Thursday, November 3, 2016
Suspended Chat Operations
#medlibs is open for future scheduled hashtag chats, just let Nikki Dettmar @runbrarian know and we'll make arrangements!
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Covidence Chat
September 1, 2016
6:00pm Pacific/9:00pm Eastern
Presenter: Dr Julian Elliott, CEO of Covidence
Covidence is a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews. Reviewers can keep all their data in one place and collaborate easily with their team no matter where they are based.
Covidence is a non-profit service for the systematic review community and is now partnering with Cochrane to make Covidence more widely available. Covidence is the standard platform for Cochrane Reviews and is being taken up by academics all over the world.
Dr Julian Elliott is Head of Clinical Research in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He is also Cochrane's lead for Evidence Systems and a Senior Research Fellow at the Australasian Cochrane Centre. Please join us as he answers questions and discusses the story behind Covidence.
Some questions we'll discuss (please bring your questions and moderator Nikki Dettmar (@runbrarian) will add them to the list:
- What can Covidence do to help me and my faculty get reviews done?
- How do I access Covidence?
About #medlibs
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
August - Les Vacances
First Thursday - September 1, 2016 - Special guest from Covidence!
August Break
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Not at 9pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific time
August Break
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Not at 9pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific time
That's because your friendly #medlibs host forgot to post - on break for August, like France. https://t.co/87GztrCpRF— Nikki Dettmar (@runbrarian) August 4, 2016
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Makerspaces Chat
Next #medlibs chat - First Thursday (August 4, 2016 9pm Eastern) Topic TBA
Transcript: http://bit.ly/29righJ
Makerspaces Chat
Thursday, July 7, 2016
6:00pm Pacific/9:00pm Eastern on #medlibs
Led by Jennifer Herron (@justjentech) and Kellie Kaneshiro (@bkofkells)
Makerspaces in Health Sciences Libraries – collaborations, 3D printing and more…
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library’s makerspace and collaborative learning space opened in the spring of 2015 featuring movable furniture (12 tables, 24 chairs, and soft seating for 4), two media:scapes, and a library staff work area. A small office in the Nexus houses the Library’s 3D printers. Currently, the Nexus is closed for the installation of an IQ Wall. The IQ Wall (interactive video wall) is designed by and will be installed by the Indiana University Advanced Visualization Lab. At MLA, we heard about cool makerspaces and collaborative learning areas in health sciences libraries and we are looking forward to learning new things and exchanging ideas. Please join us for this Twitter chat, no makerspace required!
Some questions we'll discuss:
For more about the Nexus and 3D printing please visit http://iupui.campusguides.com/nexus
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag the first Thursday evening of the month to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
Transcript: http://bit.ly/29righJ
Makerspaces Chat
Thursday, July 7, 2016
6:00pm Pacific/9:00pm Eastern on #medlibs
Led by Jennifer Herron (@justjentech) and Kellie Kaneshiro (@bkofkells)
Makerspaces in Health Sciences Libraries – collaborations, 3D printing and more…
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library’s makerspace and collaborative learning space opened in the spring of 2015 featuring movable furniture (12 tables, 24 chairs, and soft seating for 4), two media:scapes, and a library staff work area. A small office in the Nexus houses the Library’s 3D printers. Currently, the Nexus is closed for the installation of an IQ Wall. The IQ Wall (interactive video wall) is designed by and will be installed by the Indiana University Advanced Visualization Lab. At MLA, we heard about cool makerspaces and collaborative learning areas in health sciences libraries and we are looking forward to learning new things and exchanging ideas. Please join us for this Twitter chat, no makerspace required!
Some questions we'll discuss:
- What would make your makerspace?
- What would your library do with an interactive video wall?
For more about the Nexus and 3D printing please visit http://iupui.campusguides.com/nexus
About #medlibs
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
2016 Meeting Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/287e7Xk
MLA 2016 Meeting Chat
Thursday, June 2, 2016
6:00pm Pacific/9:00pm Eastern on #medlibs
Led by Nikki Dettmar (@runbrarian) even though she wasn't there
Whew! Are you finally caught up on work email after the Mosaic 16 meeting last month in Toronto? What caught your attention there? What are you and your colleagues/fellow students talking about now that you're settled back in at the office/at school? What's ahead? Come share your thoughts and perspectives!
