Are you a health-sciences librarian who would like to know more about the ClinicalTrials.gov database, or do you know a healthcare provider or a researcher who might be interested? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region is offering a self-paced online course, “ClinicalTrials.gov: Results Reporting, Unique Evidence & the Role of…
Author: Eric Edwards
NN/LM-GMR Course on Genetics Information for Consumers
The National Network of Librarians of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region will offer the online course “ABCs of DNA: Unraveling the Mystery of Genetics Information for Consumers”, starting January 11 and continuing through March 4. The course, which will meet eight times and will be worth 4 CE hours from the Medical Library Association, will…
NN/LM-GMR Regional Advisory Council Meeting (Part 3 of 3)
(via Laura Wimmer, Resurrection Presence Medical Center) Speakers & Awards Barb Platts, Munson Healthcare, Traverse City, MI. Adding Value: The Health Information Professional as Part of the Hospital Clinical Rounding Team. Outreach Express award funded during Base Year (2011-12). Her project is described in Platts, B. A., & Ransom, J. F. (2015). Adding Value-Supporting Patient…
NN/LM-GMR Regional Advisory Council Report (Part 2 of 3)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) Upcoming Lake Effects Seminars 12/17/15: Spotlight on Consumer Health Libraries in the GMR 1/21/16: PubMed Update: What’s new in 2016 2/23/16: Caregiver Support Resources 3/17/16: Resources for the LGBTQ Health 4/21/16: Keep on Learning: Educational Resources for K-12 & Beyond Tech Talks If you missed them, they can…
NN/LM-GMR Regional Advisory Council Report (Part 1 of 3)
(via Laura Wimmer, Presence Resurrection Medical Center) DOCLINE Don’t forget sign up for the DOCLINE-L listserve to keep abreast of DOCLINE changes like these: Set your Library’s standard weekly schedule for lending here. Plan multiple Out-of-Office dates here. The RML no longer needs to review the request. A new series of Docline Classes will start…
Deadline to Apply for NMRT Professional Development Grant is December 20
(via Lindsay Harmon, IACRL Vice-President/President-Elect) We are excited to announce that members of ALA’s New Members Round Table (NMRT) can apply for a grant to help offset expenses to attend the ALA Annual Conference, June 23 – June 28, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. You must be a current member of NMRT in order to apply….
Illinois Librarians Who Presented at ASIS&T Conference
The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) held its 78th annual conference in St. Louis, from November 6 to November 10. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community”, with a special emphasis on the ways in which research can be applied to real-life information problems….
Knight-Davis Discusses Eastern’s Institutional Repository on WCIA-TV
Two librarians from Eastern Illinois University were recently featured on WCIA’s “CI Living” segment. (Watch the interview here.) Booth Library’s Stacey Knight-Davis (past HSLI President) and Todd Bruns discuss The Keep, Eastern Illinois University’s growing institutional repository. Some of the items they share are yearbooks and postcards in Booth Library’s collection that, through the digitization efforts,…
Volunteer for Newly-Formed ACRL Libraries Transform Task Force by December 15
(via Gwen Gregory, IACRL President) At its Fall Board Meeting on October 23, 2015, the ACRL Board of Directors approved the ACRL Libraries Transform Task Force to support the new ALA advocacy campaign. ACRL President Ann Campion Riley invites you to volunteer to serve on this newly created task force. Please see the following charge,…
University of Chicago Chosen to Host MLA Webinar
The University of Chicago’s John Crerar Library has been chosen as one of the locations to host a Medical Library Association webinar, “Instructional Design for Medical Librarians”. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, December 2, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM CST. The University of Chicago was selected by the National Network of Libraries of…