Research Impact: A Discussion from Institutional, Economic, and Researcher Perspectives

How is research impact measured? How does an institution demonstrate the value of research? And what is the role of universities in facilitating research and economic development? To address these questions, the Health Science and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and Elsevier Publishing are hosting a half-day symposium, Research Impact:

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Registration Open for Research Data Management Symposium (Space is Limited)

Doing It Your Way:  Approaches to Research Data Management for Libraries When:  April 28 – 29, 2014 Where:  The Rockefeller University, New York, NY The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region (NN/LM MAR) is offering a 2-day symposium to help your library find its unique approach to research data

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AMIA 2014 Call for Participation

AMIA 2014 Call for Participation Submission site to open in early February   On behalf of the 2014 Scientific Program Committee, I extend a warm welcome to AMIA members, students, practitioners, informatics researchers, industry partners, and others interested in the rapidly emerging field of informatics to participate in the AMIA 2014 Annual Symposium.  

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Request for CE Proposal

Are you interested in teaching a Continuing Education (CE) course to your colleagues?‏ The Continuing Education Committee is accepting proposals for the Quint Chapter Meeting-sponsored continuing education courses at the “Quint Essential – Converge & Collaboration” meeting which will be held in October 12-16, 2014 in Denver, Colorado.

“Mobile Devices and Apps in Education” webinar

You are invited to join us Wednesday, September 18, 2013 from 10:30 – 11:30 am (CT) for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region’s (NN/LM SCR’s) free monthly webinar, SCR CONNECTions http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/webmeeting.html This month’s topic is “Mobile Devices and Apps in Education” presented by guest speaker Rebecca K. Miller, College Librarian

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HSIG Webinar: Embedded Librarianship: The Ambulance Riding Librarian

Join the ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group (HSIG) as Kacy Allgood, the Ambulance Riding Librarian, tells us all about her adventures as an embedded librarian in a very non-traditional setting. WHEN: Sept. 12th, 1pm Eastern WHERE: Online – url to be provided FREE! No cost for this webinar. Registration: http://schedule.library.ipfw.edu/event.php?id=385436 Questions?:   johnsons@ipfw.edu OR 260-481-6502

Joint Meeting: register by May 17th to save!

The Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona and the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group have partnered to put on the MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Meeting in July, 2013. Early bird registration is open until this Friday, May 17th. Check out the registration page: http://mlgsca.mlanet.org/jtmtg2013/registration.html Full conference registration for members of

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NLM’s 4th Lecture in the Spring Lecture Series

NLM’s spring lecture series continues. The fourth lecture is coming up on Monday, April 29th from 3:30-5:00pm.  Dr. Brad Hesse, Chief of the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute, will be joining us on the NIH campus in the Natcher Conference Center, Balcony B.  The title of his talk

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NLM Lecture Series

NLM’s spring lecture series continues! The third lecture is tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10th from 3:30-5:00pm.  Dr. Andrew Pleasant, Senior Director for Health Literacy and Research at the Canyon Ranch Institute, will be joining us on the NIH campus in Natcher Conference Center, Rooms G1-G2 (lower level), NIH Building 45.  Please note that

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