If you subscribe to MEDLIB-L delete now. There are two sections of
this digest: the first covers issues of library management, and
library education; the second covers reference questions (some still
open), good reads, and collection development
MEDLIB-L selection May 26-June 6, 2001 1st part
======================================================
Contents:
1. Medical Librarian Info Missing Again [ MEDLINE-PLUS health occupations
page]
2. ? self-employed medical librarians
3. PDAs in medical/hospital libraries [Q and summary]
4. Library instruction : is it overrated ? plus related question
5. Re: Marketing Library instruction
6. Terminology for Digitally Printed Book "Editions" [Q still open]
7. Summary: OPAC Alternatives
8. CHAT: Online journal archives
9. [livereference] pdas and libraries yahoo group
10. Web positioning [in search engine results -Q still open]
11. Chat: closing of AOL Time Warner library
12. Ref Q: Copyright ... summary
13. More Digital Ref links
13. Summary: cell phone usage survey
======================================================
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 11:01:12 -0500
From: Mason Elizabeth <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Medical Librarian Info Missing Again
Medline Plus has just added a new page : MEDLINEplus: Health Occupations
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthoccupations.html
It doesn't include Med Librns!!!!!
It is using Occupational Outlook but we know there was a very good
article
on Librarianship in Winter issue of their O O Quarterly. I left a message
and I would hope a lot of you will also.
Elizabeth A. Mason, Medical Librarian
Ismael Medical Library
Regional Medical Center of San Jose
225 North Jackson Ave.
San Jose, CA 95116
408-259-5000 x2230
FAX 408-7292881
email: [log in to unmask]
------------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:30:06 -0500
From: Peg Allen <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Medical Librarian Info Missing Again
I had the opportunity to review our Wisconsin Health Careers site at
http://www.wihealthcareers.org/ and requested that they add Health Science
Librarians. You can see what we came up with at
http://www.wihealthcareers.org/disciplines/librarian.htm . On each
occupation page, the links to educational organizations are for Wisconsin.
Recruitment is very important to our aging discipline, so we need to
discover all the ways we can reach prospective colleagues. Another
thought
is to get involved in health careers camps and other opportunities to
influence career choices at an eearly stage.
Peg
Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP mailto:[log in to unmask]
Library Consultant http://communities.msn.com/PegAllenLibraryConsultant
Resource Librarian Consultant for Cinahl Information Systems, Inc.
http://www.cinahl.com/
Library Consultant, Northern and Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education
Centers, http://www.nahec-wi.org/ and
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ahec/swahec/
PO Box 2, 308 Kann, Stratford, WI 54484-0002
(715)687-4976 Fax:(715)687-4976
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:55:40 -0500
From: Mason Elizabeth <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: FW: New Health Occupations page
Here's MEDLINEplus team answer to my shock at not including Medical
Librarians or any librarians in their new Health Occupations page. Should
MLA be the place to go for description or where else should we point them?
For those of you who went to the MLA Conference and missed my posting -
The new page above talks about all the occupations except for Med Librns
and this comes from the source who just sent us the mini poster and
bookmarks. Maybe the size of the poster should have alerted us.
Elizabeth A. Mason, Medical Librarian
Ismael Medical Library
Regional Medical Center of San Jose
225 North Jackson Ave.
San Jose, CA 95116
408-259-5000 x2230
FAX 408-7292881
email: [log in to unmask]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Medlineplus Medlineplus [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 1:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New Health Occupations page
>
> Dear Ms. Mason,
>
> Thank you for your interest in MEDLINEplus.
> We did indeed get most of our links from the Occupational Outlook, which
> does not include Medical Librarians, only Librarians in general.
>
> We have asked one of our selectors to find an appropriate link for
Medical
> Librarian and which we will add the the Health Occupations topic as soon
> as we can.
>
> If you are aware of an appropriate site, please forward to me directly.
>
> Thanks,
> Paula Kitendaugh
> MEDLINEplus Management Team
>
> >>> WWW user <[log in to unmask]> 05/29/01 11:55AM >>>
> Form Comments -- Why not Medical Librarian?
