The NN/LM SCR will be offering Health Statistics on the Web: It’s as Easy as …1, 2, 3! at the HAM-TMC Library, Houston, TX, on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. This 3-hour hands-on course focuses on the location, selection, and effective use of statistics relevant to health on the local, state, national, and [...]

The NN/LM SCR Educational Needs Assessment is closing on Friday, March 12, 2010. Please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/scredneeds to respond.

Social networking opportunities are attracting new users to sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Now you can stay connected with the National Library of Medicine through both Facebook and Twitter. Become a Fan of the National Library of Medicine on Facebook and follow informative tweets on Twitter by using the links below. National Library of [...]

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. Projects must involve one or more of the following information access categories: Information retrieval; Skills development; State-of-the-art resources; Resource development; [...]

Mobile Site iPhone Emulators Passing your iPhone around a group isn’t necessarily the only way to let your audience get a feel for a mobile site. Why not show off a mobile site by using an emulator? Emulators are designed to imitate the view you would see if you were to view a mobile site on [...]

The NN/LM SCR will be offering Healthy Aging at Your Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information at the Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow Campus near Tulsa, OK on May 6, 2010. Class Description Are you interested in expanding your services to older adults?  This “train the trainer” class is designed to help librarians assist their older [...]

The NN/LM SCR will be offering Grants and Proposal Writing at the Tulsa City-County Library, Tulsa, OK on May 7, 2010. Class Description Designed for beginning grant proposal writers, this class presents a general overview of the grant and funding processes as well as the level of detail required in a successful proposal. Each component of the [...]

The NN/LM SCR will be offering ABCs of DNA: Unraveling the Mystery of Genetics Information for Consumers hosted by the University of Texas Southwestern Library in Dallas, TX, March 30, 2010. Details: March 30, 2010 8:30 am to 12:30 pm Instructor: Karen Vargas Library Classroom, E2.310A. Directions to the UT Southwestern Library: http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/about/directions.cfm Class Description Do you ever wonder what the odds are [...]

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) brings you a new issue of the newsletter “Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Focus on Research and Care,” at http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010_february. Among the stories featured: How do you study a CAM therapy – acupuncture – that is based on ancient concepts that seem impossible to measure? A special insert for [...]

Below is an updated list of online health/medical information resources which are available to earthquake responders in Haiti. All are currently available at no cost, although usually available only by paid subscription. Emergency Access Initiative. This online collection provides access to 200+ popular medical journals and also includes over 60 e-books.  Emergency Access Initiative is a [...]