MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Dragonfly' source. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:35:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3371483&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2Fleiter_lecture%2F Knowledge Services and the Role of Medical Libraries in Healthcare IT John D. Halamka, MD, MS, will give the 2010 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture on Wednesday, May 26, at 2:00 pm at the Lister Hill Center Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine. Dr. Halamka is the Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School. In addition, Dr. Halamka participates on several state and national committees. He serves as Chairman of the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), and is the current the Chair of the U.S. Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) and co-Chair of the HIT Standards Committee. He also authors a blog: Life as a Healthcare CIO. The lecture will be recorded and broadcast live on the... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3371483 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:52:27 +0100 3371483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3371484&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2Fhubmed_quertle%2F The freely available PubMed API (application programming interface) makes it possible for programmers from outside of the National Library of Medicine to develop alternatives to PubMed.gov for searching NLM’s vast database of biomedical journal literature citations. In this guest post, super searcher Kristine Ogden describes two third-party PubMed tools, HubMed and Quertle, and explains how they can be useful for specialized searching. by Kristine Ogden ICON Clinical Research I’m a researcher and PubMed is my first stop when I need to find relevant biomedical literature. It offers broad, international coverage and its MEDLINE subset is a well-regarded source for indexed citations. But recently, I’ve been keeping my eye on two third-party websites that offer the ability to search ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3371484 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:56:25 +0100 3371484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3347832&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2Ftwitter_fb%2F Here at NN/LM PNR, we’re experimenting with social media as one of several ways we communicate with Network members and work to spread the word about health information resources, programs, and services. We invite you to follow us on Twitter, be our fan on Facebook, and let us know what kinds of information you would like to see in those places. If you are new to social media or just new to thinking about it in a professional context, take a look at our self-paced online Social Networking tutorial. This tutorial was originally part of the Geeks Bearing Gifts course offered to health information professionals and public health professionals in Fall 2009. To access the tutorial, go to: http://nnlm.gov/moodle/course/view.php?id=85 and click log in as guest. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3347832 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:09:25 +0100 3347832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3343852&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2Fmlawebcast-2%2F Join your colleagues on Wednesday, March 24th from 11am-1pm (Pacific time) for the Medical Library Association (MLA) webcast Now’s the Time: Understanding the Electronic Health Record Maze and Health Sciences Librarians’ Roles.  The goal of this program is to clarify the terminology surrounding the emerging electronic health information environment and to illustrate how and why health sciences librarians can and should become engaged with the efforts to achieve the national 2014 goal of instituting an electronic health record for each person in the United States. Presenters include Margaret Bandy, AHIP; Janice Willis, Sara Pimental, AHIP; David Sweet, Elaine Alligood, Kelly Near and Annette Williams. The Pacific Northwest Region (PNR) will host the webcast at the University of... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3343852 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:06:58 +0100 3343852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3323948&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F03%2F02%2Frendezvous-scanner-tips-and-tricks%2F Are you interesting in improving your document delivery service through better performance by your scanner?  Don’t miss this informative session. Join our free RML Rendezvous webcast on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm Mountain, noon Alaska) at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous: Not Through a Glass, Darkly: Tips and Tricks for Optimal Scanner Settings  by Mary Van Court, Library Supervisor at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library. As part of our Federal agency services regarding electronic and information technology resources being accessible to people with disabilities, closed captioning is now available on this and all future RML Rendezvouswebcasts. If you are hearing impaired and in need of closed captioning, please contact Patricia Devin... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3323948 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:53:52 +0100 3323948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3303904&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Flinda-milgrom%2F As many know, Linda Milgrom, the RML’s Outreach Coordinator will be retiring on March 1, 2010. To celebrate her long-lived and wonderful career, we gave her a party. Guests included former RML and HSLers, as well as her family (even from faraway Washington DC!).  It was a festive occasion, complete with a kazoo serenade to send her off in Italian style (think: That’s Amore!).  Check out photos from the party on flickr. Reflecting on my years with Linda, as I think about her role in the RML, I think of: A Very Friendly, Open, and Generous *People* Person.  Linda instantly finds ways to connect with whomever she meets… when she’s exhibiting, attending conferences, answering questions over the  phone, making connections at the UW, and throughout the region.  Through these conn... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3303904 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:29:34 +0100 3303904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3323949&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Fscspn%2F What’s the best way to spend a warm, sunny, February Saturday in western Washington? If you answered “by sitting indoors and watching presentations about data” you may be… correct! This past Saturday, about sixty scientists and librarians gathered on the Microsoft campus for Science Commons Symposium – Pacific Northwest. We had the privilege of hearing from some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders in the areas of open data, open access, and what web technology means for the future of scientific communication. Here are a few eyebrow-raising ideas from the symposium. Practicing science is a privilege, not a right. Cameron Neylon, a biophysicist at ISIS in the United Kingdom, kicked off the day by describing a day in the life of a research scient... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3323949 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:23:05 +0100 3323949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3308261&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Fscspn%2F What’s the best way to spend a warm, sunny, February Saturday in western Washington? If you answered “by sitting indoors and watching presentations about data” you may be… correct! This past Saturday, about sixty scientists and librarians gathered on the Microsoft campus for Science Commons Symposium – Pacific Northwest. We had the privilege of hearing from some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders in the areas of open data, open access, and what web technology means for the future of scientific communication. Here are a few eyebrow-raising ideas from the symposium. Practicing science is a privilege, not a right. Cameron Neylon, a biophysicist at ISIS in the United Kingdom, kicked off the day by describing a day in the life of a research scient... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3308261 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:23:05 +0100 3308261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3285234&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F18%2Fgolocalupdate%2F The following is a message from the National Library of Medicine regarding MedlinePlus Go Local.  This news was announced on a Go Local conference call earlier today. There is a link to the Power Point slides that were presented on the call at the end of this message. The slides illustrate the evaluation efforts of NLM to reach their decision. “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 nine years, the Internet has evolved. Search engines that people use daily, such as Google, Ya... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3285234 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:04:06 +0100 3285234 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267964&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F12%2Fknowledgesharingapplications%2F Knowledge Management Cafe by eogez The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR), is pleased to announce a call for applications for a workshop on Knowledge Sharing in Hospitals: The Librarian’s Role at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, Oregon on July 29-30, 2010 led by Lorri Zipperer and eligible for 9.5 units of MLA CE credit. Please visit the course website at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/KMPNRworkshop.html for detailed information and application instructions. Applications for the workshop are due by Monday, April 19th, 2010. Do you have questions about the upcoming workshop? Contact Lorri Zipperer at lorri@zpm1.com. We look forward to receiving your applications soon! (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267964 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:24:30 +0100 3267964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3264073&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F11%2Fnwrhc-exhibit%2F Interested in health information outreach to rural health advocates? The NW Regional Rural Health Conference, “Weathering the Perfect Storm: Challenges & Changes“, will be held in Spokane, WA, March 24-25, 2010. If you are interested in exhibiting at the conference, you may apply for a $500 exhibit award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific NW Region. The NN/LM PNR will pay for the $240 booth directly and make available an additional $260 to to be used for travel, etc. Let us know by contacting Patricia Devine, 206-543-8275 or devine@u.washington.edu if you’re interested. Exhibit spaces are filling up fast! (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3264073 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:34:46 +0100 3264073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3260436&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F10%2Fethnomed%2F UW HSLIC Acting Director Neil Rambo introducing the EthnoMed team. Photo by Josh Malamy. Congratulations to the EthnoMed team at Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Health Sciences Library on the unveiling of its redesigned website. EthnoMed: http://ethnomed.org/ EthnoMed debuted in 1994 as a collaboratively developed online resource for cultural health information. The redesigned site has enhanced content, display, and navigation features. Behind the scenes is a Plone-based content management system which will allow for faster updates and editing. The site also features a new, prize-winning logo. EthnoMed “contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3260436 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:39:06 +0100 3260436 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3256111&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2Faccessibility%2F The hands of a deaf and blind woman who is learning to use a computer. (image by cobalt123) For people with disabilities, surfing the web can be a very frustrating experience. Many websites are developed without the special needs of people with visual impairments, hearing loss, and/or mobility challenges in mind. Here are a few simple steps you can take today that will improve the accessibility of your organization’s webpages. Use an accessibility checker A good first step to making your webpages more accessible is to run them through one or more online accessibility checkers. Enter a URL and you will get back a report suggesting areas for improvement. Here are three freely available accessibility checkers: Functional Accessibility Evaluator – from the University of Illinoi... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3256111 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:39:04 +0100 3256111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3232903&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F02%2F02%2Frendezvouswaterpump%2F Pump Handle by cindy47452 What is public health? What isn’t public health? Who are public health workers, and what do they do? Join us for a free RML Rendezvous webcast on Wednesday, February 10th 2010 at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm Mountain, noon Alaska) at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous. Gather Around the Water Pump: Public Health Resources and Outreach Ideas will be presented by our Technology Outreach Coordinator Alison Aldrich, who also has a Master of Public Health degree, and give you a better understanding about the vital role of public health in our communities. We will discuss ideas for library-public health partnerships and review relevant information resources. As part of our Federal agency services regarding electronic and information technology resources being accessi... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3232903 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:47:11 +0100 3232903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3218131&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fhealthlit_expressoutreach%2F Greetings Pacific Northwest Region! Know any physician assistants or librarians with whom you want to partner?  How about a group with which you’ve always wanted to do outreach activities surrounding health information?  The NN/LM PNR is pleased to announce two new funding opportunities. First, there is the “Health Information Literacy Partnership Award: Physician Assistants & Librarians.”  The goals of this award are: * To promote health information literacy and surrounding issues; * To improve the use of quality health information resources for patient education by physician assistants; * To promote strategies for improving patient health information literacy by physician assistants; * To foster local health information expertise among physician assistants; * To ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3218131 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:35:03 +0100 3218131 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3218132&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fknowledgesharing%2F Knowledge Management Cafe by eogez The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR), is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a workshop for 14 teams on Knowledge Sharing in Hospitals at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Portland, Oregon on July 29-30, 2010 led by Lorri Zipperer.  NN/LM PNR will announce a call for team applications later next month. This 1.5 day workshop will explore how corporate knowledge management concepts could be implemented in a hospital/health system. Participants must include a team consisting of a hospital librarian who is a Network member (what does it mean to be a Network member?) and a professional from another department in the same institution. These multidisciplinary teams will then work together to craft a fou... