PHPartners is the product of a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.

The Wednesday, August 26 webinar class will cover the web site, which will include information on current topics such as Bioterrorism, ongoing projects such as Healthy People 2010, and public health resources including promotions and statistics.

Tune in on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 1:00MT, 2:00CT for the MLA CE class PHPartners presented by Marty Magee.

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Access it by going to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr.

National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) trainers will be training just prior to MCMLA in Breckenridge. Add some professional development to your schedule. Learn new skills and brush up old ones.

• Toxnet and Beyond- Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 , 10-5

• PubMed - Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 8-5

Register at: http://www.mcmla.org/meetings/2009/

Register today! (mm)

PHPartners is the product of a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries. The August 26 webinar class will cover the website, which will include information on current topics such as Bioterrorism, ongoing projects such as Healthy People 2010, and public health resources including promotions and statistics.

Tune in on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 1:00MT, 2:00CT for the MLA CE class PHPartners presented by Marty Magee.

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Access it by going to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr.

To receive Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit, you will need to attend the class, participate in the exercises and e-mail Marty Magee: mmagee@unmc.edu. An evaluation form will be sent to you to complete before the MLA CE certificate will be sent to you.

PHPartners is the product of a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries. The August 26 webinar class will cover the website, which will include information on current topics such as Bioterrorism, ongoing projects such as Healthy People 2010, and public health resources including promotions and statistics.

Tune in on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 1:00MT, 2:00CT for the MLA CE class PHPartners presented by Marty Magee.

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Access it by going to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr.

To receive Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit, you will need to attend the class, participate in the exercises and e-mail Marty Magee: mmagee@unmc.edu. An evaluation form will be sent to you to complete before the MLA CE certificate will be sent to you.

This one-hour “capstone” class for the Toxicology databases is presented as the third of three focused on this topic in the monthly series of classes - Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region. The topic includes coverage of Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Haz-Map, and WISER, TOXLINE, TOXMAP, Toxics Release Inventory, and Tox Town. (Attendance at previous sessions is not required)
Tune in on Wednesday, July 22 at 1:00MT, 2:00CT for the MLA CE class Toxicology Capstone presented by John Bramble.

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Access it by going to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr. To receive Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit, you will need to attend the class, participate in the exercises and e-mail Marty Magee: mmagee@unmc.edu. An evaluation form will be sent to you to complete before the MLA CE certificate will be sent to you.

The Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, targeted for the fourth Wednesday each month will continue on August 26, when Marty Magee presents the Public Health Partners (PHPartners.org) database.(mm)

New selections and a new brochure are now available on our NetLibrary collection of e-books focused on library administration and technical topics. The collection is available at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/netlibrary.html. Click on “access NetLibrary directly,” or download the list of more than 90 books by clicking on “view a list of books available for download” or print out the latest trifold brochure highlighting our new selections by clicking on “NetLibrary brochure.” You’re sure to find something relevant to your job today!

This year’s symposium is scheduled for July 15, 16, & 17 in Laramie, Wyoming at the Coe Library on the University of Wyoming campus. In keeping with the slogan “Plowing Through Pandemonium: Proactive Librarians” the NN/LM staff and others will be presenting topics on emergency preparedness.

Joe Moore, Director of Wyoming Dept. of Homeland Security, will be the special speaker at this event. Librarians and representatives of community-based organizations will also be brainstorming how to partner for emergencies.

For more information and registration please visit the webpage: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/states/wyoming_symposiumJuly2009.html or contact Jim Honour jhonour@uwyo.edu

This is the “capstone” class for the Toxicology databases - presented as the third of three focused on this topic in the series of class for Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region.  The topic includes coverage of Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Haz-Map, and WISER, TOXLINE, TOXMAP, Toxics Release Inventory, and Tox Town. (Attendance at previous sessions is not required)

Tune in on Wednesday, July 22 at 1:00MT, 2:00CT for the MLA CE class Toxicology Capstone presented by John Bramble.

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Access it by going to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr. To receive Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit, you will need to attend the class, participate in the exercises and e-mail Marty Magee: mmagee@unmc.edu. An evaluation form will be sent to you to complete before the MLA CE certificate will be sent to you.

The Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, targeted for the fourth Wednesday each month will continue on August 26, when Marty Magee presents the Public Health Partners (PHPartners.org) database.(mm)

Worried about the air around you? Or the location of hazardous waste? Check out this archived Spotlight! session: TOXLINE, TOXMAP, Toxics Release Inventory, Tox Town - presented by Dana Abbey

https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p61493833/

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Worried about the air around you? Or the location of hazardous waste? Check out this Spotlight! session: Wednesday, June 24, at 1:00MT, 2:00CT - TOXLINE, TOXMAP, Toxics Release Inventory, Tox Town - presented by Dana Abbey

The National Library of Medicine’s Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal provides access to numerous databases that can help you explore environmental chemicals and risks. This is the second of three classes the NN/LM MCR is hosting to review the databases in NLM’s TOXNET portal. Tune in on Wednesday, June 24th at 1:00MT, 2:00CT for the MLA CE class on TOXLINE, TOXMAP, Toxics Release Inventory, and Tox Town.

This online training is FREE, and requires no registration. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone. You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Access it by going to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr. To receive Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit, you will need to attend the class, participate in the exercises and e-mail Marty Magee: mmagee@unmc.edu. An evaluation form will be sent to you to complete before the MLA CE certificate will be sent to you.

The Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, targeted for the fourth Wednesday each month will continue on July 22, when John Bramble does the “Capstone” of the Environnmental Health and Toxicology websites. (mm)