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Sue Skoglund, Editor
Valerie Reid, Webmaster
Table of Contents
Overview of Recent NLM Technical Bulletins
MDMLG Members Profiles: Alternative Careers
Public Relations Committee Survey Results
MHSLA Conference Preview
Toxicology Resources
April MDMLG Meeting
Announcements
"Keeping
up with PubMed? Well, no. Not so much."
Since the NLM Technical Bulletin ceased
print publication, it has become increasingly difficult to keep up with NLM
changes. Though the new online format rivals its print counterpart in the basics
such as layout, content and readability, it lacks the former convenience of the
paper issue appearing in your in-box. To add insult to injury, the new version
even lacks an alert feature; it is not possible to sign up to receive e-mail
when the new issue is out.
If you happen to be one of the many who have
not visited the site recently, here are the highlights from the last few issues:
September-October, 2001:
- A number of smaller databases were folded
into PubMed including HISTLINE (history of medicine), BIOETHICSLINE, and
SPACELINE (space life sciences). The three topics are now available as a
limit in PubMed Subsets.
November-December, 2001:
- Search terms for the September 11 attack
are listed in detail.
- New books are added to the Online Book
collection. They all have a strong biomedical slant.
- Data Changes for 2002 are announced. They
included 847 new terms, tips on updating Cubby searches, the addition of
"Patient Education Handout" as a Publication Type limit and the
biggest surprise of all…the addition of FULL NAME AUTHOR INDEXING! Though
full names are not yet searchable due to the author search algorithm, they
will appear on citations.
January-February, 2002:
- The details on how the system will handle
the removal of the MeSH term "Herbs" are presented.
- A new filter, "Systematic
Reviews", is added. The difference between "Reviews" and
"Systematic Reviews" is discussed.
- A recent cataloging change is presented.
Print and online records for serials are being merged into one record. This
started in 2001 and is continuing. The main impetus was to reduce end user
confusion over duplicate records.
March-April, 2002 (issue not complete):
- PubMed introduces a text version for users
who require adaptive equipment such as screen readers like JAWS and
outSPOKEN.
As you can see, they have been quite busy in
Bethesda! If it’s not already saved in your Favorites, the Technical Bulletins
can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/tb.html
If you enjoyed this review, and would like to
see it regularly in the MDMLG newsletter, please e-mail me directly at bfaricy@beaumont.edu
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Bridget Faricy
William Beaumont Hospital
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What Else You Can Do When You Need (or
Want) to Make a Job Change
There has been very little job security in hospital
libraries recently, as budgets are crunched and institutions merge and
consolidate services. So it helps to remember that hospitals and medical schools
are not the only employers of medical librarians. Through the years, a number of
MDMLG members have moved from "traditional" settings in hospitals or
universities to other, quite different, working environments. Four MDMLG
members, all of whom moved from a non-profit to a for-profit company, shared
their experience with alternative careers.
Beth Callahan, Director, Information Center, for D’Arcy
Masius Benton & Bowles, an advertising
agency, previously worked in medical libraries at Henry Ford, Bon Secours,
Children’s and Metro Medical. Her move to the for-profit world was unplanned
– the result of a recommendation from a former medical library coworker who
had also changed careers. "The job found me," says Beth. With an
undergraduate degree in advertising, she was interested in the position and
ready for a change – but she was not entirely confident of her ability to be
successful in such a different environment. The first six months, Beth admits,
was a "scary experience," as she worked to become knowledgeable about
the new subject material. "But," she adds, "we are all
overqualified! We all share a drive to succeed, and we don’t recognize the
transferability of our skills."
D’Arcy is experiencing a budget crunch, but, coming
from her background in medical libraries, Beth doesn’t think it’s so bad.
Library costs are charged back to the client, so she is not an overhead
department. Therefore, she has more control over spending. However, she notes
that accurate pricing for her work is crucial, and she must please her client
while still keeping costs to a minimum. If business goes down, there are
immediate layoffs, and the company, itself, could close. In her hospital jobs,
by contrast, she felt the budgetary restrictions more acutely, but never felt
concern about the whole hospital closing.
