By Danielle Linden, 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Chair and the 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Committee
The 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Committee would like to extend a big “THANK YOU” to all of you who have renewed your MLGSCA membership for 2010.
For those of you who have not yet renewed, we would like to take a moment of your time to remind you of the many benefits to MLGSCA membership.
1. Keep your knowledge current and relevant with professional development opportunities each Spring and Fall; members generally pay $35 for Continuing Education classes and that includes lunch!
2. Communicate with your peers via the MLGSCA Discussion List; announce job vacancies, further your research projects, or tap into the group’s vast knowledge with our valuable email listserv.
3. Maintain an awareness of issues that are important to Health Sciences Librarians in our area; the MLGSCA Link, official newsletter of MLGSCA, is now available in blog format! Feel free to submit an article or comment on a colleague’s posting.
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By Carol Ann Attwood, MLS, AHIP, MPH, RN, Consumer Patient and Health Education Library, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.
Locating Cancer Information for Your Clinicians and Patients. Stephanie Fulton, MSIS, Assistant Library Director, Research Medical Library, and Elizabeth Brackeen, MSIS, Senior Librarian, The Learning Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Information on searching for cancer related information was interwoven by a research medical librarian and a consumer health librarian to offer participants many academic as well as consumer resources specific to cancer related issues.
For PubMed cancer related issues, consider using the “cancer” limit, and set up filters, subsets, and pre publication options. Using DynaMed can also find information using ICD 9 coding for specific cancers.
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By Carol Ann Attwood, MLS, AHIP, MPH, RN, Consumer Patient and Health Education Library, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
Engaging Users with Powerful Visuals – on the Cheap!
Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region, UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA.
Ms. Ham noted that most medical librarians are involved in some way with teaching differing groups of users, and that graphic images implanted in a presentation can heighten interest, promote communication and enhance understanding.
Several software programs were displayed including free resources like Picasa® (free photo editing) to change size, orientation, brightness of photos, Snag It® (improved screen print capture with the ability to right size the screen print and the ability to capture the scrolling of a website), and video tutorials software (Jing®) which assists with the creation of video tutorials. Jing can be used to see a screen action, while simultaneously hearing voice instruction and can be shared by email, or embedded in a blog or website.
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Please consider nominating a worthy colleague for the Louise Darling Achievement Award. Deadline was extended to March 15, 2010.
“The purpose of the Louise Darling MLGSCA Achievement Award is to honor significant contributions to health sciences librarianship, as well as to the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona.”
To learn more about the purpose of the award, criteria for the award, award guidelines, and past recipients, visit the MLGSCA Awards and Grants website.
For questions, please contact Laura Stubblefield, MLGSCA Awards Committee Chair, at laura.stubblefield@sharp.com.
Posted 3/5/10
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Doctor Evidence specializes in providing highly customized search and database technologies/services to assist clients in making informed decisions about diagnostic and treatment evidence. Doctor Evidence is based out of the Los Angeles area.
We are seeking a degreed medical librarian who is proficient in searching medical databases, business databases, Internet, etc.
Hours: Full-time
Location: West Los Angeles
Salary: Competitive salary
Position Requirements:
- Master’s degree in library science (ALA-accredited program preferred).
- Professional experience searching medical literature databases (e.g., MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library).
- Must demonstrate adaptability to change; confidence in a fast-paced organization; willingness to learn and search beyond traditional resources, and an in-depth awareness of current and emerging issues associated with evidence-based medicine, database search obstacles and the design of clinical studies.
See our website at www.doctorevidence.com. Please address resumes to Chris Yu at cyu@doctorevidence.com. No phone calls please.
Posted 3/1/10
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