November 4 Meeting

Date: November 4, 2010
Time: 8:30a.m.-9:00a.m. Meet and Greet; Business Meeting starts at 9:00
Location: Blackmon Mooring/BMS CAT, 303 Arthur St, Fort Worth, TX 76107


Directions:
The building we will meet in is located at the southeast corner of Arthur St and Kansas St – one LONG block south of White Settlement Rd. The building on the west side of Arthur St is labeled “Blackmon Mooring”, but the one we want is the white-top building that is turned at an angle on the east side of the street. Here is a Google map of the intersection.


Parking:
The parking lot at the northwest corner of the intersection (catty-corner from the building where we will meet) is where we should park. If you zoom in with the satellite view, you can clearly see that it is a parking lot with three entrances from Arthur St.

Agenda for November Meeting

CE Classes:
Continuing Education Opportunities on November 4, 2010

Value of Libraries Webinar

Learn more about the importance of libraries in patient care by attending a webinar on the Value of Library and Information Services in Patient Care Study. The live webinar is next Tuesday from 11:00am-12:00pm, but a recording will be available.

Originally posted on the NN/LM MAR blog.

TOXNET CE Class

TOXNET Toxicology & Environmental Information

Date: Friday, October 1, 2010

Time: 9:00 am – Noon (CDT)

Instructor: Michelle Malizia, Associate Director, NN/LM SCR

Location:
UNT Health Science Center Library, Room: 400
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76107


Be sure to register by September 24, 2010

Other details: 3 Medical Library Association CE Credits will be awarded for attendance. This event is a free event

Host site contact information: Lisa Smith, Deputy Director, UNTHSC Library lisa.smith@unthsc.edu or 817-735-2601

Videos via PubMed

I've missed the boat on this one, but PubMed has been indexing medical videos since 2008. There aren't many so far, but it's a nice trend. Select Interactive Tutorial under Publication Type to see the list.

Thanks to the Krafty Librarian for this tip!

HealthLINE Travel Award Winners

It is with great pleasure that HealthLINE announces it's 2010 Travel Awards:

Emily Patridge- $500 scholarship Full Member Award
Sonya Ritchie- $400 scholarship Student Member Award

Recipients were selected based upon their histories of active, tangible investments in both professional and academic pursuits of medical librarianship.

Emily Patridge has taken numerous lead roles as an Outreach and Marketing Librarian at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Library in Dallas. Emily also serves as a Liaison to several departments of medical specialty and to University Hospitals. Her ever-growing list of authored works reflects Emily's focused determination to further medical librarianship.

Likewise, Sonya Ritchie brings twenty years of immersion in the medical community to her current studies at the University of North Texas' Dept. of Library and Information Sciences Health Informatics program. Early into her studies, Sonya began participating in extra-curricular events such as scholarly communication symposiums with an eye on professional growth while continuing to manage the pace of the masters program.

We hope you will join us in congratulating Emily and Sonya for their achievements.

HealthLINE is the professional association of Dallas-Fort Worth area medical librarians. We meet quarterly each year and invite you to investigate the enjoyment of our profession. You will find more information about HealthLINE here: http://www.dfwhealthline.org/

2010 Joseph Leiter Lecture

The NLM Technical Bulletin has posted a link to the Leiter Lecture given at MLA by Dr. John D. Halmka. It was titled, 'Knowledge Services and the Role of Medical Libraries in Healthcare IT'.

Free CE Classes on July 15-16

HealthLINE is sponsoring the following classes as part of its annual July CE Boot Camp. The classes will be taught by staff from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region (NN/LM SCR).

Please use the links below to register for the classes or go to the NN/LM SCR training calendar for more information. If you have any questions about these classes, please contact Jon Crossno, HealthLINE Chair-Elect, either by email at jon.crossno@utsouthwestern.edu or by phone at 214.648.2562.

Thursday, July 15, 2010
1 – 4 p.m.

Class: Health Statistics on the Web: It’s as Easy as ... 1, 2, 3! (Register)
Instructor: Cheryl Rowan, Public Health Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM SCR
Location: Blagg-Huey Library, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas (Maps | Directions)
3 MLA CE contact hours

Focuses on the location, selection, and effective use of statistics relevant to health on the local, state, national, and international levels. Discusses the importance and relevance of health statistics in various contexts. Participants will become familiar with the features and scope of several statistics resources on the Internet through the use of numerous exercises. More information ...

Free parking is available in the parking lots behind the Library (on the west side on Oakland Street). No visitor tags will be required.

Friday, July 16, 2010

The following classes have been approved by the Medical Library Association for Consumer Health Information Specialist (CHIS) certification, but please refer to the class information below to determine whether they are eligible for CHIS Level I or CHIS Level II. (Note: If you already have Level I and are taking classes for Level II, please review the CHIS Policies and Procedures to ensure that you are eligible.)

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Class: Promoting Health Literacy through Easy-to-Read Materials (Register)
Instructor: Cheryl Rowan, Public Health Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM SCR
Location: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Library, Dallas, Texas (Maps | Directions | Parking)
4 MLA CE contact hours; approved for CHIS Level II

Offers participants the opportunity to create, critique, or rewrite materials that communicate your health and wellness information quickly and clearly. Discusses the disconnect between information providers and seekers, the process of educating adults, the success of “plain language” initiatives, and the importance of text, type, graphics, space, and layout. More information ...

