[Baynet] Infopeople's webinar "An In-depth Look at MedlinePlus"

[Linda Rodenspiel]

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Title:  An In-depth Look at MedlinePlus - Session #3 of the Health e-Shows
Series

Date and time: March 4, 2008, 12pm - 1pm

This webinar will last approximately an hour. There is no charge for
Infopeople webinars.  Pre-registration is not required.

For more information and to participate in the January 18 webinar, go to
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/240/index.html


Library users routinely ask tough health questions at the reference desk,
and often the first place that librarians start is MedlinePlus. Nearly all
library staff members are familiar with this important health information
resource, but there is much more to MedlinePlus.gov than meets the eye.
Please join us as we explore the nooks and crannies of the site and share
tips for tweaking your search to pull out the nuggets of information for
your library users! 

This webinar is geared to library reference staff, but will also be useful
to anyone who wants to use MedlinePlus to its full potential. The webinar
will begin with a top-level view of MedlinePlus and how it differs from
popular search engines and commercial health websites. What follows is an
in-depth breakdown of the site, including some great ready-reference
resources and other useful features. Participants will see search techniques
that unlock the power of MedlinePlus, and will learn about new content areas
that will provide answers to those difficult health reference questions.
There is sure to be something new and useful for everyone! 

With this event, Infopeople is happy to introduce a new presentation format
that will complement our webcast offerings. This new format is called a
webinar. We will be using Wimba (formerly Horizon Wimba) to deliver these
events. You will not see the presenter as in a webcast, but you will be able
to hear them and as with our webcasts you will be able to submit text chat
questions during the presentation. Using this new format, our presenters
will not only be able to show PowerPoint slides, they will also be able to
show web pages. We think this new format will offer a better learning
experience for participants. All webinars will also be archived and made
available as podcasts. We also hope to be able to bring you a wider variety
of presenters, as travel is no longer an issue: webinar presenters "present"
from the comfort of their home or workplace computer! 

As this is a new format please run the wizard again to make sure your
computer is ready for the webinar.

Speaker:  Kelli Ham. Kelli has over twelve years of experience 
working in corporate, public and biomedical libraries. Since May 
2005, Kelli has been the Consumer Health Coordinator for the National 
Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), Pacific Southwest Region 
(PSR), based at the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. She is 
responsible for planning and coordinating consumer health programs 
and activities for public libraries and community-based organizations 
in the Region. Outreach activities focus on meeting the health 
information needs of the diverse population groups in the Pacific 
Southwest Region.

Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live webinars to anyone in 
the California library community.  If you are outside California, 
please do not view the live event.

However, you are welcome to see the archived version the day 
following the webinar.  Check our archive listing at:

http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived 

Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list.

Webinar: An In-depth Look at MedlinePlus
Date: March 4, 2008
Time:  12pm - 1pm
Speaker: Kelli Ham



Linda Rodenspiel, Infopeople Project Assistant
assist at infopeople.org
voice: 650-578-9685  fax: 650-349-5089
http://infopeople.org/