For those interested in searching for emergency preparedness and disaster response materials in MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and PubMed, take a look at the new MeSH descriptors listed here.

• Avalanches
• Climatic Processes
• Cyclones
• Droughts
• Earthquakes
• Floods
• Geological Processes
• Hospitals, Isolation
• Infectious Disease Medicine
• Landslides
• Nuclear Power Plants
• Resilience, Psychological
• Surge Capacity
• Tidal Waves
• Tornadoes

Looking at the MeSH Browser using the 2009 MeSH, and when entering the search term “hurricanes” a searcher is brought to the entry for “Cyclones”. “Hurricane(s)” is now an entry term for cyclones and not for “Natural Disasters” for that has changed to “Disasters” with 2009 MeSH.

The old heading “Natural Disasters” is being deleted and replaced by “Disasters.” Many entry terms from the old “Natural Disasters” heading have been elevated to stand-alone MeSH headings. New events, such as “Structure Collapse” have been added and specific events are no longer treed under “Disasters.” If the article discusses an event as being a disaster, indexers will coordinate with the heading “Disasters” and with the specific geographic locations of the occurrence.

What‘s New for 2009 MeSH

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd08/nd08_mesh.html

Start the New Year with new MeSH terms! You see, 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 at https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=nlm-announces&A=1 to join, leave or change your NLM listserv options.

Household Products Database (HPD) Now Contains over 8,000 Entries

http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Household Products Database has been updated and now includes 8152 brand name products, 2876 ingredients, and 375 manufacturers. In addition, 1634 products are now linked to the complete Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).

The Household Products Database is a consumer guide that provides information on the potential health effects of chemicals contained in more than 6,000 common household products used inside and around the home. It covers what’s under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room, providing what’s in these products, potential health effects, and safe handling.

Keep current with further changes and new developments in the HPD database, regularly visit the Division of Specialized Information Services site.

by Susan Von Braunsberg, vonbraus@mail.nlm.nih.gov
MEDLARS Management Section

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd08/nd08_oldmedline.html

In October 2008, approximately 70,000 citations from the 1948 Current List of Medical Literature (CLML) were added to the OLDMEDLINE citation subset in PubMed®. To search PubMed for all citations originating from the OLDMEDLINE print index conversion project, use jsubsetom. This Subset, or (SB) field identifies the subset for OLDMEDLINE citations.

Mapping the old keywords to current MeSH® is an ongoing project. The majority of citations from the 1949 CLML added to PubMed in December 2007 were mapped during this past year, and the majority of citations from the newly added 1948 CLML have also been mapped. NLM estimates that approximately 93% of the jsubsetom citations have at least one current MeSH Heading (while 78% have been completely mapped) and will, therefore, be retrieved by PubMed searches that incorporate MeSH headings. About 77% of the original main subject headings themselves have been mapped (this has dropped from 89% as more new headings are encountered with each new index that is converted; also, many of the subheadings attached to the original subject headings remain to be mapped).

For additional information about the OLDMEDLINE data project, see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/databases_oldmedline.html.

Are you bogged down processing invoices, bills and statements? Are you still waiting to put that check in the mail or for that check to come in the mail?

If you were an EFTS member, you could begin saving time and money. See the NLM
Technical Bulletin article to learn about the DOCLINE EFTS File Builder that will create the billing file to upload to EFTS. Did you know that the EFTS billing system is not just limited to payment processing for ILL and Document Delivery articles? You can post charges for such things as lost books and other services or fees provided by your library.

For information on joining EFTS, the EFTS staff at efts@uchc.edu or https://efts.uchc.edu/efts/Common/JoinEfts.aspx or Beth Wescott, your NN/LM SE/A Network Access Coordinator at bwescott@hshsl.umaryland.edu

Recently there has been much e-mail traffic about how to activate a proposed routing table.  Here’s some clarification. To move a saved, proposed routing table to “current,” click “Request Approval.” The separate “Save” button allows you to make proposed changes to your Routing Table over time as you identify lenders, check policies, reciprocal agreements, etc.  This Proposed Routing Table provides a safe space for you to work on your Routing Table while your current Routing Table continues to work for you.

When you’ve attained a mix you like, you request approval. At that time, your RML will review the changes to ensure your Routing Table conforms to regional guidelines and utilizes the routing algorithm to its fullest potential. The Proposed Routing Table concept allows the RML to assist you with fine-tuning your Routing Table before DOCLINE begins to use it.

For more information, see the FAQ:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_routing_table_changes.html

by Maria Collins, Collection Access Section, NLM collinm@mail.nlm.nih.gov

The guideline for delivery method is that the lender should send via the borrower’s preferred delivery method indicated in the Ship to: area of the receipt.  If that method is unavailable to the lender, the lender may send by any of the listed alternate delivery methods shown in the body of the receipt.  If a technical problem temporarily prevents delivery by all of the requested methods, the lender should contact the borrower to ask permission to send via a method not listed, or reject the request.  If the borrower does not respond or says no, the request should be updated as Not Filled for reason of Other. The lender’s institution record should be updated to reflect their current delivery abilities.

Libraries may wish to take this opportunity to review their borrow preferences to ensure they reflect their actual delivery method requirements. NLM strongly recommends selecting your preferred delivery method as your Network Delivery Method, and selecting acceptable alternate delivery methods.

The DOCLINE will match your delivery method choices with lenders providing those delivery methods and that also report owning the title and requested volume OR year.  Using the comments field to indicate delivery preference may result in inaccurate routing, unnecessary work by lenders, and delays in filling the request.

To update your borrow preferences and lending delivery methods, go to Institutions, Update, then go to the DOCLINE Options page.

