MLANET: The Medical Library Association Network

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This year's theme is "On site, on line and on top of the latest information." </font></p> </td> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="index_pic" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><br> <a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/resources/medspeak/meddiag.html"><img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/url_update_bttn.jpg" width="53" height="69" border="0" alt="Website Recommendations"></a> </div> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><b><a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/resources/medspeak/meddiag.html#topten" title="Teleconferences, bibliographies, and more on this important topic">MLA "Top Ten" Web Site Recommendations</a></b> <br> <font size="-1">The Chicago Sun Times newspaper on October 23rd featured "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20001028063451/http://www.suntimes.com/output/health/med23.html">Medical librarians list top Web sites</a>". The list also appears in the latest edition of MLA's <a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/resources/medspeak/index.html">Medspeak brochure</a>.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="index_pic" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><br> <a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/education/telecon/mythindex.html"><img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/bttn_elecpub.jpg" width="53" height="70" border="0" alt="Myth and Reality of E-Pub"></a> </div> </td> <td valign="top"> <p><b><a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/education/telecon/mythindex.html" title="Teleconferences, bibliographies, and more on this important topic">The Myth and Reality of <br> Electronic Publishing</a></b> <br> <font size="-1">Join your colleagues for a year of distance learning about electronic publishing! <b>Institutions: register now</b> to participate as a downlink site for a special November 15 teleconference. <b>Early-bird discount registration deadline: October 27, 2000. Final registration deadline: November 13, 2000.</b></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="index_pic" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><br> <a href="joinmla/moinfo.html"><img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/bttn_mo.gif" width="52" height="69" border="0" alt="Find out what's available in the members-only area."></a> </div> </td> <td> <p><a href="joinmla/moinfo.html" title="Apply online!"><b>Members Only:<br> Apply for an MLA Committee</b></a><br> <font size="-1">Only a few short weeks are left to apply for an MLA volunteer position! Apply online before the <b>October 31 deadline</b>.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="index_pic" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><br> <br> <a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/government/ucita/index.html"><img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/ucita_bttn.jpg" border="0" alt="UCITA Information" width="53" height="69"></a></div> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/government/ucita/index.html" title="Access detailed information on UCITA and link to teleconference info!">UCITA Satellite Teleconference</a> <img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/nw_anm2.gif" width="40" height="30" border="0" alt="New for October!"><br> </b><font size="-1">Learn about the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) via MLANET information and through a joint association teleconference to be held <b>December 13, 2000</b>. The teleconference will include an overview of UCITA and selected strategies for working with legislators.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="index_pic" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><br> <br> <a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/joinmla/moinfo.html"><img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/usam_bttn.jpg" width="53" height="69" border="0" align="middle" alt="Find out what's available in the members-only area."></a> </div> </td> <td> <p><b><a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/joinmla/moinfo.html" title="View all of MLA's members-only benefits">Members Only: </a><a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/joinmla/moinfo.html" title="View all of MLA's members-only benefits"><br> Benchmark Beta Deadline November 15</a> <br> </b><font size="-1">MLA Members: We still need you for the Benchmark Beta! Review the questionnaires, fill in data, and provide comments by November 15. Plus, apply for an MLA committee, find colleagues and more in the members-only area of MLANET. </font><font size="-1"> </font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="index_pic" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><br><a href="resources/medspeak/index.html"> <img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/bttn_dm.gif" width="52" height="69" border="0" alt="Deciphering Medspeak"></a></div> </td> <td class="index_cnt" valign="top" height="66"> <p><b><a href="resources/medspeak/index.html" title="A consumer health guide to translating medical terms.">Deciphering Medspeak</a><br> </b><font size="-1">Are you suffering from ischemia? Does your child have pertussis? MLA created "Deciphering Medspeak" to help consumers decode unfamiliar medical terms.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="index_pic"> <div align="center"><a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/bmla_v88n4_lrg.jpg"> <br> <img src="/web/20001028063451im_/http://mlahq.org/pix/index/bmla_v88n4.jpg" width="52" height="69" border="0" alt="October 2000 Bulletin cover; click for larger image"></a></div> </td> <td class="index_cnt" height="90"> <p><a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/publications/bmla/index.html"><i><b>BMLA</b></i><b> Online</b></a><b> </b></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20001028063451/http://www.allenpress.com/mla/88-4.html" title="July 2000 issue"><font size="-1">In this issue:</font></a><font size="-1"> Evidence-based librarianship; library outreach in rural communities; and evaluation of a consumer health pilot project. <a href="/web/20001028063451/http://mlahq.org/publications/bmla/editorial_oct00.html"><br> Full text </a>! 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