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The Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) will be held May 13-18, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN. Attendees are invited to visit the NLM exhibit booth #510 (May 14-17) to meet NLM staff and see NLM Web products and services. The NLM Theater at the booth will feature demonstrations and tutorials on a wide variety of topics.
For more details, see Zipser J. 2011 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM Invitation. NLM Tech Bull. 2011 Mar-Apr;(379):e10.
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The Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) will be held May 13-18, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN at the Hilton Washington. Attendees are invited to visit the NLM exhibit booth #510 (May 14-17) to meet NLM staff and see NLM Web products and services. The NLM Theater at the booth will feature demonstrations and tutorials on a wide variety of topics. (Source: NLM Technical Bulletin)

The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, has a deep interest in the publishing models used by scientific journals, from the viewpoints of practical and efficient use of titles that are indexed for MEDLINE, and the clear and accurate preservation of the scientific literature for use by future generations. This notice presents an opportunity for others with a similar interest to participate in the development of a Recommended Practice that will provide guidance on the presentation and identification of electronic journals, an undertaking of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). (Source: NLM General Announcements)

2011 marks the 175th anniversary of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health. The worlds largest medical library and the producer of electronic information resources used by millions of people every day, NLM has changed the way scientific and medical information is organized, stored, accessed, and disseminated. (Source: NLM Technical Bulletin)

Newest posting (March 16, 2011): Clinical Medical Librarian, University of MissouriKansas City. The MLANET job page is updated weekly on Wednesdays. Jobs appear chronologically, with the most recent postings at the top of the page, and then alphabetically by state. (Source: Medical Library Association News)

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The Mobile School Health Information Initiatve (MoSHI) was funded by the MidContinental Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine from February 1, 2010 – February 28, 2011. Led by staff at the Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, MoSHI was a train-the-trainer program to connect K-12 librarians in the St. Louis metropolitan area with credible health information. For more details on the project, and tips on how to be successful if you want to carry out a similar project in your library, read the entry in the Library Success Wiki http://bit.ly/g4PZ2w
Looking for ideas on other outreach and library projects? Go to the Library Success Wiki’s Section “Services for Health Information Consumers” http://bit.ly/g…

The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a new volunteer internship program in its History of Medicine Division. (Source: NLM General Announcements)

2011 marks the 175th anniversary of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health. The world’s largest medical library and the producer of electronic information resources used by millions of people every day, NLM has changed the way scientific and medical information is organized, stored, accessed, and disseminated. From its founding in 1836 as the library of the U.S. Army Surgeon General to its present position at NIH, NLM’s hallmark has been information innovation, leading to exciting scientific discoveries that ultimately improve the public health. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)

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Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise… So does going to the public library. http://olos.ala.org/columns/?p=244
It’s great to see that ALA’s Office for Literacy and Outreach Services has taken up the banner of promoting health information for older adults at the public library. This recent article in OLOS Commons, written by Fatima Perkins of Cuyahoga County Public Library, in Parma, OH, discusses the multitude of resources available for seniors to find health information at the public library, including programs, books, databases, DVDs, and games.
She suggests partnering with different organizations to bring a variety of interesting programming to the library, for example partnering with extension programs (http://www.csrees.usda.gov…