Information Services: A User Alert Statement for Predatory and Dubious Journals
Submitted by Louisa Verma, AHIP, Center for Health Evidence, Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA, and Lindsay Barnett, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CTThe Krafty…
Anti-racist resources and follow up questions: a recent aggregation
Good morning Medical Informatics Caucus members, Below I have aggregated some of the anti-racist resources and questions shared with me in the past two weeks.…
Information Management: Preprints in the Age of COVID-19
Submitted by Rachel Pinotti, AHIP, Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; edited by Marie T. Ascher The COVID-19 pandemic…
Information Services: Data-Driven LibGuide Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Submitted by Cecelia Vetter, Samantha Kennefick, and Lilian Hoffecker, AHIP, Strauss Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus–Aurora; edited by Christy Tyson As…
Information Services: Is a Single Platform for Tracking Interface Issues Feasible? The UX Caucus Thinks So!
Submitted by Louisa Verma, AHIP, Library, Center for Health Evidence, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA, and Andy Hickner, Samuel J. Wood Library & C.V. Starr…
Consumer Health: Documenting a Pandemic through Comics
Submitted by Kathryn Houk, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Nevada–Las Vegas; edited by Donald Pearson, AHIP Editor’s Note: Kathryn Houk, MLIS, AHIP, CHIS (she/hers),…
I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means: How COVID-19 Systematic Reviews Don’t Fit the Mold
Submitted by Aidy Weeks, AHIP, UNLV Health Sciences Library, University of Nevada–Las Vegas, and Kathryn Vela, AHIP, Portland VA Healthcare System, Portland, OR A global…
Education: Make That Transition from Face-to-Face to Virtual Instruction
Many health sciences librarians employed in academic institutions can come to feel pressured to enhance medical library education by offering online courses versus traditional face-to-face…
Consumer Health: Emotional Health in the Library: Part II: Emotional Labor
Miriam Matteson, associate professor at Kent State University,presented on emotional labor at theOhio Health Sciences Library Association Fall 2019 Meeting. In “Emotional Health in the…
Medical Library Education: Acronyms and Initialisms
Rooting out topics worthy of mention or of special significance to medical library education can be a challenging yet at the same time rewarding pursuit,…
Caucus News: Enhancing Patient Experience through Patient-Centered Library Services
Editor’s Note: Republished and edited with permission from the September 2019 Consumer Connections, volume 35, issue 3, pages 3–4. The Bedford Veterans Administration (VA) provides…
Caucus News: Book Review
Editor’s Note: Republished and edited with permission from the September 2019 Consumer Connections, volume 35, issue 3, page 6. Elaine Birchall and Suzanne Cronkwright. Conquer…
Consumer Health: Emotional Health in the Library: Part I: Trauma-Informed Libraries
Meghan Harper, professor at Kent State University, presented a class on “Trauma-Informed Libraries.” Emotional and psychological health issues can be overlooked in service professions, both…
Medical Library Education: Celebrating Health Sciences Libraries!
Medical library education—and all forms of librarianship really—revolve around, as well as depend upon, the universal goodwill of core stakeholders to help foster positive patron…
Consumer Health: Plain Language Is Not for Dummies!
Editor’s Note: “Plain Language Is Not for Dummies!” by Ruti Volk, AHIP, was originally published in Consumer Connections, the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section…
Consumer Health: Consumer Health Information Specialization, Part II
Monique Mason, AHIP, Science & Technology Division, Akron-Summit County Public Library, at a recent Ohio Health Sciences Library Association meeting. Photo by Donald Pearson, AHIP…
Announcing the NNLM Spring 2019 Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!
When was the last time you used Wikipedia? With more than 7 billion views a year on over 155,000 health topic pages, Wikipedia may be…
Consumer Health: Consumer Health Information Specialization, Part I
Between 6% and 20% of public library reference questions are health-related [1], but some librarians feel inadequately prepared to answer them [2]. In 2001, MLA…
Springing forward with MIS – intro
Good afternoon everyone, The MIS leaders invite all members to participate in a new challenge: Springing forward with MIS. This challenge is very similar to…
Medical Library Education: Design Thinking
Librarians who are engaged in medical library education are often called upon to provide instruction on a host of topics in various surroundings before diverse…