Hits from the Lit

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Hits from the Lit

Thursday, January 30, 2014
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
#medlibs Twitter chat

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What are some of the craziest, weirdest or otherwise superlative articles you've encountered mucking around in PubMed? Bring your reference question war stories to the table in this discussion about the random things one finds in the database trenches. Dial_m hosts.

Some inspiration  

ncbi rofl

weird, wacky, funny citations (livejournal 2009)

swiss army librarian - reference question of the week

the outreach librarian - funny reference questions 

Topics and Scheduling

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#medlibs Topics & Scheduling 
Thursday, January 23, 2014
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
#medlibs Twitter chat

Bring your ideas, enthusiasm and calendars - the dynamic networking of #medlibs can't happen by itself without some planning!  

New Year, New Job Directions?

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New Year, New Job Directions? 
Thursday, January 16, 2014
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
#medlibs Twitter chat

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Join Heather Holmes (@LaMedBoheme73) and Michelle Kraft (@Krafty) for this week's #medlibs talk as we discuss all good things related to jobs, such as: looking for a new job, preparations to move (yourself, your family, etc), learning or brushing up on skills, transitioning to a new position in the same institution, or transitioning to a related but totally different position. What are some of the positive reasons you are looking for or have accepted a new position or are seeking new skills and abilities? This won't be a rant session, we want it to be a positive and constructive discussion so please join us and spread the word - we'd love to welcome library students and others interested in learning more about the field!

Some resources to consider:

• The I Need a Librarian Job eResource center - http://inalj.com/
• Career motives of library students - http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=univ_lib_facpub 
• Career strategies - http://www.liscareer.com/walker_lateral.htm 
• Librarian career ladder - http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/Archives/Vol-11/pub_sp0609/pub-sp0609-career.pdf 
• April 9, 2013 - So You Want To Be a Medical Librarian? #medlibs chat (additional resources)

Altmetrics chat

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Altmetrics chat
Thursday, January 9, 2014
#medlibs on Twitter

Greetings, friends, cordial acquaintances, and stalemated enemies!

My colleague, Andrea Horne Denton (@michigandrea) and I will be leading tonight’s chat on the topic of altmetrics. We’re using this blog post as I way to provide a primer on the topic, as well as give some structure to the chat.

What IS altmetrics, anyway?

• Andrea and I like this definition: “the creation and study of new metrics based on the Social Web for analyzing, and informing scholarship.”, which is found here: http://altmetrics.org/about/

Why should you (and your patrons) care about altmetrics?

• Altmetrics is being used in well-respected, scholarly journals
• Affects impact & influence

Resources

• Our LibGuide (well, I say “our” in the sense that it’s the Library’s; Andrea did all of the work- I’m just the typer-beast who is posting the link) is available here: http://guides.hsl.virginia.edu/hsl-altmetrics
  This puppy is quite extensive, with links to presentations (including webinars and slide shows); tools; what to read; whom to follow; and a section just for librarians (cause we love you SO MUCH!!!) It’d be awesome if you looked it over ahead of the chat and then offered suggestions for how we could make it even better (nothing’s free, people!!)
• The link to our altmetrics class’s slide deck:
  is not available at this time, for reasons which will be disclosed during the chat (It’s a mystery! Tune in for the answer. Or just, you know, get in touch with me, and I’ll tell you ). We WILL share it, though, eventually.
• Wikipedia entry on altmetrics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altmetrics
• Special issue of ASIS&T: http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Apr-13/AprMay13_Piwowar.html – Contains lots of articles on the topic, all from different perspectives
• Altmetrics bibliography: http://digital-scholarship.org/alt/altmetrics.htm

Questions to consider

• What do altmetrics mean in the wider, scholarly world?
• How will altmetrics affect researchers, clinicians, patrons, etc?
• What should my library do (if anything) about altmetrics?