Andrew Booth
Director of Information Resources and Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice,
University of Sheffield
Three Wheels on our (Band)Wagon: can EBLIP meet the challenges ahead?
From a standing start (as evidence based librarianship) EBLIP has apparently made great strides. It now has its own peer-reviewed open access journal, a bi-ennial international conference series and a healthy representation of articles in general information and health information journals. However, evidence of uptake at the front-line of library services is still scarce. To what extent does EBLIP represent a genuine desire by members of the library profession to inform their daily decision-making with evidence from research? Have the advocates of EBLIP simply hitched their wagon to the still-ascendant star of evidence based practice and allowed the profession to benefit from "momentum by association". Is EBLIP truly innovative or simply derivative? This plenary will take a measured look at the evidence for and against the above issues and outline the challenges and possible responses that may lie ahead.
Invited Speaker:
May 28, 2008
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Benoit Thirion
Manager of the medical library du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen.
CISMeF: Catalogue and Index of French Language Health Resources
Abstract:
Introduction: the aim of CISMeF (Catalogue et Index des Sites Médicaux Francophones) is to index and describe quality
French language resources in the medical field. It has been called the French counterpart to MedlinePlus.
Materials and method: presentation of the CISMeF contents, how the information is structured (metadata) and the
different ways the information can be accessed by the users. Emphasis is on the controlled vocabulary used and its
characteristic features and on the search, automatically extended to other databases such as PubMed, NGC, MEDLINEPlus,
CMA Infobase.
Conclusion: a quick overview of the future projects (drug database, medical technology and devices, multi-term server).
Anne Kilfoil
Region Director of Organizational Learning
Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, NB
Transitioning Through Change
Abstract: We all know that dealing with change is integral to working in health care today. As change occurs in our external environments, the people who are going through the change experience an emotional response. This response is known as transitioning -- the people side of change. While the implementation of change is not always easy, the associated transition is even more challenging.
This session will help participants to
differentiate between Change and Transition.
identify the three phases of the Transition Process and the characteristics of each.
understand the keys to successful transition to accelerate a positive change process.
understand individual differences in reacting to change.
Dr. Stephen Choi, MD, FRCPC
Emergency physician, The Ottawa Hosptial
Previously deputy editor of CMAJ (2003-2006).
Currently co-editor of Open Medicine.
Open Access
Dr Choi will discuss how the Internet has rendered the traditional model of scientific publishing obsolete and Open Access as a social movement by academia and the health sciences. He will also speak to the importance of the health libraries' support as a key determinant in the success of Open Access.
