Scholarly Publishing, Research, Academic Libraries, Content Management: Seismic Changes, the We and the It (Part 1)

Read this (and then perhaps LOL): ” Y2K in the Wider World… Come January 1, 2000 will we have power? Will we be able to get money out of our bank accounts? Are cities preparing for chaos and civil commotion, or are they assuming all will be well? We talk with representatives of the power, [...]

The Friday Post #43: Dec 25, 2009 ~ Best Wishes and Happy Holidays!

Here’s the Friday Post #43 for Dec 25 2009. Get in the holiday spirit with unusual instruments, Santa tracking, crooning kittens… and a 25-year old music video (back when MTV was young). Instant Classic! Track Santa and his sleigh as he travels around the globe on the Norad Santa site. ____________________________________ Listen to “Do you [...]

News, Holidays 2009: Let It Snow

After digging out from a powerful snowstorm that hit the Eastern seaboard on Sat. Dec 19th, today marks the Winter Solstice, the first official day of winter (which starts at 12:47pm EST, Dec 21 2009). It seemed logical to add falling snow to the blog (just for a few weeks).   And here is some solstice-y [...]

Instruction, Information Seeking Behaviors, Clinical Evidence: Teaching with EBM Databases

This has been a busy month. The final first-year PBL class will be wrapping up, as the semester ends on Friday, Dec 18 2009. On Monday, I taught an evidence-based medicine class for 28 third-year medical students (which I’ve done since 2001).  It is part of a week-long curriculum that all third-years attend as regular breaks [...]

News, Medical Research, UCHC Faculty: Immune Levels + Holiday Stress? Not Beneficial

” If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you—the bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you might be right. Here’s the good news: results from the same study might lead to entirely [...]

News, Data on Health Care, Global Demographics: OECD Health at a Glance 2009

Organisation of Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) published its’ fifth annual edition of Health at a Glance 2009 – OECD Indicators on Dec 8 2009. The full report is available in English or French language; anyone may read the “web book” online, at no cost, on the OECD Statistics page.* Here is how the organization [...]

News: Warning against a Phishing Scam from CDC

On Dec 1 2009, the Centers for Disease Control  & Prevention issued a general alert to citizens of the United States regarding a “phishing” scam that was discovered recently.  This type of announcement is rather unusual. Following is a screenshot of the official CDC page which addresses this potential security hazard: Image Credit: http://www.cdc.gov/hoaxes_rumors.html – [...]

News, Global Health, Public Health: Today is World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day 2009 33.4 million people in the world are living with AIDS Image Credit: http://UNAIDS.org – All rights reserved – Copyright 2009 _____________________________________ Following is a brief list of statistical or factual sources for HIV/AIDS information: The UNAIDS.org (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) website offers a variety of factual and [...]