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3218132 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:00:46 +0100 3218132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3213869&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F27%2Fhealth_lit_institute%2F Looking to expand your knowledge of health literacy?  Need practical tools for improving health literacy in your hospital, community or university?  Join leaders in the field of health literacy at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, California (near Orange County airport) May 6-7, 2010, for the 9th Annual Health Literacy Conference sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA). Focusing on “Health Literacy in the Real World: Programs and Solutions that Work,” the conference features the latest in health literacy practical tips and tools for improving health literacy, poster presentations, and opportunities for small group discussion and networking with a variety of health professionals. In addition, this year’s program highlights librarians’ roles in health literacy.  A p... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3213869 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:18:39 +0100 3213869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3209669&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Fgbg_open%2F Last fall, NN/LM PNR offered the online course Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends. This course provided participants with an introduction to social media and the opportunity for some hands-on practice. The Pacific Northwest Region’s “Geeks Bearing Gifts” course pages are now open for your self-paced learning and amusement. Each unit in the course consists of readings and videos to review for background information, step-by-step exercises to get you started using new Web tools, links to examples of how these tools are being implemented in libraries and/or public health settings, and a discussion forum where you can post questions, comments, and reflections. The links below point to a login page for the NN/LM Moodle site (Moodle is our course management ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3209669 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:32:52 +0100 3209669 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205931&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2Femergency-access%2F The National Library of Medicine (NLM), in partnership with members of the Professional & Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers announce the availability of free full-text articles from over 200 biomedical journals and over 30 select reference books for libraries and hospitals affected by the earthquake in Haiti.  The collection is also intended for healthcare personnel responding to the disaster. The Emergency Access Initiative collection is a combination of common biomedical journal titles and reference books, and also emergency medicine related titles.  The Emergency Access Initiative serves as a temporary collection replacement and/or supplement for libraries affected by disasters that need to continue to serve medical staff and affiliated users... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205931 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:06:46 +0100 3205931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3199090&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F22%2Fhaiti-earthquake-resources%2F A new page of Haiti earthquake health information links is now available at http://disaster/dimrc/haitiearthquake.html The page lists NEW web pages about the Haiti earthquake situation from both government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). There is also a section on Haitian Creole and French-language materials. Links to background information on earthquakes and subsequent health issues, such as public health assessments, emergency surgical care, and management of dead bodies, are included. The page will continue to expand and will add a section on hazards from concrete dust and other airborne particulates from the collapsed buildings and subsequent clean-up activities. Submitted by Cindy Love Disaster Information Management Research Center Specialized Information Service... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3199090 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:42:42 +0100 3199090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3150394&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F07%2Fcopyright2010%2F Interested in copyright issues?  Attend this free webinar sponsored by the Washington State Library: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/copyright Get updates on new copyright tools and best practices that can be helpful for libraries; Learn the latest developments in copyright laws and cases, including the latest in the Google Book Search case, e-reserve and coursepack lawsuits. Learn about a simple procedure to file with the Copyright Office to minimize liability for user-supplied-content. This webinar will be of interest to library staff who confront copyright issues in designing web pages, making digital copies for interlibrary loan and e-reserves, and will help those who fear receiving copyright infringement notices. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3150394 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:04:40 +0100 3150394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3147111&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2010%2F01%2F06%2Frendezvoushealthliteracy%2F Happy New Year! On Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 1pm Pacific Time (2pm Mountain, noon Alaska) we will host an RML Rendezvous at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous about health information literacy. Come hear from Tori Koch about her work on the the MLA-sponsored Health Information Literacy Pilot project at the Billings Clinic.  The Billings Clinic was one of only 9 sites selected nationally to participate in the project, which focused on using the InfoRx model from the National Library of Medicine. Tori will be followed by Beth Hill from Kootenai Medical Center, who will talk about her research involving Physician Assistants and their health information needs as well as how they support patient education. Looking forward to “seeing” you there! For more information please ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3147111 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:16:37 +0100 3147111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3093755&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F12%2F16%2Fhistorical-materials%2F Does your institution’s collection contain unique historical health science materials (books, papers, images, artifacts, etc.)?  Would you be willing to answer reference questions about these materials?  Can you fill interlibrary loan requests for circulating items?  If you answered yes to these questions, your institution should be added to the National Library of Medicine’s Directory of History of Medicine Collections! Preserving health sciences materials is an important part of the National Library of Medicine’s mission.  In addition to its own large collections, the NLM has created a directory of historical materials to highlight unique collections at other institutions and to provide contact information to researchers wishing to access them.  The NLM has asked its Regio... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3093755 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:06:11 +0100 3093755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3090531&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Ftechtweak%2F Many of us spend the majority of our work day sitting at our desks, typing away on our computer keyboards, and looking at our monitor screens.  When we’re not doing that, we are on our cell phones, often balancing it between our shoulder and our ear while rummaging through a purse or backpack.  Of course, we can also multitask by text messagin on the bus, at the airport, or just about anywhere else.  While techology offers convenience and mobility, our bodies are simply not designed for sitting at computers or ful looking down at a small screen for long periods of time.We need to acknowledge that we must interact with technology on a daily basis in te current work (and home!) environments.  After all, there’s a whole generation now that’s being described as “bor... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3090531 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:28:37 +0100 3090531 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3080477&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F12%2F11%2Ftia_winter10%2F We are excited to announce another round of funding from the NN/LM PNR to support purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of hardware and software to enhance access to health information. Up to three (3) awards of up to $5,000 each are available to NN/LM member organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of these awards is to enhance the capacity of a library or organization to offer electronic health information services for health professionals or health consumers. This funding can be used for: computer equipment, scanning or document imaging equipment, or other hardware software for Internet or Web-based transmission of documents Internet access fees trainings or demonstrations related to a new information service Applications from community-based... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3080477 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:34:47 +0100 3080477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3045922&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F12%2F01%2Fhp2020%2F The Healthy People goals and objectives establish a broad set of national priorities for disease prevention and health promotion. Every ten years, stakeholders representing government and non-government public health agencies come together to negotiate a set of objectives for the next decade. These objectives have important implications for research and funding opportunities. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is currently inviting public comment on the proposed topic areas and objectives for Healthy People 2020. Here are a few of the proposed objectives related to consumer health information. Topic Area: Health Communication and Health IT Increase individuals’ access to the Internet. Improve the health literacy of the population. Increase the proportion of quality, hea... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3045922 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:41:37 +0100 3045922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3041070&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F11%2F30%2Fdistance-learning-class-announcement-beyond-an-apple-a-day%2F Apple Jumping Out of the Water, by AHMED… Looking for some consumer health information education in the New Year? Registration for a free, asynchronous online learning course via Moodle (what does that mean?) of Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library is now open at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/353CMMQ. Class will begin on Monday, January 4, 2010 and end on Sunday, February 7. Once the enrollment limit has been reached information will be available at the registration website on how to be placed a waitlist for this or a future offering of the course. Beyond an Apple a Day will be offered for 4 units of continuing education credit and is a Category A course option for the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) Consumer Health Information Specia... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3041070 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:28:28 +0100 3041070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3024018&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fdataviz%2F Gapminder is an international non-profit organization with a mission to better use statistics for “minding the gaps” in socioeconomic indicators within and among populations. Gapminder World features colorful animated graphs that show trends over time in a very compelling way. In this video, Gapminder founder Hans Rosling interprets a graph about global development over the last 200 years: The software behind Gapminder is called Trendalyzer. Google acquired Trendalyzer in 2007. Now you can create your own Trendalyzer animations using Google Spreadsheets and the Google Gadget Motion Chart. Science librarians and researchers will appreciate this motion chart from the site Eigenfactor.org, a project of Dr. Carl Bergstrom’s lab at the University of Washington. The motion cha... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3024018 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:53:09 +0100 3024018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2978782&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F11%2F10%2Ftruetales%2F by Jane Saxton Director of Library Services Bastyr University Kenmore, WA “We live forward, but we understand backward.” -William James This is the True Story of what happened when we received an NN/LM PNR Technology Improvement Award. It was love at first sight when I met my first portable library system at the 2008 Regional Academic Health Sciences Libraries (RAHSL) meeting at Oregon Health & Science University. Todd Hannon, OHSU reference librarian, handled the introductions to the system, which included a laptop, a tiny but high-resolution LCD projector, a table-top projection screen, and other portable paraphernalia. I am the director of library services for Bastyr University, a non-profit educational institution in Seattle offering B.S., M.S. and clinical doctorate d... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2978782 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:47:54 +0100 2978782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2960536&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F11%2F04%2Fmore-about-e-patients%2F Hope Leman, Research Information Technologist at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon, submitted the following as a comment on our October 27 post E-Patients Rising. I am re-posting it here in order to highlight the great resources Hope suggests for learning more about the e-patient movement. Thanks Hope! — I have been to several conferences recently: Medicine 2.0, Health 2.0, the Connected Health Symposium and e-Patient Connections Conference 2009. At each of those I was privileged to hear e-Patient Dave speak. He is a remarkably incisive thinker on these issues and his keynote at the recent Medicine 2.0 conference (provocatively entitled, “Gimme My Damn Data!”) made a deep and positive impression on the attendees. http://www.medicine20congress.com/ocs/i... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2960536 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:09:19 +0100 2960536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2960537&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F11%2F04%2Fohsu-2%2F Chris Shaffer and the Oregon Health & Science University Library are part of a national consortium recently awarded NIH funding to implement a Federated National Informatics Network.  This web-based initiative, called the eagle-i Consortium,  will be developed by OHSU and 8 other universities–led by Harvard Medical School.  Funding is from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the NIH. As one of 2 major awards made NCRR, Director Barbara Alving, M.D. states: “The infrastructure created and implemented through these awards has the potential to greatly facilitate the pace of biomedical research nationwide.” For more information about the project,  see announcements on OHSU’s library website, and  the Harvard Clinical and Translational Sc... