Robert Shikes, MD, will present a fascinating program entitled “Mining Camp Medicine: Health and Disease in Colorado's Early Mining Towns" at the April 26th annual CCML meeting. Dr. Shikes notes that the progression of medical developments in Colorado mirrored the nation as a whole; however, medicine in Colorado was colored by its unique characteristics of climate and industry, and special considerations were made for medicine as it was practiced in mining camps.
Professor and Vice Chair of Pathology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Dr. Shikes is the author of two books on medicine in Colorado: Rocky Mountain Medicine and UCHSC’s centennial history. Dr. Shikes has given over 200 talks on various topics in the history of medicine at universities, professional societies, and hospitals throughout the United States and Canada. Dr. Shikes will present at 9:30AM at AORN, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, 2170 South Parker Road, Denver, Colorado.
Are you anxious about the impending changes in DOCLINE? If so, you won’t want to miss a presentation on New DOCLINE that will kick off the CCML annual meeting. Beth Carlin, MALS, AHIP, Network Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - Midcontinental Region (NN/LM - MR), will provide a power point presentation on the new, web-based DOCLINE system, including a review of the three New DOCLINE system modules:
In addition, Beth will discuss how each module functions independently and how it interacts with the other modules. Since NLM has not announced a specific date for the production version of DOCLINE 1.0, the latest beta version will be used for the demonstration.
The New DOCLINE presentation will begin at 8:00AM. Look forward to an information-packed hour!
I have kind of been wondering all year just how a doctor, who was also a president of the U.S., for example, would be addressed formally. “Doctor Mr. President, the press would like to know …,” or “The Speaker recognizes Doctor Mr. President.” How would this work? Would a medical doctor who was president of the United States be happy with being addressed with just one title? I guess it would depend on the individual. Is there a guideline for this? Maybe I should have asked sooner rather than be in doubt all year. Perhaps I should have run a president’s column in each CQ. Then I could have shared these weighty questions, or fascinating riddles that my mind dreams up. Then again, it may have been a blessing that I did not.
I will not be at the Annual Meeting. Since I will not be able to say anything to you as a group, I wanted to write something for the newsletter. When I first joined CCML seven years ago, I joined because it was the thing to do professionally. It was the way to meet people and to cooperate on projects. It was just something else to have to do. I also know myself well enough to know that I can hardly ever join a group and not get involved, which takes more time.
What started as just another duty or obligation, has had a fortunate consequence, however. I find that at the end of my tenure as president, I realize that I have met some really nice, caring, creative, competent people. People who care about their work, the service they provide their patrons, and their colleagues. Friendships have developed in a situation where I did not have that as an expectation. It has been kind of like my swimming team experience. I started to work out with a team just to work out. After awhile I had made some meaningful friends and connections. That is why I am not attending the Annual Meeting. My swim team will be in Paris competing in an international meet and I will be celebrating my 50th birthday with them. I will look forward to celebrating my 50th birthday with my CCML friends when I host our picnic at my house the last Saturday in July.
I do want to thank you all for all your help, effort, and caring that makes this the special group that it is. You have made this a very easy, enjoyable year for me. I have been very happy and honored to lead this group of fine people and professionals.
Check the Library Continuing Education Calendar at http://cedb.aclin.org for other Colorado events as well as BCR courses.
APRIL 2000
31st Annual Colorado Interlibrary Loan Conference
April 27-28, 2000
Denver Public Library
Contact Franca Rosen at 303-275-2223
MAY 2000
MLA/CHLA Annual Meeting: Demystifying the Dragon: Strategies for 2000 Plus
May 5-11, 2000
Vancouver, British Columbia
Contact MLA at 312-419-9094 or http://www.mlanet.org
SLA Annual Meeting & Shirley Aldredge Lecture
May 17, 2000
American Alpine Club Library
Golden, CO
Contact Linda Van Wert at 303-861-6398
National Online Meeting & IOLS 2000 Information Today
May 16-18, 2000
New York, NY
http://www.infotoday.com/
JUNE 2000
SLA’s 91st Annual Conference: Independence To Interdependence: The Next Phase in the Information Revolution
June 10-15, 2000
Philadelphia, PA
Contact SLA at 202-234-4700 or http://sla.org/
C C M L Annual Report - 1999/2000
Submitted By Glenn Pflum
The following report outlines the activities and accomplishments for the Colorado Council of Medical Librarians (CCML) for the past year.
