October is National Medical Librarians Month–Share Your Story and Win a Trip to MLA 2013 in Boston!

MAR would like to celebrate medical librarians in our region. National Medical Librarians Month gives information professionals an opportunity to market their services and highlight their contributions to research, education and improved patient outcomes. Are you doing something to celebrate Medical Librarians Month? If so, share your story by sending to nnlmmar@pitt.edu. If applicable, also share a photo depicting your activities/events.

MAR will be collecting your stories and highlighting them in our blog and weekly postings throughout October. All those that submit a story before Oct. 31st will be entered into a random drawing to receive an award to cover registration and airfare to MLA 2013. Please, only one entry per library.

Be sure to check out MLA’s promotional items and resources to market library services and value at:
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/

*** Digital Disaster Relief and Summit for Good ***

Wendy Harman, Director of Social Strategy, American Red Cross (@wharman); David Kobia, Director of Technology Development, Ushahidi (@dkobia/) and Samantha Murphy, Mashable (@MurphySamanthaJ) discuss the use of social media as a communication tool during disasters.  This 11 minute session is part of the Social Good Summit currently being held in New York City September 22-24th. You can view the live stream and archives of other presentations.

*Live Stream: http://new.livestream.com/Mashable/SGS/

*Summit Website: http://mashable.com/sgs/

*Digital Disaster Relief Session: http://new.livestream.com/Mashable/SGS/videos/4026562

*Video archive of presentations: http://new.livestream.com/Mashable/SGS/videos/

*** Webinar: Implementing the National Prevention Strategy at the Local Level ***

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Wednesday September 26, 12 MDT, 1 CT, 2ET

Implementing the National Prevention Strategy at the Local Level: Working with Non-Traditional Partners to Improve Community Health

The goal of this webinar hosted by NACCHO is to help participants implement the National Prevention Strategy (NPS) by working with non-traditional partners at the local level using a Health in All Policy (HiaP) approach. Speakers  include Kenneth D. Smith, PhD, Principal Investigator for NACCHO’s CDC-funded Health in All Policies (HiAP) initiative, and Margaret Byrne, Public Health Advisor with the Environmental Health Services Branch, part of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=eiyeamby7ho7

*** Webinar: Serving Public Health through Open Health Mapping Services ***

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Directions Media

Wed, Sep 26, 2012 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Featured presenter Eddie Oldfield, BA, Director, NB Climate Change Hub at the New Brunswick Lung Association will describe his work in coordinating implementation of geospatial interoperability standards to exchange, integrate and visualize distributed health and environmental information. Oldfield’s current work involves creating a national portal to bring together climate and health resources for decision makers in public health, municipal emergency management and local climate adaptation. This webinar uses Voice-over IP (VOIP) or a US toll telephone call.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/803074466

Just for Fun:

***CDC Director Thomas Frieden Plays ‘Not My Job’***

Dr. Thomas Frieden was recently a guest on the National Public Radio Show “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”  His task was to answer three questions on viruses of a different kind than he normally encounters in his job – viral marketing.  Take a break and tune in!

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/22/161566065/cdc-director-thomas-frieden-plays-not-my-job

Submitted by Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS (Contractor)

Librarian

Aquilent, Inc., supporting the mission of the National Library of Medicine

Specialized Information Services Division

Disaster Information Management Research Center

6707 Democracy Blvd.  Suite 510

Bethesda, MD 20892-5467

301-496-2742, phone

301-480-3537, fax

siobhan.champ-blackwell@nih.gov

https://twitter.com/NLM_DIMRC

**National Library of Medicine Funds Seven New Disaster Health Information Outreach and Collaboration Projects**

For the second year, NLM is funding seven projects for partnerships between libraries and organizations that have disaster-related responsibilities. The partnerships will work together to improve use of disaster medicine and public health information by librarians, health professionals, first responders, emergency planners and others responsible for disaster preparedness, response and recovery. Projects will increase the use of high-quality online resources on disaster topics including those from the National Library of Medicine.

The 2012 projects are:

• Arkansas Department of Health (Little Rock, AR)) in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library

• University of Miami, Louis Calder Memorial Library (Miami, FL) with the University of Miami, The William Lehman Research Center for the Department of Surgery

• Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Lumberton, NC) with the Robeson County Department of Public Health, Robeson County Emergency Management, and Lumberton Emergency Management

• Western Maryland Area Health Education Center Learning Resource Center (Cumberland, MD) with the Allegany College of Maryland Health Continuing Education Department, Allegany County Health Department, Emergency Preparedness Caucus, Frostburg State University Pre-Medical Society, Garrett County Health Department, Meritus Health Medical Library and Education Department, Social Work Caucus- Allegany/Garrett Counties, Social Work Caucus – Washington County, Washington County Health Department, and the Western Maryland Health System Parish Nurse and Health Minister Program

• MESH – Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) with the Central Indiana Health Sciences Libraries Consortium

• Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (San Diego, CA) with the Public Health Services, Health and Human Services, County of San Diego

• Georgia Health Sciences University, Robert B. Greenblatt, MD Library (Augusta, GA) with the Georgia East Central Health District

For further information, please refer to http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/2012disasteroutreachawards.html.  For summaries of projects funded in 2011 visit http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/2011disasteroutreachawards.html.

