Third Week: 24-30 Des 2007

Comparing test searches in PubMed and Google Scholar

Mary Shultz, MS, AHIP

J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 October; 95(4): 442–445.

doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.442.

My Comment:  This comparing fixed my idea google scholar interface weaker than pubmed interface. I think this paper very shortage and brief but it have important result and discussion. Table 1 give me of criticisms of google scholar.

Integrating Electronic Dissertations in a Regular Library Workflow

Alice Keller

ETH Library Zurich

[e-mail]

ETH-Bibliothek, Raemistrasse 101, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

www.ethbib.ethz.ch/

Keywords: Electronic Dissertations, Workflow, Library Catalogue

My Comment:  I think, was very good that Iranian libraries reassesses reevaluation or  rethinks its activities, vision and strategy. Management Iranian libraries must be relay with functions support libraries’ collections and services for teaching, learning, and research.   

Information needs and information seeking in a biomedical research setting: a study of scientists and science administrators

Suzanne F. Grefsheim, MEd, MSLS; Jocelyn A. Rankin, PhD, MLn, AHIP, FMLA

See end of article for authors’ affiliations. DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.426

My Comment:  I’m happy read highlight section, because give me good information contents paper such as none users of libraries’ services same valued, but a few of them know what’s available in the services of library and what’s expectation of the library.

I must be restudy for give of patterns to my future research, this research good express by sampling, propos research, methodology and excellent statistics in the table and chart. 

Expanding medical library support in response to the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy

Molly C. Barnett, MLS, AHIP; Molly W. Keener,

MLIS

DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.450

My Comment: The library WFUHS use ms access for production information our scientist, but in Iran my coach end of traineeship want to use Pars Azarakhsh software for faculty publication and full text will be access in the intranet.

Good point, until  2006 PMC had 700,000 full text papers, both of publisher’s or free.  

I need mor information about NIH open access policy and Peoplesoft woftware.

I will reed 9 & 12 reference:

 9. National Institutes of Health. NIH public access: questions & answers. [Web document]. Bethesda, MD: The Institutes, 2007. [cited 19 Apr 2007]. http://publicaccess.nih.gov/about/intro.htm

12. Kroth PJ, Aspinall EE, Phillips HE. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Policy on Enhancing Public Access: tracking institutional contribution rates. J Med Libr Assoc 2006 Jul;94(3):279–83.