ILL Options Beyond Docline: New International ILL Tool Kit and RSCVD Collaboration

This was posted to the Docline-L list recently, and reposted here with permission from the author.  I thought it might be useful for some of our WHSLA Members.  I use Docline and the Docline-L list almost exclusively for ILL (No, I don't have access to OCLC), but sometimes, I need to go beyond that, and this might be a viable option!

The International ILL Toolkit (through the American Libraries Association, ALA) and RSCVD (through the International Federation of Libraries, IFLA) are joining forces to facilitate better global resource sharing between libraries! Both free online initiatives want to build bridges between different national ILL systems, working to ease communication and requesting between libraries.

The RSCVD app and Talaria software<https://rscvd.ifla.org/> allows interlibrary loan professionals in not-for-profit libraries to request non-returnables, such as scans of articles or book chapters, from volunteering libraries located around the world. 

RSCVD volunteer<https://rscvd.ifla.org/participate/rscvd-volunteer/> (lender) libraries are able to request from other volunteer libraries, for free, using the Talaria software<https://app.rscvd.ifla.org/> instead of having to email individual libraries.

The International ILL Toolkit, a free online resource, provides:

* Lender listing of over 350 libraries from around the world, including: contact information, catalog and request form links, delivery and payment methods

* Tips and Tricks for international ILL by country/region

* Translated ILL request form templates in 13 different languages

* NEW (November 2024): identification to highlight RSCVD volunteer lenders on the Toolkit who supply scans for free via the Talaria app (for requests from other RSCVD volunteer lending libraries)

We invite and encourage libraries to volunteer as RSCVD lenders or register with the International ILL Toolkit or both!

Register as an RSCVD volunteer lender: https://rscvd.ifla.org/participate/rscvd-volunteer/

Register on the International ILL Toolkit:

• United States libraries: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccD9_SOo6n_dEVpgUmLjl7hDNjloxHlGqReioH8D90jyvUtg/viewform

• Libraries outside the United States: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTppBVhRRWs7d8rqhIyTcY-lsGmXZRJe0KSYwU1Guj5NdCqQ/viewform

Best regards,

Joanne McIntyre (she/her)
Resource Sharing Librarian
Section Lead, Resource Sharing
Norlin Library
University of Colorado Boulder

Help the Wayback Machine Archive the Internet

I recently had to consult The Wayback Machine for a "missing" website, and it got me thinking about taking a more active part in archiving the useful parts of the interwebs.

Consider adding useful sites (including your own!) to the Wayback Machine / Internet Archive to ensure future access. 

The Wayback Machine offers a Save Page Now option. 

There is also a Chrome extension available and if you set up a keyboard shortcut (chrome://extensions/shortcuts), you'll be able to archive sites very easily.

Want to know more?  Including other options for archiving websites, read this:  

The What, Why and How of Web Archiving: Web Content Doesn't Stay Around Forever; Here's How to Archive It (blog post from March 2023)  by Christina Beis

Pets of WHSLA: Guiness and Campari

Submitted by Jennifer Deal-----Guinness and Campari are our family pets, and they really make life more fun. We adopted them as kittens from a shelter in Milwaukee called Second Hand Purrs. They’re now 11 years old and still love to snuggle with each other. Even though they’re littermates, they have very distinct personalities. 

 

Guinness is our boy cat and he’s (almost) all black in color. He’s incredibly affectionate and outgoing, somewhat tolerant of being dressed up, enjoys belly rubs, and loves showing off his comically large fangs.

 

Campari is our girl cat and the smaller of the two. She’s a feisty and skittish tortoiseshell. She likes spending her time hiding inside of things, up as high as possible, or outside in the sunshine. She’s extremely sweet and loves pets so long as you don’t make any loud noises or quick movements.

 

 

 

Pets of WHSLA: Archie & Veronica

Meet Archie and Veronica, the Suelzer family pets

Archie is our four-year-old yorkie. His unusual coloring makes him a Biewer Terrier and he is really large for his breed, weighing 10 whole pounds.  He joined the family during the Covid pandemic and brought much needed joy to our house. 

 

Archie is always waiting for someone to throw the ball. He loves to take long walks and say hello (in the form of a bark) to all the neighborhood dogs. During the day, he lets us know (in the form of a bark) if anyone walks by the house. He’s a barky little guy.

 

Veronica is a tortoiseshell cat, and she is about the same size as Archie. She joined our family two years ago when she was just a tiny kitten and she was adopted from MADACC. 

 

Ronnie keeps me company while I work. She loves watching the birds and squirrels in the bushes by my office window, she loves climbing everything, and she loves sleeping on my lap when the weather turns chilly.

 

Our pets were named after the Archie comics, and true to the characters, Veronica the cat is on-and-off friendly with Archie the dog.  

 

Submitted by Liz Suelzer

The Fluoride Debate: The Nuance You May Be Looking For - from Your Local Epidemiologist

This question comes up every so often in my  medical library, and I appreciate Katelyn Jetelina, aka Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) writing about "the real deal" best evidence with fluoridated water and public health.   

Fluoride has sprung into the national spotlight in the past few weeks, and many people have great questions. Here’s the nuance to equip yourself for evidence-based discussions.

Fluoride is important for our teeth

Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral found in water, soil, air, and some foods. Our bodies need minerals for many things, including strengthening our bones and teeth. Just like our bones need enough calcium, our teeth benefit from getting enough fluoride. Specifically, fluoride strengthens enamel—the thin, hard layer that covers our teeth—which helps prevent bacteria from causing cavities. Preventing cavities is good for many things, including cardiovascular health.

