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ACP Pier --- Free Trial of their InterfaceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ACP Pier is a point of care, Web-based decision support tool that was recently ranked by the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association as the leading EB point of care clinical tool compared to 13 other major ebm resources (inluding UTD, E-medicine, Dynamed to name a few)I love ACP Pier. We have it via the Stat-Ref interface. So I guess what I mean to say is that I love the content of ACP Pier and the interface and usability of Stat-Ref is ...well... you know not everybody's favorite.Well I just received a letter today from ACP themselves and it looks like they are getting into the business of licensing their...
Source: IHSLA News - January 30, 2007 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Social Networking comes to Health CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Wall Street Journal article, 12/27/2006 "Social Networking comes to health care," (available online to subscribers) discusses the revolution of social networking is having on healthcare "at the same time that new Internet technologies and software programs are making it easier than ever for consumers to find timely, personalized health information online."Reviews 6 websites and how they are adopting social-networking, custom-search and new interactive technology.
Source: IHSLA News - December 27, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

INSPIRE and RFP Process for a new suite of databasesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
IHSLA Members:We all benefit from the suite of databases offered by INSPIRE. For the first time since 2001, INCOLSA is currently going through a RFP process for new database platforms. Part of this process has been the assembly of a Database Evaluator team, part of which myself (IHSLA) and Carolyn Martin (CIHSLC) are both representing and assisting.The current Ebsco package will done in June of 2007. Four database proposals have been submitted that make up the large part of the database suite. There are two proposals from EBSCO, one from Gale and one from Wilson.I will be evaluating these databases and my evaluations must ...
Source: IHSLA News - December 11, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

The Changing Library and Googling a diagnosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Check out these two different approaches (of course one written by a physcian and one by MLS'ersGoogling a Diagnosis:http://www.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/bmj.39003.640567.AEv1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&title=google&andorexacttitle=and&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCITThe Changing Library:http://www.mssm.edu/msjournal/73/73_6_pages_857_863.pdf
Source: IHSLA News - November 10, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Registering for IHSLA 2007Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Greetings!Yes it's that time again - time to renew your IHSLA Membership for 2007. And to save time and energy simply request or mail that check right now. Renewals are due by April 1st - but why wait til the last minute?. Just follow these simple steps:Visit our website @ http://enterprise.palni.edu/~ihsla/Click on "Membership Directory" and check your listing.Then go to "Join/Renew" and click on "membership form".Print off the form and complete.If everything is accurate on the "Membership Directory" just write "No Change" on your renewal form - be sure to put your name on your return - and return with your check for $10....
Source: IHSLA News - November 7, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

MLA Emerging Technologies Webcast @ IU "Moving at the speed of Byte"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
IHSLA Members:I have Room 303 at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library reserved for this webcast on November 8 at 2 pm EST. All are welcome to attend but I need a head count in order to prepare manuals and may need to change the room so let me know if you plan to attend.Peggy RichwineCheck out the following link about the webcast:http://www.mlanet.org/education/distance_ed/technologies/
Source: IHSLA News - November 3, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Survey and Measuring ToolsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday on our listserv there was a question in regards to finding surveys, measuring tools/instruments.The best database that I know of to find these types of things is:HAPIHealth and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.However, I heard from Randi Stocker (IUPUI) who said that Sally Neal, at IUPUI, has p...
Source: IHSLA News - November 1, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Direct Link to Newsweek article and the current PBS documentaryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scott Loma, St. Johns gave me the direct link to the article, nice catch!http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15175919/site/newsweek/page/2/These all go well with the PBS four part documentary on "Remaking American Medicine"http://www.pbs.org/remakingamericanmedicine/
Source: IHSLA News - October 18, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Newsweek "Fixing America's Hospitals"Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For the Hospital Librarians out there, check out this week's Newsweek feature "Fixing America's Hospitals" then send the link to your movers and shakers within your hospital.For those of you who do not subscribe to Newsweek, it is part of the Indiana Ebsco Inspire package under "Academic Search Elite" but has not yet been loaded in the Health Bussiness FullTEXT database.
Source: IHSLA News - October 18, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

One More EBM article of noteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060926/HEALTH/609260330/-1/NEWS01
Source: IHSLA News - September 29, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Another great commentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hey just wanted to give the readers a heads up again on a great comment/commentary posted by Chris Kiess out of Columbus on last week's EBM article http://ihsla.blogspot.com/2006/09/ebm-who-says-whats-best.htmlDont forget this is a sharing site. Ideas, input, suggestions, thoughts, feedback etc... all help in making a great newsletter / blog.Chris B.
Source: IHSLA News - September 29, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

IHSLA 2007 Meeting: Location and Date AnnouncementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Date: Thursday and Friday, April 26-27 2007Location: Holiday Inn Select/Lafayette- City Centre. The address is 515 South St., Lafayette, INNear: almost right next door to the Tippecanoe County Public Library, walking distance to Purdue University, and right in the heart of the historic/artistic/shopping/restaurant district of Downtown Lafayette.
Source: IHSLA News - September 28, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Hospital SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I realized after posting the information about the Hospital Survey from MLA that they give a link to show who has already taken the survey, be sure to check before filling it out....About 550 librarians have already provided us with data; a listing, by state/territory and by city, of institutions that have already responded is available at
Source: IHSLA News - September 22, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

