In this Issue:

From the Desk of the Editor

Membership Renewal Time!

MAHSLIN Education Committee Report

Annual Meeting Update

AHIP

Consumer Health Classes

People & Places

The MAHSLIN Education Committee Update

UPDATED EDUCATIONAL CALENDAR

The MAHSLIN Education Committee is happy to announce that Amy Priftakis, librarian at New England Baptist Hospital, is working in collaboration with the MAHSLIN Publicity Committee to create a calendar of upcoming workshops, meetings and other educational opportunities. The Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank Amy for all her continuing support of this resource. If you know of other educational events which would be of interest to MAHSLIN members, please contact Amy (617-754-5155 or apriftak@caregroup.harvard.edu).

MLA WEBCAST (JANUARY 26, 2005)

MLA offered a webcast entitled "Tips for Negotiating Electronic Licenses" on Wednesday, January 26th from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. The MAHSLIN Education Committee arranged for a group viewing of this webcast in the Jimmy Fund Auditorium at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Our special thanks to Chris Fleuriel for providing such a terrific location and the technical expertise for viewing the program. The program, which is an extension of the Sept. 22nd satellite teleconference, focused in greater depth on the details of license negotiation. The agenda included an overview and then four scenarios, whose focus was:

1. Negotiating fair use into the licensing agreement.
2. Negotiating clauses related to multiple sites, offsite use and
number of users.
3. Negotiating performance standard clauses.
4. Negotiating post-termination access and archival rights.

Unfortunately, Mother Nature decided to inundate the Boston area with snow so not everyone who registered was able to attend. Beginning January 31st, anyone who was registered for the program will be able to view the webcast for one month. Please contact Alison Clapp
(alison.clapp@childrens.harvard.edu) for logon details.

UPCOMING PR WORKSHOP (MARCH 24, 2005)

On March 24th we are offering a workshop entitled “Creating Effective and Attractive Flyers/Newsletters for Your Library”. The class is scheduled from 1:00 – 4:00 at Children’s Hospital Boston. The instructors have their own consulting firm, Corrigan Kantz Consulting, and have had extensive experience in this area. Some of the topics they will cover include:

• Effective use of language in brief communications
• Basics of desktop layout
• How to find and use images (clip art, photos)
• Overview of issues related to hard copy vs. web-based media
• Color schemes
• Font selection
• Page layout
• Formats (such as tri-fold)

Registration details will be forthcoming on both the web and the listserv.

EBSCOHOST TRAINING AVAILABLE

Find out the latest features and search techniques for use on EbscoHost! For those of you who are current EbscoHost customers or considering information products using the EbscoHost platform, you may wish to schedule a training session! Ellen Westling, a librarian and product trainer with Ebsco Publishing in Ipswich Massachusetts, is pleased to provide this training. She may be reached at 1-800-653-2726 ext. 223. Please let Ellen know that you were referred by MAHSLIN.

By Alison Clapp and Nathan Norris

MAHSLIN Network News

January 2005

Volume 25 (1)