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From: Mr R Wentz <rnyl200@s1.cxwms.ac.uk>
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Medlib-L Selections 13-18.12.97
If you subscribe to Medlib-L, press [Delete] now.
a. Low Literacy Patient Handouts / Summary
b. Alternative Medicine Magazines / Summary
c. Wordprocessing in the Library - Good Idea?/ Summary
d. Workshops 'Using the Internet for Your Health'?
e. Media Circulation Policies / Summary
f. Library Newsletters / Summary
g. Articles in Nursing Standard: 'Terrific'
h. Fun Sites on the Web / Summary
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 15:22:19 +1000
From: "Hadley, Alice" <AHadley@GAM10.MED.NAVY.MIL>
Subject: Summary Low literacy Pt ed handouts
The ever helpful folks on MedLib-L gave me three sites for patient
education handouts using symbols as well as words.
The one I was looking for is: http://www.macep.org
This is the Massachusetts chapter of Amer Coll of Emerg Physicians.
They have a product - Aftercare Instruction Sheets - available in English,
Spanish, Portuguese and Symbolic language. It is a CD or 3.5 floppy.
It covers thirty topics and is rather expensive( I think) at $495 for the
languages listed OR the symbolic version or $895 for the whole thing.
There is a sample sheet on their web site.
Another interesting sites is: http://www.mayer-johnson.com. They
apparently have created lots of symbols so you can create your own
handouts. The rest of their contact information is: Mayer-Johnson Co.,
PO Box 1579, Solana Beach, CA 92075-7579, (619) 550-0084 Phone,
(619) 550-0449 Fax, mayerj@aol.com e-mail.
The third one is a California student free clinic. :
There are a number of good examples of basic consumer health information
handouts designed for a low literacy population at
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~hclinic/handouts.dir/lowlit.dir/lowlit.html
These handouts may be viewed on the screen, or downloaded to Word for
Windows for word-processing and customizing.
The topics are very basic (lice, wound dressing, athlete's foot, asthma,
etc.) and very well done.
Thanks to all for your help.
Happy holidays
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 15:00:35 +0200
From: Karen Azulai-Sahar <saharfam@GREEN.CO.IL>
Subject: Alternative Magazines - summary
Thank you, Valerie, Livia, T Stephens, Dr. Barrett, Anna, and Phylis for
taking the time and for your help.
I am summarising for those who have expressed their interest.
http://www.altvetmed.com/periodic.html - you will find a list of
magazines in this subject and some have comments on their value.
Alternative and Complementry Therapies
Alternative Health Practitioner
Alternative Medicine Journal
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Holistic Medicine
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Journal of Holistic Nursing
Townsend Letter for Doctors
Dr. Weil Newsletter
Alternative Medical Digest
American Journal of Acupuncture
American Journal of Chinese Medicine
Holistic Nursing Practice
Journal of Chinese Medicine
Oriental Medicine Journal
Protocol Journal of Botanical Medicine
The scientific Review of Alternative Medicine
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From: Karen Azulai-Sahar <saharfam@GREEN.CO.IL>
Subject: Alternative Medicine magazines
Thank you, Sidney, for your reply.
This is another URL for alternative health/medicine magazines, the
Bastyr University's library subscribtions:
http://www.halcyon.com/libastyr/jnllist.html
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Karen Azuali-Sahar
InfoTracks
mailto:saharfam@green.co.il
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:30:50 -0600
From: Everly Brown <library@MOBIS.COM>
Subject: word processing in library - good idea?
Hello,
I am a solo librarian for a small graduate program in physical therapy
(75 students). Our dean would like to add two computers to our Learning
Resource Center for student word processing (this is directly across the
hall from the library and falls under my domain). The University's
library director thinks that this is a bad idea (Univ. has poor
technical support, my time may be monopolized with troubleshooting,
feels that this is a different job altogether, etc.).
Is it a bad idea? Our students could certainly use the computers, but I
don't want to this to encroach upon my ability to serve as their
reference librarian.
I need advice!
Everly Brown
Director, Information Services
Univ. of Mobile, Graduate School of Physical Therapy
Mobile, AL 36607
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From: Marcia Thomas <Marcia@CLEVELAND.EDU>
Subject: Re: word processing in library - good idea?