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag Thursday evening to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
MLA 2016 Meeting Chat
Thursday, June 2, 2016
6:00pm Pacific/9:00pm Eastern on #medlibs
Led by Nikki Dettmar (@runbrarian) even though she wasn't there
Whew! Are you finally caught up on work email after the Mosaic 16 meeting last month in Toronto? What caught your attention there? What are you and your colleagues/fellow students talking about now that you're settled back in at the office/at school? What's ahead? Come share your thoughts and perspectives!
About #medlibs
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Get ready for #mlanet16
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1rvGYmQ
Next chat: First Thursday, June 2, 2016 - #mlanet16 sharing!
Making the Most of Mosaic 2016
Thursday, May 5, 2016
9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific
Led by @tlknott & @krafty + hopefully LAC
Join in the #medlibs chat on Twitter to get ready for the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting (#mlanet16) in Toronto, Canada which includes CHLA/ABSC + ICLC and is just around the corner!
Here are some helpful pre-planning steps, and we'll edit to add more during the discussion. See you then!
Next chat: First Thursday, June 2, 2016 - #mlanet16 sharing!
Making the Most of Mosaic 2016
Thursday, May 5, 2016
9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific
Led by @tlknott & @krafty + hopefully LAC
Join in the #medlibs chat on Twitter to get ready for the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting (#mlanet16) in Toronto, Canada which includes CHLA/ABSC + ICLC and is just around the corner!
Here are some helpful pre-planning steps, and we'll edit to add more during the discussion. See you then!
- Mosaic '16 Blog - stay on top of the latest pre-meeting news
- Set up your schedule - by planning ahead of time, including some alternate options for crowded sessions and emergency nap sessions (trust us, they will probably be needed)
- Restaurant Guide - get the locals' take on the places to go out.
- Discover Toronto - tours, transportation and more from the Local Assistance Committee (LAC)
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Magnet Hospitals and Librarians
Next chat: Thursday, May 5th (first Thursday of the month)
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1MXmeOL
Magnet Hospitals and Increased Opportunities for Librarians
Thursday, April 7, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Roy Brown @CarolinaFan1982
There are 433 hospitals around the world that are Magnet accredited institutions. The main focus of the model is on evidence-based outcomes based on four major areas that are issues in nursing and health care. Those areas are structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge & innovations and transformational leadership.
Over the last several years, I have become more involved with the nurses in the VCU Health System where I work, mainly because of the hospital adopting the Magnet Model when it comes to nursing practice. Through the course of my work with the nurses in the health system, it has become apparent that the focus on evidence and needing access to the most current literature presents a host of opportunities for librarians.
Discussion Questions:
1. For those who are affiliated/associated with hospitals that are recognized as Magnet accredited institutions, how have you been able to leverage the needs of nurses into new opportunities? What sort of opportunities?
2. Of the four areas addressed in the Magnet standards, which have you found a role for librarians in addressing?
3. Have you found there to be any barriers in the hospital to working with nurses in order to assist with EBP projects or other needs based on the Magnet model?
4. Are you aware of any other accreditation/models that relate to other disciplines that librarians could leverage to engage more with those disciplines in the hospital?
Resources for Further Reading:
Magnet Recognition Program Overview - http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Magnet/ProgramOverview
Luzinski, C. (2011). The Magnet® model: An infrastructure for excellence. Journal of Nursing Administration, 41(11), 441-442.
MSLIS, M. M. A., & Bandy, M. M. (2009). The Magnet journey: opportunities for librarians to partner with nurses. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 97(4), 302.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
No chat March 31st
Stay tuned for more!
Reminder - no #medlibs tonight. Proposing 1st Thursday monthly chats going forward b/c participation way down but don't want to axe :)— Nikki Dettmar (@eagledawg) March 31, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition - Part 3
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1UeK9vB
Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition - Part 3
Thursday, March 24, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern / 6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Kimberley R. Barker; @KR_Barker
Come with me, citizens, to the future! During the third and final chat focused on the 2016 Horizons Report, our discussion will center on both long-term trends affecting technology adoption in higher education, and also technologies that are expected to experience widespread adoption within four-five years.
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag Thursday evening to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition - Part 3
Thursday, March 24, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern / 6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Kimberley R. Barker; @KR_Barker
Marty McPugFly invites you to the future.
