HealthLINE UNT Panel Discussion

The UNT Spring Meeting was interesting and quite lively! If you weren't able to attend, the minutes have been typed up and sent to the listserv, so let me know if you didn't receive a copy.

Spring Meeting Information- REVISED

HealthLINE Meeting Information

Date: Thursday, April 21, 2005

Time: 9:00 am – 1:30 pm (refreshments will be served starting at 8:30am)

Location: University of North Texas Gateway Center, 801 North Texas Blvd., Denton, TX, 76201,

Rooms: Gateway Center, Rooms 43/47 (Meeting) and Rooms 51/52 (Luncheon)

Parking: Lot 20, located next to Fouts Field and across the street from the Gateway Center. Parking is free, and no tag is necessary.

Parking map

Luncheon: $10 per person, assorted sandwich buffet including pasta salad, dessert, and coffee/tea (you can pay onsite)

April Meeting- Directions

The agenda for the April meeting has been sent to the HealthLINE listserv, so let me know if you didn't receive a copy.

The meeting will be held in the Gateway Center on the UNT campus in Denton.

Gateway Center

Map of the UNT campus with the Gateway Center Highlighted

HealthLINE Spring Meeting

Medical Libraries and Library Schools:Exploring New Opportunities for Collaboration and Cooperation

10 AM, April 21, 2005
Sunset Room, Gateway Center
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

On April 21, 2005, HealthLINE (the Dallas/Fort Worth association of medical librarians) and the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of North Texas will present a panel discussion on improving cooperation between medical libraries and library schools. HealthLINE is honored to have as members of the panel M.J. Tooey (Incoming President of Medical Library Association and Executive Director of Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore) and Roger Guard (Immediate Past Chair of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries and Chief Information Officer, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine). The Deans of the UNT and TWU graduate library schools along with their faculty in medical librarianship will also participate. Deb Faber, a recent graduate of the TWU SLIS now working as a medical librarian, will complete the panel. Brian Bunnett will moderate. The discussion will address the future of medical librarianship, the education needed, and cooperation between library schools and libraries which employ medical librarians.

A short HealthLINE business meeting will begin at 9 am with the panel following at 10 am and ending at 12:15. After the program, a networking lunch will be offered. A sandwich bar, with salads and brownies, will cost $10.00, drinks included. At the lunch, HealthLINE will offer roundtable discussions between medical librarians and library students.

The program will be held in Sunset Room of the Gateway Center at UNT in Denton, off I35. Driving directions and parking information will follow.

Reservations are necessary for both the lunch and for parking. Parking is free. Please reply to Bobbie Long by noon, April 15th: All interested librarians and students are invited to attend.

PubMed EBM Class

‘Using PubMed to Locate Evidence-Based Medicine’ will be taught by Katherine Alexander, UT Southwestern Education Librarian.
When: March 11, 2005

Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am

Location: Classroom E2.310A within the UT Southwestern Medical Center Library
This class is based on the EBM content presented to the second-year UTSW medical students. The class will offer hands-on practice creating clinical questions and using them to search PubMed’s Medline for relevant articles.

To register, e-mail or call Katherine Alexander at 214-648-3905.

Directions to the UTSW campus

Map of the South campus

Visitor Parking
A visitor parking lot is available on the south campus.The first 30 minutes are free. For 31 minutes up to two hours, the rate is $2, with an additional charge of $1 per hour (maximum $5 per day).

January 20 Meeting Information

The agenda for the upcoming HealthLINE meeting has been sent to the listserv, so let me know if you didn't get an e-mail.

How to get to UT Southwestern.

A campus map.

Parking:
Parking is not free at UT Southwestern. Costs vary from $2 to $5. When clicking on the campus map you will see that Lot 7 is reserved for visitor parking. If that lot is full then overflow parking is available at a lot near Harry Hines Boulevard and Lofland Street.

Directions to E6.200:
We will meet in the Multi Modality Education and Videoconference Center in room E6.200. The E Building (otherwise known as the Fred F. Florence Bioinformation Center) is indicated on the above campus map. E6.200 is in the same building as the Library but cannot be accessed from within the Library.

