By Colette Becker, web developer

Why the change?
In keeping with the NLM policy to support only the latest two major versions of Internet Explorer, DOCLINE support for Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) will end on August 31, 2009.  DOCLINE 4.0 supports Internet Explorer 8, in addition to Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Firefox 3.

What if I am unable to upgrade?
NLM does not recommend the use of non-supported browsers with DOCLINE.  If you have used DOCLINE successfully with other browsers, there is no reason why you cannot continue to do so.  However, NLM and the NN/LM will no longer provide technical support for them as of August 31, 2009.

How can I tell what version of Internet Explorer I am using?

Check the icons: If your Internet Explorer icon looks like this one, 

you are currently using IE6 and you need to upgrade to IE7.

If your Internet Explorer icon looks like this one,

you have already upgraded to IE7 and no further action is needed.

Or

Manually check the version number:

1. Open Internet Explorer as if you were going to navigate to a website.
2. In the menu bar, click on “Help”.
3. Click on “About Internet Explorer” and the next dialogue box indicates the release of IE you are using.

DOCLINE 4.0 is scheduled for release on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. For details, see the Release Notes which can be viewed at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/docline_rel_info_v4_0.html

Check out the upcoming changes by logging into the DOCLINE 4.0 Preview Site. Login details were posted to DOCLINE-L. If you missed the message, contact your RML.

Important: You can login to only one DOCLINE at a time. Do not login to both production DOCLINE and the Preview site at the same time.

by Martha Pedigo, librarian
Gateway Medical Center Health Science Library, Clarksville, TN

Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville, Tennessee has been a Community Health Systems hospital since Fall 2007.  Interested in identifying other hospitals in the system that provide medical library services, I obtained a list of CHS Hospitals and searched for each one in DOCLINE, the National Library of Medicine’s automated interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing and referral service.  When CHS libraries were located, I noted contact information and called to introduce myself.  I developed an email list to provide a quick way to communicate with other libraries’ staff members.

A natural progression was to consider forming a DOCLINE Group among participating CHS libraries.   I contacted Beth Wescott at our Regional Medical Library (Southeastern Region) to discuss technical aspects of forming a new Group.  We would need a minimum of 11 members and all agree to keep our holdings list in DOCLINE current.  I developed a brief survey to send to each library asking such questions as delivery capabilities (fax and/or scan), number of subscriptions, cell placement preference, etc.  Once everyone returned their information to me I sent LIBIDs to Beth along with what we wanted to be called…CHSL (Community Health Systems Libraries) and voilà! We are now a Library Group in DOCLINE flocking together with 12 members!

Benefits of being part of a group are the usual.  Although most of us may have never actually met, we can offer support and exchange ideas, drawing on common experiences.  We can help one another with interlibrary loans and other services.   As the English version of the phrase goes, attributed to William Turner in 1545, birds of a feather flock and fly together…or… like seeks like to congregate.

Members of the CHSL Flock:
Lutheran Hospital Medical Library, Fort Wayne, IN
Chestnut Hill Health System Medical Library, Philadelphia, PA
Vista Medical Center East Medical Library, Waukegan, IL
Gadsden Regional Medical Center Education/Library Services, Gadsden, AL
Porter Valparaiso Hospital Medical Library, Valparaiso, IN
Affinity Medical Center Medical Library, Massillon, OH
Southside Regional Medical Center Medical Library, Petersburg, VA
Deaconess Hospital Medical Library, Oklahoma City, OK
Easton Hospital Frank J. D’Agostino M.D. Medical Library, Easton, PA
Brandy Hospital Health Sciences Library, Coatesville, PA
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center Medical Staff Library, Pottstown, PA
Gateway Medical Center Health Science Library, Clarksville, TN

NLM is launching a new program to ensure that its holdings of journals, indexes, and other serials are as complete as possible. Your library can help by donating print volumes that you no longer wish to retain. If you are a DOCLINE library, use the new Web based system at www.nlm.nih.gov/journaldonation/ to find out what NLM needs.

The system is easy to use. All you need is a list of the titles and volumes you are planning to discard. You can search by title words or phrases or by ISSN. The system searches your DOCLINE holdings so titles are retrieved quickly. If NLM does not need any volumes of a title, the system notifies you immediately. If NLM needs volumes, the system displays a list of them, and you just click on the volumes you will donate. For some titles, the system cannot do an automatic check on what volumes are needed. In these cases, the system will ask you to enter the volumes you can donate, and NLM will send you an email when we determine which volumes we need. You submit your offer electronically from the system. You can print your offer or save it to an Excel file. NLM will send an email to confirm receipt of your offer and to provide instructions on how to have NLM pay for shipping.

If you are not a DOCLINE library, please contact us at 301-496-0081 or at NLMJournalDonation@mail.nih.gov to make donations. NLM appreciates your help with this important program.

In observance of Presidents’ day, a federal holiday, the National Library of Medicine will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2009.

DOCLINE will be available on Monday, but DOCLINE Customer Service will not be staffed on the holiday. Participants may send a message to NLM via the Contact DOCLINE link within DOCLINE or email custserv@nlm.nih.gov. NLM staff will respond to your question on the next business day.

DOCLINE’s Time Triggered Actions will run on Monday. For more information on Time Triggered Actions, see the FAQ at:

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

DOCLINE Team
National Library of Medicine and NN/LM

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.

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