DigiCMB

End of 2011 I wrote an article for a Dutch Journal called "Digitale Bibliotheek" about medical libraries and mobile apps. It is available at ResearchGate.com . Only now i got to translating it (thank the stars for friends with translator skills!) and publishing it on Scribd I used it partly for the EAHIL 2013 Workshop Session on  Mobile  technology,  platforms  and apps. Nice thing about Scribd is the embed. Less fun is the advertising on Scribd, which can be pretty inappropriate... At the end I list 5 areas libraries at least should focus on. Please give you opinion or give more suggestions! Are these areas still relevant? There is an App for That Too! About Medical Libraries and Mobile Apps by Guus van den Brekel

Visitors to HealthInfo Island in Second Life can now watch and listen to this new welcome video, made by Carolina Keats ( Carol Perryman in real life). Welcome to Healthinfo Island from carol perryman on Vimeo . What is Healthinfo Island? Funded by the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network/National Library of Medicine (GMR NN/NLM) through a grant written by Lori Bell , of the Alliance Library System, Illinois, librarians at Healthinfo Island in Second Life explore the provision of consumer health information services in a virtual environment . The island is home to a consumer health library and a medical library, as well as virtual outposts or displays run by the National Library of Medicine 's Special Information Services, contractors for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and our newest building, the Accessibility Center. This center houses another GMR NN/NLM funded projectwith the aim of encouraging awareness of vision, mobility, learning, and other d...

Image by testdriverone via Flickr I received one too for the work (as Namro Orman) done in almost three year new for HealthInfoIsland together with Carol Perryman (aka Carolina Keats)! We achieved a lot. Worked on at least 4 Grant funded projects: AIDS Information and Outreach in the Virtual World of Second Life VIRTUAL ABILITY ISLAND GRAND OPENING! Share the Health: Training People with Disabilities and Chronic Medical Conditions on how to Locate Quality Health Information Alliance Library System Receives Grant to Provide Consumer Health Information Services in Virtual World Final Project Report for HealthInfo Island Project in Second Life Now Available! We also published a chapter in a book called Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries. The Golden Leaf Award Night was spectacular, with cocktail party, limo-trip, red carpets, tv and speeches. Here is some motivation as wel l: " Almost three years ago, in April 2006, the Alliance Virtual Library(AVL), at that time the Second Life Libra...