The value of fluoride isn’t controversial—it’s good for our teeth. This is why toothpaste contains fluoride, and dentists apply it directly to teeth, too. The question being debated is whether we should add it to our public water supplies.    

Read more ... 

 

Book Arts and Paper Folding

Mercy Library Volunteer Nancy Wilms in Oshkosh, WI

with her Dog Paw Book Folding Creation

While recycling old books in our Ascension Wisconsin Medical Libraries, we saved a few to be transformed with the art of book folding. 

Mercy Library Volunteer, Nancy Wilms, has been learning to master this artform.

It starts with choosing a suitable book.  The best books for book folding contain thicker paper (not onion skin pages, and not the glossy/shiny paper.  The thicker paper poofs up and gives the folded designs body and life.

There are many patterns and support groups devoted to this artform available online, with varying degrees of complexity.  Nancy started with a heart, then moved onto a star, and finally the dog paw print.

These artworks are currently on display in the Mercy Library.

Book Folded Heart by Nancy Wilms.

If you would like to get started in this artform, Nancy recommends the following website: 

• How to Create a Basic Heart Book Fold

She says, "This link leads to a free book folding pattern for the heart.  It is probably the easiest to start with since it gives the free pattern and a tutorial.   It gives immediate satisfaction without scaring off people new to the art. There are many book folding groups on Facebook and also many tutorials on YouTube.  Patterns to download are available for a modest price on some sites and Etsy."

You Cannot Search the Literature Using AI, and This Is Why

 

Before you use AI to search the literature, read this ... (It's only 1 page)

Oermann MH. You Cannot Search the Literature Using Artificial Intelligence, and This Is Why. Nurs Educ Perspect. 2024 Nov-Dec 01;45(6):337. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001344. Epub 2024 Oct 12. PMID: 39400193.  Link to article.

The Problems:

• ChatGPT and similar tools do NOT have access to the fulltext articles in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and other content behind paywalls.  This content is not part of the training data for AI.
• AI may miss potentially important studies
• AI may produce false information or misinformation 
• and frequently produces fake (hallucinated) citations.
• When AI was used for the literature review, up to 70% of the references cited were inaccurate or not relevant)
• extensive time was needed for fact checking
• current articles were missing
• and the draft included plagiarism.

What AI is good for:

• Use it to explore a topic
• Brainstorm ideas and potential questions to guide your search
• Generate additional key words for a search
• Use it for general editing
• If you use AI for drafting and revising content for a manuscript, you must review the text for accuracy and plagiarism and check every reference.

Pets of WHSLA: Scout & Rudy

Scout & Rudy

Owner: Rita Mitchell, Librarian Sr. Advocate Midwest Library, Aurora Sinai Medical Center

 

Scout and Rudy are two boys rescued from two different shelters in the Milwaukee area.  Scout is the grey cat, 9 years old.  He meows a lot – but with inflections.  You can have a conversation with him. His favorite thing to do is play fetch with any human – sometimes he plays well enough to say, “he plays fetch like a dog”.  Seriously, he runs after the stick, puts it in his mouth and brings it back to you. Rudy is the buff or blondie cat, 6 years old.  Rudy loves chin rubs and begs for pets all the time.  If you are lucky, you might see Rudy tap Rita’s shoulder during an online meeting.

NNLM Discovery: Becoming a Medical Librarian

NNLM Discovery Podcast: Becoming a Medical Librarian

From The National Library of Medicine

In this episode of NNLM Discovery, we follow the educational journey of someone who aspires to become a medical librarian, Kristi Torp, who has worked for multiple NNLM Regions and is currently part of the NLM Associate Fellowship program. 

The NLM and NNLM offer many opportunities for aspiring librarians. If you or someone you know is thinking about librarianship, share this episode with them! And please remember to reach out to your NLM office to learn more about the resources they may have to help you.

The NNLM is the outreach arm of the National Library of Medicine with the mission to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The seven Health Sciences Libraries function as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for their respective region. 

To learn more about Region 5 visit: https://www.nnlm.gov/about/regions/re... 

All of the artwork for this podcast series has been created with a generative AI text-to-image tool! The text prompt for the episode's artwork was “silhouetted diverse medical librarians working on computers helping doctors.”

Piecing Together Systematic Reviews - Phases 5-8: Preservation, Promotion, Impact and Update

Piecing Together Systematic Reviews ; Phases 5-8: Preservation, Promotion, Impact and Update

NNLM Webinar from October 23, 2024

The recording, slides and handout have been posted to the event page.

The recordings and materials for all the previous sessions are also available. 

     >  Scroll to the bottom of the series page to locate each of the sessions.

This session will cover phases 5-8 of the PIECCESS review cycle, Preservation, Promotion, Impact. and Update. 

Margaret Foster, MS, MPH, is the Evidence Synthesis and Scholarly Communication Librarian and the Head of the Center for Systematic Reviews and Research Syntheses at the Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University. She is the co-author of the first book written on systematic reviews for librarians- Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review: A Guide for Librarians (2017) and recently Piecing Together Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses (2022). She received the Presidential Impact Award from Texas A&M University in 2018 and the Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award in 2024 from the Medical Library Association.

This presentation meets the NNLM goal to work through libraries and other members to support a highly trained workforce for biomedical and health information resources and data, improve health literacy, and increase health equity through information.

 This class is for educational and informational purposes in alignment with NNLM goals and does not offer medical advice.

Class Resources:

Phases 5-8 Handout (PDF)

Phases 5-8 Slides (PPT)

Objectives:

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the tasks after the review is published including preserving the report, its data and tracking its impact
• Detail potential role of librarian in promoting the review and determining when to update a review
• Describe how to set up a consultation service for reviews