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Feb
09
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Director’s Musings Barbara Epstein, Director It’s hard to believe that we are actively planning for our third contract year of serving as the home of the NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region. Each of our staff members has grown in ways they couldn’t have imagined when they first joined us. They’ve mastered PR and marketing, bolstered online… Read More »
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Feb
08
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Member Spotlight Claire B. Joseph, MS, MA, AHIP Director, Medical Library, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY Furthering my education and broadening my horizons has always been a vital part of both my professional and personal philosophy. So when the opportunity arose to take two courses for the new MLA Disaster Information Specialization Program after… Read More »
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Feb
08
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MAR Highlights Renae Barger, Executive Director Each year MAR offers a variety of funding opportunities for medical, public and school libraries, information centers, and organizations providing health information services. Such funding supports projects designed to improve health information services; increase awareness and access to biomedical information for health professionals; and educate and empower health care… Read More »
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Feb
08
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Out and About Kate Flewelling, Outreach Coordinator The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has created a number of environmental health information resources for health professionals and the public. This article highlights a few. Household Products Database: http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/ Ever wonder about all of those unpronounceable ingredients in your shampoo, cleaners and toothpaste? From dry erase markers… Read More »
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Feb
08
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Sharing & Caring Michelle Burda, Network and Advocacy Coordinator My idea of an “elevator message” is to be able to deliver an important message from you to someone in your organization in the brief time you spend on an elevator ride. An elevator message needs to be: focused brief, no more than 90 seconds… Read More »
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Feb
08
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Consumer Connections Lydia Collins, Consumer Health Coordinator Are you a librarian or health professional that provides consumer health services? If so, you may be interested in the Medical Library Association (MLA) Consumer Health Information Specialization Program (CHIS): http://www.mlanet.org/education/chc/. The goals of CHIS are to: improve health information services for consumers create partners in the… Read More »
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Feb
08
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CyberCast Missy Harvey, Technology and Communication Coordinator As the Technology Coordinator for the Middle Atlantic Region, one of my roles is to help all of you with technology-related challenges you face in your libraries, organizations, and jobs. So I’m going to begin offering a new series of webinars called TechTime. The webinars will be free… Read More »
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Feb
08
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Visit our Training website for updates and more details for these events: Event: Are You Ready? Keeping Your Loved Ones Safe (Boost Box Session) Presenters: Michelle Burda, Network & Advocacy Coordinator Date: February 12, 2013 Location: Online Event: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Library (Site Visit) Presenters: Barbara Epstein, Director and Renae Barger, Executive… Read More »
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