Happy Holidays to you All!

Stephen Kiyoi

Stephen Kiyoi

Dear NCNMLG,

I want to wish you all a joyous holiday season with your friends and loved ones! I hope you all have time to pause and reflect on what this past year has meant for you, your libraries, and organizations.

This has been an eventful year for our chapter. A few highlights from this past year: Jennifer Dinalo and Rachel Stark hosted dinner meetups in the South Bay and Sacramento. Julia Hause at the University of Touro University Nevada hosted a series of MLA Webinars on new and emerging roles for health sciences librarians. Suzanne Beattie and Eve Melton hosted our visit to the new Continue reading →

A Change in Perspective: My CE Class at the Quint Meeting in Denver

One of the reasons I decided to go to the Quint Meeting in Denver was the CE Class, Innovation and Lean Process Improvement Demystified. At Children’s Oakland we have been implementing the Lean Process (aka the Toyota Management System or Kaizen) for about two years. I thought it would be a good idea to get a library perspective on it. Continue reading →

If your card info was stolen – please help / Quint Meeting Credit Card Fraud Alert

~ for Lynne Fox
Hi,

If you had unauthorized charges on your credit card bill, the Denver Police Department is asking that you file a report.  PLEASE take the time to do this.  The perpetrators may be found and your report (with dollar amount of theft) may help the DAs office charge the thief(s) with additional counts of theft or a more serious charge (based on the amounts stolen) and increase the sentence for the crime. Continue reading →

Publishing opportunity: case study for MLA book on librarians & translational research

~posted for Alan Carr
**Cross-posted, apologies for any duplication! **

This is a call for authors to contribute to an MLA-published book on librarians and translational research, scheduled for publication in late 2015. The book will highlight examples of librarian involvement in various phases of the translational research enterprise, including best practices, challenges and emerging Continue reading →