Oct.-Dec. 2000 Volume 21 Number 4
Letter from the
Chair
Greetings from Montana!
Wow, what a year! But now it's time to hand matters over to Janice. She's fired up and ready to lead PNC into the new millennium. I want to thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to serve as your Chair. I truly enjoyed working for this group and getting to know my colleagues across the region. I honestly couldn't have survived without the tremendous support of the Executive Board that worked with me. Thanks again to Carolyn Olson (now Adams), Janice Bacino, Nola Higley, Barbara Crain, Kathy Nelson, Bob Pringle, Edean Berglund, and Kathy Murray. I also need to send a special thank you to Kathy Murray and the Alaska conference planning committee for organizing such a great annual meeting. The dedication and hard work of all these people made my year as Chair fairly painless!
Finally, I want to encourage all of you to consider serving on the PNC Executive Board. Later this year I'll be asking some of you to run for an office. Keep in mind you don't have to wait for me to contact you. If there's a position that interests you please let me know. I'll take all the volunteers I can find! Please consider serving on the board. I guarantee you'll enjoy it.
Idaho
Idaho State University Health Sciences Library: Under director Nancy Griffin's leadership the Idaho Health Sciences Library (ISHL) has conducted several innovative outreach projects. Currently, Nancy is using town meetings and focus groups to assess information needs and raise awareness of resources in rural communities, networking with thirteen public libraries in remote areas of SE Idaho. A recently completely activity established Internet access and provided followup training for Community and Migrant Health Centers.
Montana
St. James Community Hospital: Montana Medical librarian Laurel Egan is the only hospital librarian in a seven-county expanse in southwestern Montana (and she's only part-time). Her outreach program provides training for patients and healthcare professionals in Silver Bow and Beaverhead counties, frontier areas impacted by the mining industry. Laurel is working with community health centers and service organizations to provide access to consumer health resources and basic internet skills development.
Oregon
The OHSU Library is pleased to announce that Friday Valentine has accepted the position of Digital Resources Librarian. This is a new position in Library and Information Services which deals primarily with the creation of a database of streaming video for the OHSU community. Friday received her MLS in 1997 via the Emporia State University distance education program in Oregon. She was previously employed at Blackwell's Book Services in Lake Oswego. In her spare time, she is active in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Friday reports to Janet Crum and will spend time working in the Library and with the OSHU video production unit.
posted on HLIB by Diane Carroll 1/9/01
The OHSU Library welcomes Karen Finney, a new reference librarian. Following is her introduction to you all:
I received my Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Puget Sound in my hometown of Tacoma, Washington. Two years later, I decided it was time to explore another part of the country, so headed to the Midwest, where I attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison and received my Master of Arts in Library Science. While I enjoyed Wisconsin, the beauty of the Pacific Northwest was calling me home. I got my feet wet in two one-year library positions in Oregon, the first at Linfield College, the second at Portland Community College. After living in Portland for a year, I knew that I wanted to make it my home, and was thrilled to begin my position as Reference Librarian at Oregon Health Sciences University. When the weekends arrive, I'm often snowboarding up at Mt. Hood or enjoying the beaches.
submitted 2-2-01 by Dolores Judkins
| Valerie Lawrence Kaiser Permanente Clinical Information Systems Librarian 2850 NW Nicolai St. Portland, OR 97210 |
voice (503) 778-2415 pager (503) 904-0326 fax (503) 778-2491 email valerie.j.lawrence@kp.org |
| Cathy Jordan, Medical Librarian E.R. Stitt Medical Library National Naval Medical Center (aka Bethesda Naval Hospital) 8901 Wisconsin Ave. Bethesda MD |
(301) 295-1185 (301) 295-6001 fax cmjordan@bethesda.med.navy.mil |
Washington
Please welcome the latest (that I know of) addition to our extended family.
Emory Alexandra Hoelscher-Hull arrived November 3, 2000 at 9:14pm. She was 7 pounds 4 ounces, 21 inches long. Emily Hull, our web mistress, is already back at work.
