Dr. Alan Bowling of the Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center will present "Alternative Treatments in MS: What Works, What Holds Promise" at the August meeting, Wednesday, August 23, 9:30 a.m., at the Swedish Medical Center Conference Center in Englewood. The Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center is a private, nonprofit institute that has been serving the MS community since 1978. Its mission is to conduct research to find the cause, cure, and treatments for MS, as well as to help patients with MS lead a quality life.
Dr. Bowling is the Associate Medical Director at the MS Center and is also the director of its wellness program. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Dr. Bowling received his undergraduate, M.D. and PhD. degrees at Yale University. He completed his residency in the neurology department at the University of California, San Francisco and was a fellow in the Neurology Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Before the program, from 8a.m. to 9a.m., members who attended the MLA Annual Meeting in Vancouver will share their experiences and insights on "Demystifying the Dragon."
The 2000/2001 CCML Annual Operating Plan reflects a continued commitment to offer members multiple opportunities for professional growth through networking, programming, and education, with an added emphasis on better access to CCML programs and services for members located in remote areas.
CCML will continue to encourage and promote communication and cooperation among its members through resources such as the print and electronic directory and newsletter, listserv, web site, and the Journal Locator. Opportunities for professional growth will be fostered through a wide range of programs and continuing education opportunities. This year, CCML will emphasize efforts to include all CCML members, regardless of their location. Methods of remote communication will be explored, including the possibility of transmitting the annual meeting to remote sites via interactive two-way video.
Collaboration with other library groups will continue through CCML representation on the Colorado Library Marketing Council, the Colorado Library Political Action Committee, the PREZ group, and the State Library Planning Committee. Participation on the State Library Planning Committee affords CCML the opportunity to help formulate the State Library's long-range plan - a blueprint for coordinating state wide library services over the next five years. CCML will continue to support efforts to create a combined print and electronic membership directory of all of Colorado's library association members. Finally, CCML will sponsor the 28th Annual Meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MCMLA), which will provide an opportunity for networking with health sciences librarians throughout the region.
The Donor Alliance, the organ and tissue recovery agency for Colorado and Wyoming, is looking for a volunteer to implement a cataloging system in their library. They have a small room filled with journals and books that they would like organized and made more accessible. They are open to having more than one volunteer.
If you are interested, please contact Beth Dillon, Donor Alliance Public Education/ Volunteer Coordinator at (303) 329-4747 or Beth_Dillon@donoralliance.org
As Michael D. Cooper says so eloquently, "700050080041000220400018...." Who could argue with that, which you undoubtedly recognized as but a small portion of a Blocked MARC Name and Subject Authority Record? The string and others like it are contained in Design of Library Automation Systems: File Structures, Data Structures, and Tools, 1996, which can be found in the Isabelle T. Anderson Collection at Denison Memorial Library.
There are, of course, many English and near-English words in the book as well. Cooper's intent was to provide "an introduction to the design of computer software for library automation systems with an emphasis on file structure, data structures, and algorithms for processing data and developing tools...." The reader ideally will finish it with an enhanced ability to "evaluate vendor products, build a system using the techniques presented here, and/or improve and advance the state-of-the-art of this form of automation."
The author also assumes that the reader will be familiar with "the basic functions of a library and have some knowledge of computers, the C programming language, and the UNIX operating system. A few chapters also require some knowledge of database management applications design and the relational database model in particular."
OK. You know who you are.
For those who want to roll up their sleeves and root around inside their computer systems, this is a book to take a look at. Even though its information is now five years old, the concepts it deals with are general and not the sorts of things that change every six or seven minutes. While the interface may change, at this point we're still dealing with the same sorts of files and pieces of information, and knowing how a relational database works its magic is fundamental to getting a grasp on both new and malfunctioning older library systems.
The chapters each begin with an outline and a list of objectives, and end with review questions and a list of suggested readings. Cooper opens with a brief look at how any automation project impacts an organization, and ways to plan for the structural and human difficulties that inevitably occur.
Then he moves methodically from discussions of computer systems, disk drives and files, to specific chapters on OPACs, circulation systems, acquisitions systems, and serials systems. Things grow gradually more complex as he describes relational database design for an integrated library system, and such things as, in the chapter on indexes, "adding records to a B-Tree." If you have to ask, don't start with Chapter 11.
Obviously the book isn't for everyone, but for someone interested in becoming a systems librarian, or gaining the ability to actually talk to the systems people without a translator, it's a good and very thorough introduction to what happens when we sit down at a terminal and start to type...or click...or speak.
