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 Medicine interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:07:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=23325 Ginkgo biloba for Prevention of Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial Source: Journal of the American Medical Association In this study, G biloba at 120 mg twice a day was not effective in reducing either the overall incidence rate of dementia or AD incidence in elderly individuals with normal cognition or those with MCI. (Source: Docuticker) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:11:07 +0100 674635 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=4811 State: Florida The University of Miami Libraries seeks a creative, innovative individual to provide leadership in the content, technology and effective user interfaces of the Libraries web presence and promotes user-centered resources, digital services, and technologies designed to enhance the user experience. UNIVERSITY: The University of Miami is one of the nation’s leading research universities in a community of extraordinary diversity and international vitality. The University is privately supported, non-sectarian institution, located in Coral Gables, Florida, on a 260-acre subtropical campus. The University comprises 11 degree granting schools and colleges, including Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Marine and Atmospheric Science (www.miami.edu). THE LIBRARY: The University of Miami Libraries (www.library.miami.edu) ranks among the top 50 research libraries in North America with a combined collection of approximately 3 million volumes, 48,000 current serials, and over 33,000 E-journal titles. The Otto G. Richter Library lies in the heart of the campus and serves as the central library for the University. Other University of Miami libraries include the Paul Buisson Architecture Library, the Judi Prokop Newman Business Information Resource Center, and the Marta & Austin Weeks Music Library, the Marine and Atmospheric Science Library, and the Louis Calder Memorial Library. The campus also has an independent Law library. The Libraries provide support and services for approx. 10,100 undergraduates, 5,100 graduate students, and 10,000 full and part time faculty and staff. The Libraries has a staff of 37 Librarians and 86 support staff and is a member of ARL, ASERL, CLIR, NERL, OCLC, RLG, and SOLINET. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:01 +0100 674360 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/2008/11/19/notes-from-the-rare-book-room-bleeding-by-the-numbers/ Pierre Louis’ 1835, Recherches sur les effets de la saignée dans quelques maladies inflammatoires, et sur l’action de l’émétique et des vésicatoires dans la pneumonie is one of the less impressive looking books in the John Martin Rare Book Room, but it was instrumental in laying the foundation for what we now term, “evidence based medicine.” For over 2000 years the practice of bloodletting (phlebotomy) was a mainstay of therapeutics. In fact it is difficult to identify a disease for which this practice was not recommended at some time. Bleeding had its roots in the classical Hippocratic/Galenic medical paradigm which held that the cause of illness was the result of an imbalance of humors (blood, phlegm, bile, and black bile). Just as important as the volume of blood removed was the site of the bleeding; some of the earliest medical illustrations depict the most appropriate bleeding points for various ailments. When Pierre Louis (1787-1872) placed the practice under statistical scrutiny, using “la methode numerique” he was thus swimming against the tide of centuries of tradition and authority. In Recherches sur les effets de la saignée…, Louis measured the effectiveness of bloodletting in pneumonia in 77 previously healthy patients and came to the general conclusion that bloodletting had no benefit and was even deleterious in certain groups. Just as importantly, Louis lays down in a few simple sentences the rationale large scale evaluation and in so doing paves the way for the modern clinical trial: “Let us further remark that the objection made to the numerical method, to wit, the difficulty or impossibility of forming classes of similar facts, is alike applicable to all the methods that might be substituted. It is impossible to appreciate each case with mathematical exactness, and it is precisely on this account that enumeration becomes necessary. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:14:54 +0100 674357 http://careercenter.sla.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3033978 QUALIFICATIONS MLS from an ALA-accredited library school. Strong oral and written communication and computer skills. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with cultural (Source: SLA Career Center Search Results []) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:45:00 +0100 674482 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/458246263/sloane-printed-books-catalogue-british.html The Sloane Printed Books Catalogue, a joint initiative by the British Library and the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, is now available on the British Library website. The catalogue aims to 'virtually' reunite the printed book collections formerly owned by the renowned physician, scientist and collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753). His collection, comprising around 40,000 printed books, was one of the largest libraries in Europe of its time and is particularly significant for its holdings of medical and scientific material (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:26:41 +0100 674494 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Three_professors_named_to_endowed_chairs_-_Medical_Center_Report_--- Graham Creasey, MD, professor of neurosurgery and chief of the spinal cord injury service at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, has b (Source: pligg - all) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:00:31 +0100 674289 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/458069950/jmir-gets-funded-by-canadas-sshrc.html Gunther Eysenbach announced that the OA Journal of Medical Internet Research has received a $90,000 (CAN) grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. ... Only 4 years ago, at the last SSHRC competition, JMIR was discouraged to submit a proposal, because it was an Open Access journal - 4 years ago, SSHRC did not consider to fund journals with no "subscribers" (the number of paying subscribers was seen as a quality criterion for an academic journal). ... (Source: Open Access News) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674264 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/11/18/selection-speculation Personnel changes at my library are changing the way we do collection development. So for the past couple weeks, I’ve been thinking about how to incorporate more review-reading and book selection into my workday. Since this has been on my mind, I had two slightly unusual ideas for potential ways to supplement more traditional selection. Selection via LibraryThing Early Reviewers I’ve been a part of the LibraryThing.com Early Reviewers program since it started (if you haven’t, and enjoy reading, it’s worth checking out). I’ve used this as a resource for new books for awhile, but something I noticed recently was that the books I like often had the most requests. My idea was for Tim to whip together one of his useful tools, so that librarians (or anyone who signed up) could receive an email (or rss feed) each month after the list has closed, with the title of each book, how many requests it got, and also a link to LibraryThing or Amazon. My logic was that if a book appears popular with LibraryThing’ers, there’s a good chance it will also be popular in my library. I wrote to Tim and asked him about this just a couple days ago, and I’m hoping for a positive response. But if you like the idea, contact LibraryThing and ask them to implement it. Lobbying like this is probably the last thing he wants, but I do think this could be a valuable and unique selection tool. Selection via Universal Medical Database For awhile now there’s been talk about the government and hospitals trying to start a single database of health information of every American. The pros are that it’d be easier for a doctor anywhere in the country to access someone’s medical history in an emergency, and it could also prevent conflicting medications and stop people shopping around for prescription narcotics. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:16:57 +0100 674014 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads/index.php/2008/11/18/real-vampires/ With the film version of the book Twilight opening this week, vampire fever seems to have descended on the nation.  “Vampy” fiction is in high demand and library hold lists are building.  While you wait, why not spend some time learning about real vampires?  They are very strange, interesting and often connected to your everyday life.  Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures is an entertaining introduction into the natural history of sanguivores (creatures that consume blood).   Author Bill Schutt, a biologist with joint positions at Long Island University and the American Museum of Natural History, seems to have had quite a bit of fun in the process of learning about his topic and he has a lot of knowledge to share.  His enthusiasm is contagious!  Dr. Schutt starts out with a bang, beginning with a deliciously thrilling description of field research at it’s finest.  Schutt, his wife Janet, and a Trinidadian scientist explore the massive, abandoned ice house at Wallerfield, the former US military base.  Seeking vampire bats in the decaying building, Schutt’s evocation of the claustrophobic ruin (and an elevator shaft filled with water and bat guano) are vividly described. Blood feeding is a hard way to survive and Schutt’s description of various evolutionary hypotheses on how assorted sanguivores may have developed is satisfyingly detailed.  Besides the infamous (but misunderstood and endangered) vampire bats, other well-known obligate sanguivorous creatures such as leeches, ticks, fleas are covered.  The addition of creatures new to me  (such as the  “vampire finch” of the Galapagos — primarily a seed-eater) and digressions into the history of medicine (did you know George Washington died after his well-meaning but misinformed team of physicians nearly exsanguinated him?) keep things rolling along. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:32:10 +0100 673932 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Wisblawg-FromTheUwLawLibrary/~3/457269411/uw_law_prof_alta_charo_named_t.html University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Alta Charo has been selected for President Elect Obama's HHS agency review team. How exciting! Professor Charo is the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she is on the faculty of the Law School and the Medical School's Department of Medical History and Bioethics. See her extremely impressive bio for more. See also Nan Hunter's (Professor at Georgetown Law) list of other law professors named to the transition team. (Source: WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:40:15 +0100 674565 http://www.selco.info/blogs/selco-librarian/archive/2008/11/18/music-library-association-midwest-chapter-meeting-oct-23-25-2008 Abbey Thompson, LSTA Project Cataloging LibrarianOn October 23rd, I drove down to Kansas City, Missouri for the Midwest chapter meeting of the Music Library Association. While we all know that the library world is a little too full of organizations with the acronym of “MLA” (the Modern Languages Association, Medical Library Association, Minnesota Library Association, just to name a few), this particular MLA is near and dear to my own heart. I’ve been attending various MLA functions since starting library school, and every conference has been nothing less than stellar. This meeting was no different, full of useful information and learning opportunities blended with copious prospects for networking and social interaction with fellow music librarians. The session on providing access to sheet music collections was particularly enlightening, considering my work with the Chatfield Brass Band collection. Though new to this particular chapter (previously I attended chapter meetings in the Southeast region), I felt immediately welcomed and encouraged by my new peers.I have now been working with SELCO for just over three months, on the Chatfield Brass Band Music Lending Library project. My excitement for the project has only grown in this time, and I particularly wanted to take the opportunity at this conference to spread awareness of this amazing collection and the work that SELCO is doing to make it more accessible. By the end of the weekend, the question that I had answered the most was, without a doubt, “What is SELCO?” The majority of music librarians work in academic library settings, so to be confronted with a name-badge bearing our unfamiliar acronym, rather than a university or college, was initially baffling to some. Once explanations were made, however, I received nothing but praise and excitement about the project. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:16:16 +0100 674228 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=32139 "The more the Internet grows, the more a researcher has to cope with the so called ’information overload’, or ’data deluge’. Reliability, updating, authoritativeness of a ... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:05:00 +0100 673743 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2008/11/18/2848 Der Survey of Academic & Research Library Journal Purchasing Practices ($99) der Primary Research Group (gebloggt im August) ist nun publiziert und die Ergebnisse sind sehr interessant, vor allem Chapter Eleven: Journal Pricing. Hier wurde nach der “Librarians’ opinion of pricing policies of the following journal publisher over the past three years” gefragt. Antworten konnte man von “Prices have not really increased in real terms.” bis “The price increases have been ridiculous and we’ve had to take action to reduce subscriptions.” Ich liebe Schwarze Ranglisten und habe aus den Antworten der Unibibliotheken mal eine solche gemacht: Elsevier (Heil dir im Siegerkranz!) - 69% antworten “that journal prices of this publisher increased significantly or ridiculous” Wiley-Blackwell - 50% Nature Publishing Group - 45% Springer - 39% Taylor & Francis - 39% American Chemical Society - 34% SAGE Publications - 28% Oxford University Press - 24% American Medical Association - 18% American Institute of Physics - 10% American Physiological Society - 7% IOP Publishing - 3% Elsevier hatte sich ja, wie bekannt, 2002 eine drastische Preiserhöhungsabstinenz verordnet, was aber interessanterweise bei den Erwerbungsabteilungen noch nicht so richtig angekommen zu sein scheint. Was die plan to reduce or increase the role of print editions angeht (Antworten ab Seite 50), planen die allermeisten so schnell wie möglich auf e-only überzugehen, insbesondere die STM-Fachgebiete scheinen hier schon weit zu sein. Die in der Umfrage angesprochenen Probleme, dass in den digitalen Versionen Teile der Zeitschrift fehlen würden, interesssiert die Bibliotheken dagegen wenig. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:29:37 +0100 674415 http://www.mdmlg.org/2008/11/mla-webcast-survival-tips-and-stories.html The MLA Webcast, "Survival Tips and Stories: Expanding the Library's Services in Times of Disaster" was originally broadcast November 12, 2008. If you missed it, you can view it on your computer; on-demand viewing is available until December 15, 2008For further information, go to http://www.mdmlg.org/mla-webcast-november-2008.htm. (Source: MDMLG / Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674420 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/457648202/barriers-to-library-resources.html I ran across this post on the Rural Doctoring blog, Library Research, Then and Now, by Theresa Chan, a family physician who describes her experiences doing library research in 1996 and in 2008. Of course she knows that things have changed and many things are online compared to back in 1996. Once perfect example is her Twitter consultation with her Twitter buddies about the best way to go about getting library articles. But what struck me the most was even with today's technology making access seemingly easier and faster, patrons still encounter many barriers to getting library information.She is doctor in a rural area with limited access to library resources. She mentioned she was able to get articles from nearby medical library for $15/each. While this was cheaper than the publishers' price, it was still pretty pricey to her. While she was in San Francisco she decided to visit the UCSF library to get the articles she needed. Not only was the cost of parking a barrier but the UCSF library required that she use "general public" computers and she could not download a PDF to a USB drive. While she wasn't a UCSF employee or student, she was their library user while she was in the library at that moment.What kind of barriers do we (libraries in general) have that make it more difficult to access information? What policies have we enacted that make it more difficult rather than easier for patrons to access information? Costs, location, license agreements, technological logistics, language etc. are all barriers we and our patrons encounter every day. How many times do we librarians mentioned ILLing an article or talk about databases? How many of our patrons know what that is and can ask for the appropriate service when needed? Sure the regulars may have been trained in library jargon and the "library way" of doing things, but the casual user may have problems. Sometimes we are too close to our own situation to be able to see the obstacles. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674125 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/457384402/comparing-publication-lag-at-oa-and-ta.html Peng Dong, Marie Loh, and Adrian Mondry, Publication lag in biomedical journals varies due to the periodical's publishing model, Scientometrics, November 2006.  Only the abstract and page one are free online, at least so far: Abstract:   Research manuscripts face various time lags from initial submission to final publication in a scientific periodical. Three publishing models compete for the market. Professional publishing houses publish in print and/or online in a “reader-pays” model, or follow the open access model of “author-pays”, while a number of periodicals are bound to learned societies. The present study aims to compare the three business models of publishing, with regards to publication speed. 28 topically similar biomedical journals were compared. Open access journals have a publication lag comparable to journals published by traditional publishers. Manuscript submitted to and accepted in either of these two types of periodicals are available to the reader much faster than manuscripts published in journals with strong ties to specialized learned societies. Comments I won't comment on the overall argument, since I don't have access to the article.  But even the abstract shows that the authors presuppose that all OA journals charge publication fees when, in fact, most charge no fees at all. Here are some comments from Charlie Mayor, who was able to read the piece: ...Though their method is marred by small sample sizes in the open access group, time from receipt to publication online compared well between traditional-publication and OA articles. Nature Publishing Group titles were selected as representative of the traditional model. However, I would have liked to have seen data for other titles - Nature publishes every week and is the biggest academic journal in the world.  It may not be entirely typical in its editing processes and timeliness. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674066 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/17/news-briefs-35/ News Briefs + Infovell Changes Name to DeepDyve, Rolls Out Consumer Search Engine for the Deep Web (DeepDyve; see also Info Today NewsBreak) + OLDMEDLINE Content Continues to Extend Back in Time (National Library of Medicine) + Hosting firm shutdown forces botnets to relocate (Computerworld) + SLA Adds New Dues Tier for Info Pros Making Less than $18K (Special Libraries Association) + UIUC Library Denies Police Report Sex Offender Lived There (Library Journal) + Yahoo CEO Yang Out As Internet Firm Continues To Struggle (AP, via TBO.com) (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:18:42 +0100 673693 http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/2008/11/personal-health-records-need-marcaacr.html I attended an IT Innovation in Healthcare conference in town today. Practically the entire morning was spent talking about the personal health record (PHR) and related electronic medical record (EMR). While the EMR is information about your health compiled by your health care providers, the PHR is maintained by you.  The ideal PHR would  gather data from many sources and making this information accessible online to anyone who has the necessary electronic credentials to view it.The discussion centered around the fact that it is very difficult to move information between systems. The challenge is the lack of standards. The various PHR and EMR systems don't talk to one another. This got me thinking. The health care industry needs to take some lessons from the library community and establish some data standards.  Libraries got over the hump from a paper-based to an electronic catalog in part since we had two tools to work from; AACR and MARC. AACR covers the description of, and the provision of access points for, all library materials. MARC provides the protocol by which computers exchange, use, and interpret bibliographic information and is responsible for the foundation of the online catalogs we have today. Add on top of this Z39.50 like functionality and we have a basis for a PHR system which could do what it is envisioned to do; harvest and syndicate content between other records systems. There is, however, a bigger challenge. As I bounced this concept off of a CIO of a major academic medical center, they said those standards are in place. They have SNOMED. The librarians out there will immediately see the problem with the response.  For the CIOs out there, well, please have your librarian explain it to you.  (Source: The Medium is the Message) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:32:00 +0100 674129 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlaJobline/~3/456640737/health-sciences-liaison-librarian.html Tenure - Track Position Health Sciences Liaison Librarian The University of Saskatchewan Library provides tremendous opportunities for professional growth and development in a dynamic and flexible work environment. We operate within a supportive campus community focused on innovation, collaboration and engagement. The University Library is strategically aligned with the University’s vision focusing on the teacher learner experience; the research, scholar and practitioner interaction; building broad relationship and engagement opportunities; and is constantly improving the operational effectiveness of the Library with a strong focus on employee engagement. Accountabilities of the Position This position reports to the Head of the Health Sciences Library. Librarians, as faculty, are assigned duties aligned with the practice of professional skills in the Library Standards for Promotion and Tenure (2003, as amended). Duties may cover the development of the collections, organizing collections, teaching information research skills, information services, information technology, administration, and research/scholarly work. Practice of Professional SkillsThe University of Saskatchewan Library follows the liaison librarian model, which includes reference, instruction, and collections responsibilities to support on-site and distributed teaching, learning, and research. As part of the Health Sciences Library team, this position supports all health sciences disciplines.Development of the CollectionsDevelop collections and information resources in the health sciences, primarily in the areas of physical therapy and basic medical sciences, as well as the Health Sciences Library reference collection. Information ServicesAs part of the Library’s integrated reference model, provide reference and information services, for students, faculty, researchers, and the broader community. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:37:12 +0100 673846 http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/news/2008/11/17/you_can_be_a_winner_in_this_photo Take the Knovel&#174 University Challenge & win a Nintendo Wii&#8482 or an iPod&#174, or other prizes. Case is guaranteed a prize if we get 100 entries in the contest, and we're in the top 5. With just about 20 more entries, Case could be the #1 university! Log on to the contest site and answer 3 questions, and you could be a winner, too! Work with a group to help each other enter the contest, looking around the Knovel web page for clues on the questions & answers. Remember, Case gets a top prize just for having 100 entries— you could win one of them. Science, medicine, biology, applied sciences—step up and enter the challenge. How to Play: - Enter the Contest site Knovel University Challenge (http://info.knovel.com/challenge) - Use the Knovel widget—when it loads & displays like the image below, click on "PLAY" - Answer 3 questions using Knovel! - Case students only, please. One entry per student. Entries due by midnight December 1st Questions about Knovel®? Our Engineering librarian is happy to help you! Knovel® database is licensed for the Case faculty, students, and staff on networked computers or remote access via an activated VPN connection. Find Knovel for your searching on our Research Database list, from the KSL homepage or from the Case Catalog page. (Source: KSL News Blog) Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:36:10 +0100 673662 http://freegovinfo.info/node/2150 I had to explain to a student patron and their Professor today what is meant by "born digital" and how digital government documents are wonderful resources for a paper if we do not have the print version or when the print version doesn't exist (or is horribly out of date). Have any of you had to explain this a lot? It all started when the student patron told me she could only have three web sources for her Nursing research paper after I had shown her the wonderful world of digital documents online. She had found an eleven year old version of a government print source in our catalog but I cringed...born digital documents online via NIH or the U.S. Dept. of Health had more up to date medical information on her topic! I told her to use both the print and online sources. She would be able to see if there were any noticeable differences from the 1997 print version and the 2007/2008 online information on her topic. I contacted the Professor and explained this too. All is well and she will allow for the use of online government information. She was just hoping to avoid the use of too many general (i.e. crappy) websites. I understand that but I wanted to make sure that the student would not be punished for using several good government online documents and websites for her paper. I didn't get into the nitty gritty digital authentication of government documents, but with some Professors who require legislative research, I tell them about the digitally authenticated documents that currently exist from GPO. I have a feeling we government document librarians are going to have to explain this concept of "born digital" gov docs and digital authentication more often...especially now that more and more gov docs are being born digitally. (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:30:10 +0100 673550 http://nnlm.gov/mar/blog/2008/11/17/award-post-fall-into-the-library-open-house-northport-va-medical-library/ We were fortunate to obtain a small projects award for our Open House on  October 7, 2008 at the VA Medical Library.  