NAHSL ‘07 Building Bridges: Connecting Medical Libraries and Communities

Time is running out to register for the annual NAHSL conference.
 NAHSL ‘07 – Building Bridges:Connecting Medical Libraries and Communities
Woodstock, Vermont
October 28 – 30, 2007

For all the details:
http://www.nahsl.org/2007/index.html

MLA Webcast: Scholarly Publishing Open Access/Now available Online

Dear Folks,
All MAHSLIN members are now allowed access to this recent MLA program!  It is available now through December 26, 2007, and people who attended the program gave it a good review!
2 MLA CE Credits are available for those who view this program and submit an evaluation. If you would like more information or are interested [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

Registration is Open! – Getting Magnetized: Search and Service Strategies for Nursing Excellence

Getting Magnetized: Search and Service Strategies for Nursing Excellence
Friday, June 29, 2007, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Kirstein Living Room, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Directions to the Medical Center: <http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/display.asp?node_id=92>
Evidence-based practice initiatives are cornerstone to excellence in nursing practice and the ANCC Magnet program. Our speaker is Peg Allen, an internationally recognized expert in nursing [...]

Running out of space in your Library? Register for ACRL/NEC 6/1/2007 program on this topic.

You may want to attend the the Annual ACRL New England Chapter Annual Meeting on 6/1/2007 at Brandeis University. The theme is “Space: The Final Frontier”. The day long program will address questions such as the ones below:
Is your library struggling with a lack of space?
Are you considering what to do with your journal and [...]

Don’t Forget to Pay Your Dues!

Time is running out to register for the meeting by April 13th with the member price! However, there are still many members who have not yet paid their 2007 dues. If you’re not sure sure whether or not you’ve paid, you can double-check on the list below:
Dues List 3/25/2007

Annual Meeting: “Safety…You Do Make a Difference”

Register Today!
Please join us on April 27th, 2007 at the Massachusetts Medical Society for “Safety…You Do Make a Difference”.
We will hear the latest on a variety of topics, including: developing a culture of safety, standardizing the EMR, the dangers inherent in medical abbreviations, health literacy and medication reconciliation. We will end with a presentation [...]