In September, CCML is hosting the MCMLA Annual Meeting in Denver. We are expecting a number of CCML members from around the state to attend. Since many are not able to attend our regular meetings due to distance, we wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and host a reception for all CCML members. The reception will be held on Monday Sept. 24, 2000 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM at the Holiday Inn Downtown. All CCML members are invited, even if you are unable to attend MCMLA 2000.
The organizing committee for MCMLA 2000 hopes you will stop by the reception. Everyone will have an opportunity to put faces with names. We want members to get to know each other and feel connected, even though we are miles apart.
It will not be a formal meeting, but this would be a perfect time to get feedback from the greatest number of members on several issues or projects that CCML is considering. Is there interest in group purchases of such products as: MD Consult, Harrison's Online, or Stat!Ref? Do members think that a teleconference of our Annual Meeting in April would be worthwhile for a site on the Western Slope? Since DocLine is changing are members still going to want a printed Journal Locator? Does it make sense to continue to hold a summer meeting outside of Denver when attendance is usually low? These are a few things we want to explore with you.
Please plan to attend the CCML reception and meet new friends, reconnect with old friends and give us your ideas on what you would like from your membership in CCML.
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The program for MCMLA 2000 is set and we think we've done the impossible by providing speakers that will educate, enlighten, and entertain you. Our speakers will appeal to every type of medical librarian - from hospital librarians to academic medical librarians, from public services librarians to technical services librarians.
Lawrence L. Weed, MD will present the opening keynote address on "New Tools and New Premises for Medical Care and Medical Education." Dr. Weed is a Professor of Medicine Emeritus, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, and the founder of PKC (Problem Knowledge Couplers) Corporation. A dynamic and popular speaker, Dr. Weed will discuss the use of information tools in the practice of medicine through the development of the problem-oriented patient record.
MCMLA's own award winning E. Diane Johnson, MLS, AHIP, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri - Columbia, will present "Electronic Journals: The Promise and The Realities." Diane's presentation will include an overview of the current models and formats that are available for the delivery of electronic journals, and offer practical advice you can use to provide your users with the most seamless access possible to e-journals.
Our luncheon with the exhibitors speaker is Sam Arnold, a nationally recognized authority on foods of the early West, author of Eating Up the Santa Fe Trail and Fryingpans West, and a popular local speaker. Mr. Arnold will lead us on an "historic gastronomic journey" of the old west.
Finally, Pat Wagner, the author of Building Support Networks for Schools and The Bloomsbury Review Booklover's Guide and co-founder of Pattern Research, a 24-year old research and training firm, will wrap up the conference with an inspirational look at doing the impossible. According to Pat, "our biology promotes pathological optimism." Pat will help us learn how to exploit this tendency for ourselves and our libraries.
To help you relax and enjoy your visit to Colorado the conference reception will be held at COLORADO OCEAN JOURNEY. You will enjoy a delicious buffet dinner as you experience Denver's new world-class aquarium! Another highlight will be a pre-conference tour of Denver, SEX, MURDER, AND OUTRAGEOUS SCANDAL, led by Phil Goodstein, Colorado historian and author of The Seamy Side of Denver.
We know that medical librarians "Do the Impossible" every day. The MCMLA 2000 conference will feature four posters and four contributed papers from members who want to share their ideas and innovations with you. Posters include:
Four fifteen-minute papers will also be included in the program:
The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Denver Downtown. Conference rates are $129 for a Single/Double. Call (303) 573-1450 or (800) 423-5128 for reservations.
For information, please visit the MCMLA 2000 web site at http://www.kumc.edu/mcmla/2000/index.html or contact: Lynne M. Fox, Registration Chair, at 303-315-4299 or lynne.fox@uchsc.edu.