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2960537 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:12:42 +0100 2960537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2945013&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F30%2Fpubmed_demo%2F Photo by law_keven on flickr Are you finding the newly redesigned PubMed a tough nut to crack? Linda Milgrom, Outreach Coordinator here at the Pacific Northwest Region, is here to help with a live demonstration and question & answer session during a special feature on the RML Rendezvous. Join us on Wednesday, November 4 2009 at 1 pm Pacific time (2 pm Mountain, noon Alaska) at http://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous.html Please login as a guest after entering your name in the box. If you need more information about how to connect on the RML Rendezvous, click here. We look forward to having you join us! (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2945013 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:14:44 +0100 2945013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2936276&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F28%2Fpubmed_live%2F PubMed, the National Library of Medicine’s free resource for searching millions of biomedical journal citations and abstracts, has undergone a significant facelift. The redesigned version is now live at http://pubmed.gov. An NLM Technical Bulletin article details the changes, which include: A more streamlined homepage Elimination of the Limits, Preview/Index, History, and Details tabs (these functions are still available under Advanced Search) Simplified Display options – Brief, Citation, and AbstractPlus views are no longer available, but MeSH headings, LinkOut, and other information can be displayed in Abstract view. Separate NLM Technical Bulletin articles cover LinkOut in the PubMed redesign (information about URLs) and changes introduced during the preview period. Based... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2936276 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:34:42 +0100 2936276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2932289&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F27%2Fe-patients-rising%2F A recent report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 61% of American adults are e-patients, meaning they look online for health information. In a presentation for the Medical Library Association Tri-Chapter Conference earlier this month, Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, reported on what survey data indicated about questions like these: What kind of health information do e-patients seek? How many e-patients use mobile devices as opposed to more stationary computers? How many use social media to connect with healthcare providers or other patients? How many e-patients are also e-participators, meaning they create, tag, and share health content online? How satisfied are e-patients with the information they find online? Take a guess at what the... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2932289 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:17:45 +0100 2932289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2932290&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F27%2Fgood_press%2F What happens when a librarian, a hospital public relations department, and the local media work together to provide health information outreach? Here is a great example: Nurse’s Notes: Seeking health online? Use care. Thanks to Dana Kopp for sharing her success with us. Dana is director of the Center for Health Information at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center in Missoula, Montana. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2932290 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:18:37 +0100 2932290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2928487&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F26%2Fwebcastmobileuser%2F Join your colleagues on Wednesday, November 18 from 11am-1pm (Pacific time) for the Medical Library Association (MLA) webcast Cut the Cord: Connecting to our Mobile Users. The Pacific Northwest Region (PNR) will host the webcast at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, Lab B.  Please register at http://tinyurl.com/PNRWebcastReg if you are able to join us. There will be no RML Rendezvous this month due to the MLA webcast and holiday timing. In Idaho, the webcast will be presented at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (conference room 5,  in Boise by Sandy Hight. Please reserve your spot by emailing her at sandhigh@sarmc.org and she will provide more details regarding meeting early and parking. Refreshments will be provided and participants are welcome to bring or purc... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2928487 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:24:26 +0100 2928487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2887960&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F13%2Fscreencasting%2F A screencast is a recording of actions performed on a computer screen. Screencasts are used to demonstrate computer-based tasks, such as website navigation, and are especially useful for distance education. Screencasts include audio and video, or sometimes just video with captions. Camtasia Studio, Adobe Captivate, and similar software can be used to create high quality, professional looking screencast tutorials, but not without significant investments in time and money. Until recently, it would have been unreasonable to think about creating a screencast to address just one person’s specific information need. However, thanks to a number of free web-based tools that have come on the scene in the past few years, producing a screencast no longer needs to be a major production. In just m... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2887960 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:23:19 +0100 2887960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2877526&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F09%2Flinkout-tidbits%2F Interested in LinkOut? LinkOut for Libraries is a service that provides access for PubMed users to their library’s journal collections. A user finds a citation in PubMed, then clicks on their library’s icon to see  the full text of the article. The next RML Rendezvous, on Wednesday October 14, 2009 at 1pm Pacific, 2pm Mountain and 12 noon Alaska time, will feature a LinkOut update including two newly released Quick Tours: Library Submission Utility: An Introduction Retrieving your password for the Library Submission Utility These Quick Tours are designed to get you started in the exciting LinkOut World.  We’ll also demonstrate how LinkOut works with the PubMed redesign, and take suggestions for future LinkOut training.  Join us! No registration is necessary. Go to th... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2877526 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:35:17 +0100 2877526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2866987&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Flibrarians-and-physician-assistants-natural-partners%2F October is an important month! Medical Librarians Month is during October, and National Physician Assistant Week is October 6-12. Librarians and Physician Assistants (PAs) are natural partners to address patient education and health information literacy. Health information literacy is an important component of patient care. Included as an objective in the Healthy People 2010 report, “Understanding and Improving Health”, it has been shown to be a strong influence in health outcomes. As health care becomes more expensive, poor health information literacy can increase heath care costs even further as people with low health information literacy are more at risk. Physician Assistants, licensed to practice medicine in partnership with a physician, are also patient educators and often... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2866987 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:52:00 +0100 2866987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2853286&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F01%2Fmedlibmonth%2F Today is October 1st … which means we’re in  National Medical Librarians Month 2009! During the month, please visit NLM’s Web pages highlighting medical library projects across the NN/LM regions. Congratulations to 10  (yes, ten!)  PNR librarians featured by NLM: Todd Hannon and Emily Ford for Oregon Health Go Local Jane Saxton and Susan Banks for Mobile Library Outreach And the following librarians who participated in the Podcasting for Advocacy class, taught by Alison Aldrich and Maryanne Blake in the RML.  These students created podcasts on topics related to advocacy or promotion of their library services: Anna Heinrich (Tuality Health Sciences Library) - http://heinrichhousehold.podbean.com/ Loree Hyde (Oregon Health and Science University Library) - http://loreehyde... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2853286 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:34:44 +0100 2853286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2853287&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F10%2F01%2Fpubmed_redesign%2F PubMed has undergone a significant facelift. Try the redesigned version here: http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed An NLM Technical Bulletin article details the changes, which include: A more streamlined homepage Elimination of the Limits, Preview/Index, History, and Details tabs (these functions are still available under Advanced Search) Simplified Display options – Brief, Citation, and AbstractPlus views are no longer available, but MeSH headings, LinkOut, and other information can be displayed in Abstract view. A separate NLM Technical Bulletin article covers LinkOut in the PubMed Redesign. The PubMed Help files have been updated to reflect the design changes. In addition, NLM has scheduled several thirty minute live webcasts you can attend to see a demonstration and particip... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2853287 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:34 +0100 2853287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2844188&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fmab_tech%2F 1980 – In library school I thought: “Why do I have to take a class in computing? I am going to be working with people, not machines.” 1982 – As a trainee at the VA Medical Center in Washington DC learning to search MEDLINE was challenging, and FUN. The Texas Instruments Silent 700 with built in acoustic coupler printed the results on a roll of thermal paper while ripping along at 300 baud. No more searching through multiple volumes of Index Medicus. Texas Instruments Silent 700 with Acoustic Coupler* 1983-4 – I remember ELHILL. So many databases, so little time: MEDLINE, AVLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, POPLINE, CATLINE, SERLINE… 1985 – Moved to Seattle at the same time as NLM’s automated interlibrary loan request and referral system, DOCLINE, came into existence. Hurray – no m... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2844188 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:34:28 +0100 2844188 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2821763&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F09%2F22%2Fhhs_contest%2F Congratulations to Dr. John Clarke, winner of the 2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Here is his winning entry: In July of this year, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius invited all Americans to create videos about preventing the spread of seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus. Contestants were to post their entries on the video sharing site YouTube. The contest generated more than 200 entries. A panel of public health and communications experts selected ten finalists, and winner was decided by public vote. More than 50,000 votes were cast. Why would an organization like HHS, with a critical message to communicate, choose to hold a YouTube contest? I can think of several reasons: It engaged the community.  The production teams for tho... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2821763 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:01:23 +0100 2821763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2798172&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F09%2F15%2Frrn%2F Formal scholarly communication is not traditionally a speedy process. The course from research to publication can take months or years. There are occasions, however, when an emergency situation compels publishers to pick up the pace so that researchers and decision-makers can communicate more rapidly. The H1N1 flu outbreak this year has been one of those situations. A number of publishers including the Public Library of Science (PLoS), EBSCO, and the Cochrane Collaboration have accelerated the pace of reviewing influenza information and made selected resources publicly available. Rapid Research Notes is a new resource from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). It is a permanent public archive for resources released by publishers to facilitate faster communic... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2798172 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:57:19 +0100 2798172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2798173&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F09%2F15%2Fgeeks_again%2F The Pacific Northwest Regional Medical Library is now accepting registrants for the online version of “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends.” We are offering this course free of charge to NN/LM Network members and public health educators in our communities. The course will be taught in three segments: Web 2.0 Basics, Social Networking, and Managing Information Overload. Register for one, two, or all three segments depending on your schedule and interests. Web 2.0 Basics – Blogs & Wikis Get a grip on what “Web 2.0” means and how it is changing the way we communicate. Then get some hands-on practice with blogs and wikis, two of the most well-established types of Web 2.0 tools. Work at your own pace on readings, assignments, and discussion boards:  Septe... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2798173 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:47:01 +0100 2798173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2748877&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F31%2Fdeadline%2F Allowing for the coming Labor Day holiday and 3-day weekend, the deadline for the 2009-2010 Express Outreach Awards has been extended to Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Maximum award is $12,000. Any network member is eligible to apply, though project personnel must have demonstrated experience using MedlinePlus or other applicable NLM resources, or identify a project partner with this expertise. Examples of current or previously funded express outreach projects are online at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/funding/OutreachAwards2006-2011.html#A3. If you have questions or would like to discuss potential project ideas, contact Linda Milgrom or Cathy Burroughs . (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2748877 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:25:32 +0100 2748877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2748878&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F31%2Ffollow-medlineplus-on-twitter%2F The good people behind MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine’s popular resource for authoritative consumer health information, are now using Twitter. Follow them at http://twitter.com/medlineplus4you to get updates about new and interesting content on MedlinePlus and other health-related sites. Welcome to Twitter, @medlineplus4you ! For an introduction to Twitter, see Look Who’s Tweeting, a PNR Technology Tuesday post from earlier this year. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2748878 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:24:59 +0100 2748878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2742572&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F28%2Fdatacollectionclass%2F Should I send my survey out in paper or in email? How many people do I need to interview for the data to be valid? What kind of questions do I ask to get at what people think about our service? If these and other questions have crossed your mind from time to time you might want to take the class Asking the Right Questions: Data Collection for Health Information Outreach being taught by Susan Barnes, Assistant Director of the Outreach Evaluation Resource Center and Maryanne Blake, NN/LM PNR Outreach/Evaluation Coordinator. This three-session free online class will be taught on September 9th, 16th and 23rd from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Pacific time). All you need to participate is a telephone and a computer. In this workshop, participants will learn to apply good principles of data collection to ass... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2742572 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:36:53 +0100 2742572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2731659&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F25%2Fsuccessfulteaching%2F Nikki Dettmar is the Education and Assessment Coordinator. She earned a distance learning MSIS from the University of North Texas while living in Seattle and currently teaches via online distance education modalities. This is the third and final of a series of Technology Tuesday posts about the types of  distance continuing education available, the technology involved, usage tips for both students and instructors, and the opportunities & challenges of distance learning. Winnipeg Maze of Lifelong Learning, photo by Stephen Downes In the first post of this series different types of distance learning formats were covered, and in the second post tips for successful professional (continuing education) student experiences were shared. What helps contribute to an enjoyable and productive on... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2731659 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:01:39 +0100 2731659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2700873&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F14%2Fin-portland-hone-your-health-info-skills%2F If you plan to be in or around Portland, Oregon on Thursday, September 10, please join us for training and discussion designed to sharpen your skill with health information. The Portland Area Library Association for Continuing Education (PALACE, formerly the PORTALS Continuing Education Committee) will sponsor two half-day workshops at Portland Community College, Cascade Campus. In the morning, Gail Kouame will present Will Duct Tape Cure My Warts? Examining Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The goal of this class is to increase understanding of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Students will learn the history of CAM and its impact on medical practices. They will learn how CAM is used, how to avoid “bad science” and how to look up evidence of the effectiveness of CAM ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2700873 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:00:56 +0100 2700873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2693211&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F12%2Fpubmedqa%2F Thank you for joining us during the PubMed Redesign Update web conference yesterday, August 11, 2009. We apologize if you were not able to join the meeting due to the 125 audio connection limitations, and for your patience during some rather odd audio disturbances during the session. The audiovisual recording of the session that lasts just a little over a half hour is now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p66847164/ PowerPoint slides from the Medical Library Association Online Users’ Meeting that are similar to yesterday’s presentation are available in the Editor’s Notes of the June 10, 2009 NLM Technical Bulletin Questions and Answers from the session are available below for your review. Please do not hesitate to contact NCBI with your comments and suggestions at ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2693211 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:10:52 +0100 2693211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2769425&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F12%2Fpubmedqa%2F Thank you for joining us during the PubMed Redesign Update web conference yesterday, August 11, 2009. We apologize if you were not able to join the meeting due to the 125 audio connection limitations, and for your patience during some rather odd audio disturbances during the session. The audiovisual recording of the session that lasts just a little over a half hour is now available at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p66847164/ PowerPoint slides from the Medical Library Association Online Users’ Meeting that are similar to yesterday’s presentation are available in the Editor’s Notes of the June 10, 2009 NLM Technical Bulletin Questions and Answers from the session are available below for your review. Please do not hesitate to contact NCBI with your comments and suggestions at ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2769425 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:03:10 +0100 2769425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2689666&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F11%2Fbroadband-grants%2F The ALA Washington Office is making a final push to inform and guide libraries as the August 14 deadline for the first-round Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant applications draws near. A host of stimulus resources for libraries—including webinars, instructional guidance, key links, and a list of frequently asked questions—can be found online. Also available is a key informational guide on applying to this program and a brand-new document that demonstrates the role of libraries in economic recovery for BTOP applicants. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2689666 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:01:01 +0100 2689666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2685979&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F10%2Fhealthy-people-2020-the-road-ahead%2F Healthy People is a plan to achieve health goals and objectives for the United States, through a consortium of agencies and organizations working together. Every ten years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services uses lessons learned and new knowledge of current data, trends and innovations to assess major risks, change public health priorities, and examine emerging issues. You have a chance to provide input on draft objectives for Healthy People 2020. Public comment meetings will be held in locations across the nation, including Seattle on November 20 at the Red Lion Inn on 5th Avenue. For more information about public meetings, contact: 2020regional@air.org. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2685979 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:40:00 +0100 2685979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2679795&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F07%2Faugustwebinars%2F We have a lot of exciting news to share from the Pacific Northwest and beyond! Here’s the scoop for all you need to know about the PubMed redesign update, emergency preparedness, and the return of the RML Rendezvous. Tuesday, August 11th at 11:30 Pacific, 12:30 Mountain and 10:30 Alaska time - PubMed Redesign Update at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nlmupdate Please note that this webinar will be shared with two other regions ranging from Hawaii to Missouri and is limited to 125 attendees as the maximum number of audio outlets available. We strongly encourage people to connect 15 minutes before the start time, and for attendees at institutions to use one connection and listen in via speakerphone. A recording of the session, along with questions and answers, will be posted when availabl... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2679795 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:25:01 +0100 2679795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2668984&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F08%2F03%2Fsuccessfulstudents%2F Nikki Dettmar is the Acting Education and Assessment Coordinator. She earned a distance learning MSIS from the University of North Texas while living in Seattle and currently teaches via online distance education modalities. This is the second in a series of Technology Tuesday posts about the types of  distance continuing education available, the technology involved, usage tips for both students and instructors, and the opportunities & challenges of distance learning. Winnipeg Maze of Lifelong Learning, photo by Stephen Downes As introduced in the first post of this series, available information about what a distance learning experience is like is often geared towards online students seeking a degree, which is not the same as those seeking continuing education (CE) classes for career... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2668984 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:23:16 +0100 2668984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2651329&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F07%2F29%2Fepupdate%2F Have you noticed an increased number of announcements or other activity from NN/LM surrounding Emergency Preparedness?  I hope so!  We have been working hard to keep Emergency Preparedness on the minds of our Network Members, since this is part of a national initiative across the eight NN/LM regions.   We have 5 State Coordinators for Emergency Preparedness who, along with Gail Kouame, are promoting the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness plan and related training opportunities around the region. The focus of the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness plan is on service continuity for libraries - in other words, planning for how you would keep providing essential services in the event of a disruption due to some kind of event.  The NN/LM plan consists of a 10-Step Approach to Service Continuity.  The... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2651329 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:44:58 +0100 2651329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2651330&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F07%2F29%2Fpubmed%2F The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Online Users’ Meeting at the 2009 Medical Library Association (MLA) annual meeting provided a preview of the upcoming PubMed redesign. David Gillikin, Chief of NLM’s Bibliographic Services, will reprise this preview for anyone who did not get to attend the users’ meeting in Honolulu. This 15 minute presentation will review the draft design for the new search results page and abstract view presented at MLA. David will remain on the session for questions and answers after the presentation, and it will be recorded for those unable to attend. When: August 11, 2009 11:30 - Noon Pacific time (12:30 - 1:00 Mountain, 10:30 - 11 Alaska) Where: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nlmupdate/ We will post a reminder to the HLIB-NW listserv on August 10th about... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2651330 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:42:41 +0100 2651330 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2631746&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F07%2F23%2Ftia_summer09%2F We are pleased to announce the the recipients of our latest round of  Technology Improvement Awards. Library Website Enhancement to Improve Health Information Providence St. Peter Hospital Olympia, WA Project Manager: Isaac Huffman This award supports the creation of online tutorials and learning modules to train physicians and nurses in the use of electronic medical resources. Health Info to Go! Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Missoula Public Library Missoula, MT Project Managers: Kim Granath and Cara Cadena Health Info to Go! is a mobile reference system promoting access to health information resources for the Baby Boomer generation. The project uses Missoula Public Library’s classic, refurbished Bookmobile as its transportation unit. Wired Up Waiting! St. Patrick Hospital &a... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2631746 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:58:34 +0100 2631746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2603763&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F07%2F15%2Ffunding-available-2%2F Hello, Network Members! How about working with community agencies to improve health literacy of senior citizens? Training emergency responders to use NLM tools? Sharing hospital library expertise and resources with free clinics? Implementing a program to strengthen partnerships in support of school health goals? The possibilities for health information outreach are endless, and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region is happy to be able to offer once again Express Outreach Awards to help fund your efforts. Applications for the 2009-2010 Express Outreach Awards must be submitted by September 4, 2009. Maximum award is $12,000. Read the full announcement at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/funding/Express_Outreach_July_2009.html. Any network member is eligible to apply, tho... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2603763 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:39:43 +0100 2603763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2557705&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F06%2F30%2Fdistance-learning%2F Nikki Dettmar is the Acting Education and Assessment Coordinator. She earned a distance learning MSIS from the University of North Texas while living in Seattle and currently teaches via online distance education modalities. This is the first in a series of Technology Tuesday posts about the types of  distance continuing education available, the technology involved, usage tips for both students and instructors, and the opportunities & challenges of distance learning. Winnipeg Maze of Lifelong Learning, photo by Stephen Downes Have you thought about distance learning but weren’t sure where to start, or taken an online continuing education (CE) course and found that the experience wasn’t what you were expecting it to be? Join us as we explore some of the distance learning ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2557705 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:31:09 +0100 2557705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2488046&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F06%2F17%2Fhhs-seeks-comments-on-the-preliminary-definition-of-meaningful-use-of-electronic-health-records%2F HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking comments on the preliminary definition of “Meaningful Use” of electronic health records (EHRs) as presented to the HIT Policy Committee on June 16. The meaningful use preamble and matrix give more details. Comments on the draft description of “Meaningful Use” are due by Friday, June 26, 2 p.m. Pacific Time (1 Alaska, 3 Mountain), and should be no more than 2,000 words in length. Please click the link to access instructions for submitting comments. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2488046 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:57:22 +0100 2488046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2479277&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F06%2F16%2Ffacebook%2F Are you on Facebook? Facebook is an extremely popular social networking site with more than 200,000 active users. More than 100,000 of those users log in at least once every day. It may have been invented in a Harvard dorm room, but Facebook is definitely not just for college students anymore. The fastest growing age demographics on Facebook are 35-55 and 55+. Using Facebook can be a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, share photos and links, and yes, even get to know your professional contacts a little better. If you are new to Facebook, watch these video tutorials from the Facebook for Grownups series.  A few details of the Facebook interface have changed since these videos were produced, but they still serve as nice introductions on how to set up a profile, find friend... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2479277 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:49:10 +0100 2479277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2459529&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F06%2F03%2Fsupporting-collaborationpartners-new-funding-opportunity-from-nichsrnlm%2F Discussion of projects at Fall Partners meeting (date to be determined).  