Please visit the new MDMLG Calendar of Events, which can be found by clicking on the MDMLG Calendar of Events link on the menu bar. I am very excited to present this new feature to our web site. This free service is robust and easy to view. The events can contain a Google map feature when an address is added to the event, with the option for the user to enter their starting address and obtain driving directions. Links can also be added in the Notes field. I've used this in the entry of the Summer Luncheon, where a link to the registration form can be found.
The calendar can be downloaded into iCal format (which is apparently Mac so I'm not very familiar with it)and add it to your calendar* or read via RSS feed. You can also sign up for your own personal Airset account and subscribe to this calendar and view it with your personal calendar.
Hope you all enjoy!
*P.S. - if anyone is familiar with iCal format please comment about how one might use it. Thanks.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Don Litner from Swets Information Services has sent MDMLG a trial for ClusterMed, Swets' federated search engine. Try ClusterMed by clicking at
http://www.mdmlg.org/members/clustermed.htm. If you have any questions, please contact Don Litner directly at dlitner@us.swets.com
For those of you who attended the Spring CE, La Ventra Danquah has sent a copy of her notes for the course. You may view them at http://www.mdmlg.org/members/March%202006%20CE%20Notes.pdf
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http://www.mdmlg.org/members/clustermed.htm. If you have any questions, please contact Don Litner directly at dlitner@us.swets.com
For those of you who attended the Spring CE, La Ventra Danquah has sent a copy of her notes for the course. You may view them at http://www.mdmlg.org/members/March%202006%20CE%20Notes.pdf
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
Did peer review spring from the time of the Inquisition? Is it an essential means of assuring quality - or as relevant today as medieval torture? For some thought-provoking ideas on Peer Review in the Google Age, these recent presentations may be of interest:
Morrison, Heather (2006) Open Peer Review & Collaboration http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006017/
Dominy, Margaret and Bradley, Jean-Claude and Bhatt, Jay (2006) Peer Review in the Google Age: Is technology changing the way science is done and evaluated?
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006004/
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Morrison, Heather (2006) Open Peer Review & Collaboration http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006017/
Dominy, Margaret and Bradley, Jean-Claude and Bhatt, Jay (2006) Peer Review in the Google Age: Is technology changing the way science is done and evaluated?
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006004/
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Friday Beth Carlin from St. Franscis Hospital posted the following on MEDLIB-L:
There have been many interesting responses to this question. Our very own Theresa Ardnt wrote:
T Scott Plutchak sees this as an opportunity.
Dalia Kleinmuntz countered:
Patti Reynolds discussed the need for one central "virtual library door" so to speak, conceeding that if we are to cater to our virtual users we need to make the process an easy one and suggests that can be accomplished by a central internal web site, catalog and authentication system. Paul Blobaum suggests teaching as a way to increase traffic into the library.
All the posts can be read at the MEDLIB-L archives.
This topic flows well with our December MDMLG program on library advocacy. I see the thread on MEDLIB-L as a way to virtually continue our discussion. What trends are you seeing in your library? Do you count virtual patrons, and if so how? Have you done anything to increase patron counts in the library proper? Let's start the comments rolling!
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Academic Medical Libraries have written reams about ... "now that resources are online...fewer users are coming into the library". NLM has presented loads of dialogue about why they are building a new structure in this day of online resources. I'm looking to start a discussion about hospital libraries...what's our take on it...?
I have only about 10% of my attendings using the library regularly. I can come up with endless reasons why they are not using the library. I'd like to hear about what is working in your library to bring those attendings in?...no food stories please!
Thanks...
I have only about 10% of my attendings using the library regularly. I can come up with endless reasons why they are not using the library. I'd like to hear about what is working in your library to bring those attendings in?...no food stories please!
Thanks...
There have been many interesting responses to this question. Our very own Theresa Ardnt wrote:
Should we really care if they physically come into the library? If they are using the online resources to which the library subscribes,
using email reference, calling on the phone, aren't they "coming in" to
the library in a sense?
using email reference, calling on the phone, aren't they "coming in" to
the library in a sense?
T Scott Plutchak sees this as an opportunity.
This is why librarians need to develop new and creative strategies for getting OUT of the library and building stronger relationships with the members of the communities they serve. When the users no longer need to
come to us to get access to materials, we have to figure out ways to bring our expertise to them.
come to us to get access to materials, we have to figure out ways to bring our expertise to them.
Dalia Kleinmuntz countered:
"Getting out" is important, but still, it does get too quiet in the Library, and it "looks like" nobody uses the facility... Administrators
sometimes get the wrong impression, my reports and statistics notwithstanding. Answering telephone requests and email and fax requests is fine, but we do miss the person to person interaction, and the ability to put a FACE to the name.
sometimes get the wrong impression, my reports and statistics notwithstanding. Answering telephone requests and email and fax requests is fine, but we do miss the person to person interaction, and the ability to put a FACE to the name.
Patti Reynolds discussed the need for one central "virtual library door" so to speak, conceeding that if we are to cater to our virtual users we need to make the process an easy one and suggests that can be accomplished by a central internal web site, catalog and authentication system. Paul Blobaum suggests teaching as a way to increase traffic into the library.
All the posts can be read at the MEDLIB-L archives.
This topic flows well with our December MDMLG program on library advocacy. I see the thread on MEDLIB-L as a way to virtually continue our discussion. What trends are you seeing in your library? Do you count virtual patrons, and if so how? Have you done anything to increase patron counts in the library proper? Let's start the comments rolling!
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Monday, April 03, 2006
Library Terms That Users Understand
This is an interesting web site. I'd like to see research done on the special library patron. Our patrons are a bit different. For example, in the public and academic library setting research found that "journal" was a term users didn't understand. That is not the case with medical library patrons. I think it would be interesting (and useful) to do this type of study with medical / hospital library patrons (anyone on the MHSLA research committee intereste?).
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from the web site
This site is intended to help library web developers decide how to label key resources and services in such a way that most users can understand them well enough to make productive choices. It serves as a clearinghouse of usability test data evaluating terminology on library websites, listing terms that tests show are effective or ineffective labels. It presents alternatives by documenting terms that are actually used by libraries. It also suggests test methods and best practices for reducing cognitive barriers caused by terminology.
This site is intended to help library web developers decide how to label key resources and services in such a way that most users can understand them well enough to make productive choices. It serves as a clearinghouse of usability test data evaluating terminology on library websites, listing terms that tests show are effective or ineffective labels. It presents alternatives by documenting terms that are actually used by libraries. It also suggests test methods and best practices for reducing cognitive barriers caused by terminology.
This is an interesting web site. I'd like to see research done on the special library patron. Our patrons are a bit different. For example, in the public and academic library setting research found that "journal" was a term users didn't understand. That is not the case with medical library patrons. I think it would be interesting (and useful) to do this type of study with medical / hospital library patrons (anyone on the MHSLA research committee intereste?).
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