> Occupational Outlook Quarterly had a large article in the Winter
2000(1?)
> issue on the profession of Librarian.
> Elizabeth A. Mason
> Medical Librarian
> Ismael Medical Library
> Regional Medical Center of San Jose
> 225 North Jackson Ave.
> [log in to unmask]
>
> From -- /medlineplus/healthoccupations.html
-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:08:33 -0500
From: Lisa Smith <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: ? self-employed medical librarians
In reading the med. lib. salary survey on the MLA website, I was
interested to see in the "salary by institution type" column, the category of
self-employ ed. One person had responded to that category, and had
indicated that their annual salary was approximately $60,000; comparable
to the annual salary of a specialized med. librarian. I'd like to know if
any other med. librarians out there know of any self-employed med.
librarians, and in particular, I would love to hear from any self-employed
librarians. We med. librarians have specialized skills, as does any
self-employed consultant, but our customers (physicians, RNs, therapists
etc.) are used to getting our services gratis through the hospital,
university or organization that employs us; so that
does not seem to translate into a paying customer base for us.
Lisa Smith
[log in to unmask]
DCTF Librarian
WMHI
======================================================
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 16:11:33 -0500
From: Lori Bell <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: PDAs in medical/hospital libraries
Hello. I would like to know if any medical/hospital libraries are
loaning PDAs to medical students, physicians, residents, or nurses.
If so, what are your loaning policies? Whether you loan or not, does
your library support the use of PDAs and what kind of training/support
do you offer? Does your library purchase content for the PDAs, whether
or not you loan them? Any information you could provide would be most
helpful and much appreciated. Thanks!
Lori Bell
Medical Librarian
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library and Resource Center
530 NE Glen Oak Ave.
Peoria, IL 61637
(309)655-2210
---------------------------------------------
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:00:59 -0500
From: Lori Bell <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: summary of responses on pda use in health science libraries
Several people asked for a summary of responses on pda use in health
science libraries. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Following is a
brief summary of responses. I found it very helpful and hope you do
too.
Thanks.
Lori Bell
Medical Librarian
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
530 NE Glen Oak Ave.
Peoria, IL 61637
(309)655-2210
PDA in Medical Libraries Summary from Responses on various lists
Contact: Fran Kovach - [log in to unmask]
For family and community medicine, they loan Visors to the students
when
they are in this clerkship to enter their patient logbook information.
They have had a lot of good feedback and are doing well at these. The
library spends approximately 30 minutes training them at their
orientation. If they have problems, they call computer support.
Contact: Joy Kennedy - [log in to unmask]
Joy is in a community hospital, Northwest Community Healthcare in
Arlington Heights, Illinois and is looking for libraries that loan
plug-in books for the PDA. She has found that you can purchase the
plug
in for Harrison's the PDR and so forth for about $99 apiece, but they
are cheaper to download from the web. She is viewing this as checking
out an AV item.
Contact: Jean L. Siebert - [log in to unmask]
This library does not provide PDAs for loan. She had several requests
for web page links for free software so she created a web page at
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/library/pda.htm
Contact: Mari Stoddard - [log in to unmask]
Arizona Health Sciences Library supports PDAs in cradles in the
reference area using Pinstall.exe and in the computer lab with HotSync.
Quick overview is available at
http://nnlm.gov/psr/lat/v10n3/printversion.html. They train providing
workshops each quarter; consults for getting started, clinic,
management/administration, students, teachers, orientations for new
residents and faculty. The library does not purchase content although
they recommend ePocrates and 5 Minute Clinical Consult. The library
coordinated a deal in which the campus bookstore purchases group-packs
for content and sells it to users. They do develop some content for
PDAs including handouts with library hours, webpages and other data.
There are also some wonderful power point presentations on PDAs in the
library done by Mari Stoddard on their website.
Contact: Sue Ben-Dor - [log in to unmask]
Horton Medical Center has just purchased a PDA for the library and
plans
to lend it out, but they have not decided how to and to whom and for
how
long. They purchased a Palm IIIc from pdamd.com with a medical program
called the Medical Startup Kit II which was free of purchase with the
Palm.