Come with me, citizens, to the future! During the third and final chat focused on the 2016 Horizons Report, our discussion will center on both long-term trends affecting technology adoption in higher education, and also technologies that are expected to experience widespread adoption within four-five years.
Find the
Horizon Report here: http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN.pdf
and pack your best “reading” material!
We will
focus specifically on:
·
Key Trends Accelerating Technology Adoption in
Higher Education
o
Long-Term Impact Trends Driving Ed Tech adoption
in higher education (five or more years)
§
Advancing Cultures of Innovation
§
Rethinking How Institutions Work 10
·
Technologies in the Four-Five Year Time-to-Adoption
category
o Affective
Computing
o Robotics
More Resources
·
Affective Computing
o
AttentiveLearner http://people.cs.pitt.edu/~phuongpham/papers/aied15.pdf
o
Exploring the Effect of Confusion in Discussion
Forums of Massive Open Online Courses http://ilpubs.stanford.edu:8090/1125/1/you_edu.pdf
o
On the Selection of Just-in-time Interventions http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6702&context=etd
·
Robotics
o
Pioneering Air Traffic Management System Aims
for Safer Drone Air Traffic http://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2015/drone-traffic-management-system
o
We Robot 2015 http://www.werobot2015.org/
o
Robotics Engineering Technology Program http://www.calu.edu/academics/programs/robotics/
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Monday, March 14, 2016
Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition - Part 2
Thursday, March 17, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern / 6:00 pm Pacific
Led by @PFAnderson
Second of three weeks on the Horizon Report. Last week we talked about immediate attention/action issues. This is the "getting edgy" week.
Mid-Term Impact Trends: Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for three to five years
> Redesigning Learning Spaces, p.12
> Shift to Deeper Learning Approaches, p.14
Difficult Challenges: Those that we understand but for which solutions are elusive
> Competing Models of Education, p.26
> Personalizing Learning, p.28
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
> Augmented and Virtual Reality, p.40
> Makerspaces, p.42
Be ready to discuss these topics and possible solutions and uses your institution have implemented with available technologies and other resources you've utilized.
March 24th, when we go to the "far out," will be led by @KR_Barker who will discuss items of interest expected to arise in the next 4-5 years. I hope you'll be able to join us over the next few chats as we dissect The Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition.
The Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition. <http://cdn.nmc.org/media/
MORE RESOURCES
Brandom, Russell. The future of virtual reality games is soul-killing office work. The Verge March 10, 2016 11:39 am. <http://www.theverge.com/2016/
Carson, Erin. Virtual reality in 2016: The 10 biggest trends to watch: 2016 promises to be a watershed year for virtual reality as a commercial product. Here's what to expect. TechRepublic December 11, 2015, 10:01 AM PST. <http://www.techrepublic.com/
Fallow, Deb. How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces. The Atlantic March 11, 2016 <http://www.theatlantic.com/
Institute of Museum and Library Services: Talking Points: Museums, Libraries, and Makerspaces (June 2014): <https://www.imls.gov/assets/
Kim, David; Pomerantz, Jeffrey. Smart Libraries Will Power the Transition to Personalized Learning. EdSurge Sep 22, 2015 <https://www.edsurge.com/news/
Lambert, Troy. Virtual Reality in the Library: Creating a New Experience. Public Libraries Online February 24, 2016. <http://publiclibrariesonline.
Lewis, Ray. Virtual Reality: Soon to Become Mainstream in Libraries? Information Today. May 2015 32(4):1-29. <http://iucat.iu.
Library Maker Culture: Makerspaces, What Are They? <http://library-maker-culture.
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About #medlibs
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Monday, March 7, 2016
Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition - Part 1
Thursday, March 10, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern / 6:00 pm Pacific
Led by @TonyNguyen411
Led by @TonyNguyen411
Due to the popularity of The Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition we are going to cover this over the next three weeks during #medlibs chat.
This week, we will discuss the following topics requiring immediate attention and action.
- Growing Focus on Measuring Learning, p. 16
- Increasing Use of Blended Learning Designs, p. 18
- Blending Formal and Informal Learning, p. 22
- Improving Digital Literacy, p. 24
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), p. 36
- Learning Analytics and Adaptive Learning, p. 38
Be ready to discuss these topics and possible solutions and uses your institution have implemented with available technologies and other resources you've utilized.
