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A little later than EbscoHost did it, but Scopus has announced to release RSS-functionality in their SpringRelease due at April 5th http://www.info.scopus.com/springrelease/ powerpoint Only a few are worth mentioning: 3. New Subject Area Classification (see slides 7 and 8) "We have introduced a more granular level of classification for content in Scopus. There will be now 27 subject classifications instead of the current 11 . These have been grouped into 4 broad subject areas; Life Sciences; Health Sciences; Physical Sciences and Social Sciences - for easier searching. Classification is at the journal, not article level and it is possible for one journal to have multiple classifications" I still don't think this is the strong part of Scopus. Classification at the journal level is not good enough, 27 subject areas is little better than 11, but they should find another way to do this. 6. Spelling Suggestions (see slide 13) "When zero search results are retu...

Just featured in Internet Resources Newsletter today: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the University of Alberta Learning Services, using the OJS Software. The purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for librarians and other information professionals to discover research that may contribute to decision making in professional practice. EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a wide number of topics. http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP (Also distributed via discussionlist `Evidence based practice to librarianship and information science` EVIDENCE-BASED-LIBRARIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK ) Current issue articles: Adding SPICE to a Library Intranet Site: A Recipe to Enhance Usability Lisa Cotter, Larnich Harije, Suzanne Lewis, Ingrid Ton...

The Krafty Libarian will be presenting a poster "Integrating and Promoting Medical Podcasts into the Library Collection" on the MLA. It's her goal to have as up to date a list as possible for when she attends MLA. Problem is that "there is no good authorative resource listing medical podcasts". So she has done a lot of searching and scrolling along iTunes and others. Here is the new link for the updated list http://www.kraftweb.net/kl/podcasts2.doc Target audience is -for now-: the medical profession AND the public Criteria : clear and reputable origin/authoring Growth: at a large rate, mainly MEDICAL SCHOOLS Developments : more VIDEO podcasts! A "newcomer" on the list: University of Utah School of Medicine. http://umed.med.utah.edu/ms1/aud_lec.cfm Podcasts lectures for the students of the University of Utah School of Medicine. Primary Audience: Medical students Recent programs include: • Biochemistry: Introduction to lipids and fatty acids • Ge...

Even the Wall Street Journal says that the internet health search business is growing. Relative newcomer are listed: Kosmix.com WebMD Healthline Networks Mamma.com and MedStory So, not everybody is waiting for Google Health to be launched! I expect them to do it soon, and make links between their just published Google Finance. The Kosmix has chosen a nice model, because it presents the search results in categories like expert information )journals, clinical trials, Guidelines', Message Boards, Blogs, Basic Information and Medical Organizations.

After waiting for several months now, EffectiveBrand has finally changed the way you can add RSS-feeds to the Toolbar. They do a great job, it's free ánd easy. You could do it in 5 minutes. You can now add unlimited RSS-feeds to óne button ! This makes it possible to make dedicated buttons by news, subject or journals or .... They even made it possible to give it separate title. It saves lots of space on the Toolbar. One small things they should do next.... make a menu-structure available, just like all the other link-buttons. And while they are at it, please continue and make this happen for the custom searchengines (all the biomedical resources and more)as well! But I am not complaining, this certainly made my weekend even better!

Oliver Obst of MEDINFO WEBLOG let's us know that " Online Mitteilungen Nr. 85 (März 2006)" are almost completly about the comparison of Scopus with Web of Science. E. Pipp: Vergleich der von Scopus bzw. Web of Science erfassten Zeitschriften (Seite 3-17) B. Wildner: Web of Science Scopus: Auf der Suche nach Zitierungen (Seite 18-20) K. Schneider: Scopus Web of Science: Versuch einer Bewertung aus pharmakognostischer Sicht (Seite 21-24) J. Gorraiz: Web of Science versus Scopus oder Das aktuelle Dilemma der Bibliotheken (Seite 25-30) It's in German, but that should not bother the interested reader!

The University Library of Groningen launched a blog about the development and configuration of Ex-Libris SFX en MetaLib in Groningen. The services are called RUGCombine (Metalib) and RUGLinks (SFX).I am part of the project team that's almost done with including all the subject portals involving all the RUG's Faculties and Institutes. The blog will post new ideas, list changes and track developments locally and elsewhere. The motto is :...Librarians like to search, everyone else likes to find... Latest post is: Myths and Realities of SFX in Academic Libraries In the March 2006 issue of the journal of academic librarianship, an interesting article by Wakimoto, Dabbour and Walker appeared, entitled: The Myths and Realities of SFX in Academic Libraries. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2005.12.008

It just started raining, so i will browse the unofficial wiki of: 2006 Computers in Libraries Conference in Washington, D.C. ,March 22-24, 2006. See also the official page Or the weird post on how you can summarize a conference in del.icio.us tags, Flickr pictures, tecnocrati tags and rssfeeds ... I will list my most interesting topics from CIL2006 later ...

One of the best tutorials ever Internet Detective , an eLearning tutorial that teaches critical evaluation of information found on the Internet , is being resurrected, revamped and revived. The tutorial will be launched on June 13 2006. Picked up from Peter Scott's Library Blog

From: NeLM Headline News Abstracts of randomised controlled trials (RCT) presented at conferences often differ from the final full-length published version, according to a study appearing in JAMA this week. The authors aimed to investigate the degree of consistency between RCT abstracts presented at scientific meetings and the subsequent full-length publication. ... Toma, Mustafa. "Transition from meeting abstract to full-length journal article for randomized controlled trials." JAMA 295.11 (2006):1281-7.