GOAL ONE: Optimize cooperation and communication among CCML members
GOAL TWO: Strengthen affiliations between CCML and affiliated groups
GOAL THREE: Respond to the educational and professional needs of CCML members.
GOAL FOUR
Membership Committee
Members: Martha Burroughs, Carol Ann Smith, Terri Manzanares, Roma Marcum, Mary Kralicek (chair)
Extra copies of the membership directory were made so those members joining during the year would have that information available to them without having to wait until renewal time. With the membership application form already available online, it is planned to make the membership brochure available online, also. Potential members can view it online, or it could be printed off to pass out at various library functions. It could be updated without extra printing costs.
Membership has increased this year. More renewals were sent out than in years past. Some new members have replaced other members who were in different hospital libraries. Several new members that have joined are from Montana. There area some new student members, too.
Renewal notices were sent out on schedule. Most people had renewed by the end of February, but there were still a few remaining.
Submitted by Glenn D. Pflum
Education Committee
Members: Margi Stewart, Dorothy Struble, Cooper Wood, Marla Graber (chair)
Committee members all contributed their time and effort to bring educational opportunities to CCML. Margi Stewart promoted upcoming events in Council Quotes and several library websites.
Although Dorothy Struble promoted the availability of this fund via the CCML web site and Council Quotes, we received only one request - for $85 - which was granted.
Cooper Wood, once again, gave his care and attention to this collection. Dick Maxwell declined to serve on this committee but agreed to continue to write or solicit reviews for new purchases. CCML support for this collection increased to $300; so we added 6 books, 2 audiotapes and 1 videotape which were requested by CCML members. Comparing a list of titles in the collection to our collection development policy, the committee weeded titles which were then offered to Denison Library for its collection. Titles rejected by Denison will be offered to CCML members.
For the August 25 CCML meeting, Marla arranged for 4 MLA attendees to give highlights of the meeting. Sixteen members attended this event. On December 8, Peter Marshall from the CU-Boulder Risk Management department spoke about ergonomics and workstation design.
The committee arranged for June Ramos, a private instructor recommended by Mountain States Employers Council, to offer this 6.5 hour workshop at UCHSC for twenty-one attendees, including several law, special and public librarians. Expenses included $1850 for the instructor, $40 for room setup, and $50 for a special mailing to CCML members. Refreshments were donated. Registration fees of $85 per person - for a total of $1785 - fell short of breaking even by $155.
Submitted by Marla Graber (Chair)
Internet Committee
Members: Kathy Artus, Roz Dudden, Kate Elder, Barb Griss, Carol Ann Smith (CCML listowner), Mary Walsh, Carmen Urich, Lynne Fox (chair)
The Internet Committee did not meet this year, since there was no new business. The web site received regular, routine maintenance and updating throughout the year. Two new web pages were posted related to resource sharing, "ILL Resources", created by Catherine Reiter, and the Colorado ILL code. A link to the "Next Generation Serhold" report was added to the home page.
The "Other Organizations" page received additions supplied by Jeff Kuntzman and Tone Mendoza. The Special Events & News page was used several times during the year to share information on the successes of members or their organizations. CCML members continue to express their appreciation to the committee about the site and the Chair regularly receives positive comments on the site's usefulness. Thanks are owed to Barb Griss of National Jewish Medical and Research Center for "html-ing" our bi-monthly meeting minutes for posting on the site.
Submitted by Lynne Fox (Chair)
Nominating Committee
Members: Robin Waters, Linda Van Wert, and Jenny Garcia (chair)
The committee transacted its business via e-mail and telephone. Seventeen CCML members were contacted regarding their interest in being President Elect in 2000-2001, all declining for various reasons. At the Executive Committee meeting, the problem was discussed. As Jerry Carlson was the only CCML member who had indicated on the Willingness to Serve form that he was interested in becoming President, it was suggested by the Executive Committee that he be asked to resign from the Nominating Committee and nominated for the position. Jerry graciously resigned from the committee and accepted the nomination for the position of President-elect. Biographies of the two candidates appeared in the December and February issues of Council Quotes.