EBM: Who Says what's best?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
US News and World Report commentary on Evidence Based Medicine "Who says what's best" http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/060903/11healy.htm
Source: IHSLA News - September 22, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Vital Pathways Hospital Library SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We are writing to you on behalf of the Medical Library Association (MLA), the MLA Hospital Libraries Section, and MLA's Vital Pathways Task Force. We are conducting a joint survey concerning the state of hospital libraries and librarianship today. No national survey of this kind has been done since 1990 when the American Hospital Association Resource Center, in conjunction with AHA’s Hospital Data Center, conducted a study of library services in hospitals. The Survey of Hospital Libraries is designed to gather data regarding the number of hospitals that have professional librarians on their staffs and the types of librar...
Source: IHSLA News - September 22, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

I received the following comment from Chris Kiess ...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article begins by stating libraries are attempting to adapt to new changes in the world. I question this statement and think public libraries and the people who run them are not changing or adapting. They are asleep at the wheel and have been for many years now. They have ceased to function as they once did in a society and each time they provide another service that would normally be a fee-based service, they not only pull away from the economy, but also devalue themselves and their own services. -- Chris Kiess
Source: IHSLA News - September 7, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

PubMed Class, TOXNET, and Clinical Trials.gov training!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This note came from Peggy Richwine -- Thank you Peggy!The PubMed class is worth the time for anyone just getting started as a health sciences librarian. And it's FREE.We don't have one scheduled for Indianapolis in the near future so you may want to take advantage of this one in Chicago.Just a quick reminder that the deadline to sign up for these classes is approaching quickly!The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) will be offering three free hands-on classes hosted by the NN/LM Greater Midwest Region, University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences located at 1750 W. Polk Street, Chicago, I...
Source: IHSLA News - September 7, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

Frank Bradway Rogers AwardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nominate a professional colleague you admire, your professional team, or yourself (!) for the Frank Bradway Rogers, M.D. Award! This juried award is presented annually at the MLA Annual Conference in recognition of outstanding contributions for the application of technology to the delivery of health science information, to the science of information, or to the facilitation of the delivery of health science information.The award has been sponsored by the Thomson Institute for Scientific Information since 1973, and was formerly named the ISI Information Advancement Award. The recipient receives a cash award of $500 and will ...
Source: IHSLA News - September 7, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

Big Help for Small Business at their local libraryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I came across this Tuesday August 29th Wall Street Journal article Big Help for Small Business and thought it was very intersting.
Source: IHSLA News - August 30, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

IHSLA 2007 MeetingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Elaine S., Stephanie S., and myself (along with a ton of notes and ideas from Patty L) got together for our first programming meeting for IHSLA 2007.We came up with a ton of good ideas, utilizing our own ideas and input from our member groups. I will be summarizing these notes and posting to the listserv and the blog, but first I need to get them together and go over with Patty L.I just wanted to let our membership know that we are working on it, and we are still open to suggestions, comments, etc......Thank you,Chris BishopIHSLA 2006-07 President
Source: IHSLA News - August 25, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

Wiki? What? Wiki!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What is a Wiki? Well Wikipedia (get it?)defines it as: (pronounced , or ; see Pronunciation below) is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. Wiki also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website (see Wiki software).It is part of the Web 2.0 phenomenon. Remember Blogs? (what you are reading!)The phrase Web 2.0 was coined by O'Reilly Media to refer to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services that let people collaborate and share information online in a new way—such as social networking sites, wikis and co...
Source: IHSLA News - August 23, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

UpToDate....Thanks for a BASIC serviceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Just received word from my UpToDate rep. that they have "fixed" their web based statisitcal counting too..... which is like getting excited when your cell company actually tells you how many minutes you have used.Now if we could just work on the price structure AND if we could work on the standards of how, when and what is reviewed for their topics AND incorporate more features like BRANDING and Direct E-mail out of their interface to a librarian.Want to see my stats? Knock yourself out.... http://www.utdol.com/utd/user/usage.do?key=71BBA2I guess that Dynamed or FirstConsult trial just went out the window.And before you go...
Source: IHSLA News - August 23, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

Forward on in your Hospital! Research role expands at community hospitalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Well the late July early doldrums are over. I have been lax in posting, because our library has been inundated with projects and requests.I came across the following article yesterday:Research role expands at community hospitals it is quoted as saying "Across the country, tighter finances and tougher competition are prompting many community hospitals to move beyond their core business of administering tests and performing surgery. Increasingly, they are doing cutting-edge research that had been left to universities, drug companies and government laboratories."An excellent article highlighting the economic, public relations...
Source: IHSLA News - August 23, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

Coyright and Photos, Images, Streaming VideoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am interested in hearing what other hospital librarians are doing about their institutions use of Photos, Images and Streaming Video. Do you sit back and say our users won't listen and they will use whatever they can find on the internet? Do you attempt to have pathfinders for them to find good usable, copyright free, photos? Is it addressed in your hospital/network copyright policy?Does your network/hospital have a copyright policy? If not become an expert! It can be great exposure. A former librarian here, Lauren Rider, took this under and it has payed off huge dividends for our library within our institution.Not only ...
Source: IHSLA News - August 15, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Chris B. IHSLA President Source Type: news

Attend the SLA Great Lakes Regional Conference!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
posted for Christina Bennett, President of the Indiana Chapter of the Special Libraries Association...Are you looking for a professional development and networking opportunity? Meet with colleagues, enhance your skills, take advantage of smaller conference fees, and visit a location close to home. Plan to attend the Great Lakes Regional Conference -- a regional Special Libraries Association conference.Our program is robust with something for everyone. Our presenters will touch on topics such as text mining, negotiating, searching, business resources, collaboration, renovations, and working with the National Library of Medi...
Source: IHSLA News - August 10, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lauraz Source Type: news