NNLM MAR is very pleased to announce that Southeastern NY Library Resources Council (SENYLRC) has been selected for the NNLM MAR Technology Immersion Award.  Tessa Killian, Manager of Technology and Administrative Services, and Patricia Carroll-Mathes, Manager, Hospital Library Services Program will serve as co-project directors.

The Southeastern NY Library Resources Council (SENYLRC), a multi-type library consortium which includes hospitals and special libraries, is well positioned to provide web discovery portals and offer enhanced catalog tools  to health sciences libraries which do not have the technical infrastructure, money or expertise to create their own.  Building upon 10 years of development and service delivery experience, SENYLRC will demonstrate the use of open source software applications to improve upon existing web-based services and deliver a next-generation searching and retrieval capability to member libraries in the SENYLRC region.

Two RML member libraries will work with SENYLRC staff and contracted programmers to provide additional functionality , test and evaluate Koha integrated library system software, and create new individual library website templates using the Drupal content management system.  The project will result in separate instances of a discovery platform for each library, allowing them to better target and serve the needs of their unique user community.

Through this pilot project, SENYLRC staff will acquire the necessary experience with open source software (Koha and Drupal),  and develop a  new Drupal module – an electronic resource management system to enable SENYLRC staff to more easily administer shared electronic resources links on the SENYLRC-hosted multiple library websites. After development, these applications of open source software will be made freely available to the  medical library community for other consortia and/or multi- institutions to adopt or adapt to meet their own service needs.

The pilot health science libraries will be Vassar Brother Medical Center (VBMC) in Poughkeepsie, New York, and Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) in Orangeburg, New York. Upon successful completion of the development and pilot implementation phase, SENYLRC will migrate other hospital libraries to the new services and offer them to other special libraries.

Please join us in congratulating SENYLRC, Tessa and Patricia on their achievement and thanking our Technology Committee for their efforts in the selection process.  We would also like to thank all the applicants for their commitment to advancing medicine and the public’s health through improved access to health information.

On behalf of Valerie Florance, NLM Extramural Programs:

Dear Colleagues,

I’m writing to  provide you with a reminder that NIH continues to issue new grant solicitations that could be the basis of fruitful collaborations between libraries and researchers or community-based organizations interested in biomedical research. While these grant programs are seldom aimed specifically at libraries, they offer opportunities for collaboration with research groups and for new partnerships within your community that could bring new funds and new activities to you.  For example, NIH funding opportunity announcements will be coming in the next few months for grants to support building infrastructure for community research and to promote research on behavioral and social aspects of health and illness.  If you have not already registered for delivery of the weekly NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts that is sent by email each Friday, you sign up at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm. Also, new funding opportunities that will be published in the NIH Guide are posted on the Guide website as soon as they are ready, in the New Announcements this Week section at  http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm. This can give you a head start of a few days on the Friday mailing.

Valerie Florance, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director, NLM Extramural Programs
Rockledge 1, Suite 301
6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
phone: 301.496-4621 fax: 301.402.2952
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep NLM/NIH/DHHS

PubMed Redesign Presentation

Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 2:00 pm

NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region, New England Region, and Southeastern/Atlantic Region present a live webinar on the upcoming National Library of Medicine PubMed page redesign. David Gillikin, Chief of NLM’s Bibliographic Services, will review the draft design for the new search results page and abstract view in PubMed. This webinar is a repeat of the presentation at the NLM Online Users’ Meeting at the Medical Library Association’s annual conference in May.

IMPORTANT: This webinar is free and open to NN/LM members in MAR, NER, and SE/A.

***No pre-registration is required. Participation will be open on a first come, first served basis. Because the webinar system limits the number of call-ins, we ask that you do NOT forward or re-post this message to individuals outside the MAR, NER, and SE/A areas. This webinar will be offered separately in other regions.***

For log-in information, send a message to Arpita Bose, MAR Outreach and Communications Coordinator, before August 25: arpita.bose(at)med.nyu.edu

NN/LM MAR is pleased to announce the first three of a number of award categories for 2009-2010:  Small Project, Exhibit and Presentation/Professional Development.  Funding is available for up to 20 Small Project Awards of $1000 each, three Exhibit Awards of $1500 each, and two Professional Presentation/Professional Development Awards of $2500 each. Awards will be funded on a cost reimbursement basis. Applications will be considered as long as funding is available. More information and an application form can be found on the MAR website. Specifically, the

• Small Projects Award can be found at http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/microawards.html
• Exhibit Award can be found at http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/exhibit.html
• Presentation/Professional Development award can be found at http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/profdev.html

Your projects, exhibits, and professional development enhance access to health information. Let us help you fund those efforts.

Look for more announcements on 2009-2010 award categories in August, September and October.

The National Library of Medicine would like to publicize your upcoming noteworthy projects for National Medical Librarians Month in October.

Submissions are due Thursday, September 10, 2009. Please submit by email to rml(at)library.med.nyu.edu:

Name of the institution (you may include your library logo)

Title of project

Brief summary of the project

Name of project director

Key staff

Notable projects from 2008 are here: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/lo/profiles08/

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
Because it tastes so good, you may assume coffee is bad for you. But researchers are finding that coffee poses little to no health risk for most people. It may even have some health benefits.
full story

You’ve Got Rhythm
Your Internal Clock Affects Your Health
While you struggle to stay on time for your daily activities, your body has its own internal clock. Every day, this clock helps you feel alert at work, hungry at mealtime and drowsy at night. When you fight against your biological clock, your health can suffer.
full story

Health Capsules:

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

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