Contact: Hella Bluhm-Stieber -
[log in to unmask]
The Milton J. Chatton Medical Library does not offer PDAs and they do
not purchase software for them. However, they have loaded PDA sharing
software on their public access computers so users can transfer
information from the computer to their PDA etc.
Contact: Mary Mauck - [log in to unmask]
The Denison Memorial Library for the University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center is beginning to develop policies for PDAs and what
support will be available. The University of Colorado Hospital and the
School of Medicine are participating in a pilot project with residents
and the PDAs. The library is not very involved yet. The School of
Pharmacy is beginning to support faculty with PDAs. The library is
working on a project of loaning laptops to students, faculty or staff.
The laptops connect to the Internet with wireless access and are for
in library use only.
Contact: Lori Bell - [log in to unmask]
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library under the OSF Department of
Medicine is participating in a pilot project with the University of
Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria which the library will loan out
visors with core content such as ePocrates to medical students,
residents and attending physicians. Library staff will provide
orientations and trainings on the Palm and docking stations will be
made available throughout the library.
======================================================
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:02:13 -0400
From: Francis Lacasse <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Library instruction : is it overrated ?
As a librarian, I have difficulty keeping up with all the changes of the
information wolrd. Nevertheless, one of my task would be to help user
keeping up with these changes by offering them courses, printed materials,
etc. I try but I am not even sure that these sessions are helping them
find the information they are looking for. Sometimes, I ask myself : am I
putting too much energy in library instruction ? Should I put this time
in actually doing the search myself ?
Can you recommand some recent articles, researches, tought-provoking texts
asking these kind of questions (and maybe even answering it) : Library
instruction : is it that useful ? Is it overrated ? In a constant flowing
information world, should librarian spend more time doing actual
bibliographic research and reference work than library instruction,? Are
we putting too much burden on the end-user ? Are we doing them a
disservice ? Especially in medical/hospital libraries ?
Thank you for your time
Francis Lacasse
Documentation Center
Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute
1036, rue Belvedere Sud
Sherbrooke (Qc)
J1H 4C4
Telephone : (819) 821-1170 extension 2518
Fax : (819) 829-7150
Courriel : [log in to unmask]
---------------------------------------------------
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 12:46:24 -0500
From: Richard Jasper <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Library instruction : is it overrated ?
I'll be interested to see what people turn up.
My gut feeling is that collectively we don't do nearly enough library
instruction (and I mean that in the broadest sense, whether in the
classroom, at the desk, on the web, or wherever.)
In the two years I've spent working the information desk here I've been
continually amazed by the number of people with advanced degrees for whom
the library catalog, citation databases, electronic journals, etc. are
complete mysteries. While I'm perfectly happy to look up 2-3 references
for
someone, I almost always say, "here, let me show you what I'm doing -- you
can do this from your office, y'know..." Most of the time it seems to be
well-received, but then most of the people I encounter are perfectly happy
being independent users -- they're just waiting for us to show 'em how.
There's another big group who have no interest whatsoever in doing it
themselves -- the "hand it to me" folks. Most of the time I don't even see
the hardcore "hand it to me" people; instead they send their secretaries
or their graduate assistants, who willy-nilly wind up being independent
users themselves. Then there are the "hand it to me" folks who don't have
any lackeys and want ME to be their lackey instead. But I can't be *your*
lackey if there are two other people waiting behind you and another one on
hold on the phone.
Which doesn't mean I don't ever do the searching. Just the opposite, in
fact. If it's a quick, I'll do the look up *and* show the patron how to do
it. If it's more involved than that, there's a judgment call to be made.
We're the "experts," after all, and if the search requires expertise that
the patron doesn't have and I can provide, then I'm happy to take it on.
A couple of other points:
-- Do you do any follow up with your patrons to gauge the effectiveness of
your library instruction efforts? If yu teach classes, do you have an
evaluation form? Do ever survey / check in with people weeks or months
*after* a classroom session? What do others do?