Dear Colleagues,
Due to financial difficulties, Stevens Hospital is laying off 80 FTEs, including me! Library service as we know it will end January 8th.
I have asked Susan Barnes to deactivate Stevens' DOCLINE account until further notice. Those of you who have WAUMEH in your routing lists may wish to replace it with that of an active library.
My five years at Stevens have passed quickly and pleasantly. Thank you for your superb service and for your good will.
Lynne
Lynne Graber, Librarian
Stevens Hospital
originally posted 1/2/01 to hlib-nw by Lynne Graber
Hello everyone,
Before the year is out, I wanted to fill everyone in on some news from this part of the state. First, the old news - Effective Oct. 2nd, Sarah McCord became the new Health Sciences Electronic Resources Librarian. Sarah is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies. She was previously employed as a paraprofessional at numerous U Wisconsin-Madison campus libraries, including Chemistry, Health Sciences, and Business. She's also our new liaison to the College of Pharmacy. She's made the rounds in Spokane, but has yet to travel to libraries outside the Inland Empire. Salishan is on our list for next year, though. In the meantime, you can contact her at: mccord@wsu.edu. We are very happy to have her here.
Secondly, as of January 2, 2001, the name of our library will be officially changed to the Health Sciences Library. This past summer more than 70 medical journals were transferred down from the Owen Science and Engineering Library as well as liaison and collection development activities for the WWAMI Program and Pre-nursing. Our OPAC records will now read HLTH, Health Sci, and/or Health Sciences, and thanks to Sarah, we'll also have a new web page.
Happy holidays to everyone, Vicki
Vicki Croft, M.S.L.S., AHIP
Health Sciences Library
Washington State University
originally posted 12-22-00 to hlib-nw by Vicki Croft
DRAFT Business Meeting Minutes
Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association
Annual Meeting 2000
September 19, 2000
The meeting was called to order by Kim Granath, Chair, board members were introduced, and the minutes of the last meeting were approved with corrections. Nancy Press was appointed Parliamentarian. Past Chair, Carolyn Olson and Chapter Council Representative, Edean Berglund were excused.
Treasurer-Nola Higley
The current checking account balance is $6,121.79. We have $8,190.34
in a one-year CD at 6.4% interest with total assets of $14,322.13.
The healthy treasury is due to the Seattle meeting's impressive
income last year. We must note, however, that our income this
year has exceeded expenses by $1221.59, meaning we must continue
to be alert to ways of increasing income and curtailing expenses,
while enjoying our present prosperity. See the Executive Board
Minutes for the complete report.
Chapter Council-Bob Pringle
for Edean Berglund
Bob and Edean attended the annual Medical Library Association
meeting at Vancouver, British Columbia and gave member's identifying
stickers. Bob called for members to consider serving as facilitators
at the round table discussions. See the Executive Board Meeting
minutes for the complete report.
Membership-Barbara Crain
We have 7 life members and 11 new members, our total current membership
is 167. This total excludes any who might have joined with annual
meeting registration. In 1999, at the Seattle meeting, we had
161 members. In 1980 when our chapter was formed we had 135 members.
Dues notices were mailed in December with follow up notices at
the end of March, for lapsed memberships. The most common reason
was "I just forgot" followed by a change in job. Membership
committee members (Loretta Andress-Alaska, Jim Henderson-British
Columbia, Kathy Nelson-Idaho, Steve Teich-Oregon, Jan Schuller-Washington,
Barbara Crain-Montana) were responsible for contacting lapsed
members in their state or province. Membership information is
on the web. See the Executive Board Minutes for the complete report.
Conference Report---Kathy Murray
The conference committee was introduced (Kathy Murray, Chair;
Loretta Andress, Marcia Colson, Anne Girling, Donna Hudson, Doreen
Smith, Barbara Sokolov) Jeri van den Top was unable to attend
but helped the group as treasurer. The 2000 Pacific Northwest
Chapter of the Medical Library Association meeting at the Westin
Alyeska Prince Resort in Girdwood Alaska has 48 registered attendees.
