Week 8 Searchrolls

Well, this was interesting but not my favorite experience of the course. First, I read a lot of old news. Second, it seems so....well, "all about me." When I searched for privacy, the content was all over the map. Of most interest to me, as Mom of teen, were posts regarding the completely different relationship that GenX and Boomers have with privacy. I learned, year old post, that Google is considered "bad" in the privacy arena. Uh-oh, some public library accidently made their private patron information public on the web. Ouch, that one may we worth the read simply to learn how not to do something. Shifted Librarian seems to be a prolific writer.

Week 8 Mashup Review

I particularly appreciate the visual aspects of some of these (many) mashups. One example that I think it useful to the student interested in medical school is www.mibazaar.com/education/medical_school.html
This shows the top 50 medical school reported by US News...but includes, when you click on the pop-up marker, the average MCAT score and tuition. A similar mashup maps US News's best hospitals for cancer treatment, with the pop-up showing the ranking (as 1,2,etc). www.mibazaar.com/healthcare

Podcasting from the Library

Our Library has responsibility for the voluminous audiovisual services of a large hospital. I can see the use of podcasting to share content of a missed but important meeting, to explain a service, to instruct people on how to use equipment (no one seems to actually READ instructions), and for orientation to the library. Regarding the latter, You Tube could be good for that, also.

Libraries Using You Tube

A search on You Tube for medical library produces a number of interesting ideas for our use of You Tube. I liked the idea for National Library Week but I am suggesting that the following is a more practical use of the tool. This is a good way to briefly introduce new students or staff to the who, what, where of the hospital library.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hst7n6p9iKA