At the December membership meeting, the election process was reviewed and the candidates were elected by voice vote. CCML members were urged to fill out their Willingness to Serve forms if they have an interest in serving in an office. At the January Executive Committee meeting the process of selecting candidates was discussed. On behalf of the Nominating Committee, Jenny Garcia suggested that the category of membership appear in the CCML directory to clarify for the committee which members have regular status and are eligible for nomination and which members are not eligible, such as students.
Submitted by Jenny Garcia (Chair)
Journal Locator Committee
Members: Sandy Arnesen, Gene Stortz, and Catherine Reiter (chair)
The 23rd edition of the Journal Locator (1999) was created from SERHOLD journal holdings data obtained via FTP from the NN/LM web site. Participating libraries’ journal holdings records were updated online in the SERHOLD database by Gene Stortz. The holdings of 52 libraries were included in the 1999 Journal Locator. One library that participated in the 1998 Journal Locator, Spitz Psychiatric Library at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center closed and its holdings were eliminated.
In September 1999, the committee sent a Memorandum of Understanding to each library that participated in the 1998 Journal Locator, plus 14 other potential library purchasers. The Memorandum described pricing for the 1999 Journal Locator and required each purchaser to indicate a level of participation (participant-holdings updated, participant-holdings not updated, non-participant) and number of copies desired. A library representative was required to sign and return the agreement to the committee. Announcements advertising the new Journal Locator were made via LIBNET and ILL-L to other potential interested libraries, which generated the purchase of three copies.
The price of the Journal Locator remained the same as in 1998, as follows:
Based on responses to the Memorandum of Understanding and listserv solicitations, 64 1999 Journal Locators were ordered from Rediprint, Inc. in early November 1999. Thirty-seven copies were for participants whose holdings were updated, 12 for participants whose holdings were not updated, 7 for non-participants, 6 second copies, and two extra copies.
The direct expenses for producing the 1999 Journal Locator totaled $3,550.39, as follows:
RediPrint, Inc. -- $3,359.25 (printing - same charge as in 1998)
Postage -- $137.16 (32 Journal Locators mailed)
Mailing envelopes -- $53.98 (48 padded mailing envelopes)
Invoices for 62 Journal Locators were mailed in January 2000. The total amount billed was $5,745, generating a profit of $2,194.61 for CCML. Two copies of the 1999 Journal Locator remain available for purchase.
Several changes are on the horizon for CCML’s Journal Locator:
Submitted by Catherine Reiter (Chair)
Programs
June 23, 1999
Title: Medicine for the New Millenium: Paradigm Shift and Cascades of Change
Presenter(s): Scott Shannon, MD, Board member of the American Holistic Medical Association, and National Medical Director for Wild Oats Wellness Centers.
Host: McKee Medical Center, Loveland, CO.
August 25, 1999
Title: Disaster Response in Libraries
Presenter(s): Moderator, Rosalind Dudden; Speakers, Margaret Owens, Assistant Director Jeffco Public Library; Barbara Yost, Public Relations Officer, Jeffco Public Library; Priscilla Winter, Manager, Columbine Public Library; Tom Moothart, Librarian, CSU
Pre-meeting: MLA Highlights, CCML members report on attending MLA Conference
Host: Columbine Branch of Jefferson County Public Libraries
October 28, 1999
Title: Consumers’ Use of the Internet for Health Care
Presenter(s): Faith McCellan
Host: Presbyterian/St Lukes Medical Center and Exempla St. Joseph Hospital
December 8, 1999
Title: Murder and Suicide in the Immune System
Presenter(s): J.John Cohen, Ph.D., M.D., Professor of Immunology, UCHSC
Pre-meeting: Ergonomics Workshop. Peter J. Marshall, Director of Ergonomics, CU-Boulder
Host: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
February 23, 2000
Title: Adventures in the Himalayas: Local Surgeon Provides Medical Care and Scales Mt. Everest
Presenter(s) Laura Medina, M.D. Colorado Mountain Medical, PC, Vail, CO
Host: Exempla St. Joseph, Denver, CO
April 28, 2000
Title: History of Medicine in Colorado
Presenter(s) Robert Shikes, MD, Professor, UCHSC
Host: AORN, Denver, CO
Submitted by Paul Blomquist (President-Elect)
How many priorities are you juggling right now? On February 14, CCML sponsored a full day, continuing education course, "Managing Multiple Priorities," held at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. CCML members were joined by special, public and law librarians for a total of 21 attendees to review what we know but forget to practice. June Ramos, of J. Ramos & Associates, also offered practical tips for combatting personal productivity killers, e.g. no clear goals, no daily plan, procrastination, inability to say "no." Several attendees believe they need a refresher on this topic every year -- or perhaps a personal trainer! Thanks to all who attended and helped with the arrangements.
