Our own Hope Leman did a wonderful job reviewing a book in the JMLA (April 2012), Social Media in Healthcare: Connect, Communicate, Collaborate by Christina Beach Thielst. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3324798/pdf/mlab-100-02-148b.pdf I rely on book reviews to help with selection in my library and this one is very helpful. She makes a great case for book indexing and [...]
The Benefits of Writing for Medical Library Association Section Newsletters
[Apr 29]
Career coaching, nagging time! I have written about this before, but what the heck. We have such a wealth of talent and expertise in the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association that I would like to once again encourage all of you to write up accounts of your accomplishments or projects for one [...]
Introducing new Oregon member, Lisa Howe
[Apr 5]
Interview with Lisa Howe by Beverly Schriver April 3, 2012 Lisa Howe has, in my mind, an excellent background and mind set to enter the world of Medical Librarianship. She received her MLIS from the University of Ill, at Urbana/Champaign in May of 2011 with the intention of shifting her career focus. Currently she is [...]
Save Your Bacon!
[Apr 2]
Organizations such as PNC/MLA exist because we have come together as a group to meet the needs of its members. In 2011 the Board felt there was a need to address the somewhat prickly issue of medical library closures. We’ve all seen the announcements that appear on our listservs of a library being closed or [...]
Kudos to PNC/MLA Member Janet Gross Schnall
[Mar 21]
Hi, all. One of our own has been shining brightly. I just want to pass some news I was told by one of our fellows member of the Pacific Northwest Chapter/Medical Library Association about another. What a nice group of people we have in the PNC–always striving to make sure the accomplishments of one another [...]
SurveyMonkey – Spring Clean-up
[Mar 21]
The organization’s guidelines for using SurveyMonkey are listed on the website. One expectation is that all surveys will be put into the folder of the organization creating the instrument. The guidelines state that “Once a year a call will go out for everyone to clean up the survey list. If the survey is not in [...]
PNC/MLA Chapter News in MLA News: Go, team!
[Mar 20]
Hi, everyone. Just want to suggest that you all make sure to read the Chapter News section of the March 2012 issue of MLA News. Too cool to see all the usual suspects in print. PNC/MLA has the feature all to ourselves this month and in the article you can read about the latest accomplishments [...]
Kudos to Paul Howard, Health System Librarian at Salem Hospital Community Health Education Center
[Feb 28]
Hi, all. I have just been browsing in Twitter and want to pass on news that I read in a tweet by the folks at our very own Regional Medical Library (RML) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Pacific Northwest Region. (Check out its Twitter feed here.) It warmed my heart because [...]
Superb Presentations by Two PNC/MLA Members at Online Northwest 2012
[Feb 14]
Oooh, I am bursting with pride. I want to report how proud I was to attend talks at the recent conference Online Northwest 2012 by two members of the Pacific Northwest Chapter/Medical Library Association: Emily Glenn and Laura Zeigen. Each of them was engaging, polished and well prepared. And I learned a lot from their [...]
Professional Development Awards from NN/LM PNR for MLA Continuing Education in Seattle
[Feb 7]
Greetings Colleagues! Now that the Preliminary Program for the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) Annual Meeting has been distributed, you’re probably starting to think about what things you’d like to attend at the conference. I am pleased to inform you that the NN/LM PNR has Professional Development Awards available to support your attendance and participation in [...]