The National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)  is the world’s largest biomedical library and provides extensive online health information resources. Visit the NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center site (http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov)  to learn more about disaster-related health information from WISER (hazardous materials information for emergency responders), REMM-Radiation Emergency Medical Management, CHEMM-Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management, and other resources.

Elizabeth Norton, MLS, MPH, MBA

Librarian

Disaster Information Management Research Center

Specialized Information Services Division

National Library of Medicine

National Institutes of Health

6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 510

Bethesda, MD 20892-5467

301-443-9420

nortone@nlm.nih.gov

The October Disaster Information Specialist Adobe Connect session will be held Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 1:30 PM ET.  See connection information below.

We have a special program on Disaster Behavioral Health planned for this month.  Darrin Donato, from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Division for At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health, and Community Resilience, will join Cathryn Chiesa, MLS, Resource Librarian, UCLA-Duke University Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Leading the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and Christian Burgess, LMSW, Director, Disaster Distress Helpline, to discuss concepts and components of disaster behavioral health.  They will also share what key resources information professionals need to know about.

Please join us!

To join the meeting at 1:30 pm ET, Thursday, October 11 click on:

https://webmeeting.nih.gov/disinfo

Enter your name in the guest box and click  “Enter Room.”  A box should pop up asking for your phone number.  Enter your phone number and the system will call you.

For those who cannot use the call-back feature, the dial-in information is below.

Dial-In:  1-888-757-2790

Pass-Code: 745907

—————-

If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:

Test your connection:  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

Get a quick overview:  http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview

—————-

Or, if you are in the area you can attend the meeting in person at our offices at 6707 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda, MD, Suite 440.  Park in the visitor’s parking lot (we will validate your parking), walk to the middle building (Democracy Two) and take the elevator to the 4th floor.  Suite 440 is around the corner behind the elevators.

Submitted by Elizabeth Norton, MLS, MPH, MBA

Librarian

Disaster Information Management Research Center

Specialized Information Services Division

National Library of Medicine

National Institutes of Health

6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 510

Bethesda, MD 20892-5467

Issue 2 of the Journal of eScience Librarianship is now available at http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/vol1/iss2/

Table of Contents

Editorial

JESLIB: Evolution of eScience Librarianship in the New England Region and Beyond
Elaine R. Martin

Full Length Papers

Prepared to Plan? A Snapshot of Researcher Readiness to Address Data Management Planning Requirements

Gail Steinhart, Eric Chen, Florio Arguillas, Dianne Dietrich, and Stefan Kramer

Training Researchers on Data Management: A Scalable, Cross-Disciplinary Approach
Lisa Johnston, Meghan Lafferty, and Beth Petsan

EScience in Action

A Sample of Research Data Curation and Management Courses
Andrew T. Creamer, Myrna E. Morales, Donna Kafel, Javier Crespo, and Elaine R. Martin

Discussing “eScience and the Evolution of Library Services”

Claire Hamasu, Barb Jones, and Betsy Kelly

Understanding eScience: Reflections on a Houston Symposium

Joanne V. Romano, Allen Lopez, and Maianh Phi

A Collaborative Framework for Data Management Services: The Experience of the University of California

Joan Starr, Perry Willett, Lisa Federer, Claudia Horning, and Mary Linn Bergstrom

Submit an article to JeSLIB! See Guidelines for Authors

Sincerely,
Elaine R. Martin, Editor

FYI—if you have not seen this report.  It is really neat how the data from the public libraries was captured and PowerPoints provided for public libraries to adapt/use.

http://www.oclc.org/uk/en/reports/stackup/default.htm

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Job opportunities at NLM, NIH
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/jobs/jobs.html

2013 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Now Available

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so12/so12_2013_mesh_avail.html

A New System of Registry Number Identifiers for Chemicals in the MeSH Database

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja12/ja12_fda_unii.html

Future Plans of the 2011-2012 NLM Associate Fellows

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/associates_2011_2012_plans.html

MEDLINE/PubMed Year-End Processing Activities

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so12/so12_yep.html

New App is Authoritative Guide to NLM Mobile Resources

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/mobile_gallery.html

New Style and New Content for ClinicalTrials.gov

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja12/ja12_clinicaltrials.html

