Libraries at two of the nation’s major health organizations are seeking new leaders. The National Library of Medicine, at the National Institutes of Health, officially launched the search for a new Director last week. The person will succeed Dr. Donald Lindberg, who retired in March after spending 31 years at the helm and playing a…
Author: Eric Edwards
Seeking Volunteers for IACRL Committees
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries is seeking committee members. Members must currently belong to IACRL. Committees include Awards, Communications, Membership, and Nominations. Brief descriptions of each committee and its activities are below. Awards-solicits and evaluates nominations for the “Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year” award and related honors Communications-puts out the IACRL Newsletter twice…
Registration for “A Librarian’s Guide to NCBI” Bioinformatics Course
Registration is open for the next offering of the “A Librarian’s Guide to NCBI” course in bioinformatics. The class, which is sponsored in part by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), trains participants in the use of online molecular databases and other resources from the NCBI. The course is intended for librarians whose area…
“PubMed for Librarians” Training
This December, the National Library of Medicine Training Center will be offering a five-part PubMed for Librarians series. There will be one session per day, from Monday, December 7, to Friday, December 11. Viewers may sign up for all five sessions or just particular ones. (Registering for all of the sessions requires signing up for each one…
NN/LM – GMR Community Engagement Award
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine – Greater Midwest Region is seeking applicants for the Community Engagement Award. The award will fund an outreach program that would allow network members to collaborate with community-based organizations, in order to increase access to biomedical information, particularly NLM databases such as PubMed and Medline Plus. The project…
Webinar on Implementing WorldShare Management Services
OCLC is sponsoring a webinar on one medical library’s experience with implementing WorldShare Management Services. The webinar, titled “Improving Visibility While Simplifying Processes in a Medical Center Library”, will take place on Thursday, August 20, from 1:00 to 1:30 PM CST. The presentation will focus on H.M. Fishbon Memorial Library, at the University of California,…
Webinars on NIH Strategic Plan
The National Institutes of Health is seeking input on its five-year strategic plan, which will affect the entire NIH network. To that end, the organization is hosting two webinars this week (there was also one last week) that will give an overview of the plan and allow for feedback during a “question-and-answer” session. The first…
“Libraries and Autism: Why It Matters!” Webinar
(via Stacey Knight-Davis) The Illinois State Library will be sponsoring the “Libraries and Autism: Why It Matters!” webinar, which will take place on Thursday, September 24, from 1:30 to 3:00 PM. The webinar will discuss the ways in which libraries can provide services and resources to individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their loved ones. The focus…
“PubMed for Trainers” Waitlist Still Open
The waitlist for the “PubMed for Trainers” course is still open. The course is intended for those who currently train, or plan to train, others in using PubMed. In addition to PubMed, MEDLINE will be covered, as will Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). The course will consist of four sessions, with the first three (September 3,…
HSLI Seeking Candidates for President-Elect
(via Molly Horio) HSLI elects new leaders each year, so we can continue to provide professional and educational development and networking opportunities for Illinois librarians, information professionals, and library students in the health sciences. This fall, HSLI will elect a new President-Elect. The President-Elect will serve a one-year term, to commence at the close of…