CE1: Teaching the Adult Learner in the Library Setting - Saturday, September 23, 8AM - 5PM, Holiday Inn Denver - Downtown. Nancy Press, Consumer Health Network Librarian, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Would you like to become a more effective instructor of adult learners? Nancy Ottman Press, a librarian with 20 years of experience training diverse adult learners, will teach you the characteristics of adult learners and successful teaching techniques. During the class each student will have a brief opportunity to teach and assess his or her own teaching skills. This session will provide you with the confidence to address adult groups with comfort and ease. (8 hours MLA CE credit)
CE2 OR CE5: QuickDOC and DOCLINE: The Next Generation - Saturday, September 23, 1 PM - 5 PM, Holiday Inn Denver - Downtown. Repeated on Sunday, September 24, 1 PM - 5 PM, Holiday Inn Denver - Downtown. Jay Daly, creator of QuickDOC and Network Administrator, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
As an introduction to the new QuickDOC/DOCLINE system, participants will learn how to install and configure the QuickDOC program. The general structure of the QuickDOC database will be outlined, and a sample of the reports generated by the program will be demonstrated. Participants will also leave with an understanding of the methods by which QuickDOC communicates with the New DOCLINE using the ISO ILL protocol. Methods of interaction between QuickDOC and other online services, such as OCLC and the British Library, will be discussed. Finally, there will be discussion of the new directions and additional potential that the use of the ISO ILL protocol, the Internet-based, multi-threaded interface, and the convergence of publishing, document delivery and interlibrary loan will bring for future developments in the field. (3 hours MLA CE credit pending)
CE3: Alternative Medicine: No Longer Just a Fad - Sunday, September 24, 8 AM - 5 PM, Holiday Inn Denver - Downtown. Sharon A. Lezotte, MHE, MLIS, Consumer Health Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine/Midcontinental Region, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, & Theresa Arndt, MLS, Head of Education and Assistant Professor, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
While acceptance of alternative medicine has grown, it still has many skeptics. As research on various types of practices continues, it should become easier for health care providers, insurers and consumers to evaluate which treatments effectively complement traditional medicine. This class will provide an introduction to the vocabulary, research, and trends in the various complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) systems and subsets (e.g., herbals, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). We will investigate the "high tech, high touch" influence of complementary and alternative medicine. Reliability issues of print and electronic sources for information in CAM will be discussed. Both professional and consumer perspectives toward CAM will be addressed. (8 hours MLA CE credit pending)
CE4: Advanced PubMed Searching - Sunday, September 24, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, UCHSC classroom with hands on practice. Molly Youngkin, MLS, Outreach Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine/Midcontinental Region, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
NLM's systems are changing at breakneck speed. Keeping up with these new developments may seem like a "mission impossible"! Let us help you explore the bells and whistles of the newest version of PubMed in order to create the most successful MEDLINE searches. This class will not only highlight the intricacies of such PubMed functions as Limits, Preview/Index, History and Clipboard as well as printing/viewing/saving citations but will also discuss the benefits of the MeSH and Journal Browsers. PubMed's version of Boolean searching will also be introduced. Information about NLM's newest enhancements for PubMed, such as the cubby system and LinkOut, will be shared. So please join us, accomplish the mission, and make PubMed work for you! (4 hours MLA CE credit pending)
CE5: QuickDOC and DOCLINE: The Next Generation - Repeat of CE2, see description on page 6.
Remember that dream you had last night? No, no...not that one...please, no...let's concentrate on the one with the flowers and the music and the PG rating. It didn't make much sense did it? They usually don't, but there have always been individuals who will listen to a description of the stream-of-consciousness gibberish that makes up most dreams, and then offer an explanation of what it means. In our era of media overload, that means that countless newspaper and magazine columns, radio and TV talk shows, half-hour ads filled with perky people, and Internet sites deal with dreams on a daily basis. Some people are even making money doing this...their dreams are probably coming true.
What's missing? Expert medical interpretations for just about any dream you can come up with, of course. To fill this potentially profitable void, Dr. DreamReader, who has no actual medical training, but went to high school with a girl who thought about getting into pre-med in college, has agreed to provide free (for a limited time) health care-related interpretations of dreams of all colors and sizes.
Q: I have this recurring one in which my husband, Earl, has grown an enormous set of antlers that would do a prize Elk proud. He cooks a fantastic gourmet breakfast for me, then serves it to me in bed, hovering around and making sure that everything's perfect. He's taken the day off and insists that we go shopping for shoes, and then to a movie. It's Titanic. Earl cries like a baby and says it's the most moving thing he's ever seen. Then we go home, where he unplugs the TV and insists on giving me a foot massage while he reads to me from a Danielle Steele novel. In bed later, he says he just wants to cuddle. That's about it. It's Muskrat hunting season, so he's gone this month, but do you think this might be some kind of premonition of what it'll be like when he comes back?
A: Dr. DreamReader has met Earl, and supposes that the part about the antlers could happen. As for the rest...a splash of ice-cold water and a dose of reality in the form of some Prozac might be the perfect prescription.
