Message-Id: <9510231620.AA64569@mail.uni-muenster.de>
From: "Oliver Obst" <obsto@uni-muenster.de>
To: medibib-l
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 17:09:22 -0001
Subject: Medlib Digest 11.-23.10.
Liebe Medibibler,
betr. Zentrale dt. Medizinhomepage schaut die Tendenz momentan so aus, dass
alle es hervorragend finden, aber keiner es machen will (ausser Frau Walter,
Herr Schug und mir). Sieht so aus, als ob diese Gelegenheit, Lorbeer an die
Fahne unseres Berufsstandes zu heften, tatenlos vorbeistreichen wuerde ...
Dabei muesste jeder doch nur ein relativ kleines Gebiet im Auge halten
(Krankenhaeuser, Bibliotheken, Kliniken, oder wie auch immer es dann
aufgeteilt wird) und neue Adressen per E-Mail an die Zentralredaktion
weiterleiten.
Betr. Zentrale dt. Medizinhomepage schaut die Tendenz momentan so aus, dass
alle es hervorragend finden, aber keiner es machen will (ausser Frau Walter
und mir). Sieht so aus, als ob diese Gelegenheit, Lorbeer auf die Fahnen der
AGMB zu heften, tatenlos vorbeistreicht ...
Arbeitet einer von Ihnen eigentlich schon mit der WWW-Version von Dimdi?
Feedback ist erwuenscht! Ich teste gerade die WWW-Version von Medline, was
einen Zeitgewinn gegenueber der CD-ROM von 1-2 Monaten und gegenueber Dimdi
einen von 2 Wochen (?, ich kenne die update-Zeitraeume nicht genau)
bedeutet. In der Medizin manchmal lebenswichtige Wochen/Monate.
Gruesse,
Oliver Obst
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1 Why is Medline so out-of-date ?
2 Cancer Resources LISTING
3 Hospital Internet justification
4 Dictionary of Cell Biology
5 GlobalPsych Institute
6 Charging for ILLs ?
7 CNN & Medicine in News
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 15:07:11 +0100
From: Vincent Maes <maesv@UB4B.EUNET.BE>
Subject: Re: Why is Medline so out-of-date ?
I have written an article on 'currency of information found
in SilverPlatter's Medline CD-ROM' (Online & CD-ROM Rev, 1995, 19(2), 59-69)
After download of all descriptions of 1993 (371010), I have compared
publication date with update date.
Results :
- mean currency : 6.92 months
- median : 5 months
- min : -2 months (error of Medline). Real min: 1 month
- max : 329 months (27 years)
- std dev : 8.72 months
I have also compared these figures with the availability date (= dates NLM
expected online databases will be publicly available through Medlars). In
that mean, it represents the dates that data is ready to be given to online
or CD-ROM producers).
Availability :
- mean : 5.14 months
- Median : 3
- min : -4
- max : 328
- std dev : 8.69
Difference availability / update :
- mean : 1.78
- min : 1
- max : 2
- std dev : 0.413
(currency is also influenced by priority level, periodicity and subset of
the journal)
Discussion :
- adjustments made to publication date could cause some important incertanty
(especially for low periodicity)
- publication date is not receipt date of the journal
- compared to online, a difference of 2 months is agreed (see diff avail /
upd).
That means : 2/12 of the year, thus, e.g. for 1993 : 61587 records more or
less.
Hope this is of some interest to you.
Sincerely yours,
Vincent Maes
Pfizer
(Belgian Institute for Health Economics)
102, rue Leon Theodor
B-1090 Bruxelles (Belgium)
Tel : +32 2 423.07.12 / 423.07.68
Fax : +32 2 423.07.93
e-mail : maesv@pophost.eunet.be
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 08:21:00 EDT
From: "Liz W. Tompkins" <liz@KERSUR.NET>
Subject: Cancer Resources LISTING
My sincerest sympathies to anyone who requires this information. I've
been affected by this disease myself in a variety of manners (which is
probably why this list is so darn long) and the information out there is
incredible..I only wish I had access to it about 7 years ago,
but ah well :)
Best to all, Liz
Cancer Resources LISTING
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Burzynski Research Institute Brain Cancer Clinical Trials
http://catalog.com/bri/bri.htm
FAQ - Powerlines Cancer
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/text/faq/usenet/powerlines-cancer-FAQ/top.html
Special Love, Inc.