For more information on how routing works, see the FAQ at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_new_routing.html

Try adjusting the default bottom page margin to 0.50″. You can also adjust the top, left, and right margin settings if needed. In Internet Explorer 7.x, from the printer icon on the command bar, select page setup. In Internet Explorer 6.x and Firefox 2.x, select file, page setup.

Note: You may be limited by your printer as to how small you can make the margins.

Try adjusting the text size smaller. (View, text size)

Another fix involved installing the barcode font. The barcode prints in less vertical space than the ‘text only’ equivalent. See instructions for downloading the barcode font at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/doclinebarcodes_withheader.html, or click on the help link at the top of the DOCLINE screen.

If only the browser footer prints on the second page, you can modify the header and footer settings to remove either or both. In Internet Explorer 7.x, from the printer icon on the command bar, select page setup. In Internet Explorer 6.x, select file, page setup. Delete the entries in the header and footer fields. In Firefox, select file, page setup. Click on the margins and header/footer tab and then click in the header and footer fields and select –blank– using the pull down arrow.

This information was taken from the FAQ at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/doc_print_receipt_page.html

https://efts.uchc.edu/efts/EftsPublic/about.aspx

The Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS) is a transaction-based electronic billing system for interlibrary-loan (ILL) and document delivery. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is committed to working with the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) EFTS staff to expand the system on a national basis to National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) member libraries.

One hundred nineteen health sciences libraries in the Southeastern Atlantic region use EFTS for processing payment of inter-library loan transactions. With 1,246 members across the nation, EFTS effectively centralizes this activity by electronically billing participants. It also reduces the need for participating libraries to create invoices and to write checks for reimbursement of interlibrary loans and document delivery.

Other advantages of participation include monthly detailed transaction reports, the ability to handle charges for rush or fax service, the ability to vary charges to members of special groups, and the ability to handle non-DOCLINE transactions.

Benefits of EFTS

• Reduces Costs
• Improves Cash Flow
• Reduces Human Error
• Increases Efficiency
• Provides Management Reports

For “What participants are saying about EFTS” go to: https://efts.uchc.edu/efts/EftsPublic/WhatLibSay.aspx

For “How to Join EFTS” go to: https://efts.uchc.edu/efts/Common/JoinEfts.aspx

The new Health Care Notification Network system was created by Medem of San Francisco, California. It is supported by a group of pharmaceuticals, insurance firms, organizations, and medical centers, such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, J and J, as well as the American College of Surgeons, among others (full list at http://www.hcnn.net/docs/HCNNSupporters.pdf). The network will be using email to quickly disseminate time sensitive drug safety alert information to health care professionals.

• HCNN replaces the current, paper-based alerts sent to physicians and other healthcare providers via U.S. mail.
• Alerts include medication recalls, warnings and national public health emergencies.
• HCNN fulfills new FDA guidance for electronic communication of patient safety notification and is supported by medical liability carriers, U.S. medical societies, national patient advocacy groups, health plans and many other national healthcare organizations that are dedicated to improved patient safety.
• HCNN protects healthcare provider privacy. No email addresses will be sold or disclosed to any third parties.

Registration for U.S. physicians and other health care providers is available immediately at http://www.hcnn.net. For more information about the HCNN and online patient safety Alert services, see http://www.hcnn.net.

DOCLINE 3.3 introduces several new features for our users. In order to best utilize these features, please review the following list of suggested action items for libraries now that DOCLINE 3.3 is available.Click Help in the DOCLINE menu to access the updated online manual.

Click FAQ to view the updated Frequently Asked Questions.

Email Notification: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/release_note_images/v3_3/email_notice.jpg

Libraries now have the option of being notified by email each time a new request routes to their library. Libraries have the option of choosing to receive email notification by request type - Normal, Rush, and/or Urgent Patient Care depending upon their request volume and workflow. For example, Resource Libraries may choose to receive email notification only for new Urgent Patient Care and Rush requests, but not for Normal requests. Smaller hospital libraries may choose to receive notification for all request types.

Libraries may wish to consider using a shared email account so notifications are not missed during staff absences. The email notification is sent from the address docline@mail.nlm.nih.gov. If email messages from DOCLINE are sent to your Junk Mail folder, please contact your local email administrator to have DOCLINE email directed to your Inbox.

To configure email notification, go to Institutions, Update Select DOCLINE Options, Scroll down to Lending Preferences, Select which request type(s) for which toreceive notifications, Enter email address where email notification should be sent, Click Save

Out of Office: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/release_note_images/v3_3/ooo_planner.jpg

DOCLINE 3.3 introduces a new way to request “temporary inactive” status in DOCLINE that prevents requests from routing to your library during times of extended staff absence or special circumstances. The new Out of Office request in DOCLINE provides a more efficient mechanism for your Regional Medical Library to review and process “temporary inactive” requests.

To temporarily deactivate your participation in DOCLINE, go to Institution Update. Complete the form on the Out of Office page and click Request Approval. Once the dates are approved by your Regional Medical Library, DOCLINE requests will not route to your institution during the specified time period.

Libraries can submit one absence period at a time. Once the library becomes active again, the library can submit the next Out of Office request.

Serial Holdings Reports: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/release_note_images/v3_3/create_report.jpg

The interface for requesting and viewing serial holdings reports has been revised in DOCLINE 3.3. Libraries may wish to take this opportunity to review the reports that are available to help them keep their holdings records current. For information on the available reports, see the online manual. In DOCLINE, click Help. Go to the “Generating Serial Holdings Reports” topic in the table of contents, and then click the “Serial Holdings Report Overview” topic

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The Regional Medical Libraries can provide assistance and guidance with DOCLINE. Questions can be sent to NN/LM SE/A or NLM via the Contact Us link in DOCLINE.