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I didn’t seek to have a theme for this installment of WGiRL, it just happened.

Geez, what an odd choice of metaphor for the title. I mean, if one kept one’s arrow in one’s quiver in the first place…
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Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Feb;35(2):117-8.
Internet partner notification: another arrow in the quiver.
Hogben M, Kachur R.
Division of STD […]

You’ve probably heard about ReadBurner by now.

The idea behind ReadBurner is that it aggregates counts of items that are frequently shared in Google Reader.
First a point of clarification: ReadBurner doesn’t get its data directly from Google Reader in aggregate via an API- it gets the data from the RSS feeds of public linkblogs fed by […]

I’ve posted about GoldMiner a couple of times previously- it is an image search engine created by the ARRS, who describe it on Goldminer’s About page:
ARRS GoldMiner™ provides instant access to images published in selected peer-reviewed radiology journals. This new, web-based system allows viewers to search for images by findings, anatomy, imaging technique, and patient […]

Made by DSHI Systems (who it appears have been making products like these for at least a few years), FreeMD is meant to be “…an electronic doctor that conducts an interview, analyzes symptoms, and provides expert advice — for free.”
It sounds like a good idea that’d be really hard to execute usefully…but it’s really pretty […]

Just heard this story from SoundPrint on my local NPR station. If you work in a library, you should go listen to it now.

Who needs libraries?
Produced by: Richard Paul
As more and more information is available on-line, as Amazon rolls out new software that allows anyone to find any passage in any book, an important […]

For about a week, I’ve had del.icio.us set up to create daily posts on this blog to point out things I’ve found interesting but don’t have time to write about individually.
What do you think? Are these good? Helpful? Welcome? Should I keep this set-up?
I’d be grateful to hear any opinions you care […]

NEJM — Health Care in the 2008 Presidential Primaries
(tags: in:NEJM politics healthcare)

This Man Runs: ImageJ: Freeware DICOM viewer for PC
Irfanview can open dicom image files, but it can’t animate through CT slices…I need to try this.
(tags: freeware dicom .dcm viewer)

EViewBox A java Dicom viewer Application and Applet.
(tags: dicom .dcm viewer freeware java)

DICOM introduction and […]

Why Search Is Still Prehistoric - Search Engine Watch
I like how he writes
(tags: SEO searchengines)

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Check out the press release from the Mayo Clinic:
ROCHESTER, Minn., and REDMOND, Wash. — Mayo Clinic Health Solutions and Microsoft Corporation’s Health Solutions Group announced today that they have entered into a strategic agreement to collaboratively develop tools that will empower people to manage their health and become engaged partners with their providers in a […]

MLA 2008 - really, now, $505??? « omg tuna is kewl
Good thing MLA agreed to cover my misc. expenses.
(tags: MLA08 MLA2008 in:ratcatcher)

Downtown Chicago IL Hyatt Hotels, Illinois Accommodations, Reservations & Lodging - Hyatt Regency
“Meeting Rooms:
* High-Speed Internet - Wired”
Oy.
(tags: MLA08 MLA2008)

NEJM beta: Home
“On the Journal’s beta site, we pursue new ideas in […]

Probably should add this to the List of Medical Wikis…but perhaps I’ll hold off until it is out of private beta.

The mission of The Medpedia Project is to build and support a community of volunteers to organize — and make understandable — the world’s best information about medicine, health, and the body and to make […]

Big day for me. My Electronic Resources Review of BioWizard was published in the JMLA.
BioWizard
David L. Rothman
J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 January; 96(1): 74. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.1.74.
| Full Text | PDF–988K
Of course, I just realized that BioWizard has significantly changed its interface since I wrote the review. Dangit.

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Go and read:
Introducing Web 2.0: wikis for health librarians
Eugene Barsky and Dean Giustini
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association
Volume 28, Number 4, Fall 2007
ISSN 1708-6892
It is good, but I thought a good compliment to an article titled “wikis for health librarians” might be to make note of a number of other wikis for health librarians:
Examples […]

HUMAN BEING - Visual Dictionary Online
Neat!
(tags: dictionary medical visual reference health medicine human anatomy)

Google Health Login Page
Nothing there…like an empty box of chocolates. How sad.
(tags: Google Googlehealth PMRs)

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So, from the start I thought BiomedExperts sounded like a pretty neat idea- a social network wherein personal profiles are built with data from PubMed.
From the FAQ:
“Profiles in BioMedExperts (BME) are generated by extracting and assigning the biomedical concepts from an article to the authors and co-authors that are listed with the published article. We […]

Make Information Come to You! The power of RSS feeds
A York University library’s pitch for user on why RSS is wonderful. The 30th slide links to davidrothman.net! More from York here: http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Steacie/rss-feeds.en?g11n.enc=UTF-8
(tags: RSS feeds teaching)

Librarian’s Guide to…Understanding Academic Copyright
Yeah, this video is poorly produced, but I laughed.
(tags: copyright journals video humor libraries puppets […]

Items that have recently caught my attention:
Of particular note for nephrologists and those who support them.

Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2008 Jan;15(1):73-82.
The internet as a tool for the renal community.
Buettner K, Fadem SZ .
American Association of Kidney Patients, Tampa, FL, USA.
The Internet has impacted health care. With the introduction of the personal health record (PHR), patients […]

The Distant Librarian: Running Meebo as an application (no web browser needed!)
Cooooooool. Also, I love Paul’s screencasts.
(tags: IM instant_messaging meebo in:paulpival firefox mozilla try_this)

Yahoo Tests Delicious Integration In Search Results
Such a great idea.
(tags: social_bookmarking del.icio.us yahoo searchengines via:ratcatcher)

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Le beau (bo) blog d’un bobo bibliothécaire en médecine - là où l’on soigne les bobos, dans tous les sens du terme.
If I’m making proper use of translation tools and not being an idiot (bit dicey to make bets on that…), the title of this blog (Bobobiblioblog) appears to be a play on words, saying […]

Marcus Banks has closed and posted the results of his survey (previously mentioned here) for “librarians who read blogs that are written by health sciences librarians and targeted to other professionals.”
Check out the results here.
I loved seeing the results of Question 5:
5. How do you follow blogs?: 256 responses (1o people skipped this question)
A. Bookmark/check […]