Questions? Please contact Doreen Roberts at droberts@slhduluth.com or 218-249-5320.

Workshop: Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy.

Where: Allina Hospitals & Clinics Library Services

Allina Commons, Room 008

Midtown Exchange

2925 Chicago Ave.

Minneapolis, MN 55407

Map and Directions

The HSLM Annual Meeting will be held in the afternoon. Beverages, a light continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Agenda for the Day:

8:15-8:45 AM: Registration and light breakfast/coffee

8:45 AM - 12:45 PM: Workshop

12:45 - 1:30: Lunch

1:30 - 3:30: HSLM Annual Meeting

3:30 - 4:00 PM: HSLM Board Meeting

We offer this event free of charge to current HSLM members.

Non-HSLM members may attend the workshop for $30.00. Please send checks made out to HSLM to: Doreen Roberts, Medical Librarian, St. Luke’s Hospital, 915 E. 1st St., Duluth, MN 55811

To join HSLM, please fill out the form found here or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lmcguire/hslm/2012%20HSLM%20Membership%20renewal%20form.doc and mail it to the HSLM treasurer, per the instructions provided.

If you have any questions or are unable to fill out the online registration, please email Amy Claussen (akla0002@umn.edu) or Anne Beschnett (besch015@umn.edu).

See you on June 15th! Amy Claussen and Anne Beschnett

AHRQ's monthly newsletter Research Activities has a front page spread on the recently published Pharmacy Health Literacy Curricular modules.

View the article at: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/may12/0512RA1.htm

Access AHRQ's Pharmacy Health Literacy Curricular Modules from AHRQ's Pharmacy Health Literacy Center at: http://www.ahrq.gov/pharmhealthlit/

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Samanthi Hewakapuge, MA, MLS
Consumer Health Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Greater Midwest Region
Library of the Health Sciences - UIC
1750 W. Polk St. (M/C 763)
Chicago, IL 60612-4330
(312) 996-7791
(312) 996-2226 Fax
samanthi@uic.edu

The GMR has funding available for the new year of our contract that started on May 1, 2012. Please go to the Funding tab on our website to see what's available: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/

We are able to fund at least two more Target Outreach subcontracts for up to $14,000 each and we have issues new Calls for Applications (CFAs) for the following smaller awards:
- Community Preparedness
- Exhibit
- Outreach Express
- Planning and Assessment
- Technology Improvement

The deadline for the smaller awards is June 1, 2012 and the deadline for the Target Outreach subcontracts is June 8, 2012.

Don't wait. Check out these opportunities today.

Ruth

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Ruth Holst, MSLS, AHIP, FMLA
Associate Director
NN/LM, Greater Midwest Region
University of Illinois at Chicago
Library of the Health Sciences
1750 W. Polk Street, MC763
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-996-6872
Email: rholst@uic.edu
Fax: 312-996-2226

NLM's Specialized Information Services (SIS) will once again be funding AIDS community outreach projects. The announcement of the forthcoming RFP is listed currently on FedBizOp at the URL below. The RFP will be available on May 15 with proposals due on June 18.

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=617fb50d5cbee0ed17add7b770d12226&tab=core&_cview=0

It is with mixed emotions that I write to say that Max Anderson will be leaving his position as Technology Coordinator for the NN/LM GMR on June 15, 2012. During his tenure with the GMR, he taught 91 classes, online and face-to-face. He authored many classes (e.g. 'Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials' and 'Information Anywhere: Mobile Technology, Libraries and Health.') that became very popular in the region and was often invited to teach or present outside the GMR region, including national online webinars for the Medical Library Association. Over his 4 years with the GMR, he has visited all ten states in the region numerous times conducting site visits, teaching and giving presentations, and exhibiting at conferences. He served as the state contact for Wisconsin and Indiana and was a fixture at their annual meetings and during the planning process. Max has been a major force for collaboration among the Technology Coordinators within the NN/LM and has been a valued colleague to Network members in the Midwest and his co-workers here at UIC.

He is moving on to serve as the Assistant Library Director for Educational Technology for the Library of Rush University Medical Center in July. We wish well in his new position, but expect to see him from time to time in the neighborhood, since Rush is right next door to UIC.