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Special Libraries Association has moved its e-mail list. You do not have to be a member of SLA to be on this very low traffic list, and we'd be happy to have you sign up. If you have not already received a welcome message and would like to be on the list, please contact Marcy Rodney at mrodney@du.edu.
Rosalind Dudden, AHIP, Tucker Memorial Medical Library, authored an article on information resources about asthma entitled: "Allergies & Asthma: Nothing to Sneeze At!" The article was published in the January issue of Library Journal.
Making a difference: communications tool kit from the Medical Library Association (1999), available in the Isabelle T. Anderson Collection, is a useful tool to turn to as part of a marketing strategy for any medical library. It was produced, according to MLA President Jacqueline D. Doyle, “to serve as an easy-to-use guide and handbook to give you techniques and suggestions on how to conduct a communications campaign.”
Most people in the profession would probably agree that boosting…or in some cases creating from scratch…a more positive image for medical librarians both in their institutions and in their surrounding communities, is not a bad idea. Accomplishing such a thing is certainly no easy task, and has to be treated as an ongoing part of what we do.
The MLA book suggests starting with a “communications audit” over a set period of time, ranging from a week to a month, and gathering some specific information about each user during that time. The data is analyzed, and, with luck, you’ll gain a clearer picture of the user population’s needs.
As with any good CQI project (or whichever of the …Qs is current in your institution), the knowledge gained is used to adjust the approach of the library. Next comes marketing, and a variety of techniques are suggested to get the word out, ranging from a thank-you coffee, to getting the library included in employee and physician orientation, to being part of department meetings and grand rounds, and even to leaving half-page “Information Rx” forms in appropriate places. A sample form is included.
From there the book assumes success at getting peoples’ interest up, and provides suggestions on how to make the presentations you’ll be in demand to give even more effective. What is offered is a brief public speaking course minus the annoying need to speak in front of a class. It provides a preparation checklist, suggestions on how best to prepare and perform (outline, outline, outline), ideas for effective visual aids, structuring your talk, and dealing with stage fright.
There is a section on Special Events, with hints for creating your own, partnering, and the nitty-gritty of planning and publicizing. Building on that, there’s a lengthy section on Media Relations…who those people are, what they need, how to make them realize that they need to talk about medical libraries, and the most effective ways of contacting them.
Finally there are some ideas about being an effective spokesperson once the media folks have decided to glance your way.
In 78 pages, Making a Difference offers a good deal of food for thought and a fair helping of practical suggestions. It’s the sort of resource that’s good to have available to refer to when specific situations arise, or to browse through for some ideas when absolutely no specific situations are arising and everyone seems to be glancing at your name tag before speaking your name.
Just for fun: Are you a fan of “bubble wrap” stress reduction therapy? Try Virtual Bubble Wrap on the web at: http://www.inxpress.net/~chairs/bubblewrap.html
[NOTE: For complete information see printed Council Quotes.]
Over 100 people have renewed their membership.
Five new members, along with our members who have renewed, will be in the new membership directory which we plan to have available for pickup at the annual meeting in April.
Have you become a prisoner of your own special field of interest?
Do you find that your increasing understanding of a smaller and smaller cul de sac in your knowledge neighborhood makes it difficult for you to have simple conversations about such mundane topics as politics/sex (apparently there is no difference), sports, or even the weather?
There really are one or two things going on outside of the field of medicine, you know.
