davidrothman.net » Blogging http://davidrothman.net Exploring Medical Librarianship and Web Geekery Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Vlogging: Unprofessional Communications http://davidrothman.net/2010/01/10/vlogging-unprofessional-communications/ http://davidrothman.net/2010/01/10/vlogging-unprofessional-communications/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:23:49 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2881

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2010/01/10/vlogging-unprofessional-communications/feed/ 26 Watch Nikki Pound Clinical Reader http://davidrothman.net/2009/07/14/watch-nikki-pound-clinical-reader/ http://davidrothman.net/2009/07/14/watch-nikki-pound-clinical-reader/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:50:22 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2582 When I became aware of Clinical Reader (no linky Google-juice for these guys- you can find ‘em if you want to), I decided just to ignore them. In previous years, I might have enjoyed pointing out various disappointing aspects of the site (I’m a peevish naysayer, it has been said). There was no need, though. There are more really good MedLib bloggers than there once were, some of whom are far better at it than I have ever been.

To my delight, Nicole Dettmar was the one to do it.

http://eagledawg.blogspot.com/2009/07/clinical-reader-starry-ethics-fail.html

To answer Alan’s question: Probably just stupid, but they still deserve a good smacking. Jerks. “Legal ramifications,” my Aunt Fanny.

Moral of the story: Don’t try to intimidate a smart medical librarian- you’ll not only fail, but she’ll make you look *really* stupid for trying.

Go, Nikki!

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EDIT: Yet another reason to love Steve Lawson.

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2009/07/14/watch-nikki-pound-clinical-reader/feed/ 2 NCBI ROFL http://davidrothman.net/2009/06/27/ncbi-rofl/ http://davidrothman.net/2009/06/27/ncbi-rofl/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:32:02 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2565 Martha Hardy (friend, medical librarian, incredibly cool person) hipped me to NCBI ROFL, a wonderful blog that highlights the best chuckles from PubMed citations.

Edit: D’oh! Nikki posted about this yesterday and Berci before that!

I have become a truly lame blogger.

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2009/06/27/ncbi-rofl/feed/ 3 IntenseDebate Test (Updated) http://davidrothman.net/2009/02/16/intensedebate-test/ http://davidrothman.net/2009/02/16/intensedebate-test/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:35:26 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2441 [Update] One’s FriendFeed feed needs to be public in order for IntenseDebate to pick up the comments and bring them onto the blog. IntenseDebate isn’t perfect, but I love the threaded comments, I like quickly moderating comments via email, and I like the sidebar widget for comments (if you’re reading this via RSS, visit the blog and check out the left sidebar). I’ll keep it for now. Thanks to those who helped me test it![/Update]

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I’ve installed a plugin/service called IntenseDebate on this blog. Among the things it is supposed to do is pick up comments people make on my posts in FriendFeed and import them as comments. I’m curious to see if it will find those comments even if my FriendFeed is set to private. If you’re seeing this post through FriendFeed, please leave a comment in FriendFeed (not a ‘like’) so that can be tested?

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2009/02/16/intensedebate-test/feed/ 1 HHS/FDA/CDC Social Media Tools for Consumers and Partners http://davidrothman.net/2009/02/05/hhsfdacdc-social-media-tools-for-consumers-and-partners/ http://davidrothman.net/2009/02/05/hhsfdacdc-social-media-tools-for-consumers-and-partners/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:00:08 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2365 New to me- and a good idea to put all of this on one page.

http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/

I didn’t know the CDC was on MySpace or that the FDA had a recall Twitter feed.

I decided I should definitely follow the CDC’s Twitter feed for Health Professionals, which is for “…Health Professionals interested in staying up-to-date with CDC’s interactive media activities…”

They’ve also got a widget to help consumers search for products impacted by the Peanut-Containing Product Recall (embedded below).

FDA Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak 2009. Flash Player 9 is required.

