EDUCATION: PubMed Update on Jan. 10 and MCR Update on Jan. 15
Friday, January 10 – 1:00 MT/2:00 CT – Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources – PubMed Updates from the National Training Center
Learn about recently added PubMed features and interface changes from the last six months, such as the new Relevance Sort. Bring your questions!
Wednesday, January 15, 10:00 MT/11:00 CT- Breezing Along with the RML – MCR Update from Jean Shipman and Claire Hamasu
NOTE URL: https://utahntc.adobeconnect.com/mcr Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio wi...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 18, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
DOCLINE: Offer Loansome Doc Services!
DOCLINE users have an avenue to provide support to health professionals by extending Loansome Doc (LD) services. http://nnlm.gov/rsdd/loansome . Some of the advantages are that 1) affiliated health professionals can order and check on status of articles themselves 2) unaffiliated health professionals can have better access to biomedical literature and 3) extra user services can enhance the status of the library within your institution.
Currently, twenty-five DOCLINE libraries, in the MidContinental Region, offer Loansome Doc services to unaffiliated health professionals. We need more providers and it’s...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 17, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Health Sciences Libraries Other Libraries Source Type: news
New Opportunity for Research Design in Librarianship Instruction
Institute for Research Design in Librarianship: 9 days in southern CA; full scholarships available
Do you want to learn about how your user groups and communities find and use information? Do you want to gather evidence to demonstrate that your work is making a difference?
Exciting news! You can work on these questions, and questions like them, June 16-26, 2014!
The Institute for Research Design in Librarianship is a great opportunity for an academic librarian who is interested in conducting research. Research and evaluation are not necessarily identical, although they do employ many of the same methods and are closely rel...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 17, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Health Sciences Libraries Source Type: news
DOCLINE: Reminder to Submit Out of Office Requests
Libraries using DOCLINE must submit an Out of Office request when shutdown for staff vacations/holidays, or for an emergency. The action makes your library temporarily inactive while you are away. With a busy holiday season coming soon, you would be advised to check your calendars and the make the request. It’s fast and easy to submit your request.
To submit an Out of Office request, log in to your DOCLINE account, click on the “Institutions” tab at the top, then click on “Update (LIBID)” button and then find the “Out of Office” tab on the left side of the screen. Remem...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 17, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Health Sciences Libraries Other Libraries Source Type: news
Sandbox Session: Wordle ***Today, Tuesday December 17, 2013***
at 1 PM (MT) / 2 PM (CT)
Hello Network members,
It is time to come and play in the sandbox and check out a new(ish) toy…
At the next NN/LM MCR Technology Sandbox Session we will be “playing” with wordle.net, a free toy that generates “word clouds” from text that you provide.
There are some pretty cool word clouds that librarians are using to creatively promote their library services (just do a Google image search for “library word cloud”)
*Sandbox sessions are online get-togethers where we introduce a “toy”, such as an online app or cool tool, and quickly show you how it works ...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 17, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Education events – save the dates!
December 18 - 10:00 MT/ 11:00 CT – Breezing Along with the RML – Data Accuracy in Journal Abstracts: Implications for Informing Clinical Decisions
The abstract is the most frequently read section of a research article. Sometimes that’s all busy clinicians have time for. However, inaccuracies between abstracts and the corresponding full-text have been noted. Efforts have been made to improve quality. How successful have these efforts been? The presenter, Dr. Sarmiento compared data between 60 abstracts and full-text articles from six highly read medical journals. Data inaccuracies were identified,...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 13, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Health Sciences Libraries Source Type: news
Mission I’mPossible
Special Agents stay cool and calm during any emergency situation. Do you measure up? Does your library have a disaster plan in place? Mission I’mPossible has 3 new tasks that deal with emergency planning. You’ll find them under the Advocacy Mission. Learn about disaster planning and get 10 points. Write a disaster plan and get 30 more points. Share your plan with others and get an additional 70 points!
If you haven’t explored our game yet, get the nitty-gritty from the game details page. Register now to play and show others that you are ready for any and all disasters! /rv (Source: Midcontinental Region News)
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 10, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
FUNDING: DOCLINE Users – Apply for EFTS Award !
