LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Medical Librarianship category. http://www.libworm.com/rss/index.php/Medical-Librarianship/11/ Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:30:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/plain-language-guides/ Harvard’s School of Public Health has 4 plain language guides/glossaries posted on their web site for download. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/resources/glossaries/index.html [rb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:04:25 +0100 895628 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/images-for-the-taking/ The National Institutes of Health has a web page that lists all of their image libraries. Most of the images are not copyrighted, and just require attribution. So, if you are creating a presentation, and the clip art in Microsoft Office doesn’t have what you need, you might try the NIH.  http://www.nih.gov/about/nihphotos.htm [rb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:51:05 +0100 895629 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/27/3844 Manuela SCHULZ: Service vor Ort – Die Bibliothek geht zum Nutzer Zusammenfassung: Zum Kern jeder Bibliotheksarbeit gehört die Ausrichtung ihrer Services auf die zumeist heterogenen Nutzergruppen. Dies schließt die Reflexion über die Dienste und eine ständige Weiterentwicklung mit ein. In einer medizinischen Hochschulbibliothek lassen sich als Zielgruppen mit spezifischen Bedürfnissen in der Regel Studierende, Ärzte, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter, Klinikumspersonal aus Pflege und Labor sowie Mitarbeiter der Verwaltung identifizieren. Studierende nutzen die Angebote der Bibliothek regelmäßig und überwiegend vor Ort, während wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter und Ärzte vor allem auf die elektronischen Ressourcen von ihrem Arbeitsplatz aus zugreifen (möchten). Der Beitrag umfasst eine Problematisierung, Bedarfsanalyse und schließlich die Konzeption einer Dienstleistung, mit der alle potentiellen Nutzergruppen der Bibliothek der Medizinischen Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg erreicht werden (können). Schlüsselwörter: Service, Kommunikationsstrategie Manuela SCHULZ: On-site service – The library goes to the user Abstract: Among the core activities of libraries are user orientated services which nowadays imply the reflection about the services and their permanent enhancement. In a medical university library different user groups with special needs can be identified: students, physicians, researchers, nursing and laboratory staff, as well as administration staff. While students continuously make use of the library services on-site, researchers and physicians use or would like to use the electronic resources predominantly from their workplace. The article deals with the problematization, needs assessment and conceptual design of a service model for reaching all potential user groups that can be found in the Library for the Medical Faculty of Mannheim. Keywords: service, communication strategy GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010;10(3):Doc32 DOI: 10. ... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:00:54 +0100 895373 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/26/3842 Oliver OBST: 2. Zukunftskolloquium der Zweigbibliothek Medizin der Universität Münster, 28./29. Juni 2010 Zusammenfassung: 16 Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare aus vier Ländern nahmen am alle sechs Jahre stattfindende Zukunftskolloquium der Münsteraner Medizinbibliothek zu drängenden Fragen des Bibliothekswesens teil. Erwartungen und Wünsche wurden in einer Moderationsrunde priorisiert und dann systematisch diskutiert. Drei antizipierte Themen waren vorbereitet worden: „Strategie“ (präsentiert von Herrn Obst), „Studierende“ (präsentiert von Frau Schlosser) und „Web 2.0“ (präsentiert von Guus van den Brekel). Am zweiten Tag wurde durch Gruppenarbeiten zu einer typischen Studenten- bzw. Wissenschaftlerbibliothek der Fokus auf neue, in-novative Dienstleistungen gerichtet, da alte, traditionelle Dienstleistungen wie Erwerbung vielerorts erfolgreich an der Bibliothek vorbeilaufen und Bibliotheksmonopole ins Wanken geraten. Es wurde mit neuen Formeln experimentiert wie: „Bibliothek = Informationsspezialist für die Visite“ oder „Bibliothek = Scientific Publishing Support Agent“. Schlussendlich wurden konkrete und individuelle Handlungsanweisungen für die Praxis erstellt. Schlüsselwörter: Medizinbibliothek, Zukunft Ôliver OBST: Second “Future Colloquium” of the Münster Medical Library, June 28–29, 2010 Abstract: 16 librarians from four countries took part in the “Future Colloquium” of the Münster Medical Library on pressing issues of librarianship, which takes place every sixth year. Expectations and desires were priorized in a moderation round and then systematically discussed. Three topics were anticipated: “Strategy” (presented by Oliver Obst), “Students” (presented by Anna Schlosser) and “Web 2.0” (presented by Guus van den Brekel). ... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 08:00:18 +0100 895374 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/25/3840 Markus FISCHER, Stefan KANDERA, Veronika KLEIBEL, Maike KRONE, Susanne MAYER, Erika NIEDERMANN und Dieter SULZER: bibnet.org – kooperative Referenzdatenbank für das Gesundheitswesen Zusammenfassung: Schwerpunktthema der aktuellen Ausgabe 3/2010 von GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information ist die Jahrestagung 2010 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB) in Mainz; das Motto der Tagung lautete „alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken“. Zentrales Thema der diesjährigen Tagung waren innovative Dienstleistungen und Produkte in und für Medizinbibliotheken. Weitere Beiträge setzten sich mit Themen wie Bibliotheksneubau, Benutzerschulungen und Qualitätsmanagement auseinander. Eine Arbeitsgruppe des Vereins „Netzwerk Fachbibliotheken Gesundheit“ (CH) hat unter der Adresse http://bibnet.org/ zusammen mit dem Rudolfinerhaus in Wien (A) eine kooperative und frei zugängliche Referenzdatenbank für das Gesundheitswesen geschaffen. Nachgewiesen werden Referenzen primär aus dem pflegerischen Bereich stammender und überwiegend deutschsprachiger Zeitschriftenartikel. bibnet.org führt auf einer zentralen Plattform vorhandene Katalogisate verschiedener Bibliotheken zusammen. Aktuell enthält die Datenbank rund 45.000 Datensätze aus über 400 ausgewerteten Zeitschriften. Diese stammen aus den Beständen des Rudolfinerhauses in Wien und der Pro Senectute Bibliothek Schweiz und gehen bis ins Jahr 1979 zurück. Weitere Datensätze werden durch Beteiligung zahlreicher Bibliotheken an der fortlaufenden Katalogisierung hinzugefügt. Jede teilnehmende Bibliothek übernimmt dabei die Verantwortung für die Auswertung der ihr zugeteilten Zeitschriften. Sämtliche verwendeten technischen Systeme basieren auf Open Source-Lösungen: Als Suchsystem kommt Vufind zum Einsatz. Als Katalogisierungssystem für Bibliotheken, die über keine MARC-kompatiblen Systeme verfügen, steht eine Instanz von KOHA zur Verfügung. ... Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:00:14 +0100 895375 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/24/3838 Bruno BAUER, Daniel FORMANEK und MARIAN MIEHL: Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung und eBooks on Demand als Facetten der Hybridbibliothek: zwei innovative Services der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien Zusammenfassung: Die Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien verfügt als Hybridbibliothek über große Bestände an gedruckter bzw. digitaler Literatur. Um den Zugriff zu dieser Information zu verbessern, wurden in jüngster Zeit zwei Projekte entwickelt und realisiert. Für die Studierenden wurde das Informationsportal Van Swieten Student 2.0 als virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung konzipiert, das neben dem Nachweis von gedruckten und elektronischen Lehrbüchern weitere für das Medizinstudium relevante Informationsquellen offeriert und auch Web 2.0-Applikationen integriert. Die Zettelkataloge, bisher einziges Nachweisinstrument für die wertvollen medizinhistorischen Bestände, wurden digitalisiert, OCR-gelesen und als webfähiger OPAC mit Web 2.0-Funktionen erweitert. Auf Basis dieses Katalogs können urheberrechtsfreie Werke über das innovative Service eBooks on Demand (eod) in digitaler Form bzw. als Reprint angefordert werden. Schlüsselwörter: Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsbibliothek, Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung, Van Swieten Student 2.0, WordPress, Scriblio, eBooks on Demand (eod), Zettelkatalog, Digitalisierung, Hybridbibliothek, Web 2.0. Bruno BAUER, Daniel FORMANEK and MARIAN MIEHL: Virtual textbook collection and eBooks on Demand as facets of the hybrid library: two innovative services of the university library of the Medical University Vienna Abstract: The university library of the Medical University of Vienna is a hybrid library and offers a huge stock of literature in print and online. Two projects were realised to improve access to this collection. The library built a catalogue for their students, which includes all relevant resources for their courses. ... Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0100 895376 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/12/23/happy-holidays-to-all-our-members-and-friends/ The holiday preparations look especially bright and appealing this year, perhaps in contrast to the blanketing of snow that we have enjoyed so far this winter. Economic reports for retail are improving, with expenditures five percent above what they were at this time last year. The positive trend for holiday shopping is good news for consumers and the businesses that cater to their wants and needs. Unfortunately, such a positive view cannot be transferred to the current economic state of affairs affecting health sciences and hospital libraries in the GMR, especially in our publicly funded institutions.  Revenue shortfalls at the state and local level are having a significant impact on staffing and accessibility of information resources at our member organizations. In addition to position elimination, ongoing hiring freezes, and non–renewal of licenses and subscriptions, institutions are showing the strain by reorganizing and combining libraries and their constituent units and by repurposing space for non-library, revenue-producing functions.  Such strategies reduce the accessibility of information resources.  For example, when the ILL unit is combined with its general university counterpart, the importance of using DOCLINE for transacting ILL and of keeping SERHOLD records up-to-date to facilitate DOCLINE may diminish.  When library stacks are repurposed for patient or student functions, legacy print collections may be the first to go to free up space for these new functions. The GMR is attempting to take a proactive stance to soften the long-term impact of reduced budgets on our membership. The E-licensing Working Group of the Regional Advisory Council (RAC), in collaboration with the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services serving as agent for consortial licensing by hospital and smaller academic libraries, identified two candidates for selection in 2010. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:13:24 +0100 894952 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/23/hxofmednewprojects/ The National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division recently announced the following new projects: Completion of a project to catalog Imperial Russian Era Holdings.  Pre-1917 collection includes pamphlets and dissertations on a spectrum of medical topics, including some by future Nobel Laureates – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/russian_holdings_cataloged.html Medical history comes to life through first person accounts in the National Library of Medicine’s Oral History Collections.  The new web interface allows easier searching of text and audio content – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/oralhistory.html New education resources added to Online Exhibition, “Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature” – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/frankenstein_enriched.html And, don’t forget: If you have a collection of unique historical health sciences materials, we would appreciate your filling out our survey – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N3QKT67. To learn more about the background of the survey, read the previous Dragonfly post. (Source: Dragonfly) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:17:14 +0100 895379 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/23/3836 Eike HENTSCHEL und Anja KAISER: alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken: Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB) e.V. vom 27. bis 29.9.2010 in Mainz Zusammenfassung: Vom 27.–29.9.2010 fand an der Universität Mainz die Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB e.V.) statt. Auf der zentralen Fortbildungsveranstaltung für das medizinische Bibliothekswesen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz konnten sich die Teilnehmer unter anderem über folgende Themen informieren: Zunehmende Digitalisierung der wissenschaftlichen Kommunikation und deren Auswirkungen, innovative Services in Hybridbibliotheken (Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung und E-Books On-Demand), Ausbildung (Weiterbildungs-Masterstudiengang Informations- und Wissensmanagement in Hannover), Neubau der Fachbibliothek Medizin O.A.S.E. an der Universität Düsseldorf, Qualitätsmanagement nach ISO 9001, subito (neue Dienste auf der Basis von § 52a+b UrhG), Zukunft der Nationallizenzen und Allianz-Initiative der deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen, Informationskompetenz am Beispiel von Blended-Learning, Public Relation sowie neue Kommunikations- und Servicestrategien, Zukunftskonzepte für Medizinbibliotheken, Dienstleistungen der Bibliothek an einem Forschungsinstitut in Großbritannien, Literaturverwaltung, Web 2.0 und andere Emerging Technologies, BibNet.org, Cochrane Library, MedPilot, PubMed. In einer begleitenden Firmenausstellung präsentierten alle für medizinische Bibliotheken wichtigen Verlage und Dienstleister neue Produkte und Services. Schlüsselwörter: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB e.V.), Jahrestagung 2010 in Mainz, Fortbildung Eike HENTSCHEL & Anja KAISER: all – simply – immediately: service in medical libraries: Annual Meeting 2010 of “Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen” (AGMB e.V. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:00:48 +0100 895377 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/22/ready-hailey/ Submitted by LeAnn Gelskey, Hailey Public Library, Hailey, ID The Hailey Public Library received a $5,000 outreach award to host a free emergency preparedness and planning community event.  The event was held on October 23, 2010.  The event “Ready Hailey” partnered with local agencies and community organizations to bring information specific to emergency preparedness and planning to the community. The goals of the event were: Participants will have a better understanding of how to access information, both in an emergency and in planning or preparing for an emergency. Participants will have an improved knowledge of emergency preparedness and planning. Participants will know better what to do in an emergency. The event made use of select information and tools provided through FEMA’s “Ready America” campaign – www. ready.gov.  Also, Hailey prepared and provided customized local emergency information specific to Hailey residents.  Project partners assisted with providing this information and worked with Hailey to provide streamlined, easy to use materials that were distributed to participants.  