Going to the Polls

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Alison Aldrich | Filed under Technology | 2 Comments »

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While you wait for the election returns, read up on a few web tools designed to turn you into a regular pollster. Online surveys can help you get feedback from colleagues, evaluate a program or service, or conduct scholarly research.

Word of Mouth Marketing

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by Patricia Devine | Filed under Member Services | No Comments »

Interested in low cost marketing? Check out this free PDF download of “The Word of Mouth Manual” by Dave Balter, the creator of BuzzAgent. Get people talking with word-mouth-mouth marketing about your library’s products and services!

Here’s What’s New in the NN/LM PNR Lending Library

Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by Patricia Devine | Filed under Member Services | 1 Comment »

The NN/LM PNR Lending Library is a collection of materials for professional development opportunities for NN/LM PNR Network members. See below for recent additions to our collection, including two works by librarians from the Pacific NW Region, Michele Spatz and Terry Ann Jankowski. To borrow, please send email to: nnlm@u.washington.edu. To view the entire collection, see the NN/LM PNR Lending Library.

Answering Consumer Health Questions book cover

Answering consumer health questions: The Medical Library Association guide for reference librarians, by Michele Spatz, New York, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2008

Five Social Reasons to Use Social Bookmarking

Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Alison Aldrich | Filed under Technology | 4 Comments »

After you’ve made the switch from browser-based bookmarking to social bookmarking, here are some ways to maximize the social potential of your bookmarks.

Six Selfish Reasons to Use Social Bookmarking

Posted on October 21st, 2008 by Alison Aldrich | Filed under Technology | 6 Comments »

Social bookmarking is an alternative to saving bookmarks in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. Social bookmarks are saved to a website instead. The intention of social bookmarking is to make your bookmark list public, encourage you to share it, and help you discover other web users with similar interests. However, even if none of that sounds appealing to you, there are still plenty of good reasons to switch to social bookmarking.

Now registering: Nov. 12 MLA Webcast, Survival Tips and Stories

Posted on October 15th, 2008 by Nikki Dettmar | Filed under Member Services, News From the RML, Training & Education | 1 Comment »

Please join NN/LM PNR on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 for the Medical Library Association’s educational webcast Survival Tips and Stories: Expanding the Library’s Services in Times of Disaster. PNR will host the broadcast from 11am-1pm Pacific time at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library (Lab C). There is plenty of room in the lab, please click to register via SurveyMonkey to let us know you’ll be here. Covered beverages are allowed but please no lunch in the lab. Other participating locations in our region include