Emily Hull, Web editor and Kathy Murray, NW Notes editor are looking for new members for the Publication Committee. Please consider joining our efforts to improve communication within PNC. Committee meetings are being held from 4-5:30 on Thursday (room location to be determined once we've reached Portland!). If you have questions or would like to participate but won't be at the meeting, please contact either of us.

Emily is at the UW, eehull@u.washington.edu, and Kathy can be reached at afktm@uaa.alaska.edu.

This year the CE committee assisted the board in the compass project by brainstorming survey content and methodology.

A few years ago the committee decided to take a more long range view of planning CE offerings and a more active role in course selection. The changes we have found to be of greatest benefit are:

* Longer term participation of CE members, especially the local CE chair who will have participated in the committee for 1-2 years prior to the conference year.

* A formula for selecting balanced CE offerings that cover fundamental medical library skills, new developments, and expanded roles for the profession. The annual survey is valuable for assessing immediate needs and interests but the committee looks beyond that data for courses that meet a broader range of needs.

There will be some changes in membership this year. Lisa Oberg from the University of Washington will be the new CE chair and some new committee members will be announced soon.

Many thanks to the CE committee members (below) and special thanks to Nancy Press whose annual survey and expertise have greatly enhanced CE in our region.

Janice Bacino (CE chair for PNC '96)
Cliff Cornish
Leah Starr
Mary Ellen Lemon (CE & Meeting Chair for PNC '98)
Doreen Smith
Nancy Press, RML Liaison

Announced online, as an ALERT was the purchase of two new Dockits by Nancy Press. These are now available for check out.

Dockit #8: Electronic Searching of the Health Sciences Literature
Dockit #9: Policies for Visitors to Health Sciences Libraries

PNC/MLA members may contact the NN/LM at 1-800-338-7657 or nnlm@u.washington.edu to borrow these or other items from the Lending Library. Watch for a complete listing of the Lending Library collection in an upcoming Supplement article.