Free classes in 2008-2009 by the NNLM (All Regions)

Register soon as classes fill fast!
MULTIPLE OFFERINGS INCLUDING PUBMED, TOXNET THE NLM GATEWAY & CLINICALTRIALS.GOV
 

Complete information including how to register is available online at http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/regions.html. 
Classes come with Medical Library Association CE units. Don’t miss out! 

Michelle Eberle
Consumer Health Information Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine – New England
University of Massachusetts Medical School
222 Maple Avenue – Shrewsbury [...]

1st National Conference for Literature and Medicine

Save the Date Nov. 9-10 & Spread the Word! 
We are pleased to announce our First National Conference for Literature & Medicine:
Humanities at the Heart of Health Care®
This conference is for everyone involved in the Literature & Medicine Program – participants, organizers, facilitators-  as well as others who are interested.DATE: Friday & Saturday, November 9 [...]

QuickDoc Workshop

QuickDoc – Making the most of your ILL tracking software
Thursday, October 11, 2007
1:00 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Children’s Hospital Boston, 1 Autumn St., Conference Room 3
Jay Daly, Instructor
3 MLA CE credits
This class will cover the basics BUT for those of you who have been using the software for a while, there also will be plenty of [...]

Search Clinic: Chemicals and Drugs in PubMed®

Learn how to find articles about a chemical or drug of interest. This hour-long online clinic covered how the NLM MeSH® vocabulary is used to describe substance concepts and how to search PubMed for relevant articles.
Take a look at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/chem.html.  This has been recommended by a MAHSLIN member.

11th annual October Conference Dartmouth BioMedical Libraries

October 12 is the date for the annual conference sponsored by Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries.   This year the topic is “Surveys and Focus Groups:
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” Details and registration are here:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/services.htmld/OctCon2007/index.shtml

Advocacy for your library

MAHSLIN’s members might be interested in attending this workshop being offered by NELINET:  
Advocacy – Building Relationships that Benefit Your Library
           Presenter:   Pat Wagner
           Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007, 9:30-3:30 pm.
           Details at: http://www.nelinet.net/travreg/nelmain.htm  
The cost would be $125.00 per person (same as Nelinet Affiliate and Consortial Associate members),  and you should call Maria Brady directly 508. [...]

NAHSL CE Opportunities

Don’t forget!  NAHSL is October 28-30 in Woodstock, VT.  Register for the entire meeting but you could also just attend one of the CE opportunities.  Take a look at http://www.nahsl.org/2007/CE.html and find a course that will help you out.  To register for the conference http://www.nahsl.org/2007/registration.html.