Next Breezing Along with the RML session, Wed. March 17, 10:00 Mountain Time, 11:00 Central Time. Two great presentations: 1) “Promoting Change” by Heather Brown and Ann Kaste from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Excited by mobile technologies and social media, two librarians presented their ideas to library leadership in a unique way. In this [...]

New Issue of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine http://bit.ly/8XsuUf Winter 2010 Issue: Volume 5  Number 1 Healthy blood pressure, TMJ, shingles, diverticulitis & more all in the new issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine. If your library is not getting a copy, you can subscribe to the print edition at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/subscribe.html MedlinePlus adds audio pronunciations to dictionary http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html Have you ever read a [...]

Do you want to go to an emergency preparedness conference, meet with responders, learn more about their concerns, and promote how libraries can support them with needed health information? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region would like to send you. We want to subsidize staff from two Network institutions to attend such a [...]

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) posted its Request for Proposal for the 2011-2016 NN/LM Contract.  If you’re interested in what NLM expects from its Regional Medical Libraries: Go to the Federal Business Opportunities web site <https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=46b8705da5a6ca048c7384f1b4883ba2&tab=core&_cview=1>, Click on Attachment 1 Statement of Work. This document lists the tasks that each RML must explain how [...]

Did you know that 61% of American adults go online to find health information? Or that 24% of these “e-patients” have sought out online rankings or reviews of healthcare providers? These and other interesting findings are reported in The Social Life of Health Information (http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-of-Health-Information.aspx). This report, released by the Pew Internet & American Life [...]

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) includes the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or the “HITECH Act,” which established programs under Medicare and Medicaid to provide incentive payments for the “meaningful use” of certified electronic health records (EHR) technology. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have updated [...]

HIV/AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects 2010 http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv/2010aidsrfq.html The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the solicitation of quotations from organizations and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to HIV/AIDS related health information for patients, the affected community, and their caregivers. [scb]

Watch the next College of DuPage online session on March 12, 2010:   Information Literacy Education: A National Overview. March 12, 2010. Free in Nebraska, see Nebraska Library Commission at: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/training/train.asp Free in Wyoming, and Utah, see: Biographical Center for Research. See: http://www.bcr.org/training/partners/teleconferences/index.html College of DuPage http://www.dupagepress.com/library-learning-network/ And add this to your calendar, too:  Technology [...]

Next Breezing Along with the RML session, Wed. March 17, 10:00 Mountain Time, 11:00 Central Time.  Two great presentations: 1) “Promoting Change” by Heather Brown and Ann Kaste from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Excited by mobile technologies and social media, two librarians presented their ideas to library leadership in a unique way. In this discussion, [...]

HIV and AIDS Resources will be the subject of the next Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, presented by Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, on Wed. March 24.  Tune in at 8:30Mountain Time/9:30 Central Time.   **Note the new starting time! Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical [...]

Tried an e-book lately?   How about “Subject Librarians:  Engaging with the Learning and Teaching Environment?”  Perfect for academic libarians! Check out the NetLibrary collection of the NN/LM MidContinental Region. The collection consists of more than 90 business and technical books oriented toward use for librarians. If you access the collection through the NN/LM MCR webpage, it’s [...]

Physicians Continue To Hold More Sway Than Internet, Survey Finds http://tinyurl.com/y9qvszc Thursday, March 04, 2010 Despite the growing popularity of the Internet, U.S. residents are putting more trust in the health expertise of their physicians, according to a survey published in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports All Together [...]

Saturday, May 22, 2010, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. With the sharp rise in web-informed consumers and today’s fast paced communication technology and inclusive health care systems, information is readily available. Many health care systems now offer portable electronic records and electronic prescription services. The technologically savvy generation makes use of tools such as YouTube, blogs, [...]

The National Library of Medicine has launched a Facebook fan page.  The goal of the new page is to share news, information, fun facts and important links with interested readers. To become a fan, log in to your Facebook account and type “National Library of Medicine” in the search box.  For more information, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/facebook_nlm.html. [SD]

National Library of Medicine (NLM) Resources for recovery and response to the earthquake in Chile are up http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/earthquakes.html You can still access the Haiti resources at http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/haitiearthquake.html [scb]

Do you want to go to an emergency preparedness conference, meet with responders, learn more about their concerns, and promote how libraries can support them with needed health information? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region would like to send you. We want to subsidize staff from two Network institutions to attend such a [...]

