Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Just Added to PubMed: Citations From 60,000+ Articles Indexed in 1947
Citations to these and more than 60,000 other articles indexed in the 1947 Current List of Medical Literature (CLML) are now available in the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE/PubMed database (www.pubmed.gov).
When the original MEDLINE database made its debut in 1971, it contained citations to journal articles mostly published from approximately 1966 forward. NLM began to expand the retrospective coverage of the database in 1996, when more than 307,000 citations originally published in the 1964 and 1965 Cumulated Index Medicus were made available as OLDMEDLINE. The Library has been moving steadily backward in time ever since.
Although 1947 may seem far back in the rear view mirror of history, important articles in biomedicine appeared that year and may hold vital lessons for research in the 21st century. “Some contemporary medical questions can only be answered by consulting the older literature,” observed NLM Director Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg. “NLM is working to make the journal citations in older printed indexes electronically searchable, and our goal is to go back at least as far as World War II.”
With the addition of the 1947 citations, the MEDLINE/PubMed subset now contains over 20 million citations produced during 63 years of indexing of the biomedical literature.
UK: Search Engine Collects Historical Resources
Mark Ward
Technology correspondent, BBC News
Sounds like some type of federated search tool is being developed for historians. Plus, it appears after reading a couple of sentences that databases developed/managed with some human intervention (perhaps a structured vocabulary as seems to be the case here) might also make for a more accurate and timely retrieval process.
From the Article:
A search engine is being created to help historians find useful sources. The Connected History project will link up currently separate databases of source materials. Once complete, it will give academics or members of the public a single site that lets them search all the collections.Once completed the search engine will index digitised books, newspapers, manuscripts, genealogical records, maps and images that date from 1500-1900. “There are a number of electronic resources that have been created by universities and by commercial providers,” said Professor Robert Shoemaker from the University of Sheffield which is heading the project. “They are all available, and all separate and some require subscriptions.” “We are creating a kind of sophisticated Google for those selected range of resources that we know are of high quality,” he said.
Much of the work involved in the Connected Histories project will be tagging and annotating entries so classification systems are standardised.
Course Views [Library Tools] Project, North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries, Raleigh, N.C.
Course Views (Library Tools) - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/courseviews/
The NCSU Libraries implemented a cutting-edge service in response to the difficulty of creating and maintaining enough “course pages” – recommended resources for specific courses and assignments – to meet students’ needs. The Course Views system provides pages for all 6,000 courses offered by over 150 departments at NCSU. For more information: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/courseviews. Overview
The Library Course Views application (branded "Library Tools") dynamically generates student-centric views of library resources and tools for all courses taught at NCSU. Library content is contextualized to the course wherever possible by exploiting existing and new library resource mappings to NCSU course department codes or course numbers. Course Views provides a consolidated view of library offerings that is easily linked to from both library systems and non-library systems such as campus learning management systems.
Team
•Kim Duckett, Research & Information Services.
•Tito Sierra, Digital Library Initiatives.
•Jason Casden, Digital Library Initiatives.
•Joseph Ryan, Digital Library Initiatives.
•Andreas Orphanides, NCSU Libraries Fellow.
Technical Details
Library Course Views is a styled set of "widgets," collected by "RESTful" requests to the Library Widget System, that provide entry-points to library resources and services from a course-centric perspective. These widgets can contain static or dynamic content that use the course identifier to leverage librarian-created knowledge to select content at various levels of customization. All of the widgets have been designed to be as scalable as possible, supporting various levels of manual customization while allowing for more general content when appropriate. This project is implemented using object-oriented PHP, and the front-end design makes use of YUI, jQuery and CSS. Library Course Views URIs are "RESTful" and intuitive, and the Library Course Views widgets are easily reusable in other contexts, such as Moodle.
Project Links
•Library Tools Course Selector - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course/eac/580/
•Course Views Usage Report - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/dataviz/viscourseviews.html
Awards
ALA's Office of Information Technology Policy's Cutting-Edge Library Services 2009 award. This award is meant to "showcase libraries that are serving their communities with novel and innovative methods and provide the library community with some successful models for delivering quality library service in new ways."
