Science blogs - The Library View

Science blogs and online forums as teaching tools - The Library View SCIENCE BLOGGING August, 30th 2008 LONDON Oliver Obst Central Medical Library University and Regional Library University of Münster, Germany

Central Medical Library Münster

3.000 Students, 1.200 Clinicians & Scientists, 6.000 Nurses & misc. Staff

1.600 Current journal subscriptions (all online)

350 Working places (55 computer w. Internet)

220.000 Physical visits (99% students)

7 Mio. Virtual visits

Information Cascade Journal (3-monthly) Knowledge Wiki Newsletter (weekly) Weblog (daily) RSS-Feeds Podcast

Weblog

Since 2003

700 Entries

400.000 Visits p.a.

News, Questions & Answers

Interactive (Comments, Polls, Ratings)

Wiki

Since 2008

220 entries

40.000 Hits p.a.

„ Micro Instructions“

Interactive, Collaborative

Education Cascade Library Instruction Courses House Calls Micro Instructions at blog, wiki Questions & Answers ad hoc Face2Face E-Mail S-Mail Blog Facebook 20.000 200.000 1.000 500 Amount of participants/visitors p.a. Library Usage Database Search PubMed Mediated Search

Labour consumption 45 300 50 25 3.000 Labour p.a. [h] 1,5 1,5 0,5 0,25 0,15 Time per Entry [h] 100 Blog 100 Wiki 30 House Calls 200 Instruction 20.000 Q&A Entrys p.a. Channel

Labour consumption 500 1.000 40.000 200.000 20.000 Visitors p.a. 45 300 50 25 3.000 Labour p.a. [h] 0,45 Sec. Blog 4,5 Sec. Wiki 5,4 Min. House Calls 18 Min. Instruction 9 Min. Q&A Labour / Visitor Channel

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