When entering the E Building you will see the Library. To the left of the Library you will see a rather large corridor. You will notice when entering this corridor that you are walking toward three rather large seals. These are not the lovable aquatic creatures that bark and balance beach balls on their snouts but rather the official seals of the state, the university, and...I don’t know what the third one is. In any event, the corridor jogs to the left at these seals. At this jog you will notice a bank of three elevators to your left. Take one of these elevators (please, only one) to the sixth floor. Upon emerging from these elevators you will see, to your right, an intersection of two corridors. There is an entrance to E6.200 at this intersection and another that is not far down the righthand corridor.

'The Role of Teaching in Modern Libraries' at UNTHSC

Live satellite broadcast on November 19, 2004: 'The Role of Teaching In Modern Libraries' will be broadcast as part of the College of DuPage’s 2004-05 Soaring To Excellence teleconference series from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central time.

“Library staff are increasingly called upon not just to find information for their patrons, but also to teach their patrons skills relating to finding, evaluating and using information. This teleconference explores the expanded roles of librarians in today’s modern libraries". Read more about the program here.

To be held at UNTHSC Fort Worth, (3500 Camp Bowie Blvd.) EAD Building, Room 1-108, Luibel Hall. To RSVP, please contact Linda King or call the Reference Department at 817.735.2070.

Officer Election Results

Votes for the officer openings were tallied at the October 7 meeting. Congratulations to both Bobbi Long who won the position of Chair-Elect, and Eula Oliphant who was voted to serve another term as Treasuer. Dan Burgard now holds the Past Chair position and Brian Bunnett now serves as Chair.

October 7 HealthLINE Meeting

The agenda, directions and minutes from the July meeting have been sent out, so let me know if you didn't receive the e-mail. The meeting will be held in the South Hall of the South Campus of John Peter Smith Hospital. E-mail me for more detailed directions.

We will be voting for a new Chair Elect and Treasurer, so don't forget to bring your ballot if you haven't already sent it back to Mary Peters.

Sept. 22 Teleconference Update

Please note that the parking instructions have changed slightly as follows:

Parking Services has requested that teleconference attendees park on the other side of Record Crossing at St. Paul University Hospital’s visitor parking garage. The visitor parking garage is the gray rectangle across from the Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School Building (V) on the campus map. Parking will cost $3.00.

MLA Teleconference

The UT Southwestern Library will host the following MLA teleconference. Registration for this event is funded by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Attendance is free.

The Art and Practice of Electronic Journal, Book, and Database Licenses: Practical Tips for Health Care Organizations. The goals for this teleconference are to:

*Provide practical tips to those who deal with licensing agreements for electronic books, journals, and databases

*Enhance the knowledge of information professionals about the pros and cons of electronic licensing agreements

*Provide useful negotiation tips for health information professionals, legal counsel, purchasing departments, and those dealing with consortium licensing agreements

Date: September 22, 2004, 1-4 pm
Wrap-around Session: 12:30 - 1:00, 4:00 - 4:45 (Central time).
Location: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas
School of Allied Health, Room V7.114
Register: Jeff Perkins

DIRECTIONS:
Room V7.114 is located in the V Building, which can be found on the north campus map by looking just below “6000 Harry Hines Blvd.”
Closest intersection: Harry Hines and Record Crossing Mapsco 34S (Campus parking is $2.00).
Directions:
From the west:Take the I-35 Record Crossing exit and head east. Just prior to Harry Hines, turn left into the school’s parking lot. (There are 2 separate driveways going into the lot.) From the east:Take Inwood to Harry Hines. Turn right (going north) until Record Crossing, which is the 1st light immediately after the turn. Turn left, then turn right into the school’s parking lot.
1. Once parked, look for the metal book return by the building.
2. Use the adjacent entrance and then follow the sign to the elevators
3. Take the elevator up to the 7th floor.
4. Go through the wooden door and turn left. V7.114 is the 2nd door on the right side of the corridor.

July 15 Meeting Information

For those of you not on the HealthLINE listserv, the agenda for the upcoming meeting has been sent out. Let me know if you would like a copy.

