Webcast presented an update on Automatic Term Mapping, Citation Sensor, and Advanced Search. For more information and to see the recorded Webcast, see this URL:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/pmupdate08.html

Save the dates: October 19th-21st, 2008

Please see the (ever-growing) conference Web page, and begin making your plans for fall:

http://www.nahsl.org/2008

Registration: http://www.nahsl.org/2008/registration.html

“Connecting with the NER”A Distance Education Series 

Stay up to date professionally without leaving your desk! The National Network of Libraries of Medicine/ New England Region brings you a new distance education series. This ongoing series will feature hot topics in health sciences librarianship and highlight major updates to National Library of Medicine resources.   For full details  http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/distancelearning.html

Register for one, two or all sessions. Each session will be held via teleconference and will have an online component via Adobe Connect. All you need to participate is a phone near a computer with Internet access. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Participation is limited to 20 phone lines. So, if there is more than one interested participant from your library, we encourage you to use a speaker phone to participate together.  To register, please contact Martha Pearson at martha.pearson@umassmed.edu and let her know which session you want to attend. Details of how to access the teleconference and Adobe Connect session will be forwarded upon registration.  

Programs Include: Health Literacy
Guest speaker: Rima Rudd
Date: February 12, 2008
Time: 1-2 PM 

“Library as Commons: Improving the Library Experience”
Guest speaker: Cheryl Bryan
Date: March 19, 2008
Time: 1- 2 PM

“Marketing Showcase”
Guest speaker: You!
Date: April 9, 2008
Time: 1-3:30 PM

Stay tuned to the “Connecting with the NER” distance learning series page at http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/distancelearning.html for upcoming programs. 

Are you curious about Digital Collections or are contemplating creating one? 

Here is a program for you!

 A Road Map to Digital Collections: Hitting the Highlights 

Amy Benson, Librarian Archivist for Digital Projects, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University will be the speaker at a Library information session “A Road Map to Digital Collections: Hitting the Highlights” to be presented on February 15 ( snow date February 29th) from 12:00- 3:00 pm. at ITT Technical Institute 10 Forbes Road Woburn . 01801. Hosted by ITT Technical Institute of Woburn MA. John Cathcart, Librarian.

 RSVP to Karen Maggio (day) or Marion Mahoney (eve) ITT Technical  Institute. 10 Forbes Road Woburn MA. 01818 @ 781-937-8324, or email Jcathcart@itt-tech.edu

Web 2.0 Principles and Best Practices: Discovering the Participatory Web (MLA webcast)

March 5, 2008, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Children’s Hospital Boston, Conference Room 3
1 Autumn Street
Boston, MA

3 MLA CE credits

DIRECTIONS:  

 Children’s Hospital

The goal of this program is to provide a basic understanding of web 2.0 terminology and concepts, assess the effect of the technology on health sciences library services, and identify the impact of web 2.0 services on health care today and in the future.

OBJECTIVES:

*Understand web 2.0 terminology and concepts

*Recognize web 2.0 technologies and their possible effects on library and health care  service

*Recognize feature differences among available tools 

*Assess the efficacy of particular web 2.0 technologies for use in your own environment

WRAPAROUND SESSION:

The webcast lasts for two hours and will be followed by a wrap-around session featuring Ken Liss, Senior Reference Librarian/Bibliographer, O’Neill Library, Boston College. He will discuss an innovative project at the BC Library which integrates some of these web 2.0 technologies.

REGISTRATION:

There is no charge for MAHSLIN members. The non-MAHSLIN member fee is $25.00. Registration deadline is Friday, February, 28th.

To register please email the following to Alison.clapp@childrens.harvard.edu :

Your Name:

Your Institution:

Your Phone:

Your Email:

More information about the web cast is available on the MLA website:

http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/web2.0/index.html

Alison Clapp & Nathan Norris
Co-chairs, MAHSLIN Education Committee

Instructors:
Laurie Thompson, Director; UT Southwestern Medical Library (Dallas, TX)
Harry Youtt, Attorney; Los Angeles, CA

In the good old days, all we had to master was the Copyright Law and Fair Use. We would acquire a book or a journal, post and monitor a “fair-use” photocopy policy, and go on about our activities. Now, instead of receiving print materials, we become connected with online resources. With each new digital information product, there arrives a separate license. Each contains its own private “copyright” terms imposed by contract. This course provides an introduction to license provisions and terminology, comparing the license and copyright, and managing the licensing process. Through lecture, instructor debate and student participation, you will learn strategies for developing a license management model, including building a team for license evaluations and negotiation; conduct a clause-by-clause analysis of an existing license agreement; develop negotiating strategies; and discuss techniques for building a productive relationship with the legal department.

Space is limited - Register Now: Send email to:
licensingelectronicresources@gmail.com

Include your name, institution, email, and telephone number. Please indicate the date you will attend: 3/3 at Holy Cross or 3/4 at Dartmouth. Checks should be made out to ACRL New England Chapter and sent to Bob Scheier, College of the Holy Cross, Dinand Library, One College St, Worcester, MA, 01610-2395.

For those of you who also belong to NAHSL, the NAHSL Education Committee is pleased to announce that NAHSL will partially subsidize its member’s registration costs for this program.MEMBERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIAL NAHSL RATE OF ONLY $25.00. Just note that you’re a NAHSL member on the registration and on your check. This is great incentive to pay your NAHSL dues soon! Remember, NAHSL dues are $30.00 so if you join NAHSL and pay $25.00 for the program, you still save $10.00! 

Additional information about the conference is available at http://www.holycross.edu/departments/library/erm/ler/

Sponsors:
NAHSL
NETSL
NE ASIST
MAHSLIN
ACRL NEC ITIG SIG
ACRL NEC CE Committee
ACRL NEC Serials SIG
Dartmouth
College of the Holy Cross
Serials Solutions
Innovative Interfaces Inc.

Alison Clapp & Nathan Norris

MAHSLIN Education Committee Co-chairs

A Matter of When, not If:
Preventing and Preparing for Library Disasters

A one-day workshop presented by the
National Network of Libraries of Medicine — New England Region
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Lori Foley, Director of Field Service
Northeast Document Conservation Center

Friday, November 16, 2007

University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center
Shrewsbury, MA

8:30 am — 2:30 p.m.

Registration and Coffee: 8:30-9:00
Program: 9:00-2:30 (with breaks and lunch)

There is no charge for the workshop. Lunch will be served.
MLA Continuing Education Contact Hours: Pending Approval

Register for the Workshop!

http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/emergencyplanning.html

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

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 in gaining access to this program, please contact either Nathan Norris or Alison Clapp.

Thank you, Alison Clapp and Nathan Norris
Co-Chairs, MAHSLIN Education Committee

Free classes by the NNLM National Training Center and Clearinghouse 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 - MA - 01545
508-856-2435 / 800-338-7657
michelle.eberle@umassmed.edu