• When: Thursday, March 22, 2012
• Meet ‘n’ Greet Reception: 3:30 p.m.
• Lecture: 4:15 p.m.
• Where: Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium (15 N 2030 E, Salt Lake City, UT)
• To view online, read a brief bio of Dr. Lindberg, or for more information, visit the event page on the BMI website.

Dr. Lindberg is a scientist who has pioneered applying computer technology to health care beginning in 1960 at the University of Missouri. In 1984 Lindberg was appointed Director of the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest biomedical library. From 1992-1995 he served in a concurrent position as founding Director of the National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.

Specific improvements include:

• A revamped homepage, which offers better navigation through the site as well as direct access to resources such as the Users’ Guide and NIH Public Access information
• Redesigned Advanced Search and Limits pages
• An updated search results format
• Direct access to images in PMC articles
• A new organization and updated appearance for PMC’s informational pages, including drop-down menus for navigation links

A tour complete with screenshots is available in the latest bulletin.

We are currently hiring for a Trainer / Curriculum and Content Specialist.

Congratulations Sharon!

Update, 9/19/11: All positions have been filled.

Tune in Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 9am MT, 1-am CT, as Professional Development Award winner, Lenora Kinzie presents. Lenora received funding from the NN/LM MCR to attend Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Librarians at Dartmouth College in August 2010. She will share her experiences along with tidbits and tips she learned while attending the conference. Topics will include PICO, Gray Literature, Clinical Queries, Trip Database and other Evidence-Based Resources.

To access this presentation:

• URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/ (note the “s” in the address)
• Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone.
• Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu.

As noted on the MCR News blog, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is marking the 50th anniversary of the creation of MeSH. What is it?

“MeSH is the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary thesaurus. It consists of sets of terms naming descriptors in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity” (From the NLM website).

How is it used?

“The MeSH thesaurus is used by NLM for indexing articles from 5,400 of the world’s leading biomedical journals for the MEDLINE/PubMED® database. It is also used for the NLM-produced database that includes cataloging of books, documents, and audiovisuals acquired by the Library. Each bibliographic reference is associated with a set of MeSH terms that describe the content of the item. Similarly, search queries use MeSH vocabulary to find items on a desired topic (Also from the NLM website).”

On Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 2:00 pm Eastern (12:00 pm Mountain) time the NLM will be presenting a videocast (with captioning) by Robert Braude, PhD, on “The impact of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary on access to biomedical information.”