Project partners were in attendance the day of the event to talk about emergency preparedness issues, distribute materials and answer participant questions.  Participants included organizations such as St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, Air St. Luke’s, Idaho Power, Red Cross, Hailey Police and Fire Departments, La Alianza Multicultural Center, Blaine County Disaster Services, Boy Scouts, LDS Church, National Weather Service, Albertson’s, Treasure Valley Coffee, Blaine County School District, Crisis Hotline, and Wood River Amateur Radio. The event featured the distribution of 200 72-hour emergency kits. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:45:10 +0100 895380 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/thinking-like-an-mba-register-now-for-online-class-beginning-jan-17-2011/ The roles of library personnel are changing everyday – business practices are becoming the norm. Are you ready? Are you thinking as your administration may be thinking? Are you running projects using project management processes? And what of those methodologies can be applied to operating your library? This free online asynchronous class addresses the three basic components of Project Management – Time, Money and Resources (people). These can be used to demonstrate value, analyze and evaluate personnel and expenditures, and addresss Change Management. Register at:  http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses . Class is limited to 20 people. Class starts Jan. 17, 2011 and ends, Feb. 11, 2011. Upon completion of class, participants will receive 4 MLA CE credits. Instructor: Marty Magee (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:13:40 +0100 894480 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/education-presentation-on-cochrane-colloquium-jan-11th-9-am-mt-10-am-ct/ Lilian Hoffecker will be recapping her experience at the Cochrane Colloquium, an annual international conference of the Cochrane Collaboration, held this past October in Keystone, Colorado.  The Collaboration is a network of primarily healthcare professionals including librarians who develop the Cochrane systematic reviews.  Lilian will talk about the role of librarians in the Cochrane Collaboration and specifically about the literature searching workshops she attended.  Lillian is reporting on this activity after having been awarded a Professional Development Award from the NN/LM MidContinental Region. For more information on the award see:  http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding/ URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name, Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:27:29 +0100 894481 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/22/3835 Bruno BAUER: alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken [Editorial] Zusammenfassung: Schwerpunktthema der aktuellen Ausgabe 3/2010 von GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information ist die Jahrestagung 2010 der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB) in Mainz; das Motto der Tagung lautete „alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken“. Zentrales Thema der diesjährigen Tagung waren innovative Dienstleistungen und Produkte in und für Medizinbibliotheken. Weitere Beiträge setzten sich mit Themen wie Bibliotheksneubau, Benutzerschulungen und Qualitätsmanagement auseinander. Die Beiträge der Schwerpunktausgabe wurden verfasst von Bruno Bauer, Daniel Formanek & Marian Miehl (Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung und E-Books-On-Demand als Facetten der Hybridbibliothek: zwei innovative Services der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien), Markus Fischer, Stefan Kandera, Dieter Sulzer, Susanne Mayer, Maike Krone, Erika Niedermann & Veronika Kleibel (bibnet.org – kooperative Referenzdatenbank für das Gesundheitswesen), Franz Josef Kühnen (40 Jahre AGMB – Gründung und Anfänge), Oliver Obst (2. Zukunftskolloquium der Zweigbibliothek Medizin der Universität Münster, 28./29. Juni 2010), Manuela Schulz (Service vor Ort – Die Bibliothek geht zum Nutzer), Sabine Hoyer (Entdecken Sie die Bibliothek mit Rüdiger: ein virtueller Rundgang der etwas anderen Art durch die Fachbibliothek Medizin in Mainz), Eike Hentschel & Anja Kaiser (alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken: Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB) e.V. vom 27. bis 29.9.2010 in Mainz: Tagungsbericht) und Diana Klein (Aus der AGMB). ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:28:36 +0100 895378 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/6oTeCOgHMJg/ In case any of the librarians in your library want to get into the holiday spirit and are looking for something beyond holiday window clings, take a look at Texas Medical Center Library’s Bookmas Tree. They even have a “How To” guide available should you want to try it in your own library next year. Enjoy the holidays with family and friends, I will resume posting after the new year. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:25:51 +0100 894451 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/techology-hit-resources/ A Primer on HIT Adoption in the Rural Health Care Setting Meaningful Use and Critical Access Hospitals: A Primer on HIT Adoption in the Rural Health Care Setting http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/pdf/ruralprimer.pdf Provides CAHs with an introduction on HIT adoption issues and considerations, and identifies questions that can help CAHs define their own roadmap for adoption. Topics include evaluating organizational readiness, assembling multidisciplinary teams, reviewing current processes, identifying goals and objectives, and addressing vendor and product selection. [Rural Assistance Center Health Update] My Healthy People Application Developer Challenge http://bit.ly/fNXUrA Healthy People 2020 is the national agenda for health promotion and disease prevention that outlines a set of health objectives of the US to achieve over a 10-year period.. The newly redesigned Healthy People Web site http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx allows users to tailor Healthy People 2020 information to their needs and explore evidence-based resources for implementation. HHS has issued a challenge to develop an engaging and empowering customized Healthy People 2020 application for Healthy People stakeholders. Successful applications will make it easy for users to keep up with Healthy People and combine related data in meaningful ways. [scb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:39:58 +0100 894341 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/hospitals-importance-of-community-partnerships/ http://bit.ly/dFdWbf [pdf] Spotlights hospitals and health systems that have successfully collaborated with local community organizations to promote care coordination, wellness, and prevention. Among the entities featured include rural hospitals and community health centers. [Rural Assistance Center Health Update] scb (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:31:19 +0100 894342 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/g8ukLCvVfxo/ So if you had any questions as to who is on Facebook and Twitter, this graphic  from DigitalSurgeons.com (technology company, not actual surgeons) shows some interesting information about Facebook and Twitter users.  Of the 500 million Facebook users 41% login every day and almost a third of them log in through a mobile device.  Women use it a little bit more than men, and the 18-34 year olds are the biggest users representing 52% of the usage combined.  This interesting and I am starting to notice real world examples supporting the average usage age.  In my personal life I am starting to notice that some in this age group will answer Facebook messages more often than regular email.  Twitter is a fifth of the size of Facebook with only 106 million users.  A slightlyolder crowd uses Twitter, the 26-44 year olds are the largest group at 57% combined.  Only 27% of the users login every day but of those that login over half (57% update their status).  While only 25% of the users follow a brand on Twitter, that group is extremely loyal, 67% of the followers will purchase that specific brand.  Compare that with the higher number of brand followers on Facebook (40%) who are less loyal and purchasing that specific brand (51%).  So what does this mean for libraries, medicine, and hospitals?  One look at the age tells you that Facebook and Twitter are not solely the realm of teenagers.  Adults are using it and make up the largest group of users.  So it stands to reason that our library users are on Facebook and Twitter.  Reaching out to them with the right message in the right way is the next step.  This may sound like a far fetched idea, but if users continue to use Facebook more than email, do we need to look at ways to send them overdue notices?  Just one thought.  Medical schools and residency programs already are recruiting people through Facebook. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:30:17 +0100 894349 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/holiday-closures-4/ The NN/LM MCR offices will be closed on the following dates: Friday, December 24; Monday, December 27; Friday, December 31; and Monday, January 3. (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:41:10 +0100 894343 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/21/3834 Heft 3/2010 von GMS MEDIZIN – BIBLIOTHEK – INFORMATION wurde heute freigeschaltet. Die aktuelle Ausgabe ist dem Schwerpunktthema AGMB-Jahrestagung in Mainz 2010: alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken gewidmet. Inhaltsverzeichnis alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken [Editorial] Bauer B GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010; 10(3):Doc22 (20101221) Aus der AGMB Klein D GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010; 10(3):Doc23 (20101221) alles – einfach – sofort: Service in Medizinbibliotheken: Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen (AGMB) e.V. vom 27. bis 29.9.2010 in Mainz Hentschel E, Kaiser A GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010; 10(3):Doc24 (20101221) Virtuelle Lehrbuchsammlung und eBooks on Demand als Facetten der Hybridbibliothek: zwei innovative Services der Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien Bauer B, Formanek D, Miehl M GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010; 10(3):Doc25 (20101221) bibnet.org – kooperative Referenzdatenbank für das Gesundheitswesen Fischer M, Kandera S, Kleibel V, Krone M, Mayer S, Niedermann E, Sulzer D GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010; 10(3):Doc27 (20101221) Entdecken Sie die Bibliothek mit Rüdiger: ein virtueller Rundgang der etwas anderen Art durch die Fachbibliothek Medizin in Mainz Hoyer S GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010; 10(3):Doc28 (20101221) Vierzig Jahre Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Medizinisches Bibliothekswesen: Gründung und Anfänge Kühnen FJ GMS Med Bibl Inf 2010; 10(3):Doc30 (20101221) 2. Zukunftskolloquium der Zweigbibliothek Medizin der Universität Münster, 28./29. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:16:04 +0100 894233 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/new-resource-for-infant-mortality-and-pregnancy-loss/ The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University released a new edition of the knowledge path, Infant Mortality and Pregnancy Loss.  The knowledge path directs readers to resources that analyze data, report on research aimed at identifying causes and promising intervention strategies, and describe risk-reduction efforts as well as bereavement-support programs. Separate sections present resources about factors that contribute to infant mortality and pregnancy loss: birth defects, injuries, low birthweight and prematurity, preconception and pregnancy, and safe sleep environments. The knowledge path was created for health professionals, policymakers, researchers, and families. View the path online at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_infmort.html. A resource brief for families accompanies the knowledge path and is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/families/frb_infmort.html. [da] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:15:09 +0100 894133 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/YwfLqUl7yqk/ Searching for medical apps for smart phones can be a bit of a pain.  It seems like medical professionals when browsing for good apps need to sift through the thousands calorie counter apps before they can find something like Epocrates.  To try and make things a little easier, iTunes created a medical category which is separate from the health and fitness category.  It is isn’t fool proof, there are still some apps that get thrown into the medical category which really don’t belong, but in general it helps. It appears that Android users will soon have a medical category too.  According to iMedicalApps, Google is set to launch a medical category for Android Market apps this week.  Additionally, they report Google is asking developers to send larger screen shots of their apps for Android Marketplace which has caused some to speculate that Google is planning to put Android Marketplace online.  If it is indeed true, this will help Android using health care professionals find appropriate medical apps.  Librarians might want to keep an eye out for when this goes live so they can add it to their list of resources (if they keep track of smart phone resources). Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:44:41 +0100 894115 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/education-affordable-training-and-the-professional-development-award/ The American Library Association is offering several e-Courses, including Time Management, Innovation in the Workplace, Customer Service,  Project Management and Communicating with Power.  Check them out at:  http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=v1168020&si=i191468986&cfc=3html The NN/LM MCR still encourages applicants for the Professional Development award and will be awarding approximately 25 Professional Development subsidies (up to $1,500 each) to support health science or hospital librarians who wish to attend a conference, or take a training or workshop of their choice by the end of April 2011. Priority will be given to professional development in the areas of emergency preparedness, personal and electronic health records, health information literacy, or library advocacy, and would include online training opportunities. Applicants are encouraged to think about areas of interest so that learned information can be shared with MCR members. For more information and application information see: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding/ (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:40:27 +0100 894134 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/education-netlibrary-3/ Getting ready to update your web site for the new year?   