-- How do people market library instruction? Do people ever advertise
classes like "Get Your Boss Off Your Case -- Library Instruction for
Administrative Assistants" or "Six Easy Steps for Cutting Your Research
Time
in Half"?
Looking forward to hearing more...
rpj
Richard P. Jasper
HAM-TMC Library
----------------------------------------------------
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 15:01:14 -0400
From: Barbara Palso <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Library instruction : is it overrated ?
Dear All,
BMLA published an article relating to this issue recently. I was impressed
by the author's ability to put end-user searching in perspective.
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 15:52:22 -0400
From: Laure Perrier <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Request related to: Library instruction : is it overrated ?
Since this is being discussed, I have a related item.
This is a long shot but I thought I would give it a try:
I was at a presentation (internal to the University that I am at) that
identified an article where people were asked about their belief in their
own searching skills/abilities (which they rated high), but when tested,
their abilities (searching skills) fell below their beliefs.
Unfortunately, I have no further information (author, source, etc.).
I have contacted the presenter (who has failed to respond), and searched
LISA, Lib Lit. If this sounds familiar, any assistance would be greatly
appreciated.
Regards,
Laure Perrier
University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, Continuing Education
416-946-7641
[log in to unmask]
----------------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:42:06 -0700
From: Eris Weaver <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Marketing Library instruction
> -- How do people market library instruction? Do people ever advertise
> classes like "Get Your Boss Off Your Case -- Library Instruction for
> Administrative Assistants" or "Six Easy Steps for Cutting
> Your Research Time in Half"?
I *LOVE* these suggestions by Richard Jasper! This is *exactly* the kind
of
marketing we need more of in our field. Forget these boring titles like
"Finding Library Resources" - market towards what our clients feel they
need, and not what WE think they need -- and use THEIR terminology, not
ours!
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Eris Weaver, MLIS
Redwood Health Library
Redwood Health Library
314 Western Avenue, Petaluma, CA 94952
707-778-9114 fax 707-765-2076
[log in to unmask]
======================================================
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 22:58:37 -0500
From: Ron Rader <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Terminology for Digitally Printed Book "Editions"
Not having worked in a library for over a decade, I have a question for
those familiar with current cataloging and publishing practices.
I recently started publishing a book (put out a "1st edition") on a
digital, print-on-demand basis. I am printing from a database only enough
copies to last a few months or less, with each subsequent printing
including some minor updates and corrections, and the publication date
advanced.
What should I call the second (and subsequent) printing, e.g.,
1st editon, 2nd printing;
1st editon, 1st update;
version/edition 1.02 (along the lines of software numbering); or
2nd edition (and end up publishing 6 or more new editions/year)?
Thank you.
Ronald A. Rader
Author/Publisher
BIOPHARMA: Biopharmaceuticals in the U.S. Market
Biotechnology Information Institute
1700 Rockville Pike, Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 301-424-0255
Fax: 301-424-0257
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web sites: www.biopharma.com; www.bioinfo.com
======================================================
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:40:45 -0400
From: Marcy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Summary: OPAC Alternatives
Happy Friday, MEDLIBers,
Following are the messages I received in response to my inquiry about
inexpensive alternatives to costly OPAC software for small collections. I
would like to thank everyone who responded both with information, and with
messages of "I need to know this, too." It makes me feel not quite so all
alone out there to know that other libraries face the same *very* tight
budgets that we do.
Marcy Brown
Medical Librarian
Forbes Regional Hospital
Monroeville PA
[log in to unmask]
******************************************************** I just acquired
LibrarySoft which was around $600 for a multi-station and/or network
license. Unfortunately I will have to wait till our MIS dept finishes
ok-ing and installing before I can use it, so I can't tell you much, but I
was happy with the demo. It will let me create an OPAC (we only have
about 1000 titles or so) and print cards. I found it in the either the
Brodart or the Demco Catalog. They will be very happy to send you the
demo free.
