The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region is pleased to announce the recipients of our initial round of Technology Innovation Awards! The recipients are: Touro-Harlem Medical Library - Shelly Warwick - Building instructional capacity. Columbia University Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library - Flash screen network. University of Rochester Medical Center - Donna R. Berryman - [...]

The NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit is an online resource for emergency preparedness and service continuity planning. The toolkit includes samples of disaster plans, a “first aid kit” for emergency contact information, an eight-step guide to service continuity planning, prepared PubMed searches on specific topics, current alert services for health, weather, and national [...]

The History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce our newest website, AIDS Ephemera, based on an exhibit of that name at the NLM from November 2002 to June 2003.AIDS was first identified in 1981 and the initial response to the disease generated ephemeral public health materials, such [...]

NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region is pleased to announce three new affiliate members to our region. The Elbridge Free Library (Elbridge, NY) is part of Onondaga County Public Library and was ranked by HAPLR as one of the best library’s of its size. The library provides reference services, literacy programs, books, magazines, and videos and is [...]

The July issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online at http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/.  In this issue of NIH News in Health: Medical Imaging Changing Health Care, Saving Lives If you or someone you know has had a mammogram to check [...]

The National Networkof Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region is pleased to announce the recipients of our latest round of Technology Improvement Awards! The recipients are: St. Barnabas Medical Center - Patricia Reusing - Acquiring and using Softlink to automate and streamline library processes. Geisinger Health System - Patricia Ulmer - Equipping the library with an assistive technology [...]

The Center on Democracy and Technology has published a Policy Paper on the issues surrounding electronic health records. The paper, entitled “Privacy and Security Principles for Health Information Technology,” is broken down into three areas: CDT Calls for the Adoption of a Comprehensive Privacy and Security Framework for Health Information Technology Basics Required in any Health Information [...]

Just a reminder to use the DOCLINE Out of Office Request Form to deactivate your DOCLINE account during scheduled vacations or summer library closures of more than 2 business days (not counting weekends). Many of you have already submitted your forms–and we and the network members thank you for helping DOCLINE to work more effectively. [...]

The Smithsonian has created a photostream on the Flickr website with scans of photographs in their collection with no known copyright restrictions. This collection of photos becomes part of the Flickr Commons group and joins the photo collections of other institutions such as The Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Museum and the Powerhouse Museum. View the [...]

The Mozilla organization has announced that its new version of Firefox will be released on June 17th. The new version comes with several new features including one-click bookmarking and faster performance. You can read more about the new features of Firefox 3 on their site. Mozilla is also hoping to set the Guinness World [...]