MedEd Podcast: The Future of Medical Libraries: Evolving Roles in Research, Education and Clinical Support

Michelle Kraft recently shared the following Cleveland Clinic MedEd podcast and encouraged fellow Librarians to share it with anyone who may not realize the benefits of having a medical librarian in their institution:

“The Future of Medical Libraries: Evolving Roles in Research, Education and Clinical Support” (23 min.) where we talk about the rapidly evolving field of medical library science. No longer keepers of information, the librarian’s role has shifted to that of enablers of research and education in a digital age. Dr. Tizzano and I discuss trends such as artificial intelligence, hospital mergers and the challenges of funding and access in medical libraries. We also dive a little into the problems of fake medical information/news, the importance of systematic reviews and the critical support librarians provide to healthcare professionals.

Share your comments:

• What do you think?  
• What other ways can medical librarians be involved in the future of healthcare, medicine, biomedical research? 
• What are some barriers as well as opportunities to our involvement?  

WHSLA Election Recap - new faces coming to the WHSLA Executive Board in 2025

Three new faces are coming to the WHSLA Executive Board in 2025. Congratulations to our newly elected representatives who will be starting their positions in January 2025. 

• Hayley Severson, MCW Libraries, 2025 President-Elect
• Michelle Harrell, MCW Libraries, 2025-2026 Member-at-Large
• Will White, UW-Milwaukee, 2025-2026 Member-at-Large 

We are also looking for a person to represent WHSLA as the Midwest Chapter/MLA State Representative. Contact Kathy Koch for more information. 

Pets of WHSLA: Dale and Bellin

Making sure the new egg chair is worthy of their attention

Bellin

Dale

Dale and Bellin, cat brothers, came to us about a year ago from a Milwaukee area rescue shelter. They keep each other entertained much of the time, and like to wrestle, chase, and pounce on each other via a sneak attack. 

While they don't jump on laptop keyboards at present, they do like keeping warm by sitting on laps when it's cold in the house. Chasing feather toys and zooming down the stairs to attack toy mice are another popular past time, as well as eating snacks, and being wrapped up in fuzzy blankets. 

Brenda

 

Inagural issue of Canadian Journal of Zombie Science

 Is zombie science a real thing? Yes, indeed.

Current Issue

Volume 1  •  Issue 1  •  October 2024

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Editor-in-Chief: Rigor M. Ortis 

Rising from the grave in October 2024, just in time for Halloween, the Canadian Journal of Zombie Science is here to make your academic nightmares a little more entertaining. Read by academics, zombie enthusiasts, and survivors in the field, this spine-tingling journal is dedicated to the scientifically intriguing exploration of “zombie-like” phenomena in the realms of plants, animals, and the environment across the world. After all, zombies have no borders. 

Editor's Note: In the spirit of Halloween, we imagined launching the Canadian Journal of Zombie Science. While this unique journal is just for fun and doesn’t actually exist, it showcases real scientific papers that were previously published in the Canadian Science Publishing portfolio of journals.

Identifying journals with high rates of suspicious papers

 Reposted from LibLicense list-serv

Pets of WHSLA: Luna

 

Luna

I’m sure many of us have pets.  In my case, my dog is my only other library co-worker. 

Luna is listed as “library assistant” at my on-site office along with some other dogs and cats that serve as our assistants when we work remotely. She is approximately 3 years old.  She was found with her littermates in Arkansas, two brothers and a sister and was brought to Border Tails Rescue in Northern Illinois.  Last summer, we had a “family” reunion and one of her brothers and her sisters met us at a dog park.  It was so neat to see them run to each other and immediately start playing despite there being other dogs all around them. It was also fun to see how much they looked like each other and yet how different they were.  Her sister definitely had more lab in her and her brother was more schnauzer like. We have no idea what breeds she has in her, but she is 100% made for the libraries of my childhood where silence was expected because she rarely barks.

Luna enjoys long naps and sleeping in.  When we first adopted her, I was sure she would be my morning alarm clock, but she often stays in bed until 8 or 9 on the weekends, sometimes switching to whatever bed still has a human in it but staying in a bed alone if everyone is up.

She enjoys keeping my feet warm while I work and making sneak appearances at our health equity book club meeting.  This is the only meeting when she sneaks on camera for some reason.  Her favorite TV show is Bluey because her human brothers leave that on for her when we go out.  She will sit right next to my ten-year-old while he practices his saxophone so I’m assuming she loves that too.  She loves chew toys, grooming herself like a cat and using her buttons to tell us what she needs. I recently had to take away her “play” button because she would press it repeatedly during work calls. 😉

So WHSLA, show us your pets please 😊.

Dora

WHSLA 2024 Election - vote today

All WHSLA members in good standing are invited to vote in the 2024 WHSLA Election, which runs October 17-31, 2024. An election ballot link was sent to you this week. If you have not received one, please contact brenda dot fay at marquette dot edu. 

Two positions are being voted on: one 2025 President-Elect and two Members-At-Large 2025-2027. Winners will be announced at the Friday, November 8 Annual Business Meeting (1-2:30 pm via Microsoft Teams). 

Thank you to all candidates for volunteering to run.

October is National Medical Librarians Month - 2024

You can find the 2024 NMLM logos for the poster and email signature on the new MLA website here.     Feel free to use them to promote what we do!

If you don't like this year's theme, they still have last year's posted, as well.

Tell us what you're doing to celebrate NMLM. 

Peer Review Week at The Scholarly Kitchen: AI and Peer Review

Peer Review Week: Ask the Chefs

Interesting article from The Scholarly Kitchen on AI as it pertains to peer review.

New on Badgerlink: Library & Information Science Source

 

New Resource Highlight: Library & Information Science Source Newly upgraded resource in BadgerLink, Library & Information Science Source replaces LISTA with Full Text and contains 131 more active full text journals and magazines. Find how to share this resource with fellow librarians as well as an upcoming training opportunity on October 29. View Library Source Story