Activities that have been funded as “development-only projects” will be presented at the Fall and Winter Partners meetings, depending on their completion dates. Lisa A. Lang, MPP Assistant Director for Health Services Research Information Head, National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR) National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Mail Stop Code 3833 Bethesda, MD 20894 Phone: 301/435-2242 Fax: 301/402-3193 Email: langl@nlm.nih.gov Web site: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/ (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2459529 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:58:21 +0100 2459529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2459530&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F06%2F02%2Fwolframalpha%2F Wolfram|Alpha is a new search engine. Scratch that — it’s a “computational knowledge engine,” and also “the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone.” W|A has generated a lot of buzz since it launched on May 15. W|A is different from Google and other search engines in that it calculates results based on its own library of data, gleaned from public sources. It can do calculus, tell you the phase of the moon on the day you were born, compare state sales tax rates, explain how you are related to your third cousin’s great grandson, and perform many other nifty tricks. Take a look at the Wolfram|Alpha search examples related to Health & Medicine. As health information profession... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2459530 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:52:41 +0100 2459530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2448974&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F06%2F01%2Femerprepseries%2F On Tuesday, June 9th at 1pm Pacific we will be hosting the first of a series of 10 webinars on Adobe Connect covering the “10 Steps to Service Continuity” as outlined in the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness Plan.  Each month over the next 10 months we will host a session to cover one of the 10 Steps.  On June 9th, Gail Kouame, Regional Coordinator for Emergency Preparedness and Response will lead the discussion and interactive session on Step One: Risk Assessment. Come find out what your library may be at risk for so that you can better prepare.  Take a quiz and add up your score to see where you stand in terms of area hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, rivers, and even construction cranes! To join the webinar, go to: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/pnremprep/ and login as a Gue... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2448974 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:49:14 +0100 2448974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2448975&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F06%2F01%2Fpodcasting-for-advocacy%2F Maryanne Blake and Alison Aldrich are teaming up to offer a new distance learning opportunity for network members. Podcasting for Advocacy is a hands-on class is designed to provide a fun yet informative introduction to podcasting. Hear all about it! Powered by Podbean.com Please RSVP for this class so we can send you information about how to access the webcasts. Then mark the following dates on your calendars: Thursday, June 18, 1pm Pacific Time: We will discuss how libraries, community-based organizations, hospitals, journal publishers, and other groups are using podcasts. You will learn how to find and recommend podcasts your users will appreciate and find useful. We will also discuss how to craft messages that work well in the podcast medium. Thursday, June 25, 1pm Pacific Time: We w... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2448975 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:26:01 +0100 2448975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2443583&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F05%2F29%2Fnlm-theater-presentations%2F The National Library of Medicine’s exhibit booth at MLA meetings is always a popular gathering spot for attendees wanting to keep current on NLM’s many information resources and other projects. Most of NLM’s Theater Presentations from MLA ‘09 are now available for online viewing. ClinicalTrials.gov Update (16 min.) Journals Database: Did You Know? (14 min.) LinkOut for Libraries Tips and Tricks (7 min.) Medicare & Medicaid Resources for the Consumer Health Librarian (20 min.) MedlinePlus and Go Local Update (coming soon) MyMedicationList (coming soon) Public Health and Health Services Research: What’s Happening at NLM? (19 min.) PubMed Update (17 min.) PubMed Central and NIH Public Access Update (23 min.) The PubMed Update includes a di... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2443583 Fri, 29 May 2009 20:45:19 +0100 2443583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424950&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F05%2F19%2Fpubmed-and-medlineplus-news-from-mla-2009%2F Greetings from Nikki Dettmar, the solo RML librarian in the Seattle office now, with an update from Alison Aldrich who is one of the official bloggers at MLA 2009 in Hawaii. Her coverage of the NLM Sunrise Seminar on May 18th includes the following highlights: PubMed’s Single Citation Matcher is not going away and will remain on the sidebar In late summer, we will see some ’stylish’ new designs in PubMed that won’t affect functionality Multimedia functionality will be prominently displayed in MedlinePlus Get the full scoop at Alison’s Official MLA ‘09 Blog post! Edited to add link to the May 19, 2009 NLM Technical Bulletin with additional PubMed redesign information. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424950 Tue, 19 May 2009 22:15:41 +0100 2424950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2407289&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F05%2F12%2Fmla-2009%2F There are several ways to keep up with events at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting next week,  even if you can’t make it to Honolulu. Michelle Kraft has assembled a team of 22 Official Bloggers from all walks of medical librarianship. Representing the Pacific Northwest will be Marcia Francis, Director of the Idaho Health Sciences Library, and Alison Aldrich (that’s me).  Watch the Official MLA 2009 Blog for dispatches from presentations, poster sessions, business meetings, and more. If you use Twitter, or even if you don’t, you can follow the goings on at this page: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23mla09 #MLA09 is the official Twitter hashtag for the conference. When tweeting from or about MLA, include “#MLA09″ in your tweet to make sure y... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2407289 Tue, 12 May 2009 18:00:49 +0100 2407289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399855&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fwhat-to-see-at-mla-2009%2F Are you planning to attend the Medical Library Association meeting in Honolulu, May 15-20? Don’t miss these poster sessions by our Network Members and informative NLM meetings: POSTER SESSIONS (Hall of Exhibits): Sunday, May 17, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Patricia J. Devine — Poster 127 2+2=5: Creating Synergy: Fusing Health Literacy Efforts of Medical Librarians and Physician Assistants Monday, May 18, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Janet G. Schnall — Poster 41 Calculating Impact Factors: Promoting JCR, Eigenfactor, H-index, Web of Science, and Google Scholar in an Academic Health Sciences Colleen M. Weum — Poster 74 The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition of 1909: A Centennial Look at Why a Fusion of the Past with the Present Will Shape Our Future Tuesday, May 19, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Valerie ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399855 Fri, 08 May 2009 23:53:52 +0100 2399855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2377700&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F04%2F28%2Fchunkit%2F First, a bit of library jargon: a pathfinder is an organized list of starting places (links or print resources) for research into a particular field or topic. In 2003, The Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce created an excellent pathfinder at phpartners.org. Since then, it has grown into an incredibly comprehensive and valuable resource. Do you need to find a report, article, or statistic related to public health? Are you looking for information about health policy or legislation? What about continuing education opportunities, funding sources, networking options, or employment? Odds are good that the perfect starting place for your search is listed at PHPartners … somewhere. There are 128 links on the Health Data Tools and Statistics page, 97 links on the H... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2377700 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:17:36 +0100 2377700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2370715&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F04%2F27%2Fpnrep%2F The NN/LM PNR Emergency Preparedness page was updated today - it now includes the Health and Human Services/CDC  Swine Flu widget so that you can easily link to updates and information about the Swine Flu outbreak.  The epidemic has already hit the West Coast in Canada and in California so we here in the Pacific Northwest need to be attentive! There are some simple things you can do to protect yourself: Avoid close contact with people who are sick.  When you are sick, keep your distance to protect others. Stay at home when you are sick. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing - then throw it away. Wash your hands often to prevent the spread of germs. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Practice other good health habits - get plenty of sleep, stay physica... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2370715 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:00:19 +0100 2370715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2366038&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F04%2F24%2Fsearch-clouds-for-medlineplus%2F Here’s new feature in MedlinePlus, the Search Cloud.   The search cloud displays the top 100 search terms typed into the MedlinePlus search box. The search cloud is usually updated every week day. The terms appear in alphabetical order, and their size represents their relative frequency. The bigger the term, the more often it is searched by people who visit MedlinePlus. A term’s exact ranking is found by placing your cursor over the term. Click on any term in the search cloud to conduct a search for that term in MedlinePlus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cloud.html (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2366038 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:07:29 +0100 2366038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2332307&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F04%2F14%2Ficyou%2F There’s just something about video. It is more compelling than text, more personal than still images… or is it? Can you believe that more than ten hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute? More than 100 million U.S. viewers watched YouTube videos last January. At least 126 U.S. hospitals are using YouTube for marketing and patient education. Still, it can be challenging for the average searcher to find health information, not to mention reliable health information, amongst the millions of videos on YouTube. Enter ICYou,  an online community for health videos and only health videos. ICYou is produced by Benefitfocus, a leading provider of employee benefit software. The thousands of videos on ICYou are handily organized by major category: Diseases & Conditions, H... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2332307 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:57:37 +0100 2332307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2332308&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F04%2F08%2Frendezvous%2F Join us on Wednesday, April 15, at noon Pacific Time (11am Alaskan/1pm Mountain) for this month’s RML Rendezvous:  a Scholarly Communication Update. This is your chance to catch up on recent developments in the Open Access movement and to learn how PubMed Central and the NIH Public Access Policy fit into the larger picture. This hour-long session will feature something for everyone whether you work in a hospital, at a university, or are a concerned citizen with questions about access to taxpayer-funded research. Alison Aldrich, Technology Outreach Coordinator for the NN/LM PNR, will introduce the concept of open access, explain how it differs from public access, and discuss why both are important concerns for librarians. Isaac Gilman from Pacific University’s Health Profession... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2332308 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:33:37 +0100 2332308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2305158&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F04%2F01%2Ftia_spr09%2F We are excited to announce another round of funding from the NN/LM PNR to support purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of hardware and software to enhance access to health information. Up to three (3) awards of up to $5,000 each are available to NN/LM member organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of these awards is to enhance the capacity of a library or organization to offer electronic health information services for health professionals or health consumers. This funding can be used for: computer equipment, scanning or document imaging equipment, or other hardware software for Internet or Web-based transmission of documents Internet access fees trainings or demonstrations related to a new information service Applications from community-based... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2305158 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:33:38 +0100 2305158 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2305159&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F31%2Funexpected%2F Over the past few weeks, our region - specifically Montana and Alaska - have experienced a series of emergency incidents. I was traveling in Eastern Montana the week of March 2-6 when my companions and I heard of the terrible natural gas explosion in downtown Bozeman. In rural states like Montana it seems that everybody knows everybody, so the impact of this type of event is felt even on the opposite side of the state. Within 24 hours there was another blast and fire in Whitehall, MT. As if that wasn’t enough, there was the fatal plane crash that occurred in Butte on Sunday, March 22nd. The very next day, a devastating fire lit up downtown Miles City. While none of our NN/LM Network members were directly impacted by these events, the communities in which they live and work have been ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2305159 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:13:15 +0100 2305159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2305162&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F31%2Fdimdim%2F Forty nursing students, some on-campus, some off. Forty required reference consultations. Two part-time librarians. Forty-two different schedules. One creative solution! Keep reading to learn how DimDim helps to facilitate communication between students and librarians at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library. Librarians Joanne Rich and Janet Schnall are liaisons to the UW School of Nursing. Joanne and Janet approached the nursing faculty about ways they could get more involved in helping students improve their information literacy skills. The faculty responded in a BIG way: by requiring students in several classes to meet one-on-one with Janet or Joanne for individualized search help. Finding it difficult to schedule so many in-person meetings, Joanne and Janet asked Ann Wh... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2305162 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:35:04 +0100 2305162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2276472&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F17%2Ffail%2F For every successful blog, wiki, or social networking attempt, there are many abandoned projects. During the ACRL Virtual Conference last weekend, Meredith Farkas shared some great points about why Web 2.0 projects in libraries fail and what can be learned from those failures. Use of social software is not seen as furthering the library’s mission and is not part of strategic planning. Technology is a means to and end, not an end in itself. Successful technology projects are closely tied to the organization’s service priorities. Do not jump into a Web 2.0 project just because “all the other libraries are doing it.” Experiment first (see #3), look for successful examples, then make informed decisions about where Web 2.0 tools are likely to work best within the contex... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2276472 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:27:26 +0100 2276472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2262966&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F11%2Foregon-go-local-2%2F NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region is pleased to announce that Oregon Health Go Local is now live! This is the second live Go Local project in our region, following Montana which was released in January. Oregon Health Go Local is a project of Oregon Health and Science University Library (OHSU) with a host of community collaborators, linked from the “About” page on the site. The project team includes Todd Hannon, Emily Ford and Anne Hepburn, all at OHSU. More promotion of the site will follow in the coming months, but you can take a peek at: http://medlineplus.gov/oregon.  Congratulations to the entire Oregon Health Go Local team and their collaborators! Oregon Health Go Local is supported in whole or part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Service... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2262966 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:59:04 +0100 2262966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2262967&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F11%2Fcopyright%2F by Michael Brewer - Team Leader for Undergraduate Services, University of Arizona Library, Tucson, AZ brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu With the support and expertise of the ALA OITP Copyright Advisory Subcommittee, Michael Brewer, University of Arizona Library, has developed two new tools that are now available online. The first “108 Spinner” is specifically targeted to assist librarians with questions about when section 108 of the copyright code (the library and archives provision) applies. In general, this section allows for libraries or archives (under specific circumstances) to: make copies of portions of works from their collections for users make copies of entire works for users make replacement copies of published works in their collections make preservation copies of unpublished w... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2262967 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:43:32 +0100 2262967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2262968&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F10%2Fmedlibs-round-2%2F We at Dragonfly are pleased to host this month’s edition of the Medlib’s Round blog carnival. Our theme is  “enhancing access to health information for health professionals and the public.” Most of the blog posts listed in this carnival were nominated for consideration by the bloggers themselves. I took some editorial license and included a few additional posts I thought were useful and relevant to the theme. Access in New Ways From our carnival organizer Laika Spoetnik of Laika’s MedLibLog, we have two posts about health professionals and librarians accessing information in new ways. The first post is PeRSSonalized Medicine - and its alternatives. Laika writes “This post reviews PeRSSonalized Medicine, just launched by Bertalan Mesko (as part of webi... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2262968 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:11:15 +0100 2262968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2251222&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F10%2Fmedlibs-round-2%2F We at Dragonfly are pleased to host this month’s edition of the Medlib’s Round blog carnival. Our theme is  “enhancing access to health information for health professionals and the public.” Most of the blog posts listed in this carnival were nominated for consideration by the bloggers themselves. I took some editorial license and included a few additional posts I thought were useful and relevant to the theme. Access in New Ways From our carnival organizer Laika Spoetnik of Laika’s MedLibLog, we have two posts about health professionals and librarians accessing information in new ways. The first post is PeRSSonalized Medicine - and its alternatives. Laika writes “This post reviews PeRSSonalized Medicine, just launched by Bertalan Mesko (as part of webi... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2251222 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:11:15 +0100 2251222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2251224&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F09%2Fask-a-librarian%2F Thanks to an alliance between physician assistants and librarians, the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants features a new online column starting this month: “Ask a Librarian”.  This column is a co-authored by  Jim Anderson, Physician Assistant, and Susan Klawansky, Network Member and Librarian at Seattle Children’s Library & Information Commons.  The column will promote collaboration with medical librarians, address questions from physician assistants and point to resources, including  www.nnlm.gov. Congratulations to Susan Klawansky for this important outreach effort. (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2251224 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:21:30 +0100 2251224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240421&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F04%2Fefts-saves-money%2F New participants in the Pacific Northwest Region in the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFTS) System for interlibrary-loan and document delivery include:         Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center      Seattle, WA (WAUFHC)        Providence Portland Medical Center      Portland, OR (ORUPRO)       Washington State University      Spokane, WA (WAUSPC) EFTS virtually eliminates the need to create invoices and write checks for re-imbursement for interlibrary loans and document delivery between participants.  Among the advantages are monthly detailed transaction based reports, the ability to handle variable charges and the ability to handle non-DOCLINE transactions. Interested in participating? See the demo on the EFTS home page , or contact Patricia... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240421 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:12:21 +0100 2240421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240422&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F04%2Fmlawebcast%2F Join your colleagues on Wednesday, March 25th from 11am-1pm at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library Teaching Lab (LTL) as NN/LM PNR hosts the Medical Library Association’s continuing education webcast, Finding Work-Life Balance: Strategies for You and Your Institution. If you will attend in Seattle, please register at http://tinyurl.com/PNRWebcastReg so we will have your materials and CE certificate ready. There is no cost for attendees! The Idaho Health Sciences Library is also hosting the MLA webcast, which will be held at Room 266 in the Eli M. Oboler Library, 850 South 9th in Pocatello. Marcia Francis will have a copy of the webcast on DVD that you can contact her to borrow later. PNR has also ordered a copy of the webcast DVD that will be available in our Lending... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240422 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:45:42 +0100 2240422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232208&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F04%2Fmlawebcast%2F Join your colleagues on Wednesday, March 25th from 11am-1pm at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library Teaching Lab (LTL) as NN/LM PNR hosts the Medical Library Association’s continuing education webcast, Finding Work-Life Balance: Strategies for You and Your Institution. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/PNRWebcastReg so we will have your materials and CE certificate ready! The Idaho Health Sciences Library is also hosting the MLA webcast, which will be held at Room 266 in the Eli M. Oboler Library, 850 South 9th in Pocatello. Marcia Francis will have a copy of the webcast on DVD that you can contact her to borrow later. PNR has also ordered a copy of the webcast DVD that will be available in our Lending Library later for you to check out. We look forward to seeing ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232208 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:45:42 +0100 2232208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232209&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F03%2F03%2Fcarnival%2F A blog carnival is periodic roundup of quality blog posts from a particular field of interest. Bloggers take turns hosting the carnival. I am happy to announce that on March 10, the Medlib’s Round blog carnival– a roundup of the month’s best posts from the field of medical librarianship– will be hosted here at Dragonfly.  Keep reading to learn more and to find out how you can participate. Medlib’s Round is the brainchild of Laika Spoetnik, a medical librarian and blogger in the Netherlands. Here’s how it works: Laika, the organizer, has established the carnival at http://blogcarnival.com/ and is maintaining schedule for where and when the carnival will be hosted. Each month, the host chooses a theme. This month our theme will be “Enhancing acc... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232209 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:08:07 +0100 2232209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222285&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F27%2Femergencyprep%2F On Monday, February 9th we hosted a meeting to continue emergency preparedness planning for our region.  Dan Wilson and Susan Yowell from University of Virginia provided most of the content for the day, with particular focus on 10 Steps to Service Continuity for our Network member health sciences libraries.  Others who attended the meeting were our five State Coordinators for Emergency Preparedness: Kathy Murray (Alaska), Marcia Francis (Idaho), Laurel Egan (Montana), Dolores Judkins (Oregon), and Bob Pringle (Washington).  Several key staff members from the University of Washington Health Sciences Library also sat in. Contact information for our 5 State Coordinators is available from the NN/LM PNR’s Emergency Preparedness Page. We reviewed activities and issues to date and looked... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222285 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:30:33 +0100 2222285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2216390&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F25%2Frendezvous-update-service-continuity-recording-pubmed-update-rescheduled%2F On February 18th, Dan Wilson (Coordinator of the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness Plan) gave an RML Rendezvous update about service continuity planning. You can listen to a recording of this Rendezvous at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p85862149 About 11 minutes and 10 seconds into the recording (you can skip to sections of the recording by dragging the vertical line in the timeline box at the bottom left of the screen) Dan introduced new scenario filters as a way to discuss library core values and services. The following two screenshots of flood and power/Internet outage scenario filters from the presentation help to put service continuity planning in a clear, easy-to-understand visual exercise format that staff enjoy doing to identify priorities for their library. Flooding service continuity pl... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2216390 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:59:13 +0100 2216390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2216391&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F24%2Fmobile_medapps%2F According to a recent report, 54% of U.S. physicians own a PDA or a smartphone, and more than half of them consider the device to be an integral part of their practice. An estimated 70% of U.S. physicians will be using smartphones by 2011. How familiar are you with applications designed to deliver quality health information to mobile devices? Medical Applications on Mobile Devices is a newly recorded presentation by Shikun “KK” Jiang, Technology Coordinator for NN/LM’s South Central Region. In this presentation, KK reviews several free and fee-based applications for health professionals, and a few applications for consumers as well. Here is an outline (times are approximate): 1:05 - Major operating systems for mobile devices 3:07 - Thoughts on choosing which mobile devic... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2216391 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:36:42 +0100 2216391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200279&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F18%2Fhr801%2F Earlier this month, U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI) re-introduced H.R. 801, the “Fair Copyright in Research Works Act.” If passed into law, H.R. 801 would reverse the NIH Public Access Policy, which ensures public online access to taxpayer-funded, peer reviewed health research literature, and prevent other federal agencies from implementing similar policies. To read more about this proposed legislation and its potential implications, see: Full text of H.R. 801 H.R. 801 on OpenCongress The Alliance for Taxpayer Access T. Scott - What I Said About Public Access at the ER&L Conference (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200279 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:24:07 +0100 2200279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2194658&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2Fonw09%2F Pat Devine and I attended the 26th annual Online Northwest conference in Corvallis, Oregon last Friday. This unique conference brings together technology-curious information professionals from academic, public, school, and special libraries, as well as a few attendees from outside of libraryland. We are fortunate to have an event like this in our region. B.J. Fogg delivered the keynote address. Fogg is the director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University. He spoke to us about using online video to influence behavior. The web is a platform for persuasion, and every web site has some sort of persuasive goal. Mega-motivation alone cannot change behavior. Behavior change requires motivation, ability and a trigger. All three must be present at the same time for change to occur. ... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2194658 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:58:13 +0100 2194658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182267&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F11%2Frendezvous-reminder-emergency-preparedness%2F Join us next week on Wednesday, February 18th 2009 at 1pm Pacific time when Dan Wilson, Coordinator of the NN/LM National Emergency Preparedness Plan, discusses service continuity planning and emergency preparedness via RML Rendezvous. Do you know who your state’s emergency planning coordinator is to contact if disaster strikes your library? What is the toll-free NN/LM Emergency Assistance number? Come to the Rendezvous to learn more, and check out the PNR Emergency Preparedness and Response resource page to get a head start. Look forward to seeing you there! (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182267 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:04:44 +0100 2182267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182268&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F10%2Fretro%2F RSS (Really Simple Syndication) makes it possible to pick up dynamic content on the web and move it to a place that makes sense for you. In a previous post, I described how to use an RSS feed reader to track updates to blogs and websites. Feed readers are just one way to use RSS feeds. RSS can also help with such “retro” tasks as assembling print newsletters, setting up e-mail alerts, and making phone calls. Intrigued? Read on. RSS to PDF Tabbloid and FeedJournal are two free services that generate printable PDF newsletters from RSS feeds or lists of feeds. You might use an RSS to PDF service to create a print alternative for your organization’s blog, or to produce highly individualized newspapers for the physicians, researchers, and others who frequent your library. Her... Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182268 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:19:15 +0100 2182268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2163470&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Fpnr%2Fdragonfly%2F2009%2F02%2F03%2Fpresentations%2F Are you looking for ways to enhance the visual aids in your face-to-face and online presentations? Here are two great presentations about presentations. Using Slides Effectively in Communications by Nancy Duarte, CEO, Duarte Design Bored with bullet points? Cranky about clip art? Learn how to “pimp your slides” to make them better looking and more effective aids for [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2163470 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:13:43 +0100 2163470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2144413&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2FxX4Z-NQ7bE4%2F If you work in a hospital library, you probably don’t need me to tell you that hospital IT departments frequently block Web 2.0 applications due to concerns about privacy, security, and/or productivity.  As a result, hospital librarians have had precious little freedom to experiment with using blogs, wikis, and other social media to improve communication [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2144413 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:11:54 +0100 2144413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2134617&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F523779262%2F Congratulations to Kootenai Medical Center, Northern Rockies Rural Health Clinic, and Bastyr University. These three network member organizations were recently awarded funding  for technology improvement projects. Read on to learn more about their exciting plans. Mobile Clinical Library Program / Satellite Librarian Program Kootenai Medical Center Coeur d’Alene, ID The Satellite Librarian Program will address the information needs of [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2134617 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:23:40 +0100 2134617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2121349&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F518075962%2F Internet Cool Tools for Physicians by Melissa L. Rethlefsen, David L. Rothman, and Daniel S. Mojon Springer, 2009 Given how rapidly things change on the Web, writing a book about Internet tools seems like a risky endeavor.  Will the content still be relevant once the book makes it to press? Rethlefsen, Rothman, and Mojon took on this challenge [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2121349 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:56:01 +0100 2121349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110473&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F514447604%2F Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends Free Online Learning Opportunity February 2 to March 20, 2009 The Pacific Northwest RML is now accepting registrants for the online version of “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Unwrapping New Technology Trends.” We are offering this course free of charge as a benefit to our Network members. Geeks Bearing Gifts provides an introduction to [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110473 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:39:16 +0100 2110473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2107564&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F513410664%2F NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region is pleased to announce that Go Local Montana is now live! This is the first live Go Local project in our region and we couldn’t be more pleased. Montana Go Local is a project of the Voices of Hope with partners 2-1-1/First Call for Help District XI Human Resources Council, 2-1-1/First [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2107564 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:08:45 +0100 2107564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104339&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F512158776%2F You’ve heard of blogging, but have you heard of microblogging? Twitter, the most popular microblogging platform, is a place on the web where people give updates on their lives by answering the question “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less.  The character limit makes it “micro.” Is this a practical way to share [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104339 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:01:11 +0100 2104339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2086756&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F505609122%2F Next Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 1 pm Pacific time, is the beginning of our Community Assessment Rendezvous class series for 4 units of Medical Library Association continuing education credit for registered participants. For more details about the Community Assessment class, including an updated agenda, please visit http://nnlm.gov/pnr/training/CommunityAssessment.html and register at http://tinyurl.com/RendezvousReg.  Space is limited to [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2086756 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:55:21 +0100 2086756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2083803&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F504656328%2F Happy New Year! January is a great time to break out the crystal ball and see what new technologies will change the way we live and work.  The following post was written by Max Anderson, Technology Coordinator for the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region. It originally appeared on the Cornflower blog. Technology typically changes exponentially. I remember [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2083803 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:18:35 +0100 2083803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2039777&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F487004975%2F by Gail Kouame - guest blogger Some of you may remember Alison’s Thanksgiving post about technologies for which we are thankful. I chose Skype as my gratitude-inducing resource. Why? Well, read on… Skype is a free piece of software you can download so that you can communicate with people around the world easily (and [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2039777 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:06:18 +0100 2039777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2039778&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F485946652%2F Join us in January 2009 during our second RML Rendezvous series with 4 units of continuing education credit for registered participants. ‘Community Assessment’ will help librarians and others involved in health information outreach to design quality programs and garner support for those programs by taking the right first step: collecting community and needs assessment information [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2039778 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:21:09 +0100 2039778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2032926&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F482246328%2F Is your library closing for the holidays? If you’ll be closed for two or more consecutive working days, please remember to deactivate your DOCLINE account by using the feature within DOCLINE: Go to Institutions, Update, then Out of Office. Enter the date range when requests should not route to your library and click REQUEST APPROVAL. This notifies [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2032926 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:00:09 +0100 2032926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2026580&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F479820899%2F by Hope Leman Library Technical Specialist Murray Memorial Library Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Corvallis, Oregon There is so much for those of us in medical libraries to keep up on: wikis, social networking, Twitter, RSS and on and on. I worry that a basic tool of our trade, the search engine, is getting lost in the whirlwind that is [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2026580 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:31:03 +0100 2026580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021276&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F479049166%2F Please join us in welcoming nine new members to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region. Our newest members are … MIKE Program Portland, Oregon Jennifer Schoenbeck, Executive Director The MIKE Program empowers youth to be ambassadors of health in service to their diverse communities through mentorship, partnership, and the promotion of healthy kidneys.   Northern Rockies Medical Center and [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021276 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:38:18 +0100 2021276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2017345&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpublicaccess.nih.gov%2FCheckingMSRevised082608.wmv The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has produced brief training videos to demonstrate two of the four methods for submitting articles to PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy. See the Public Access Homepage for descriptions of each of the four methods. The new videos pertain to Method C: submissions initiated by [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2017345 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:07:34 +0100 2017345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2005316&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F472668695%2F a Technology Tuesday guest post by Janet Crum Head, Collection Management and Systems Oregon Health & Science University Library Google Docs is a free, online office suite featuring word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms. It includes a variety of collaboration tools and works with any modern web browser.  Read on to learn more about this useful tool. Reasons to use [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2005316 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:00:23 +0100 2005316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2005317&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F471672244%2F If you weren’t able to attend the three RML Rendezvous sessions on October 31, November 7 and November 14, 2008 (or if you were and want to revisit them) be sure to check out the fantastic electronic licensing information and discussions at the 3Rs of Licensing: Risk, Rights & Restrictions page with the archived session [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2005317 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:13:51 +0100 2005317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1990296&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F465406607%2F I asked the RML Staff and members of our Emerging Technology Advisory Committee to answer the question: What technology has most inspired your gratitude this year? Why are you thankful for it? Here’s what they had to say: “Blogging rocks and so do wikis! They’re really useful tools both professionally and personally. After I slogged through the MLA [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1990296 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:24:31 +0100 1990296 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1984661&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F464410353%2F Consider just a few of the ways public health workers contribute to the well-being of our communities. Sanitarians and environmental health engineers make sure we have safe food to eat, clean water to drink, and fresh air to breathe. Emergency preparedness experts develop plans to keep us secure in the event of a natural disaster, [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1984661 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:44:54 +0100 1984661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968484&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F457805916%2F Web Tools Training for Rural Oregon Health and Social Service Professionals By Laura Kuperstein Oregon SafeNet Program Manager A year ago I received funding from NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region’s Express Outreach Award to train health and social service professionals on four websites- Oregon SafeNet, MedlinePlus, Oregon Helps and the Beehive - and to give information about Oregon [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968484 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:33:23 +0100 1968484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968485&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F457786367%2F Have you cleared your browser cache lately? Speed, space, privacy, and currency are good reasons to attend to this task. A cache is a place to store something temporarily. On your computer, caches help to speed up operations by keeping frequently accessed files (or copies of files) in a place where they can be quickly retrieved. [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968485 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:59:03 +0100 1968485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968486&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F457732056%2F Are you facing budget cuts in your library?  FreeShare is one way to save money on document delivery costs and expand your access to resources. FreeShare is a cross-regional DOCLINE Library Group whose members agree to fill DOCLINE requests free of charge on a reciprocal basis. FreeShare participants provide free ILLs to any other FreeShare [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968486 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:54:45 +0100 1968486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933865&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F442594635%2F photo by jcolman, Creative Commons license While you wait for the election returns, read up on a few web tools designed to turn you into a regular pollster. Online surveys can help you get feedback from colleagues, evaluate a program or service, or conduct scholarly research. Start by reading A Few Good Survey Tools for Your [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933865 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:45:33 +0100 1933865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933866&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F441499822%2F Interested in low cost marketing?  Check out this free PDF download of “The Word of Mouth Manual” by Dave Balter, the creator of BuzzAgent.  Get people talking with word-mouth-mouth marketing about your library’s products and services! (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933866 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:22:22 +0100 1933866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1930126&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F440477386%2F The NN/LM PNR Lending Library is a collection of materials for professional development opportunities for NN/LM PNR Network members. See below for recent additions to our collection, including two works by librarians from the Pacific NW Region, Michele Spatz and Terry Ann Jankowski.  