NEWS AND NOTES / NOUVELLES ET NOTES

Compiled by Sandra Halliday

<table><tr><td>CHLA / ABSC 2005 Annual Conference</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>20th Annual Computers in Libraries Conference</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>3rd International Evidence Based Librarianship Conference</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>PloS Medicine</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>Have you hugged your librarian today?</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Clinical Queries Page redesign</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>My NCBI Replaces the Cubby: Includes automatic e-mailing of search updates and filters</td><td>34</td></tr></table>
NEWS AND NOTES / NOUVELLES ET NOTES

CHLA / ABSC 2005 Annual Conference

http://www.chla-absc.ca/2005/

Have you visited the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA / ABSC) 2005 Annual Conference Web site lately to discover the dynamic program and entertaining events planned? CHLA / ABSC's 2005 Annual Conference will be held from May 30 to June 3 in Toronto, Ontario. The theme of the 2005 conference is "The World Around the Corner".

20th Annual Computers in Libraries Conference

http://www.infotoday.com/cil2005/default.shtml

The Computers in Libraries Conference will take place in Washington, D.C., 16–18 March 2005. For more details check
out the conference Web site.

3rd International Evidence Based Librarianship Conference

3rd International Evidence Based Librarianship Conference will be held on 16–19 October 2005, in Brisbane, Australia.
The conference theme is “Evolution of Evidence: Global Perspectives on Linking Research with Practice”.

PloS Medicine

http://www.plosmedicine.org

PLoS Medicine (eISSN 1549-1676; ISSN-1549-1277) is an open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly, online and in print, by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization. The inaugural issue was launched on 19 October 2004. The Web address for PloS Medicine is http://www.plosmedicine.org. (Accessed on 28 January 2005 at http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-static&name=information.)
## Have you hugged your librarian today?

http://www.jhu.edu/gazette/2004/06dec04/06brody.html

This question was asked by Dr. William R. Brody, President of The Johns Hopkins University, in a recent article. If you are interested, read the article entitled “Thinking Out Loud” by Dr. Brody at the following address: http://www.jhu.edu/gazette/2004/06dec04/06brody.html.

## Clinical Queries Page redesign

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd04/nd04_technote.html#clinical

The PubMed Clinical Queries page will be redesigned to provide an improved interface to the specialized PubMed searches for clinicians. The new design will retain the basic functionality currently used, and the search strategies for the queries will not change. The new design will have three search options:

(1) Search by Clinical Study Category (old name: Clinical Queries using Research Methodology Filters)

(2) Find Systematic Reviews

(3) Medical Genetics Searches (which is a new option)

The three options are displayed as jump links at the top of the page and each has its own query box. The Medical Genetics Searches were developed in conjunction with the staff of GeneReviews: Genetic Disease Online Reviews at GeneTests, University of Washington, Seattle. (Accessed on 28 January 2005 at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd04/nd04_technote.html#clinical.)

## My NCBI Replaces the Cubby: Includes automatic e-mailing of search updates and filters

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf05/jf05_myncbi.html

The PubMed Cubby will soon be replaced by My NCBI. My NCBI works similarly to the Cubby in that it retains user information to provide additional services. To use My NCBI you must sign in. You can sign in using an existing Cubby account, or if you do not have an account, you can register for a My NCBI account. (Accessed on 28 January 2005 at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf05/jf05_myncbi.html.)