Reports and Presentations
Casden, J., Duckett, K., Sierra, T., and Ryan, J. (2009). "Course Views: A Scalable Approach to Providing Course-Based Access to Library Resources", The Code4Lib Journal, Issue 6.
Sierra, T., Casden, J., and Duckett, K. (2008). "A Scalable Approach to Providing Course-based Access to Library Resources", Digital Library Federation Fall Forum 2008, Providence, Rhode Island, November 13, 2008.
Duckett, K. and Casden, J. (2008). "Scaling Up Library Resources for Students: Course Views at NCSU," part of the "Course Management Systems: Integration Library Content" series of presentations, 2008 LITA National Forum, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 17, 2008.
Duckett, K. and Sierra, T. (2007). "Course Views: A Scalable Project to Connect Students to Library Resources", EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, October 26, 2007.
Duckett, K. and Sierra, T. (2007). "Connecting Students to Library Resources through Course Views", poster presentation for EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2007 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 23, 2007.
Dlf fall-2008
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Book Expo America 2010
May 26-27: Show, Conference, Special Events
Jacob K. Javits Center, NYC
All the Authors and the Content from Print to Digital.
Digital publishing is one of the hottest trends in the book industry—and there are more questions than answers when it comes to the subject. How is digital publishing changing the book business model? What opportunities do the new technologies present to publishers? How are readers reacting to eBooks? And what's all the blogging and tweeting about? BEA will ask all of these questions and more—will you be there for the answers?
Come learn what's new in devices, apps, business models, publishing "best practices," EPUB, and more at BEA featuring the all-new IDPF Digital Book Zone AND the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) 2010 Conference, co-located with BEA. BEA 2010 is the only place you can get the answers you need to thrive in the midst of increased competition and a tough economy.
Take advantage of Early Bird Discounts and get the best rates on all your travel plans with our all-new Affordable New York Hotel & Travel program. The content you want, from traditional to digital, will be at BEA 2010 in New York City May 25-27. Visit the Web site to see it all at www.bookexpoamerica.com, and then come join me there.
Sincerely,
Steven Rosato
Event Director
BEA 2010
Dillard University 2010 Undergraduate Research Week
Schedule of Programs and Activities
- Tuesday, April 20 -- LAMP/GAELA (Stem) Symposium-Stern Amphitheatre (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
- Wednesday, April 21 -- Algebra Relay-Kearny Lounge (Relay at 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.; Awards Presented at 2:30 p.m.)
- Thursday, April 22 -- UR&CW Competition-Dent Gymnasium (Judging at 8:30 a.m. to 12:00;
- Awards and Reception at 2:30 p.m.) Deadline for UR&CW Competition Applications–Thursday, Friday, April 16, 2010.
Lynn Strong
Director Undergraduate Research
Dillard University
Rosenwald Hall, Rm. 203
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70122
T) 504-816-4446
F) 504-816-4144
lstrong@dillard.edu
CUR 2010 National Conference - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AS TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE: Developing Leaders and Solutions for a Better Society
Weber State University, Ogden, Utah / June 19-22, 2010 /Early Registration Deadline is April 15th!
- Bringing undergraduate research together with other high-impact, engaged-learning practices
- Examining the policy and practice implications of our research
- Making research experiences a universal practice for undergraduate students
- Using undergraduate research to help students engage with the world
- Drawing underrepresented students into our fields
Robert J. Full, Chancellor’s Professor
Director Poly-PEDAL Laboratory & Director of the Bio-AAPE Center
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California at Berkeley
“The Value of Interdisciplinary Research-based Instruction”
Mary Alice Morgan, Andrew Silver & Hannah Vann
S.T.O.P. (Sex Trafficking Opposition Project)
Mercer University
“Research as Activism: The University and Anti-Trafficking Community Movement-Building”
P. Gabrielle Foreman, Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies
Occidental College
“Activating the Archive: Transformative Practices and Community Partnerships”
Workshops / Poster Sessions / Interactive Sessions
To register and for additional information, please visit: http://www.cur.org/conferences/weber/cur10natconf.asp
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