Max can be reached at max [at] uic [dot] edu until June 15, and rexlibris [at] me [dot] com after that date.

Ruth
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Ruth Holst, MSLS, AHIP, FMLA
Associate Director
NN/LM, Greater Midwest Region
University of Illinois at Chicago
Library of the Health Sciences
1750 W. Polk Street, MC763
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-996-6872
Email: rholst@uic.edu
Fax: 312-996-2226

We are pleased to announce that HSLM will offer a continuing education workshop at Allina Hospitals & Clinics Library on Friday, June 15, 2012.

Workshop: Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy

Instructors: Ruth Holst, Associate Direct, NN/LM Greater Midwest Region Jacqueline Leskovec, Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator, GMR

Library users and stakeholders will recognize and value the importance of their library’s services and of the librarian to the organization. The outcome for the class is that librarians will be able to show the value of their library’s services. Participants will become familiar with an evaluation process and will use and take away methods and tools for assessment, evaluation planning, creating logic models, data collection, data analysis and reporting.

We offer this event free of charge to current HSLM members. Non-HSLM members may attend the workshop for $30.00. To join HSLM, please fill out the form found here (or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lmcguire/hslm/2009HSLMMembershipForm-1.doc) and mail it to the HSLM treasurer, per the instructions provided.

The HSLM Annual Meeting will be held in the afternoon. Beverages, a light continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

If you have any questions, please contact Anne Beschnett (besch015@umn.edu) or Amy Claussen (akla0002@umn.edu)! Thank you.

It is nearing time for elections for HSLM leadership. Our organization needs a Chair-Elect for the 2012-2013 term. The Chair-Elect will serve as Chair of HSLM for 2013-2014 and Chair-Emeritus in 2014-2015.

Openings for other officers include the positions of secretary and treasurer. These are two year terms.

Details of duties can be found on the HSLM blog under About HSLM, HSLM Bylaws, at http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lmcguire/hslm/about_hslm/

Please consider volunteering yourself or nominating a colleague. Please send your nominations to Chair-Emeritus Kolleen Olsen, (612-273-6595 or kolsen6@fairview.org) by May 18. Elections will be held using Survey Monkey prior to the June 15 annual meeting. Watch for that announcement.

Thanks!

Kolleen Olsen, MLIS
Manager, Fairview Medical Library
Fairview Health Services
2450 Riverside Ave MB242
Minneapolis MN 55454
612-273-6595
kolsen6@fairview.org

Have you seen these postings on the GMR blog, The Cornflower? Check them out through the direct links below.

Attributes of a Health Literate Organization

MHSLA 2012: Librarians Driving Medical Education

GMR Sponsors April 18th MLA Webcast Sites

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Jacqueline Leskovec, MLIS, MA, RN
Editor, The Cornflower
Outreach, Planning and Evaluation Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Greater Midwest Region
1750 W. Polk St. M/C 763
Chicago, IL 60612-4330

Brief articles in this issue include:

• A conversation with librarian Patricia "Pat" Erwin who reflects on 40 years of service to Mayo Clinic as an expert searcher and reference sleuth extraordinaire.


• A report on a successful service through the Patient and Health Education Library in Arizona using portable MP3 players for patients and family members.


• Updates on new nursing e-resources, enhancements to the Current Awareness service, new subject guides, and extension of the retrospective coverage of the Web of Science and H-Index to 1974.


• Recurring columns "National Library of Medicine Update" and "What's Your Reference Question" and book reviews of The Panic Virus and The Mayo Clinic Kid's Cookbook.