43 were all-inclusive, 3 paid only registration and 10 paid vendors
plus the Regional Medical Library. The conference committee had
a goal of 65 attending. The hotel was good to work with, there
was some vendor support for specific events beyond the display
table fees. 105 people attended continuing education classes.
The Alaska Library Association funded the copyright speaker and
the Anchorage Chapter of AkLA paid for Susan Alling's expenses.
Nominating-Kim Granath for
Carolyn Olson
There were 94 ballots returned for the election of officers. Bob
Pringle is Chair-Elect, Chris Beahler is the recording secretary.
Kathy Martin is the membership chair, Patrice O'Donovan is chapter
council representative and Dolores Judkins is alternate. Sherry
Dodson is the MLA nominating committee nominee. There was some
discussion on why the ballot includes both the chapter council
member and alternate. Lea Starr asked Kim as immediate-Past Chair
to investigate the bylaws for need for both positions. A new set
of model bylaws will be published next fall from the MLA, Jan
and Kim will follow up as the information is made available.
Salary Survey request---Kim
Granath
Kim had been contacted by Brynn Beals-representing WMLA asking
if the chapter might do a regional salary survey. Kim asked if
members would consider doing this as a web based survey. There
was discussion concerning the last MLA survey of region, members
were uncertain how timely this data was. The MLA Benchmarking
data is asking for salary exclusive of fringe benefits. Members
agreed they would be more likely to answer a question on range
rather than specific salary. Kim will follow up with Brynn on
exact details, and a voluntary web based survey may be developed
with clearly defined areas keeping Metropolitan and rural ranges
clearly identified. Ideas on the emerging library market might
also be included, the UBC library school has two job offers for
each student they graduated. A team to design the web survey will
be solicited on HLIB-L if necessary.
Newsletter---Kathy Murray
With the Alaska Conference, Kathy has not been able to keep up
on the chapter newsletter. Does the group want a newsletter? The
web based format has saved the chapter mailing costs, however
the HTML format has made design and layout boring. Kathy purchased
"Pagemaker" and will look at putting a PDF version of
the newsletter together for future issues. Loretta Andress has
done much of the actual work in putting together the newsletter.
Kathy has had a hard time getting news from the members; it was
suggested that the membership person from each state add newsgathering
to his responsibilities list and answer the call on HLIB-L for
news. It is not fair to expect Kathy to follow the various listserves
and pull the information such as new positions from this source.
Archives-Janet Schnall
Janet reminded members the newsletter contains much of the history
of our chapter as an organization. We need to submit hard copies
to the archives of official documents even if they are published
on the web. The chapter history is online and a summary was published
by Bob Pringle for MLA News. An oral history with Gerry Oppenheimer
was edited and approved for archives. A copy will be kept at the
University of Washington Health Sciences Library.
Future of Annual Meetings---Kim
Granath
The board has discussed the problems we are experiencing with
declining attendance at annual meetings. A decision had been made
to rotate Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver as sites to control
costs, yet our next meeting is actually going to be at another
resort location, Salishan. The 1999 meeting had only 51 all inclusive
registrants and 36 conference only for 87 total and this was in
Seattle. The expectation was 100 registrants. To continue as an
organization, the one annual meeting must have higher attendance
to support PNC's expenses.
Discussion moved to members who were not present, why do they not attend the annual meeting? A web survey will be developed to ask members what they really want, is a welcome reception, program, banquet and continuing education offering meeting their needs? This format has been successful in the past, but maybe we need to change. The evaluations in Seattle were evenly divided on the no hotel format. Other considerations for declining attendance is the timing of this event with having the National meeting in Vancouver this spring, travel budgets were already spent. Many members are finding their organizations are offering less support for any travel at all. The programs offered may be too basic for experienced members who are attending some other types of meetings, and there is conflict over the dates for some of the academic libraries with starting of school sessions, whether semester or quarter schedules.
