The Southeastern Atlantic and Greater Midwest regions of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine are now accepting registrants for the online version of “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends.”

Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends Online is intended to provide an introduction to and update on today’s hottest technology trends with an emphasis on social media and collaboration. Participants will be able to identify technology trends and understand how these trends will affect or can be integrated into traditional library services. Some of the topics to be covered include RSS, spyware, developments in mobile computing, blogs and wikis, social bookmarking and more. Participants completing this course will be able to:

• Identify the precepts of the social web (i.e. Web 2.0, Library 2.0)
• Recognize and evaluate web-based tools for deployment in user’s environment
• Evaluate and select web-based tools for dissemination of information and for assessing information for personal and professional uses
• Employ web-based tools for online collaboration

This month long distance learning opportunity includes a course shell you may access 24/7 during the month to complete readings, forum discussions and assignments at your own pace. Additionally, there will be 3 real time teleconferences held via Adobe Connect. The introductory session will be held on November 13 from 2-3 PM ET, 3-4 PM CT. This session will introduce Moodle, the platform upon which the class is hosted. The mid-session teleconference will be held on December 4 from 2-3 PM ET, 3-4 PM CT. The class wrap up teleconference will be held on Dec 18 from 2-3 PM ET, 3-4 PM CT. Participants will have until January 8 to complete their assignments.

There will be no assignments during Thanksgiving week.

To register, please contact Dale Prince by e-mail at jprin001@umaryland.edu if you are in the SE/A Region. If you are in the Greater Midwest Region, please contact Max Anderson at max@uic.edu.

This class is worth 8 MLA CE hours and is limited to 15 participants per region on a first come, first serve basis. All others will be placed on a waiting list for the next time the class will be taught.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so08/so08_training.html

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) National Training Center and Clearinghouse has scheduled classes in the NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic Region.

For class details, dates, site and registration information, please use this link

Learn how to find articles about a chemical or drug of interest. This 45-minute online clinic will cover how the NLM MeSH® vocabulary is used to describe substance concepts and how to search PubMed for relevant articles. The clinic is designed for librarians and other information specialists with little to moderate experience in searching for articles about chemicals or drugs in PubMed. Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of how to search PubMed.

Date: Thursday, August 23rd
Time: 2:00 - 2:45pm EDT
http://webmeeting.nih.gov/pmchems/ (password required)

The clinic will be limited to the first 150 registrants, so please register early.

On the week of the clinic, registrants will receive an e-mail message from “NIH Breeze Admin” with their unique password for access to the clinic.

This clinic will be recorded. You will be able to access the recording of the clinic from this page.

The clinic will be hosted using Adobe® Connect^TM. You may be prompted to download a plug-in at the site. Note that you will need speakers on your computer for the audio.

More information about substances in MeSH from The Basics of Medical Subject Headings