Following the AMIA conference in DC, we went on a whirlwind tour of area libraries, where we were provided with tours, lunches, information, and time by many a medical librarian. Thanks to everyone at the following for hosting us, and especially to those of you who so graciously took time out of your busy days to share your brainpower with us:
I’ll be out of town over the next couple of weeks, helping my mom following her total hip replacement. I may post infrequently during that time. On the other hand, she might be asleep a lot of the time, in which case, never mind. Your friendly medical librarian is going to be in charge of both cooking (ah ha ha!) and providing daily abdominal injections of anticoagulant (which they did not teach me in grad school). Stay tuned for details.
The director at my workplace* is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Medical Library Association, and I am the Editorial Assistant (3 other librarians serve as co-editors). We have added a new case study feature to the journal, which highlights example real-life questions medical librarians address in support of clinical care and outlines the strategies for doing so. Happily, we have also set up a blog for posting additional material related to the case, and for further discussion of the question at hand.
Since David full on outed me (although you could have put it together, and I do have a picture up), the time has come for an About the Author post.