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Join us at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library in Seattle, WA as the National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) presents PubMed training on Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:30am to 5pm (7.5 Medical Library Association continuing education credits) and TOXNET and Beyond on Friday, September 16, 2011 9:00am to 4:00pm (6 Medical Library Association continuing education credits).
To register for one or both of these classes, please go to this link: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html

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The St. Johns Riverside Hospital/Cochran School of Nursing Medical Library serves close to 200 associate degree nursing students and nursing faculty, as well as over 1,000 physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals that make up the Riverside Health Care System. Our library, in recent years, had gone through great effort to develop a strong collection [...] (Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog)

The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formally launched MedlinePlus Connect, a free service that allows health organizations and health information technology (HIT) providers to link patient portals and electronic health record (EHR) systems to MedlinePlus.gov. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)

Submitted by Jamie Graham, Librarian, Seattle Children’s
On March 29-30 of this year, I had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Disaster Information Outreach Symposium in Bethesda, Maryland. Speakers and participants from all levels of government, non-profit, libraries and business gathered to discuss expectations, strategies, and services librarians and libraries could offer in times of emergency. Questions of how to engage key players, deliver the right kind of services, and identify real needs vs. perceived needs ruled the day.
What I found particularly interesting was the emphasis that all responders placed on communication management; an area that librarians are primed to assist with. Communication breakdown (or slow turnaround on information dissemination) is one of the to…

This Spotlight! session, Toxicology Resources, will be presented by Dana Abbey.
Are you exploring ways your library can become an active participant in emergency preparedness planning, response and recovery? In this interactive session, learn about National Library of Medicine toxicology resources you can bring to the community of planners, responders, health care professionals, and stakeholders. Discover free, authoritative tools for crisis response, rapid decision making, and consequence management.
Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appr…

The NN/LM Professional Development Libraryis a small collection of materials for professional development opportunities for NN/LM PNR Network members. Read on to see recent additions to our collection.To borrow, please send email to nnlm@u.washington.edu.

Shifting Skills to Navigate the Changing Horizon: Finding Our Way in New Biomedical Research and Health Care Environments. Medical Library Association, April 20, 2011.This webcast introduces information professionals to emerging trends in biomedical research and health care environments that present new opportunities for partnership, collaboration, and support.

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This Spotlight! session, Toxicology Resources, will be presented by Dana Abbey. Are you exploring ways your library can become an active participant in emergency preparedness planning, response and recovery? In this interactive session, learn about National Library of Medicine toxicology resources you can bring to the community of planners, responders, health care professionals, and stakeholders. Discover free, authoritative tools for crisis response, rapid decision making, and consequence management.
Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is apprecia…

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Two topics:
1) What we learned from the Medical Library Association annual conference – RML staff
2) On April 29, 2011 the University of Utah was awarded the contract to become the NN/LM National Library of Medicine , National Training Center. Join us as Sharon Dennis, formerly Technology Coordinator for the MCR, now Assistant Director the NTC, presents. She will discuss plans for in-person classes, distance education, and e-learning objects related to NLM products. She will also ask participants for feedback and suggestions as we plan the next five years.
URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in….

The annual DOCLINE Update was conducted by Maria Collins at the 2011 Medical Library Association Meeting. The most immediate announcement affecting libraries concerned the national maximum cost. Starting May 1, 2011, Resource Libraries are no longer limited by the national maximum of $11. They may now charge based on their cost recovery needs. The removal of the nation maximum was implemented due to the large number of requests received by NLM from Resource Libraries to increase the maximum.
For more information on the DOCLINE Update, read the MLA blog posting by Katie Zybeck. Slides from the DOCLINE update will be posted on the NLM website in the near future. (Source: Network News)