Everly -
Your situation sounded very familiar. Our computer services
department decided to put a small computer lab across the hall from
our library. The students wanted it, but the library didn't have the
staff time or expertise to monitor/troubleshoot. And, like you, our
college lacks strong technical support. Our academic VP insisted
that all monitoring/troubleshooting would have to be handled by
computer services. We anticipated making a lot of calls to computer
services, but after a year, we've found that the lab (with computer
literate students) really runs itself. We have also noticed that
what our students use most are the games....no real surprise.
Marcia Thomas
Ruth R. Cleveland Memorial Library
Cleveland Chiropractic College
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From: "Stielstra, Julie" <JSTIELST@NCH.ORG>
Subject: Re: word processing in library - good idea?
I would agree with Marcia's basic experience. When people first started
using the PCs, we did WAY too much handholding and troubleshooting -
including for the PC in the doctors' lounge which was 2 floors below us!
But as people progressed up the learning curve, and as the IS department
both insisted on and got better at responding to people with problems, it
really isn't a problem any more. It's a nice service to offer - if you
can just convince somebody in computer services that they need to be the
primary folks responsible for the unit, you may see that while it will be
rough going at first, it should become manageable. Good luck!
Julie Stielstra jstielst@nch.org
Arlington Heights, IL
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 16:27:16 +1000
From: Stephen Michael Barnett <stevebar@TORRENS.TAFE.SA.EDU.AU>
Subject: Workshops for public "Using the Internet for your health"
I am interested to know what colleagues internationally have done in the
way of presenting "Internet for your Health" workshops, seminars etc for
your communities. I have been heavily influenced by Tom Ferguson of Harvard
Medical School and "Health Online" etc. My own ideas extend to showing and
practise of various tools, discussion of the some of the issues involved in
determining the validity of Internet sites, especially for health. I am
familiar with articles published in JAMA, BMJ, New Scientist etc on the
topic of quality amd medical information, but would appreciate any
discussion and pointers to what others have done in this area.
Stephen Michael Barnett
100 Smart Road Modbury 5092
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
e-mail stevebar@torrens.tafe.sa.edu.au
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 11:40:33 -0800
From: "Bethyn A. Boni" <bboni@NYCC.EDU>
Subject: Summary - circulation policies
This message has been posted to multiple lists.
Please accept my apologies for posting this summary such a long time
away from my original request. End of trimester madness and all that.
Thank you to all of you who responded to my question about circulating
media items.
64% of the respondents were college libraries, 35% were hospital
libraries, 1% were public libraries.
Two of the college libraries do not circulate media materials to
students, only to faculty. The faculty use the materials for class
presentations and need ready access. Students are able to view the
materials in the media library.
A few mentioned a limit on the number of items allowed to be checked out
at one time, ranging from 2 per person to 5 per person.
The length of circulation time varied greatly: overnight (due at a
specified time the next morning), 2 days, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4
weeks. The majority of the respondents use a circulation period of 1
week.
Of those that mentioned whether the items were renewable, 60% do renew
the item, 20% do not.
Fines also ranged widely. From no fines, to $2.00 per day per video with
a cap of $20.00.
Replacement costs were another aspect reported by some. Again, the
amounts varied, but all included a processing fee and provisions for
varying formats.
It was interesting to read the responses. There are as many and more
variations on circulation as there are formats!
Again, thank you to all who responded. It has helped us keep some of
what we do intact, and tweak other areas that need fine tuning.
Bethyn A. Boni New York Chiropractic College
Media Librarian 2360 State Route 89
NYCC Library Seneca Falls, NY 13148-0800
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 13:27:35 +0000
From: Anne Tomlin <atomlin@LAKENET.ORG>
Subject: SUMMARY: Newsletters
Dear Medlibbers,
WOW! From the speedy (and gracious) feedback I've received via e-mail
and fax over the last couple of days, I'd say the library newsletter
is alive and well. Thank you!
Some background: I've been asked to write an article on putting
together a library newsletter, so I thought I should survey the field
before I started. Newsletters are an old-fashioned means of
communication in this day of e-zines. Did anybody (other than yours
truly) still write 'em? The "ayes" have it.
I got about two dozen responses representing large academic libraries
and small hospital libraries and a few special libraries as well.
Because some surveys were incomplete, not all numbers add up exactly.
7 respondents do NOT have a newsletter. Reasons: most often lack
of time (5). This is not surprising as the majority of the "NO"
respondents are solo librarians. Other reasons included 1 each for
lack of interest or lack of a writer. A couple of libraries post their
information on the parent organization's publication instead of printing
a separate newsletter.
16 libraries DO have a newsletter. The most common format is
still paper (20), followed by a web page (14) and email/LAN (2).