The RML is planning for its next NN/LM contract. The Power and Potential of Personal Health Records from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (http://www.rwjf.org/pioneer/product.jsp?id=49988) is one of the documents that we are using to generate ideas and we thought you may also be interested. This Web feature focuses on personal health records (PHRs), addressing the development and [...]

Learn something new on St. Patrick’s Day!  Two great presentations: 1) “Presenting Change” by Heather Brown and Ann Kaste from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Excited by mobile technologies and social media, two librarians presented their ideas to library leadership in a unique way. In this discussion, find out how they did it and what lessons [...]

An online tool to help educators teach the next generation of nurses and physician assistants about genetics and genomics was launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The tool is part of NHGRI’s effort to address the growing need among health care professionals for knowledge [...]

Have you thought about using Twitter to engage the audience during a presentation? If so, you may wish to download a free, online book on how to use Twitter in presentations. The book discusses benefits in using Twitter in your presentations. Sections include how to “survive the experience” and how to respond [...]

The NIH Radio http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/index.htm is a 24-hour audio news service designed to provide broadcast radio stations and networks, podcasters and the public with the latest information about NIH research findings, highlights of press conferences, and health campaigns NIH Audio Reports http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/radio.htm are short-form, news stories posted roughly twice a week. Each report is based on a [...]

The U.S. National Library of Medicine, in reply to several recent national emergencies launched an emergency planning initiative resulting in the Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for health sciences libraries. The National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region, in support of this plan, is sponsoring up to two awards to subsidize travel to an [...]

The winners of the 2010 NN/LM MidContinental Region Continuity of Health Information Awards are: Washington University School of Medicine, Becker Medical Library: Mobile School Health Information Initiative (MoSHI), Principal Investigators- Will Olmstadt, Bob Engeszer and Judy Hansen. Integrating the Medical Library Into Hospital Emergency Planning, Principal Investigator- Betsy Kelly. Denver Public Library, A Bridge to Health Literacy [...]

Navigating Collaboration: A Crash Course in Connecting with the Community: Lessons Learned March 22, 1:00 MT/2:00CT Over the past year, a series of webinars has been offered on how to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with people and organizations outside the library http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/collaboration.html . Each of the webinars included information and resources on that topic area. [...]

Steve Simon, Ph.D. will teach and lead the discussion in a series of five one-hour webinars, titled Statistical Literacy for Medical Librarians: Swimming in a Whirlpool of Conflicting Medical Claims. The webinars will start on Wednesday, April 7th and be held every other Wednesday until June 2nd. The course content will be available via links to [...]

Colleagues-Since 2001, the National Library of Medicine has supported Go Local web sites across the United States. The goal of Go Local was to connect users to health services in their local communities. This seemed like a natural extension to MedlinePlus, which provides health information. In 2001, Go Local was a unique service. Over the past [...]

Resources from the National Library of Medicine on Nantechnology From ToxTown http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ the website to learn about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public’s health, see the information page on nanoparticles and nanotechnology: http://bit.ly/9iUOst From NLM’s Specialized Information Services Envrionmental Health and Toxicology section see these resources http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/nanotechnology.html Oprah Winfrey’s Magazine Recommends MedlinePlus Googling Your Way [...]

Two new online services have made the news lately: Google Buzz and Foursquare. Google Buzz is a good example of why it’s not always a good idea to immediately go out and try a new service. Give it a week and let the “dust settle.” At first, Google Buzz seemed like a great idea: [...]

Suffering from the Winter Doldrums? Tune into the February Breezing Along with the RML featuring John Bramble and Siobhan Champ-Blackwell. They will be talking about ways to spread cheer among your colleagues and promote your library! Siobhan will talk about the Library Success Wiki, and effective practices. How do you decide which of your many [...]

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region, is offering up to two travel subsidies ($1,200 per institution) to two Network member institutions for travel to an emergency planning conference by the end of April 2010. You must register, attend and participate in the conference. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding. Requirements: Must have submitted a continuity of operations plan to [...]