Just for Fun: click on the picture! Also have a look at the post of Michael Stephens Tame The Web : 7 Reasons Web 2.0 Enabled Toys Are Good For Libraries & Librarians

The last progress report was on December 20th 2005. Now also on Windows '98. Since then the QuickSearch CMB Library Toolbar has become also available for UMCG staff using Windows '98, BUT they have to use the Firefox Internet Browser to make the Toolbar work. Not yet on UMCG WNS Unfortunately I still do not have permission to offer the Toolbar in the new UMCG desktop WNS ("Workplace New Style") as an application the users can choose to work with. The only workaround would be to launch Portable Firefox from a usb-stick and run it from there..... Usage and downloads Last week the number of downloads has reached the : 360 , Active users has risen to a concurrent max of : 91 per day. Actions taken from the Toolbar add up to almost : 20.000 from the start and about : 170 per day. The total amount of searches : 12.712 ( Thanks to a specific report from EffectiveBrand ) So the Toolbar is now available sinc...

As no other Google understands that services that you WANT people to use HAVE to be delivered of offered IN the user environment, into their "flow", at the "point of need". Google is "attacking" not only the world of mobile communication , because it believes the future is in an always growing wireless community but also the world of the workflow-applications . Motorola and SonyEricsson are both offering mobile phones with a Google Search Button, while the Sony Ericsson K800i und K790i will be offering the Blogger Service, including a picture service. (To be complete: Motorola also offers Yahoo) Blackberry is offering the Google Talk Instant Messaging service on its wireless email device Recent acquisition of Google is WRITELY , a web-based word processing service. Together with Google Pack , an extensive free software package with very useful tools and for instance a online data back-up service to users. How long will it take before large institutions,...

I don't know how long Windows Live is already in Beta but, it is certainly worth having a look, as it is supposed to be competing with Google. Personalisation, Gadgets, Mail, Safety center and ofcourse the search engine. It looks good, now let's see what it's doing. Ah, the internet cafe I am in right now, does not accept the new url of the registration within it's firewall. Pitty, I 'll come back later. Technology review other reviews :

Published ToDay in: Biomedical Digital Libraries 2006, 3:1 doi:10.1186/1742-5581-3-1 Scopus database: a review Judy F. Burnham url: http://www.bio-diglib.com/content/3/1/1 pdf Published 8 March 2006 Abstract (provisional) The Scopus database provides access to STM journal articles and the references included in those articles, allowing the searcher to search both forward and backward in time. The database can be used for collection development as well as for research. This review provides information on the key points of the database and compares it to Web of Science. Neither database is inclusive, but complements each other. If a library can only afford one, choice must be based in institutional needs. Content of Scopus Scopus developers claim to index over 14,000 STM and social science titles from 4000 publishers, stating that it is the "largest single abstract and indexing database ever built". The database claims 4600 health science titles are indexed including 1...

At the long list of possible ways to "market" your library services we can add PODCASTING, the Spoken Word . Let's hire a new (library) voice! I came across a post of the The Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University are now offering a podcast with introduction to their Metalib product called JHSearch The link to the podcast feed : http://www.library.jhu.edu/podcasts/rss.xml .

The QuickSearch Library Toolbar contains 4 different RSS-feeds: - Library News - New articles written by UMCG-staff entered in PubMed - Tables of Contents of Top5 Journals via PubMed (BMJ, NEJM, LANCET, JAMA & Nature) - Toolbar News Each one needs to be displayed in one feed-button, within the current software of EffectiveBrand.com. I have asked them several time if it would be possible to make a menu-like Rss-button, just like the search-engines and the E-books. They are working on it they say ... but i the meantime I could try www.rssmix.com and combine the feeds into one or two instead of 4 and save some valuable space in the Library Toolbar. In a normal Rssfeed-reader you would be abled to reduce the amount of feeds to look at, but loose the overview and distinction between them.

URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/undergrad/ Not only because of the wonderful photo of the physical building of the University of Minnesota Libraries, but mostly because of the new "interface" of a special digital library specifically designed for undergraduate students called the Undergraduate Virtual Library . "Under the hood, the UGVL is an amalgamation of the latest in library technology," said John Butler, director of the University's Digital Library Development Lab, which created the UGVL. The design resulted from in-depth analysis, market research, and usability testing involving Millenials. The UGVL uniquely integrates core content, tools, and services targeting the undergraduate community and student needs for information literacy." Click here for a virtual tour of the UGVL and its design.... Certainly, the idea of special portals for specific target audience is not new, but in this case, they did it very nice in combination with the latest technol...

I fully agree with MEDINFO that blogs should not contain too much personal stuff, but have to do an update about my knee, sorry. Starting from Monday March 6th I will start therapy with the CPM (Continuous Passive Motion). Little setback was the decision to have another operation to make the previous chosen solution even stronger. This operation however confirmed once more that: - doing talks at staff-meetings on a regular basis is worth a lot (don't forget the Anesthesiology guys!) - not everything sticks in their memory the way you want it to. (But the time in the operation room is too short to explain this fully...)

Sorry about, ágain a post about what Google is doing ..... but i can not ignore this. Dean Giustini mentioned it in his blog. It seems that the British Library has joined forces with Google Scholar to get desktop delivery of articles to researchers, students and academics. "In fact, GS searches now link to BL’s document service. Results are matched against library holdings and when a match is made, searchers can click for British Library Direct - direct.bl.uk. You'll need a credit card - BL charges in pounds sterling!" My experience with the BL's document service is that they are very expensive, slow and only used by us as a last resort. Ok, doctors often do not care about the costs, but they also could easily order articles that are freely available for them via their libraries, via free resources or just much cheaper via for instance Subito Libraries should ALL make their Print AND Fulltext holdings available to/via Google Scholar and connect the users to you ...