Technology: Mobile Applications for Molecular Visualization and Research
Submitted by Dorothy May, John A. Burns School of Medicine Health Sciences Library, University of Hawaii−Honolulu; edited by Jean M. GudenasIn recent years, the use…
Technology: Passport to Digital Citizenship
Submitted by Emily J. Hurst, AHIP, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Editor’s Note: This month’s issue…
Social Media: Social Media and Health: Digital Citizenship in a New Age of Patient Care
Submitted by Denise Smith, Health Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Editor’s Note: This month’s issue features two articles…
Internet Resources: Asthma
Submitted by Lauren Wojcik, Clinical Education Center Library, Seton Healthcare Family, Austin, TX; edited by Talicia Tarver Asthma affects approximately 25 million people in the…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Medical Articles in Wikipedia? Are you a fan of Wikipedia? Do you like…or detest…the articles? Soon, the editors of those articles,…
Social Media: Twitter’s Best Kept Secret: Curated Twitter Lists
Submitted by Sheryl Ramer Gesoff, Peter Nicholas Memorial Library, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Check out the video version of…
MLA and AAHSL weigh in on the NIH-wide Strategic Plan
MLA and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have submitted comments and recommendations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a framework for…
Internet Resources: The Write Stuff: Resources for Scholarly Writing and Publishing
Submitted by Talicia Tarver, Health Sciences Library, Louisiana State University Health Science Center–Shreveport Whether you are preparing your own scholarly paper or assisting clients with…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch 3D NIH Library A library—virtual, no less—has manifested in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that stages, stores, or “shelves” images…
Blogs to Follow: The Digital Beyond
Submitted by Kelly R. Gonzalez, AHIP It’s a new year and as you are making your new year’s resolutions you might be thinking about your…
Social Media: Podcasts
Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP Check out the video version of this inaugural Social Media column on MLA’s YouTube channel. Following the recent phenomenal success of…
Technology: Social Media Tools for Physicians
Submitted by Rachel Pinotti, AHIP, Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Social media is…
Internet Resources: Patient Education Resources in Tagalog (Filipino)
Submitted by Sondhaya Sritongsook McGowan, Melisa Reasner McGuire Health Sciences Library, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA; edited by Talicia Tarver At 2.6 million, Filipinos…
Blogs to Follow: Unquiet Librarian and DMLcentral
Submitted by Kelly R. Gonzalez, AHIP Unquiet Librarian and DMLcentral It’s the name that caught me, The Unquiet Librarian. The author, Buffy Hamilton, was a…
Technology: Using Guide on the Side to Build More Interactive Tutorials
Click Images to enlarge. [Link removed ()] Figure 1 Patron view guide [Link removed ()] Figure 2 Guide on the Side design…
Social Media: Librarians without Limits? Twitter Can Help
Submitted by Caitlyn Ford, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH), Ottawa, ON, Canada; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Check out the video…
Internet Resources: Aerospace Medicine
Submitted by D. Garon Bailey, Franzello Aeromedical Library, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, and Maureen Humphrey-Shelton, AHIP, Robley…
Internet Resources: Resources for Supporting and Sustaining Community Outreach
Submitted by Jon Goodell, AHIP, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, TX; edited by…
Editor’s Note
Laurie L. Thompson, AHIP, FMLA, Editor, MLA News I’m excited to announce a new column this month: “Social Media,” edited by Lara Killian, AHIP. In…
Technology: Uses of Research Networking Systems
Submitted by Diana Nelson Louden, Health Sciences Library, University of Washington–Seattle; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Numerous research networking systems (RNSs) have been developed [1],…