Beth notes other differences. Photocopying at D’Arcy
is almost nonexistent, since articles are delivered electronically to
requestors. Also, the body of knowledge she now deals with (mass media) is far
less organized than the medical literature, making searching for information
more difficult. But she finds her clients more appreciative than were hospital
personnel, and more likely to rely on her for help. Privacy issues are less
problematic, too. She is encouraged to share information and the results of her
research anywhere within the company – which has locations worldwide – as
needed.
Pam Kerns, Northeast Sales Coordinator for Majors
Scientific Books, lives in Brooklyn, New York
but her sales territory, which extends from Delaware north into Canada, includes
many libraries in Michigan. Pam's background includes work in serials,
continuations, and acquisitions at East Carolina University Medical School
Library and at a hospital library in Brooklyn. Pam says it was the "serials
connection" that led her to her present position at Majors. Her current
work, in common with her responsibilities as a medical librarian, still focuses
on service, information, and communication. She finds the flexibility in
scheduling, the travel, and the mix of different libraries and librarians, very
appealing. She says the view from her office window is different every day!
Asked to compare her present job to her previous work in the hospital and
medical school, she said that she still works with acquisitions, approval plans,
Brandon-Hill titles, and continuations, but from a different perspective.
Karen Rogers-Collins, Serials Librarian at Pfizer, Inc.
Global R&D, a pharmaceutical company, moved
to her present job from Sladen Library at Henry Ford Hospital. Karen was ready
for a change from the hospital library setting, so she applied for a
contractor/consultant position in reference and document delivery at Pfizer.
"I got my foot in the door and was able to quickly move into a permanent
position as one opened up in the library," she explains. "Overall, I
think Library Services is Library Services whether it’s in a corporate or
non-profit setting. She adds, "But there seems to be more money in
corporate settings if the library is supported by upper management. At Pfizer,
our service is seen as valuable to the organization; particularly since the
advent of electronic resources."
Robin Terebelo, Senior Research Specialist for Bryant
Information Group, Inc., - a company that
provides business intelligence and research services - worked at Providence
Hospital and at Children’s before moving into the for-profit sector. The
company’s founder, Bart Bryant, was, himself, a librarian at Wayne State
University and a member of MDMLG when he left his job to start his company.
Robin remembers that in the early days of his company, Bart often visited
medical libraries to promote his services, and she was always intrigued and
curious about the work environment he described.
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Although Robin specializes in medical,
pharmaceutical and scientific database searching, her position with Bryant
Information Group requires that she be prepared to provide whatever
information a client needs, and in whatever particular format they like
it. That means, she explains, that she may have to search an unfamiliar
database, using the client’s access codes. Since many of the requestors
are, themselves, searchers who are outsourcing reference work, Robin says
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While she is still involved in research and in database
searching, Robin feels that there are a number of significant differences
between working in the non-profit and for-profit world. Her customers’
expectations are different. She notes that, in a hospital library, the medical
librarian is responsible for determining what s/he gives the medical
professional. In the for-profit world, however, the researcher must tailor the
search to a specific client’s needs and wants, because that client is paying
directly for the service. This means s/he must be acutely aware of the cost of
the work, and must ensure that the work is done within the agreed budget and to
meet the client’s deadline. Robin says she has learned that, "It’s
never up to us to determine what a client’s need is or their urgency. But we
have to understand both the client’s need and the client’s urgency and work
within these parameters."
Robin loves the fact that she can go to work in jeans
if she wishes, and is often able to work from her home. Her contact with her
clients is entirely by phone, so dressing up is not important. On the other
hand, since she cannot see the client, she must also be able to conduct an in
depth reference interview by phone or even by e-mail. She says she does
miss the personal contact with people that she had in the medical library, and
she admits that, although she has coworkers who will do hands-on reference, the
lack of immediate access to a reference collection is also sometimes difficult.
She has come to rely on the Internet along with some "wonderful friends and
colleagues within the Detroit medical library community" for some
occasional assistance.