Looking at the last Seattle meeting almost half of the membership was present, this is probably as good as we can expect. The demographics of our chapter show continued decline in number of hospital librarians as hospitals have merged and closed. Younger members have not been able to attend because of low salaries, but sharing rooms and other options to keep the expenses affordable should help. Since it is possible for more members to car-pool to Salishan travel costs will not be as high as travel was to Alaska. The 2002 meeting is planned for Vancouver BC.
Benchmarking---Robin Braun
Libraries that collect data for an annual report probably have
some of the information needed for the MLA Benchmarking project.
Robin has prepared a benchmarking worksheet with data definitions
from the web site. She would like as many PNC members as possible
to submit their information. Please provide comments such as not
applicable, I don't understand, I can't get this information,
I can't tell what you want here. It is important for the feedback
to reach MLA before December as 100 participants are needed in
this Beta test to have any meaningful data analysis done. If you
have any questions please phone or email Robin and she will help
as much as she can. She is asking for 1999 data that you have,
fill in as much as you can on the form and offer suggestions in
the comments section so the form can be improved.
2001 Meeting---Kathy Martin
Kathy Martin presented "2001 Hal Unplugged". The next
annual meeting is being planned for Salishan, another Westin hotel
in Gleneden Beach, Oregon, September 9th to 13th. The location
is on the ocean with sea lions near-by and a beautiful lodge and
golf course on the property. Roy Tennant has been approached as
the keynote speaker. Continuing education programs are being selected.
MLA Vancouver Meeting---Jim
Henderson
Jim thanked regional members for support for the Medical Library
Association meeting held in Vancouver. It was a great success.
A gift of an engraved Alaska Ulu was presented to Kim for her service as chair by Kathy Murray.
The meeting was adjourned after Kim Granath asked members to consider running for board positions.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kathy Nelson
PNC Recording Secretary
2000
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Thank you for your cooperation.
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Suquamish Tribe GIS Program Manager
curley@silverlink.net
This one will scare you a little! Just in case you weren't
feeling too old today, this will certainly change things.
Each year, the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together
a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of that
year's incoming freshmen.
Here is this year's list:
* The people who are starting college this fall across the
nation were born in 1982.
* They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably
did not even know that he had ever been shot.
* They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
* Black Monday, 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
* There has only been one Pope.
* They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember
the Cold War.
* They have never feared a nuclear war.
* They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
* Tianamen Square means nothing to them.
* Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
* Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
* Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums. The expression "you
sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.
* They have never owned a record player.
* They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of
Ping-Pong.
* They may have never heard of an 8 track. The Compact Disc was
introduced when they were 1 year old.
* As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 33 cents.
* They have always had an answering machine.
* Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have
they seen a black-and-white TV.
* They have always had cable.
* There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA
is.
* They cannot fathom not having a remote control.
* They were born the year that the Walkman was introduced by Sony.
* Roller-skating has always meant "inline" for them.
* Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show
* They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.
* Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
* They have never seen Larry Bird play.
* They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
* The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as W.W.I, W.W.II,
and the Civil War.
* They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.
* They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.
* They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
* They never heard: "Where's the beef?" , "I'd
walk a mile for a Camel", or "De plane, de plane!"
* They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is.
* The Titanic was found? They thought we always knew where it
was.
* Michael Jackson has always been white.
* Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America and Alabama are all places,
not groups.
* McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers.
* There has always been MTV.
* They don't have a clue as to how to use a typewriter.
We can't vouch for the truth of the following, but it IS interesting (source unknown):
We all know that water is important but I've never seen it written
down like this before.
75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population)
In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.
One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study.
Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and a person is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?
