The NLM Online Users’ Meeting at the 2009 MLA annual meeting provided a preview of the upcoming PubMed redesign. David Gillikin, Chief of NLM’s Bibliographic Services reprised this preview on August 11, 2009 for the MidContinental, Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Regions of the NN/LM.

To view the recording and a transcript of the questions asked and the answers from David Gilliken go to http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2009/08/12/pubmedqa/. /ch

The National Library of Medicine online exhibit of modern Chinese Anti-malaria Posters is available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/chineseantimalaria/index.html
The anti-malaria posters in this online exhibit present both modern and traditional methods of prevention and treatment of malaria that China used from the 1950s through the 1970s. In disseminating health information, the posters also captured the social and political lives of China in those decades. For instance, Mao Zedong’s writing on people’s health became the trademark of the posters produced in the Cultural Revolution era. Posters produced in the peaceful early 1960s portrayed a harmonious happy society. [scb]

Check out the August issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research.

In this edition:

Concerned About Coffee? It May Actually Be Good for You

You’ve Got Rhythm - Your Internal Clock Affects Your Health

Health Capsules:

• Questions Raised About “Depression Gene”
• Tasty Recipes for People with Diabetes
• Featured Web Site: NIH Education and Awareness Campaigns

The NLM Online Users’ Meeting at the 2009 MLA annual meeting provided a preview of the upcoming PubMed redesign. David Gillikin, Chief of NLM’s Bibliographic Services will reprise this preview for anyone who did not get to attend the user meeting in Honolulu. This 15 minute presentation will review the draft design for the new search results page and abstract view presented at MLA. David will remain on the call for questions and answers. This session will be recorded for those unable to attend.

Members from 3 regions (Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, MidContinental) have been invited to attend this session. Participation is limited to 125. Those who would like to attend should login early. The room will be open 15 minutes before the presentation is scheduled. Members are also encouraged to attend as a group by gathering around a workstation or projecting the presentation and using a conference phone.

When: August 11, 2009 12:30 - 1:00 MT, 1:30-2:00 CT

Where: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nlmupdate/ Sign in as a Guest with your first and last name /ch

Check out the July issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research.

In this edition:

• How You See Yourself - When Your Body Image Doesn’t Measure Up
• Don’t Dry Out - Make Sure You Drink Enough Water

Health Capsules:

• Well Water Testing Protects Kids’ Health
• What’s Living on Your Skin?
• Featured Web Site: Computing Life

Members can now read the narrative and see powerpoint slides from the NLM Online Users Update held at MLA http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj09/mj09_mla_dg.html. Included in this posting on the Technical Bulletin is a link to the screen shots of the PubMed redesign.

Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM) http://remm.nlm.gov/index.html provides guidance for health care providers, primarily physicians, about clinical diagnosis and treatment during mass casualty radiological/nuclear (rad/nuc) events. It provides just-in-time evidence based information and downloadable web-based information. (REMM) announced a major new verion of the REMM web site. You can subscribe to the REMM listserv (which sends very few announcements) at http://www.remm.nlm.gov/email.htm

Join us for our next Breezing with the RML on Wednesday, June 17th at 10 am MT/11 am CT. Follow this URL to join the meeting: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr All you’ll need is your Internet connection and your phone. Sign as a guest with your first and last names. This month’s topics are:

The Alphabet Soup of STDs: Facts and Resources on HIV/AIDS and STDs
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Community Outreach Liaison, will cover some basic facts on HIV/AIDs and STDs in the United States and will explore NLM and other online resources to provide the librarian a toolbox to use when discussing these intimate and private topics.

The Value of Health Science Libraries in the MCR
Libraries have been submitting their value calculations using the Retail Value Calculator (http://nnlm.gov/mcr/evaluation/calculator.html). Betsy Kelly, Assessment & Evaluation Liaison, will share the results of data collected from libraries across the country. Join the discussion about your library’s value and how you are using this knowledge in your own institution.

NLM’s History of Medicine Division is proud to announce that a new Turning the Pages Project has been released on the TTP kiosks in the Library and on the Web: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/books.htm. The project features Hieronymus Brunschwig’s Liber de Arte Distillandi, printed in Strasbourg in 1512. The book is a practical manual on chemical, alchemical, and distillation devices and techniques used to manufacture drug therapies, and it features a number of hand-colored woodcuts featuring scenes of laboratories, distillation devices, and doctor patient scenes. It includes instructions on how to distill aqua vitae, potable gold, artificial and natural balsams and how to use distillates to treat illnesses in surgical cases. [scb]

You can still watch “Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources.” The latest session “Toxicology Databases Part I” presented May 27, has been posted along with other past offerings at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/updates/spotlightresources.html .
May’s Spotlight focused on Hazardous Substance Data Bank http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB , Haz-Map http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/ and WISER http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/. The recording is available for viewing online at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p96431196/

Here is a list of the archived NLM presentations from MLA Hawaii. You can find the videos at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html#m

• ClinicalTrials.gov Update (16 min.)
• Journals Database: Did You Know? (14 min.)
• LinkOut for Libraries Tips and Tricks (7 min.)
• Medicare & Medicaid Resources for the Consumer Health Librarian (20 min.)
• MedlinePlus and Go Local Update (coming soon)
• MyMedicationList (coming soon)
• Public Health and Health Services Research: What’s Happening at NLM? (19 min.)
• PubMed Update (17 min.)
• PubMed Central and NIH Public Access Update (23 min.)

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