March 17th will be led by @pfanderson who will focus on topics that will be within the next 2-3 years. March 24th will be led by @KR_Barker who will discuss items of interest over 3 years. I hope you'll be able to join us over the next few chats as we dissect The Horizon Report, 2016 Higher Education Edition.
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag Thursday evening to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
About #medlibs
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Data Management Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1oTwXP1
Some Implications of Data Management
Thursday, March 3, 2016
9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific Time
Led by Patricia Devine (@pat_devine)
Special Guest Betsy Rolland (@betsyrolland)
"The absence of an incentive to share seems about to change. The proposal by the medical editors outlines an approach that would require: a data-sharing policy when the study is started; a commitment to share within six months of publication; and that those who use the data acknowledge those who produced it."
Data Management plans and the idea of data sharing are growing in popularity and by in some cases required by policy. What are some of the social and technology issues around sharing and reusing data? How will the infrastructure be developed? Who will develop the guidance?
Join us and special guest Betsy Rolland, PhD, MLIS, MPH, National Cancer Institute Cancer Prevention Fellow and proponent of team science (betsyrolland.com) to discuss data management from a researcher’s perspective. Currently there is little crossover between the scientific literature community and the social science literature community, yet both groups are implicated in the data sharing future.
Some questions to consider:
References:
Beyond trust and reliability: reusing data in collaborative cancer epidemiology research. By Betsy Rolland and Charlotte P. Lee. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2441776.2441826
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) Blog: Open Access, Open Data, Open Science. By Melissa Cheung. http://www.cdnsciencepub.com/blog/open-access-open-data-open-science.aspx
NPR.org: Journal Editors to Researchers: Show Everyone Your Clinical Data. By Harlan Krumholz. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/26/464010931/journal-editors-to-researchers-show-everyone-your-clinical-data
NIH Data Sharing Policy and Implementation Guidance: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_guidance.htm
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Some Implications of Data Management
Thursday, March 3, 2016
9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific Time
Led by Patricia Devine (@pat_devine)
Special Guest Betsy Rolland (@betsyrolland)
"The absence of an incentive to share seems about to change. The proposal by the medical editors outlines an approach that would require: a data-sharing policy when the study is started; a commitment to share within six months of publication; and that those who use the data acknowledge those who produced it."
Data Management plans and the idea of data sharing are growing in popularity and by in some cases required by policy. What are some of the social and technology issues around sharing and reusing data? How will the infrastructure be developed? Who will develop the guidance?
Join us and special guest Betsy Rolland, PhD, MLIS, MPH, National Cancer Institute Cancer Prevention Fellow and proponent of team science (betsyrolland.com) to discuss data management from a researcher’s perspective. Currently there is little crossover between the scientific literature community and the social science literature community, yet both groups are implicated in the data sharing future.
Some questions to consider:
- Who are all the interested parties who should be at the table to discuss the development of data management plans?
- Where will all the data be kept?
- Who will pay for the data storage and the time it takes to answer questions?
- Will each research group have to negotiate data use agreements/authorship?
- What are some of the challenges of data reuse? Will the original study have the right to refuse the new analyses? What if the new analyses used the data incorrectly? Will participants need to be re-consented?
References:
Toward Rigorous Data Harmonization in Cancer Epidemiology
Research: One Approach. Rolland B, Reid S, Stelling D, Warnick G, Thornquist M,
Feng Z, Potter JD: ow.ly/Z3cYP
First, design for data sharing. John Wilbanks & Stephen
H Friend: https://t.co/S3sOASEw1p
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R),
From the Director: Clinical Trial Data Sharing, the Law, and Reality: https://t.co/8PqctTaCUh
Beyond trust and reliability: reusing data in collaborative cancer epidemiology research. By Betsy Rolland and Charlotte P. Lee. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2441776.2441826
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) Blog: Open Access, Open Data, Open Science. By Melissa Cheung. http://www.cdnsciencepub.com/blog/open-access-open-data-open-science.aspx
NPR.org: Journal Editors to Researchers: Show Everyone Your Clinical Data. By Harlan Krumholz. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/26/464010931/journal-editors-to-researchers-show-everyone-your-clinical-data
NIH Data Sharing Policy and Implementation Guidance: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_guidance.htm
About #medlibs
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Monday, February 22, 2016
Education Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1QB1WWC
Education – Past? Present? Future? Chat
Thursday, February 25, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
Led by Teresa Knott (@tlknott)
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Education – Past? Present? Future? Chat
Thursday, February 25, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
Led by Teresa Knott (@tlknott)
There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
We are engaged in a profession and
typically work for organizations that are committed to lifelong learning. On
Thursday, February 25, #medlibs are gathering on Twitter to talk about education.