http://minuteman.com/specialove/
Amanda's page for Hodgkin's Disease
http://www.dircon.co.uk/adastra/amanda/amanda1.html
ChronicIllnet - Cancer
http://www.calypte.com/cancer/index.html
CancerNet Information
gopher://gopher.nih.gov/11/clin/cancernet
COMputer Education and Research Institute for Cancer Academia
http://www.comerica.com/
Prostate Cancer InfoLink
http://www.comed.com/Prostate/
Usenet: sci.med.diseases.cancer
news:sci.med.diseases.cancer
TeleSCAN
http://telescan.nki.nl/
Information About Cancer For Patients And Their Families
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/cancer%3agourhin"
Pediatric Leukemias
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/disease/leukemia/
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
http://wwwicic.nci.nih.gov/jnci/jnci_issues.html
Introduction To Skin Cancer
http://www.maui.net/~southsky/introto.html
Cancer Biotechnology Weekly
http://www.newsfile.com/1c.htm
Health Info-Com Network Medical Newsletters
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu:3000/
Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
http://www.csccc.com/
Cancer Patient Resources on WWW
http://www.charm.net/~kkdk/
Oncolink
http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/
CancerGuide
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/health/cancer/canguide.html
Medicine OnLine
http://www.meds.com/
International Agency for Research on Cancer
http://www.iarc.fr/
Breast Cancer Information Clearinghouse
http://nysernet.org/bcic/
Imperial Cancer Research Fund FTP
ftp://ftp.icnet.uk/
Sarcoma Central
http://www.charm.net/~kkdk/sarcoma_html/
Jefferson Cancer Center
http://www.jci.tju.edu/
As Tigger says...TTFN :) (Tigger knew Net slang 30 years b4 we all did)
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 10:07:01 -0400
From: Cheryl Martin <cmartin@BLVL.IGS.NET>
Subject: Re: Hospital Internet Justification
On October 17, Michelynn McKnight wrote:
>Our MIS Director just asked me to write a justification for the addition
>of the T1-line/Internet module to our new hospital network.
>This is a 240 bed community hospital not affiliated with
>any university. Some of the people who will read this document have
>no net experience....I need to show the administrative, clinical, and
>financial advantages of connectivity.
Hi, Michelynn.
I am in the midst of preparing a continuous improvement presentation for all
hospital and medical staff this afternoon. I'll be focusing on the
"Internet Trial" I've been doing with Information Systems. I'm at a
community hospital, about your size, not affiliated with any university.
I've been trialing an Internet connection with one of our local providers,
and IS is trialing a connection with another provider, as Phase I of the
hospital's Internet Feasibility Study.
The evaluation criteria I've used include: accessibility, provider
competence, safety, efficiency, appropriateness, and effectiveness. These
"quality criteria" are used by all hospital departments to evaluate our
continuous improvement efforts, and are also written into our hospital's
Values Statement.
I'll also be presenting a wide variety of utilization examples--how I've
used it for the library service, and how hospital and medical staff might
want to use it (with examples of the sites, and a list of http addresses for
the keeners).
A few justification ideas:
Financial: Increased efficiency of communication through e-mail, less
telephone tag, fewer fax charges, better distribution of information
throughout the organization--all having financial impacts through time
savings. Increased access to resources,
Clinical: The clinicians always want to stay "one step ahead" of their
patients (good luck!) and want to have access to the same info their
patients bring with them to the hospital--an important aspect of clinical
practice in terms of real and/or perceived provider competence, which can be
included in your argument. You'll also be able to provide a bunch of
clinical use examples from your own experience.
Administrative: Good public relations, for one thing. People will be
looking to see which hospitals have Web Sites, what information for patients
they provide, etc. Also, a great tool for getting input about
administrative questions, just like you're doing now. Improved
communication with vendors, associations, etc., allowing you to take
advantage of many of their value-added services on the net. Info for
administrators about accreditation, policies, trends, software, etc. etc.
I could add more, but I have to get back to my presentation preparation!!
Would you get back to me to let me know how your justification preparation
goes? We'll be moving to that step in the next few months. Thanks and best
of luck.