Interestingly, half of those who publish on paper ALSO post to a web
page.
The average size is 1 page front & back (8), with 5 indicating an
average of 4 pages, and 2 each having newsletters that run 2-4pp;
4-6pp; and 8+ pages in length. One runs 10 pages.
Frequency is most often either quarterly (8) or monthly (6); 2
are bimonthly and 2 appear irregularly; newsletters are also produced
weekly (1), semi-annually (1) and annually (1).
13 are circulated in-house, 9 to regional libraries, 7 on the
internet and 5 to the local community. Others send their newsletters
to a snail-mail or e-mail list, staff physicians, their network,
Friends of the Library or other membership list, and faculty members.
The most frequently included regular column/topic was new
services (19), followed by acquisitions (18), library hours (16),
contact persons (16), phone/email/fax (16), internet URLs (14),
search tips (13), staff news (11), kudos/thanks (11), special
collections (6), vacation notices (5), continuing education (4),
mini-surverys (3) and overdue reminders (1). Other common topics
include FAQs (2), consumer health information (1), department news
(1), faculty publications (1), meeting calendars (1), training lab
calendars (1), retractions (1) and information on the library world
in general (1).
As for staffing, 9 indicated they were solo professionals, while
13 had two or more librarians on staff. 21 respondents had some form
of paraprofessionals/technicians, 11 libraries used students or
volunteers, and 2 had computer specialists on staff.
Thanks again for the information (and samples). This is a
wonderful list. Happy Holidays!
Anne Tomlin
Auburn NY 13021
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 13:51:34 -0500
From: "Barbara S. Reich" <breich@ILALPHA.INFOLINK.ORG>
Subject: Re: Libraries for nurses
SJCLEVER wrote:
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> There is an interesting series of short articles in NURSING STANDARD, Oct.
> 29, a British publication, on the need for better library services for
> nurses.
This is actually an ongoing series, and appears in Nov. 5 and Nov. 12
issues as well. They cover such topics as:
Surveys of nurses' access to and use of libraries
Nurse's information needs
The Cochrane Collaboration and the Cochrane Library
Evidence-based practice
The magazine commissioned a study on nurses' access to libraries, and
used the results and Britain's National Library Week (Nov. 3-9) as a
springboard to a lobbying effort. The series is terrific!
Barbara S. Reich
Orange NJ 07051
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 07:49:14 CST
From: Patti_Reynolds@BSHSI.COM
Subject: Favorite fun internet site
Holiday greetings to you all!
In the wee small hours of the morning this am I was trying to put
some plans together for my two hour internet session. Since it is the
holiday season I was trying to wrack my brains for something fun and
creative to present - I do this every Thursday morning to staff,
retired and active physicians, etc - and I thought who better could
come up with some interesting ideas than all of you wonderful people.
I also thought it would be fun and interesting for all of us.
If you have any suggestions I would be most grateful
and again - Happy Holidays!!
Patti_Reynolds@BSHSI.com
Venice FL
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From: Elyse Pike <Elyse.Pike@LHSC.ON.CA>
Subject: Favorite fun internet site -Reply
Try Jenny's Cybrary for the stars
http://sashimi.wwa.com/~jayhawk/index.html
absolutely something for every one AND access to Dilbert
Elyse Pike
Coordinator
Provincial IODE Genetics Resource Centre
London
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From: Betty Jean Swartz <bswartz@EMAIL.NJIN.NET>
Subject: Re: Favorite fun internet site
I have two favorites:
Cowboy Pal http://www.cowboypal.com/
(lots of graphics, videos, music...)
The Librarian http://cape.uwaterloo.ca/~dstrutt/librarian.html
(from the Hilarious House of Frightenstein)
Happy Trails...
BJ Swartz
Camden, NJ http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb
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From: Juliane Schneider <jms@COS.COM>
Subject: Re: Favorite fun internet site
The Surrealist Compliment Generator:
http://pharmdec.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/jardin_scripts/SCG
Here is a sample of what you may find:
Be still, my love, my watermelon rind.
I am consumed with your collection
of agile fans and spare blades.
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'Happiness: Highly pleasant emotion characterized by
outward manifestations of gratification, joy'.
MeSH term, recognized since 1970. [Can't one be happy
inwardly? R.W.]
'Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length'.
Robert Frost
'Sisyphus was basically a happy man'. Albert Camus
Happy Holidays! Reinhard Wentz
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