submitted by Mariya Sweetwyne

Hi all--just a reminder that you can check out all of NLM's materials for lending at the URL: http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/pnr/ect/lendlist.html  (try saying THAT 3x fast!)

P.S. We're still looking for DocKits #3 and #9. -thanks!-

submitted by Susan Lee Klawansky

[editor's note: SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED]

As a followup to the Ovid sales presentation offered in Seattle on June 12, I've invited Anne Gervais, Ovid Training Specialist, to return to Seattle to offer an all-day training session. It will be held on Thursday, September 10, 1998 (specific times to follow) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in the same room used for the June 12 presentation.

Although we've not yet worked out the details, this session is meant to be a Train the Trainer day. There will be no hands-on for the participants. Anne will spend half the day demonstrating the Web version of Ovid, and half the day on Java. She will focus on searching Medline, full text, and Evidence Based Medicine Reviews, and highlight those features which may be new or not so obvious, even to experienced searchers.

The cost for attending will be per institution, rather than per person, and is not yet fixed, as it will be somewhat dependent on Anne's costs and how many institutions will participate. However, it will not cost more than $100/per, and may cost less. A boxed lunch will be included.

The room we've booked seats 25 people and registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact me at the numbers/addresses shown below to sign up. Billing won't be until after the session.

If there are people you think may be interested in this class and who aren't on the HLIB listserve, please pass this message along or let me know who they are and I'll contact them.

This is meant to be a somewhat informal day, with lots of opportunities to get questions answered. If you already have questions or specific things you'd like to see covered, please let me know so I can forward them along to Anne.

More details will follow as the time gets closer.

Anne Gervais is a highly experienced trainer and extremely knowledgable about Ovid and its products. This is a great opportunity to pick her brain. Hope to see you there.

Susan L. Klawansky  klaw@halcyon.com
Hospital Library Phone: (206) 526-2098
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center Fax: (206 527-3838
4800 Sand Point Way NE
P.O. Box 5371
Seattle, WA 98105