Here are
some questions that we may discuss.
- If you were to enter graduate school today, knowing how you would work today, what courses do you believe graduate schools of library and information science should be teaching now?
- What do you need to learn now to be more successful in your current position?
- What do you need to learn now to move into your dream job?
- What intangible skills or knowledge does it take to be effective as a librarian in your organization?
- If you supervise, what skills and knowledge do you believe are lacking in new graduates?
- What do you want to learn now?
- What are your learning goals and how do you achieve them?
Some articles related to trends in
libraries and education.
- NMC Horizon Report: 2016 Higher Education Edition, http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN.pdf (#medlibs will discuss the Horizon Report as a 3 part consecutive chat series March 10, 17 & 24th.)
- Top trends in academic libraries: A review of the trends and issues affecting academic libraries in higher education, College & Research Libraries News, June 2014, 75 (6), 294-302. http://crln.acrl.org/content/75/6/294.full
- Riding the Waves or Caught in the Tide? Navigating the Evolving Information Enviroment. Insights from the IFLA Trend Report. http://trends.ifla.org/files/trends/assets/insights-from-the-ifla-trend-report_v3.pdf
About #medlibs
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Monday, February 15, 2016
Genetics Information Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1ovMPb8
Genetics Information Chat
Thursday, February 18, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
Led by Amy Donahue (@ultimatelibrarn)
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Genetics Information Chat
Thursday, February 18, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
Led by Amy Donahue (@ultimatelibrarn)
The field of genetics is fascinating and huge. Although the Human Genome Project waaay back in 2001 came to the surprising conclusion that there are only 20,000-25,000 genes within the DNA of the human genome (roughly the same number as a mouse), the past few years have seen an explosion of knowledge that our genes are just the tip of the iceberg. That tip is still rather literally the tip of an iceberg and so is pretty freaking big - take, for example, that we now know we have genes that can be alternatively spliced, shredding the idea of one gene --> one protein. It's also been proven that some genes can literally move from chromosome to chromosome; these fun guys are called transposons or "jumping genes". And then epigenetics and the death of the idea of "junk" (non-protein coding - doesn't mean it's junk!) DNA are making things even more complicated.Oh, and of course, by definition every living thing has a genome, and there are plenty of people doing research outside of the human context. Did you know that prokaryotes have DNA that's being translated at the same time it's being transcribed? Or that there are frogs with 12 sets of chromosomes (humans have 2)? What about those pesky viruses? Yep, they have genomes, too, even if they aren't quite living.Talk about information overload. Luckily, #medlibs are pros at dealing with that issue, and this chat is one of the tools at our disposal. And we were told we should be doing this stuff even before the rough draft of the human genome was available. Obviously, there are a lot of ways this conversation can go, but a few places we might be able to get started include:
- What genetic questions are #medlibs being asked, and how have you answered?
- What are some good resources for consumer-level information on genetics?
- What are SNPs/"variants of uncertain significance"/polymorphisms/
insert your favorite not-quite-understood genetic term here?
This conversation can be patient/human disease driven, but even the crazy-out-there bacterial genome studies are of relevance to human health (heard of the microbiome yet?), so come with any and all genetic lines of thought, and we'll see where we go!
Some resources to get us started:
- Need some background on basic genetics? Try the University of Utah or Columbia University
- Become familiar with the many genetic resources provided by NCBI (of note: ClinVar and the Genetic Testing Registry)
- Be sure to also check out the really helpful "How To" list for things like how to find genes associated with a disease.
- NLM's Genetics Home Reference may sometimes leave something to be desired, but it's still where many genetic counselors start.
- Goodbye Junk DNA! (Article - the ENCODE project is good to know about)
- Into social media? Of course you are! Check out the hashtags and people to follow. (You do have to sort through the conferences. #GCchat is the genetic counseling version of #medlibs! There's also a Genetic Counseling Twitter list.)
- If you really want to start digging into this stuff professionally, I do really recommend the in-person "Librarian's Guide to NCBI" - keep your eyes out for calls to register, and in the meantime check out archived materials, other NCBI training and watch for things from your local NN/LM site!
