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{"title":"The Amazing Internet Challenge: How Leading Projects Use Library Skills to Organize the Web.","authors":"J. Swanton","doi":"10.5860/choice.37-5713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.37-5713","url":null,"abstract":"This collection describes twelve Internet virtual libraries selected by the editors for “their international reputation as leaders in the delivery of selective, quality resources” (p. v). The twelve are: (1) Agriculture Network Information Center/AgNIC, (2) Argus Clearinghouse/Argus, (3) Blue Web/n, (4) BUBL Information Service/BUBL, (5) Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library/EEVL, (6) INFOMINE, (7) Internet Public Library/IPL, (8) Librarians' Index to the Internet/LII, (9) Mathematics Archives, (10) Organising Medical Networked Information/OMNI, (11) Scout Report Signpost, and (12) Social Science Information Gateway/SOSIG. Eight are based in the United States and four in the United Kingdom. The twelve cover a spectrum of information services covering both specialized and interdisciplinary subject areas. The purpose of this collection is to present these projects as “strategic examples of the possibilities inherent in online information” (p. v). It is designed to appeal to reference librarians, catalogers, systems librarians, and administrators by providing insight into the day-to-day workflows and the long-term plans of the twelve virtual libraries. \u0000 \u0000A basic assumption of this presentation is that all virtual libraries share common concerns and challenges. Therefore, within its own scope, each project has defined “quality information” and “trusted sources” and determined selection criteria to create collection resources valuable to its users. Although some of the criteria will be the same as those used in the print world (e.g., author, content, audience, and scope), the ephemeral nature of the Internet resource requires that new criteria also be considered, such as design and accessibility, site permanence, site revision and updating provisions, and linkage accuracy. \u0000 \u0000The virtual library faces these fundamental considerations as well as more complex challenges. How best to use the technology to present and deliver information to the end user? How best to present the collection through the user interface? How many access methods should be provided? These and other issues are faced by the project developers, and their decisions are based on the primary audience served. The funding source, in most cases, defines the primary audience … and so it goes with each project having addressed common issues faced by all. \u0000 \u0000The editors have profiled each of the twelve virtual libraries in chapters that follow the same outline: (1) responsible persons, (2) mission statement, (3) funding source(s) and project budget, (4) target audiences, (5) collection description, (6) resource selection and evaluation, (7) software and hardware mechanics, (8) taxonomy of classification, (9) project strengths, (10) project weaknesses, (11) project time frames, (12) project future goals, and (13) vision statements for future resource location and description. While each project has responded to these profile questions in its own way, the format provides a common outline tha","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 1","pages":"279-279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71082097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Standards for vision science libraries. The Association of Vision Science Librarians.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The minimum levels of staffing, services, budget, and technology that should be provided by a library specializing in vision science are presented. The scope and coverage of the collection is described as well. These standards may be used by institutions establishing libraries or by accrediting bodies reviewing existing libraries.</p>","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"234-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35231/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0234.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Web-based distance continuing education: a new way of thinking for students and instructors.","authors":"J A Garrison,&nbsp;C Schardt,&nbsp;J K Kochi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As people have more difficulty taking time away from work to attend conferences and workshops, the idea of offering courses via the Web has become more desirable. Addressing a need voiced by Medical Library Association membership, the authors developed a Web-based continuing-education course on the subject of the librarian's role in evidence-based medicine. The aim of the course was to provide medical librarians with a well-constructed, content-rich learning experience available to them at their convenience via the Web. This paper includes a discussion of the considerations that need to be taken into account when developing Web-based courses, the issues that arise when the information delivery changes from face-to-face to online, the changing role of the instructor, and the pros and cons of offering Web-based versus traditional courses. The results of the beta test and future plans for the course are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"211-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35229/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0211.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SERHOLD and the public's access to health information.","authors":"N O Press","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"269-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35239/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0269.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Structuring the pre-search reference interview: a useful technique for handling clinical questions.","authors":"A Booth,&nbsp;A J O'Rourke,&nbsp;N J Ford","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore whether structuring a literature search request form according to an evidence-based medicine (EBM) anatomy elicits more information, improves precision of search results, and is acceptable to participating librarians.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Multicenter before-and-after study involved six different libraries. Data from 195 minimally structured forms collected over four months (Phase 1) were compared with data from 185 EBM-structured forms collected over a further four-month period following a brief training intervention (Phase 2). Survey of librarians' attitudes toward using the EBM-structured forms was conducted early during Phase 2.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>380 request forms, EBM-structured and minimally structured, were analyzed using SPSS. A statistically significant Pearson correlation was found between use of the EBM-structured form and complexity of the search strategy (P = 0.002). The correlation between clinical requests handled by the EBM-structured form and fewer items retrieved was also statistically significant (P = 0.028). However, librarians rated minimally structured forms more highly than EBM-structured forms against all dimensions except informativeness.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although use of the EBM-structured forms is associated with more precise searches and more detailed search strategies, considerable work remains on making these forms acceptable to both librarians and users. Nevertheless, with increased familiarity and improved training, information retrieval benefits could be translated into more effective search practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"239-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35232/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0239.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interlibrary loan availability of nursing journals through DOCLINE and OCLC: a five-state survey.","authors":"M McKnight","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"254-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35235/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0254.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).","authors":"C E Lipscomb","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"265-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35238/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0265.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Marking retracted papers at The Webster Pendergrass Agriculture Veterinary Medicine Library.","authors":"A Viera","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35240/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0273.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Positive image and high profile gets results in a hospital library.","authors":"C M Shisler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 3","pages":"251-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35234/pdf/i0025-7338-088-03-0251.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21767065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A two-year experience teaching computer literacy to first-year medical students using skill-based cohorts.","authors":"K E Gibson,&nbsp;M Silverberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Because it is widely accepted that providing information online will play a major role in both the teaching and practice of medicine in the near future, a short formal course of instruction in computer skills was proposed for the incoming class of students entering medical school at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The syllabus was developed on the basis of a set of expected outcomes, which was accepted by the dean of medicine and the curriculum committee for classes beginning in the fall of 1997. Prior to their arrival, students were asked to complete a self-assessment survey designed to elucidate their initial skill base; the returned surveys showed students to have computer skills ranging from complete novice to that of a systems engineer. The classes were taught during the first three weeks of the semester to groups of students separated on the basis of their knowledge of and comfort with computers. Areas covered included computer basics, e-mail management, MEDLINE, and Internet search tools. Each student received seven hours of hands-on training followed by a test. The syllabus and emphasis of the classes were tailored to the initial skill base but the final test was given at the same level to all students. Student participation, test scores, and course evaluations indicated that this noncredit program was successful in achieving an acceptable level of comfort in using a computer for almost all of the student body.</p>","PeriodicalId":72483,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Medical Library Association","volume":"88 2","pages":"157-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC35215/pdf/i0025-7338-088-02-0157.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21633213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}