Maybe you should take a look at this e-book:  Library Web Sites. Check it out from the NN/LM MidContinental Region NetLibrary collection. It consists of 99 library management and technical e-books oriented toward use for librarians. If you access the collection through the NN/LM MCR webpage, it’s free, AND you can also print out a handy brochure. See: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/netlibrary.html (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:38:37 +0100 894135 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/F6QJhH-5dh4/medlibmob-medical-apps-mobile-medical.html Join MedLibMob Community Facebook Fan Page: *  http://www.facebook.com/pages/MedLibMob/173310729366445  or the The MedLibMob Group: *  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_174021102617943  As we are busy in our library (Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands) with an iPad on Loan Project, ánd working on a new mobile library site, I suddenly thought how easy it would be to have community of medical librarians & libraries to: exchange information and experiences with (creating) mobile medical library sites and/or apps. create listings of existing and future content providers supporting mobile devices share knowledge about and review the fast growing range of Medical Apps for mobile devices on any relevant platforms (iPhone, iPads, Android, etc...) This new Facebook group has CHAT features (till we reach >250 members), post, links, photo's, videos, events. To connect several platforms there is also: * Twitter account http://www.twitter.com/medlibmob * Netvibes Public Page to aggregate existing web content into one place:    http://www.netvibes.com/medlibmob       and a collection of * Delicious Bookmark: http://delicious.com/medlibmob I started a new Google CSE "Medical APPs Search" MAPPS to test if this could be helpful in finding medical apps more easier.  Medical Apps Search (MAPPS) http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=004308201683882109473%3As7kc4_l-vry Drop me a link, post or message if you have any suggestions! If you are a medical librarians (or related, or just want to know about them), come & join me! Join The MedLibMob Group: *  http://www.facebook.com/home. ... Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893828 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/lnUqZxPgKA8/ There have been rumors running around for the past few days about Yahoo shutting Delicious down.  According the TechCrunch post, the rumors started with layoffs at Yahoo and a leaked internal slide showing Delicious (along with MyBlogLog, Yahoo Picks, Alta Vista, Yahoo Bookmarks, Yahoo Buzz) planned to go into the “sunset.” The same TechCrunch post has been recently updated with information from the Delicious blog stating that Delicious will not be shut down but will be available to other companies.   “No, we are not shutting down Delicious. While we have determined that there is not a strategic fit at Yahoo!, we believe there is a ideal home for Delicious outside of the company where it can be resourced to the level where it can be competitive.” So it looks like the demise of Delicious is similar to Bloglines.  Now Bloglines has been picked up by Merchant Circle, but the relaunch of that platform seems to have some problems as one librarian noted.  We will have to see how Delicious fares.  It is interesting to see how social networking has evolved and changed and some of the beginning social systems like Bloglines and Delicious are no longer as relevant as they once were, Twitter and Facebook now rule the roost.  It may sound odd but it reminds me a bit of the gas guzzling SUV days smacking head on to high gas prices.  In 1992 the Hummer was hot, before he was the Governator, Arnold drove one around in the stop and go traffic of California.  About 15 years later the once popular car line couldn’t even be sold to a Chinese automaker. Let’s hope Delicious and Bloglines do not go the way of the Hummer, however it doesn’t look good for either product.  My guess is that they will eventually die or somebody will pick them up and figure out how to morph them into some new social product that we all have to use. ... Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:11:18 +0100 893483 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/MWeU4KcOX6c/ Thank you to all the members who ran and made it a very strong ballot and to those members who took an active interest in the future and direction of the association and voted in the election.  Without you MLA wouldn’t be what it is today.  I want to congratulate the new President Elect, Board Members and the Nomination Committee.   President-elect Jane L. Blumenthal, AHIP, Director, Taubman Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Board of Directors (2011–2014) Michelle Kraft, AHIP, Senior Medical Librarian, Alumni Library, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Gabe R. Rios, Deputy Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama–Birmingham Joy Summers-Ables, AHIP, Associate Director and Head of Library Computing and Information Services, Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center–Oklahoma City Nominating Committee Margaret (Peg) Allen, AHIP, FMLA Janet L. Cowen, AHIP Melissa De Santis, AHIP Rosalind F. Dudden, AHIP, FMLA Patricia C. Higginbottom, AHIP Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA Mary Fran Prottsman, AHIP Melissa Rethlefsen, AHIP Patricia L. Thibodeau, AHIP, FMLA Congratulations, I look forward to working with all of you and seeing you at the next meeting or sooner. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:05:06 +0100 893484 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/-W1sB_0oW-c/ Those of you in other parts of the world or who work with a lot of international medical professionals who might prefer to learn PubMed in their native language you might be interested to know that the National Library of Medicine has several PubMed guides in other languages other than English. Information is available in: Chinese / 中文 French / Français German / Deutsch Italian / Italiano Japanese / 日本語 Norwegian / Norsk Portuguese / Português Russian / Русский Spanish / Español Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:48:51 +0100 892927 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/education-service-continuity-planning-webinar-will-have-tips-for-your-library/ When: at 12 pm MST and 1 pm CST  (January 12, 2011) What: Two staff members from the RML or guests will present information on the 10-Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning. This session will cover Step 7 :  Identify your core print collection.  List and prioritize print materials which would likely be needed by your patrons if your core online materials were not available (i.e. textbooks, reference materials, core journals)    Step 8:  Identify your unique resources.    List unique resources, such as institutional records, historical materials and artifacts, and works of art. Note in your disaster plan where these resources are located in the building and how they can be accessed by library staff or first-responders. .How: The sessions are conducted using Adobe Acrobat Connect. To test whether you can view the session try playing back one of our archived versions. If you have problems contact Sharon Dennis , Technology Coordinator, to help trouble shoot your system. Registration: Register at: www.tinyurl.com/mcrclasses.  Registration is not required, but appreciated. Logging In: Go to http://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr.  Enter as a guest. Sign in with your first and last names. Follow the instructions in the meeting room to have the Adobe Acrobat Connect system call you on your telephone. If you missed it, you may view the October 13, 2010 session featuring Step 5 presented by Betsy Kelly and Step 6 presented by John Bramble Click here to watch archived session. 1 MLA CE credit is available for each session. Upcoming sessions : 10-Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning Steps 7 and 8 – January 12, 2011 Steps 9 and 10 – March 9, 2011 Questions about the Ten Step sessions or receiving credit, contact Jim Honour [jh] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:37:36 +0100 893072 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/15/january_pubmed/ Image adapted from Brain Vocab Sketch by labguest on flickr What are you doing next year? In January, NN/LM PNR will offer two online opportunities for you to learn more about PubMed, the National Library of Medicine’s free, comprehensive index to the biomedical journal literature. Whether you’re a librarian or would just like to know how to search PubMed like one, we hope you’ll get out that 2011 calendar and save the following dates. PubMed Update RML Rendezvous January 19, 1-2 PM Pacific (2 to 3 pm Mountain, noon to 1pm Alaska) January’s RML Rendezvous hour will be a PubMed update presented by Alison Aldrich, NN/LM PNR’s Technology Outreach Coordinator. This update will cover tweaks and changes to the PubMed interface that have been introduced over the past several months. Visit the Rendezvous website to connect to this free webcast. There’s no need to RSVP. Like all RML Rendezvous webcasts, this one will be recorded and made available for later viewing. For more information please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? to test your computer connection as a recent Flash update may be needed. Making PubMed Work for You January 24 – February 11 This online class is mainly for beginners to PubMed and for library assistants and technicians who would like to learn more about PubMed search strategies. It is taught through an online course management system, Moodle. There are no required online meetings. Participants will discuss concepts, run searches, and view PowerPoint presentations, videos and websites at their convenience. The course is meant to be completed over 3 or 4 weeks. Participants should plan to spend about an hour each week working on assignments. Making PubMed Work for You is approved for 3 hours of MLA Continuing Education credit. It was developed by Kay Deeney in the NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region and is making its Pacific Northwest debut next month. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:40:23 +0100 894236 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/12/15/3832 Die Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin (ZB MED) hat ihren Internetauftritt neu gestaltet. Ab sofort präsentiert sich www.zbmed.de in neuem Design und erweitertem Angebot. Ziel der umfassenden Neuerung ist es, mit einem klaren Design das Portal übersichtlicher zu gestalten und so die Nutzerführung und Präsentation der Inhalte zu verbessern. Die neuartige, interaktive Startseite lädt die Nutzerin und den Nutzer ein, aus diversen Angeboten der ZB MED zu wählen und sich die Seite nach eigenem Bedarf zusammen zu stellen. Ein übersichtliches Boxensystem aus Fachportalen, Online-Katalogen sowie Neuigkeiten aus den Fachbereichen Medizin, Gesundheit, Ernähungs-, Umwelt- und Agrarwissenschaften. Erweitert wird das Angebot durch einen Imagefilm und Social Media. Pressemitteilung der ZB MED 15.12.2010 KOMMENTARE jederzeit erwünscht! Related posts No related posts. (Source: medinfo) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:14:34 +0100 894234 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/RDV9xn_DxTk/ Almost 2 years ago I bought an iPhone and after reading and hearing stories about how fragile the little suckers were I decided to purchase insurance for my phone.  I am not cell phone abuser, I have only killed 1 1/2 phones since I have started carrying them.  I say 1 1/2 because my clamshell flip phone fell down a flight of stairs and it broke into two parts resulting in a definite cell phone death, while the “half” dead phone was the result of a spilled drink.  The drowned cell phone actually worked fine, the screen was just messed up and you couldn’t see who was calling.  But I still used it until my plan renewed. Recently I began having difficulties with my iPhone.  The external speaker stopped working, thus no ring tone when somebody called and the alarm clock (which I used in hotels) was silent.  I could hear things when I had earphones in but that was about it.  Then the battery life on my phone went from typical smartphone paltry to downright nothing.  I would only get about 20 minutes of talk time out of it and maybe an 1 hour standby.  This was the death blow for me.  I cannot have a phone that I must leave plugged in constantly to receive calls.  Thankfully I bought Square Trade insurance for the expensive little beast.  Why did I go with Square Trade over Apple Care?  Simple… Remember I told you I had one phone that broke in half and another drown?  Apple Care does not insure your phone against user inflicted damage (drops, water damage, etc.) but Square Trade does.  So logged on to Square Trade and filed a claim to replace my dying iPhone.  The process was very simple (I had scanned in the original purchase receipt when I bought the insurance), I filled out the online form stating my problem and verified my address.  They sent out a replacement phone within 2 business days.  I received it and began charging it while I worked on syncing and getting all my stuff off of my old iPhone. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:56:19 +0100 892825 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/14/profdevawards10_11/ NN/LM PNR is currently accepting Professional Development Award Applications. The purpose of the Professional Development Award is to enable individuals at NN/LM PNR Network member institutions to expand professional knowledge and experience to provide improved health information access to health care professionals and consumers. For this initial offering, we are focusing on Emergency Preparedness. We will offer other opportunities with a broader focus in the future. The conferences for which we are offering funding are: February 2-4, 2011 Focus on Collections Care Presented by the Balboa Art Conservation Center Hosted by University of Washington Seattle, WA Watertown Hotel Choose between 3-day series of collection care courses or 3-day Emergency Preparedness Intensive March 29-30, 2011 Disaster Information Outreach Symposium National Library of Medicine Bethesda, MD No registration fee April 26-27. 2011 Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference Sponsored by Washington State University Greater Tacoma Convention Center and Trade Center Tacoma, WA $250 registration fee by February 21st; $325 by March 21st. For more information and to access the application, go to the full announcement on NN/LM PNR’s web site. (Source: Dragonfly) Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:53:01 +0100 892690 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/12/14/gmr-print-retention-task-force-update/ By Ruth Holst Associate Director NN/LM GMR Both university and health sciences libraries (HSLs) are feeling pressure with regard to their collection space, with other campus units pressing them to remove print materials and release the space those collections occupy for other uses. Many HSLs have already begun to withdraw print materials that they have available in electronic format. Large resource libraries (RLs) that have not yet taken this step are concerned that they will become the preserver of print collections by default.  Hospital libraries are concerned that they will lose access to needed materials within the region.  NLM is concerned with similar issues as they apply to the medical literature in general and to health sciences libraries nationally. GMR staff held a series of conversations earlier this year with resource library directors throughout the region and conducted a survey which confirmed the anecdotal impression that space pressures and collection concerns were an issue across the region. GMR is addressing this with additional information gathering, discussion, and planning during the fifth and final year of the current NN/LM subcontract. A planning task force was appointed in September to continue working on these issues.  The group was tasked with analyzing the data obtained in the GMR RL survey, looking at SERHOLD data, interviewing RL Directors and others in the region to identify interests and scope, and recommending an action plan for the design and implementation of next steps.  The goal is to produce a framework for further action by the end of year 5 to hand over to a steering committee for further work. In the coming months, GMR members can expect to hear more details from the Task Force as it solicits more input and feedback on the scope of the issue and possible solutions. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:18:52 +0100 893836 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/12/14/seasons-greetings-from-the-gmr-2010/ Photo Credit (Source: The Cornflower) Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:52:59 +0100 893837 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/education-netlibrary-2/ Check it out from the NN/LM MidContinental Region NetLibrary collection. It consists of 99 library management and technical e-books oriented toward use for librarians. If you access the collection through the NN/LM MCR webpage, it’s free, AND you can also print out a handy brochure. See: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/education/netlibrary.html (mm) Did you know nearly half of our e-book collection on NetLibrary can be downloaded? System Requirements for eBooks: http://www.netlibrary.com/Help/DisplayTopic.aspx?Name=General/SystemRequirementsEbooks (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:19:07 +0100 892687 http://www.smdm.org/diagnostic_errors/audio-video/1006.mp3 The video for the Monday and Tuesday Keynote Presentations and the Audio files for the Wednesday sessions at the Diagnostic Errors in Medicine Conference 2010 in Toronto have been posted.  Please see the links below or visit the website, http://www.smdm.org/diagnostic_errors/agenda_conference_schedule.shtml .  Contents include: Learning from Diagnostic Mistakes – Past, Present, & Future Kaveh G. Shojania, MD, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Shojania will draw on his extensive experience in studying diagnostic error through the lens of medical autopsy (the historical gold standard for diagnostic error recognition) to reflect on the present and future of diagnostic error detection and feedback systems. Click here to view the video of this session, http://www.smdm.org/diagnostic_errors/audio-video/Keynote_10262010.shtml DEM Keynote Presentation: Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: What can the DEM movement learn from successes in therapeutic safety? Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, Division of Adult Critical Care Medicine; Director, JHU Quality & Safety Research Group; Medical Director, Center for Innovations in Quality Patient Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD World-renowned patient safety leader and change agent Peter Pronovost will leverage his extensive personal experience with creating a culture of safety in medicine and the use of simple interventions such as checklists to create measurable improvements in patient safety to suggest a path forward for the burgeoning Diagnostic Error in Medicine movement.  Click here to view the video of this session, http://www.smdm.org/diagnostic_errors/audio-video/Keynote_10272010.shtml Improving Diagnostic Accuracy – What Will it Take? Donald Redelmeier, MD, MS, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre This session will focus on the interventions for reducing diagnostic error. ... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:18:38 +0100 892688 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/12/13/changing-the-face-of-medicine-celebrating-america%e2%80%99s-women-physicians/ By Erinn Aspinall, MSI, AHIP Special Projects Librarian Health Sciences Libraries University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN The University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries hosted the National Library of Medicine’s Changing the Face of Medicine traveling exhibit from October 25-December 5, 2010.  This exhibit celebrates the many contributions of women physicians.  The Libraries planned several events in concert with the exhibit to honor the past, present and future of women in medicine. The opening reception featured four accomplished women physicians: Dr. Deborah Powell (Dean Emeritus of the University of Minnesota Medical School), Dr. Patricia Simmons (Mayo Clinic clinician, University of Minnesota Board of Regents member), Dr. Judith Kaur (Mayo Clinic clinician) and Dr. Kathleen Annette (Acting Deputy Director for Field Operations at the Indian Health Service).  Each of these speakers provided their personal stories about how they found their path to medicine and how they have made a difference to their patients, their students, and the profession. The Health Sciences Libraries also celebrated the future of medicine by showcasing the research posters of the Minnesota’s Future Doctors students.  This program assists minority, immigrant, rural, and disadvantaged students in becoming a doctor.  Poster topics included research on depression, cancer, prenatal care and smoking cessation, and several posters focused on research within the students’ own communities. A Work/Life Balance luncheon seminar was co-sponsored by the Women in Medicine Student Group and attended by more than 125 students.  Dr. Carolyn Torkelson (University of Minnesota), Dr. Gretchen Rasmusson (Abbott Northwestern Outpatient Care) and Ruth Rounds, MA (Founder of Life Dimensions, Inc.) shared their experiences and expertise in finding balance between managing a demanding career and raising a family. ... Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:12:53 +0100 892456 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/pubmed-abstract-display/ The MeSH Vocabulary includes nearly 200,000 records known as the Supplementary Concept Records (SCRs). Until recently these were primarily records for drugs and substances plus a small percentage of protocols. Beginning with 2011 MeSH, SCR records will also include disease terms that are not MeSH headings as explained in the forthcoming article, What’s New for 2011 MeSH®. PubMed will display SCR terms in the expandable section for supplemental information of the Abstract format as follows: Chemicals and substances will continue to display under the header, Substances. Protocols and disease terms will display under the new header, Supplementary Concepts. All SCRs will display on the MEDLINE format with the RN field tag. All SCRs can be searched using these search tags: [supplementary concept] [substance name] [nm] Example: kindler syndrome [nm] [rb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:08:49 +0100 892530 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/nihcenter/ Comments sought on proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at NIH http://bit.ly/dV9s7o On Dec. 7, 2010, the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) recommended that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) realign its resources to establish a new Center devoted to advancing translational sciences. The action came in response to NIH Director Francis Collinss charge to the SMRB to formulate and recommend a plan for achieving optimal organization for therapeutic development within NIH. As currently envisioned, the central role of the proposed National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) would be to establish a focused, integrated, and systematic approach for building new bridges to link basic discovery research with therapeutics development and clinical care. The Center would be formed initially by integrating selected translational research programs now located within the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), and the NIH Directors Common Fund. [CBPR listserv] scb (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:47:04 +0100 892298 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/qMUDKiN0i1M/web-user-and-library-presentation-for.html The Web, the User and the Library View more presentations from Guus van den Brekel. GERMAN NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ZB MED : Knowledge for Life: http://digicmb.blogspot.com/2010/12/german-national-library-of-medicine-zb.html This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB) Sun, 12 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892428 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/ApN-PW2-aJI/german-national-library-of-medicine-zb.html Love padlocks bridge in Cologne with the Dom This week I was in Cologne, Germany in the German National Library of Medicine, the ZB MED, the second largest medical library of the world. The "ZB MED is the Federal Republic of Germany's central specialist library of medicine, health, nutrition, the environment, and agriculture, and was founded in 1969.  I was asked to perform a consultation together with team leaders and the director Ulrich Korwitz. We did spend almost a whole day discussing their new Strategic plans for 2010-2012, including marketing  and PR. The slides of my morning session are available here. The ZB Med has developed a wide range of interesting quality resources and services over the years. the Document delivery service The MEDPILOT : unique medical information portal and search engine using semantic techniques which enables multiple languages as input and quality matching with key concepts, facetting, combined with ordering service and literature search agent. MEDPILOT covers a a wide range of quality medical databases, resources and Catalogues, available for discovery and federated searching, based on the Morphosaurus project The GREENPILOT: Nutritional, environmental and agricultural information portalwith integrated ordering component ElliNET:  archive of relevant electronic publications on Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment and Agriculture GMS: German Medical Science is the Open Access portal for online journal, Conferences and Proceedings from the scope of Medicine for everybody working on or for scientific publications Specialist Information Portals on Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment and Agriculture the ZB Med is an important part(ner) in the national science platform GOPORTIS EYEMOVIEPEDIA: The portal eyeMoviePedia offers all scientists from the field of Ophthalmology the possibility to publish their films online. ... Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892429 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/D1V0z-UnuwY/ Facebook can be a useful tool or a fun way to waste some time.  Really the same can be said about a lot of tools we use in the work place.  Email, we can’t live without it now (ok I can’t live without it, I don’t know about the rest of you all) but how many of us use our work email to email friends and family?  The same can be said about the phone too, although I have to say I use the phone less than I use email.  So it isn’t surprising that Facebook can serve two purposes for some people. I have two Facebook accounts.  A public one, The Krafty Librarian, and a personal one. I use the public one specifically to speak about library issues and things of interest to medical librarians, basically it is an extension of my blog.  My personal Facebook site is set up really to just chat with friends and family and do typical Facebook-ish type things like post family pictures and talk about personal things like painting my house. Most people don’t want or need a public Facebook page, and for those that don’t have one it is important to look at the Facebook settings for a personal account and think about whether putting “friends” in categories.  I have three main friend categories on my personal Facebook page, family, friends, and librarians.  There is some cross over, for example I have some good friends who are librarians so those people are in both lists.  Not only does this allow me to restrict access to certain things like family photos to certain groups of people but equally important it allows me to selectively post things to my wall.  I can post an library related article and have it only be visible to librarians.  Like wise I can post an link to my new favorite TV series The Walking Dead that is only visible to my friends.  That way my friends aren’t inundated with library stuff and librarians aren’t inundated with zombie stories. ... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:04:19 +0100 891795 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/awards-and-education-professional-development-award-2/ Thinking about what you want to learn in the new year?  Need some funding to attend a class or conference? The NN/LM MCR still encourages applicants for the Professional Development award and will be awarding approximately 25 Professional Development subsidies (up to $1,500 each) to support health science or hospital librarians who wish to attend a conference, or take a training or workshop of their choice by the end of April 2011. Priority will be given to professional development in the areas of emergency preparedness, personal and electronic health records, health information literacy, or library advocacy, and would include online training opportunities. Applicants are encouraged to think about arenas so that learned information can be shared with MCR members. For more information and application information see: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding/ (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:30:05 +0100 891969 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/2010/12/education-two-new-archived-sessions-biomedical-publishing-101-and-healthy-kids-resources/ 1)  Biomedical Publishing 101 was held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010.  It was created by the Chicago Collaborative, a joint partnership of librarians, publishers and editor, and sponsored and hosted by the Four Corners Directors, and the MidContinental, Pacific Southwest and the South Central Regions of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. This 90-minute webinar provides an opportunity to learn about the publishing cycle of biomedical journals, both in print and online.  The complexities of publishing, in a world of rapidly changing delivery formats and devices were explored, including the publishing challenges and opportunities posed by each.  The presenter was John Tagler of the Association of American Publishers, Inc. and the session was moderated by Jean Shipman, Director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the MidContinental Region Director. Available at: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p45972483/ 2) Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources – Healthy Kids’s Resources was held on Dec. 8, 2010.  Resources covered included those about kids, as well as those for kids, including gaming,  comic books, coloring books, and stories.   Marty Magee presented this hour long session.  Available at: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p46786831/ (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:46:21 +0100 891970 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/12/09/would-you-like-that-in-mobile-or-regular/ To the fair readers of The Cornflower: you now have the option to read our blog in a traditional web browser on a desktop computer (as you are undoubtedly doing right now) or on your smartphone using a mobile browser.  The blogs of the NN/LM were built with WordPress, an open-source content management system that is often used as a blog publishing tool.  The architecture allows for plug-ins (little add-on programs to hopefully enhance functionality) and custom templates (the design).  The blog editor turned on a plug-in called WPtouch.  WPtouch “…formats your site with a mobile theme for visitors on Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, Google Android, Blackberry Storm and Torch, Palm Pre and other touch-based smartphones.”  Some members have told us that our blog is blocked in their hospitals even though it comes from a .gov domain.  It will be interesting to see if this still happens when viewed on a mobile device. Your next assignment, if you choose to accept it: pull out your smartphone and open the browser.  Go to http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog.  You should see images similar to those below.  