As a form of decompression before you move on to such difficult topics as those just mentioned, how about a short sidestep into some other area of science? Here’s what’s been going on in physics, for example, while you weren’t paying attention:
A quick and simple quiz: Describe the size and shape of the universe. Scientists and others have been faced with this little puzzler since Og the caveman first looked up, noticed the stars, and was gobbled up by a saber-toothed tiger. Og’s answer, if he’d only had the time to take a guess, probably would not have been much more bizarre than the guesses of today’s cosmologists. Who knows?
Since it’s apparently very difficult to step outside the universe and take a picture with one of those little disposable panorama cameras, scientists are forced to use mathematics, observations, and “thought experiments,” which require no beakers or petri dishes, to try to come up with some sort of reasonable guess. CAUTION: thought experiments generally work much better and with much less actual damage in cosmology than in, say, the development of a new surgical technique (words you’d rather not hear as the anesthesia takes hold: “Well, I think this might work”).
Thought experiments are also the only hope at the moment to explain the worrisome lack of mass in that very same universe. Calculations (math available on request) seem to indicate that in order for the Big Bang theory to continue as the front runner, someone needs to come up with a whole lot of heavy, invisible stuff. (definition of The Big Bang, in case you missed it: everything was once included in a fairly dense blob the size of a pitted prune, then WHUMP! …stars, planets, Chevrolets, various breeds of cats, canned fruit, people, television, fast food, Las Vegas, etc.)
Some candidates that have been considered to be possible components of the missing “dark matter”: They’re still looking around.
And, from the world of Really Esoteric and Mildly Delusional Physics, how about infinite parallel universes?? Pay attention, now. The basis of this is modern theoretical physics’ Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Briefly, it involved a...here it is again...thought experiment in which Heisenberg imagined a volunteer cat, either alive or dead, depending on whether a very small particle of something or other decays or not, at random. The idea is that the cat--inside a box--is either in limbo or doing the limbo...I’m not clear on that part...until someone, known only and quite mysteriously as The Observer, opens the box and peeks in. There sits/stands/lies a cat, now either alive or dead, but not-the crucial point here--until the peeking occurs.
The possibly dead, possibly lamented kitty leads some to speculate that this kind of thing occurs all the time, not just to Puff, but to everyone. Each time you have to make a decision...do you go after that annoying nasal obstruction with your index finger or your pinky, for example...you, in fact, do both, and your life continues in two parallel but now distinct universes. There’s a new you there.
Another example: Do you continue reading this, or move on to something useful? Tough luck, but the good news is that just off to the left you made a much better decision and can be found filing your nails.
There seems to be no good way to prove this one, but many lawyers undoubtedly have already realized the potential: “It’s true, your honor, that my client was caught with the orange dye from the bank’s exploding money packet coating 93% of his skin surface, and immediately confessed to seventeen similar robberies, which his common law wife Sally Maude videotaped, but I ask you to consider, by way of mitigation, the fact that over here in Universe No. 467J, he is in fact a partially cloistered nun teaching third grade. The defense rests.”
Continuing Education credits for this are pending here, already approved over there, and never stood a chance down that way.
In January, the World Wide Web Consortium introduced a new recommendation for
a specification of the next version of HTML, called XHTML. You can learn more
about it at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/
There are specific recommendations here for making current web pages, or any new ones you might create, more compatible with new technologies coming quickly down the pike.
According to the document, XHTML "enhances the functionality and inter-operability of the Web." Without getting into too much mind numbing detail, XHTML combines XML, or eXtensible Markup Language, with HTML. One thing XHTML will do is provide a framework for specifying exactly how pages will be viewed according to the user agent (or browser) that's viewing them. So, you could specify different code for Netscape, or for Internet Explorer, or for WebTV, or for a handheld device.
If that all sounds like too much to think about, there's still more! One thing
we SHOULD be thinking about is making sure our web pages are more accessible
to people with disabilities. The W3C has created some excellent guidelines for
doing just this--take a look at: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/
According to the CONTU guidelines for the Copyright Act of 1976, libraries must pay publishers for borrowing materials in excess of five items dated within the last five years. Before automation of interlibrary loan processes, keeping track of this and reporting it was difficult. The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) was formed to make it easier for libraries to report their borrowing activities. Now the CCC has automated their reporting systems on the Web, making reporting even easier. Using QuickDoc makes it easier to know which items to report.
