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National Library for Health

There's some lively discussion on the lis-medical jiscmail list about the National Library for Health.
Look in the July archives

National Library for Health

Download nlhbsms.pps

Download BloggingforBSMSreferences.pdf

Yesterday BSMS hosted one of the National Library for Health's workshops.
Here's a brief presentation I gave, and a references list.

Update on inflation of journal prices: Brandon/Hill list journals and the scientific, technical, and medical publishing market

Update on inflation of journal prices: Brandon/Hill list journals and the scientific, technical, and medical publishing market

Parliament debates libraries

Only one MP and the Minister. Estelle Morris, seem to have spoken, but noteworthy nevertheless:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/cm040623/halltext/40623h04.htm#40623h04_head0

RSS library applications

Interesting posts in the jiscmail list lis-e-journals by Gerry McKiernan about RSS applications in libraries, Results of his work can be seen at:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm

Article on library weblogs

There's an article on library weblogs in the new Library Management:

Clyde, Laurel A
Library weblogs
Library Management 2004 25 (4/5):183-189
DOI: 10.1108/01435120410533765

Full text needs a subscription to the Emerald service but if you have one it's here

Interoperability between libraries and learning environments

Discovered this on Open Access News

Presentation on blogging

Download medschoolsecsblogbriefing.pdf (big file: 7.1 MB)

Download BloggingforBSMSreferences2.pdf

Here's the handouts I gave out to support a presentation on the BSMS current awareness service I run at the annual meeting of medical school secretaries.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | On your marks, get set, search ...

As Google's IPO goes forward, the Guardian pits Google against more old fashioned search methods... On your marks, get set, search ...

Post Brandon-Hill

An interesting discussion is developing on the Medlib-L list on the future of collection development lists. The Brandon-Hill list has been for many years the US standard, while here in the UK we have the Medical Information Working Party's list. But now Brandon-Hill is to be discontinued (MIWP announced a new edition for 2003 but it has yet to appear).
The most interesting part of the discussion seems to me to be how we might move to more evidence-based collection development.