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David Rothman now works as the Information Services Specialist at the Community General Hospital Medical Library, managing the day-to-day operation of the CGH Medical Library
Michelle Kraft has been a medical librarian since 1998 and is currently the medical librarian for a hospital system in Ohio. She enjoys looking at technology and its effect on everything in libraries. "I seem to be a reference librarian with a flare of techie in me."
Journal Watch is written by Dr Richard Lehman and is a lighthearted review of the leading medical journals from a GP perspective. It is updated weekly. Excellent overview of the weekly literature.
The October 2006 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) will contain the first installment in a new series of case studies. These cases will provide narrative and insight from expert commentators drawn from librarianship, informatics, medicine, research, and other areas that inform the development of a given case situation. This feature will share commentary and practices for a variety of scenarios with the intent of prompting discussion of issues facing health sciences librarianship as a developing profession and the development of potential solutions.
This blog will serve as an online forum for further discussion of the scenarios and facets of the strategies for addressing these information-related challenges. The curator of the column, JMLA co-editor Rebecca Jerome, will collate prominent issues from comments/questions submitted by readers into periodic updates to the blog, with the intent of fostering discourse about techniques for addressing complex information-related issues in the health sciences.
The hospital librarians' wiki is sponsored by the Hospital Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association. The purpose is to provide a sandbox in which we can share best practices in a forum that is easily accessed, archived, searched, and modified. Everyone is invited to participate. Anyone can add content to existing pages by "Editing This Page."
Health Library Wiki from UBC
Clinical Cases and Images is a useful resource that brings together various pearls of medical wisdom and aims to bridge the gap between clinical theory and practice (http://clinicalcases.blogspot.com). This well organised site contains a good collection of case histories, with links to imaging, and clinical examination and procedure websites, making this a feature rich site with a strong focus on clinical learning.
A blog featuring items of interest to librarians working in Canadian health sciences libraries. This site was created by Denise Koufogiannakis, Collections and Acquisitions Coordinator for the University of Alberta Libraries. It is now maintained by Trish Chatterley, Academic Intern at the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta.
The free medical knowledge base that anyone can read and any registered medical practitioner may edit. Ganfyd is a collaborative medical reference by medical professionals and invited non-medical experts. The site is based around the wiki format, enabling true sharing of knowledge. Please join and help us to create a great source of information and experience!
A long list which seems both useful and comprehensive.
The Saint Joseph Hospital(Orange, California) Nursing Research Blog will communicate the nursing research activities at SJO to staff. Communications may include, but are not restricted to, announcements of Nursing Grand Rounds, Nursing Journal Clubs, Nursing EBN classes, ongoing nursing research and relevant medical library announcements and news. Secondly, this blog will serve as an open discussion forum for nurses and librarians interested in evidenced based nursing.
Example of a blog used to report on Journal Club topics and discussion.A blog for UCHC graduate students, faculty and librarians about their use of clinical literature, Web 2.0, sources, strategies
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