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The New Digital Divide and Trends shaping Libraries

Helene Blowers was in Rotterdam at the DB Update 2010 Conference (March 25th 2010) and did a keynote with the title "Reality Check 2010 : 5 Trends shaping Libraries" The Digital book race is on Mobile Build Bridges Faster Augmenting is the New Information Window Print is in Peril  There is a New Digital Divide I loved this talk and the presentation! Besides the 5 Trends, I was happy to see the New Digital Divide put down so clearly. (See Slide 43 or read below) When Libraries act on these, the shape of the library will shift. Reality Check 2010: 5 Trands Shaping Libraries View more presentations from hblowers . To show the New Digital Divide more clearly, I wrote them down here : Those who know how to "think" about search vs. those who don't  Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don't Those who know where to find information in new hot channels vs. those who don't Those who understand the cu...

PubMed Toolbar updated : databases, tools, twitter, AltPubMed ...

In the "ALT PUBMED" Menu of the Pubmed Toolbar more nice tools are to be discovered in the section PUBMED TOOLS. Added Today: If you have a Conduit Toolbar, you can Add PubMed related buttons, menu's and even complete widgets to it (Currently, NLM PillBox and QuickSearch NLM Searches, more to come soon!) Chrome Extensions to be added to the fastest growing new Browser from Google. Now available: Radiopaedia , a nice citation generator for Pubmed. Just add PMID, DOI or ISBN. a large list of Add-Ons using Pubmed and related from Mozilla for:  Firefox, SeaMoneky, Thunderbird, Mobile and SunBird A classic post by David Rothman about "How to: Add PubMed to the search bar of Firefox 2.0 or IE7 " (or higher) Added yesterday :   4 links to available tools that can help you start a search in PubMed, NLM, NCBI or related databases.  You can now add Pubmed to your Google Toolbar as a Button and more...  See all Widgetbox widgets for Pubmed to add ...

Third Party PubMed Twitter List by @novoseek

Third party PubMed Twitter List RT @novoseek: @ laikas sorry i forgot... the link to the twitter list http://bit.ly/al9KwC @digicmb Nice comp of QRs in libraries RT @ aarontay QR codes for libraries-some thoughts http://goo.gl/fb/HBJn RT @gcaserotti Twitter 360 App Augmented Reality for the iPhone 3GS http://bit.ly/aHQjmX twitter apps augmentedreality geotagging RT @iknrr Loving # Evernote clippe r ( http://bit.ly/atvTBH) & search ( http://bit.ly/d7Gr66) extensions 4 #Chrome! Researcher's dream! RT @kevmckonline Tweets copied by twittinesis.com

PostRank & SciVal & Mobiel healthApps

Almost all my post are ranked with a 10 via Postrank :-)  http://digicmb.blogspot.com/2010/02/from-twitter-02-13-2010.html I am curious about your opinion on SciVal Spotlight by Elsevier/Scopus! Tweets copied by tw... http://bit.ly/cDMTM0 Actually, anyone can create an account on ALA connect . It could be a useful site if more ppl joined it. RT @bmljenny: @aarontay Mobile-health apps emerge at Mobile World Congress 2010 http://bit.ly/9UM78O | VentureBeat #mhealth RT @andrewspong: Tweets copied by twittinesis.com

Mobile alliance to build open programming app

Buzz off: Disabling Google Buzz http://bit.ly/bhEM0f Best Free iPhone Medical Apps for Health care Professionals #fb iMedicalApps http://bit.ly/aI0GSL RT @ehealthgr RT @cool_myll: @ netvibes Thanks for fixing multifeed widgets Check this (+video @ end of post) 2 see how 2 perform complex searches in Pubmed quickly + intuitively http://bit.ly/b1eS7e RT @novoseek Mobile alliance to build open programming apps (how about unlocking the phones?!) http://bit.ly/ca2RzU RT @lizscherer Tweets copied by twittinesis.com

Google Chrome, Augmented Reality & Emerging Technology : my tweets of 14-02-2010

Google Chrome : Please move the "Manage Default Search Engine" to TOP LEVEL, not three clicks away! Librarians, please RETWEET! Google Chrome "catches" your library search (and many others) for your users to control. #OpenSearch " augmented reality as emerging technology is clear argument for libraries to focus on location-based services to become more visible" The quote is be me, anyone disagrees? "Google expects 3D Live collaboration becoming mainstream" http://bit.ly/cwZbmW. RT @malburns When Virtual & Augmented Worlds Collide? Response 2 Techcrunch comparing Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality http://bit.ly/8OucdR " When a librarian is not doing a good job on the web, it's a dead librarian" Andrew Keen vs Mijnsbergen, Digbib http://bit.ly/aALDsT Medicines not working? Use the App http://ff.im/-fUYp6 Users upload readings from connected blood glucose monitors 2 Apple phone RT @Berci " Library Inn...