The MidContinental Region (MCR) is offering $150 in start-up funding for the Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) to each MCR library using DOCLINE but not currently participating in the EFTS program. EFTS is used by health sciences libraries, and other DOCLINE users, for processing payment of inter-library loan transactions. Benefits include reduced costs, minimizes human error, reduced paperwork and increases efficiency. More information on the program is here.
Any MCR DOCLINE library, but EFTS non-participant is eligible to apply. You must enroll in EFTS to receive the award. Deadline for submitting...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 10, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Sandbox Session: Wordle
- December 17, 2013 at 1 PM (MT) / 2 PM (CT)
Hello Network members,
It is time to come and play in the sandbox and check out a new(ish) toy…
At the next NN/LM MCR Technology Sandbox Session we will be “playing” with wordle.net, a free toy that generates “word clouds” from text that you provide.
There are some pretty cool word clouds that librarians are using to creatively promote their library services (just do a Google image search for “library word cloud”)
*Sandbox sessions are online get-togethers where we introduce a “toy”, such as an online app or cool tool, and quickly ...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 10, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Library Advocacy MOOC offered
The University of Toronto is offering a MOOC titled “Library Advocacy Unshushed: Values, Evidence, Action” which starts on February 24, 2014. The course will include:
Values and transformative impacts of libraries and librarianship.
Research on current perceptions of libraries and librarians.
Role of relationships in advocacy.
Principles of influence and their impact on advocacy.
Strategic thinking and planning in advocacy.
Effective communication: messages, messengers, and timing.
You can take the course for a certificate or audit if you are unable to complete the full work of the class...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 6, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Apply to Attend the Winter 2014 Online Class “Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching”
Health science librarians in the United States are invited to participate in the next offering of the online bioinformatics training course, Fundamentals of Bioinformatics and Searching, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, NLM Training Center (NTC).This rigorous course provides basic knowledge and skills for librarians interested in helping patrons use online molecular databases and tools from the NCBI. Attending this course will improve your ability to initiate or extend bioinformatics services at...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 5, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Health Sciences Libraries Source Type: news
EDUCATION: Next Breezing Along with the RML – Wed. Dec. 18 – Data Accuracy in Journals
December 18 - 10:00 MT/ 11:00 CT – Breezing Along with the RML – Data Accuracy in Journal Abstracts: Implications for Informing Clinical Decisions
The abstract is the most frequently read section of a research article. Sometimes that’s all busy clinicians have time for. However, inaccuracies between abstracts and the corresponding full-text have been noted. Efforts have been made to improve quality. How successful have these efforts been? The presenter, Dr. Sarmiento compared data between 60 abstracts and full-text articles from six highly read medical journals. Data inaccuracies were identified,...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Health Sciences Libraries Source Type: news
E-Book choice: Evaluation of Library and Information Services
Did you know the NN/LM MCR has e-books? Here’s one that might make you think about some end-of-year reporting: Evaluation of Library and Information Services. Check out this collection of more than 100 library management and technology e-books at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/ (Source: Midcontinental Region News)
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
Draft Declaration of Data Citation Principles
If you’re working with data or know someone who is, this will be of interest.
The Data Citation Synthesis Group has released a draft Declaration of Data Citation Principles and invites comment.
The preamble states: Sound, reproducible scholarship rests upon a foundation of robust, accessible data. For this to be so in practice as well as theory, data must be accorded due importance in the practice of scholarship and in the enduring scholarly record. In other words, data should be considered legitimate, citable products of research. Data citation, like the citation of other evidence and sources, is good research prac...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Health Sciences Libraries Other Libraries Source Type: news
New AHRQ Tool to Assess Patient Education Materials
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has just released a new tool to help professionals choose more understandable and actionable materials – the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT).
Patient educational materials, such as brochures, medical instructions, and audiovisual aids, are often complex and lack clear information about what the patient is supposed to do. AHRQ’s PEMAT and User’s Guide provides a systematic method to evaluate and compare the understandability and actionability of patient education materials. By selecting health materials that score better on the PEMAT, you can ...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - December 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: All Members Source Type: news