Asked what advice they might give colleagues who need
or want to make a job change, the four
librarians recommended networking with colleagues "outside the hospital
world." They also said, "Attend conferences other than MLA," and,
"when at MLA, talk to vendors who are also librarians." "Take
advantage of educational opportunities to learn about areas that interest
you." But the main theme expressed was, "Don’t be afraid! You have
the skills you need." "And," said one, "don’t wait for the
perfect job. It doesn’t exist!"
Carol
Attar
Attar Associates
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Two dozen of the MDMLG members have responded to the
Public Relations Committee Outreach Program survey and expressed their interest
in participating in the program. Some of them also offered wonderful comments
and great suggestions for the program topics. Marie-Lise Shams won the raffle
drawing for the $30 Barnes and Noble Bookstore gift card. We the PR committee
members greatly appreciated all your support and involvement.
During the course of the next few months, the MDMLG
Public Relations Committee will compile a list of program topics and
speakers/instructors. The contact information and program/course description
(50-100 words) will be collected from the participants and be displayed on the
MDMLG web page. The web page will be the Directory/Listing of Health Information
Experts or Healthcare Information Speakers Bureau. To market the outreach
programs, the PR committee will email information to the target audience and
also create a brochure to be distributed to the community, public libraries and
healthcare professionals. Please stay tuned for the PR promotional activities.
Misa Mi
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
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Mastering the Information Maize: 29th Annual MHSLA
Education Conference
Mark your calendars for the 29th annual
Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Association Fall Education Conference, to be
held October 16-18, 2002 at the Campus Inn in the heart of Ann Arbor.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Robert
Schumacher, Associate Professor, Pediatric & Communicable Diseases
Department, University of Michigan.
Three continuing education courses will be held at the
conference. A full day course, The Business Case, is being taught by Rosalind
Lett. In addition, two half day courses will be offered: Palmtop Computers in
the Library, taught by Mari Stoddard and Finding the Best Evidence to Meet
Nursing Information Needs, taught by Peg Allen.
All work and no play makes for very cranky librarians.
This year’s special event includes dinner at the Pendleton Room in the
Michigan Union. Attendees will be entertained by the Kevin Gio Trio while they
dine. Afterwards, tours of the University of Michigan Museum of Art will be
given, and a Digital Scavenger Hunt will be held.
Look for your registration in the mail around the
beginning of July 2002. Please note: the hotel will release our block of rooms
60 days before the conference (August 16, 2002). To ensure you get a room at the
conference rate be sure and make your reservation early.
Alexia Estabrook
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers
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Some notes on information resources and their use
"In that direction," the Cat said,
waving its right paw round, "lives a Hatter: and in that
direction," waving the other paw, "lives a March Hare. Visit
either you like: they're both mad."
Carroll, Lewis, Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland
"Inhalation or absorption through the skin of
mercury vapour causes salivation, loosening of the teeth, and tremor; it
also affects the higher centres of the brain, resulting in irritability,
loss of memory, depression, anxiety, and other personality changes. This
mental deterioration, known as erethism, led to the well-known saying "mad
as a hatter," because, in the past, hatters commonly
became ill when they used mercury salts to make felt out of rabbit
fur."
"Metals", Encyclopedia
Britannica
Our fascination and fear of poisons as well as attempts
to learn more about them most likely predate written history. The Ebers'
papyrus, which is one of the oldest known medical documents, contains references
to poisons and treatment of poisoning. Throughout history poisons were used in
warfare, as means of execution or political assassination and, occasionally,
became an environmental hazard through mining and other production activities.
Various issues of poison and poisoning were addressed in the writings of
Hippocrates and other prominent physicians of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Paracelsus, a celebrated Renaissance physician and scientist, furthered the
studies of poisons and formulated one of the major concepts of toxicology: the
dose-response relationship.
However, toxicology as science did not take shape until
the 19th century when Spanish physician and scientist Matthieu
Orphila systematized the study and classification of toxic substances and
pointed out systematic correlation between the chemical and biological
properties of poisons. His work became the foundation for the subsequent rapid
development of toxicology in the 20th century.
Modern toxicology is defined as "the study of the
adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms" (1) It is one of the
oldest, yet also one of the most rapidly developing and multidisciplinary fields
of science.
