Report from the InSight Initiative Summit: What Can Librarians and Vendors Learn from “Pirate” Sites?
Submitted by Harold S. Bright IV, AHIP, A.T. Still Memorial Library, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ; Vida Damijonaitis, JAMA Network, Chicago, IL;…
How the National Library of Medicine Can Add Evidence to Your mHealth App, Part 1
This article is the first in a three-part series about how the free, evidence-based, online resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) can be…
Technology: Screencasting Tools
Screencasting is an easy way to capture what is happening on your screen along with your voice or video of you speaking. You can use…
Digging into the News: HealthNewsReview
In the course of my recent reading on health/science literacy, I came across HealthNewsReview. The site’s tagline is “Improving Your Critical Thinking About Healthcare,” and…
Report from the InSight Initiative Summit: Thinking about Security and the Future of IP Authentication
Submitted by Gerald J. Perry, AHIP, FMLA, Libraries, University of Arizona–Tucson; Andrea Lopez, Annual Reviews; Gabriel R. Rios, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University–Indianapolis; and…
Technology: Call for Submissions
Are you attending MLA ’18 in Atlanta next month? I hope you will be inspired by the scheduled plenary sessions, paper and poster presentations, and…
Increase Inclusiveness: Make Your Content Accessible
As librarians in public health, we all create handouts, tutorials, or outreach materials. How much do you consider accessibility features when you create that content?…
Technology: Nearpod for Instructional Use
What is Nearpod? Nearpod is an educational technology tool that is primarily used by many school educators in the classroom. It is a platform that…
Information Literacy and Consumer Health: Reading the Fine Print
I was recently asked to give an instruction session to an undergraduate class about evaluating online sources of consumer health information. When I started doing…
Social Media: Get to the Point! Writing Tips for Social Media
If you have dipped into any of the major contemporary social media platforms, you are aware that there are different conventions for aspects as varied…
Mendeley Reference Manager Software
When it comes to reference manager software, I have been a long-time user and supporter of both EndNote and RefWorks – but Mendeley is currently…
Op Ed: Why Health Insurance Policy Matters to Health Sciences Librarians
The year 2017 saw multiple attempts by the US Senate and House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In each case, the…
Technology: From Screaming to Screening: An Evaluation of Free Systematic Review Software
Submitted by Elizabeth Moreton, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, and Jamie Conklin, Medical Center Library, Duke University, Durham, NC; edited by Tony…
In Memoriam: Vislava Tylman
Cleveland Clinic Florida announced the untimely passing of Vislava Tylman, library services manager, Goldblatt Medical Library. Tylman was hospitalized while vacationing in Mexico and passed…
In Memoriam: Martha Jane Zachert, AHIP, FMLA
Martha Jane Zachert, AHIP, FMLA, retired professor emerita, University South Carolina–Columbia, died January 10, 2018, at Westminster Oaks Health Center. She was born February 7,…
How to promote your research and scholarly output
Both ORCID and ResearchGate are two sites that help make your research more discoverable to the research community. Librarians enjoy exploring new tools and when…
Technology: Get to Know 4D Printing
Libraries with makerspaces are aware of 3D printers. These specialized printers can turn digital blueprints into a physical object. Complex 3D printed objects may be…
Technology: Covidence: Web-Based Systematic Review Software
Submitted by Dorothy Ogdon, AHIP, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama–Birmingham; edited by Tony Nguyen, AHIP Covidence is a web-based software package designed to streamline…
Plastic Bag Ordinances
The city I live in recently joined the growing list of local U.S. governments using public policies to attempt to reduce reliance on thin plastic…
New MeSH Terms for Public Health
Hello PH/HA Members, When the end of the year approaches, the NLM announces upcoming changes to MeSH terms. Many of the changes for 2018 relate…