This is a new column where I hope you will all share your latest projects, classes, and accomplishments.

In February 1998, and again on March 8, 1999, I presented workshops on "Internet searching for nurses" to members of the Inland Empire Nurses' Assn. in Spokane

submitted by Bob Pringle, Head Librarian at the Betty M. Anderson Library, Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education.

 

 

Based on the outreach grant I received last October, I've presented classes on valuable Internet sites to public health nurses and EMTs in Alaska. So far, I've visited Kenai, Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka and Fairbanks.

submitted by Kathy Murray, UAA.

 

[editor's note: I think I can speak for Bob and say we'd both be happy to share our information with any interested colleagues]

 

 

Two Northwest Medical Librarians Granted NLM Fellowships

 

Natalie Norcross and Andrea Ball are two of five recipients of the National Library of Medicine's Library and Medical Informatics Fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University. The Fellowship, which lasts for 12 months, is designed to give mid-career librarians an opportunity to study medical informatics and conduct original research. This is the first year this type of Fellowship has been offered.

 

Natalie has been granted a one-year leave of absence from Tuality Healthcare in Hillsboro, OR where she has been Medical Librarian for 11 years and Coordinator of Community Education and Libraries for 2 years. She received her MLIS from Brigham Young University in 1974 and was then Reference Librarian at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine for 2 years. Natalie is a distinguished member of AHIP and began her fellowship year in January. She is excited to have this year to broaden her understanding of Medical Informatics, to do some original research and to gain additional academic library experience. She will be doing research on the relationship of the complexity of clinical questions that physicians have and whether and how they seek answers. Natalie's long-term goal is a library administration position in a larger academic or special library. She will be evaluating future job opportunities not only at Tuality, but also around the country. Her office phone is (503) 494-4552.

 

Andrea started her Fellowship last November and is exploring issues and challenges related to information technology and distance education along with computer literacy and delivery options. She has been actively involved with the Virtual Learning Center (VLC) in the OHSU School of Nursing since March 1998, focusing on support issues and evaluation. Andrea has made presentations regarding the VLC at both Online Northwest and OHSLA. She has also done extensive work on the indexing and interface of CliniWeb <www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb>, which is a Web-based search engine for clinically-relevant information and is a project of the OHSU Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research Department. Previously, Andrea developed and implemented the Outreach Program for Falk Library at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine. She received her MLS from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996 with an emphasis on Health Sciences Librarianship. Her office phone is (503) 494-0534.

 

Northwest Notes / 20(1) Jan.-Mar. 1999 / April 22, 1999