Community Health and Outreach

• Community Outreach Symposium December 3-4, 2005 Symposium held at NLM to explore new models of health information outreach:
  • Journal of the Medical Library Association articles in PubMed Central (Web page)
  • Videocasts (Real Media format): First day; Second day
• Community Health Information Partnership Symposium (CHIPS) October 11, 2005 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming. One day Symposium on community health information outreach. (Web pages, Streaming video requiring Real Player to view, PowerPoint file, and Microsoft Word file)

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Databases on Display

• Databases on Display: Part One The archived recording of the Tuesday, March 20th presentation is now available. The session features Marty Magee, Dana Abbey and John Bramble, respectively presenting: Toxmap, What's New on MedlinePlus, and Senior Health. The session is about 30 minutes long. Please note that the audio portion of the presentation is poor.
• Databases on Display: Part Two The archived recording of the April 25th presentation is now available. The session features Barb Jones,Dana Abbey and Mary Henning, respectively presenting: Genetics Home Reference, LactMed, AIDS Info, and Household Products Database. The session is about 30 minutes long. Please note that the audio portion of the presentation is poor.

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DOCLINE and Document Delivery Services

• Simple Serial Holdings:     (EVERY 1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH)
  
  This 60 minute online class will provides an overview of DOCLINE's Serial Holdings. Participants will be provided with an introduction to the Serial Holdings database, how to add, remove, and update Holdings, how to run reports, and where to go to get additional resources. The live class is taught the first Tuesday of each month starting at 10am (Mountain Time). This class is for beginning level DOCLINE users but all DOCLINE users are welcome to attend!
  
  LIVE class log in page!   ***Test Your Connection Here***
  Class Description & Archives
  Document Delivery Servies Resources
  
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• DOCLINE Routing Tables to be Proud of:   (EVERY 2ND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH)
  
  This 60 minute online class will provide an in-depth look into DOCLINE Routing Tables. Participants will learn about using their Borrowing Preferences, explanation of copyright compliance, editing Routing Tables, M/A/N Map, setting up Lending Options, and more! The live class is taught the second Tuesday of each month starting at 10am (Mountain Time). This class is for beginning and intermediate level DOCLINE users but all DOCLINE users are welcome to attend!
  
  LIVE class log in page!   ***Test Your Connection Here***
  Class Discrption & Archives
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• DOCLINE Read Me First Primer:    (EVERY LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH)
  
  This 60 minute live online class covers the bare essentials of DOCLINE where the participants will have an increased understanding of the basic features of DOCLINE. The live class is taught the last Tuesday of each month starting at 10am (Mountain Time). This class is for beginning level DOCLINE users but all DOCLINE users are welcome to attend!
  
  LIVE class log in page!   ***Test Your Connection Here***
  Class Discrption & Archives
  Document Delivery Servies Resources
  

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Evaluation

• Logic Models. Betsy Kelly, Assessment and Evaluation liaison for the RML, gave a presentation on evaluation and logic models at the MCR Regional Advisory Board meeting on September 28, 2004. (Streaming media: requires Real Player to view)

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Hospital Libraries

• Hospital Libraries Panel, Wyoming Symposium, July 22, 2004. An archive of the streaming video broadcast of a panel discussion entitled, Hospital Libraries: Who needs 'em? is available. The panel featured a mix of librarians, hospital administrators and medical professionals, and addressed some of the issues facing hospital libraries today. (Streaming media: requires RealPlayer to view)
• Future of Hospital Libraries Forum, MCMLA, September 30, 2004.
  • Colorado Council of Medical Librarians: Margaret Bandy (Microsoft PowerPoint file)
  • Health Sciences Library Network Kansas City: Dick Kammer (Microsoft PowerPoint file)
  • NN/LM MCR: Claire Hamasu (Microsoft PowerPoint file)
  • Notes from next actions discussion: Lenora Kinzie and Wayne Peay (Microsoft Word file)

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Medical Informatics

• University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library InfoFair lectures. (Streaming media: requires Real Player to view)
  