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COKE: No wonder coke tastes soooo good:
1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and ...Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, Remove the foil, following the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
FYI:
1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its Ph is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
Edupage, November 27, 2000
The Web is a vital source of medical information for American Internet users, although many users harbor privacy concerns over the storage of medical records on the Internet, according to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The report surveyed more than 12,000 people, determining that 52 million Americans have gone online to become more informed about medical problems. Roughly 55 percent of all Web users have gone online to seek out health-related information, making the activity more popular than online shopping or searching for sports scores and stock quotes, according to the report. Some 41 percent of those polled said data found on the Internet helped inform their medical decisions, such as whether to see a doctor. Internet users are wary of placing their medical records online due to privacy concerns, with 63 percent of those surveyed saying they oppose the storage of medical records on the Web, even if the information is guarded by passwords.(Wall Street Journal, 27 November 2000)
Edupage, November 20, 2000
A group of libraries from around the world began testing the Comprehensive
Digital Reference Service, a free service that will help users
find information on the Internet by directing inquiries to the
appropriate library. The Internet often provides too many search
results or questionable information, and the libraries hope to
bring a higher quality of information online by providing access
to their wealth of research collections and specialized catalogs.
A network will route questions to the library best suited to provide
an answer, based on the libraries' expertise, hours of operation,
and other considerations. Although the group will initially focus
on answering questions in English, the service should eventually
accommodate up to 20 languages. The group, which expects to launch
its Web site officially by June, has about 60 members, including
Yale, Harvard, the National Gallery of Art, the National Library
of Australia, and the Duke University Divinity School. (Baltimore
Sun, 20 November 2000)
Edupage, November 17, 2000
ICANN initiated the largest structural change the Internet has
seen since the late 1980s as it approved seven new top-level domain
names: .info and .biz as general TLDs, .pro for professionals,
.name for personal sites, .museums for museums, .aero for airlines,
and .coop for business cooperatives. ICANN's staff will negotiate
with the chosen organizations to help balance the business and
technical portions of the new TLDs. Because the general public
is already comfortable with .com, it will likely take a great
deal of marketing to get people used to the newly available TLDs,
says Register.com's Sloan D. Gaon. The new domains will not be
used until spring of 2001 at the earliest. Afilias, a consortium
of 19 domain name registrars, including VeriSign and Register.com,
will handle the .info TLD; JVTeam will handle the .biz TLD; the
Global Name Registry will handle .name; the National Cooperative
Business Association, which will handle .coop, is unique because
it does not currently have a large Web presence. (New York
Times, 17 November 2000)
"Google has quietly rolled out a new feature that allows searchers to find information contained in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files, effectively revealing a significant portion of what's known as the Invisible Web." Did you know that most search engines don't search PDF files? That there is an entire "invisible web" out there? This article discusses how Google is now adding PDF files to its database of searchable pages. Check this link for more details.
Future PNC/MLA Meetings
Seattle area in 2003 [tentative]
originally posted 1-30-01 to hlib-nw
The MLA Continuing Education (CE) Committee would like you to submit your ideas for exciting courses to be offered at MLA 2002 in Dallas, TX. Please send any course topics you would like to see, and if you know of any instructors or colleagues that are sufficiently proficient in an area and could teach courses, please include their names and contact information, if known. We would also like to know of any classes from past meetings that you would like to see offered again.
If you are an instructor with a course or an idea for a course that you would like to offer to your MLA colleagues, we would like to hear from you as well. For more information on how to teach your course at a MLA annual meeting, see MLANET or contact Kathleen Gaydoes Combs via email.
Please send your course ideas to Linda Azen Martin, 2002 National
Program Committee CE Liaison, Health Care Informatics Consultant,
330 Regatta Way, Seal Beach, CA 90740, 562-598-1813 (phone), 714-564-4200
(fax), Martin_Linda@rsccd.org
(please do NOT use the email address published in the MLA 2000/2001
Directory, it is no longer in service).
MLA is now accepting proposals for symposia at the 2002 Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX. MLA considers a symposium to be "a learning opportunity organized for the purpose of providing a forum for discussion of a well-defined topic." A symposium typically consists of a series of presentations by experts, followed by an exchange of opinions among symposium participants.
The MLA Continuing Education Committee will be meeting January 19-21, 2001, to begin discussing the 2002 annual meeting continuing education roster. If your section is interested in hosting a symposium, please send your ideas to the professional development department at MLA headquarters by January 2, 2001.
Official proposals for MLA 2002 symposia are due to the professional development department at MLA headquarters by May 1, 2002. Proposals are evaluated by the Continuing Education Committee according to the importance and uniqueness of the subject and content; the timeliness, appeal and marketability of the topic; and the availability and adequacy of funding.