NISO Publishes Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) Standard

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/jats-niso.html

NLM Announces “Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions,” on Display through April 12, 2013

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/hmd_pick_your_poison.html

NLM Launches GeneEd, Genetics Education Resource for Grades 9-12

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/geneed.html

NLM Library Operations Division Announces Two Appointments

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/appointments_lo.html

Retrieving History of Medicine Citations in MEDLINE/PubMed

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja12/ja12_pm_history.html

What’s New in PMC: Another Facelift

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja12/ja12_pmc_redesign.html

ALSO NEW FROM SIS

WISER for iOS 3.0, a universal app for Apple iOS devices, is now available. This new release adds native support for the iPad.  Search WISER’s full set of known substances, employ WISER’s popular Help Identify Chemical capability, and leverage WISER’s protective distance mapping feature with an interface customized for your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. WISER for iOS 3.0 can be downloaded and installed directly from the Apple App Store:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wiser-for-ios/id375185381?mt=8.

More at: http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/whats_new_iOS_3_0.html.

Almost 90% of adults struggle with complex health information. This is because most health information is presented in ways that make it hard to understand and use. People of color, older adults, and people with poor health status struggle the most with finding and understanding health information. It doesn’t have to be this way! Health information should be understandable, accessible, and convenient.

CommunicateHealth, a woman-owned small business, (and the same company that posted the Health Literacy Infographic a few months ago) is hosting a first of its kind Health Literacy Hackathon on October 13 and 14 at UMass Amherst. We are partnered with the UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Mad*Pow (a research-inspired design agency focused on improving the experiences people have with technology, companies, and each other). The CommunicateHealth Health Literacy Hackathon will challenge participants to create a technology-driven tool to improve how people understand and use health information. It could be an app, a website, an interactive online tool, a media campaign, or something else! Inspiration and examples will be provided.

Participants will have 1 day to design their tool. Tools don’t need to be fully developed or complete, but presentations should include a plan for how the project could be implemented and launched.
Tools will be judged based on creativity, usability, feasibility, and best use of technology. The first place winner will be awarded $2,000. There will be cash prizes for runners-up.

If you are a:

• Graphic or web designer
• Developer or programmer
• Public health advocate
• Researcher
• Writer
• Person who’s passionate about health 2.0 or new technologies
• Then this event is for you!

Participants will compete in teams of 3 to 5 people. You can register as part of a group or as an individual. We’ll match individuals up with a group at the event.

Don’t forget to tweet – use #hack4health (and follow us @CommunicateHlth) to talk about the hackathon, or even find teammates! What are you waiting for? Learn more and register today!

http://hackathon.communicatehealth.com/

For the last installment in our National Preparedness Month resources series, we’ve provided resources below on taking care of pets and animals during disasters.  We understand that pets are an important part of the family, and once again, we encourage you to take some time to explore these resources and to share them with your patrons.

Animals in Disasters

This page from DIMRC offers links to various resources on animals and pets in disasters.

Disaster Preparedness (ASPCA) (in Spanish)

Emergencies come in many forms.  Each type of disaster requires different measures to keep your pets safe.  The best thing you can do for yourself and your pets is to be prepared.

Pets and Disasters (American Veterinary Medical Association)

Pets are part of the family, and we need to be prepared to take care of them during a disaster.

Protect Your Pets in an Emergency (CDC)

Make plans to ensure your pet’s safety before, during, and after an emergency.  This page provides organizations and resources that you can contact or access to help you plan how to protect your pets.

As always, you can find more information on disaster medicine and public health preparedness on DIMRC’s website: http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/.

Caroline Spellman (Contractor)

Associate Consultant

Aquilent, Inc., supporting the mission of the National Library of Medicine

Specialized Information Services Division

Disaster Information Management Research Center

6707 Democracy Blvd., Ste. 510

Bethesda, MD 20892-5467

October is National Medical Librarians Month–Share Your Story and Win a Trip to MLA 2013 in Boston!

MAR would like to celebrate medical librarians in our region.  National Medical Librarians Month gives information professionals an opportunity to market their services and highlight their contributions to research, education and improved patient outcomes.  Are you doing something to celebrate Medical Librarians Month?  If so, share your story by sending to nnlmmar@pitt.edu.  If applicable, also share a photo depicting your activities/events.

MAR will be collecting your stories and highlighting them in our blog and weekly postings throughout October.  All those that submit a story before Oct. 31^st will be entered into a random drawing to receive an award to cover registration and airfare to MLA 2013.  Please, only one entry per library.

Be sure to check out MLA’s promotional items and resources to market library services and value at:
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/nml-month/