The images come from an iPhone/iPod Touch. This is the first view you will see when you go to the URL on your smartphone. After selecting the article you want to read, you can easily do so in mobile view. We hope you like it and definitely want to hear if you encounter any problems. (Source: The Cornflower) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:27:55 +0100 892457 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/12/09/new-americans-health-information-day-planned/ Heartland Health Outreach Refugee Health Programs will be hosting a Health Information Day with their Chicago Public Library (CPL) partners as part of their New Americans Library and Internet Access Project. Heartland Health Outreach has been working with the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences outreach librarian, Lisa Massengale, to expand access to quality health and medical information for both older and newly arrived immigrants and refugees through a Consumer Health Subcontract that that is funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region. This is the second of two Health Information days and will take place at the Rogers Park Branch of CPL at 6907 N. Clark Street, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 2010. At the last Health Info Day, held at the Bezazian Branch, many newcomers were welcomed, including many new participants from RefugeeOne. Participants will be shown how to access quality health information on the Internet, in their native languages, wherever possible, and will learn more about the public library as a community resource. For more information, please contact Judith Weinstein, MA, MPH, Associate Director, Refugee Health Programs, Heartland Health Outreach. 773.751-4166. (Source: The Cornflower) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:38:47 +0100 892458 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8737 Delicious underwent some changes this week. They have removed the Send field from the box that opens when you use the bookmarklet button in your browser. The Send field was used to share a site with another Delicious user while you were saving it for yourself.  I liked that feature, but Delicious found that the field was not widely used.  Instead, sharing is now a two step process. First, you save the site for yourself, and once that is completed, you can click on Share (from within your account) and you will be given 3 options for sharing: Twitter, Email, and Delicious. I made a short Jing video to demonstrate the change:  http://screencast.com/t/PYbqKt6L6I [rb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:21:45 +0100 891533 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/WX9roEgQ5ZE/ In May at the DC meeting I wrote a post about what it was like serving as one of the co-chairs of the NPC and planning the Seattle meeting.  Through out this year we have been working (primarily online using Google Docs) on the meeting.  On Monday and Tuesday I was in Seattle with my fellow co-chair Teresa Knott meeting with the MLA folks, LAC, and the meeting planners.  During this year we have been working choosing the theme, logo, speaker, and creating committees.  As I mentioned most of the work we have been doing has been online through Google Docs where we post documents discussing those things for the rest of the committee to look at, edit, vote on, and discuss.  I am happy to report we have our theme and our logo and we are actively in the process of finding a speaker and forming other committees.  While we were in Seattle we stayed in the conference hotel and toured the convention center (which is right across the street).  The hotel is very nice and located near lots of shopping and restaurants and is short walk to the Pike Place Market (see map to view places around the hotel).  We have a lot of things still left to do, but we are working on them.  We have already chosen our them and our logo which will debut at the 2011 meeting.  As our meeting date gets closer and we finalize more items I will report on them.  In the mean time don’t forget about Minneapolis where I will see you in the 2012 booth. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:06:33 +0100 891402 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8725 The Joint Commission has launched its new Web site, www.jointcommission.org, which has enhanced features and capabilities to provide its customers and the public with better accessibility to the wealth of information on the site.  Some of the highlights of the new site are: Ability to sign up for updates and alerts about events, field reviews, new and updated FAQs, newsletters, and more A Daily Update section highlights any new information that has been posted within the last 24 hours Enhanced multimedia functionality for videos, podcasts, and RSS feeds More interactive opportunities via blogs, real-time discussion forums, online speakers bureau form, maps that show the states that recognize Joint Commission accreditation and certification, and ‘share with a friend’ capability Clear identification of new FAQs and easier navigation of standards FAQs, including the ability to search within FAQs for special topics An Event Calendar highlights upcoming conferences, teleconferences and webinars, and provides for easy, online registration Enhanced and advanced search functionality   Please note that the Internet Explorer 6 browser will not support several of the new sites’ features.  The new site works best with one of the following browsers, which are available for free download via their respective Web sites:  Internet Explorer 7 and above, Firefox 2 and above, Safari 3 and above, Chrome 4 and above. Also, if you have saved Joint Commission Web pages or links to your Favorites, you will need to update those links and Web pages.  Send questions about the new Web site to The Joint Commission Webmaster at webmaster@jointcommission.org.  (bbj) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:27 +0100 891300 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8719 DECEMBER 3, 2010   MEMORANDUM   TO:     THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE AND THE MLA GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE   FR:     DALE DIRKS AND TERRELL BAPTISTE   RE:     NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REFORM   Following 10 months of deliberation, President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform failed to reach consensus today on a far-reaching deficit reduction plan.   The 18 member bipartisan commission fell 3 votes shy of the 14 needed to move its ambitious plan forward for congressional consideration.   The proposal would have reduced the federal deficit by a projected $4 trillion over the next decade.     Some of the major policy changes recommended include;   An overhaul of the tax code for both individuals and corporations, including an elimination or reduction in $1 trillion in annual tax breaks.  One of the tax breaks targeted for revision was the deduction for charitable contributions. Raising the eligibility age for full Social Security benefits from 67 to 69. Significant cuts in discretionary spending, including defense. Popular discretionary health accounts like the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would have potentially been impacted by this call for discretionary spending restraint as well. Slowing the rate of growth in health care spending, particularly Medicare and Medicaid, by hundreds of billions of dollars.   Elimination of all congressional earmarks.   To access the entire plan, entitled “The Moment of Truth,” please visit……..  http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/news/moment-truth-report-national-commission-fiscal-responsibility-and-reform   Although the proposal failed to officially move forward for congressional consideration, members of the Obama administration have already stated that some of the proposals will appear in the President’s 2012 budget, which will be released early next year. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:08:06 +0100 891301 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8711 http://bit.ly/fGhrob The Francis A. Countway Library Fellowship in the History of Medicine provides a stipend of up to $5,000 to support travel, lodging, and incidental expenses for a flexible period between June 1, 2011, and May 31, 2012. Besides conducting research, the fellow will submit a report on the results of his/her residency and may be asked to present a seminar or lecture at the Countway Library. The fellowship proposal should demonstrate that the Countway has resources central to the research topic. Preference will be given to applicants who live beyond commuting distance of the Countway. The application, outlining the proposed project (proposal should not exceed five pages), length of residence, materials to be consulted, and a budget with specific information on travel, lodging, and research expenses, should be submitted, along with a curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation, by February 1, 2011.  [ScanGrants http://bit.ly/eaolJG] scb (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:43:04 +0100 891302 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8697 Tune in at 12:00 pm Mountain Time/1:00 pm Central Time. **Note the starting time! Kids’ resources can be found on many National Library of Medicine web sites and more.   The resources covered will include those about kids, as well as those for kids, including gaming,  comic books, coloring books, and stories.   Marty Magee will be presenting this hour long session. Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appreciated). URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/, Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name, Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:32:12 +0100 890903 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8691 The December 2010 issue of NIH News in Health is now available online. 2011 is just weeks away – learn how to stick with resolutions for healthier you and find healthy gift ideas for family and friends. [da] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:44:18 +0100 890904 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8685 The following changes were made to the PubMed Limits screen in November 2010. Subsets Two subsets were added: Dietary Supplement Veterinary Science Publication Types Two new Publication Types were added to the Limits menu Autobiography Video-Audio Media Header change The header over the selections Male and Female were changed from “Gender” to “Sex.” Follow this link to read about the changes in the NLM’s Technical Bulletin: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd10/nd10_diet_vet.html   [rb]   (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:38:28 +0100 890905 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8677 PubMed brouchures are available in the following languages: Chinese French German Italian Japanese Norwegian Portuguese Russian Spanish Vietnamese Visit: http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/intlpubmedlinks.html [rb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:31:27 +0100 890906 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8667 The books in Bookshelf have been given a new look as part of a redesign that is taking place in several stages. The Bookshelf redesign goes beyond cosmetic enhancements; it includes infrastructural improvements to facilitate the discovery of information at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The first (and completed) stage is the redesign that improves how all book pages are displayed. The table of contents page of every book now displays the book’s bibliographic data, such as the book title, author, publisher, and copyright information. A thumbnail display of the book cover shows prominently and an abstract or excerpt from the book is displayed above the table of contents. On the right side of the page, related PubMed® citations and history of recent activity may display. Where available, links to other NCBI resources, such as Gene and OMIM, may also display. These new panels mark the ongoing work to create rich links between NCBI resources and to maximize discoverability of related materials. Read about the changes in the NLM’s Technical Bulletin: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd10/nd10_bookshelf_changes.html [rb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:24:14 +0100 890907 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8651 The NN/LM MCR staff met in Salt Lake City last week to develop the logic model for 2011-2012. In addition to developing the logic model, staff created two collages, one representing 2006-2011 and the other representing the future 2011-2016. Photos from the planning meeting are on the MCR’s Facebook page. If you’re not a friend, you can find the Facebook link under News and Events on our home page http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ /ch (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:31:43 +0100 890908 http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/2010/12/consuming-delicious-linkrolls.html No. Linkrolls are not a delicious appetizer or a holiday baked good. Linkrolls are a way to have Delicious bookmarks displayed as part of a web site or blog posting. Although the ability to create Delicious Linkrolls has been available for over 5-years now, I've only recently began to leverage the service. As an example of how they can be used, I've been working on an ePortfolio to track references to my various scholarly communications, appearing both in print and online. After performing various searches for references, I bookmark the ones I find on my Delicious site, making sure to add specific tags. The saved bookmarks can then be searched, sorted, and imported using scripting made available by Delicious. After all the options are set, it is as easy as copying and pasting to get the targeted Delicious links embedded into a blog post or web page.To create a Linkroll:- Create or log into your Delicious account- Add bookmarks with tags- Go to http://www.delicious.com/help/linkrolls- Change preferences, including appropriate tags- Copy the html code into a web page or blog post. This will import Delicious bookmarks into any post or page. The code generated by Delicious does not include any styling , so it may need some style tweaking. The imported content should blend in and adopt the look of your site. (Source: The Medium is the Message) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 890992 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8645 The National Library of Medicine has tagged a subset of over 1000 disaster-related records in the DIRLINE directory of health organizations. A widget is available for searching this subset directly from your Web page. http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/widgetdimrc.html [DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB ] scb (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:16:46 +0100 890470 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/03/rml-rendezvous-rural-health-disparities/ David Young, Montana State University Professor, joins us for December’s RML Rendezvous to talk about rural health disparities. Rural health needs and issues, and strategies for partnering with libraries to work in rural communities will be discussed. Dave is a co-invesitgator on the Montana State University Extension Project, Health Enhancement for Rural Elderly (HERE) funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific NW Region. Join us Wednesday, December 8 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time to learn more about the HERE project and the special challenges and opportunities of health care delivery in small towns. We look forward to seeing you at the webcast! For more information and to test your computer connection, please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? (Source: Dragonfly) Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:22:00 +0100 890998 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/12/03/unique-collections/ Aristotle. Master With Two Students [Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, ca. 1493] Images From the History of Medicine, National Library of Medicine Public Domain Preserving health sciences materials is an important part of the National Library of Medicine‘s (NLM) mission.  