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Comment on Join MIS and Come to Our Section Meeting at MLA by KraftyLibrarian

KraftyLibrarian — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:36:03 +0000

Sam, you must join Google+ and then add me and Amy Donahue to your circles. Once you do that, on Sunday close to the meeting time you will get an invitation on Google+ to join a hangout. The invitation won’t be emailed, you have to be on Google+ to see it.
While it helps to have a mic and cam with you computer, you don’t need it. There is an area for chat so you can type questions and comments.
Let me know if you have questions.

Comment on Join MIS and Come to Our Section Meeting at MLA by Sam King

Sam King — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:59:28 +0000

Greetings: I am a MIS member but will not be attending MLA. I understand we can connect virtually and watch the meeting. Can you please provide instructions on hooking up? Thanks – Sam King

Comment on PubMed Limits to Replace with Filters Sidebar and Author Ranking by Leapyear Librarian

Leapyear Librarian — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:06:48 +0000

It may seem clunky, and probably is, but from what I’ve seen with efforts by Web of Knowledge and Scopus to get author IDs going; the less involvement from researchers, the more they like the idea. More complex algorithms that means they do less work is probably more palatable to most researchers, no matter the back end clunkiness.

Personally, I’ve found that most researchers-especially faculty or clinician researchers-are so swamped for time, that even learning about the usefulness of an authorID, how to register for one and then learning they have to self-monitor, is just a handful of extra minutes and brain cells that doesn’t seem necessary in the long-run when they can just run and author search and scan for relevance.

Not saying they are all like this, but many are. I think NLM is trying to come to a compromise that can work ok until we figure out how to make author IDs actually work.

Comment on Friday Fun: Social MLA by Ellie Phillipo

Ellie Phillipo — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:37:12 +0000

Was that MY idea last year? Because if it was, I don’t remember it…I was involved with hockey. But I am certainly a member of THAT group =)

Comment on Friday Fun: Social MLA by Heather Holmes

Heather Holmes — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:51:48 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this Michelle. It was my intention to get those of us involved in the #drinkingSIG to give back, too. We wouldn’t know each other, and be able to grow both personally and professionally, if not for our membership in MLA. Hopefully this initiative sees some success so I can continue it on in the years to come!

Comment on PubMed Limits to Replace with Filters Sidebar and Author Ranking by KraftyLibrarian

KraftyLibrarian — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:15:59 +0000

I received an email comment from a person who said that PubMed will eventually have author IDs, they just don’t want to invent them and the process to maintain them. It’s expensive and they are waiting to see what the publishing industry agrees on as the standard.

For old people like me think of the Betamax or VHS debate. For younger people think of HD DVD vs. Blu-ray.

Comment on Libraries Loaning iPads by Interesting Things of the Week #139 « Claire's Blog

Interesting Things of the Week #139 « Claire's Blog — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:17:12 +0000

[...] Libraries Loaning iPads [...]

Comment on Libraries Loaning iPads by iPad Loaning « HealthLINE Blog

iPad Loaning « HealthLINE Blog — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:24:56 +0000

[...] of my favorite bloggers, Karen Kraft, has posted an excellent overview of the issues involved with libraries who wish to loan iPads. She posted policies, existing [...]

Comment on Libraries Loaning iPads by melissa victor

melissa victor — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:17:35 +0000

I think its an excellent idea to lend IPads to the students.

Comment on Why is the Hospital Library Disappearing? by Onen Walter Yagos

Onen Walter Yagos — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:59:42 +0000

It is true many hospital libraries is closing because of budget/financial constraint. Our view in developing country like Uganda think the issues of the budget constraints only affect libraries in poor countries. there one thing which I need to mention. For example in Gulu we are struggling to open a hospital library despite the budget problem noted — the need for hospital library is very high here and we are going to open among this many problem. We should not stop the services of Hospital Library completely because of budget problem, information is the driver for all economy, including health of a country.