- Marie Kennedy is the Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. This blog is about organization, librarianship, and sometimes monkeys and/or bananas.
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pubshub
PubsHub is a “strategic publication planning tool,” a database to help you choose to which medical journal or meeting to submit your manuscript or present your data. i saw a demo of this in the exhibits hall at the medical … Continue reading
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tracking reference desk queries
i learned of desk tracker, libstats, and wufoo while reviewing a wiki (http://whywufoo.pbwiki.com) i saw referenced at the recent medical library association conference. my library is still collecting data about reference desk transactions using paper forms, but an online form … Continue reading
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Surgical Atlas of the Musculoskeletal System
because i’m a little squeamish, my mantra for the first couple years of medical librarianship has been, “just look at the text, don’t look at the images.” but i must point you to a resource with some spectacular images! it’s … Continue reading
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Matthews Book Company goes green for MLA
This year’s planning committee for the Medical Library Association national meeting asked exhibitors to consider “going green,” and Matthews Book Company really stepped up to the plate. They didn’t bring paper brochures to hand out, and brought only a limited … Continue reading
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AMA goes crazy, digitizes everything
The digitization of JAMA and the Archives backfiles is soon to be completed, to be released by the end of 2008. They’ll be available for a one-time purchase and an annual maintenance fee for having them hosted through Highwire. 2 … Continue reading
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new biostatistics book
if you’re looking for a humorous introduction to biostatistics (and who isn’t, really), consider the 3rd edition of Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials. It’s available, published by BC Decker in 2008. Intended as a practical and humorous introduction to the topic … Continue reading
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