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Love & Hate Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1Wh99iX
Love & Hate in Medical Libraries
Thursday, February 12, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
Led by Nikki Dettmar (@eagledawg)
A year 3 encore, although we hate that Roy Brown had to reschedule his originally scheduled magnet chat due to illness and Michelle Kraft can't join in the fun this week due to schedule conflicts! One day you are Katrina and the Waves and you are "Walkin' on Sunshine" where everything is good and falling into place. Your searches are matching up just perfectly with MeSH (including the 2016 terms from last week!), patrons are writing thank you emails, the CEO just praised you, and a new project is going like gang busters. Life in the library is perfect.
BUUUT the next day (or week... or quarter...) you are Joan Jett growling, "I Hate Myself for Loving You" as nothing you do seems to be working. PubMed keeps crashing (like Tuesday, what was going on?), patrons are upset because you can't get the article from the Journal of Big Toe Science written in Hindi rushed the same day and translated into English, your budget was cut more than expected, and administration or IT (take your pick) throws cold water all over your pet project. Life in the library is like a bad relationship, where "I Love To Hate You" from Erasure can be the norm sometimes.
Like any career, medical librarianship has its ups and downs. Sunday is Valentine's Day and to get in the spirit the #medlibs Twitter chat will be having fun discussing our love/hate relationships with medical librarianship.
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag Thursday evening to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
Love & Hate in Medical Libraries
Thursday, February 12, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific time
Led by Nikki Dettmar (@eagledawg)
A year 3 encore, although we hate that Roy Brown had to reschedule his originally scheduled magnet chat due to illness and Michelle Kraft can't join in the fun this week due to schedule conflicts! One day you are Katrina and the Waves and you are "Walkin' on Sunshine" where everything is good and falling into place. Your searches are matching up just perfectly with MeSH (including the 2016 terms from last week!), patrons are writing thank you emails, the CEO just praised you, and a new project is going like gang busters. Life in the library is perfect.
BUUUT the next day (or week... or quarter...) you are Joan Jett growling, "I Hate Myself for Loving You" as nothing you do seems to be working. PubMed keeps crashing (like Tuesday, what was going on?), patrons are upset because you can't get the article from the Journal of Big Toe Science written in Hindi rushed the same day and translated into English, your budget was cut more than expected, and administration or IT (take your pick) throws cold water all over your pet project. Life in the library is like a bad relationship, where "I Love To Hate You" from Erasure can be the norm sometimes.
Like any career, medical librarianship has its ups and downs. Sunday is Valentine's Day and to get in the spirit the #medlibs Twitter chat will be having fun discussing our love/hate relationships with medical librarianship.
About #medlibs
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag Thursday evening to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
2016 MeSH Terms chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1nQM5gg
2016 MeSH Terms
Thursday, February 4, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Janna Lawrence (@jannabeth) + special guest Kate Majewski from MEDLARS (@MajewskiNLM)
Every year, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) adds new Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to their thesaurus. At the same time, they do "housekeeping" to tidy up the vocabulary. This year, there are 483 new headings, including "anger management therapy," "cognitive therapy," "olive oil," and "red meat." Changes were made in the way plants and foods are handled, including the addition of a new broad heading, "Diet, Food, and Nutrition," which is used to group headings on those topics together.
The folks at NLM also went through headings that appear in more than one place and and eliminated the "uncle/nephew" phenomenon, where headings appeared multiple times at different places in a single branch of the tree. They have also begun a project to ensure that each MeSH term has a descriptive scope note.
More information on the 2016 MeSH updates are at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd15/nd15_mesh.html. Take a look at it, and join us to discuss this year's changes as well as changes you would like to see in the future.
See also
2016 MeSH Terms
Thursday, February 4, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Janna Lawrence (@jannabeth) + special guest Kate Majewski from MEDLARS (@MajewskiNLM)
Every year, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) adds new Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to their thesaurus. At the same time, they do "housekeeping" to tidy up the vocabulary. This year, there are 483 new headings, including "anger management therapy," "cognitive therapy," "olive oil," and "red meat." Changes were made in the way plants and foods are handled, including the addition of a new broad heading, "Diet, Food, and Nutrition," which is used to group headings on those topics together.