Includes:

  • Blogs
  • eMail Subscriptions
  • Health-e-Cards
  • Mobile Information
  • Online Video
  • Phone/Email
  • Podcasts
  • RSS Feeds
  • Social Networks
  • Badges for Social Networks
  • Twitter
  • Virtual Worlds
  • Web Sites
  • Widgets

Go check it out.

Hat tip: Maura Sostack

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2009/02/05/hhsfdacdc-social-media-tools-for-consumers-and-partners/feed/ 6 Vote for a medical librarian! http://davidrothman.net/2009/01/16/vote-for-a-medical-librarian/ http://davidrothman.net/2009/01/16/vote-for-a-medical-librarian/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:18:14 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2227 For the second year in a row, a MedLib blog has been nominated for the MedGadget Medical Weblog awards.

Please note that Laika has been nominated for Best New Weblog and consider dropping by to vote for her?

What’s not to like about a smart, Dutch medical librarian’s blog?

Please- go vote now.

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2009/01/16/vote-for-a-medical-librarian/feed/ 1 More About the Book http://davidrothman.net/2009/01/15/more-about-the-book/ http://davidrothman.net/2009/01/15/more-about-the-book/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:56:58 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2202 So the book is getting some attention!

Internet Cool Tools for Physicians is in Google Book Search

Stephen Francoeur made this little video:

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the MLA mentioned it on their blog.

The MLA’s Taskforce on Social Networking Software posted about it, calling it “…an accessible, illustrated and contemporary guide to online tools in medicine.”

Laika, whose blog has quickly become one of my favorite MedLib blogs, mentioned it, as did Creaky.

I’m watching WorldCat.org with interest to see which libraries are getting it (though Duke’s copy doesn’t show up yet).

Dr. Shock (MD, PhD) gave it a very nice review.

I’m lucky to count as friends people like Meredith Farkas and Michael Stephens, both of whom thought the book worthy of mention on their very popular blogs.

Gosh- Brandi blogged about it way back in August- well before it as released!

I’m pleased to see mention of it in languages other than English.

The President and CEO of Community General Hospital blogged about it.

It has gotten some buzz on Twitter.

We’re anxious to hear any feedback you have about the book- please let us know what you think….and what you think needs to be added or changed for the second edition! :)

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2009/01/15/more-about-the-book/feed/ 7 The Book! http://davidrothman.net/2008/12/08/the-book/ http://davidrothman.net/2008/12/08/the-book/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:48:08 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2197 Got my hands on my copies of the book today! How exciting!

Yay!

You can buy a copy from:
Springer Publishing

or here:

I’m looking forward to eventually seeing it in WorldCat. :)

Congratulations to Melissa Rethlefsen (who wrote a heck of a lot more than I did)! You should really go email Melissa now and tell her how much she rocks.

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2008/12/08/the-book/feed/ 10 NYLA’s ‘Meet the Bloggers’ Panel (slides) http://davidrothman.net/2008/11/07/nylas-meet-the-bloggers-panel-slides/ http://davidrothman.net/2008/11/07/nylas-meet-the-bloggers-panel-slides/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:30:43 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2167

Jill Hurst-Wahl’s slides are available here.

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2008/11/07/nylas-meet-the-bloggers-panel-slides/feed/ 1 UNYOC (CE slides) and NYLA Tomorrow http://davidrothman.net/2008/11/06/unyoc-ce-slides-and-nyla-tomorrow/ http://davidrothman.net/2008/11/06/unyoc-ce-slides-and-nyla-tomorrow/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:27:47 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=2159 My apologies to the awfully nice folks who attended the CE course I taught at UNYOC a couple of weeks ago! I’ve taken far too long to get these slides posted:

Also: I’ll be on a panel at NYLA tomorrow (Friday, 11/6/2008) afternoon at 4:00 PM- please say hello if you’re going to be there! As usual at these sorts of things, I’ll know almost nobody. But hey- I might get to meet Polly Farrington!

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