**Application for Renewal**

**MLA Continuing Education Activity**

**Current Educational Activity Title and Current Date of Approval**

Getting Started with LinkOut, MLA Course Number 3135, approved through
2/21/2007

**Changes to Current Application**

**1. Title**

No change

**2. Type of CE Activity**

A.  MLA CE -- One course that is available in two formats: in-person and
    remote online.

B.  Scheduled offerings

-   Note: This course is taught by members of the NCBI/NLM LinkOut team
    and by LinkOut Outreach personnel of the regional offices of the
    National Library of Medicine (1-800-338-7657).

**3. Primary Contact**

> Name: Miguel Figueroa
>
> MLA Member No.: n/a
>
> MLA Chapter: New York-New Jersey chapter
>
> Institutional Affiliation: New York University Medical Center's Ehrman
> Medical Library
>
> Mailing Address: 423 East 23rd St\
> Floor 15 South New York, NY 10010
>
> Email: <figuem08@library.med.nyu.edu>
>
> Name: Lidia Hutcherson
>
> MLA Member No.: n/a
>
> MLA Chapter: Mid-Atlantic chapter
>
> Institutional Affiliation: National Library of Medicine/National
> Center for Biotechnology Information
>
> Mailing Address: 45 Center Dr. Natcher bldg. Room 5AN36D17. Bethesda,
> MD 20894-6511
>
> Email: <hutchel@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov>

**New Instructors**

-   Karen Bulow, NN/LM South Central Region

-   John Bramble, NN/LM Midcontinental Region

-   Miguel Figueroa, NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region

-   Lidia Hutcherson, Linkout Team/NCBI/NLM

**Other Instructors**

-   Mark Goldstein, NN/LM New England Region

-   Charniel McDaniels, NN/LM Greater Midwest Region

-   J. Dale Prince, NN/LM Southeastern Atlantic Region

-   Toni Yancey, NN/LM Southeastern Atlantic Region

-   Julie Kwan, NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region

-   Andrea Ryce, NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region

**Instructors to Remove from Current List**

-   Greg Bodin, NN/LM South Central Region

-   Thomas Gibbs, NN/LM Midcontinental Region

-   Joanne Jahr, NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region

-   Denise O'Shea, NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region

**4. Course Length**

> No change for in-person class. The online class will consist of two
> sessions of 1 ½ hours each.

**5. Description**

No change

**6. Target Audience: Prerequisites: Level of Instruction**

No change

**7. Educational Objectives**

No change

**8. Agenda with Timeline**

No change for in-person. Online agenda provided.

**9. Method of Delivery**

> No change for in-person. Online class will utilize Adobe Connect.

**10. Educational Needs**

No change

**11. Instructional Methods**

Slides and demonstration.

**12. Participant Materials**

> Revised: PowerPoint slides revised April 2007 and attached to this
> application
>
> Revised: Getting Started with LinkOut workbook 2007 version (an
> alternative to the PowerPoint slides)

Self-test: no change

Outline for online class

Agenda for online class

**13. Facility Requirements**

> No change for in-person. Adobe Connect will be use for the online
> version of the class.

**14. Evaluation**

No change

**15. Fees**

No change, \$0.00

**16. Checklist of Enclosures**

1.  PowerPoint Slides, April 2007

2.  Getting Started with Linkout workbook, April 2007

3.  Outline for online class

4.  Agenda for online class

Submitted by:

Miguel Figueroa

Network Coordinator

NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region

New York University - Ehrman Medical Library

April 30, 2007

Lidia Hutcherson

LinkOut Liaison for Libraries

National Center for Biotechnology Information

National Library of Medicine

April 30, 2007