• Medical Informatics Seminar at University of Missouri at Columbia. April 26, 2005, 38 minutes. George Demiris, Ph.D., presents "Assessing End User Participation in Telemedicine System Design." (Streaming media: requires Real Player to view)

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Mental Health Resources

• Caring for the Mind: Providing References Services for Mental Health Information. Presented by Marty Magee and Barbara Jones at the Wyoming Symposium, July 14, 2005. Responding to mental health reference questions is challenging for even the most experienced librarian. In "Caring for the Mind," participants will learn how to effectively provide reference services for mental health information for the public and will learn the best web sites, databases and collection development materials to respond to mental health related questions. You can view the streaming video (requires RealMedia Player); however, since some of the slides are not readable on the video, we also recommend downloading the slides in PowerPoint format.
  • "Caring for the Mind" streaming video (Streaming media: requires RealPlayer to view)
  • "Caring for the Mind" PowerPoint (PowerPoint file)

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NLM Resources

• ToxMap Presentation, RAB, Dana Abbey, Consumer Health Liaison, September 21, 2005. (PowerPoint file)
  
• WISER Presentation, RAB, Dana Abbey, Consumer Health Liaison, September 21, 2005. (PowerPoint file)

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Presentations

• Tech Toys Presentation, ICON, Marty Magee, Nebraska and Education Liaison, March 29, 2008. (PowerPoint file)

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Professional Development

• "Creating Influence," presented by Frank and Lisa Traditi on April 24, 2003 at the Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Medical Librarians. (Streaming media: requires RealPlayer to view)
  
• netLibrary: The MCR offers members access to digital resources through netLibrary. You can access netLibrary directly, or you can view a list of books available for download (Microsoft Word document) before accessing netLibrary.For more information, view the netLibrary brochure (PDF format).

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Public Health Resources

• Public Health Partners (PHPartners) PowerPoint slides: Slides from Marty Magee's presentation at the Wyoming Symposium, July 14, 2005. (PowerPoint file)
• Introduction to Public Health Resources and Online Resources Evaluation Skills: This is a link to a class discription with instructor notes and class outline for a 60 minute class for public health students or paraprofessionals. There are also class handouts - List of example online public health resources - Blank Website Evaluation Worksheet created by Jeanne Le Ber - Example Worksheet filled out for instructor - Class created July 2008 by John Bramble

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RML Updates

• View the recordings of the MCR monthly "Breezing with the RML" updates using Macromedia Breeze. (Requires a Flash-enabled browser.)

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Searching Skills

• Distance Education Brochure (Adobe PDF format): Distance education resources online
• Finding Health Information Online: an online tutorial to be used to teach new users to the Internet how to use search engines to find health information, and how to evaluate the information they find.

• Homework Help -A brochure showing MedlinePlus.gov and multiple other health resources suitable for a high school audience.
  
• Internet Navigator: a basic research skills course and introduction to the Internet (Web pages)
  
• "Search Strategies CD," produced to meet the needs of nursing students who may not have access to high speed Internet for NNLM tutorials. It covers the basics of searching, PubMed, MedlinePlus, Internet sources and evaluation - 27 minutes. For your free copy, contact Marty Magee at mmagee@unmc.edu. (CD)

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Spotlight! On National Library of Medicine Resources

• Spotlight! On National Library of Medicine Resources - instructions for participation and calendar of scheduled events.

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Topics of Interest to Health Professionals

• Bloodless Surgery. Creighton University Medical Center Medicine and Surgery Office. March 11, 2004, 27 min. (First telecast produced by the Creighton University HSL/LRC.) Darryl Gucwa presents options and applications for this innovative approach to surgery. (Streaming media: requires Real Player to view)
  
• "Vitamins, Herbs and Nutritional Supplements: Use and Misuse by Consumers" with William Hamilton, PharmD. from Creighton University Medical Center on April 11, 2005. Produced by Creighton University HSL/LRC, 29 minutes. (Streaming media: requires Real Player to view)

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Tutorial Videos

• A three minute video that demonstrates how to 'dress up' an RSS feed and place it on your web page.
  
• A two minute video that demonstates how to make an entry to an existing PBwiki page.
• A two minute video that demonstrates how to create a new wiki page in PBwiki.

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