Pictures from Joe T. Garcia's

LOTY Award nomination time

We are now accepting nominations for LOTY (Librarian of the Year Award) 2009. This is the time to recognize members for their contribution to HealthLINE and librarianship. The form is available on the website.

Please take the time to submit a nomination.

New officers announced

Tthe new HealthLINE officers are:

Chair Elect: Jon Crossno

Secretary: Jean Hillyer

Thank you to the nominating committee, the nominees and Lisa Huang for all the help with the voting process, which was done electronically for the first time.

Congratulations to the new officers!

HealthLINE meets at Joe T's

HealthLINE met at Joe T Garcia's Mexian Restaurant in Fort Worth on Thursday, Nov. 5. Shirley did a great job handling the fact that the speaker was unable to attend at the last minute. Instead she had us share information about foreign language and culture resources and tips. During the business meeting we heard from the student Travel Award winner and were happy to hear that her SCC experiences convinced her to choose the medical librarianship line of studies at UNT. We enjoyed visiting with our colleagues and visitors.

HealthLINE moves to electronic balloting! Be sure to vote!

Today HealthLINE took a major step forward by initiating electronic balloting for our current election. It seems to be working smoothly, with one email sent for individual members and a separate one for institutional reps.

Candidates for 2010 officers are:
Chair Elect: Jon Crossno
Secretary: Jack Bullion and Jean Hillyer

Thank you to the candidates and to the team who worked out our electronic voting system. It has been in the works a while, but required a bylaws review and revision first.

CE Class: Service Continuity Planning

Course title: A 10 Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning

Instructor: Michelle Malizia, Associate Director NN/LM SCR

Date: October 9, 2009, 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Course Description:

Emergencies affecting libraries go beyond hurricanes and tornadoes. Is
your library prepared for a leaky pipe, fire, flood, pandemic flu or
other emergency event?

Designed to provide beginning level training in emergency preparedness
for librarians in medical libraries and information centers, the class
consists of an informative and engaging PowerPoint presentation,
interspersed with several interactive portions. Participants will learn
how to conduct a basic risk assessment for their libraries, how to craft
a basic emergency preparedness plan, strategies for continuing library
services from off-site, and options for obtaining assistance, both
web-based resources and via the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response
structure. This is a 2-hour class.

Remember to register for the class at the NN/LM website.

Location: UNT Health Science Center, EAD Building, Room 703

Host: UNT Health Science Center Library 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX

Contact: Lisa Smith , 817-735-2601.

Directions to the UNT/HSC campus

Travel Award Winners Announced!

The 2009 HealthLINE Travel Awards Committee would like to announce this year's recipients:

Molly Montgomery, Member

Carrie Gassett, Student

Carrie is a student at UNT and works with Dr. Cleveland.

Congratulations to our winners! The travel award will help with the expense of attending this year's SCC meeting which will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in October.

HealthLINE meets at Collin College, McKinney

The program was "No Cost in Hard Times: Open Source and Library 2.0 in HealthLINE Libraries." We had a guest speaker, Greg Hardin from TWU, followed by "Demonstrations and Discussion: Does It Work or Doesn’t It? Time Saver/Time Waster." HealthLINE members who provided demonstrations included Mary Peters, Shelly Burns, Lisa Huang, Sandy Swan, Clayton Crenshaw, Elaine Cox and Jane Scott.

HealthLINE members enjoy the opportunity to share with each other.

The new freestanding library building at Collin College just opened last month, June, 2009. It features a two story window and a wide open, light feeling. The commons area includes a snack shop and casual gathering area.

The entire building is beautiful! Thanks for hosting us!

Free Health Information Boot Camp

Register today for HealthLine’s Free Health Information Boot Camp on Saturday, July 18 at Collin College, Central Park Campus-McKinney (http://www.ccccd.edu/aboutus/centralpark.html)

Need continuing education credits? Want to enhance your search skills using PubMed and health-related search engines? HealthLine encourages you to register today for its free, day-long Health Information Boot Camp to be held Saturday, July 18, at Collin College, McKinney, Texas. Instructor Michelle Malizia, Associate Director of NN/LM SCR, will lead two sessions:

9 AM – Noon: PubMed for Experts (3 MLA Continuing Education Units)

1 PM – 5 PM: Super Searcher (4 MLA Continuing Education Units)

Registration and Class Information

http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/.

Only 24 seats are available.

Lunch is on-your-own.

Need help? Have additional questions?

Get in touch with Elaine Cox at ECox@mail.twu.edu or Bobbie Long at blong@ccccd.edu.

HealthLINE meets at Mary Kay, Dallas

Members gathered before taking a tour of the facility. The plant has giant mixing canisters and containers and uses amazing robots to speed the production of makeup while maintaining tight quality control. A panel discussion provided valuable insights.

April 16 Meeting at Mary Kay, Inc.

Join your HealthLINE colleagues at the upcoming meeting to be held at Mary Kay, Inc. on Thursday, April 16, 2009.