The growing awareness of the adverse effects of
environmental pollution on humans, animals and entire ecosystems resulted in a
corresponding growth in research addressing these problems and in the body of
literature generated as a result of research. However, the explosive rate of
growth of toxicological information presents considerable challenges for
researchers and librarians attempting to locate information in the field of
toxicology.
Many federal agencies, research and academic
institutions, commercial vendors, non-profit and special interest groups engage
in the creation and dissemination of information on toxicity of various
substances. One unwelcome side effect of these massive efforts is the equally
massive scattering of information among dozens of different bibliographic and
factual databases and other sources. In this situation, librarians’ knowledge
of the content, coverage, structure, design and format of the information
sources and their skills in matching sources to users and their needs can
greatly influence the success or failure of their patrons’ work.
Unfortunately, few if any medical librarians can afford the luxury of setting
aside their other responsibilities in favor of in-depth self-directed studies of
toxicology and its information resources. Luckily enough, there are some
excellent timesaving alternatives to this course of action.
On June 11th MDMLG is sponsoring a National
Library of Medicine continuing education class "TOXNET on the Web".
This is an excellent opportunity to become familiar with resources sponsored by
the National Library of Medicine through the Toxicology and Environmental Health
Information Program. Basic information about this cluster of databases is
available at the "Introducing the new TOXNET" page. TOXNET
databases provide free access to a huge volume of information and can be a
cost-effective and efficient way of filling requests on various aspects of
toxicology. An additional useful feature is a set of self-guided Toxicology
Tutorials provided by the NLM.
Many of the complex issues pertaining to selection and
use of toxicology information resources are covered in articles published by
librarians and researchers. Several of these works are listed in the
"Suggested reading" section of this article. Two of these sources are
of special interest: a recent comprehensive book by Philip Wexler (3) and a
special issue of "Toxicology" dedicated to digital information and
tools (4, 8, 10, 11).
Most of the major online collections of medical
information resources have more or less comprehensive sections on toxicology. I
found myself using two of them more often that the others:
· "Poisoning" compiled by the Karolinska
Institute Library
Based on the careful review of the sources listed
above, I compiled a list of useful toxicology databases and other resources
available free of charge on the Internet. This list includes all of the earlier
mentioned databases sponsored by the National Library of Medicine through the
Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program as well as additional
resources supported by other academic and research institutions.
Suggested Toxicology Databases and Other
Resources Available on the Internet
(by subject/topic)
CHEMICAL INFORMATION (Nomenclature,
Identification, Structures, Properties)
CANCERLIT (NCI)
(Bibliographic information and full text)
http://www.cancer.gov/
Chemfinder (Cambridge
University)
(Factual information)
http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/factsheets/ghindex.html
ChemIDplus (NLM)
(Factual information)
http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
HSDB: Hazardous
Substances Data Bank (NLM)
(Factual information)
Broad scope in human and animal toxicity, safety and handling, environmental
fate, and more. Scientifically peer-reviewed.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB
NCI-3D (NLM)
(Factual information)
2D and 3D information on structures compiled by the National Cancer Institute,
and augmented by MDL.
http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/nci3d/
TOXICOLOGY (GENERAL ISSUES)
CCRIS: Chemical
Carcinogenesis Research Information System (NCI/NLM).
(Factual information)
Carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and
tumor inhibition data. http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?CCRIS
DART/ETIC:
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (NLM)
(Bibliographic information)
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?DARTETIC.htm
EMIC: Environmental
Mutagen Information Center
(Bibliographic information)
Current and older literature on agents tested for genotoxic activity.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?EMIC
GENE-TOX (EPA)
(Factual information)
Peer-reviewed mutagenicity test data from the EPA.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?GENETOX
HSDB (see above for
description)
ITER: International
Toxicity Estimates for Risk (Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment)
(Factual information)
Compilation of human health risk values for over 500 chemicals of environmental
concern from several health organizations worldwide. The database is the only
on-line source of compiled risk values that provides side-by-side comparisons of
values.
