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Technology: Altmetrics: New Approach for Evaluating Research Impact
Submitted by Barnaby Nicolas, Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; edited by Jean M. GudenasAltmetrics, altmetrics, altmetrics. What is…
Social Media: The Noun Project and Nounji for iMessage
Submitted by Lara Killian, AHIP, Nova Scotia Hospital Library, Nova Scotia Health Authority–Halifax, Canada Check out Lara Killian’s quick video explanation of Nounji on Instagram.…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch “Smile!” Remember when asking someone to “smile” only meant they were going to be in front of a camera, as in,…
November 2016 News to Know…bytes and bits from around the social web
PolicyViz Podcast I am huge fan of the Graphic Continuum that was developed by Severino @SR_Visual_Info and Johnathan @jschwabish. So, I was super excited to…
Am I Leaking Data Everywhere?
Like many others, I have jumped on the fitness tracking bandwagon with my FitBit firmly strapped to my wrist. I love charts and graphs, so…
Technology: Automatic Confirmation Emails with Calendar Event Attachment via Google Forms
Submitted by Shirley Zhao, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah–Salt Lake City; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Google Forms is an incredibly…
Social Media: Social Media for Scientists: A Workshop Approach
Submitted by Gali Halevi and Robin O’Hanlon, Levy Library, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; edited by Lara Killian Workshop…
Technology: Apple HealthKit
Submitted by Sharon Whitfield, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ; edited by Jean M. Gudenas In September of 2014, Apple introduced the iPhone…
Social Media: Using #TBT to Highlight the History and Work at City of Hope, Its Archival Collections, and National Health Awareness Months
Submitted by Heather Lanctot, Lee Graff Medical & Scientific Library, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Laura Solomon, in her book…
September 2016 News to Know…bytes and bits from around the social web
Analytics and Data From the Tableau blog, a guest post by Tableau Zen Master Jeffrey Shaffer (@HighVizAbility). In this post, Jeffrey shares to awesome Tableau…
Technology: Game On: Online Serious Gaming to Build Interprofessional Competencies
Submitted by Dana Thimons, AHIP, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Alexandria, VA; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Unlike the classroom…
Correction
Incomplete and incorrect affiliation information was provided for Jenny Pierce, contributing author for the June/July social media column in the MLA News. It should read:…
July 2016 News to Know…bytes and bits from around the social web
This is the July installment of News to Know…bits and bytes from around the social web. The CMS Open Payments Data Explorer tool allows you…
Social Media: New (and Illegal) Ways Academics Access Research
Submitted by Jenny Pierce, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Historically, academics have always found ways…
Technology: Research Data Loss
Submitted by Sue Espe, AHIP, Merril W. Brown Health Sciences Library, Banner Health–University Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; edited by Jean M. Gudenas Scientists, during the…
MLA 2016 Tech Trends Roundup
If you missed the MLA Tech Trends in Toronto, here is a roundup to catch you up! Tiffany Grant – An Informatics Lab: A Collaborative…
Technology: The Gene Expression Omnibus as an Introduction to Genetic Data Sharing for Health Sciences Librarians
Submitted by Dorothy Ogdon, AHIP, Library, Touro University California–Vallejo; edited by Jean M. Gudenas The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), provided by the National Center for…
Social Media: Using Flickr for Library Reference
Submitted by Patricia F. Anderson, Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor; edited by Lara Killian, AHIP Once upon a time, I received a…
Staffing the “Born Digital” Library
Submitted by Nadine Dexter, AHIP, Health Sciences Library, University of Central Florida–Orlando, and Bradley A. Long, AHIP, Park Library, Central Michigan University–Mount Pleasant Campus Editor’s…
Technology: 3D Printing in Medical Libraries
Figure 13D print from an MRI scan of the right hemisphere of a brainUT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center Submitted by Peace…