tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837649262664920887.post5101777502331371664..comments2023-10-07T04:11:13.118-07:00Comments on Eagle Dawg Blog: MLA & Medical Librarians: Running the trains but missing the passengers?Nikki Dettmarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04776347841601797513noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837649262664920887.post-57873535909239944862008-04-01T08:09:00.000-07:002008-04-01T08:09:00.000-07:00I agree that half the battle is finding the opport...I agree that half the battle is finding the opportunity for effective library outreach for PhDs who tend to work in isolated work cultures too, Erika. I think I'd worry about the health of the community a PH dept. was serving if they operated similarly! ;) <BR/><BR/>Anon, I am aware that the student ultimately declined help. My primary concern was making certain there was a direct, personal connection to her home library. We can't wear the SuperLibrarian cape and always save the day :)Nikki Dettmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776347841601797513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837649262664920887.post-69554016838807894352008-04-01T06:05:00.000-07:002008-04-01T06:05:00.000-07:00By the way, the PhD student from Harvard refused t...By the way, the PhD student from Harvard refused the offer of one on one help from the Countway Reference Staff. <BR/>She was too busy finishing her dissertation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837649262664920887.post-14645241708796727322008-03-31T12:56:00.000-07:002008-03-31T12:56:00.000-07:00BTW, hadn't seen that Revere article--thanks for t...BTW, hadn't seen that Revere article--thanks for the reference!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011127145903623536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837649262664920887.post-86424695891873617082008-03-31T12:54:00.000-07:002008-03-31T12:54:00.000-07:00I'm not aware of anything like that for biomed rsc...I'm not aware of anything like that for biomed rsch, either--but half the battle w/ them is making that connection. PIA is a great project (although I still find it rather unwieldy to actually find stuff), but the lovely thing about PH workers is that they tend to *know* that there's a ton of stuff our there, and it's all over the place--and they're generally grateful when someone shows them how to use it. They don't seem to have that attitude of self-reliance that academic researchers have. Nature of the beast, to some extent--PH professionals generally aren't working in isolation!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011127145903623536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837649262664920887.post-83719018837059022252008-03-31T10:44:00.000-07:002008-03-31T10:44:00.000-07:00Thanks for the feedback, Erika :) The response fro...Thanks for the feedback, Erika :) The response from Tia was after I posted this, which admittedly is also ancient history being 3 days after the original author's frustration. I agree with you that research/lab sciences is really tough for library outreach from what I observed during my internship experience. Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce (<A HREF="http://phpartners.org/" REL="nofollow">PHPartners</A>) is a response (in part) to research showing PubMed wasn't efficiently meeting information needs in public health(<A HREF="http://pubmed.gov/17324632" REL="nofollow">Revere et. al.</A> gives some great background). I'm not aware of similar research-based information resources for biomed research, but I'm still a total newbie ;)Nikki Dettmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776347841601797513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837649262664920887.post-62449495280226942522008-03-31T09:59:00.000-07:002008-03-31T09:59:00.000-07:00This (the lack of mention of Countway) puzzled me ...This (the lack of mention of Countway) puzzled me too. I noticed that someone named Tia (can't tell if she was a librarian) actually did tell her that Harvard probably has a ton of librarians who could help her. But I will say from my own experience that researchers are MUCH harder to reach out to than clinicians-- probably b/c they feel like they should be able to do this stuff themselves, and they don't have the obvious time/money constraints that a clinician does.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011127145903623536noreply@blogger.com