Presenter:  Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Aquilent

Location:  Free, Online:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/ (the URL is posted the morning of each session)

Date:  September 11, 2012

Description: Ms. Champ-Blackwell promotes and implements the disaster health information goals of the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and for the Bethesda Hospitals’ Emergency Preparedness Partnership.

Learn about NLM disaster information resources and emergency response tools. See a demo of the Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) and how it can provide emergency responders with critical information in the palm of their hand.

This week MAR announced the inaugural issue of our quarterly newsletter–The MAReport.

Our goal is…

• to spotlight various aspects of our services and NLM resources
• to highlight a Network member
• to announce classes and training for the next quarter, and
• to touch on any number of possible topics in future issues

Make sure to sign-up to receive future issues using the Subscribe feature. Also, please share the newsletter with colleagues and friends:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/.

MAR would like to announce the inaugural issue of our quarterly newsletter–The MAReport.

Our goal is…

• to spotlight various aspects of our services and NLM resources
• to highlight a Network member
• to announce classes and training for the next quarter, and
• to touch on any number of possible topics in future issues

Make sure to sign-up to receive future issues using the Subscribe feature. Also, please share the newsletter with colleagues and friends.

http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/

Presenters:

• Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM MAR
• Elizabeth Irish, Assistant Director, Schaffer Library of the Health Sciences, Albany Medical College

Date:  August 30, 2012

Location:  Free, Online:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/ (the URL is posted the morning of each session)

Description:  The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has a variety of children’s resources that are freely available for use by librarians, K-12 educators and even parents.  Learn about resources in Biology, Careers, Environmental Health Science/Chemistry, General Health and Genetics. There will also be time for discussion surrounding how to implement these wonderful resources into your setting.  Also, Ms. Irish will share information about her current NN/LM MAR Award to provide outreach to the K-12 population.

Presenter:  Missy Harvey, Technology & Communication Coordinator, NN/LM (MAR)

Location:  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/new_mardelivery/

Date/Time:  August 24, 2012 at 10 – 11 am

Description:  Free online webinar for people interested in learning how to use the new version of MARDelivery.  We have just released a new version of this service and we hope you’ll try it out.

MARDelivery is a free service for Network members.   If your library has problems sending large email attachments, MARDelivery is the solution for you!  This service enables libraries to send links to ILL articles they lend, rather than emailing large attachments.

MARDelivery can also be used to support local document delivery within your institution.  Your patrons have access to articles delivered through MARDelivery for 14 days.

• See the Using the New MARDelivery tutorial (PDF) for more information on this service.

If you are interested in setting up a MARDelivery account, please go to:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/rsdd/mardelivery.html.

2011-2016 certificates are now on their way to all those who were NN/LM Network members prior to March 2012.  If you became a member after this cutoff date, your certificate will be processed in our yearly certificate mailing cycle.  However, if you wish to have your certificate sooner, please send an email to nnlmmar@pitt.edu. We thank you for your patience.

MARDelivery is a free service for members of NN/LM, Middle Atlantic Region.  It enables libraries to send links to ILL articles they lend, rather than emailing large attachments.

MARDelivery can also be used to support local document delivery.  Patrons have access to articles delivered through MARDelivery for 14 days.

• See the Using the New MARDelivery tutorial (PDF) for more information on this service.
• If you are interested in setting up a MARDelivery account, please go to:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/rsdd/mardelivery.html.  A member of the MAR staff will be in touch in to establish your account.
• MAR will be announcing webinars in the near future to show you how this service works—so stay tuned!

Many of you attempted to join MAR for our July 10^th Boost Box session.  We experienced unexpected difficulties with Adobe Connect to enable everyone to join the session.  We are pleased to announce that we have been able to reschedule our speaker, Siobhan Champ-Blackwell.  She will be returning to offer her presentation on Disaster Information Resources for our Sept. 11, 2012 session:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/boost_schedule.html.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Noon – 1 pm

Where:  Watch the MAR website for the URL

Presenter:  Robb Mackes, Group Licensing Initiative Project Manager

Learn about the benefits of group licensing and joining the Group Licensing Initiative.  The Group Licensing Initiative, formed in 2002 under the umbrella of HSLANJ, researches, approves and establishes relationships with vendors, negotiating all pricing and assisting members with licensing needs.  MAR supports GLI in its efforts to connect libraries in the Middle Atlantic Region to cost-effective electronic resources.

Currently, there are about 100 members, linking more than 35,000 physicians and 88,000 nurses in New Jersey, New York and Delaware, as well as 40,000 physicians and nurses in Pennsylvania.

• Log-in and allow Adobe Connect to call your phone, if possible.  But, just in case, the back-up phone number for is:

Conference Number(s):  1-888-450-5996
Participant Code:  888072

• If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before, test your connection: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm.

If you missed our first sessions, we have made archives available. The archives include recordings, materials presented during each session, as well as transcripts:

• Lunch with the RML Archives
• Boost Box Archives

MAR’s Technology & Communication Coordinator, Missy Harvey, will be offering The Ropes:  Planning Instruction for the Adult Learner.

Location:             University of Pittsburgh, Falk Library, 200 Scaife Hall, Conference Room B

Dates:                  Tuesday, July 24, 9 am – 1 pm (Part 1)
Monday, July 30, 9 am – 1 pm (Part 2)

This train-the-trainer course covers the process of building a user-centered training session, covering needs assessment, learning styles, working with and from participant objectives, and evaluation of outcomes.  Students will participate in several group exercises where they will explore different training situations.  Emphasis will be placed upon user-centered development and the building of objectives by which the success of a class may be evaluated.

To obtain 8 MLA CE credits, attendees must attend both sessions.

Register at:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/register.html?schedule_id=1747