SHARPn--one of the grantees of the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) program--would like to invite you to its 3rd annual meeting on June 11-12, 2012 on the University of Minnesota Rochester Center campus to present and discuss work in the following areas:

• Standards, Data Integration & Semantic Interoperability


• Natural Language Processing


• Phenotyping: clinical trial selection, clinical decision support, quality measurement


• Software evaluation

• Learn more about SHARPn and the health IT field
• Explore technologies and tools that enable secondary uses of EHR data
• Participate in a hands-on tutorial from experts on how to better leverage secondary data using open source tools
• Present your paper or poster on related topics through a peer reviewed process
• Work side-by-side with community leaders to develop and refine customer and stakeholder requirements

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Join us for FREE PubMed Training! Learn the basics, advanced or learn both

When:
May 9, 2012
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Making PubMed Work for You
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - PubMed Clinics of North America: A Problem Based Approach to PubMed Searching

Where:
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center 1900 South Ave La Crosse, WI 54601
Green Bay Building (Located on the corner of South Avenue and Green Bay Street, about ½ blocks south of the main medical center)
Training Room B, Lower Level

What:
Making PubMed Work for You (3 MLA CE)
This class is intended to hone basic searching techniques and the ability to develop search strategies that will take advantage of the PubMed interface to MEDLINE. The course will explore various methods for searching the PubMed system. Topics covered include Automatic Term Mapping, Search Results, Features Bar, Related Articles, My NCBI, Searching with MESH, Journal Database, and Single Citation Matcher. This course will provide an overview of the system and demonstrate utilizing the features of PubMed to search effectively. For more information see http://nnlm.gov/training/work/

PubMed Clinics of North America: A Problem Based Approach to PubMed Searching (3 MLA CE)

The workshop will focus on a problem-based approach in learning to search the PubMed database. Through case studies, group exercises and hands-on practice, participants will become more efficient PubMed searchers. The class is geared for intermediate and advanced PubMed searchers. Participants will be able to search PubMed to locate citations on author, subject or keyword, and institutional searches; create a search strategy using the strengths of the database; apply MeSH headings to enhance a search; use My NCBI to create collections and save searches; become familiar with available tools to update their skills and for lifelong learning. For more information see http://nnlm.gov/training/pubmedclinics/

Training provided by

Holly Burt, Outreach and Exhibits Coordinator from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region

Planning to attend or have questions?

Contact Eileen Severson by Thursday, May 3rd. Phone: 608-775-5546 or Email: easevers@gundluth.org

Hope to see you there!
Eileen Severson, MLIS
Supervisor, Library and Health Information Services
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
1900 South Ave. H01-011 La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608) 775-5546 Fax: (608)775-6343 Email:easevers@gundluth.org

In case you have not received an in-person update from your GMR coordinator, please see the latest edition of the GMR Update online at: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/about/gmrupdate.html

Read about our contract year end review, funding opportunities and Membership Renewal.

Thanks.

Jacqueline

Please see the latest from the GMR blog, The Cornflower, posted below.
Thanks!

Jacqueline

A Message from the RML Director, Spring 2012

Multilingual PubMed trifold brochures

Lessons Learned from the Midwest Veterinary Conference

GMR to Sponsor Sites for April 18th MLA Webcast

Duties for this highly visible position may include providing prompt reference and interlibrary loan services to faculty, staff, students and area health care professionals; supervision of Student Library Assistants; conducting computer searches of PubMed and MEDLINE as well as utilizing DOCLINE, SILO and the OCLC Interlibrary Loan function; coordinating medical and health science database training sessions with Education Librarian; maintaining an accurate record of billings from lending libraries and reconciliation and billings to individuals/departments; serve with Director as liaison with Polk County Biomedical Consortium; assist with daily circulation duties and more.

Requirements for this position include Master's in Library Science plus another advanced degree in Education, Life or Health Sciences; 7 or more years of academic or health sciences library experience focusing on Interlibrary Loan & Reference services; supervisory experience; experience training/educating faculty and students in library research; familiarity with medical library resources and databases such as MEDLINE and PubMed; excellent communication skills and being able to take evening/weekend calls from Student Library Assistants.

Qualified candidates are invited to apply online at www.dmu.edu/employment. Interested candidates should include their CV plus contact information for 3 professional references and a cover letter (required) detailing their expertise in academic or health science library experience to Library Director L. Marquardt. Submissions w/o all the above will not be eligible for consideration.

Application review and/or interview scheduling will commence immediately.

Application deadline is May 9, 2012 4PM CST

For complete job description or fulltime benefit summary, candidates are invited to visit www.dmu.edu/employment.

Des Moines University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The University seeks excellence through diversity among its administrators, faculty, employees and students. The University prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or marital status. Applications by members of underrepresented groups are encouraged