Connect with Colleagues: BioMedExperts.com

BioMedExperts.com is a Web 2.0 example of a mashup of MEDLINE data. It is a form of social networking where you are linked with all your co-authors and then their co-authors, and then theirs. The same can be done with subjects or institutions. Looking for someone at Johns Hopkins writing about asthma drug therapy? You might find that person here.

As an example, I have 8 papers and 7 co-authors who have written more than the one paper. They have 154 co-authors and those people have 3890 co-authors. Potentially I could contact those 3890 people to see if they would like to collaborate on a project! They are connected to me. I probably won’t do that but I could!

I would be interested in exploring this resource with any scientist who is interested, to see if it would be useful and how it could be used.

Roz Dudden, x 1483 duddenr@njc.org

From the BioMedExperts.com FAQ:

What is BioMedExperts (BME)?

BioMedExperts (BME) is a revolutionary platform to allow scientists and researchers across multiple organizations – and nations – to share data and collaborate in ways never before possible.

Is BME free?

Yes! Every feature and function you currently see on the site is FREE. In the future, BME will be supported by advertising. In addition, BME may add paid Premium Services, but all the features and functions you have currently been enjoying on the BME site will remain FREE!

How did you establish my original connections in the network?

Original network connections were generated from a disambiguation (definition: The process of rewriting or reconstructing a sentence or phrase so that one of its possible meanings is singled out) process that uses co-authors, locations, and Collexis proprietary Fingerprint technology, a valuable research tool already employed by organizations such as Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic, Harvard University, and the National Institutes of Health.

How was my profile created/generated?

Profiles in BioMedExperts (BME) are generated by extracting and assigning the biomedical concepts from an article to the authors and co-authors that are listed with the published article. We have extracted from approximately six million scientific publications from over 6,500 journals. BME currently contains profiles of about 1.4 million biomedical experts from more than 150 countries, representing approximately 12 million connections in the pre-established BME network. BME experts can access the system to revise and/or update their personal details, publications, and/or preferences.

Which sources of documents/contents did you use to make my initial profile?

Profiles in BioMedExperts (BME) were automatically generated from the last 10 years of published articles in PubMed, a leading, authoritative service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. We chose only 10 years to cover a more active timeframe and to more accurately represent current experts.

How does BME know where I am located? Or where I work?

BioMedExperts does not know exactly where you are located but it does know where you have been active by extracting the country and city of the institution for which you have published. BioMedExperts does not know where you work but it does extract the city from institutions for which you have been active.

I am professionally working in the medical field but I have not published. Can I still join BME?

Yes, you will be able to join BioMedExperts but you will not be able to build a profile. You can build your own contact network by linking yourself to active members of the BME network through the “Add to my contacts” button available on BME expert profiles.

Journal of Visualized Experiments – an open access video journal

Something new every day! Since this journal has been around since 2006, it’s not that new. But, it is now indexed in MEDLINE and it is Open Access. Look here for training videos. Link them from your website!

From their “About” page:

Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, free access, online journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format.

The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) was established as a new tool in life science publication and communication, with participation of scientists from leading research institutions. JoVE takes advantage of video technology to capture and transmit the multiple facets and intricacies of life science research. Visualization greatly facilitates the understanding and efficient reproduction of both basic and complex experimental techniques, thereby addressing two of the biggest challenges faced by today’s life science research community: i) low transparency and poor reproducibility of biological experiments and ii) time and labor-intensive nature of learning new experimental techniques.

The complexity and breadth of life science research has increased exponentially in recent years. Research progress and the translation of findings from the bench to clinical therapies relies on the rapid transfer of knowledge both within the research community and the general public. Written word and static picture-based traditional print journals are no longer sufficient to accurately transmit the intricacies of modern research.

Categories:

Basic Protocols
Neuroscience
Developmental Biology
Cellular Biology
Plant Biology
Microbiology
Immunology

A sample video screen shot:

http://www.jove.com/index/Details.stp?ID=724

Place Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Four Rural Americas

Interested in issues having to do with rural health? This report will give you some background on what it means to be rural in America today. Reported recently from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, and based on a comprehensive survey of 8,000 Americans from 19 rural counties, this report identifies four distinct, often disparate, rural Americas. The data-rich report presents a complex picture of the economics, demographics, politics, and values of people in rural America. (News release: http://www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2008/July/bp16rural.cfm Beth Potier, 603-862-1566, UNH Media Relations, July 16, 2008.)

To download the complete report, go to http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/Report_PlaceMatters.pdf To watch a video of Mil Duncan describing the “four rural Americas” concept, go to http://bbvideo.unh.edu/content/milduncan/lecture.wmv.

From the RML News; National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ 1-800-338-7657

Web 2.0 Course Offered for Summer

Want to learn about Web 2.0?

The Tucker Medical Library at National Jewish is offering an 8 week online class:
Web 2.0: Introduction to Web Second Generation Web Tools
Class date: June 23 – August 17, 2008.

If you find this post you can still sign up until the end of Week 3 – July 11!

No prior knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies required. This class provides a hands-on introduction to 2.0 tools. Discuss with your colleagues the benefits and challenges of these tools as related to health care and research. The online class will require 1-2 hours per week of work. Content will include background readings, discovery exercises (along the lines of ‘try this tool out’), and a discussion blog. This course covers many new web trends that you may have heard of, including:

• Blogs and RSS
• Wikis
• Social networking
• Social bookmarking and tagging
• Web office tools
• Photo sharing
• Online hosted video
• Mashups

You will have time to make up weeks if you have an absence, but all participants who finish the entire course content by August 31st will receive a flash drive.

The class will be team-taught by Roz Dudden and Shandra Protzko. Don’t miss this great opportunity to explore and discover both established and emerging Web 2.0 technologies. Learn about tools to make you more productive and creative, and have some fun at the same time!

Registration is open until Wednesday, June 25th. Late Registration until July 11.

Contact a class administrator for questions:
Shandra Protzko, MS, AHIP | Information Specialist | protzkos@njc.org | 303.398.1343
Roz Dudden, MLS, AHIP, FMLA | Library Director | duddenr@njc.org | 303.398.1483

AllSearch – Find Databases and Web Resource Guides

AllSearch is a search tool for faculty, staff and patients to help navigate the information resources available at National Jewish and on the web. All Tucker Library resource and subject guides, clinical tools and databases can be found at this one convenient location.

Over 200 databases are listed alphabetically. This makes it easy to link to a database you have heard of.

AllSearch lists the diseases we treat and links staff and patients to National Jewish and web resources to find information on those topics.

AllSearch covers such diverse Resource Guides as Consumer Health Guide, Drug Information & Pharmacology, Genetics, Grants and Funding Resources, News (Health and Medicine), Nurses, Nutrition,Patient Safety, PDA Resources, Physician and Health Care Directories, Statistics, and Wellness. Do you have a particular interest? Request a Resource Guide be developed on your subject! Contact the library today!