded, and you can access it as well as notes and resources from this page:

http://nnlm.gov/pnr/advocacy/ehr-forum.html

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Alison Aldrich, Technology Coordinator for the NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region, wrote an interesting blog post called, “(Fire)Wallflowers Invited to Dance?” She presents some evidence that firewall rules against Web 2.0 tools (such as blogs, wikis, etc.) are beginning to relax a bit at hospital libraries.  Her blog post is available at:

http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2009/01/27/firewallflowers/

Well worth reading!  Note also the comment below the blog post.

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The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University in collaboration with the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) released a new edition of the knowledge path about oral health for infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women. Presented in time for Children’s Dental Health Month in February, this electronic guide points to resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to and the quality of oral health care. The knowledge path contains sections with resources for professionals, resources for consumers, and resources on specific aspects of oral health. Topics include child care and Head Start, dental sealants, early childhood caries, fluoride varnish, K-12 education, pregnancy, school-based care, school evaluation mandates, and special health care needs. The knowledge path is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_oralhealth.html. Knowledge paths on other topics are available at http://mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/index.html
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The January Breezing Along with the RML recording is now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p55601526/.

The NN/LM MidContinental Region’s 2009 Breezing Along with the RML series resumed with presenters Jean Shipman, Director, and Claire Hamasu, Associate Director. Jean Shipman reviewed the Medical Library Association/NLM Health Information Literacy Research Project results, now that this two-year project has ended. She shared how this project has helped educate health care providers about the key role medical librarians can play with improving their institution’s health literacy efforts. Claire Hamasu recounted what happened during the NN/LM site visit including the report from the site visit team that summarized strengths and recommendations for the RML. If you want to preview the team’s report, it’s available at http://nnlm.gov/mcr/evaluation/nnlm_sitevisit.html.

Our own Rebecca Brown will be presenting “Update on PubMed” - on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 for one hour - 1:00 MT, 2:00 CT.

“Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources” is a new series of classes presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region!

We’re focusing on the “spotlight” aspect - choosing limited databases on which to focus, and practice time with exercises in each monthly session. And the first is the “Update on PubMed.”

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. All classes can be accessed by going to https://webmeeting. nih.gov/mcr. The series is targeted for the fourth Wednesday each month. Upcoming dates and topics include: Feb. 25 - MedlinePlus and the Household Products Database., March 25 - Educational Resources for Kids, and April 22 - Drug Resources. We hope to “see” you there!

Sharon Dennis, Technology Coordinator, and Rebecca Brown, Technology Liaison, are asking for volunteers to participate in a regional social bookmarking project. Social bookmarking is a Web 2.0 tool. Delicious is a social bookmarking site that allows you to bookmark a web page and add tags to categorize your bookmarks. Delicious can be used to tag any site that you feel is pertinent to your professional work and also of interest to medical librarians throughout the region.

If you are interested in learning more about this project, please e-mail Sharon at sdennis@lib.med.utah.edu or Rebecca at rbrown3@kumc.edu.

If you visit the following URL, you can view and sign up for updates regarding recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts. http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html [rb]

Join me on February 19, 2009 at 11 a.m. CT for a 60 minute session to explore RSS: Really Simple Syndication. The session will be held online using Adobe Connect; all you need to participate is a web browser and a telephone (the phone call is free of charge).

To sign up for the presentation, contact Rebecca Brown (NN/LM Technology Liaison) at rbrown3@kumc.edu

It’s a new series of classes presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region!

We’re focusing on the “spotlight” aspect - choosing limited databases on which to focus, and practice time with exercises in each monthly session. The first is “Update on PubMed” - presented by Rebecca Brown on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 for one hour - 1:00 MT, 2:00 CT.

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. All classes can be accessed by going to https://webmeeting. nih.gov/mcr. The series is targeted for the fourth Wednesday each month. Upcoming dates and topics include: Feb. 25 -MedlinePlus and the Household Products Database., March 25 - Educational Resources for Kids, and April 22 - Drug Resources. We hope to “see” you there!