The folks at NLM also went through headings that appear in more than one place and and eliminated the "uncle/nephew" phenomenon, where headings appeared multiple times at different places in a single branch of the tree. They have also begun a project to ensure that each MeSH term has a descriptive scope note.
More information on the 2016 MeSH updates are at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd15/nd15_mesh.html. Take a look at it, and join us to discuss this year's changes as well as changes you would like to see in the future.
See also
— NN/LM NTC (@nnlmntc) February 1, 2016
About #medlibs
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag Thursday evening to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Diagnostic Error Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1JK3L6W
Diagnostic Error (#DXError) Chat
Thursday, January 28, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6 :00 pm Pacific
Led by Lorri Zipperer (@lzipperer), Barbara Jones & Elaine Allgood
Diagnostic Error (#DXError) Chat
Thursday, January 28, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6 :00 pm Pacific
Led by Lorri Zipperer (@lzipperer), Barbara Jones & Elaine Allgood
Diagnostic Error (DXerror)--a
major factor in patient harm-- hasn’t received the attention it
deserves as a challenge to safe healthcare until recently. This #medlibs Twitter chat will focus
discussion on how medical librarians and informationists as members of multidisciplinary
teams can contribute to the reduction of diagnostic error. It hopes to
surface evidence-based processes, knowledge sharing strategies and front line
success stories to enhance the need for collaboration between clinicians and
their librarians/ informationists to reduce organizational factors that
minimize the reliable use of information, evidence and knowledge (#kmhcare) and
challenge diagnostic safety.
Introductory
resources:
- PSNet #Dxerror primer:
- https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer/12/diagnostic-errors
- IOM DXerror report: Institute of Medicine. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care// Brief http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/Improving-Diagnosis/DiagnosticError_ReportBrief.pdf.
- Free full text: #improvingdiagnosis // #dxerror http://www.nap.edu/read/21794/chapter/1
- Brief newsletter article: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.improvediagnosis.org/resource/resmgr/Files/ImproveDx_Nov2015.pdf
- Free Dec 2015 Webcast with leaders in the #Dxerror field: http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/AudioandVideo/WIHIImprovingDiagnosisErrors.aspx
A few
readings on librarians, #DXerror and getting activated for #ptsafety:
- http://nnlm.gov/mcr/p2pp/2015/04/whooo-says-15/#more-8243
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261759762_Diagnostic_errors_Teamwork_to_solve_tough_diagnostic_puzzles_includes_librarians
Chat
questions:
·
Why are you professionally interested in DXerror?
·
The existing role for librarians in diagnosis is to provide
excellent research to support decision making (both patient and Clinician) and
address bias. How can librarians best articulate this role to their leadership
and organizations to improve the reliability of diagnostic processes and
communication? What type of primary research does our profession need to
resource and undertake to raise awareness of the role of librarians in Dxerror
improvement?
·
Of the 8 recommendations in the 2015 IOM report on DXerror (see
SIDM newsletter above for a brief discussion) which do you think our profession
can impact the most? What door should this open to librarians to reframe their
role in this work? What can be done tomorrow to make a difference?
·
Would it be of value to librarians to develop a checklist for
frontline clinicians to support their effective searching – given they are
quite likely to do their own in a number of circumstances. This could serve as
a knowledge transfer tool from our profession to theirs. What other cognitive
aids or tools could be developed?
About #medlibs
Join us on Twitter using the #medlibs hashtag Thursday evening to share your stories and engage with colleagues. Never been to a Twitter chat before? Check out this overview and come on in - all are welcome including first timers, lurkers, students and others interested in the topic and the field.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Research Eval Support Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1nq9Prj
Training opportunities for Research Evaluation Support
Thursday, January 21, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Kristi Holmes (@kristiholmes)
Libraries are becoming more and more involved with activities related to assessing and understanding research impact. Evaluation and assessment extends beyond basic bibliometrics and is an important way that libraries can support campus initiatives, get involved with research evaluation, and facilitate strategic planning activities with our expertise and resources.
Training opportunities for Research Evaluation Support
Thursday, January 21, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Kristi Holmes (@kristiholmes)
Libraries are becoming more and more involved with activities related to assessing and understanding research impact. Evaluation and assessment extends beyond basic bibliometrics and is an important way that libraries can support campus initiatives, get involved with research evaluation, and facilitate strategic planning activities with our expertise and resources.