Q: My fiancée of nine years recently called it quits just when I was getting ready to go ring shopping. Since then I've had a recurring dream in which my mother, my three sisters, my Aunt Blanche, a filly I lost fifty bucks on in the third race at Hialeah back in September of 1963, Betty Crocker, and Eleanor Roosevelt surround me, pointing and shaking their index fingers at me, making that "tcch-tcch" sound that you can't possibly spell. Hovering over me is Miss Lola, my long-time hair stylist, shaving my head with a blood-stained switchblade one of the Jets used in "West Side Story." I'm afraid to go to sleep.
A: I can't begin to tell you what that means without knowing which version of Betty Crocker we're talking about.
Q: I'm in the observation car of what is either an Amtrak train headed for Newark, or the Orient Express just outside of Zurich. It's a very long train. I'm dancing with a stunningly beautiful woman. We're doing the tango. We move like poetry...over and around the tables, in and out among the other passengers, who gasp and applaud politely. Strangely enough, however, we never quite touch. We continue to dance as if linked by some magical force, never hesitating or missing a step, moving forward and backward in perfect unison. Still, though, we never quite touch...and more and more I want to touch. I begin to make erratic moves, trying to throw her off balance and force a little contact. At first I hope for just a brush of elbows, or a caress of shoulders, but each time I move, she instantly moves the opposite way. I lunge and feint, but still to no avail. My tuxedo is now soaked with perspiration as my moves become increasingly desperate while she continues to dance out of my way with ease. I realize that we are gaining speed and see through the observation window that the train is approaching a tunnel. We stop dancing and stare, transfixed, as the dark opening seems to race toward us. The train's engine roars louder and louder, the car moving rhythmically in time to the pulsating pistons. The speed is nearly blinding now, and I feel as if I'm about to explode...and then I wake up, feeling agitated and vaguely unsatisfied about something that I can't quite put my finger on.
A: Dr. DreamReader wishes they were all this easy. Many of us have had the experience of losing childhood toys when our mothers clean house as soon as we move out. In your case it was obviously a Lionel train (and probably some baseball cards). The dancing and the young woman indicate a need for more social activities, and we always like to recommend golf because it combines meeting interesting people with the added aerobic benefit of getting in and out of the cart several dozen times during each round.
Q: I am usually asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, sleep eight hours either without dreaming or without remembering any, and wake up feeling refreshed and ready to tackle whatever the day has to offer.
A: Dr. DreamReader is, quite frankly, disgusted. Such self-delusion cries out for as many psychotherapy sessions as your HMO permits (probably 1.5).
Congratulations to Margarent Bandy, Librarian at the Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, on her contribution of the chapter "Health Information for Patients and Consumers" in the 2000 edition of the The Medical Library Association Guide To Managing Health Care Libraries. Twenty-one experts contributed to this new version of the hospital library management guide. Chapters include specific, practical advice on administrative issues, planning and marketing, financial management, space planning, collection development, cataloging and classification, document delivery, audiovisual services--every aspect of managing today's ever-changing health care library. You can obtain information on this new edition at http://www.mlanet.org/publications/books/books2.html#mhcl
[NOTE: For complete information see printed Council Quotes.]
CORRECTION: Carol Ann Smith's email should be carol.smith@state.co.us
September
Baby Safety Month
Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association
236 Route 38-West, Suite 100
Moorestown, NJ 08057
url: http://www.jpma.org
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
500 East Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Contact: Information Center
(800) 331-2020
url: http://www.preventblindness.com
Get to School Safely Year
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Contact: Laurie Miller
(202) 366-9835
National Rehabilitation Week
National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation
P.O. Box 71
Scranton, PA 18501-0071
(717) 341-4637
url: http://www.allied-services.org
October
Walk A Child to School Week, October 2-6, 2000
National Safety Council
Partnership for a Walkable America
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143-3201
Contact: Dr. Harold Thompson
thompsoh@nsc.org
url: http://www.nsc.org/walkable.htm
Auto Battery Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
500 East Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Contact: Information Center
(800) 331-2020
url: http://www.preventblindness.org
Child Health Month
American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Villiage, IL 60007
(847) 981-7667
(847) 981-7134 (message line)
url: http://www.aap.org
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2778
Contact: National Resource Center
(800) 557-2238
(303) 839-1852
url: http://www.ncadv.org
National Fire Prevention Week, October 8-14, 2000
National Fire Protection Association
P.O. Box 9101
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincey, MA 02269
(800) 344-3555 (orders only)
Contact: Public Affairs Division
custserv@nfpa.org
url: http://www.nfpa.org
Child Health Day, October 2, 2000
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Parklawn Building, Room 18-20
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Contact: Patricia Campbell, Public Affairs Specialist
(301) 443-0205
pcampbell@hrsa.dhhs.gov
url: http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov
National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 15-21, 2000
National School Transportation Association
P.O. Box 2639
Springfield, VA 22152
Contact: Karen Finkel
(703) 644-0700
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, October 16-22, 2000
Intersocial Task Force on Campus Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues
P.O. Box 100430
Denver, CO 80250
(303) 871-3068
SEPTEMBER 2000
CLA MCMLA/CCML SLA - Rocky Mountain Chapter NOVEMBER 2000 Check the Library Continuing Education Calendar at http://cedb.aclin.org for other Colorado events as well as BCR courses.
