Sharon Kambeitz, MLIS, AHIP
Midwest Chapter Representative/Minnesota
sharon.kambeitz@allina.com

Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association – Distinguished Librarian of the Year 2008

This special award recognizes the members from our chapter who made significant contributions to health science librarianship and the Chapter. Established in 2005 we have recognized the following librarians:
Christopher Shaffer – 2005
Carole Gilbert – 2006
Margaret (Peggy) Richwine – 2007
The recipient receives a commemorative plaque and a check for $500 which will be presented at the Chapter’s Annual Business Meeting, October 20, 2008 at the Detroit Marriott Troy in Troy, Michigan.

The Nomination Criteria and the Nomination Requirements are found on the Midwest Chapter/MLA web page – Chapter Awards. http://midwestmla.org/committees/awards
The deadline for submission is August 18, 2008.

Think about nominating a colleague or leader in the chapter for this award and the impact they have had on medical librarianship. Visit the Midwest Chapter website to start the application process. We look forward to your nomination for this prestigious award.

For further information, please contact:

Dottie Hawthorne, MSL, AHIP-D
Outreach Librarian
Mayo Clinic Libraries
200 First St. SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Hawthorne.dottie@mayo.edu
507-284-3240

There will be two free hands-on online database classes offered in Minneapolis at the Bio-Medical Library, Diehl Hall, 505 Essex Street SE, University of Minnesota available to all US residents. The local contact is Martha Hardy, 612 624-3128, hardy017@umn.edu
Please do not contact Martha to register for the class, see the link below.

The NLM Gateway and ClinicalTrials.gov (3.5 MLA CE Hours) will be on Monday, September 15, 2008 from 1:00 to 4:30pm. The NLM Gateway & Clinical Trails database is of particular interest to public and consumer health librarians and all health information consumers

The PubMed® (7.5 MLA CE Hours) class will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

There have been many recent enhancements to PubMed®, including:
*Additions to “My NCBI” to allow for customize of your display, choosing your own filters, saving citations and generating automatic email alerts from PubMed®.
*Citation “sensors”.
*NEW “Automatic term mapping”.
*NEW Advanced search

All these classes are intended for health sciences library staff, public librarians, health professionals and anyone interested in using the National Library of Medicine databases which are renowned.

These classes are taught by two trainers from the National Training Center & Clearinghouse, 800-338-7657 (press 2), of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine of the National Library of Medicine. All training materials will be provided free of charge.

To register for this class, please go to:

http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html

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The History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce our newest website, AIDS Ephemera, based on an exhibit of that name at the NLM from November 2002 to June 2003.

AIDS was first identified in 1981 and the initial response to the disease generated ephemeral public health materials, such as buttons, posters, cards, comic books, and even lunch boxes. Since AIDS was both incurable and invariably fatal, these messages of prevention were the only effective steps public health officials could take.

Produced by government health departments as well as private organizations, these ephemeral objects became an important medium for messages of awareness, prevention, compassion, and responsibility. Buttons and posters provided information on disease symptoms and safe practices, while comic books spun tales of the consequences of risky sex and needle sharing.

The materials for this website are drawn from the NLM’s Prints & Photographs collection. Many donors contributed these materials—we wish to take special note of the contributions of William H. Helfand, who, as a consultant to the Library, organized and carried out a project to secure AIDS posters from the many agencies and organizations that were producing and distributing them in the 1980s and '90s.

Please visit the site at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aidsephemera

Subject: Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 Meeting Announcement

You and others in your organizations may wish to "attend" the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020, which will hold its fourth meeting on July 30, 2008, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on the Internet (via WebEx software). This meeting will be the equivalent of an in-person meeting of the Committee and will be open to the public. Please feel free to forward this announcement to your members.

Members of the public are invited to listen to the online Committee meeting. To listen to the Committee meeting, individuals must pre-register to attend at the Healthy People Web site at http://www.healthypeople.gov. There will be no opportunity for oral public comments during the online meeting.

Written comments are welcome throughout the development process of the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for 2020. They can be submitted through the Healthy People Web site at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/comments/ or they can be e-mailed to HP2020@hhs.gov. Please note that the public comment Website will be updated throughout the Healthy People development process, so people should return to the site frequently to provide their input.

Participation in the meeting is limited. Registrations will be accepted until maximum WebEx capacity is reached and must be completed by close of business EDT on July 29, 2008. A waiting list will be maintained should registrations exceed WebEx capacity. Individuals on the waiting list will be contacted as additional space for the meeting becomes available. For detailed instructions about how to make sure that your windows-based computer and browser are set up for WebEx, please visit the “Secretary’s Advisory Committee” page of the Healthy People Web site at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/advisory/default.asp.

Registration questions may be directed to Hilary Scherer at HP2020@norc.org (e-mail), (301) 634-9374 (phone), or (301) 634-9301 (fax).

Regards,
Lisa

Lisa A. Lang, MPP Assistant Director for Health Services Research Information Head, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) National Library of Medicine 301-435-2242 langl@nlm.nih.gov

For more information and access to the meeting, go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/pmupdate08.html. Please note that, due to technical limitations, there is a maximum capacity of 300 participants permitted. The clinic will be recorded and available for viewing at this address.