To borrow, please send email to: nnlm@u.washington.edu. To view the entire collection, see [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1930126 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:11:14 +0100 1930126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1917810&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F435212571%2F After you’ve made the switch from browser-based bookmarking to social bookmarking, here are some ways to maximize the social potential of your bookmarks. 1.       Find like-minded individuals. When you bookmark something socially, you can see how many others have bookmarked the same resource. Clicking through to other users’ bookmark lists (and exploring the tags they use) can [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1917810 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:33:13 +0100 1917810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1894593&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F427852776%2F Social bookmarking is an alternative to saving bookmarks in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. Social bookmarks are saved to a website instead.  The intention of social bookmarking is to make your bookmark list public, encourage you to share it, and help you discover other web users with similar interests. However, even [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1894593 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:44:52 +0100 1894593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1879706&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F421772270%2F Please join NN/LM PNR on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 for the Medical Library Association’s educational webcast Survival Tips and Stories: Expanding the Library’s Services in Times of Disaster. PNR will host the broadcast from 11am-1pm Pacific time at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library (Lab C). There is plenty of room in the lab, [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1879706 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:47:01 +0100 1879706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1875816&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F420968477%2F This week: The National Library of Medicine’s products for handheld devices; how to test a PDA, Blackberry, or iPhone without owning one; and additional resources about mobile computing in healthcare. NLM Mobile The National Library of Medicine offers several information resources for use on handheld devices. These include: PubMed for Handhelds This is a special PubMed interface designed to [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1875816 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:17:04 +0100 1875816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868480&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F417308243%2F It depends on how you look at it. If you’ve been around for a while (since before 2004 or thereabouts) you may recognize the name, if not the older face. If you are newer than that, then allow me to introduce myself: I’m Neil Rambo, acting director of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868480 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:32:39 +0100 1868480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868481&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F417247361%2F NN/LM PNR is pleased to announce this year’s round of funding to support implementation of Go Local in the Pacific Northwest. The MedlinePlus Go Local project links MedlinePlus users to health services in their local community related to the health topic they are researching. Conversely, the project also directs users of the Go Local site [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868481 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:04:36 +0100 1868481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1862571&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F414174540%2F Do you frequently capture screenshots for use in presentations, online tutorials, and printed materials? Gone are the days when creating good screen captures meant struggling with complicated image editing software. Here are three tools designed to give your screenshots some extra pizazz. SnagIt - for a professional look This screenshot was created with SnagIt, a commercial product [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1862571 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:36:51 +0100 1862571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1847825&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F408669788%2F No, not a new online dating service! The NN/LM PNR is once again accepting applications for Express Outreach Awards, and relationships (collaborations) are strongly encouraged as an effective means to increasing and improving use of health information. Projects should be based on a thorough understanding of the needs and resources of a geographic area or [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1847825 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:33:05 +0100 1847825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1847826&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F408348303%2F October is National Medical Librarians Month! During the month, please visit NLM’s Web pages highlighting medical library projects across the NN/LM regions. Congratulations to 2 PNR librarians featured for their 2008 library projects: George McAlister at Spokane County Medical Society Library, and Hope Leman at the Murray Memorial Library, Good Samaritan Regional Medical [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1847826 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:29:58 +0100 1847826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1844484&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F407720121%2F Have you ever wondered what life is like at the RML? We invite you to come in and take a look around with the help of Flickr, a popular online photo sharing application. www.flickr.com pnrml’s RML Tour photoset Sharing photos on Flickr could be a great way to draw attention to the work of your library or non-profit [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1844484 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:31:12 +0100 1844484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1840809&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F406820587%2F Dynamic Duo - PNR and the Idaho Commission for Libraries For the past several months PNR staff, especially Roy Sahali our Community Resources Coordinator, have been working with the Idaho Commisson for Libraries (ICFL) to strategize about how to raise interest in having libraries in Idaho partner with community-based organizations for health information outreach activities. [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1840809 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:50:46 +0100 1840809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1840810&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F406735308%2F NN/LM PNR is glad to welcome three new members to the EFTS system: Billings Clinic 2825 8th Ave North PO Box 3700 Billings MT 59107-7000 Devers Eye Institute - Legacy Good Samaritan 1040 NW 22nd Avenue Suite 160 Portland OR 97210 Salem Hospital 665 Winter Street SE PO Box 1400 Salem OR 97309-5014   Participation in the EFTS System is up to 57 members, or 37.5% of the DOCLINE Libraries [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1840810 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:41:20 +0100 1840810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825239&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F402080866%2F Thanks to Doodle fan Lisa Oberg for suggesting this topic. E-mail. Most of your contacts use it all the time, but that doesn’t mean it’s the best tool for every job. Let’s say you need to schedule a meeting for a group of people who don’t share a common calendaring system. You could ask each invited [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825239 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:09:59 +0100 1825239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1797878&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F394603200%2F As information professionals, we spend a lot of time managing printed words. Spoken words deserve some attention, too. This week’s edition of Technology Tuesday explores podcasting as an alternative way to convey information. A podcast is a digital audio or video file that is available on the Web. You can listen to podcasts from any computer [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1797878 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:07:09 +0100 1797878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1778897&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F387882812%2F Last week’s Technology Tuesday post was about using RSS to track updates to your favorite blogs and websites. Many of you reading this are bona fide RSS junkies already, but you might still be wondering how to incorporate RSS as a service for patrons of your library or information center. Here are some strategies for [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1778897 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:58:18 +0100 1778897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754467&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F381591084%2F This month, September 2008, marks the resignation of Sherri Fuller as director of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and as our director of the RML. Thinking about Sherri and the RML, it is very difficult to encapsulate what she has meant to our program, and our region. And, that challenge (how to do [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754467 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:14:32 +0100 1754467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754468&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F381568418%2F We look forward to seeing you tomorrow, September 3, 2008 at 1pm Pacific, 2 pm Mountain & 12 pm Alaska time as we receive the latest news from the Medical Library Association Vital Pathways project from chair M.J. Tooey. There will be time for a question and answer session after the presentation. Please note, if you [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754468 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:55:24 +0100 1754468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754469&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F381568419%2F RSS (Rich Site Syndication, or Really Simple Syndication) is changing the way people receive and manage information. This technology has been around for several years and is increasingly being adopted by mainstream internet users. More than likely, this includes people you serve at your library or information center. If you have yet to jump on [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754469 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:46:13 +0100 1754469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754470&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F381546962%2F Did you know that September is National Preparedness Month? National, regional, state, and local organizations, will combine efforts throughout the month of September to encourage all Americans to take steps to prepare for emergencies before they happen. Action we take as individuals to be prepared can greatly improve our ability to survive and recover from all types [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754470 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:32:07 +0100 1754470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1738913&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F377582713%2F During this first year of NIH Public Access Policy implementation, NIH-funded authors have a lot of questions about how to comply with the new rules. Here are a few resources to check for answers. Public Access Policy Frequently Asked Questions This page, directly from NIH, answers specific questions about the scope of the policy and how to [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1738913 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:49:44 +0100 1738913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1708741&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F365181444%2F We are excited to announce a new funding opportunity from the NN/LM PNR to support purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of hardware and software to enhance access to health information. Up to three (3) awards of up to $5,000 each are available to NN/LM member organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708741 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:24:14 +0100 1708741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1708742&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F365121950%2F Congratulations to the Spokane County Medical Society Library, the Center for Public Health Nutrition, at the University of Washington, and OR211. These 3 network member organizations were recently awarded new funding for Express Outreach projects in the Pacific Northwest Region. For more information about their projects, please see: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/funding/OutreachAwards2006-2011.html (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708742 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:16:17 +0100 1708742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1704602&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F364191182%2F Please join us in three weeks for an RML Rendezvous on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1pm Pacific time for a presentation by Medical Library Association’s Vital Pathways Task Force Chair M.J. Tooey. We will post a reminder about the Rendezvous here the day before it will occur. For more information about Vital Pathways and how [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1704602 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:19:15 +0100 1704602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671396&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F352073842%2F by Gail Kouame Several weeks ago I posted a story about my experiences with the surgery videos on MedlinePlus.gov, the National Library of Medicine’s consumer health portal site. One of my co-workers asked me at that point, “You’re going to write an ‘after’ story, aren’t you?” To which I said, “Sure!” So, [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671396 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:02:58 +0100 1671396 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668263&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F350767252%2F The traveling exhibit Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons and a corresponding exhibit “Firsts in the History of African American Physicians and Surgeons” will be on display at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library from August 1 to September 26, 2008. Opening Doors was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668263 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:12:52 +0100 1668263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1648858&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F344074049%2F Site visits are one of the most enjoyable parts of my new job as Technology Outreach Coordinator. Thanks to all of you who have welcomed me into your libraries and offices. I have learned a lot from you. Being new to the Pacific Northwest, I never leave for a trip without first consulting the NN/LM [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1648858 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:15:28 +0100 1648858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1645701&cid=s_34462_10_f&fid=34462&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fnnlm%2Fdragonfly%2F%7E3%2F342995307%2F Heidi Sue Adams, librarian at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana got some great PR from the local newspaper. The Daily Inter Lake, a paper in Kalispell, featured an article about Heidi Sue on June 24, 2008. The lengthy article talks about Heidi Sue and all that she does for her hospital’s [...] (Source: Dragonfly) Dragonfly organizations http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1645701 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:02:35 +0100 1645701