1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Class: Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library (Register)
Instructor: Karen Vargas, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM SCR
Location: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Library, Dallas, Texas (Maps | Directions | Parking)
3 MLA CE contact hours; approved for CHIS Level I or Level II

Covers the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public. Discusses the evolution of consumer health, health literacy, and the e-patient; top consumer health sites, e-patient resources, and collection development core lists; and creative ideas for health information outreach. The class will wrap up with an opportunity to explore effective marketing approaches and develop an elevator speech. More information ...

My Favorite Things

Some of my favorite things..
1. Librarians
2. Singing and dancing librarians
3. Lady Gaga

Thanks to the wonderful group at Information School at the University of Washington these have been combined. Must see YouTube TV.

NLM Theater Presentations from MLA

If you couldn't make it to the MLA conference, or if you were there, but didn't have time to attend these presentations, the following NLM Theater sessions have been posted:

• ClinicalTrials.gov Update (27 mins)
• DailyMed (16 mins)
• Health Services Research & Public Health Update (21 mins)
• History of Medicine Update (25 mins)
• Introduction to NCBI Molecular Database (16 mins)
  
• MedlinePlus Update (22 mins)
• MyMedicationList and RxNorm (20 mins)
  
• PubMed Review (24 mins)
• Resources for Disaster Planning and Response (24 mins)
• Toxicology & Environmental Health Update (14 mins)
• UMLS Update (22 mins)
  
• Using My Bibliography to Manage Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (17 mins)

MLA Blog

If you aren't able to attend the MLA meeting going on this week in Washington D.C., the next best thing is to follow the MLA '10 Official Blog. Quite a lot of interesting summaries, information and pictures have been posted already.

You may wish to avoid this blog if seeing things like pictures from the NPR library tour or hearing about how wonderful the NLM campus is may lead to intense conference envy. You've been warned.

Cleveland Book Signing at MLA

MLA Headquarters has just announced that Ana and Don Cleveland will be doing a book signing for their award-winning Health Informatics MLA Guide in the Neal-Schuman booth (#220) on Saturday May 22, 5:30-6:30 during the opening exhibits reception. Copies of the book will be available at the Neal-Schuman booth and will also be sold at the MLA Scholarship booth all day on Saturday.

April 15 Meeting

The April 15 HealthLINE meeting will be held at UT Southwestern in the Pickens Biomedical Building and Conference Center.

Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee & Connections
9:00 – 10:00 Business Meeting
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:15 “Pursuing Career or Finding Purpose? Reflections on Minute Particulars in a Skyward Odyssey” by Cathy Pepper, Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University
11:15 – 11:45 Tours of UT Southwestern Libraries (North & South Campus)

Contact Jon Crossno for more information.

To reach the Conference Center, continue traveling east on Inwood Road. Turn left on Forest Park Road (2nd stop light after passing under Harry Hines Boulevard). The Conference Center will be on the left at 6001 Forest Park Rd.

Visitor parking is available in the Conference Center’s parking garage (on the right as you enter the street entrance). There is a fee to park in the garage ($3 per day), and payment must be made at the automated parking machine on the ground floor (Level 3) of the parking garage before leaving.

After parking, visitors will enter the Conference Center and walk towards the central atrium. The room will be straight ahead and on the left.

Pictures from the January 2010 meeting at UNT Dallas. Thanks to Leora for hosting!

Lisa Huang, Librarian of the Year 2009

Lisa Huang of the Collin College Library was awarded the LOTY at the meeting. She was selected HealthLINE's Librarian of the Year for 2009.

"It is wonderful to celebrate the positive in the world today and a very positive energy in HealthLINE today is Lisa Huang. HealthLINE has a tradition of members who also contribute to the profession at the regional and national level, and Lisa is one of our younger members who has quickly jumped in to continue the tradition. At the local level , we have wanted for so long to have a HealthLINE website and to move to electronic voting and this has now been made possible by Lisa’s work and coordination of the work of others to bring this about."

Congratulations, Lisa!

HealthLINE meets at UNT Dallas

We met at the campus of UNT Dallas and heard about new electronic resources and features from Baker & Taylor /Majors and from Springer. Certificates were presented to thank members for their officer and committee service in 2009.

January Meeting

Upcoming HealthLINE meeting- January 14, 2010
University of North Texas – Dallas
7300 Houston School Road
Dallas, TX 75241
Meeting Host: Leora Kemp 972-780-3625 / leora.kemp@unt.edu


Directions: Please see this link for directions: http://www.unt.edu/unt-dallas/location.htm .

If you're going south on I-35E, there's no need to go all the way to I-20. You can exit at Camp Wisdom Road and turn left, and then go east about a mile to Houston School Road and turn right. The campus will be on your left.Parking:When arriving on campus, there's only one finished building. The parking lot closest to that will probably have enough empty spaces to accommodate everyone. At the present time, all parking is FREE.There will be signs directing visitors to the meeting location. Note: The south entrance (near the flag poles) may be closed for some construction work, but there is another entrance on the north side of the building if it is needed.

If you have questions about the meeting, feel free to contact Shirley Campbell , Wk: (214)857-1251.

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.