Submissions for papers, posters, lightning talks, and special content sessions are being accepted here: https://tinyurl.com/ycsfn6f8 until March 4. Students and new library workers are welcome and encouraged to submit!
Go to the Joint Meeting website for more information: https://ncnmlg.mlanet.org/joint2019/
Call for applications: JoVE Librarian Travel Award – Charleston Conference 2018
Applications are now being accepted through August 1
JoVE is proud to support the professional development of academic librarians. To enable you to attend the Charleston Conference, we will pay for (and organize) your travel, accommodation and conference registration. We will sponsor two librarians from North America and two librarians from Europe or the Middle-East.
Submission Guidelines:
Library outreach continues to be one of the most important (yet challenging) facets of the academic librarian profession. This award will recognize librarians who have established an effective and sustainable practice of communication with their institution’s STEM students and faculty. Interested librarians should submit an essay (1,000 words or less) and examples of outreach materials.
For more information on this award and to apply visit: http://info2.jove.com/LibrarianTravelAward2018
Any questions? Contact librarianaward@jove.com
Thanks to a Professional Development Grant from NCNMLG, I was able to cover the airfare to Aurora, CO where I attended a three-day immersion workshop on evidence based practice. The workshop titled “Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Librarians” covered a variety of topics relating to Evidence Based Practice, research design and so much more.
The “Institute” consisted of early morning large group lectures given by both new and seasoned Librarians guest instructors and faculty members from many institutions such as Dartmouth, Yale School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill and of course Univ. Colorado-Anschutz to name a few.
The workshop emphasized the importance of understanding study designs, their strengths and limitations before one can formulate a good clinical question. The small group sessions provided an opportunity for collaboration, putting into practice the concepts covered in the large group lectures and team work. Small group was beneficial especially when critically appraising articles, performing searches and evaluating data. The lecture on assessing quality criteria in Qualitative research was especially helpful as was the chart comparing the principles of Qualitative and Quantitative studies side by side!! (Acad Med 2013, v88n4p552).
The workshop will help me revisit a three-part series of presentations for our new nurses on finding and appraising EB information.
I highly recommend this 3.5 day intensive training! It’s one of the best professional training events I’ve attended. Thank you NCNMLG for your professional development award!
Posted on behalf of Jill Barr-Walker:
I recently spent some time digging through the NCNMLG archive at UCSF Library in search of pre-1980s photos for our chapter’s poster at MLA. (If you haven’t seen the poster, Michelle Bass did an amazing job compiling its timeline here: https://stanfordmedicine.app.box.com/v/NCNMLG2018Poster)
Confession: I had never used an archive before and I’m clueless about all of those archival terms that are thrown around. What’s the difference between a crate and a box? What does “linear feet” mean? Is this how people feel when I say “systematic review” or “Boolean”? (Just kidding, I never say “Boolean”.) I’m new to NCNMLG and know very little about its history. I went in search of photos, but I found so much more! What follows is a selection of NCNMLG archival materials that caught my eye (apologies for the phone-shadows!):
1. Initial policies for the group in 1947, then referred to as “Medical Librarians of the SF Bay Area”
2. Minutes from the first meeting in 1947 and one in 1952
[Posted by Michelle Rachal on behalf of Michelle Bass]
Thanks to NCNMLG’s professional development grant, I applied for and was granted provisional AHIP status as of June 2017. I had been on the fence about applying to AHIP as a provisional member but was encouraged to apply by colleagues from current and previous jobs. As luck would have it, Cynthia Henderson, AHIP, Associate Dean Health Sciences Libraries & Director Norris Library at the University of Southern California, is my AHIP mentor. I shared my interest in learning more about medical library budgetary needs as well as management and leadership training opportunities. I look forward to meeting with her in person at the upcoming NCNMLG/MLGSCA Joint chapter meeting in January 2018. Without this grant, I would not have applied for a provisional AHIP membership and would have missed out on this wonderful mentoring opportunity.