The CCML Budget, approved at the July 14th Executive Committee meeting, is now posted to the Web at http://www.ccmlnet.org/treas.html Use the two links at the top of the treasurer's report report page, one link is for Excel format, the other budget is in PDF format.
How many times have you been asked for a book based on its color? The New England School of Law Library in Boston, Massachusetts has catalogued its reserve collection by color and created a web page to assist users in locating books by their color! Visit their color index at: http://38.232.116.10/screens/well_its_red.html
Are you addicted to lip balm? Check out the web page devoted to your addiction at: http://www.kevdo.com/lipbalm/ This tongue in cheek web site provides a self evaluation, in case you need to identify your problem.
Salon.com, an Internet magazine devoted to news, art, health, literature, and commentary, provides a wonderful overview of the site. Salon's writer, Mary Roach, interviews experts to learn how lip balm works and why it might be addictive. You can read the article at: http://www.salon.com/ health/col/roac/1999/04/23/lip_balm/index.html
Not making any progress on the reading wish list you've had since high school? The web site, "Minute Books" boasts, "We Read Them For You." Visit their page and read the synopses that will put Cliff's Notes out of business at: http://www.the-forest.com/ minutebooks/
Actor Patrick Stewart recommends reading Mayday by Jonathan Lynn. Curious about what books your favorite celebrity recommends? Check out "Who reads what?" at http://www.gpl.lib.me.us/wrw.htm
Colorado Library Association Conference
September 14 - 17, 2000, Snowmass, CO
http://www.cla-web.org/conf2000.htm
MCMLA 2000: Doing the Impossible
September 23-26, 2000, Denver, CO
http://www.kumc.edu/mcmla/2000
Open Membership Meeting
September 28, 2000, 5-8 p.m.
NetLibrary, Boulder, CO
Contact: Marcia Rodney at mrodney@du.edu
Internet Librarian 2000
Information Today Inc./SLA
November 5-9, 2000, Monterey, CA
Contact: http://infotoday.com or 609/654-6266
Submitted By Jeff Kuntzman, Treasurer
Submitted By Catherine Reiter & Lynne Fox
| OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS 1999 / 2000 | |
| Elected Officers | |
| President | Jerry Carlson |
| President-Elect | Paul Blomquist |
| Secretary | Gene Stortz |
| Treasurer | Jeff Kuntzman |
| Past-President | Glenn Pflum |
| Appointed Officers | |
| CQ Editor | Lynne Fox |
| CQ Associate Editor | Jeff Kuntzman |
| Mailing Coordinator | Bettye Snipe |
| Membership Database Coordinator | Shelley Coleman |
| Parliamentarian | Jerry Carlson |
| Standing Committee Chairs | |
| Education | Jenny Garcia |
| Journal Locator | Catherine Reiter |
| Membership (Acting Chair) | Sue McGuinness |
| Internet | Lynne Fox |
| Nominating | Pat Nelson |
| Ad Hoc Appointments | |
| Colleague Connection Representative | Lynne Fox |
| Colorado Library Marketing Council Rep. | Suzanne Kaller |
| MCMLA 2K Conf. Planning Committee Chair | Lisa Traditi |
| State Library Planning Committee Representative | Sue Coldren |
| Council Quotes is a bimonthly publication of the Colorado Council of Medical Librarians (CCML). CCML / P.O. Box 101058 / Denver, CO 80210-1058. Subscription is a benefit of membership. Editor, Lynne Fox; Assistant Editor, Jeff Kuntzman; Contributors, CCML members. |
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