Anti-Germ Warfare Posters from 1952
During the Korean War, Chinese newspapers reported that American forces were conducting germ warfare. A Patriotic Health Movement was launched in China, and the Communist Party mobilized people to eliminate pests to prevent disease and contribute to war effort. Health posters were created to support this anti-germ warfare campaign. Visit the Circulating Now blog to read more about this campaign, and see images of some of the health posters.
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Source: MCR News - May 5, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Q & A with MCR Staff
Breezing Along with the RML: MCR Updates
Wednesday, June 21, 2017, 10 am MT/ 11am CT
This session will feature information and updates from the MCR staff. We want to hear from you too! If you have questions for us on projects that are doing, or reasons why we aren’t doing certain activities, or anything that is on your mind — please let us know. The presentation will be based on the questions that we receive.
You can submit your questions here: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3547412/MCRquestions. Please send in your questions by Wednesday, May 31.
You can register for the webinar here: https://nnlm.gov/class...
Source: MCR News - May 5, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Webinars and Training Source Type: news
NLM at MLA
Meet up with NLM at MLA. A schedule of NLM activities that include the NLM Update, the Leiter Lecture by Director Patricia Brennan, and a whole host of presentations at the NLM exhibit theater is available in the NLM Technical Bulletin. Make plans for including NLM in your MLA activities. /ch (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - May 5, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences Source Type: news
New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians – Registration Open
2017 New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians
June 14-16, 2017
University of Massachusetts Amherst
This year’s topics are: Geosciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Biomedical Research. For each of the focus topics covered, Science Boot Campers will be able to:
Explain the structure of the field and its foundational ideas
Understand and be able to use terminologies for the field
Identify the big questions that this field is exploring
Discuss new directions for research in this field
Discuss what questions research in this field is addressing
Understand how research is conducted, what instrumentation is used, an...
Source: MCR News - May 1, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences Source Type: news
New Newsletter Name
Starting in July our newsletter will be titled: MidContinental Message
Congratulations to Renee Gorrell from Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes – Jewish College in St. Louis for submitting the winning name!
Thank you to everyone who participated by submitting an entry or voting! (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - April 25, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Betsy Kelly is Retiring
Betsy Kelly, Assessment and Evaluation Coordinator, is retiring from the NNLM MCR effective April 30, 2017. Betsy has been with the NNLM MCR program since 2001 when she was based at Becker Medical Library at Washington University. The program greatly benefited from her unique skills and knowledge about librarianship, business practices, and technology.
Betsy is known for bringing assessment and evaluation to the MidContinental Region. With Barb Jones, she developed the library value calculators; still one of the most visited resources on the NNLM MCR web site. These calculators have been recognized by others as an effectiv...
Source: MCR News - April 24, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
2017 Health Literacy Leadership Institute Discounted Registration Extended
The early registration discount for the 2017 Health Literacy Leadership Institute has been extended until Friday, April 28th.
WHAT: Health Literacy Leadership Institute 2017
WHY: To advance health literacy and build leadership in the field
WHEN: June 12 – 16, 2017
WHERE: Tufts University School of Medicine (Boston, MA)
HOW: Early registration discount ends April 28, 2017. Register today!
TUITION: $3,058 ($2,446 early discount by April 28, 2017)
For more information and to register:
Web: ...
Source: MCR News - April 24, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Health Sciences Source Type: news
MCR Newsletter Naming Contest Finals
Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas for our new newsletter name!
We received 24 entries with really great ideas. MCR staff members have selected the top three finalists.
The finalists are:
The MidContinental Report
MidContinental Message
Sage Words
Go to http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3506646/MCR-Newsletter-Contest-Finals to cast your vote.
Voting Instructions:
Vote for your favorite newsletter name from the three finalists
Voting will be open April 18-24
Winner will be announced in the RML News on Tuesday April 25th
Only one vote per person please
MCR staff members are not eligible to vote in this round (Source: MCR News)
Source: MCR News - April 18, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
A new tool for finding open-access articles
Unpaywall is a Chrome browser extension that locates legal and free versions of paywalled or fee-to-view articles. It searches a variety of data sources including PubMed Central, the DOAJ, Crossref,DataCite, Google Scholar, and BASE and provides a PDF of requested articles around 65-85% of the time. This extension was developed by Impactstory and funded by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. If you are having a difficulty time locating open-access information, this could be a great tool for you.
The Chronicle of Higher Education provides a detailed overview of this extension and its potenti...
Source: MCR News - April 17, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