In addition to its own large collections, the NLM has created a directory of historical materials to highlight unique collections at other institutions and to provide contact information to researchers wishing to access them.  The NLM has asked its Regional Medical Libraries to identify collections in each region that should be included in the Directory of History of Medicine Collections.  The collections described in this Directory database provide research and reference services to scholars interested in the history of the health sciences.  Some of the subjects include: dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing, military medicine, and pharmacy. Here’s where you come in!  We are asking organizations throughout our Network to participate in this effort by filling out a questionnaire, telling us whether they have relevant collections, or know of relevant collections in the Pacific Northwest.  Please go to this link to answer the brief  (4 question) online questionnaire – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N3QKT67.  Thank you  for your participation! Email Gail Kouame or Cathy Burroughs at the Regional Medical Library if you have questions or want to share relevant information about this effort. Office phone: 206-543-8262 or 1-800-338-7657. (Source: Dragonfly) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:45:16 +0100 890999 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/PItajZTt_KY/ Thanks to Valerie’s Comment I have learned that the folks over at MerchantCircle blog have just posted a video featuring the ”new” Bloglines.  The video is hosted on YouTube and the direct link is: http://blog.merchantcircle.com/2010/11/sneak-peak-into-new-bloglines.html I tried viewing the video on my iPhone and the writing is so small that I can’t read anything about it, so it is best viewed on a regular computer screen. As far as I can tell from the MerchantCircle blog most of the features they mention seem to pretty standard and were already a part of Bloglines (at least I think they were).  The feature that I definitely know is new is they have integrated Facebook and Twitter sharing so it looks like Valerie’s opinion that the “new design looks like the Netvibes reader with a different skin to it,” is pretty accurate. Adding the Facebook and Twitter component was/is crucial to me, I have really grown to love that feature in Netvibes and I think that makes sharing stories between the three systems (Facebook, blogs, Twitter) that much easier and cohesive.  Now that I know the new Bloglines will have this feature, it definitely makes it worth it to me to look at moving back. We will see. The MerchantCircle blog Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:12:56 +0100 890115 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TScott/~3/iba_O7Z_y-M/apparently-it-starts-early.html Josie got her first phone call from a friend yesterday.    Ashleigh called and left a message on Marian's cell.  Josie called her right back and they talked for ten minutes.  This is by far the longest phone conversation she's ever had.  If she spends 2 minutes on the nightly phone call with her dad or her mom (depending on whose house she's at), that constitutes a very long conversation.  She'll call me or Nonni on occasion when she's got big news to share, but she'll tell the news and then quickly get to her standard signoff, "Love you, bye!" (Source: T. Scott) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891037 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/JAC2bRRQ2yg/ Librarians, are you conducting any literature searches supporting systematic reviews or plan to conduct one in the near future?  If so the reference librarians at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System need your help and would like for you volunteer to participate in their study.  Their study is to “identify trends in conducting literature searches to support systematic reviews. Results will help systematic reviewers and information professionals to better plan resources to search and allow a more accurate estimation of time and effort required for the literature search portion of a systematic review.” If you are interested in participating in the study and helping out your fellow librarians as they conduct research, the results of which they hope to present at a meeting or publish in a peer reviewed journal, then please go to http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/services/reference/study for their contact information. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:26:06 +0100 889831 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/EDFuGV1Rc58/ After to coming to terms with the need to move my monster list of feeds from Bloglines, evaluating Google Reader, NetVibes and various other feed readers, weeding dead or no longer relevant feeds (really needed to be done even if I didn’t move feed readers), and finally getting used and somewhat enjoying NetVibes, I got an email from MerchantCircle informing me that Bloglines will not die.  The email came November 30th but MerchantCircle’s press release is dated November 4th.  According to the press release MerchantCircle will assume management of Bloglines and beginning December 1st (today) will offer “richer, more local Bloglines experience for existing and future users.”  Of course it also says on December 1st go to www.bloglines.com for more information.   However, people who do that are just redirected to MerchantCircle which repeats a lot of the same information and links to the MerchantCircle blog post telling people that “beginning around December 1st, when you log in to your Bloglines account (using your same id and password), you’ll be transitioned to the NEW Bloglines experience.” I logged in and I guess they will be going with the “around” December 1st date because to me it looks like the same old Bloglines.  By now I am guessing many avid Bloglines users have already moved their feeds to another reader.  I am interested to see what the new Bloglines will be and what enhancements will be made, however I have to say that I really like NetVibes social monitoring interactive features that Bloglines just didn’t have.  I am also a little concerned about the lack of coordination with the press releases, email notice, the jumping from site to site to read ”more” about it, and the nebulous launch date of the new version. ... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:19:31 +0100 889719 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/11/30/pubmedtraining/ Now that you’ve read the PubMed News Roundup, are you ready for lasso lessons to improve your searching? The Riverpoint Campus Library in Spokane, WA is sponsoring the National Library of Medicine’s National Training Team on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:30am to 5pm – PubMed® Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:30am to Noon – NLM Gateway and Clinical Trials Service To register for one or both of these classes, please go to this link: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html Fill out the personal info, and from the pull-down menus, select April 27, 2011, or April 28, 2011, for the appropriate class.  Unless you can travel elsewhere, ignore the “second choice” pull-down. If the class is full, please get in touch with Bob Pringle at rpringle@wsu.edu about a waiting list.  Further details about the classes are: PubMed®: a full-day class designed to improve use of PubMed®, including MEDLINE citations; Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®), and their importance to searchers; expert searching. For health professional students, faculty, researchers, practitioners – nurses, pharmacists, physicians, & more. NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov: a half-day class to teach use of the NLM Gateway. Also discusses and demonstrates ClinicalTrials.gov. NLM Gateway: search simultaneously in multiple NLM retrieval systems with a single search interface. Includes full text biomedical books, toxicology, genetics, images, health services research projects, and more. ClinicalTrials.gov: a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials in the U.S. and around the world. Info about a trial’s purpose, participants, locations, and contact details. (Source: Dragonfly) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:29:56 +0100 891000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TScott/~3/GhBL1DH1mE8/simplicity.html Lynn decided to take Marian out for some therapeutic Christmas shopping so she called me to see if I could pick Josie up from school.  It's the kind of call I love to get.  I rearranged a couple of things so that I could leave the library by 2:15. (Source: T. Scott) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 889665 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/11/29/pubmed-news-roundup/ It’s been a busy fall at the National Library of Medicine. NLM and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) have implemented or are working on several enhancements to PubMed and related databases. Some of the highlights are listed below. Details about any of these enhancements can be found in the NLM Technical Bulletin. Images Database Figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from PubMed Central articles are now searchable thanks to a new Images Database. This database will be expanded over time to include images from other NCBI full-text sources. When a PubMed search retrieves citations for articles with indexed images, thumbnail-sized versions of those images will appear on the abstract screen and link out to the Images database. MeSH 2011 The latest updates to the Medical Subject Headings can be found here: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/introduction.html New descriptors of possible interest include: doulas, bullying, carbon footprint, epigenomics, food safety, food – organic, quality improvement, and social stigma. NLM’s year-end processing is going on right now and will be completed in mid-December. This means that no new MeSH indexing is being applied to PubMed citations between now and then (new in-process and publisher-supplied citations are still added daily, though). When processing is complete, PubMed citations will be updated to reflect 2011 MeSH. PubMed Author ID Project NLM is working on a project to disambiguate common names. This will make it easier to perform precise searches by author when the author’s name is, say, John Smith. This project is expected to launch in mid-2011. In the meantime, you can help by encouraging authors within your institutions to create lists of their own articles using the MyBibliography feature in MyNCBI. New Subsets on the Limits page New subsets for Veterinary Science and Dietary Supplements are now listed on PubMed’s Limits page. ... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:04:08 +0100 889345 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/s1GfXM2Ha30/ Several librarians at my institution were interested in seeing/listening to the MeSH at 50 – 50th Anniversary of Medical Subject Headings by Robert Braude at NLM a few weeks ago.  Unfortunately at the time, we couldn’t get it to work correctly for some reason.  Good news, the program is now available under Past Events on the NIH’s videocast site.  One of the librarians here has already viewed it and said that much of the talk is about “what was (and wasn’t) available/used BEFORE MeSH, and about the initial development of MeSH itself.”  The program lasts about an hour and according the one viewer, there aren’t a lot of “visuals” so it is easy to listen to while multi-tasking at your desk. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:09:30 +0100 889195 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8625 1) Evidence Based Medicine – an archived recording of November 16, 2010 presented by Lenora Kinzie, hospital library recipient of the Professional Development Award at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p40228112/. 2) Breezing Along with the RML – Nov. 17, 2010.  Claire Hamasu reviewed the background of meaningful use and described the documentation to incorporate MedlinePlus into electronic health records for MedlinePlus Connect. 2) Diagnostic error is the leading cause of malpractice in every health care organization according to Mark Graber, MD, co-chair of the 3rd Annual International Diagnostic Errors in Medicine Conference. Barb Jones shared her experiences and insights gained at the conference as well as sharing her poster and panel presentations.  Find it at:  https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p69742064/ (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:49:08 +0100 889190 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8615 Tune in at 12:00 pm Mountain Time/1:00 pm Central Time. **Note the starting time! Kids’ resources can be found on many National Library of Medicine web sites and more.   The resources covered will include those about kids, as well as those for kids, including gaming,  comic books, coloring books, and stories.   Marty Magee will be presenting this hour long session. Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appreciated). URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/, Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name, Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:32:02 +0100 889191 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/VhVse7bKbHU/ For all of you in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving may you have a wonderful time being with the ones you love. Posts will resume Monday. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:01:49 +0100 888430 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8599 Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce a new national initiative, Getting Ready in Indian Country: Emergency Preparedness and Response for Native American Cultural Resources. Developed with support from the National Park Service and the Office of Environmental Compliance of the Department of the Interior, Getting Ready in Indian Country is intended to advance emergency preparedness, stimulate discussion, and inspire new projects for the care and protection of tribal heritage. Visit http://www.heritagepreservation.org/gettingready/. [da] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:45:57 +0100 888308 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8593 The Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness has a new look and new web address, http://phpreparedness.nlm.nih.gov. It is now a featured resource on the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) web site, http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov. The Guide continues to provide access to no-cost web materials on public health preparedness topics for the public health workforce. Comments and questions about the Resource Guide may be sent to tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov . [da] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:43:14 +0100 888309 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/4alzNkHTt-E/ NLM announced last Friday the Journals Database will retired and its information will be added to the NLM catalog.  The catalog will contain the ”detailed Medline indexing information about the journals in PubMed and other NCBI database.”  