Proposals should include:
NLM's new Gateway was made available on August 16. The NLM Gateway is a web-based system that lets users use one interface to search across multiple NLM resources. The target audience is the Internet user who comes to NLM not knowing exactly what is available or how to search for it. In the first stage of development, resources searched will include PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, Locatorplus, AIDS Conference abstracts, HSRProj and MEDLINEplus. In future stages, DIRLINE, TOXNET and ClinicalTrials.gov will be added.
The URL for this new product is http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov. Please watch for the article "NLM Gateway: Your entrance to the Knowledge Resources of the National Library of Medicine" to be published soon in the NLM Technical Bulletin.
From: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest
Region
University of Washington nnlm@u.washington.edu
NN/LM PNR 800-338-7657
Box 357155
Seattle, Washington 98195-7155
206/543-8262 *** FAX: 206/543-2469
originally posted to hlib-nw 10-17-00
Nancy Griffin and Laurel Egan were recognized
by NLM during National Medical Librarians Month, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/lo/profiles00/medlibnsmonth00.html
originally submitted 10-30-00 to hlib-nw
by Linda
Milgrom
The 2001 election ballot counting, chaired by MLA member Pat Pinkowski, took place at MLA headquarters in Chicago on January 9, 2001. The successful candidates are:
MLA thanks all candidates who ran for office and the volunteer group who counted ballots.
Seeking local candidates (Portland, Oregon) to help build the Consumer Health Terminology Thesaurus by classifying medical web content materials through the use of an electronic indexing system and a controlled vocabulary. Perform both content subject and target indexing on all content types. Contribute to the building of the Consumer Health Terminology Thesaurus.
Must have ALA-accredited masters level degree in Library and Information
Science, or comparable work experience. Experience or training
in medical terminology, consumer health terminology or medical
informatics required. Work in a technical, dynamic work environment
and meet prescribed deadlines. Salary commensurate with education
and experience.
Forward resume with cover letter to:
WASHINGTON
| Chair | Kim Granath |
| Chair-Elect | Janice Bacino |
| Past-Chair | Carolyn Olson |
| Recording Secretary | Kathy Nelson |
| Treasurer | Nola Higley |
| Membership Secretary | Barbara Crain |
| Chapter Council Representative | Bob Pringle |
| Chapter Council Alternate | Edean Berglund |
| Chair | Janice Bacino |
| Chair-Elect | Bob Pringle |
| Past-Chair | Kim Granath |
| Recording Secretary | Chris Beahler |
| Treasurer | Nola Higley |
| Membership Secretary | Kathy Martin |
| Chapter Council Representative | Patrice O'Donovan |
| Chapter Council Alternate | Dolores Judkins |
| Archives | Janet Schnall |
| Bylaws | Jan Schueller |
| Electronic Resources | open |
| Governmental Relations | Marcia Batchelor |
| Liaison to MLA/AHIP | Terry Jankowski |
| Nominating Elections | Carolyn Olson |
| Professional Development | Lisa Oberg |
| Program - Alaska | Kathy Murray |
| Publications / Newsletter | Kathy Murray |
| Archives | Janet Schnall |
| Bylaws | Jan Schueller |
| Electronic Resources | open |
| Governmental Relations | Marcia Batchelor |
| Liaison to MLA/AHIP | Terry Jankowski |
| Nominating Elections | Kim Granath |
| Professional Development | open |
| Program - Salishan 2001 | Beverly Schriver |
| Publications / Newsletter | Kathy Murray |
Northwest Notes is published four times per year by the Pacific Northwest Chapter, Medical Library Association: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Kathy Murray,
Editor
University of Alaska Anchorage
Consortium Library
Health Sciences Information Service
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
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Statements and opinions expressed in the newsletter do not necessarily represent the official position of the Chapter or the Editor.
News and articles are welcome! Please include your name, library, address, phone and fax number, and email address (if available). The editor reserves the right to edit submissions as necessary.