Cheryl Martin, BSc, MLIS
Hospital Librarian Tel: 613-969-7400 ext. 2540
Belleville General Hospital Fax: 613-968-8234
P.O. Box 428, 265 Dundas St. E. cmartin@blvl.igs.net
Belleville, Ontario
CANADA K8N 5A9
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:53:18 +-1000
From: Susan Porter <sporter@MELBPC.ORG.AU>
Subject: Med dictionary on the Net
Kathleen S., I don't know if this strictly suits your purposes, but the
only one I have come across is the Dictionary of Cell Biology, which you
can search online at :
http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
Sue Porter
Asthma Foundation of Vic.
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 14:13:45 +0100
From: Ian Pitchford <I.Pitchford@SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>
Subject: CHARTER: Organizing the GlobalPsych Institute
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CHARTER@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU
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Dear Colleagues,
Over 150 philanthropists - from students to world famous
scholars - have joined the CHARTER list in order to help create
The GlobalPsych Institute - The International Confederation of
Organizations for Health, Behaviour, Cognition and Education, which
incorporates InterPsych: The Internet Mental Health Organization, and
EuroPsych, the new European division of GlobalPsych.
The GlobalPsych Institute cordially invites existing Internet
discussion groups in these areas:
Psychology Psychiatry
Neuroscience Neurology
Biology Medicine
Computer Science Teaching
Linguistics Nursing
Philosophy Social Work
Anthropology Clinical Psychology
Sociology Alternative Medicine
to join with us tp create a diverse, representative,
multidisciplinary, global virtual community of those interested
in all aspects of human nature. All GlobalPsych resources, Listserv,
ftp, WWW, newsgroups, administrative, technical and some limited
financial support are available to all participating groups.
CHARTER has been created with the generous help of Professor Bob
Zenhausern at St. Johns University, but why?
The GlobalPsych Institute was formed to employ the high-speed,
multimedia, global communications network known as the Internet to
address the perennial questions of supreme importance to all human
beings and societies, and to address those new questions that are
posed by the advent of the information age and of the Internet itself.
Questions (in no particular order) such as:
* What is Human Nature?
* What is the nature of psychophysical health?
* What is the nature of psychosocial health?
* What is the nature of the interaction between the psychophysical
and psychosocial?
* Why should a multidisciplinary approach enhance our understanding?
* What is culture?
* What can linguistics tell us about the nature of the human mind?
* What is the language of thought?
* Is philosophy the handmaiden of the sciences, or a redundant
talking shop?
* Can creativity be taught?
* Do we need to understand the nature of self-organizing systems?
* Does quantum mechanics have anything to say about the nature of
consciousness?
* What can psychopathology tell us about human nature?
* Is psychoanalysis a crypto-religious orthodoxy or a discipline with
valid insights?
* How can an understanding of the scientific method help in the
organization of education?
* What is the human condition in the Information Age?
* Can science really answer the perennial questions about human
nature and human society?
* Is it possible to combine high technology and a life in harmony
with the natural world?
* Is the Internet a sophisticated contribution to shared culture and
transindividual intelligence, or a over-hyped system for gathering
irrelevant information?
* Is the postmodern disenchantment with metanarratives a realistic
evaluation of our fin-de-siecle scientific hubris or is it simple
cynicism?
These are just those questions that have arisen in my mind whilst
composing this message; there are many, many more suggested by the
nature of the GlobalPsych project, and by the status of
the qualitative and quantitative investigation of human nature in the
postmodern information age.
Practical Matters
=================
Some of you have volunteered for positions advertised on the
GlobalPsych Web pages; others have asked for me to allocate tasks.
As GlobalPsych is a collaborative endeavour the success of which
relies on your enthusiasm I would rather you all take a second look
at the WWW site and consider where you might best fit in.
Those of you wanting to construct your own Web sections directly
should contact me for the necessary passwords.
New Journals
============
Those of you wishing to establish electronic journals to serve your
specific interests should contact me directly. We can set up
collaborative journals on our existing web site, and on the mirror
site now established at St Johns. Commercially viable journals can
also be established with our publishing contacts who may have some
interest: Process Press [http://rdz.stjohns.edu/process.html], Oxford
University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, and MIT Press.