The Copyright Clearance Center has approached many medical centers with offers
to sell the institution a site license. This license covers most copying at
the institution, but does not cover interlibrary loan activities. Furthermore,
the Medical Library Association does not approve of these site licenses, believing
the institution is actually paying for ‘fair use’ copying of materials: http://www.mlanet.org/government/positions/
CCML members were surveyed regarding their use of the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) via the CCML listserv. A total of 13 responses were received. (Thanks to those who responded!) Of the 13 respondents, seven libraries use the CCC Transactional Reporting Service and six do not use the CCC. No one suggested any other methods for copyright compliance reporting. One wonders if the response rate was low due to the discomfort of admitting no method for copyright compliance.
The good news is that the Copyright Clearance Center’s online Transactional Reporting Service is very easy to use. Registration is quick and fairly painless. The actual reporting process can be tedious, but is not at all difficult. It can be done at any time, at any interval (quarterly, annually, etc.), and provides clear documentation of journals reported and fees accrued (via reports generated at the time of reporting).
The first step is to obtain a list of journals borrowed in a given time interval via the QuickDoc Collection Development Reports. This list can then be imported into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The data is then sorted by year to allow elimination of journals more than five years old. Once these are gone, the data can be re-sorted by journal title. Any titles borrowed less than five times are deleted. This leaves a list for copyright compliance reporting. Of these titles that are dated within the last five years, only titles borrowed in excess of five times are reported.
To register with the Copyright Clearance Center and use the Transactional Reporting Service, go to their web site at http://www.copyright.com/ and follow the instructions. Once you are registered, click on “Use Your Account,” enter your user name and password, then choose “TRS” for the Transactional Reporting Service. You will then type in your journal titles, enter the number of pages, the number of copies, and the publication year. Once this is complete, click on “Report Usage.” It’s as simple as that. Once you have reported your usage, you can view and print a list of your reported items and get a copy of your invoice.
A couple of warnings: the CCC only downloads this information once a week, so updating is not instant. If you need to know how much the process will cost you, you can look up all your titles first and process the cost data on a spreadsheet. However, prices may change at any time due to changes in prices dictated by the publishers to the CCC.
If anyone would like a more detailed copy of the QuickDoc/CCC procedure, please contact Roz Dudden at duddenr@njc.org.
Congratulations to Alma Williams and Cleo Sandoval for the following acknowledgment as published in "Analyzing Clinical Care Pathways: 3-Dimensional Tools for Quality Outcomes Measurement & Improvement" by M.
Daniel Sloan and Carole S. Guinane.
"Alma Williams and Cleo Sandoval, librarians at Parkview Episcopal Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado, are amazing. They have exceeded our
expectations for 15 years. Alma and Cleo worked with us when, unbeknownst to anyone, we started working on this book."
Way to go, Alma and Cleo!
From: jkochis@uscolo.edu APRIL
Alcohol Awareness Month; National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. National Child Abuse Prevention Month; National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse National Youth Sports Safety Month; National Youth Sports Safety Foundation Alcohol-Free Weekend, April 7-9, 2000; National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. National Public Health Week, April 3-9, 2000; American Public Health Association YMCA Healthy Kids Day, April 8, 2000; YMCA of the USA National SAFE KIDS Week, May 6-13, 2000; National SAFE KIDS Campaign National Suicide Awareness Week, May 7-13, 2000; American Association of Suicidology National Emergency Medical Services Week, May 15-21, 2000; American College
of Emergency Physicians (202)728-0610 Contact: Public Relations or State EMS
Director; http://www.acep.org/
Buckle Up America! Week, May 22-29, 2000; Office of Occupant Protection - National Highway Transportation Safety Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation National Senior Health and Fitness Day, May 31, 2000; Mature Market Research Center The University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries are pleased to announce the creation of a new web-based tutorial for PubMed.