Preparation for the event involved advertising in a variety of venues.  We had small tabletop tent advertisements made that were put in most every staff room in the hospital. There was a sign [...] (Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:54:03 +0100 673919 http://nnlm.gov/mar/blog/2008/11/17/award-report-catskill-regional-medical-center/ At Catskill Regional Medical Center, library manager Maryallison Farley used a Small Projects Award for some tried and true promotional materials.  She purchased a large quantity of profesionally designed and printed bookmarks to promote the Health Information Library’s resources and services that are available to the community. In rural Sullivan County, residents are separated by large [...] (Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:37:57 +0100 673920 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/scholar/2008/11/17/hardin-scholarly-communication-news-november-2008/ A Newsletter for the Health Sciences Campus at the University of Iowa November 2008 | Issue 3.08 Hardin Scholarly Communication News brings together a variety of topics that affect the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new developments, open access and alternative publishing models in the health sciences. This newsletter aims to reflect the interests of its readers so please forward comments, suggestions and entries to include to karen-fischer@uiowa.edu. Table of Contents: Congress’s copyright fight puts open access science in peril Open Access: it’s “just good science” Health Commons - changing the way basic science is translated to help human health Scientific publishing might create a winner’s curse Does online access change citation practices? Publisher-Author Agreements and the NIH Public Access Policy Read publisher policies on copyright, and more… Author’s Rights, Tout de Suite In Boost for NIH Policy, Major Autism Research Organization Mandates Public Access Medical Wiki Backed by Prominent Colleges Will Go Live by Year’s End (Source: Hardin Scholarly Communication News) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:32:35 +0100 673476 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/scholar/2008/11/17/congresss-copyright-fight-puts-open-access-science-in-peril/ By John Timmer | Published: September 16, 2008, Ars Technica News Desk Backlash against open access In recent years, scientific publishing has changed profoundly as the Internet simplified access to the scientific journals that once required a trip to a university library. That ease of access has caused many to question why commercial publishers are able to dictate the terms by which publicly funded research is made available to the public that paid for it. Open access proponents won a big victory when Congress voted to compel the National Institutes of Health to set a policy of hosting copies of the text of all publications produced by research it funds, a policy that has taken effect this year. Now, it appears that the publishing industry may be trying to get Congress to introduce legislation that will reverse its earlier decision under the guise of strengthening copyright protections. Under existing law, the products of federally funded research belong to the scientists that perform it and institutions that host them. Academic journals have traditionally had researchers transfer the copyright of publications resulting from this research to the journals. The current NIH policy requires that authors they fund reserve the right to place the text and images of their publication in an NIH database hosted at PubMed Central (PMC). To protect commercial publishers, papers submitted to PMC are not made accessible until a year after publication, and are not required to include the formatting and integration of images performed by the publisher. This one-year limit is longer than that required by other governments and private funding bodies such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Wellcome Trust. Many publishers have embraced this policy, and allow the fully formatted paper to be made available, sometimes after a shorter embargo. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:01 +0100 673477 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/scholar/2008/11/17/scientific-publishing-might-create-a-winners-curse/ By John Timmer, Published: October 13, 2008, Ars Technica News Desk Scientific publishing may be having some difficulty as a business model, but there are also plenty of questions regarding how well it functions from a scientific perspective. Scientifically, the function of publishing is to get accurate, reproducible information and its interpretations into the hands of the scientific community, and there has always been some debate about whether the peer review and impact factor-driven world of publishing is the optimal way to achieve it. A paper that was published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine has now examined scientific publishing using economic concepts and concluded that the way things are done now is inevitably problematic. The paper makes what may be its most tenuous claim up front: scientific information can be treated as a commodity. It may be really difficult to put a monetary value on this commodity, but it’s clear that lots of groups—fellow scientists, policy makers, commercial entities—want access to high-quality scientific data. The publishers act as intermediaries in this process, determining what research will grace their pages and attracting “buyers” of the information in the form of subscribers. The authors argue that this situation makes the publishers, as they try to attract the hottest research to their pages, in a position analogous to bidders at an auction, and the authors analogous to sellers. This is where the economic model comes in. Auction bidders are prone to suffering a “winner’s curse,” where the true value of an item is probably closer to an average of the bids, which means that the winner (the highest bidder) probably offered too much for it. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:27:48 +0100 673480 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=23285 Cost Effectiveness of Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine All of the evaluated physical activity interventions appeared to reduce disease incidence, to be cost-effective, and—compared with other well-accepted preventive strategies—to offer good value for money. The results support using any of the seven evaluated interventions as part of public health efforts to promote physical activity. (Source: Docuticker) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:54:50 +0100 673473 http://mhclibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/student-appreciation-week-november-17.html Medicine Hat College's Student Appreciation Week will be from November 17th to the 21st. As you have all come to expect, Library Services will be also be participating in this event. You can look forward to the following prize draws over the week: Monday: $25 gift certificate for use at the Campus Store.Tuesday: An 8GB USB drive.Wednesday: Sorry, no draw today, but there is free photocopying. (Source: Medicine Hat College Library Services Blog) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 674445 http://southlakelibrary.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html#1432680293097962518 Published: November 14, 2008__________FICTION HARDCOVERDIVINE JUSTICE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.) Members of Washington’s Camel Club rally to save their leader, who is hiding out in the town of Divine, Va.Call #: F BALSALVATION IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. (Putnam, $25.95.) Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a priest who was not who he seemed; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.SWALLOWING DARKNESS, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Ballantine, $26.) In the seventh Meredith Gentry paranormal romance, Meredith is pregnant with twins by one of her guards; their birth will enable her to claim her place as queen of faerie, but enemies plot against her.THE GATE HOUSE, by Nelson DeMille. (Grand Central, $27.99.) In a sequel to “The Gold Coast” (1990) a tax attorney and his ex-wife explore a reconciliation.Call #: F DEMEXTREME MEASURES, by Vince Flynn. (Atria, $27.95.) Mitch Rapp teams up with a C.I.A. colleague to fight a terrorist cell — and the politicians who would rein them in.Call #: F FLYTHE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) A marine returning home sets out to find the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.Call #: F SPAMIDNIGHT, by Sister Souljah. (Atria, $26.95.) A boy from Sudan struggles to protect his mother and sister and remain true to his Islamic principles in a Brooklyn housing project.THE BRASS VERDICT, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $26.) Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller (the Lincoln lawyer) team up to find a killer.Call #: F CONTHE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski. (Ecco, $25.95.) A mute takes refuge with three dogs in the Wisconsin woods after his father’s death.Call #: F WROA GOOD WOMAN, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $27.) An American society girl who made a new life as a doctor in World War I France returns to New York.Call #: F STEBONES, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673790 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/456270095/more-on-data-sharing-in-biomedicine.html Heather A. Piwowar and Wendy Chapman, Identifying data sharing in biomedical literature, AIMA Annual Symposium Proceedings, November 2008.  Since the 2008 proceedings are not yet online (OA or TA) at the AIMA web site, I'm linking to the abstract at PubMed. Abstract:   Many policies and projects now encourage investigators to share their raw research data with other scientists. Unfortunately, it is difficult to measure the effectiveness of these initiatives because data can be shared in such a variety of mechanisms and locations. We propose a novel approach to finding shared datasets: using NLP techniques to identify declarations of dataset sharing within the full text of primary research articles. Using regular expression patterns and machine learning algorithms on open access biomedical literature, our system was able to identify 61% of articles with shared datasets with 80% precision. A simpler version of our classifier achieved higher recall (86%), though lower precision (49%). We believe our results demonstrate the feasibility of this approach and hope to inspire further study of dataset retrieval techniques and policy evaluation.  PS:  See our blog post linking to two OA versions of the preprint. (Source: Open Access News) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673614 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/456278998/bioline-seeks-members-and-sponsors.html Bioline International has launched a membership and sponsorship program.  From today's announcement: Currently, the world’s research knowledge base is incomplete. Research carried out in the developing world is little known and under-used. A joint initiative between the Centre for Environmental Research Information in Brazil and the University of Toronto Scarborough, Bioline International has as its main goal the global exchange of essential research information published in developing countries, thereby improving the South to North and South to South flow of research knowledge. To this end, it is launching a major drive towards sustainability by inviting international Membership and Sponsorship by organizations and individuals supporting its aims. Bioline currently provides access to 70 journals from 15 countries published in the developing world. Subject areas focus on issues of global importance, including medical research, emerging infectious diseases, global public health, climate change, food security and biodiversity. In 2007, a further 70 new journals applied to join Bioline International in order to take advantage of open access to their publications. These publishers have taken note of the greatly increased usage of existing journals on the system  3.5 million full text downloads were recorded in 2007. In order to meet this high demand for Bioline’s services, Bioline must now establish a long-term, sustainable funding model which includes support from the worldwide community. “ Too often we think of scientific knowledge and the developing countries in terms of what ‘we’ can do for  ‘them’, ” says Lynn Copeland, Dean of Library Services and University Librarian, Simon Fraser University Library, Canada. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673613 http://cogscilibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/11/deconstructing-scientific-articles.html I spent some time this evening reading thoughtful, well-reasoned critiques of a few recent medical studies. On his blog, Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience, Steven Salzberg describes 5 problems about the recent report that Cresor can result in "a 'dramatic risk reduction' in heart attack risk for men."In Serious doubts about new study of statins and heart disease, Salzberg summarizes the studies: "[they] claimed that people with normal cholesterol levels could get significant health benefits [by taking Crestor]. If true, [these two studies] impl[y] that millions more people should start taking statins to protect themselves against heart attacks." He adds "[t]his new finding is rife with problems, despite the breathless news reporting about it" and goes on to describe 5 of them:"Both studies were funded by AstraZeneca, the drug company that sells Crestor," although Salzberg is quick to add that this is clearly disclosed in both articles.The lead author of both studies is Paul Ridker, who owns the patent on the primary test for C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, and he stands to benefit financially if more people are tested for CRP. Again, Salzberg calls this only eyebrow-worthy, as this is clearly stated in both articles.Although it suggests that a seven-variable method is more predictive than the traditional five-variable model, "the Circulation study didn’t report separately on the effect of CRP and family history of heart disease.""[T]he NEJM [New England Journal of Medicine] study actually reports a very small benefit: ... you’d have to treat 95 people for 2 years with statins to prevent 1 heart attack.""The patients in the NEJM study were randomly divided into two groups, treatment (Crestor) and placebo [and] there are 3 critical variables where the two groups are not identical. ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:30:00 +0100 673255 http://litablog.org/2008/11/16/last-stage-for-dublin-core/ Ha, I knew that headline would get your attention! But before you panic, let me reassure you, DC is not going away, or anything of the sort. This latest of notifications from Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting representative to NISO, has to do with ISO/FDIS 15836, The Dublin Core metadata element set. To clarify, this is the Simple DC set, the original 15 elements only, recently revised and available in a new NISO version. The balloting by ISO is the last stage in making the standard versions consistent with one another. The introduction in the standard reads as follows: “In 2006, the DCMI Usage Board undertook an editorial review of terms in the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) in order to clarify intended semantics and bring the wording of their definitions and usage comments into line with the language of the DCMI Abstract Model [DCAM]. A set of proposed changes was posted for public comment from August 28 to September 25, 2006. A face-to-face Usage Board meeting in Manzanillo, Mexico, on September 30, 2006, resulted in the publication on December 18, 2006, of a decision text, a response to comments, and revised terms documentation. This revision of the original ANSI/NISO Z39.85 standard that was issued in 2001 corresponds to version 1.1 of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative website that resulted from the editorial review and public comment period described above. All changes made to terms of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set since 2001 have been reviewed by a DCMI Usage Board in the context of the DCMI Namespace Policy. The namespace policy describes how DCMI terms are assigned Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) and sets limits on the range of editorial changes that may be made to the labels, definitions and usage comments associated with existing DCMI terms. ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:27:23 +0100 673289 http://www.uab.edu/lister/news/index.php?newsID=1&ID=619 Lister Hill Library is performing some maintenance on the online catalog, so it will not be accurate for looking up electronic journals. Use the E-Journal list instead! It is usually a good practice to check both the E-Journal list AND the catalog. The catalog is the most comprehensive place to look for our journals since it has both those we have electronically and those in print. But for the next few days please be sure to check the E-Journal list. E-journal list is the 5th link under Quicklinks. Contact our Ask a Librarian service if you have questions. (Source: Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences News) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:52:46 +0100 673256 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ouseful/~3/455146527/ Early last week, Google announced a Google Flu trends service, that leverages the huge number of searches on Google to provide a near real-time indicator of ‘flu outbreaks in the US. Official reports from medical centres and doctors can lag actual outbreaks by up to a couple of weeks, but by correlating search trend data with real medical data, the Google folks were able to show that their data led the the official reports. John Naughton picked up on this service in his Networker Observer column this week, and responded to an email follow-up comment I sent him idly wondering what search terms might be indicators of recession in this post on Google as a predictor. “Jobseeker’s allowance” appears to be on the rise, unfortunately (as does “redundancy”). For some time, I’ve been convinced that spotting clusters of related search terms, or meaningful correlations between clusters of search terms, is going to be big the next step towards, err, something(?!), and Google Flu trends is one of the first public appearances of this outside the search, search marketing and ad sales area. Which is why, on the playful side, I tried to pitch something like Trendspotting to the Games With a Purpose (GWAP) folks (so far unreplied to!), the idea being that players would have to try to identify search terms who’s trends were correlated in some “folk reasonable” way. ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:40:46 +0100 674117 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pandia/vfbc/~3/454828018/966-google-flu-trends.html Google Flu Trends, based on Internet search activity, predicts new outbreaks of flu in the US. It is that time of the year here on the Northern Hemisphere. A steady stream of new mutated flu viruses reach Europe and Northern America from Asia, leading to sore throats, runny noses and feverish days and nights, and there seems to be nothing we can do about it. Normally you would look to the medical field for a solution (there is not one yet), but now Google wants to use web search to help out. New Scientist reports that Google Flu Trends, created by the company’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, provides daily estimates of the number of flu cases in the US. Google uses its database of internet search queries to do this. In short Google counts the number of queries related to flu symptoms and look for changes in the number of such searches. A surge in searches indicates that there is a new outbreak. Google can detect an outbreak days before it shows up in the weekly statistical reports compiled by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Needless to say, this information cannot stop an outbreak, but the hospital may be better prepared for the next wave of flu patients. Google.org is working on similar web search trend statistics for other diseases. Below is a figure that shows the correlation between searches (flu) and CDC data. An animated version can be found over at Google.org. Manage PPC Better - Just $199/mo. (Source: Pandia Search Engine News) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:49:05 +0100 673447 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=32486 News, information and resources from the National Library of Medicine. (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:04:00 +0100 673089 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=32484 News, information and resources from the National Library of Medicine. (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:02:00 +0100 673091 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=31955 "American Academy of Pediatrics raises daily recommended intake from 200 to 400 IUs." From the National Library of Medicine. (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:04:00 +0100 673101 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=31954 "Besides hair loss and nausea, side effects include fatigue, vomiting, mouth sores and pain." From the National Library of Medicine. (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:03:00 +0100 673102 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/019827.html FR Doc. 2008-26577, Filed 11/14/2008; Publication Date: 11/17/2008: "This document provides the text of final regulations implementing the Family and... (Source: beSpacific) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673322 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Librarian&diff=252083312&oldid=prev Education ← Previous revision Revision as of 02:56, 16 November 2008 Line 50: Line 50: == Education == == Education == - In the United States and Canada, a librarian normally has a one or two-year [[master's degree]] in [[library and information science]], [[library science]] or [[information science]] (called an MLS, MALIS, MSLS, MIS, MSIS, MS-LIS, MISt, MLIS, or MILS) from an accredited university.<ref name="become"/> These degrees are accredited by the [[American Library Association]] and can have specializations within fields such as [[Archive|archiving]], [[records management]], [[information architecture]], public librarianship, medical librarianship, law librarianship, special librarianship, academic librarianship, or school (K-12) librarianship. School librarians often are required to have a [[teaching credential]], as well as a library science degree. Many, if not most, academic librarians also have a second, subject-based master's degree. + In the United States and Canada, a librarian normally has a one or two-year [[master's degree]] in [[library and information science]], [[library science]] or [[information science]] (called an MLS, MALIS, MSLS, MIS, MSIS, MS-LIS, MISt, MLIS, or MILS) from an accredited university.<ref name="become"/> These degrees are accredited by the [[American Library Association]] and can have specializations within fields such as [[Archive|archiving]], [[records management]], [[information architecture]], public librarianship, medical librarianship, law librarianship, special librarianship, academic librarianship, or school (K-12) librarianship. School librarians often are required to have a [[teaching credential]], as well as a library science degree. Many, if not most, academic librarians also have a second, subject-based master's degree. This is especially true of four year colleges. ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:56:55 +0100 673334 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/16/venter-science-genome-book-review Craig Venter got an early hint of the trouble he would face as a key broker of the Human Genome Project when, in 1992, he was visited by a government official. Venter had just joined the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a senior researcher. 'Son, you are obviously doing extremely well,' the man announced. Venter was puzzled. How could this scientific illiterate assess my progress, he wondered? The man expanded: 'This is Washington and we judge people by the quality of their enemies. And son, you have some of the best.'As backhanded compliments go, it was a cracker, though if it made Venter pause for a second, there is no hint in this robust and uncompromising autobiography. This is a man who, after quitting government science a year later, went on to pursue a privately funded path to decode the three billion 'letters' of DNA that form our genes. In the process, he delighted in slapping down officials, Nobel prize winners (including DNA pioneer Jim Watson) and billionaire businessmen seeking to invest in molecular genetics. Not surprisingly, in the end Venter fell out with just about everyone involved in the project. Yet without his dynamic input, it would never have been completed at its final remarkable rate.Today a sprightly 62-year-old scientific entrepreneur and accomplished yachtsman, Venter remains one of the planet's most idiosyncratic scientists. A Californian surfer dropout who was drafted into the Vietnam war as a medical orderly, he witnessed the deaths of several hundred soldiers, usually while he was massaging their hearts or attempting to breathe life into them. 