We are also interested in publishing books and articles of interest in
hard copy and a variety of electronic formats through our new
imprint: Human Nature Publishing. For details please contact our
Director of Publishing, Professor Robert Young
(robert@rmy1.demon.co.uk).
New Mailing Lists
=================
Could those of you wishing to run electronic mailing lists on areas
of interest within the GlobalPsych structure please also contact me
for details. There are many important areas not yet addressed by
existing Internet groups.
New Projects
============
Ideas for new projects within the GI structure are warmly welcomed.
Sponsorship
===========
GlobalPsych is sponsored by, and in turn sponsors the activities of
the Human Nature Trust [http://rdz.stjohns.edu/hnt.html], a
charity registered in England and Wales. If you would like to become
a sponsor of any project or division of GlobalPsych please let me
know.
Facilities
==========
The organizations that have offered computing facilities to GP/IP are:
The University of Sheffield
St. Johns University
The University of North Dakota
The American Psychological Association
Ultramind (UK)
All of these organizations have guaranteed our autonomy. In addition
to this I have also applied for a free SunSParc 4 Workstation from
the UK National Information Services and Systems. I will let you know
if this machine is to be made available to us within the next few
weeks.
Cordially,
Ian Pitchford
Coordinator
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+ Ian Pitchford, +
+ Founder,InterPsych: The Internet Mental Health Organization +
+ [http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/gpp/ip.html] +
+ Founder GlobalPsych: The Internet Confederation of +
+ Organizations for Cognition, Behaviour, Health and Education +
+ Europe: [http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/gpp/index.html] +
+ United States: [http://rdz.stjohns.edu/gp/index.html] +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Flat 6, 116 Whitham Road, SHEFFIELD, S10 2SQ, United Kingdom +
+ Tel: +44 114 2685931 +
+ Fax: +44 114 2739826 c/o Department of Biomedical Science +
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 19:14:52 -0500
From: Pat Erwin <erwin@MAYO.EDU>
Subject: Re: ??Charging for ILLs
We too charge back all interlibrary loan requests. We use $8 because
that is the generic charge which we are charged -- in cash, or in cash
equivalents (reciprocals). Before anyone goes ballistic ;-]
Medical and health-related science program students are not charged.
In an environment where paper, paperclips and space are charged back,
this is not (IMHO) a bad thing. It gives value to something which many
many bean-counters ignore-- and a method to track, and if necessary, use
as a hammer, library resources. We offer mediated and enduser access to a
variety of databases for our staff and students, at no charge. Access is
not the question -- unlimited, uninhibited, unthinking copying is. I
have seen piles of requests come in, many clearly just papercuttered
apart, no selection involved. Just copy it, get it, preferably by fax
(that's no problem, just fax it) and send the 200 articles to me rush. I
need them by 5 pm. I'll be out of town until next Thursday.
Does this sound at all familiar? (before any one starts shooting, we fill
700 requests for our people per month, and up to 200 a day for outsiders)
I freely admit to using a chargeback to control irresponsible requests.
Just as I point out to some users that copying an entire volume of a
journal is a violent assault on the copyright law. Am I successful? Not
always. But at least it injects a moment of reflection, on whether they
REALLY need that article in Hungarian (which they can't read). And it
also provides restraint on the requests for family or avocational
pursuits via ILL. If they want to pad a kid's paper or get papers for a
spouse's thesis via ILL, either provide me with a departmental account
number, or use the public library!
I have donned my asbestos unmentionables, and insulated them with a very
nice Friday night glass of Cabernet.
Pat Erwin
Mayo Medical Library
erwin@mayo.edu
77777777777777777
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 12:56:06 -0500
From: Grace Anderson <grace@SPARKS.SPARKS.ORG>
Subject: CNN & Medicne in News
Many of you probably know this but some of us are slower. CNN has a great
news location with a link to their " Health News Briefs" for several days.
URL is http://www.cnn.com/
I have appreciate others who have shared such locations.
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Grace Anderson
Library Director
Sparks Regional Medical Center
P O Box 17006
Fort Smith AR 72917-7006
501-441-5337 - phone/501-441-5339 - fax
grace@sparks.org
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