I attended the Joint Meeting in La Jolla and took 2 CE classes. The first one was given by Connie Schardt, who is the authority on Evidence-based practice and is still teaching classes even though she is retired. She showed and explained us the criteria for judging the validity of therapy studies and studies of diagnostic tests. She also went over the differences between quantitative and qualitative studies. Continue reading
NCNMLG Business Meeting Minutes: May 24, 2013
Agenda: Treasurer | Archives | Professional Development Committee | Membership Committee | Chapter Council | Outreach Committee | MLA Poster Presentation | ACRL Conference | Quint Chapter Meeting | Continue reading
An interview with Rebecca Davis, Head Librarian, Blaisdell Medical Library, UC Davis Health System.
At an early stage of her life, Rebecca’s interest in libraries combined with her endless fascination with medical information started shaping her career. In junior high, she remembers, she had an opportunity to spend a day with a public librarian. She was interested in what was happening at the library, and surprised that the librarian did not look like the older, very severe-looking librarian at the library in her neighborhood. This librarian was Continue reading
New Year
Happy New Year! Summer marks the beginning of the new fiscal and membership year for NCNMLG. Welcome to those of you who have joined for the first time, thank you for joining NCNMLG and adding to our growing number of members. Thank you also to our returning members who continue to support the growth of medical librarianship in Northern California and Nevada. Continue reading
Earn 4 MLA CE Hours While You Learn: Discovering TOXNET: From Paracelsus to Nanotechnology
Hi NCNMLG Members!
Interested in using TOXNET but need to brush up on your skills? Sign up for the National Library of Medicine Training Center’s course offered exclusively to NCNMLG members while you earn 4 MLA CE hours. See details below. If you have any questions please let me know. Continue reading