Comments on: On Medical Librarianship Blogs

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:08:23 +0000

Can’t wait to meet you and thank you in person for the connections this blog has made for me.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:45:23 +0000

Tiny, Rachel. Very, very tiny.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:28:07 +0000

The medlib world is so small! David, Siobhan was one of my group partners at the most recent MBL informatics course in Woods Hole.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:47:01 +0000

BHIC has it’s own slide in my presentation, Siobhan.

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:26:31 +0000

Well, someone has already mentioned The Krafty Librarian, which is one of my favorites – good practical advice that keeps you up to date, and of course yours. I will also shamelessly promote my own blog! But, its not for everyone – Bringing Health Information tothe Community http://library.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ is all about health information around health disparities issues. If people in your library work on those issues, subscribe to the blog and then forward them on the latest articles, grants, web sites, etc. It makes you look good!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:17:56 +0000

You may want to also mention the value of having someone monitoring blog traffic about their own library on occasion. I’ve sent more than one email to a library director to point them to a scathing commentary on their services (in case they wanted to address it, or just know in advance in case their board sees it, etc.) and found that they had no idea it existed. I know there is a facebook group about our library, so that kind of thing is good to be aware of as well.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:26:33 +0000

Good stuff, Rachel- thanks! My understanding is that attendees will all be Mayo Libraries staff- not all necessarily degreed librarians.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:21:34 +0000

David,
Congrats! Are you presenting to medical librarians only, or a mixed crowd? I’d suggest mentioning that blogs can be a good continuing ed source even when they are not focused on medlib issues, such as some of the medicine-specific ones. I might be biased, what with a women’s health blog (thanks, Dean!). I’d also like to put in a plug for the JMLA Case Studies blog, because I’d really like to see more libs participating in a discussion there.

For misconceptions, one is that blogs cannot be authoritative. Might talk about applying the same site evaluation strategies as for other websites.

Will think about this some more and send you an email.

By: Melissa Rethlefsen

Melissa Rethlefsen — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:55:04 +0000

We’re looking forward to having you! I got to talk you up at a meeting today.

MLR

By: Dean Giustini

Dean Giustini — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:59:13 +0000

David,

Your blog and Michelle Kraft’s are the best American medical library blogs. Though I do enjoy OMG tuna, Women’s Health News and some of the UK medlib bloggers. Trish Chatterly’s Librarians RX, Eugene Barsky’s Physioblog, and various institutional blogs are among the best health-related blogs in Canada.

Dean