A Wishlist for future EAHIL Conferences ...

Someone slipped me a note late at night during the EAHIL2010 Gala Dinner.
She added: "That's what I do when I wake-up at 05.00 in the morning and can't sleep. I make lists"
(I might have gotten the time wrong ..., like I said, it was late at night ...)
She probably thought: "Well, if Eirik can get things on the agenda talking in the gents... , maybe this works as well"
This is what she suggests or would like to see at/for future EAHIL Conferences & Workshops:

1. Avoiding Powerpoint in Presentations. 
• Give us Alternative programs & examples please
  (Some fast temp answers: Try Prezi or  another alternative)
2. Creating digital instruction videos
3. Netvibes Advanced clinic. 
• Further development of skills and knowledge about how to use it.
  (Some fast temp answers: You know how to hire me! :-)
4. How to start your own blog
   (Some fast temp answers: Have a look at this Medical Library version of 23 Things)
5. Security
• effective passwords & management
• what to look out for in Web 2.0, awareness on security
  (Some fast temp answers: Try Sxipper or LastPass)
6. E-Books
• examples
• costs
• comparison of products
  (Some fast temp answers: comparison of formats and of readers)
7. 10 things to do with your mobile phone(Some fast temp answers: here is a start info doc about Mobile & Libraries)
8. Pharmaceutical libraries
• what are they
• how are they different
  (Some fast answer: I don't know much about "pharma-libs", but liked this presentation)
9. iPod, iPhone & iPad Apps
• bring your own
10. Copyright Update /Refresher
• what are the rules
11. Moodle Workshop
12. Linkstorming session using Twitter
• collect apps that deal with topics ie. videos, medical images ...etc
  Do WE Have a MESH for Web 2.0?
13. Best Programs that teach you 10 finger typing FAST
14. Reviews & highlights of other conferences
15. EAHIL Website: Book recommendations by Topic, from lectures etc.

I will make sure the next EAHIL Workshop & Conference Organizers will get this short list.

Please fill in your answers by commenting, or even add NEW items on the EAHIL Wish List (EWL!)

Usage PUBMED Outside Tool : SFX Statistics of RUGLinks (2010)

For years now, I am putting together this list of the usage of our PubMed Outside Tool link.
In january 2008 I blogged about it.
This is an update!
In 2009 it was: 356.126 clicks (was 262.579)

We still see a strong rise of the use of PUBMED wíth RUGlinks (our Outside-tool, the SFX-linker).
The special URL turns on our library’s Outside Tool for every record displayed in PubMed.

People click the special URL with our Outside Tool username on average:


• 978 times per day (was 719 in 2008)

• 40 times per hour (was 30 in 2008)

• every 90 seconds   somebody clicks TO PubMed with this URL! (was 2 min.)

Yearly:
2010: 276.897 (so far..)
2009: 356.126 (New Year RECORD!)
2008: 270.144
2007: 262.579
2006: 221.803
2005: 189.486
2004: 73.256
2003: 24.152
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Even more interesting is the rising number of times users actually CLICK on our library’s Outside Tool icon, on average:


• 1199 times per day (was 924)
• 50 times per hour (was 38)
• every 72 seconds somebody clicks the RUGLINKS icon in PUBMED to get access to the fulltext and see info about the availability of the specific document.(was 90 sec.)


•Total 2009: 436.500 times ( was 337.436 2007)

WebMynd : more powerful than "ordinary" toolbars?

Google Search is the most used search engine in the world. Why not "enhance" these results with WebMynd

•  with hits from other relevant hits from YOUR PREFERRED resources and databases?
• and offer this in a browser sidebar seems logical too. (for IE, Firefox AND Chrome)
• to be abled to add your own search engines via copy and paste, is great and simple (it needs to be opensearch enabled I guess)
• This way I added MedlinePlus and Pubmed to my Personal Sites

• they offer a create your own Search Sidebar 

Some remarks / Questions:

• Where can I look for custom created Search Sidebars from others?
  Only if you know the right url, you are abled to install/use others. Here is the example of The NUS Library search sidebar. It will add results from their Library Catalogue next to the Google hits. Cool!
• When will you offer an edit function for new custom Search Sidebars. Please make it web-based and live. Just making something and having to wait for your company to check and authorize my creation is só outdated ....
• Meanwhile, while we are wiating for this to happen ...please tell me what is the best way to update or change one of mine Search Sidebars!?
• When will I be abled to really save my preferences, so that i do not need to set and reset my sites anymore.
• Please take a look at the workflow of the creation  of the Search Sidebars, as I got thrown out from it while watching some helpfile. I now have 3 half-ready search sidebars, with NO WAY TO EDIT OR DELETE! 
• Is there ANY logic in the order in which the sites appear, and how can I control that? It now seems completely chaotic and is changing everytime.
• Are you thinking of offering this for other major Search engines too? Bing , Yahoo ...
• WebMynd is certainly very promising as a new option for users to personalize their browser search results
• Thanks to @aarontay we get to enjoy the coolest tools for the browsers. 

Related articles

• Adding your library catalogue results next to Google results using WebMynd (musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com)

  http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2010/10/adding-your-library-catalogue-results.html
• PubMed Toolbar Usage (digicmb.blogspot.com)
• MedlinePlus Toolbar (digicmb.blogspot.com)
• Google Search URL Parameters - Query String Anatomy (blueglass.com)
• WebMynd BLOG | Facebook | Twitter

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