For more information and screen shots go to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd10/nd10_nlm_catalog.html NLM announced on Monday other changes to the catalog such as the addition and changes of some publication types.  For more information those changes go to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd10/nd10_cataloging_news_2011.html Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:36:00 +0100 888338 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/SzqiEJY09PM/ Recently the American Medical Association just released a new guidelines for physicians using social media.  The policy “aims at helping physicians to maintain a positive online presence and preserve the integrity of the patient-physician relationship.” I am glad the AMA is adressing social media among physicians, but looking at the new policy they seem very common sense.  Besides the need to maintain appropriate patient-physican boundaries and confidentiality, most of this stuff applies to everyone on social media sites. According to the AMA’s site The new policy encourages physicians to: Use privacy settings to safeguard personal information and content to the fullest extent possible on social networking sites. Routinely monitor their own Internet presence to ensure that the personal and professional information on their own sites and content posted about them by others, is accurate and appropriate. Maintain appropriate boundaries of the patient-physician relationship when interacting with patients online and ensure patient privacy and confidentiality is maintained. Consider separating personal and professional content online. Recognize that actions online and content posted can negatively affect their reputations among patients and colleagues, and may even have consequences for their medical careers. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:48:55 +0100 888108 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8581 Struggling with depression and stress as the holiday season nears? Recognizing holiday triggers can help you avoid a potential meltdown. Learn tips for coping from the Mayo Clinic at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress/MH00030/METHOD=print. [da] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:23:43 +0100 888114 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8571 As we gather in the kitchen and visit family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday, don’t forget the safe preparation and storing of food. Visit MedlinePlus for timely information on food safety at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodsafety.html. [da] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:12:09 +0100 888115 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8555 NLM and MCR offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 25 and 26 for the the Thanksgiving Holiday. (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:53:34 +0100 888116 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/Cc95Jw0Vzwk/ The theme for the 2011 Annual Meeting is Rethink and Molly Knapp, 2010 Annual Meeting blog administrator and 2011 member of the National Program Committee, writes in the MLA News about rethinking the Annual Meeting Blog (full text available to MLA members).  The Annual Meeting blog has evolved significantly over the years.  In the beginning it was just a few people who submitted some posts that were aggregated on the blog site.  Now people apply to be bloggers and write on various aspects of the meeting, those who are accepted get AHIP points and possibly free wifi courtesy of MLA.  I managed the 2009 Annual Meeting Blog and I told Molly when she was handed the reigns to the 2010 blog, that we might be growing a little big to be randomly writing on topics and that we may need to think about how we organize things. Well, based off of the 2009 Annual Meeting blog and 2010 Annual Meeting blog, Molly decided to rethink the way the 2011 meeting blog will be handled.  During the last two annual meetings we sometimes had multiple people blog about the same thing, and while it was nice to get two different perspectives on an event, we really didn’t need four posts summarizing the Presidential Address.  I wasn’t just the only one who felt this way, based on the 2009 Annual Meeting blog survey I conducted, members wanted more variety and coverage of different events.  In years past when there was only 4-5 bloggers it was difficult/impossible to cover that much stuff.  But in 2009 we had approximately 20 bloggers and in 2010 there were 17 bloggers.  With that many bloggers, there are certainly opportunity to change things so that the blog can be more relevant to members.  One of the ways is to have a little more structure as to who will be blogging and what they will be blogging about. ... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:48:09 +0100 887849 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/11/19/the-new-browser-wars/ What’s your favorite web browser? If you work in a hospital library, most likely it is Internet Explorer 6.  Oh wait – I said FAVORITE web browser.  According to Net Applications, Internet Explorer is still the top dog at 59.26% of market share as of October 2010.  Firefox came in second with 22.82% and Chrome [...] (Source: The Cornflower) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:39:30 +0100 887292 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/11/19/end-of-life-library-receives-award/ By Suzanne Earle, MLS, AHIP End-of-Life Library The Hospice Institute Hospice of the Western Reserve Cleveland, OH The End-of-Life Library at Hospice of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio, has received the 2010 Rose & Sam Stein Award, the highest hospice honor which can be given in the state of Ohio. Library services were recognized for [...] (Source: The Cornflower) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:12:34 +0100 887293 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8547 Tune in at 12:00 pm Mountain Time/1:00 pm Central Time. **Note the starting time! Kids’ resources can be found on many National Library of Medicine web sites and more.   The resources covered will include those about kids, as well as those for kids, including gaming,  comic books, coloring books, and stories.   Marty Magee will be presenting this hour long session. Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appreciated). URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/, Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name, Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:42:34 +0100 886994 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/2aG_nowp-jY/ Recently I have been writing a series of posts on ebooks.  The blog posts didn’t start out as a series.  It all started from an update post about our video from the MLA webinar where I added a few things that we wanted to say on the video but didn’t due to time constraints and where I answered a few questions from the #mlaebooks Twitter discussion.  Then I followed it up with another post on ebooks for small libraries because I realized I accidentally missed a question from the Twitter discussion and it was easier to blog the answer than to write a really long comment.  By then my brain was thinking ebooks and the next two posts Ebooks: The Library Catalog and Federated Searching Part 1  and Ebooks: The Library Catalog and Federated Searching Part 2  looked at some of the things I think we (librarians) need to help manage our ebooks and make them more findable for patrons. It seems the MLA webinar has definitely inspired some discussion about ebooks, because I am starting to notice a little more chatter regarding promoting ebook usage among library patrons.  Promoting is very important and I think there is no one size fits all method to promote your library’s ebook collection.  Some librarians report their patrons respond well to emailed alerts, others report their patrons get so much email that anything sent to a large group is often deleted.  Some librarians have good results with brown bag lunch and learns, while others can’t get anybody to attend even if they fed them. Promotion methods vary and all I can say is that we should all be sharing our ideas, what worked, what didn’t, and possible reasons for success or failure.  The larger the idea pool, the more ideas others can draw upon.  Usage statistics are a key way to determine whether your promotion efforts are working and people are using your ebooks. ... Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:58:17 +0100 886982 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/39PA17BXE4Q/ Today I am going to talk about the need for federated book searching in medical libraries.  Full disclosure we do not have a federated search product and most of the ones I have played with on other library sites have left me frustrated. My library does not have a federated search product. Probably the biggest reason why is while our users say they want the Google experience, we have observed that this isn’t quite the case.  I think they think they want a federated search type product for article searching and a separate type of federated search product for books.  From what I can tell when they are looking for information they usually know if they want journal articles or books on a topic.  They usually don’t want both.  This is probably because we are a hospital library and the patrons tend to want the most recent research which is usually in a journal article.  They usually consult books when they are looking for more in-depth or background information on a topic.  The people who want information on a topic from both books and journals usually are doing research for school.   There is nothing wrong with that but they just aren’t the majority of our clientele. I will leave the idea of a federated search product for searching journal articles for another time for two reasons. First, this post is primarily about ebooks not journal articles. Second, I have some big reservations about federated searching the journal literature and quite frankly I need to sort them out before I put them in print.  So, on to federated book searching. From what I can tell EBSCO and Serials Solutions offers federated searching and they will search for ebooks.  I know Mark said on the webcast that there were no medical libraries currently using either of those two products for ebooks.  However, there were a few who tweeted that their library indeed was using one of those products.  I would love to hear their thoughts. ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:38:24 +0100 886732 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/ee9005ftUpY/ After participating and watching the MLA ebooks webinar two things became very apparent to me.  Patrons do not use the catalog We need a federated ebook search system If I tried to address both of these issues it would be a very long post, so today I will discuss the catalog and tomorrow I will discuss federated searching. Patrons do not use the catalog: We aren’t the only library to notice this problem.  When most of your library’s information content is in the catalog and when patrons aren’t using the catalog, they aren’t finding the information.  I blame librarians and ILS companies.  Why do I blame librarians?  We are on the front lines, we should be seeing how our patrons are searching (or aren’t searching) and adjust accordingly.  Yet we really don’t completely do that.  If we did then we wouldn’t be cataloging in MeSH!  I like MeSH, I really do, I think it is the best way for me to search for literature in database like Medline.  But really only librarians are the ones who speak MeSH.  The general population does not.  MeSH is the Esperanto of the medical library where only a select few of learned individuals know and use the language yet the vast majority of the population doesn’t.  Honestly, I only really use MeSH when I search literature databases which contain millions of articles on various subjects.  When it comes to searching the catalog I usually search using keywords, like most of the library patrons.  So why are we even bothering adding MeSH terms to the catalog itself?  Most of my keywords (and I am a librarian) and certainly most of the patron keywords aren’t MeSH, they are at best general subject terms.  Earlier this week Julie Stielstra posted on Medlib-l a question about alternative cataloging systems. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:03:49 +0100 886472 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8535 Mark your calendar for our next Breezing session with MCR Associate Director, Claire Hamasu and MCR liaison, Barb Jones. The National Library of Medicine is making MedlinePlus available to address the meaningful use criteria “Provision of…education information to patients.” Claire Hamasu  will review the background of meaningful use and describe the documentation to incorporate MedlinePlus into electronic health records. Diagnostic error is the leading cause of malpractice in every health care organization according to Mark Graber, MD, co-chair of the 3rd Annual International Diagnostic Errors in Medicine Conference. Barb Jones will be sharing her experiences and insights gained at this conference as well as sharing her poster presentation titled “Hospital Surveys: Health Sciences Libraries Influence Patient Care” and panel presentation titled “Team up and tackle diagnostic errors.” No registration. URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/. Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone. Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be available. (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:51:23 +0100 886395 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8525 As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of MeSH, The National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division has scanned the first edition volume and mounted it on the web: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/digital/MeSH/mesh.html. Anyone interested in the early history of MeSH may want to especially look at the original volume’s Preface by Frank B. Rogers. [scb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:37:25 +0100 886213 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/11/15/rendezvousbestplan/ Zigzag by MarcelGermain What do keys, labyrinths and tow trucks have to do with responding to a flood or similar disaster at your company? Find out on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 1pm Pacific (2pm Mountain, noon Alaska) a free webcast will be held at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/rendezvous about disaster recovery services. We invite you to view a recording of the presentation that will be available on an update to this post and at the Rendezvous website as well. Our presenters are from Belfor USA, a property restoration and disaster recovery included among the many resources of the Pacific Northwest Region Emergency Preparedness webpage at http://nnlm.gov/pnr/services/emergency_preparedness.html. As part of our Federal agency services regarding electronic and information technology resources being accessible to people with disabilities, closed captioning is available on this and future RML Rendezvous webcasts. For more information please visit How do I connect to the Rendezvous? to test your computer connection as a recent Flash update may be needed. We look forward to seeing you at the webcast! (Source: Dragonfly) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:26:42 +0100 886324 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8507 Biomedical Publishing 101 will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, 1pm Pacific Time, 2pm Mountain Time, 3pm Central Time – 90 minutes. Created by the Chicago Collaborative, a joint partnership of librarians, publishers and editor Sponsored and hosted by the Four Corners Directors, and the MidContinental, Pacific Southwest and the South Central Regions of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine This 90-minute webinar provides an opportunity to learn about the publishing cycle of biomedical journals, both in print and online. The complexities of publishing, in a world of rapidly changing delivery formats and devices will be explored, including the publishing challenges and opportunities posed by each. Jean Shipman, Director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the MidContinental Region Director will be interviewing John Tagler of the Association of American Publishers, Inc. Please register at: http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses by December 4, 2010, if you plan on attending. Connection instructions for Adobe Connect will be provided upon registration. (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:58:15 +0100 886214 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=8497 Tune in Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 9am MT, 1-am CT, as Professional Development Award winner, Lenora Kinzie presents. Lenora received funding from the NN/LM MCR to attend Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Librarians at Dartmouth College in August 2010. She will share her experiences along with tidbits and tips she learned while attending the conference. Topics will include PICO, Gray Literature, Clinical Queries, Trip Database and other Evidence-Based Resources. URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/, Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name, Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm) (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:24:48 +0100 886215 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/11/15/medlineplusconnect/ NLM announces MedlinePlus Connect (http://medlineplus.gov/connect), a free service that allows electronic health records (EHR) systems to link users to MedlinePlus (http://medlineplus.gov), an authoritative up-to-date health information resource for patients, families and health care providers. MedlinePlus provides information about conditions and disorders, medications, and health and wellness. MedlinePlus Connect accepts requests for information on diagnoses (problem codes) and medications. NLM mapped MedlinePlus health topics to two standard diagnostic coding systems used in EHRs: ICD-9-CM and SNOMED CT CORE Problem List Subset. When an EHR submits a request to MedlinePlus Connect, the service returns the closest matching health topic as a response. MedlinePlus Connect also links EHR systems to drug information written especially for patients. For medication codes, MedlinePlus Connect accepts RXCUIs and NDCs. The API for using this service conforms to the HL7 Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton) Knowledge Request URL-Based Implementation specification. MedlinePlus responds to problem code requests in either English or Spanish. Currently, it supports requests for drug information in English only. NLM is working on adding laboratory test responses to MedlinePlus Connect. We will also support an XML-based Web service at a future date. You can find more background and technical information at http://medlineplus.gov/connect. If you are an EHR owner or developer interested in staying up-to-date on technical developments with MedlinePlus Connect, or talking to other organizations that are using it, join the free email list at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/connect/emaillist.html. More information and screenshots of MedlinePlus Connect are available in the NLM Technical Bulletin. To send questions or feedback, use the MedlinePlus Contact Us link at http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/contact/index.cfm. (Source: Dragonfly) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:11:06 +0100 886325 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/11/15/ncbi-discovery-worshops-dec-15-16-chicago/ The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Discovery Workshops focusing on biomedical and genomic databases this December. This free two-day series of workshops on NCBI tools will be held at UIC on December 15-16, 2010.  Register at: http://tinyurl.com/NCBIWorkshops Program Overview [...] (Source: The Cornflower) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:59:45 +0100 887294 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/RkS23OkwQa8/google-places-for-libraries-generate.html In Google Places you can register your library to appear in Google Maps.  This is how the CMB UMCG looks now in there. You can add images and links to your website. The possibility to add information in the description is useful. Once a month you get your stats in an email, but you can view it online too of course. This month the free Google Places Registration of our library generated:  5421 impressions & 216 extra hits to library website, per month http://bit.ly/ceFi4b I would like to see more stats of libraries using this.  This week I added some extra links to our new LibGuides (see below). I hope to generate some more traffic. Anything helps ...:-) Resources for Medicine Resources for Dentistry Resources for Human Movement Sciences Related articles Are libraries popular venues? What location based services say. (http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com) Google Maps: You Are Here (libraryjournal.com) Why Location-Based Services are the Killer Digital Library App (libraryjournal.com) This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887272 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/1-kJ1k-0s8A/discussing-new-media-science-20-in-umcg.html Nieuwe Media & Science 2.0 Info Bijeenkomst UMCG View more presentations from Guus van den Brekel. It was time to put a course together about tools for scientists that support and facilitate them. With years of experience and DIY in working on browser tools, like toolbars, widgets, gadgets, add-ons, plug-in's, digesting the range of bio-medical search engines, resources and websites, exploring social networks for scientists, doctors and students, looking into personalisation, start pages, rss-feeds, trying to keep up-to-date with web technology, always looking for applied use for users, learning by doing, by trial and error, practicing what I preach, and most of all ... sharing. So, to find a way to get this all out to those who might need it, and don't know how to tackle stuff ..., I planned a new course "Science 2.0: trends, tools and tips Science is changing. Science 2.0 influences the personal & workflow of researchers, clinicians and students. This workshop introduces new web-technologies and trends in communication, collaboration, searching, managing & sharing of information. Practical tips to improve efficiency in work and/or study." And together with Jetse Goris of the Wenckebach Institute we did a short and quick setup of a limited media strategy to reach our potential audience. Jetse for his new course on "New Media", a more general approach and target audience, and me to get to the researchers. We created a Twitter account Science20UMCG, together with a Delicious account and connected them with Packrati.us. This will automatically save & bookmark any url included in the tweets to the Delicious account. As platform to aggregate the rss-feed, tweets, video's, presentations, links, we chose -of course- for Netvibes, http://www.netvibes. ... Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 885948 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/vKo0ThkTjXE/what-phil-has-found.html What Phil has found View more presentations from Phil Bradley. I found 6 presentations from ILI2010 on Slideshare tagged with "ïli2010" Mashing libraries to build communitiesfrom ostephens, posted 3 weeks ago in Technology. 217 viewsPresentation given at Internet Librarian International 2010 (ILI2010) What Phil has foundfrom Philbradley, posted 4 weeks ago in Education, Technology. 1855 viewsMy presentation given at the Internet Librarian International 2010 conference on October 15th. A. Rose by any other namefrom amandahill, posted 4 weeks ago in Technology, Education. 98 viewsThe Names Project, as presented at Internet Librarian International, 15 October 2010. Social Searchfrom KarenBlakeman, posted 4 weeks ago in Technology, Business & Mgmt. 492 viewsPresentation given at Internet Librarian International, 15th October 2010, London Do libraries have a future?from bethanar, posted 1 month ago. 353 views Podefrom annek, posted 1 month ago. 122 viewsPresentation held at Internet Librarian International 2010 in London. For more information see: http://www.bibpode. ... Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 885947 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/smwm/~3/ARcFE31UmTU/4urhealth-sidebar-for-warner-memorial.html Via the new Facebook Group "Library Related People" a discussion was started about the use of WebMynd Sidebars. Mark Puterbaugh, Information Systems Librarian (Warner Memorial Library, Eastern University) answered positive to my question if he could see any good use of such a sidebar for consumer health resources. When asked for which resources it should include next to the obvious MedLinePlus, he added MayoClinic, the FDA and PubMed  "Primarily it could be used as a reference tool while preparing for research. Students could use this to explore a topic in which they have an interest before hitting the commercial databases. Consumer based resources are excellent tools in which to gather the ideas and terminology that may be unfamiliar." It took me 5 minutes to create the 4URHealth Sidebar (install page) I used the simple widget feature for all 4 resources. In most cases this simple widget feature works fine, but offers little options to fine-tune results. The 4URHealth Sidebar will offer results from above mentioned resources in a sidebar after search actions in GOOGLE, YAHOO, BING and YOUTUBE, Available versions: FirefoxInternet ExplorerGoogle ChromeSafari Check out others in the Sidebar Gallery This item is automatically generated from the DIGICMB Blog of Guus van de den Brekel (Source: DigiCMB) Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 885946 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/UIW3viQcco0/ This morning I was scrolling through the #mlaebooks Twitter feed to help fill in my notes from yesterday’s webinar and I ran across a tweet from LibrarianLizy asking for any advice I could give to small hospital libraries just getting started with ebooks. I think Mark, Elizabeth, Meg, Karen, and Michael had some great ideas that can definitely be adapted to fit smaller libraries, but here are some of my thoughts which might or might now echo theirs. The thing I think that is most important they mentioned is to know your users and their/your needs.  Are you a small nursing school library and do the test prep books get stollen or marked up?  Are you a small hospital library that serves people in many areas where a non-circ reference collection isn’t helpful/practical to users?  The type of library and the users needs will determine the “flavor” of your ebook collection. In general in a small hospital library I would most likely start by looking at my current electronic resources.  Do you have MDConsult?  If so there are ebooks within there that you need to get people aware of and have them start using.  Personally I think having as many access points to an ebook collection is good.  This is why I think an HTML list of your ebooks by title and general subject is helpful.  If you are a small library just starting out with an ebook collection, creating a list like this is totally doable (assuming you are authorized to create a library webpage) and isn’t too hard to manage.  If you have an online catalog, by all means add the URL to the ebook to the current record.  *Note* I am not a cataloger so some of my ideas for adding things to the catalog don’t always jive with current cataloging practices.  If you have a book in print and electronically, I tend to favor adding the URL to the print record in the catalog. ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:59:26 +0100 885461 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/ImQviv8dRck/ As I mentioned Marian and I only had about 5 minutes max to describe what we are doing at our library and why.  There was a lot of stuff we just had to leave out for the sake of time.  So here are some of the things we could have talked about if we had more time. Why did we have an HTML page with titles and subjects of ebooks? Many patrons don’t use the catalog to find things.  They preferred looking on a web page that listed the books and browsing through that list either by subject (very general subject) or title.   We actually have usage statistics supporting this.   When we looked at our annual usage statistics for the library website the ebooks title and subject web pages had some of highest usage statistics for our site.  Therefore we felt it important to have the ebooks listed on a web page in addition to the catalog. You mentioned that having a website list them all by title and subject became difficult and time consuming, how does the ERM help? The ERM allows us to display resources by subject or by title. We created the very general subjects such as database, ebook, alternative medicine, EBM, etc. and assigned those subjects to each resource in the ERM.  People can browse for resources (ebooks, databases, internet sites) according to subject and title.  Please note the linked page in the previous sentence is still under development, so what you see is not the final product.  Instead of people typing in the title they will be able to browse titles by A-Z and we will actually have two subject search boxes, one for resources and one for just ebooks. That way people can just browse the ebooks not all of our resources (databases, internet sites, etc.). Ideally we will be able to link to the page featuring the alphabetic title list option and use that as our “browsable web page of ebooks by title.”  Same idea for subjects. ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:30:40 +0100 885191 http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/11/10/flink-a-new-way-to-save-pubmed-search-results/ Those who search PubMed regularly have often wished for a way to import search results into a a program such as Excel. It’s here! A new tool called FLink (Frequency-weighted Links) is now accessible from the NIH National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/flink/docs/flink_about.html. FLink allows PubMed search results to be saved as a CSV, or comma-separated value, file which can be imported into a program like Excel. Here are the steps to follow: Enter the desired query in PubMed. Open FLink (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/flink/flink.cgi). Open the “Please choose a database to start” menu and select “PubMed.” Select “Input from Entrez History” from the dialog box that allows you to select your desired input method. a) use the pull-down menu on that tab to view a list of your recent PubMed searches; b) select the PubMed query for which you’d like to download a CSV formatted search results file; c) press “Submit” FLink will now display your search results in a “PubMed” folder tab. Select the “Download CSV” option and choose to “open” or “save” the file, as desired. (The browser window will also display the URL at which your results can be retrieved.) The columns in a CSV file will depend on the database you accessed through FLink. For PubMed, thecolumns will include: UID (PMID) Authors PubDate(Year) PubDate(Month Title of article Summary (which includes the following information in a single cell: Authors, title, journal name, year, month (if applicable), volume, issue, pages) (Source: Dragonfly) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:21:10 +0100 886326