Please visit http://www.library.health .ufl.edu/pubmed/pubmed2/
For all of you with teenagers or who had teenagers, you may want to know why they really have a lot in common with cats:
Thus, if you must raise teenagers, the best sources of advice are not other parents, but veterinarians. It is also a good idea to keep a guidebook on cats at hand at all times.
And remember, above all else, put out the food and do not make any sudden moves in their direction. When they make up their minds, they will finally come to you for some affection and comfort, and it will be a triumphant moment for all concerned.
As for the use of catnip as a reward or an enticement, that is being hotly debated.
Performer and celebrity, Madonna, on the prospects of her young daughter, Lourdes, rebelling against her, in the New York Daily News: "I'm looking forward to it. You never know. She could become a librarian.”
Mary Walsh wants you to know, in case you were considering changing your diet for the new millenium....
Submitted by Mary Kralicek
a. It’s an infinite, nearly empty space that has no shape or form, kind of like the inside of your average poodle’s skull.
b. It’s a finite space that curves back on itself, similar to a figure 8 or the back seat of most “mid-sized” cars. Space, however, won’t cause you to have to rest your chin on your kneecaps all the way to Aunt Fern’s condo.
c. It’s a shoebox, whose top is held on by a really large strip of duct tape, and which is inside a shopping bag carried around by a cosmic shopper whose size we can only imagine, but who could probably stand to lose a few trillion metric tons.
d. What was the question?
Somewhere in there is the right answer...or not.
1. Centuries of socks, lost one at a time somewhere between the cleaning stone down by the river and the hut, or, more recently, during the last ten minutes of the clothes dryer’s cool down cycle.
2. Elvis
3. My putting stroke
4. Our youth (they might be recycling this one)
Submitted By Jeff Kuntzman
Submitted By Deb Weaver, DU Practicum Student, National Jewish
Submitted By Sara Katsh & Kate Elder
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 4:20 PM
To: avlslist (E-mail) Cc: libnet (E-mail)
(212)206-6770
Contact: Public Information Dept; National@NCADD.org; http://www.ncadd.org/
(312)663-3520
Contact: Public Awareness Department; http:// www.parentsoup.com/library/organizations/bpd0325.html
(617)277-1171
Contact: Rita Glassman, Associate Executive Director; NYSSF@aol.com; http://www.nyssf.org/
(212)206-6770
National@NCADD.org; http://www.ncad.org/
(202)777-APHA; http://www.apha.org/
(312)269-1198
Contact: Michael Spezzano; Spezzano@YMCAUSA.ORG; http://www.aoa.gov/
(202)662-0600
Contact: Susan Kirinich;info@safekids.org; http://www.safekids.org/
(202)237-2280
Contact: Amy Martin; http://www.suicidology.org/
(202)366-9550
Contact: Tina Fowley; http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
(800)828-8225
Contact: Tina Godin, Program Director; maturemkt@aol.com; http://www.fitnessday.com/
Submitted By Mary Walsh
"Bat update: Conservationists in Britain are concerned that the popularity of bat meat, which is banned in many European nations but still available through the black market, is seriously threatening some species, including the fruit bats of Malaysia and Indonesia."
From: http://www.eatethnic.com/FunFacts.htm
| OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS 1999 / 2000 | |
| Elected Officers | |
| President | Glenn Pflum |
| President-Elect | Paul Blomquist |
| Secretary | Gene Stortz |
| Treasurer | Jeff Kuntzman |
| Past-President | Pat Nelson |
| Appointed Officers | |
| CQ Editor | Lynne Fox |
| CQ Associate Editor | Jeff Kuntzman |
| Mailing Coordinator | Sara Katsh |
| Membership Database Coordinator | Shelley Coleman |
| Parliamentarian | Jerry Carlson |
| Standing Committee Chairs | |
| Education | Marla Graber |
| Journal Locator | Catherine Reiter |
| Membership | Mary Kralicek |
| Internet | Lynne Fox |
| Nominating | Jenny Garcia |
| Ad Hoc Appointments | |
| Colleague Connection Representative | Lynne Fox |
| Colorado Library Marketing Council Rep. | Suzanne Kaller |
| MCMLA 2K Conf. Planning Committee Chair | Lisa Traditi |
| 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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