Greg Bodin will be teaching the class, “Managing Electronic Resources in Health Science Libraries” from 8:30-11:30. If you would like to attend, please register. For more information see the class description.

The HealthLINE business meeting will be held from 11:45-12:45.

For directions to the Collin County Community College in McKinney click here.
(The area map in this link is not to scale; Preston Rd (Hwy289) is 9 miles west of the campus).
The Central Park Campus is located 1 mile west of Central Expressway (Hwy 75) exit 41 on University Dr. (Hwy380)
The class and business meeting will be held in Pike Hall, which is in the center of the building near the main entrance. The Library is the first floor of the A wing.

HealthLINE bylaws under revision

I am charged with updating the bylaws and we recently agreed that #1 below needed to be done. Number 3 is just something I've been thinking about. So here are the changes I'm proposing. You should have received the actual document on the listserv.

1. Revise the word "consortium" to "organization" or "association" since we agreed the definition has changed since the 1970's when the "Metroplex Consortium" first started.

2. Take care of some standardization on the capitalization.

3. Add geographic wording to the category "Associate Individual Membership." I added the statement “or do not live in the north central Texas area” so that it would cover our various friends and ex-members who want to continue to receive information or be on the mailing list. We already include that term in the description of our Institutional Members.
The idea is that if someone wants to make the effort to participate we should encourage them, but at the same time this is a group aimed at the “north central Texas area.” We try to hold our programs in areas most of our members can reach.

Please feel free to discuss these on the listserv -- or the blog!! or contact me if you can't post and want to comment.
Thanks! Mary Peters

Course Announcement

Helena Vonville’s ‘Charting Health Information for Texas’ course will be offered at the University of North Texas Health Science Center on June 17, 2004.
The Texas Public Health Training Center has agreed to host the course and the session will be held in our UNTHSC Public Health Department computer lab. The course will offered twice on June 17, so participants should register for only one session. Please note that registration is required.

Date: Thursday, June 17, 2004

Time: 8:00am-12:00pm OR 1:00pm-5:00pm (please register for only one session)

Location: UNTHSC School of Public Health
Computer Lab EAD Building, 7th Floor, RM 703
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Registration:
Fee: $25 per person
E-mail Lisa Smith if you would like a brochure or if you have any questions concerning the course.

HealthLINE Blog- New & Improved!

Blogger released a lot of cool new templates and options for blogs this weekend, so I've made some changes to the HealthLINE blog. The format and color are hopefully a little more pleasing. I've also added a list of all the institutions affiliated with HealthLINE. For most, I've linked to the library's page. When I couldn't find the library's page, I linked to the homepage of the institution . If you find that I've missed your library, let me know.

Travel Awards

At the most recent meeting, HealthLINE members voted to create two Travel Awards at $250.00 each to be used to attend the South Central Chapter of MLA in Houston, TX, October 22-27, 2004. One will be awarded to a HealthLINE member and one will go to a library student (TWU or UNT). Click here to apply. Applications must be submitted by August 16, 2004. If you have any questions about the Travel Award, please e-mail Pat Reese.

Upcoming Classes

Two NNLM classes will be offered April 16, 2004 at UNTHSC.

Nursing on the Net: Healthcare Resources You Can Use. 8am-12pm
From the NNLM SCC site: This hands-on workshop is designed for librarians responsible for information services to the Nursing and Allied Health professions. Participants will learn to use and evaluate web-based health information resources, find online news services, continuing online education courses, and consumer health websites.
Register here

DOCLINE Explained. 1:30-4:30pm
From the NNLM SCC site: Designed as an introductory class on the DOCLINE system for new or inexperienced users on the current DOCLINE system.
Register here

The next meeting will be held on April 15 at the UNT Dallas Campus. Park on the north side of the building and enter at the main entrance which is located at the center of the building. Once you enter the building, turn left at the first hallway and room 212 will be on your right.

The program includes a discussion about clincial decision support tools by Mori Lou and a demonstration of FIRSTConsult and MDConsult by the local MDConsult rep, Clay Norris.

If you need the full agenda or would like to see the minutes from the January 15, 2004 meeting, e-mail Molly Montgomery.

Welcome to the first post of the HealthLINE blog!