http://www.tera.org/iter/
MEDLINE (Pubmed)
(Bibliographic information)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
TOXLINE (NLM)
(Bibliographic information)
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TOXLINE
ENVIRONMENTAL FATE, EFFECTS AND RELEASE
CSEM :Case Studies in
Environmental Medicine (ATSDR)
(Full text)
Self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider's
knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the
evaluation of potentially exposed patients.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/CSEM/
Factsheets (EXTOXNET)
(Factual information)
http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/factsheets/ghindex.html
HazDat: Hazardous
Substance Release/Health Effects Database (ATSDR)
(Factual/bibliographic information)
Information on the release of hazardous substances or from emergency events and
on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html
Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(EPA)
(Factual information)
http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/hlthef/hapindex.html
HSEES: Hazardous
Substances Emergency Events Surveillance system (ATSDR)
(Factual information)
Information about releases of hazardous substances that need to be cleaned up or
neutralized according to federal, state, or local law, as well as threatened
releases that result in a public health action such as an evacuation.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HS/HSEES/
NIEHS: National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Environmental Health Information
(Factual/full text information)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/facts.htm
TRI :Toxics Release
Inventory (NLM)
(Factual information)
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TRI
PESTICIDES
Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database (PAN)
(Factual information)
Human toxicity (chronic and acute), ecotoxicity and regulatory information for
about 5,400 pesticide active ingredients and their transformation products, as
well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products.
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/
Pesticide Information Profiles (EXTOXNET)
(Factual information)
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/pips.html
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
HEAST : Health Effects
Assessment Summary Tables - Radionuclides Table (EPA)
(Factual information)
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/heast/
HSDB (see above for
description)
ICSCs: International
Chemical Safety Cards (NIOSH)
(Factual information, multilanguage resource)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/icstart.html
IDLHs: Immediately
Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (NIOSH)
(Factual information)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/idlh-1.html
IRIS: Integrated Risk
Information System (NLM, EPA)
(Factual information)
Human health risk assessment, focusing on hazard identification and
dose-response assessment.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?IRIS
NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards (NIOSH)
(Factual information, available in Spanish)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html
RAIS: Risk Assessment
Information System (U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental
Management)
(Factual information)
Toxicity and Chemical-Specific Factors – Nonradionuclides
http://risk.lsd.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/tox/TOX_select?select=nrad
SPECIFIC MEDICAL TESTS PUBLISHED IN THE LITERATURE FOR
OSHA REGULATED SUBSTANCES (NIOSH)
(Bibliographic/factual)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmed/medstart.html
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS
MSDS search
(Factual information)
Metasearch and listing of other databases. International content.
http://www.msdssearch.com/
Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets on the
Internet (Interactive Learning Paradigms,
Incorporated.)
(Webliography)
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/
REGULATORY AND LEGAL
Code of federal regulations (National
Archives and Records Administration)
(Full text)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
ENVIROTEXT (U.S. Dept.
of Energy)
(Full text)
On-line searchable library of environmental laws, regulations, and guidance as
well as Native American Treaties and Constitutions.
Federal register (National
Archives and Records Administration)
(Full text)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
HSDB (see above for
description)
Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards
(Full text)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/81-123.html
TED: Trade Environment
Database (American University)
(Full text)
Inventory of cases and precedents in trade and environment.
http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/ted.htm
FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Forensic
Toxicology
http://home.lightspeed.net/~abarbour/vlibft.html
Suggested reading
1. Klaassen C.D., ed. Casarett and Doull’s
Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 5th Edition. New York:
McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 1996.
2. How to answer questions about hazardous chemicals: a
beginner's guide to occupational toxicology information resources / Halton,
David M. Hamilton, Ont.: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and
Safety, 1986.
3. Information resources in toxicology / Wexler,
Philip. San Diego; London: Academic Press, 2000.
4. Brinkhuis RP. Toxicology information from US
government agencies. Toxicology. 157(1-2): 25-49, 2001 Jan 12.
5. Fitzpatrick RB. Resources from the Toxicology and
Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP). Medical Reference Services
Quarterly. 19(2): 65-72, 2000 Summer.