*******************************************************************
I was in the same boat. We had a very small budget and Inmagic
Webpublisher was $8,000. We ended up getting Microsoft Access 2000
for around $200.00. I imported my library catalogue from an Excel
spreadsheet right into an Access Table. I used the design wizard in Access
to create user friendly forms. It was not very difficult.
*********************************************************************
I am using Approach (our system uses the Lotus Suites) and am having
difficulty in getting it to do what I need.
*********************************************************************
I used Pro-Cite to catalog a library of over 1500 items for the Ohio
Dept. of Health, Bureau of Radiation Protection between the years of
1993 and 1996. It worked fine for me, but no one but me would use it
(even the web version). After I left, the librarian that came after
linked her holdings to GLAS, a more expensive system.
I think it depends on what you want. Pro-Cite is very searchable by
field or all fields. I didn't use the feature of downloading MARC
records, since my collection consisted mainly of uncataloged site
reports from various contaminated sites, etc.
**********************************************************************
Access used to come with a "library" template which I always thought
looked pretty good. It was listed under the category of Personal
templates.
**********************************************************************
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify
the West Penn Allegheny Health System at (412) 359-3131 and contact the
Information Security Department at telephone ext.1746.
This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by
MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
www.mimesweeper.com
**********************************************************************
=====================================================
n "Librarians, clinicians, evidence-based medicine, and the division of
labor," Bull Med Lib Assoc 84(7): 404-7 Oct 1999 , Edwin A. Holtum
questions the efficiency and appropriateness of end-user searching in
clinical situations. I think many hospital librarians would agree with his
statements, especially those in his "Utilizing the Skills of Specialists"
section on pp. 406-7.
He offers suggestions for creating a middle-ground environment that best
uses the skills of end-users and librarians.
Barbara Palso, MLS, AHIP
The Uniontown Hospital, Professional Library
Uniontown, PA 15401
[log in to unmask] 724-430-5178 724-430-3349 (FAX)
-----------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:32:42 -0400
From: Library <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: CHAT: Online journal archives
Don't jump all over me, but has anyone formally addressed the issue of
archiving online journals? I don't know where this idea came from or
whether it's even possible, or legal. This may be a random thought from
sleep deprivation - I mean something like saving a pdf file to a drive so
that you can always get at it, even if you no longer subscribe or the
publisher doesn't maintain the archive.
It's not something I'd really want to do, but, as I said, the thought
crossed my mind. At MLA I was speaking to the rep from Mary Ann Liebert,
and supposedly you always have online access to whatever years you
subscribed to. So if you subscribed to a journal from 1998-2000, and then
cancelled it, you could still access the 3 years worth of articles you did
subscribe to, but not the current year. That comment kind of confused me
- are they really keeping track of what years current subscribers and
former
subscribers should have access to? If I subscribe to a journal now, and
it's online, does that mean I can't access the previous years when I
didn't subscribe? I really don't have an answer - most of our
subscriptions are of long-standing, and I haven't noticed anything
happening.
Madeleine Taylor
Health Sciences Library
St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center
703 Main Street
Paterson, NJ 07503
[log in to unmask]
=====================================================
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:59:48 -0500
From: Lori Bell <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [livereference] pdas and libraries yahoo group
______________________________ Forward Header
__________________________________
Subject: [livereference] pdas and libraries yahoo group
Author: Molly Harrison
Date: 6/1/01 1:54 PM
Hello! There is a new pdas and libraries yahoo group!
To join, just go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdalibraries
The screen will then prompt you on how to join. This
group is for a lively discussion on growing pda use in
libraries for e-books, acquiring and creating content
for pdas, applications for libraries and pdas, and a
forum to share ideas about pdas and libraries. Come
join us! Thanks, Molly
=====================================================
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:07:16 -0700
From: "McClamma, Charlotte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Web positioning
Excuse any duplication. I have been asked to submit this question to all
of you...
Are you successful in optimizing your site so that an appropriate search
will result in your site being well positioned in the results? If so, what
tool do you use to "position" your web site?
Do you do this work "in-house" or have you hired an outside company to do
the work for you? Please reply to me and if there is an interest, I will
summarize for the list.
