[PNRNews] NCBI Advanced Workshop (fwd)

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Subject: NCBI advanced training course
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The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
is pleased to invite participation in an advanced training
course designed specifically for information specialists
who provide support to users of NCBI's molecular biology services.
This announcement is also being sent to library directors so that
you can identify appropriate candidates from your staffs.

This five-day course is scheduled for August 1-5, 2005,
at the National Library of Medicine, and is approved
for 40 MLA C.E. contact hours.

The course is restricted to those who have knowledge of
molecular biology or genetics and basic experience with
NCBI resources such as Entrez, BLAST, Cn3D, and Map Viewer.

General information about the advanced course is available at:

     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/NAWBIS/

A course application form is also accessible from that page.

     Applications are due by May 31, 2005.

Space is limited to 9 people, and we will inform you about
acceptance into the course by June 10, 2005.

This course is developed and taught as a collaborative project
with colleagues who are already actively involved in supporting
molecular biology resources for users in their libraries
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/NAWBIS/credits.html).

Following the course, participants become members of a
bioinformatics support network
(BSN, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/NAWBIS/BSN/members.html)
to facilitate future communication among the group and
continued learning.

Sincerely,

Renata Geer
National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Library of Medicine
renata at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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