As someone who spends a good deal of time looking for grant announcements (as I work on ScanGrants), I become very curious as to what happens after someone actually gets a grant!
Well, thanks to several members of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association and the colleague of one, we all can get [...]
Anatomy of a Grant-Funded Research Project: Emily Glenn and Betsy Rolland on “Experimenting Outside the Information Center: Non-Traditional Roles for Information Professionals in Biomedical Research”
[Jul 27]
Worked on GoLocal? Write It Up for A Special Issue of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet on the topic of: NLM’s GoLocal: Lessons Learned
[Jul 23]
Hi, all. I know many of you have already seen this call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet on the topic of: NLM’s GoLocal: Lessons Learned. But I just want to continue my role as the self-appointed nag of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical [...]
Google Images … new features
[Jul 20]
If you haven’t taken a look at the new version of Google Images yet, it’s worth playing around with a bit in the Advanced Mode. An intitial search can be tagged with different parameters, such as whether you’re looking for a face, a photo, clip art, or a line drawing, as well as for different [...]
PNC Authors in July’s JMLA
[Jul 16]
The July 2010 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association includes three papers by PNC members. Go team!
Nanette Welton participated in the recent AAHSL symposium “Electronic Health Records and Knowledge-based Information: State-of-the-art and Roles for Libraries in Health Information Technology.” Her paper was published in JMLA as “The University of Washington electronic medical [...]
Need to Learn How to Wow Audiences? “Creating Effective Presentations” at PNC/MLA is for you!
[Jul 13]
Hello, fellow members of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association. It is early in the morning and I have butterflies in my stomach, as tomorrow I head off to make some presentations at the annual conference of the Genetic Alliance.
I am giving talks in this session and this one.
I am very excited [...]
PNC/MLA 2010 Facebook page set up!
[Jul 9]
I have set up a Facebook page for the PNC/MLA 2010 meeting as yet another venue through which to communicate our collective event awesomeness!
To find, get into Facebook and search for “pncmla2010” or go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/PNCMLA-2010/#!/pages/PNCMLA-2010/137476989613172?v=wall.
I have started some discussions there re: favorite food or other places in downtown Portland. Please join in the discussions [...]
Doing Library-Related Research? July 9, 2010 is the Deadline for the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association 2010 – Call for Contributed Papers
[Jul 5]
The clock is ticking. The excitement mounts. The deadline for Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association 2010 – Call for Contributed Papers is July 9, 2010.
So how are you all doing on your structured abstracts for submission? Everything going swimmingly?
I ask because many of us are eager to hear from those of you [...]
Save the Date! PNC/MLA 2010 Meeting – October 9-12, 2010, Portland, Oregon
[Jun 30]
Save the date for the 2010 PNC/MLA Meeting in Portland, Oregon October 9-12, 2010. The weekend starts with many options for continuing education. CE sessions in the works include creating effective presentations, managing information overload, services for mobile users, third-party PubMed tools, and consumer-driven participatory health care. Join your colleagues to experience these learning opportunities [...]
The Structured Abstract Revisited: Thoughts on the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association 2010 – Call for Contributed Papers
[Jun 29]
Mark your calendars librarian researchers and innovators. The deadline for submission of proposals for contributed papers for Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association 2010 is July 9, 2010.
The clock is ticking. Isn’t this exciting? Just think of what we can learn from all of you who may even as I write be cogitating, [...]
Musings on the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association 2010 – Call for Contributed Papers
[Jun 25]
Nag, nag, nag. I know that I am always trying to get everyone in the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association to present at conferences or write articles for publication. I know you are plenty busy being superb librarians and helping medical providers, the general public and researchers by providing valuable services and [...]