UBC BMB Library Newsletter, March 2012Presentation Transcript
UBC Biomedical Branch Library March 2012 Newsletter BMB Library Advisory Committee (LAC) Drs. Jennie Mickelson (Chair), John Cairns, Chris Carlsten, Peter Choi, Maria Gyongyossy-Issa,Wes Scheiber, Amil Shah, Michelle Lai (MDUG Rep), Monica Redekopp (VCH), Nilu Partovi (Pharmacy), Stephanie Boll (CIBC Patient & Family Resources Centre) Contents 1. Important ‘tweets’ in last month 2. HLWIKI Canada hits 4,000,000 (yes, million) views in March 2012 3. New Books at BMB Library 4. eHIPP Webinar, March 15th , 2012 @ 1pm 5. Google’s privacy – how is your privacy literacy? Dean Giustini | UBC Biomedical Branch Library | March 2012
1. Important tweets in February 2012 • New wiki entries on Altmetrics • FigShare – data storage on the web • Information visualization • the “Osler Library of the History of Medicine” • Also on William Osler himself • Elsevier journal boycott: first skirmish in a longer battle • Finding health questionnaires, scales & tests • New journal “Systematic Reviews” Dean Giustini | UBC Biomedical Branch Library | March 2012
2. HLWIKI Canada hits 4 million views HLWIKI <hlwiki.ca> hits 4 million views on 700+ pages of content from 2007 to 2012 Content ranges from Expert searching to iPhones for physicians For more information about wikis, ask Dean: dean.giustini@ubc.ca / 604.875.4505 Dean Giustini | UBC Biomedical Branch Library | March 2012
3. New books at BMB Library Want us to purchase specific books? Let us know, Dean: dean.giustini@ubc.ca / 604.875.4505 Dean Giustini | UBC Biomedical Branch Library | March 2012
4. eHIPP Webinar March 15th Webinar “Social Media in Health & Medicine” Join us March 15th at 1:00pm PST when students of Social Media in Health and Medicine (SPPH 581H) taught by Dean Giustini will present their ‘e’-research: •“Research study recruitment in the LGB community: Making the case for Facebook” •“The use of Facebook in medical education: a narrative review of the literature” •“Emergency 2.0 in crisis management” [abstracts] The eHealth Investigative Partnership Program (eHIPP) is a series of monthly professional development lectures, generally taking place on the third Thursday of every month To attend the webinar click here or attend via teleconference at 1-888-809-4060/ code 433167 Dean Giustini | UBC Biomedical Branch Library | March 2012
5. How is your privacy literacy? Do you understand Google’s new privacy policy which starts March 1st ? “…[Google’s] policy changes do not mean it will collect more information about you than it already does; however, it means they will be using that information in new ways that might make some Google users uncomfortable …” Googles new privacy policy goes into effect, Globe & Mail More on ‘privacy in social networks’ For more information: dean.giustini@ubc.ca / 604.875.4505 Dean Giustini | UBC Biomedical Branch Library | March 2012
UBC BMB Library Newsletter, March 2012