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PubMed Filters Sidebar Replaces the Limits Page

Mary McFarland — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:45:50 +0000

On May 10, 2012, PubMed added a filters sidebar on left side of the results screen, and removed the “Limits” link listed below the search box.

Watch the YouTube video or read the NLM Technical Bulletin to learn more.

Want help using the new interface? Please do Ask Us.

Using Twitter beyond Twitter: embeddable tweets

Todd Vandenbark — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:26:02 +0000

As noted in the Social Media Examiner blog, you can embed conversations from Twitter into blog posts. Unfortunately, the Twitter interface has changed slightly, so when you hover over the tweet you want to embed, the link now says “Open” instead of “Expand,” and it is located at the far right instead of next to the logo. In addition, our library uses WordPress MU, which strips out the script tag that makes the conversation appear properly if you save it more than once. So the embed has to be saved into the blog last.

The post goes on to offer “8 creative ways to use embeddable tweets.” Here are the first four:

Add customer comments and testimonials
Share event invitations
Add opinions and ideas from others to your blog posts.
Continue a Twitter conversation in a blog post.

Here is an example of #1:

@EHSLibrary You are very welcome. You do such a great job with your health literacy advocacy!

— Susan Camille (@sumarcam) March 29, 2012

Using mobile phones to strengthen diagnostic services

Todd Vandenbark — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:20:05 +0000

A recent study (Tuijn, Hoefman et al. 2011) sought to “determine the feasibility of using mobile phones for capturing microscopy images and transferring these to a central database for assessment, feedback and educational purposes.” In Low- and Middle Income Countries (LMIC), poor communication and long distances between rural health clinics and their urban counterparts makes providing healthcare a challenge. A critical aspect of public health and healthcare is access to laboratory services usually not found in remote areas. With the number of mobile phone subscribers often exceeding fixed line users in these countries, making use of this technology and its ability to take and transmit digital images could improve access to laboratory services.

Uganda’s multi-level health system served as the location for this proof-of-concept test. Using a traditional light microscope connected to a Java-enabled mobile phone with built-in camera, specially designed software for data transfer and labeling, and anonymous laboratory samples, researchers were able to capture interpretable images and video at different resolutions. Some phones worked better than others for this, and file size limited the number of images that can be sent at one time.

Another valuable aspect of this study is that it “used a bottom-up approach.”

End users and stakeholders were included in the design process and the initial testing of the system, increasing the chance of our concept to meaningfully improve laboratory services and support health workers and practitioners in their diagnosis and training.

Members of remote clinics expressed even expressed an interest in sharing slides between clinics for knowledge sharing and education. And health sciences students could benefit from having web access to multiple examples of similar conditions instead of a relative few in a textbook.

Reference:

Tuijn, C. J., B. J. Hoefman, et al. (2011). “Data and Image Transfer Using Mobile Phones to Strengthen Microscopy-Based Diagnostic Services in Low and Middle Income Country Laboratories.” PLoS ONE 6(12): e28348.

Join us for the January 19th LIFT Forum on Copyright Law

jeanneleber — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:31:13 +0000

The Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Library and Information Technology Forum features Julie McAdams and Michele Ballantyne (both from the University of Utah Office of General Counsel) speaking about Recent Updates in Copyright Law. Please join us in the Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Health Sciences Education Building, Room 2110 at 12:05-1:00 p.m. for this program.

Program Description: This presentation includes an overview of Fair Use principles, highlights recent cases, and provides examples of the appropriate uses of Internet material. The proper use of copyrighted tests, such as those often used in connection with routine patient intake forms, will be covered. Finally, the presentation provides information on an important update to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act dealing with educational uses of motion pictures.

Presenters
Julie McAdams, Associate General Counsel, University of Utah Office of General Counsel, advises on various copyright and other intellectual property matters at the University. She also advises on a variety of business transactions and commercialization of University-owned intellectual property.

Michele Ballantyne, Associate General Counsel, University of Utah Office of General Counsel, advises on a variety of legal issues at the University, including copyright and trademark matters. She also advises on employment and immigration law.

For more details, visit the LIFT Forum page. Program can be viewed from off-site via links from the web page; and available on demand after the program.

Flyer for posting.

The LIFT Forum is co-sponsored by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the Media-on-Demand committee.

Questions can be directed to:
Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744 or