And anyone who compares us to Bleak House will draw an unwanted visit from
Bill Sykes. The RCN sails neatly in with Great Expectations; if the
Wellcome had been in the list it would bagsied The Old Curiosity Shop; the
RSM must feel that its building works are as likely to be finished as The
Mystery of Edwin Drood; if the RCS sought to merge with either of its
Scottish cousins it would give us A Tale of Two Cities; and since the Kings
Fund library is open to the public and we can all send our loonies there
(though never do, of course) it has to be Our Mutual Friend.
Tony McSean
BMA Library
Andrew Booth
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Andrew Booth
Want to exercise those sapping intellectual powers as the year winds down?
Want to win a £ 20 book token? Want some fun? Then read on:
Some years ago the BMJ ran a spoof competition which got its readers to
compare the five big medical journals to "sets of five" of other things.So
readers compared them to Big game animals, Ships, World Cup football teams,
Cars, the Spice Girls and Breakfast Cereals. See the following for the
idea: BMJ 1998;317:1733 ( 19 December )
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7174/1733?maxtoshow
=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT
=&fulltext=scary+posh+baby+sporty&searchid=1040372558214_225&stored_search
=&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=1,2,3,4,10
Well as outgoing Chair of The Helicon Research and Horizon Scanning Task
Finish Group I would like to conduct my own experiment:
1. Are librarians more imaginative than doctors?
2. Do staff at the "big five" London Libraries have as similarly a keen
sense of humour as those at the big five medical journals?
To participate, compose your own list for the following five London
libraries together with brief reasons for your choice and post it to
lis-medical:
BMA Library
RCN Library
King's Fund Library
RSM Library
Royal College of Surgeons Library
The compiler of the list that makes me laugh most heartily will get the
book token. As it will come out of my own pocket my decision is final!
As I shall be mortified if I cause *excessive* embarassment to any of my
respected and valued colleagues at these libraries could I plead that you
try to be equally imaginative, satirical and witty for each of the
institutions/libraries. Entries from the "big five" particularly welcome!
Andrew
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