I hope that we can use the twitter
chat this week to accomplish a couple of key things:
- Share some of the training opportunities that might exist for librarians and how you can get involved
- Identify existing training gaps and brainstorm a bit about how we might be able to address these needs
MOOCS
- Information Visualization MOOC - http://ivmooc.cns.iu.edu/
- Globalizing Higher Education and Research for the ‘Knowledge Economy - https://www.coursera.org/course/globalhighered
- Data Visualization and Communication with Tableau - https://www.coursera.org/learn/analytics-tableau
- Healthcare Data Visualization - https://www.coursera.org/course/healthdatavisual
…and a great class at NIH, Bibliometrics for Portfolio Analysis - http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/ResourceTraining/pages/TrainingDescription.aspx?rsID=431&View=Class
International School on Research Impact Assessment (http://www.theinternationalschoolonria.com/theschool.php)
ISRIA was
created in response to this growing demand for skilled people who can
demonstrate the impact of research investments and/or activities. Through an
intense, four-day course, participants have the opportunity to enhance their
skills for the planning and development of assessment studies, to better
understand how best to report and implement research impact assessments, and
how to use those tools and techniques within their own organisations. Most
importantly, participants have the chance to create lasting connections with
the people they meet and to become a part of a growing global community of
practice.
Centre for Science and Technology
Studies, Leiden University, The
Netherlands
CWTS
offers a range of courses on using bibliometric analyses for research
management and research evaluation. Courses are regularly held in Leiden
and we are also pleased to organize tailor-made on-site training courses.
This training provides users of bibliometric analyses with the
knowledge and skills they need to interpret bibliometric statistics properly
and usefully. Sessions include: Measuring Science and Research
Performance, Advanced Citation Analysis, Bibliometric
Network Analysis and Science Mapping Using VOSviewer, and Tailor-made Training
Courses.
The European Summer School for
Scientometrics
esss offers training covering major aspects of quantitative
analysis of science and technology and is especially designed for the needs of
science policy makers, research quality managers, scientists and information
specialists & librarians.
Attendees can expect a sound overview of state-of-the-art scientometric methods and the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the most commonly used data bases, to learn how to construct relevant indicators and how to interpret the data. Theoretically imparted knowledge will be consolidated in hands-on trainings whenever suitable in order to guarantee a sustainable learning experience.
Attendees can expect a sound overview of state-of-the-art scientometric methods and the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the most commonly used data bases, to learn how to construct relevant indicators and how to interpret the data. Theoretically imparted knowledge will be consolidated in hands-on trainings whenever suitable in order to guarantee a sustainable learning experience.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Jan 14th - Planning Chat
Transcript: http://bit.ly/1Q9JsAX
Planning Chat for Winter 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Nikki Dettmar (@eagledawg)
Happy New Year, #medlibs! Unfortunately our scheduled lead for Thursday, January 7th has a conflict and can't make it. I was initially thinking we could have a planning chat tonight instead.
Then I revisited reality. I don't know about all of you, but I'm still trying to get back into the rhythm of work/life/school etc after the holidays. Am I the only one too pooped when I get home each night to give much coherent thought to things other than flannel PJs, quality reading material, and the couch?
Let's regroup next week - what's on your mind for 2016? Bring your ideas, enthusiasm and calendars - the dynamic networking of #medlibs can't happen by itself without you and some planning. Also please don't feel that you need to be the expert resource to lead a chat - as long as you have a strong interest, well developed questions, and some resources to share our group hivemind usually takes care of the rest!
Planning Chat for Winter 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific
Led by Nikki Dettmar (@eagledawg)
Happy New Year, #medlibs! Unfortunately our scheduled lead for Thursday, January 7th has a conflict and can't make it. I was initially thinking we could have a planning chat tonight instead.
Then I revisited reality. I don't know about all of you, but I'm still trying to get back into the rhythm of work/life/school etc after the holidays. Am I the only one too pooped when I get home each night to give much coherent thought to things other than flannel PJs, quality reading material, and the couch?
Let's regroup next week - what's on your mind for 2016? Bring your ideas, enthusiasm and calendars - the dynamic networking of #medlibs can't happen by itself without you and some planning. Also please don't feel that you need to be the expert resource to lead a chat - as long as you have a strong interest, well developed questions, and some resources to share our group hivemind usually takes care of the rest!
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