Hi All:

I just wanted to let you know the results of today's HealthLINE treasurer run-off election. We had an outstanding slate this year and I appreciate everyone’s willingness to participate. Congratulations to Jon Crossno on being elected treasurer!

Regards,
Lisa Huang, Jean Hillyer, Leah Hamrick - Nominating Committee

Congratulations to Michele Whitehead! Michele was elected chair-elect of HealthLINE and will officially take office at the January 2015 HealthLINE meeting.

 

For the treasurer position, it was a tie between Peace Ossom Williamson and Jon Crossno. To break the tie, paper ballots will be distributed to full individual and institutional representatives at the Nov. 20th HealthLINE meeting at UT-Southwestern in Dallas before 9:30 am. If the institutional representative is not attending the meeting, please let me know beforehand who is the alternate representative. The election results should be announced at the end of the Nov. 20th business meeting. Should the paper ballots results in another tie, Peace and Jon will break the tie by drawing straws!

 

Hope to see everyone at the Nov. 20th meeting!  Should you have any questions, please let me know.

 

Best regards,
Lisa Huang
Jean Hillyer
Leah Hamrick
Nominating Committee

The recipient of the 2014 HealthLINE Travel award is Mandrell Bufford. (We had no student applicants this year.)

Thank you to those who applied this year and to the Travel Award Committee members.

Registration is now open for Quint*Essential: Convergence & Collaboration, which will be held October 12-16, 2014, in Denver, Colorado.

Register for the entire meeting – including the Hospital Librarians' Luncheon – for just $295. Package A includes admission to all ticketed events (2 receptions and 2 luncheons) and offers the best value for attendees. Register for Package B if you don't plan to attend the Hospital Librarians' Luncheon. Special one day, student, and retiree rates are also available!

To register, go to https://www.regonline.com/quint2014. If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, please contact Lynne M. Fox, Registration Chair, by email at Lynne.Fox@ucdenver.edu or by phone at 303-724-2121.

This is a joint meeting of five chapters of the Medical Library Association: Midcontinental Chapter (MCMLA), Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona (MLGSCA), Northern California & Nevada Medical Library Group (NCNMLG), Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNCMLA), and South Central Chapter (SCCMLA).

Congratulations to the following HealthLINE member, who is a recipient of one of MLA's 2014 awards, grants, or scholarships:

MLA Rising Stars Program

Lisa Huang, Central Park Campus Library, Collin College, McKinney, TX

Lisa will be recognized during the Awards Luncheon at MLA 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.

From NLM's Middle Atlantic Region, a webinar for those who want to increase their PubMed knowledge.

PubMed Tips and Tricks? / July 9, 2013  (Noon - 1 pm ; Eastern Time Zone)

http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/boost_schedule.html

Presenter: Kate Flewelling, Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM MAR

Description: Want to boost your PubMed prowess? Looking for preformulated searches on drugs, health information technology, public health and other topics? Spend an hour with Outreach Coordinator, Kate Flewelling, to save hours on your searches!

The Central Park Campus Library (2200 W. University Drive, McKinney) of Collin College  is pleased to host a two (2) day boot camp of free continuing education (CE) classes for librarians on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22, 2013.  Collin College is collaborating with the NNLM/SCR Regional Medical Library in the Community College Libraries Initiative.  The classes are open to HealthLINE members. There is no registration cost for the classes; however, space is limited.

The classes are:

1. Friday, June 21, 2013 CE class "Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation for Library Advocacy." The class starts at 9:30am to 4:30pm. There will be a lunch break midway. Lunch is on your own.
2. Saturday, June 22, 2013 CE class "Keeping Up with PubMed." That class starts at 8:00am to 12p.m. Lunch is on your own.
3. Saturday, June 22, 2013 CE class "Food for Thought." That class starts at 1:00pm to 5:00pm.

To register for the classes, please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XQH7DXX.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Lisa Huang (LHuang@collin.edu).

I have gone through my Kubler-Ross stages of grief after hearing of the upcoming demise of Google Reader, and I have finally reached acceptance. This has been made much easier thanks to the many other devoted Google Reader fans who are going through the same process, and the fact that there are quite a few powerful alternatives out there.

My choice, and the choice of over 3 million new users since Google's announcement, is Feedly. It is very easy to import your feeds- just log in using your Google Reader info, and voila, there they are! It also has apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. It offers many of the functions that Google Reader has including sharing, saving and tagging. They even have information for those of us new to Feedly. Very handy!

So, if you get your HealthLINE blog updates via Google Reader, remember to import the feed to a new service before Google pulls the plug on July 1st!

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) updates its code of ethics. The ICN, a federation of more than 130 national nursing associations, revised its code of ethics in 2012. The new code reflects the current professional emphases on positive work environments and the use of evidence-based practice. According to David Benton, chief executive officer of the ICN, the publication is “an essential tool” for nurses as they navigate challenges and face major ethical dilemmas.

The ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses can be downloaded for free (and in several languages) at www.icn.ch/about-icn/code-of-ethics-for-nurses .

I've finally found the time to read this article "Bitter Pill:  Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us."  (Thanks Elaine Cox!)  It's definitely worth reading and to be shared with others.