'I emerged with some serious medical skills, three military medals, an honourable discharge and, most important, my life,' he states. Those skills - honed 'at the University of Death' - would see Venter through a brilliant scientific career, give him the urge to risk his life in some serious yachting adventures, and leave him with an unassailable confidence in his own judgment. ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:04:09 +0100 673057 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/15/nei-releases-complete-data-from-age-related-eye-disease-study/ NEI Releases Complete Data from Age-Related Eye Disease Study The National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the release of more than 10 years of data collected during the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which looked at the progression of age-related macular degeneration and age-related cataract in 4,757 adults aged 55 to 80. Researchers around the world can apply for access to this complete set of medical history records and clinical trial results as well as select genetic information to gain a better understanding of two complicated vision conditions that affect aging adults. … The public, open-access AREDS data can be viewed on the dbGaP website at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/study.cgi?study_id=phs000001.v2.p1. Researchers can find a link to the application for controlled access to individual-level data on the same site. Source: National Eye Institute (NEI) (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:04:43 +0100 672976 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=4801 State: Vermont Assistant Professor of Informatics/Digital Projects Librarian - 1.0 FTE, appointment for one year in the Dana Medical Library. Working within the strategic goals of the Libraries and the UVM/Fletcher Allen Academic Health Center, this position will design and develop informatics and digital projects and programs to deliver knowledge-based content applicable to health sciences education and research. The position will include the creation and management of digital repositories, development and application of innovative search and retrieval methods, and other related projects. This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic individual to practice technological and leadership skills in a supportive and flexible environment, while building relationships with talented individuals working with digital content across campus. Required: MLS degree from an ALA accredited graduate program or international equivalent. Knowledge of digital technologies and database management. Knowledge of metadata standards. Analytical and organizational skills. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a collegial environment. Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. Commitment to diversity and inclusion. Preferred: Knowledge of health science thesauri such as Mesh, UMLS, SNOMED and ICD-9. Knowledge or experience with NCBI tools and databases. Successful grant application experience. Additional certification or degree in health science-related information science or informatics field. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is identified. Apply on line at: www.uvmjobs.com and attach curriculum vitae and cover letter. Submitted on 2008-11-12 (Source: SLIS Careers Feed) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:12:01 +0100 672839 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=4804 State: Florida http://www.library.miami.edu/about/employment/faculty_metadata.html The University of Miami Libraries seek a creative, enthusiastic professional for the position of Metadata Librarian. Reporting to the Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services, the Metadata Librarian provides leadership and guidance in the planning, development, creation, and implementation of metadata standards for the Libraries, and actively participates as a resource and liaison to the University community in regards to metadata practices. *THE UNIVERSITY: *The University of Miami is one of the nation's leading research universities in a community of extraordinary diversity and international vitality. The University is privately supported, non-sectarian institution, located in Coral Gables, Florida, on a 260-acre subtropical campus. The University comprises 11 degree granting schools and colleges, including Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Marine and Atmospheric Science (www.miami.edu). ** *THE LIBRARY:* The University of Miami Libraries (www.library.miami.edu) ranks among the top 50 research libraries in North America with a combined collection of approximately 3 million volumes, 45,000 current serials, and over 29,000 E-journal titles. The University of Miami Libraries include, the Otto G. Richter Library which lies in the heart of the Gables campus, the Paul Buisson Architecture Library, the Judi Prokop Newman Business Information Resource Center, and the Marta & Austin Weeks Music Library, and the Marine and Atmospheric Science Library located at the Virginia Key campus. The campus also has an independent Medical and Law library. The Libraries provide support and services for approx. 10,100 undergraduates, 5,100 graduate students, and 10,000 full and part time faculty and staff. ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:12:01 +0100 672836 http://obpl.blogspot.com/2008/11/old-bridge-librarys-december-groups-and.html "Old Bridge Library's December Groups and Programs"The Old Bridge Public Library will host a number of public programs during the month of December. For more information on any of the Library's groups or programs, please call (732) 721-5600 ext. 5033 or visit our web site: www.oldbridgelibrary.org.Groups:The Library's Craft Club meets every Thursday at 1:00 p.m. to work on a wide variety of individual projects, with a focus on knitting and crochet.On December 18 at 7:00 p.m., the Original Book Discussion Group will be reviewing Charles Dickens timeless classic A Christmas Carol.The Science Fiction Book Discussion Group will be taking the month of December off for the holidays and will resume in January.Programs:On Monday, December 1, The Old Bridge Public Library will commemorate World AIDS Day. Liz Revill of Raritan Bay Medical Center will host an information table with the most current information on HIV/AIDS that is accessible. The theme for World AIDS Day 2008 is Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise.On Saturday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. Gail Small will present a program on Hawaiian Culture. Take a break from the cold and the holiday shopping and Go Hawaiian! Ms. Small will display examples of traditional Hawaiian dress and play musical examples along with discussing culture and traditions.Displays:The Old Bridge Library will be displaying two art exhibits during the month of December. In the Reading Room Gallery, the Library will host an exhibit of art from the Old Bridge High School and the High School will have a reception for the students, parents and public on Thursday, December 11 at 6:00 p.m.Library's Garden Gallery will be the paintings of Dr. Bahaa Girgis of East Brunswick.Send comments to: OBPL (Source: Old Bridge Library Weblog) Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 673144 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=1376 “Health and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services” The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), in partnership with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA).  Oct 2008. http://www.nvfc.org/files/documents/HealthWellness_guide.pdf This Guide provides the rationale and suggestions for successfully implementing a health and wellness program in the volunteer fire and emergency services. It also addresses many common roadblocks. The chapters are divided to help volunteer departments develop a program from the ground up. [posted on the Medical Reserve Corps listserv] scb (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:07:49 +0100 672447 http://library.mcmaster.ca/php/blog.php?id=947&display=full The Health Sciences Library has complimentary access to several full-text electronic books through MD Consult for a limited time! (Source: McMaster Libraries RSS Feed - Library News) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672477 http://146.74.224.231/archives/2008/11/atis_the_season.html The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend flu shots for Children aged 6 months through 19 years Pregnant women People aged 50 and over People with chronic medical conditions People who live in nursing homes or long-term care facilities People who live with or care for people in the previous categories. To get a flu shot, check with your doctor or find a flu clinic with the American Lung Association’s Flu Clinic Locator. For more information about influenza (a.k.a. the flu), check out the Library’s print and electronic health resources. (Source: Santa Clara County Library - The Latest SCCoop) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:12:09 +0100 672298 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=23238 Winter, Secretary of the Navy, et. al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, et. al. (PDF; 305 KB) Source: Supreme Court of the United States Held: The preliminary injunction is vacated to the extent challenged by the Navy. The balance of equities and the public interest—which were barely addressed by the District Court—tip strongly in favor of the Navy. The Navy’s need to conduct realistic training with active sonar to respond to the threat posed by enemy submarines plainly outweighs the interests advanced by the plaintiffs. Pp. 10–24. (a) The lower courts held that when a plaintiff demonstrates a strong likelihood of success on the merits, a preliminary injunction may be entered based only on a “possibility” of irreparable harm. The “possibility” standard is too lenient. This Court’s frequently reit- erated standard requires plaintiffs seeking preliminary relief to demonstrate that irreparable injury is likely in the absence of an injunc- tion. Even if plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of irreparable in- jury, such injury is outweighed by the public interest and the Navy’s interest in effective, realistic training of its sailors. For the same reason, it is unnecessary to address the lower courts’ holding that plaintiffs have established a likelihood of success on the merits. Pp. 10–14. (b) A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy never awarded as of right. In each case, courts must balance the competing claims of injury and consider the effect of granting or withholding the requested relief, paying particular regard to the public consequences. Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo, 456 U. S. 305, 312. Military interests do not always trump other considerations, and the Court has not held that they do, but courts must give deference to the professional judgment of military authorities concerning the relative importance of a particular military interest. Goldman v. Weinberger, 475 U. S. 503, 507. (Source: Docuticker) Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:40:31 +0100 672290 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=23233 General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe Source: New England Journal of Medicine In this large European cohort study, general and abdominal adiposity were independently related to the risk of death. The associations of BMI with the risk of death were J-shaped, with higher risks of death observed in the lower and upper BMI categories than in the middle categories. In contrast, once general adiposity was adjusted for, abdominal fat distribution was positively associated with the risk of death. These associations tended to be stronger among participants with a lower BMI than among those with a higher BMI. Thus, measurement of both general and abdominal adiposity provides a better assessment of the risk of death, particularly among people with a lower BMI. (Source: Docuticker) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:54:19 +0100 672114 http://pintini.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/11/13/outils-de-recherche-13-11-08.html - Giglia, E. (2008) To Google or not to Google, this is the question . European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 44(2):pp. 221-227.(déposé sur E-LIS, 26/10/08)"This article explores some Google features not so widely known, and other search engines with useful devices to perform a more efficient search in the biomedical field."- Blog Search Engines : The Complete Overview(source: Search Engine Journal / via iLibrarian, 03/11/08)- Quoi de nouveau sous les moteurs ?(source: affordance.info, 06/11/08)- Reference Extract - the answer to a credible search engine?(source: No Shelf Required, 10/11/08)A propos du projet Reference Extract (le gros buzz du mois)- RefSeek.com(source: P. Bradley, 12/11/08)"RefSeek.com is a web search engine for students and researchers. RefSeek aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers. The interface is Google-like, and the results are fairly basic - title, summary, url, date with a 'search this site' option. There's also a 'narrow this search' option. They have a directory section for almanacs, dictonaries, health, news, quotations and so on. Boolean is supported, but not much else."- Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide(source: Google / via Abondance, 13/11/08)"[...] explique en 22 pages l'essentiel de ce qu'il faut savoir sur l'optimisation d'un site pour les moteurs de recherche." (Source: pintiniblog) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:55:05 +0100 672738 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/2008/11/13/classics-professor-to-discuss-greek-roman-impressions-of-doctors/ On Thuesday, November 18 (5:30 -6:30) The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society will hear a presentation by Craid Gibson, PhD, UI Associate Professor of Classics, speak on “Medical (Mal)practice in Greek and Roman Rhetoric.”  Greek and Roman education made use of short essays and speeches to train students who needed credentials for the learned professions.  Doctors turn up surprisingly often in these fictional exercises. In this presentation Professor Gibson brings together many of the texts involving doctors to discuss how and why ancient education found the figure of the doctor useful rhetorically, and what these texts might tell us about popular perceptions of doctors in ancient times. The presentation will be held in the Information Commons West, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. The Public is invited. (Source: News@Hardin) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:45:19 +0100 672124 http://librarychronicles.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html#4006954439398352938 Everything in the universe both causes and cures cancer in one way or another. (Source: Library Chronicles) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:48:00 +0100 672757 http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/index.php/2008/11/13/new-local-materials-2/ New materials available in the Local Materials Collection at the Central Library: A Badger Boy in Blue: The Civil War Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke with an introduction and appendix by William H. Mulligan, Jr. A collection of letters to family from Chauncey Cooke, who enlisted in the Union Army at only 16, after lying about his age. Bo Ryan: Another Hill to Climb by Bo Ryan with Mike Lucas. History of the Wisconsin Badgers and the popular winningest Badger Basketball coach. Budget: City of Madison, Wisconsin. 2009. (This is in 3 volumes on the same record). Operating and capital budgets for the City of Madison as well as Madison Measures, a compilation of key benchmarks for City of Madison residents, laypersons and decision-makers. An East Side Album: A Community Remembers by the East Side History Club edited by Sarah White, assisted by Pat Martin and Ann Waidelich. Produced to commemorate and celebrate the opening of the Goodman Community Center, formerly the Atwood Community Center. Elder Rights & Benefits 2008/09 published by the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, Elder Law Center, [2009]. Information on medical care and assistance for older people in Wisconsin. Green Bay Packers 2008 Media Guide. Yearly publication that helps fans keep track of football history. Hungry for Wisconsin: A Tasty Guide for Travelers by Mary Bergin. A guide to Wisconsin bars and restaurants, divided geographically. Official 2008 Yearbook, Green Bay Packers. An official publication of the Green Bay Packers. Picturing Indians: Photographic Encounters and Tourist Fantasies in H. H. Bennett’s Wisconsin Dells by Steven D. Hoelscher. History of the Wisconsin Dells and the Ho-Chunk Nation as photographed by H.H. Bennett. Old Farm: A History by Jerry Apps with photographs by Steve Apps. History and memoir of Roshara, the Apps’ family central Wisconsin farm. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:01:39 +0100 672034 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/451734301/genome-medicine.html "Genome Medicine is an online peer-reviewed journal which publishes open access research articles of outstanding quality in all areas of medicine studied from a genomic or post-genomic perspective. The journal will have a special focus on the latest technologies and findings that have an impact on the understanding and management of human health and disease. In addition to publishing high-quality research, Genome Medicine serves the international research community as a forum for the discussion and critical review of information about all areas of medicine informed by genomic research" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:59:04 +0100 672147 http://www.surgicalpatientsafety.facs.org/news/medicaltourism.html This May 2008 article provides highlights of a report on medical tourism, "a catch phrase that has been given to the notion of traveling internationally to obtain needed medical services." Features tables listing countries promoting medical tourism, U.S. companies providing medical tourism services, and price comparisons for surgical procedures. Also includes information about insurance coverage and accreditation of foreign hospitals and surgeons. From the Nora Institute for Surgical Patient Safety, American College of Surgeons. (Source: Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:04:01 +0100 671927 http://www.infotogo.com/users/index.asp?RSS=32014 "The course covers basic concepts of biomedical engineering and their connection with the spectrum of human activity. It serves as an introduction to the fundamental science and engineering on wh... (Source: Info To Go: Navigating the Internet) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:02:00 +0100 671828 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/13/immigrant-owned-businesses-contribution-to-the-economyand-other-full-text-reports-on-docuticker/ Posted 12 November 2008 on DocuTicker: + Immigrant-Owned Businesses Contribution To The Economy (U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy) + Health and the Mobile Phone (American Journal of Preventive Medicine) + Saving Our Future: A Review of National Park Cultural Resource Programs (National Academy of Public Administration) (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:00:13 +0100 671851 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2008/11/im-sniffly-sneezy-aching-and-although-i.html I think I must admit to myself that I'm not just having allergy or sinus issues or reacting to the cold and rain, but rather that I have a light cold. I've had congestion for about a week. Now I'm sneezing and my throat's getting scratchy. I just hope it stays in my head and doesn't migrate to my chest and doesn't worsen. I'm starting to cough, so that may be a vain hope. All I know is I feel as the saying goes like I've been hit by a Mack truck--indeed I feel almost flattened. Sleeping helps, but I have too much to do to sleep everything away. Using the CPAP clears out my sinuses briefly, too, but again, that would mean just sleeping a lot. Which if it gets worse I'll consider, I suppose. At least it's been a long time since I've been sick--and the symptoms so far are pretty light. I haven't had to resort to medicine, yet, but that may be in the cards tomorrow.This afternoon I came home from work early (I was ahead on my time) and slept between jobs, which helped, but I was virtually useless at either one. Tomorrow I work from 10 am-10 pm between the two, and it's truck night, so I have to be able to keep it together.I'm going on to bed. I'm going to try to wake up early to do a few things. And maybe the aches will be helped by a little yoga, now that I have space to do it. :) (Source: The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672734 http://pfplreaders.blogspot.com/2008/11/discarding-library-books.html Sometimes the public is shocked to find out that the library has to discard books. It seems wasteful, especially in hard times. But there are a lot of good reasons to throw out a book. Knowledge is not static, and outdated information is no use to anyone. Ten year old medical books can be downright dangerous. Most of the how-to-get-rich-in-real-estate books are probably laughable now. Our beauty books from circa 1984 - again, laughable. My favorite candidate for the instantly outdated book is A Bound Man : Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win. It will stay on the shelf for its historical interest, though.Often, if books are old and unwanted by patrons but not dangerously outdated, we'll sell them, really cheap. Keep an eye on the sale rack in the library lobby. You'll find our discards along with nearly-new books donated by the public. (Source: Book Lover's Blog) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672243 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/451984288/mike-carroll-at-bowling-green-state-u.html The Center For Teaching And Learning at Bowling Green State University has posted a video and blog notes on Michael Carroll's public talk from October 31, Copyright and Your Right to Use and Share Your Scholarly Materials.  From the blog notes: ...Copyright laws are the crux of the issue behind the scholarly communication movement and the pressing need for change. The first laws, enacted in the early 18th century, were intended to protect those who wanted to make money from their written works rather than those who wrote for impact, as researchers and scholars do. Currently, when an author signs over their copyright to the publisher, they become limited in their own access to the work as well as limit many others due to what Dr. Carroll calls “the pay wall.” Carroll asks that researchers and authors make responsible decisions regarding the publication of their works – to consider the effects of simply signing the first or “opening offer” a publisher extends.... Carroll listed several ways that OA is good for authors/researchers: increases impact (# of citations) due to easier access by researchers serendipitous researchers come across works more often, making previously unforeseen connections researchers need broader access to a myriad of sources/literature helps international and poorly financed researchers – access/cost medical researchers – providing out of date treatments due to lack of access to most recent findings current pay-for journals are not searchable because they are not linked (lots of information could be added to the general pool of accessible resources).... ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672162 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/452001409/autism-speaks-adopts-oa-mandate.html Autism Speaks (AS) has adopted an OA mandate for AS-funded research.  From today’s announcement: Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy organization, today announced that effective December 3, 2008, all researchers who receive an Autism Speaks grant will be required to deposit any resulting peer-reviewed research papers in the PubMed Central online archive, which will make the articles available to the public within 12 months of journal publication. This new policy will make the results of Autism Speaks-funded research easily accessible - at no charge - to individuals with autism, families and other advocates, as well as interested researchers. Autism Speaks is the first U.S.-based non-profit advocacy organization to institute this public access requirement. Posting articles on PubMed Central not only makes the results of research more accessible, it also integrates them with other research and data, making it easier for scientists worldwide to pursue autism research and make discoveries.... "Families with autism are, by nature, motivated advocates constantly seeking new and reliable information to educate themselves," said Sophia Colamarino, Ph.D., Autism Speaks Vice President of Research. "They are also particularly sophisticated in their ability to read and interpret scientific literature pertaining to autism. This is an effort to give those families and their physicians access to important information about the latest developments in autism research." "With each additional paper added to PubMed Central, the archive's value grows, and the peer-reviewed scientific literature becomes more open and better integrated with other data resources," said David J. Lipman, M.D., director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the National Library of Medicine division that maintains the archive. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672161 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/12/news-briefs-32/ News Briefs + Cray XT Jaguar supercomputer is world’s fastest for open science at 1.64 petaflops (Oak Ridge national Laboratory) + University of Phoenix to pay $1,875,000 for religious bias against non-Mormons (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) + AMA to support laws against text messaging while driving (American Medical Association) + N.Y. Public Library puts its ‘Treasures’ online (USA Today) + U. of Texas Kicks Football Player Off Team for Anti-Obama Comment on Facebook (Wired Campus/Chronicle of Higher Education) + Community-College System Offers Distance Education by Cellphone (Wired Campus/Chronicle of Higher Education) (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:43:19 +0100 671786 http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=51531 Deep Web Technologies (www.deepwebtech.com) recently launched a beta version of a free, federated search portal, Biznar (www.biznar.com), a publicly available business research website. Using Deep Web's federated search technology, Explorit Research Accelerator, Biznar scans the best business websites on the internet, including blogs, news sites, patent sources, search engines, and deep web sources, returning the most relevant results to one, easily navigable, ranked page. The company says that Biznar is the first in its new line of vertical search portals aimed at improving research quality in specific market areas. Mednar (www.mednar.com) is a free, publicly available medical research site now in beta, which Deep Web Tech has not yet announced or shown at a conference. (Source: Infotoday Newsbreak RSS Feeds) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100 672267 http://www.springerlink.com/content/00x30m5v4026t47x/ Abstract  Due to the heavy use of gene synonyms in biomedical text, people have tried many query expansion techniques using synonyms in order to improve performance in biomedical information retrieval. However, mixed results have been reported. The main challenge is that it is not trivial to assign appropriate weights to the added gene synonyms in the expanded query; under-weighting of synonyms would not bring much benefit, while overweighting some unreliable synonyms can hurt performance significantly. So far, there has been no systematic evaluation of various synonym query expansion strategies for biomedical text. In this work, we propose two different strategies to extend a standard language modeling approach for gene synonym query expansion and conduct a systematic evaluation of these methods on all the available TREC biomedical text collections for ad hoc document retrieval. Our experiment results show that synonym expansion can significantly improve the retrieval accuracy. However, different query types require different synonym expansion methods, and appropriate weighting of gene names and synonym terms is critical for improving performance. Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s10791-008-9075-7Authors Yue Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science 201 N Goodwin Ave Urbana IL 61801 USAHui Fang, University of Delaware Electrical and Computer Engineering 140 Evans Hall Newark DE 19716 USAChengxiang Zhai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science 201 N Goodwin Ave Urbana IL 61801 USA Journal Information RetrievalOnline ISSN 1573-7659Print ISSN 1386-4564 (Source: SpringerLink - Journal) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:26:12 +0100 672860 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=12227 Informatics/Digital Projects Librarian (Short-term) (University of Vermont, Dana Medical Library) (Source: Latest ALA Job Listings) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:55:01 +0100 671604 http://mplic.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/organ-donations-in-the-tennessee-area/ www.donatelifetn.org From the website: Tennessee Donor Services (TDS) is a nonprofit, independent organization authorized by the Federal Government to accept anatomical gifts liver, lungs, kidneys, intestine or pancreas). TDS’ designated service area includes 84 counties in Tennessee and  8 counties in Virginia. The mission of Tennessee Donor Services is to support families in our communities who have sustained the loss of a loved one by providing an opportunity for organ, eye and tissue donation and by facilitating the recovery and transplantation of these gifts to help others in need.           (Source: MPLIC Reference Highway) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:12:19 +0100 671577 http://pontiacpubliclibrary.org/drupal/?q=node/215 The library has recently added a new electronic database to its collection. The MCGILL HEALTH ENCYCLOPEDIA is a perfect mix of accessibility and depth, providing general readers with an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers. It covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. This resource requires a special access code if you wish to use it from your home computer. Please call the library to obtain that password. The library has also added a series of new web links especially for older adults. To access these links, click on the "Helpful Links" which appears on the menu on the left side of our home page. If you know of a web site that might be useful for older adults, please contact Robert at the library and he will add it also. (Source: Pontiac Public Library - 211 E. Madison St., Pontiac, Illinois) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:17:09 +0100 672244 http://davidrothman.net/2008/11/12/google-flu/ (Please see previous post on infodemiology- full text here. Also of potential interest this flu season: WhoIsSick?) http://www.google.org/flutrends/ We have found a close relationship between how many people search for flu-related topics and how many people actually have flu symptoms. Of course, not every person who searches for “flu” is actually sick, but a pattern emerges when all the flu-related search queries from each state and region are added together. We compared our query counts with data from a surveillance system managed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and discovered that some search queries tend to be popular exactly when flu season is happening. By counting how often we see these search queries, we can estimate how much flu is circulating in various regions of the United States. It’ll be interesting to watch this year trend against previous years’ data- I’m going to be watching New York especially closely. I also like that Google embeds a search panel on the page (via the American Lung Association) for finding the nearest place to get a flu shot. Google will also let you download the historical data and/or the data for current estimates. More from the Official Google Blog (Source: davidrothman.net) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:20:18 +0100 671683 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=23177 Health and the Mobile Phone Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Within the next 8 years, annual U.S. expenditure on health care is projected to reach $4 trillion/year, or 20% of the gross domestic product.1 Whether resource consumption of this order of magnitude is sustainable is an open question, but at the very least it suggests the need for population-level solutions for everything from the primary prevention of disease to improving end-of-life care. Ours is a society that often views challenges like this as being solved through the application of technology, and one technology in particular is emerging that may become very important to the delivery of health care and population health: mobile phones. By June 2007 there were 239 million users of mobile phones in the U.S. or 79% of the population,2 and users are highly diverse.3 Mobile phones are beginning to replace landline telephones for some, and except for very young children, may ultimately reach an effective penetration of “one phone: one person” as is already the case in some countries such as Finland.4 This paper provides an overview of the implications of this trend for the delivery of healthcare services and population health. In addition to addressing how mobile phones are changing the way health professionals communicate with their patients, a summary is provided of current and projected technologic capabilities of mobile phones that have the potential to render them an increasingly indispensable personal health device. Finally, the health risks of mobile phone use are addressed, as are several unresolved technical and policy-related issues unique to mobile phones. Because these issues may influence how well and how quickly mobile phones are integrated into health care, and how well they serve the needs of the entire population, they deserve the attention of both the healthcare and public health community. (Source: Docuticker) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:29:25 +0100 671452 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/451395497/how-we-help-track-flu-trends.html This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed.Google search isn't just about looking up football scores from last weekend or finding a great hotel for your next vacation. It can also be used for the public good. Yesterday, we announced Google Flu Trends, which uses aggregated search data in an effort to confront the challenge of influenza outbreaks.By taking Google Trends — where you can see snapshots of what's on the public's collective mind — and applying the tool to a public health problem, our engineers found that there was a correlation between flu-related queries and the actual flu. They created a model for near real-time estimates about outbreaks, in the hopes that both health care professionals and the general public would use this tool to better prepare for flu season.Since we launched yesterday, the response from the medical community has been positive. "The earlier the warning, the earlier prevention and control measures can be put in place," said Dr. Lyn Finelli of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to The New York Times. "[T]his could prevent cases of influenza." You can check out the tool for yourself.We couldn't have built this flu detection system without analyzing historical patterns. Because flu season is different every year, just a few months of data wouldn't have done the trick. For example, the 2003-2004 flu season was unusually severe in many regions. The data from that season was especially robust and allowed us to discover a more accurate, reliable set of flu-related terms. To learn more about how we built the system, see this page on how Flu Trends works. ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672097 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/451148950/new-oa-journal-of-genomic-medicine.html Genome Medicine is a new peer-reviewed OA journal published by BioMed Central. See the November 12 announcement. The article-processing charge is £1350 (€1660, $2105), subject to discounts and waivers. Authors retain copyright and articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Abstracts for some articles to be published in the first issue are now available. (Source: Open Access News) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671711 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/2008/11/11/wii-event-2/ Need a break from Studying? Come and Play Nintendo Wii @ the Hardin Library!! Thursday, November 13, 2008 12pm-2pm Information Commons East Hardin Library for the Health Sciences **ALL experience levels welcome!! (Source: News@Hardin) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:58:08 +0100 671136 http://mulford.utoledo.edu/mblog/?p=896 The Nature Publishing Group has recently posted a useful set of links to a range of scientific and biomedical resources.  The present fourteen (14) titles include – *Nature Protocol -an online resource for protocols, including authoritative, peer-reviewed ‘Nature Protocols’ and an interactive ‘Protocols Network’. The two create a dynamic forum for scientists to upload and comment on protocols.  *Signaling Gateway -designed to facilitate navigation of the complex world of research into cellular signaling. Information and data presented here are freely available to all. It is powered by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). *Nature Reports Avian Flu - A regularly updated collection of research advances, news and background information on avian flu and the H5N1 virus, with the associated Avian Flu blog *Pathway Interactions Database -An authoritative, peer-reviewed database of signaling pathways in human cells. The database is a collaboration between the U.S. National Cancer Institute and NPG. *Structural Genomics Database  - Research data and resources from the Protein Structure Initiative, complemented with structural biology updates from Nature Publishing Group. *Nature Reports Climate Change - covers the news behind the science and the science behind the news of global climate change *Pathway Interaction Database - An authoritative, peer-reviewed database of signaling pathways in human cells. The database is a collaboration between the U.S. National Cancer Institute and NPG. Please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance for further information or assistance with your informational and research needs. (Source: Mulford Library Blog) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:13:54 +0100 671122 http://mplic.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/lab-tests-online-2/ http://www.labtestsonline.org/ “Lab Tests Online has been designed to help you, as a patient or family caregiver, to better understand the many clinical lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases.”–From the website.  It is non-commerical, patient centered, peer-reviewed, and is a product of the collaboration of a number of professional societies representing the laboratory community who have partnered to be responsible for the content of different areas found on this site.        (Source: MPLIC Reference Highway) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:04:45 +0100 671579 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/2008/11/11/2009-current-medical-diagnosis-treatment-available-in-accessmedicine/ The 2009 edition of CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment is available online in AccessMedicine. The online version includes CMDT Media Library with key diagnostic videos, audios, and images. (Source: News@Hardin) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:56:22 +0100 671117 http://healthlibrary.blogspot.com/2008/11/evidence-based-medicine-and-changing.html Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Healthcare. Summary - Institute of Medicine: "#Institute of Medicine's Report released August 11, 2008. Common themes are listed below. Note the third item from the bottom, "Shift to a culture of care that learns." This is a theme I see over and over again in many types of industries and organizations. This, I believe is the key to success, fostering a culture that learns.# Increasing complexity of health care# Unjustified discrepancies in care patterns# Importance of better value from health care# Uncertainty exposed by the information environment# Pressing need for evidence development# Promise of health information technology# Need for more practice-based research# Shift to a culture of care that learns# New model of the patient-provider partnership# Leadership that stems from every quarter"Health Library Blog. Published by kairosmix. (Source: Health Library - Web 2.0 for Health Professionals) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:48:00 +0100 671587 http://nnlm.gov/scr/blog/?p=874 A new version of NLM’s Drug Information Portal was released in October. The portal now covers over 16,000 drugs. http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov The update includes: 1. Direct searching of drug categories, which are derived from the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH®) Pharmacological Action field http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/mesh/paterms.html 2. Name and category suggestions, to eliminate common spelling errors 3. Phrase parser that [...] (Source: Network News) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:51:10 +0100 671053 http://www.uab.edu/lister/news/index.php?newsID=1&ID=617 It should be even easier now to use your laptops in the library. Power strips have been added around the first and second floors to provide convenient access to power. If you have suggestions about other places to add power strips, stop by the desk and let us know. (Source: Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences News) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:04:14 +0100 671463 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2008/11/11/american-veterans%e2%80%99-and-servicemembers%e2%80%99-survival-guide/ American Veterans’ and Servicemembers’ Survival Guide From press release: The VA and the military do a great deal for veterans and servicemembers, and they are doing a better job than they once did (especially in medical care), but they also frequently are ineffective, incompetent, or unfair. This book will help the reader to help himself or herself when the military and the VA don’t do what they should. When complete, the Guide will contain approximately 28 chapters. Topics include the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs, disability compensation, pensions, medical care, educational benefits, housing benefits, claims and appeals, discharge upgrading, the criminal justice system, employment, reemployment rights, benefits for family members, and special problems of women servicemembers and veterans. The new book will be for veterans of all eras, very much including everybody from World War II to Vietnam and beyond. But it will give special emphasis to veterans and servicemembers of Iraq and Afghanistan. + Full Guide in PDF (6.3 MB) Source: Veterans for America (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:32:20 +0100 670982 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Open_Position_in_Dallas Two years of management experience in an academic library; Three or more years experience in an academic biomedical environment; Biomedical searching (Source: pligg - all) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:00:25 +0100 670988 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/452112661/you-still-need-librarian-even-if.html In my previous library life I was a medical librarian for a community hospital. When I applied for that position I discovered that it was the perfect match for me at that time in my life. They needed/wanted to take that next step and get their library online and I wanted/needed experience in other areas of medical librarianship. Prior to that position I had worked at large medical institution where every librarian had a specific role. I needed to spread my wings and the position at the community hospital provided that opportunity.I knew it wasn't going to be easy when I took the job. The library had a c-a-r-d catalog. Yes you read it right, a card catalog. Not an online catalog that we sometimes accidentally still refer to as a card catalog, but the good ol' fashion one where you flip through the actual cards. Nobody knew how to use it, the medical students and residents only exposure to one was through Pottery Barn. In addition to the card catalog, the library had only two online journals (NEJM and JAMA) through Ovid. There were no links to open access journals, and they had not even activated their online free with print paid subscription. The library's Intra and Internet sites were nonexistent.However, I wasn't completely starting from scratch. They had a subscribed to a solid group of online databases and the administration was interested and enthusiastic with taking the library to the next level. I had an assistant who handled some of the day to day things like ILL, two good volunteers to do photocopying and shelving, and library school down the road that furnished me with students eager to do practicums.Within the first year and a half I got a union online catalog up and running with three other affiliated hospitals. (Thank you to all of those library students who helped catalog the books.) I activated all of the online journals that came free with a print subscription. ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 672204 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2008/11/8-years-added-to-wus-web-of-science-access.html Web of Science now 1980+. Thanks to a joint purchase of the Becker Medical Library, the Social Work Library, the Law Library, and the Olin Library System, additional years are now available for Web of Science: you now have access to 1980 to the present, rather than 1988 to the present. This includes Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Of course you can still get information about older articles using the Cited Reference Search, if they are included in the reference lists of 1980+ articles. (The Century of Science, 1900+, file is certainly still on the wish list but adding 8 years was all our budget could support this year.) (Source: Biology Library News) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671442 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/earlham/dGCQ/~3/449986269/oa-films-from-history-of-medicine.html The Wellcome Trust has released the first batch of 60+ OA films from the Wellcome Film Digitisation project.  Each film has an CC-BY-NC licence.  (Thanks to the new Wellcome Library Blog and Robert Kiley.) (Source: Open Access News) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671176 http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/2008/11/science-education-in-computational.html Just like last year, Eugene Wallingford (CoaSL interview here) of the blog Knowing and Doing has written up some pretty detailed workshop session reports from the 2008 NSF Workshop on Science Education in Computational Thinking. Here's his Table of Contents post, which I'll be reproducing below along with some excerpts from each post.Primary entries:Workshop 1: A Course in Computational Thinking -- SECANT a year laterTeaching CS principles to non-CS students required the CS faculty to take an approach unlike what they are used to. They took advantage of Python's strengths as a high-level, dynamic scripting language to use powerful primitives, plentiful libraries, and existing tools for visualizing results. (They also had to deal with its weaknesses, not the least of which for them was the delayed feedback about program correctness that students encounter in a dynamically-typed language.) They delayed teaching the sort of software engineering principles that we CS guys love to teach early. Instead, they tried to introduce abstractions only on a need-to-know basis.Workshop 2: Computational Thinking in the Health Sciences -- big data is changing the research method of scienceIn addition to technical skills and domain knowledge, scientists of the future need the elusive "problem-solving skills" we all talk about and hope to develop in our courses. Haixu Tang, from the Informatics program at Indiana contrasted the mentality of what he called information technology and scientific computing:technique-driven versus problem-drivengeneral models versus specific, even novel, modelsrobust, scalable, and modular software versus accurate, efficient programsThese distinctions reflect a cultural divide that makes integrating CS into science disciplines tough. In Tang's experience, domain knowledge is not the primary hurdle, but he has found it easier to teach computer scientists biology than to teach biologists computer science. ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671152 http://library.mcmaster.ca/php/blog.php?id=946&display=full In keeping with the time of year, there is a new display in the C. Barber Mueller History of Health and Medicine Room. “Honour the Sacrifice, Consider the Waste” , health care personnel in Canada’s military engagements, 1899-2008 (Source: McMaster Libraries RSS Feed - Library News) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 671118 http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries.php?title=caring_for_man_s_best_friend&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 With over 72 million dogs in the United States, many households have an interest in techniques for dog care and training. Kristine M. Alpi, Director of the William Rand Kenan Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine, and Barbara L. Sherman, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Animal Behavior Service at the College of Veterinary Medicine, have collaborated to identify the best published sources (books, videos, and websites) on the subject. Their article, “Dog Care & Training: The Well-Behaved Dog,” appears in the November 1 issue of Library Journal and is available online. Alpi and Sherman note that “the field of dog training has shifted from an emphasis on ‘alpha’ domination and punishment to a focus on positive leadership and reward-based instruction supported by the latest scientific knowledge.” They review twenty-nine resources in the article and another eighteen in a web addendum, so nearly every dog owner should be able to find a well-written and authoritative resource to supplement professional advice from a veterinarian. President-elect Obama, who has announced that his family will be joined by a puppy in the White House, may want to consult the sections on “Puppies” and “Children and Dogs.” All of the resources featured in the article are on display at the William Rand Kenan Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine through the end of November. (Source: NCSU Libraries) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:30:02 +0100 670825 http://granite.medlib.iupui.edu/rlmlnews/?p=210 Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov 25-26, 2008 - Open 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursday, November 27, 2008 - Thanksgiving Day - Closed Friday, November 28, 2008 - Friday After Thanksgiving - Closed Saturday, November 29, 2008 - Resume Regular Hours (Source: IU Medical Library News) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:34:12 +0100 670751 http://nnlm.gov/mar/blog/2008/11/10/1st-state-first-rate-improving-the-dsamh-medical-library/ Due to the lapse of time between confirmation of award receipt and the actual receipt of the payment, some modifications had to be made to the item order.  The shredder was a different brand, but the same quality, and several hundred dollars less (we were unable to get the original quoted price because of a [...] (Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:36:58 +0100 670959 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=1360 Deadline: No later than Feb. 1, 2009. The National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region (NN/LM MCR) is accepting proposals for the Continuity of Health Information Award. The purpose is to fund innovative projects in three areas: Advocacy Health Information Literacy Emergency Preparedness This solicitation asks Network members to choose one focus area and develop a project that will be funded up to $15,000. Full and affiliate members (with the exception of Resource Libraries) are eligible to apply. Further information is at at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding. Proposals not funded may be resubmitted in subsequent years. Project awards to be announced Mar. 1, 2009 with project completion by Nov. 1, 2010. If you have questions, or require assistance call                 1-800-338-7657          or contact these liaisons who have details: Marty Magee Barb Jones Siobhan Champ Blackwell John Bramble Jim