6. Fonger GC. Hazardous substances data bank (HSDB) as
a source of environmental fate information on chemicals. Toxicology. 103(2):
137-45, 1995 Nov 30.
7. Fonger GC. Stroup D. Thomas PL. Wexler P. TOXNET: A
computerized collection of toxicological and environmental health information.
Toxicology & Industrial Health. 16(1):4-6, 2000 Jan.
8. Poore LM. King G. Stefanik K. Toxicology information
resources at the Environmental Protection Agency. Toxicology. 157(1-2): 11-23,
2001 Jan 12.
9. Stirling DA. Toxicology and risk assessment
information resources for librarians. Medical Reference Services
Quarterly. 19(4): 39-58, 2000 Winter.
10. Wright LL. Searching fee and non-fee toxicology
information resources: an overview of selected databases. Toxicology. 157(1-2):
89-110, 2001.
11. Wukovitz LD. Using internet search engines and
library catalogs to locate toxicology information. Toxicology. 157(1-2): 121-39,
2001 Jan 12.
Elena Koustova
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
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The next MDMLG meeting is scheduled to take place on
Thursday, April 18, 2002 from 1:00-3:30 p.m. at St. John Hospital.
The speaker will be Rebecca E. Cawley presenting
various aspects of AccessMichigan. Becky has been the Statewide Database
Administrator for the Library of Michigan since June 2000. She will discuss the
various databases included in AccessMichigan, including how the databases are
selected.
Becky has held several positions during her library
career. Before she started working at the Library of Michigan, she was the
Director of the Northland Library Cooperative for 10 years, during which time
she was the manager of the Merit-hosted internet service for the public in
northern Michigan. She also worked for 15 years at the State Library of
Maryland.
Becky is a past winner of MLA's Walter Kaiser award and
the Rural Libraries Technologies award. She has been an active member of a
number of MLA and Michigan library committees.
Further information, along with a map, can be found on
the MDMLG Meetings web page.
Maureen W.
LeLacheur
Henry Ford Hospital
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An updated salary survey will be mailed to
institutional members later this month. Contact Diana Balint (balint@pilot.msu.edu) for more information.
Lynda Baker has written a book with Virginia
Manbeck entitled Consumer Health Information for Public
Librarians (Scarecrow Press, 2002). Chapters cover topics such as
the history of consumer health information, collection development
issues, outreach programs, and evaluation.
Gina
Hug had an article published in the Winter 2001 issue of Medical Reference
Services Quarterly. The full reference is as follows: Hug GP. Literature search
improvement project. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 2001
Winter;20(4):39-46. The project describes the implementation of a productivity
standard for online searching at the Sladen Library.
Elena
(Helen) Koustova is now working 12-4 p.m. weekdays in the family resource
library at Children’s Hospital.
Jill
VanBuskirk is working as a reference librarian at Rochester Hills Public
Library. You can email her at jillievb@yahoo.com
Maurice
Wheeler resigned as Director of the Detroit Public Library. Nancy Skowronski has
been appointed interim director.
The
text only edition of the MDMLG News has been discontinued. A survey of current
members did not yield anyone still needing this version.
Upcoming dates:
| April 19, 2002 |
Virtual Reference Services
Teleconference, Part II at Wayne State |
| April
20, 2002 |
Komen Race for the Cure |
| April
23, 2002 |
OVID CE Course at Shiffman Medical Library |
| June
10-11, 2002 |
Pubmed, Toxnet workshops at Shiffman Medical Library |
| Oct.
16-18, 2002 |
MHSLA Conference in Ann Arbor |
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Communications Committee 2001-2002
Carol Attar………………….. carolattar@comcast.net
Gay Byrnes…………………. Gaybyrnes@yahoo.com
Bridget Faricy………………. bfaricy@beaumont.edu
Helen Koustova…………….. ekoustova@dmc.org
Maureen LeLacheur………… mlelach1@sladen.hfhs.org
Valerie Reid, web master…… vreid1@sladen.hfhs.org
Sue Skoglund, chair………… rohlibrary@hotmail.com
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