A new kind of post-meal walk

Want to get a chuckle out of your kids and teens? Introduce this new post-meal routine and learn why NPR health correspondent Maria Godoy says the science is solid on this trend.

Best public health books of 2024

Looking back at books published in 2024, Harvard Public Health shared their list of best public health books published in 2024. These 12 titles include biographies, industry exposes, and titles on disease and mental health. Have you read any from this list? 

 

• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haid
•  The Art and Science of Connection by Kasley Killam
•  Blood by Jen Gunter
•  But What Will People Say? by Sahaj Kaur Kohli
•  The Cancer Factory by Jim Morris
•  The Connection Cure by Julia Hotz
•  Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare by Nora Kenworthy
• Life Under Pressure by Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn 
• Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton 
• Profiles in Mental Health Courage by Patrick J. Kennedy and Stephen Fried
• Rebel Health by Susannah Fox
• On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci

 

 

 

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.