TIA
Charlotte McClamma
[log in to unmask]
Charlotte McClamma
Health Sciences Library/5043
Children's Hospital & Health Center
3020 Children's Way
San Diego, CA 92123
(858)966-7474
======================================================
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 16:09:42 -0500
From: Auburn Steward <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Chat: closing of AOL Time Warner library
This was posted on another list but may be of interest to some on this
list:
News story about the closing of AOL Time Warner library in today's New
York Times:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/business/04TIME.html>
Auburn Steward, MLIS, AHIP
Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health
615 W. Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-614-2834
501-614-2835 (fax)
[log in to unmask]
======================================================
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 16:16:18 -0600
From: Dot Dreyer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Ref Q: Copyright ... summary
In response to "how do we get copy permission from Saunders for 150 copies
of an article," these responses were received. If we have an exciting
conclusion other than "we can't do it," I'll let you know.
1. Here is the Permissions contact page for publishers:
http://www.harcourthealth.com/flat/caut_perm_cont.html#QZ
2. Have the pain center create a bibliography, and give out the citation,
not the article... Or find the comparable information in a government
publication or in a publication that will give permission.
3. Ask Saunders to talk to their attorneys that handle copyright issues.
They might get the ball rolling, so you can copy the article.
4. The phone # of the Journals Permission Department at Saunders is
407-345-2500.
If you are already dealing with this department, it's a little frightening
that they don't know what to do.
5. I've had a similar go around with Lippincott as well when obtaining
permissions so I feel for you.
6. I have done the same thing -- called the publisher and gotten
permission.
Sounds like your publisher is a little naive in these things -- ask to
speak
to somebody else...
7. I suggest contacting the author whose name is listed for reprint
requests on the article. I also wonder if you could contact Saunders again
and ask who is in charge of reprint requests. You might find that having
them sell you
reprints of the article will be cheaper than the photocopy plus copyright
fees.
8. my bet is that the fee quoted from the copyright clearance center is
the best you are going to get.... 150 copies is definitely beyond fair
use, you are going to have to pay for them... i haven't found any
publisher willing to give that many copies away - you've been lucky if
your experience to date is that most publishers are willing to do that. If
you are using the copies in a free presentation in your facility, and will
be doing this kind of thing often, you should talk with the ccc about a
site license
www.copyright.com
9. I wish you well--unfortunately I had the same experience with Saunders
just last year. I had hopes of success given their informative website
relevant to copyright permissions, and I supplied them with more
information e.g. what the conference was for, how many attendees of what
types, etc., but the conference came and went and I never did get a
satisfactory reply from anyone at WBS. Even more ironic--one of the
authors of a paper we wanted permission for was the keynote at the
conference! It's too bad that creators of new knowledge are at the whims
of the publishers (for now, anyway!).
While I could definitely be wrong, I really got the impression that they
were trying to figure out how much of a charge they could 'get away with'
since it didn't seem that they had an amount already figured out that they
could just look up. Shame on them! I'd be interested to hear your outcome,
if you have the time.
Dot Dreyer
Kissler Family Health Sciences Library
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
1055 N. Curtis Road
Boise, ID 83706
Telephone: (208) 367-4302
Fax: (208) 367-2702
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Internet: www.saintalphonsus.org
======================================================
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:47:50 -0700
From: Nancy Crossfield <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: More Digital Ref links
Can't remember who recently posted a question on digital reference
services, but I just received the following e-mail & have author's
permission to post his "Teaching Librarian" links to this list. The
second link discusses web call centers, using software that audibly
notifies the librarian when a user is on a particular library web page and
permits the librarian to offer assistance in real-time. Hope this will be
useful to others! Thanks, Stephen!
Nancy Crossfield
St. Agnes Medical Library
Fresno, CA. 93720
559/449-3322; [log in to unmask]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"If you're interested in seeing who else is currently running a chat
reference service, I've got links to most all of the services on my
personal web site. The links are grouped onto 2 different pages on my
site:
http://pages.prodigy.net/tabo1/chat.htm offers links to libraries using
basic chat software to run their service
http://pages.prodigy.net/tabo1/webcall.htm offers links to libraries using
more sophisticated web call center software (like LSSI's Virtual Reference
Desk) to run their service.