The GMR is extending an invitation for all network members to provide feedback about the strengths of its program and future directions it should take. This project will help us prepare for the upcoming site visit from the National Library of Medicine on August 12, 2008. The goal of the site visit is to help GMR and NLM understand how the RML is serving its network membership, learn how GMR can strengthen its program to meet current and emerging needs in the region, and gather ideas for how NLM can support the national network.

To access our feedback form, please click on the link below. You can answer as many questions as you want or provide other comments.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jh_2fJ_2fRY6GdRlD0LQ13ec_2fA_3d_3d

The responses from this questionnaire will be provided unedited (but without names attached) to those involved in the site visit, specifically the visiting site team along with the staff from GMR and NLM. These responses will also be included in the site team's written report, which is made available to GMR staff. GMR, in turn, may decide to share the site visit report with advisors or groups such as our Regional Advisory Committee.

We will be collecting responses through July 14th. Your responses are very important to us, so please take a few moments to send your feedback!

Sincerely,

Kate Carpenter, GMR Director <khc@uic.edu>

and Ruth Holst, GMR Associate Director <rholst@uic.edu>

Do you work with public health professionals? Are you interested in public health? Are you interested in attending the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting?

This year’s APHA meeting will take place in San Diego, CA from October 25 - 29, 2008. Its theme is Public Health Without Borders.

The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund, Inc. is offering stipends to librarians and other information professionals to help cover the costs of their attending and/or participating in this meeting. Successful applicants from the greater San Diego area will receive a stipend of at least $650. Successful applicants from outside greater San Diego will receive at least $1,000. This amount covers most of the APHA Membership at $195 and Early Bird (pre-August 15, 2008) Member Registration at $380. Though significant, these amounts will NOT cover all costs, so stipend recipients will need to find additional monies to cover remaining costs.

Completed applications are due July 25, 2008--just over 3 weeks from today. To apply, download the Word application form at http://phha.mlanet.org/activities.html. Add all required application materials to the completed form and send as a SINGLE email attachment to Joey Nicholson at jnicholson@nyam.org.

For more information, contact Joey Nicholson at jnicholson@nyam.org.

Joey Nicholson
Chair, Client Relations Committee
PH/HA Section, MLA

I would love to showcase the work of HSLM members in the Journal of Hospital Librarianship's Charting Consumer Health Column. This is a great (and relatively easy) way to share information on your consumer health related projects, demonstrate your value to your organization, and build your CV.
If you are interested in submitting an article, or would like to learn more about the process, please be in touch. I can be contacted at easpinall@gmail.com.

Erinn

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Erinn Aspinall Lead Editor, Charting Consumer Health Column
Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Please see full information at http://undmedlibrary.org/pdf/swcampus_job.pdf

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Lila Pedersen
Director of Libraries
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota

Mailing address:
LIBRARY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES
MEDICAL SCHOOL ROOM 1300
501 N COLUMBIA RD STOP 9002
GRAND FORKS ND 58202-9002

phone 701-777-3993
fax 701-777-4790
lpederse@medicine.nodak.edu
http://undmedlibrary.org/

We are checking in again to see if you suffered damages or interruption of services related to recent storms and/or current flooding. We hope that you are all OK. We have received reports from a number of institutions that have sustained damage so far - look at the Cornflower blog for latest updates: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2008/06/17/regional-flooding-storm-reports/

Please keep us informed of any status changes.

If you or another network member you know has need for assistance from the GMR to change DOCLINE status to "Inactive" because of inability to maintain regular DOCLINE services due to storm damage, please contact the GMR.

Our toll-free RML phone number is 1-800-338-7657 (1-800-DEV-ROKS).

Thanks.

The GMR Staff

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Max C Anderson, MLIS
Technology Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Greater Midwest Region
1750 W. Polk St. M/C 763
Chicago, IL 60612-433

It was a pleasure meeting you at last week's meeting. Thanks to all for your insightful comments and suggestions regarding the initial planning for the My Health Minnesota --> Electronic Health Library (eHL). I will be sure to incorporate your thoughts as we move forward with the feasibility study.

I welcome additional feedback about the project. Please feel free to contact me in response to the following questions, or any other topics related to the development of the eHL.

- How can we help you communicate with your administrators about the eHL? We can distribute marketing materials, write letters, and give presentations, but would like to have your input how we can be of assistance. - How do we reach hospitals and other organizations that do not have a medical library?
- Besides hospital administrators, are there any other stakeholders you would recommend involving in the conversation?

I would also appreciate you sending me feedback as you begin sharing the concept of the eHL with others. If you have any particularly positive experiences, or meet anyone who could serve as a champion for the project, please let me know. I can be contacted via email at aspin005@umn.edu.

Thank you,
Erinn

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Erinn Aspinall
Project Manager, Statewide Clinical Licensing Project
Bio-Medical Library
University of Minnesota

Here's the link to Why Wufoo? poster wiki. Martha has fixed the video link so you can catch her in action at the poster session.

Lisa

The Ebling Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be hosting three sessions presented by The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/) in July, 2008:

(1) NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (a half day session from 1:00pm - 4:30pm).
(2) PubMed will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (a full day session from 8:30am - 5:00pm).
(3) TOXNET will be held on Thursday, July 24, 2008 (a full day session from 9:00am - 4:00pm).

Sessions will be held in Room 2121 Health Sciences Learning Center (see map).
Sessions are FREE and OPEN TO ALL.

For more information and to register, please go to http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/schedule.html