Address: 1330 Regal Row, Dallas, TX (for more details see the HealthLINE website). Sign in at the Lobby Desk and someone will meet you and escort you to the Media Room where the meeting will be held.

8:30-9:00 Coffee & Connections (Allow time for Security Escort)

9:00-9:45 Tour of Mary Kay (If you plan on taking the tour of the facility, wear SAFE FOOTWEAR -- meaning comfortable, closed toe, low heel (no higher than 2 inches), walking shoes.)

10:00-10:45 Business Meeting

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-11:45 Program -- a Panel Discussion entitled: "Change: Is It Headed Your Way? What Can You Do About It?" featuring Panelists: Dan Burgard, Nancy Clark, Regina Lee, Cindy Scroggins

MLA Webcast

UT Southwestern Library invites you to attend the MLA Webcast, "Finding Work-Life Balance: Strategies for You and Your Institution," to be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., central time, at UT Southwestern Library, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas TX 75390, in the administrative conference room, E3.314, located on the middle floor of the library. If you plan to attend, please register at the UTSW website.

Visit MLANET to see the goals and objectives and to find more information. Handouts will be provided at the webcast. Participants will earn 2 MLA CE contact hours. You may want to arrive on campus a little early to park and walk over to the library. Visitor parking is located at Harry Hines & Inner Campus Dr/Butler St. It costs approximately $3.00. Here are directions and maps of the campus.

Please contact Lynne Jacobs if you have any questions.

Copy Cataloging Class

The popular Copy Cataloging: A guide for beginners course is being offered LIVE and IN PERSON on March 18 here in Dallas,Texas. This will be held at the Amigos office (Beltline and Addison road – not too far from the Galleria for you shoppers and near all the wonderful Addison restaurants) from 9 AM to 4 PM CST. The course isgeared towards beginners or those who wish a refresher. If you have anyquestions, feel free to contact me.

And we have other great courses too! Check out the current schedule and you can get information about all our courses.

Thanks!

Carol Seiler, MLS
Continuing Education Librarian
Amigos Library Services
14400 Midway Rd.
Dallas, TX 75244
(800) 843-8482 ext. 2828
(972) 340-2828 (direct)
(972) 991-6061 (fax)
www.amigos.org

HIV Treatment Webcast

HIV Treatment Update
Webcast from the 16th Annual CROI
Hosted by: Phil Johnson Library, Resource Center of Dallas

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Including: New Antiretriovirals, Treatment side effects, Hepatitis co-infection, and prevention issues. Live from the 16th Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Montreal.

Held at: Phil Johnson Library, Resource Center of Dallas
2701 Reagan, Dallas, TX 75219
Please RSVP as space is limited. You can RSVP by phone, email, or through Facebook by searching "HIV Treatment Update" on the Events pages of Facebook.
Phone: 214-540-4451
Email: library@rcdallas.org

Sandy Swan, MLS, MPH, CHIS
Librarian
Phil Johnson Historic Archives & Research Library
Resource Center of Dallas
2701 Reagan
Dallas, TX 75219
214-540-4451
library@rcdallas.org

Kelly Gonzalez, Librarian of the Year 2008

Congratulations to Kelly Gonzalez for being named HealthLINE's Librarian of the Year 2008 at the meeting on January 15, 2009. The award was given in recognition of her achievements as Chair of the SCC Local Arrangements Committee for the 2008 meeting held in Dallas, and her contribution to HealthLINE as Communications Committee member. Thanks to UTSW photographer Barb Nunn for her photo.

HealthLINE website premieres!

HealthLINE now has its own website, thanks to Lisa and the Communications Committee. Explore all the information that has been captured in one location, including a "Members Only" section. Listserv members will be notified of the password. The committee would appreciate any input and suggestions. See the website at http://dfwhealthline.org

Medical City, site of January meeting

HealthLINE met on January 15, 2009, at Medical City in Dallas. An excellent turnout of members enjoyed the announcement of the new Librarian of the Year, Kelly Gonzales, and the official presentation of our new website developed by Lisa Huang and the Communications Committee.

Miriam passes along a pink gavel and Robert's Rules to incoming Chair Elaine. Clayton welcomes dues from new and renewing members.

Student liaisons Ashley (UNT) and Bogi (TWU) enjoyed the meeting.

Members enjoyed making new acquaintances and catching up with long-time colleagues. Since our group covers the entire Metroplex our meetings are often the only time we see each other in person, although the listserv, blog and now the new website enable us to communicate quickly.

Our speaker was Mr. Terry Cockerham, Media Specialist at Medical City. He shared a number of useful tips (make that 5 and be sure to read every bit of this print) on making better PowerPoint presentations, showed examples of how PhotoShop can be used to edit photographs and explained the technical requirements for creating digital-based poster presentations.

We enjoyed seeing the many different parts of the hospital that Miriam works with -- the main library, a training room, conference and storage areas, a cancer resource center and visitor center.