Honorary Life Membership: Nominate Now!
Posted on | March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
By Danielle Linden, Chair, MLGSCA Membership, on behalf of 2009-10 MLGSCA Membership Committee
The Membership Committee is now accepting nominations for Honorary Life Membership.
Are you aware of a colleague who has made significant contributions to MLGSCA or the field of Health Sciences Librarianship? Would you like to recognize a peer for their outstanding professional or educational achievements?
Please visit the Honorary Membership page on our website to learn more about this opportunity (nomination criteria, benefits, selection process) and to download the official recommendation form.
A few of the many benefits of Honorary Life Membership include:
- Complimentary lifetime MLGSCA membership
- An official letter of recognition from the current MLGSCA President
- Listing in the MLGSCA directory with special designation as Honorary Life Member
MLA Symposium: E-Patients: The Techno Cultural Revolution of Health Consumers
Posted on | March 26, 2010 | No Comments
By Patricia Hinegardner, Ryan Harris and Dixie Jones; MLA “Librarians in the Trenches” Sub-committee
The Medical Library Association (MLA) is sponsoring a symposium, E-Patients: The Techno Cultural Revolution of Health Consumers. It will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010 from 10am – 4pm. The symposium is being held in conjunction with the 2010 Annual Meeting of MLA to be held in Washington, D.C. Early bird registration ends on April 21st, so please register soon to take advantage of the low cost, great speakers and timely topic!
One of the morning sessions, “Librarians in the Trenches,” will focus on two potential roles for librarians with regard to e-patients. Janet Schneider, Chief of Library Service at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida will be addressing the librarian’s role with the public. Taneya Koonce, Assistant Director at the Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be addressing the role of the librarian working behind the scenes.
We would like to have brief scenarios from other institutions describing their experiences with these roles. We have a form located on the symposium website where you can enter your name, position, institution and a brief description of how you either work with e-patients or work behind the scenes with the resources/records they use. The deadline for submission is April 1, 2010.
Selected scenarios will appear on the symposium website after being reviewed by the “Librarians in the Trenches” sub-committee. Please consider sharing your experiences.
Posted 3/26/10
Vote for Next Year’s MLGSCA Officers!
Posted on | March 24, 2010 | No Comments
The election for next year’s MLGSCA Officers is now open. Voting is being done in SurveyMonkey, and you should contact Deborah Klein, Nominating Committee Chair, at Deborah.Klein@pvhmc.org if you need the ballot address or have problems voting.
The ballot will be open for two weeks: March 23 – April 7, 12:15am. People who join MLGSCA or renew their MLGSCA membership between March 23 – April 7 will be notified of the voting process.
The ballot is set to accept only one voter from a given computer so that no one will inadvertently vote twice. Please note that this also makes it impossible for two or more MLGSCA members to vote using the same computer.
Posted 3/24/10
MLGSCA Membership: 7 Reasons to Renew!
Posted on | March 5, 2010 | No Comments
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.
JM2010 CE: Locating Cancer Information for Your Clinicians and Patients
Posted on | March 5, 2010 | No Comments
By Carol Ann Attwood, MLS, AHIP, MPH, RN, Consumer Patient and Health Education Library, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.
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.
JM2010: Contributed Paper: Engaging Users with Powerful Visuals on the Cheap!
Posted on | March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
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!
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.
MLGSCA Louise Darling Achievement Award – Nominate by March 15!
Posted on | March 5, 2010 | No Comments
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
California and Arizona Internship Programs
Posted on | March 2, 2010 | No Comments
Whether you are a student looking for an internship, or an institution looking for an intern, check out this listing of schools’ internship programs.
San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Library and Information Science
- Internship program
- Contact (non-archival internships): William Fisher, MLIS, Ph.D., MA
- Contact (archival internships): Lori Lindberg, MLIS, CA Lecturer
- The SJSU program provides a plethora of online distance education classes
University of Arizona (UA) School of Information Resources and Library Science
- Internship program
- List of available internships: call Individual Library for details
- Contact: Karen Bell, Instructor, khbell@email.arizona.edu, (520) 621-3565 or (520) 253-5700
Job Opportunity: Doctor Evidence; Los Angeles
Posted on | March 1, 2010 | No Comments
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
MLA ’10: Visit MIS at the Section Shuffle
Posted on | February 18, 2010 | No Comments
By Jeanette de Richemond, MLA MIS Membership Chair
MLA’s annual meeting gives MLA members and affiliated professionals a chance to share ideas, hear from experts, see the latest products, and network! Connect with MLA’s twenty-three sections at the Section Shuffle on Thursday, May 25 from 5-6pm. All MLA members are welcome; no advance signup required.
Known for its technology trends presentations at Annual Meetings, the MLA Medical Informatics Section has much to offer, including the listserv, blog, resources on self-education, contacts with others who have similar interests, and other resources.
The Medical Informatics Section, established in 1988, provides a forum for education and communication among medical librarians, health professionals and other information sciences professionals.
Although definitions vary, medical informatics focuses on broad-based computer applications involved in the transfer of information for health care and for the education, research, and administration that support it.
For more information, visit the Medical Informatics Section webste.
Posted 2/18/10
We Want Your Input on the 2010 Joint Meeting!
Posted on | February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
Update: Congratulations to Gary Freiburger for winning the $50 Amazon gift certificate! *Drawing was open to all conference attendees who completed the survey on or before midnight PST on Monday, February 15, 2010.
Whether you did or did not attend the Joint Meeting in Glendale last month, we would LOVE to hear from you! If you DID attend, we want to hear your thoughts on the conference. If you DID NOT attend, we are very interested in knowing what prevented you from attending. Your feedback will help to improve future conferences.
The conference evaluation survey can be found on Survey Monkey or on the Evaluation tab on the Joint Meeting website.
For questions about the evaluation, please contact Molly Harrington (molly.harrington@chw.edu) or Billie White (billie.white002@chw.edu).
Membership will be notified of the tallied results. If you have already completed the survey, THANK YOU for your input.
Posted 2/16/10
MLGSCA Slate of Officer Candidates
Posted on | February 9, 2010 | No Comments
By Deborah Klein, MSLS, AHIP, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
After much hard work, the Nominating Committee is thrilled to announce the following outstanding slate of officers for the 2010-2011 year:
President-Elect:
Becky Birr: Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix
Zoe Pettway-Unno: Kaiser Permanente South Bay, LA Area
Secretary:
Emily Brennan: USC Norris Medical Library, LA
Michelle Bureau: Carondelet Health Network, Tucson
MLGSCA Nominating Committee (two to be elected):
Carol Ann Attwood: Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
Brooke Billman: AZ Health Sciences Library, Tucson
Sherrill Olsen: Huntington Hospital, Pasadena
Laura Stubblefield: Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego
In addition to the officers to be voted on by the entire membership, the Advisory Council has chosen Mike Kronenfeld as our chapter’s nominee to the MLA Nominating Committee.
Voting will be done online by mid-March using Survey Monkey. Please remember that in order to vote you must have renewed your MLGSCA membership for 2010. Read the blog post “Renew Your 2010 MLGSCA Membership” for more details.
Posted 2/9/10