Expert searching

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Now that we've embedded ourselves in librarianship, this Thursday (September 20, 2012) at 6pm Pacific/9 Eastern join us on Twitter for a #medlibs discussion about expert searching! How do you liven up PICO or do you use a different strategy altogether? What teaching methods do you use for what audiences? Is it time for another database showdown like we had in July? Join the conversation and let's find out!

Never participated in a Twitter hashtag chat before? Check out this overview and come on in, we're a supportive community.

Embedded librarianship

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Building on last week's discussion of alternative reference models, this Thursday (September 20, 2012) at 6pm Pacific/9 Eastern join us on Twitter for a #medlibs discussion about embedded librarianship. How have things evolved since the 2009 Embedded librarians: one library's model for decentralized service JMLA article? What resources are needed to support this service model? Join in the discussion!

Alternative Reference: What Works?

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Join us this Thursday, September 13th at 6pm Pacific/9 Eastern for a #medlibs Twitter chat with a discussion of alternative reference models inspired by

Actually I would love a chat about alternative reference models. How do you handle on-call? #medlibs
— Marie Ascher (@mascher)

Are you still on the reference desk? All QuestionPoint all the time? Some mixture of both and more? Let's connect and share what is and isn't working, and see you there!

Free range first Thursday

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This week is the Twitter #medlibs chat free range discussion during the first Thursday of the month from 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern for an hour. What's on your mind? Some ideas from our neighbor to the north include

What are you most jazzed about for fall? expert searching, research? teaching? challenges: social media/info-overload? threats to libraries?
— Dean Giustini (@giustini) September 3, 2012