I have heard of only a few special libraries offering chat reference
services right now, but none of these are medical libraries. I think
you're
right that there is real potential for such a service in a medical
right that there is real potential for such a service in a medical
library."
Sincerely,
Stephen Francoeur
Information Services Librarian
Newman Library, Room 316
Baruch College
151 East 25th Street, Box H-0250
New York, NY 10010
212-802-2058
[log in to unmask]
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:48:30 -0400
From: Nancy Mary Panella <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Summary: cell phone usage survey
Dear Colleagues:
Here are the results of the survey of hospital cell phone
usage polices recently conducted through medlib-L. I hope
they will prove useful.
A - Number of people responding: 19
B - Number of respondents reporting a policy: 15
C - Respondents' states: CA (3); NJ (2); NY (2); NH; OH;
WA; IN; IA; MI; IL; PA. Three respondents did not
include city/state information. One response came from
Belgium.
D - Policies:
7 respondents: cell phone usage IS NOT PERMITTED in any
part of the hospital, although 1 hospital is re-evaluating
that policy. The preponderance of reasons for the no-use
policy was that cell phones did - or might - interfere with
critical life supporting/monitoring equipment and devices.
5 respondents: cell phone use IS RESTRICTED IN KEY AREAS
such as ICU, CCU, NICU, OR, or other areas where life
supporting/monitoring equipment and devices are used. The
preponderance of reasons for the policy was that cell phones
*could have the potential* to interfere with equipment/
devices, thus putting patients at risk. (One hospital noted
that, even though it had tested cell phones for interference
with equipment/devices and found no problems, it was still
banning usage in key areas.)
1 respondent: usage is restricted, and staff members are
required to have their cell phones checked and O.K.'d.
1 respondent: cell phones can be used only in the hospital
lobby and the surgical waiting room.
1 respondent: cell phone usage is restricted in some units,
such as the drug treatment unit (patients were calling
their dealers from cell phones).
Generally, respondents comments reflected what the
preponderance of the literature I retrieved suggested: that
while the newer digital cell phones seem to pose little or no
threat to the proper functioning of medical equipment/devices,
their usage was nonetheless generally restricted in critical
areas of the hospital.
Nancy -
Nancy Mary Panella, Ph.D.
Bolling Memorial Library
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York 10025
Tel: 212/523-4315
Fax: 212/523-4313
-------------------------------------------------
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:21:12 -0500
From: Mason Elizabeth <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Summary: cell phone usage survey
I would like to respond to the whole list about this since I feel so
strongly and know it does interfere with heart monitors. I was in the
hospital in Dec. on a heart monitor for 9 days and every day the screens
at the nurses stations would go haywire for several patient rooms so they
would go to each room to see where the cell phone was being used.
People would ignore the signs in the hallways, entrances, and elevators
and of course say they didn't see any signs.I come from the heart of
Silicon Valley and the new cell phone technology is as bad as the old. So
if you value your patients you need to restrict their use and back it up
as a lot of people won't listen to the nurses and security was on the
floor several times every 24 hours to say turn off phone or you will leave
the hospital. It's use is allowed here on the outside only. Imagine if it
affects heart monitors it might also affect several other areas of the
hospital.
Elizabeth A. Mason, Medical Librarian
Ismael Medical Library
Regional Medical Center of San Jose
225 North Jackson Ave.
San Jose, CA 95116
408-259-5000 x2230
FAX 408-7292881
email: [log in to unmask]
======================================================
compiled by Silvia Cantaluppi Patrick [log in to unmask]
******************************************************
To subscribe to MEDLIB-L send to [log in to unmask]
SUBSCRIBE MEDLIB-L your first name your last name
To unsubscribe send to [log in to unmask]
UNSUBSCRIBE MEDLIB-L
from the address you originally subscribed from.
MEDLIB-L is sponsored by the Medical Library Association
|
