JANUARY 11, 2009 EDIT:  FOR AN UPDATED VERSION OF MY TWO POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS, CLICK ON THE LINK AT THE TOP TO MY PAGE “CREATING A BLOG WITH WORDPRESS.”

Part 1 of my workshop on creating a blog dealt with the what & why’s of creating a blog.  Part 2 is a cookbook type approach on how to create a blog using WordPress:  http://www.slideshare.net/judykammerer/8-12-08-creating-a-blog-power-point-part2-presentation

This site has come highly recommended by a friend with MS who is doing some heavy duty research on the latest findings on treatments for MS:  http://www.myelinrepair.org/

Here is a link to my Power Point introduction to creating a blog in WordPress:  http://www.slideshare.net/judykammerer/8-12-08-creating-a-blog-power-point/

I will create a separate page & Power Point link to ”Creating a Blog with WordPress – Part 2″ for my 2-page handout.

Go to: http://www.programmableweb.com/code for a great resource of mashup code, tools & resources.

Our hospital library has 4 computers connected to the Community Forum intranet network for the hospital staff.  The library has its own website within the Community Forum intranet which I can add content to directly through the Red Dot content management system.  I already put an RSS link to Medical News Today in the navigation bar called “Medical News.”  Clicking on it brings in that day’s health news.  I want to post a short tutorial I created for physicians on setting up RSS feed readers and using them to create feeds for ongoing PubMed search topics.  I am thinking of creating a navigation bar link to New Technology and placing the tutorial there rather than adding it as a Library Update on my hybrid blog page.

The hospital library also has 1 computer connected by DSL to the internet which can be used by patients, their families, and nursing students.  Since the library’s web page cannot be read outside of the Community Forum intranet, I am planning to set up a separate blog for patients and their families and will put an icon on that computer’s desktop for a direct link.  Since RSS feeds are person-specific, I will probably just post a how-to page on setting up a feed reader and include a MedlinePlus RSS feed as an example.

2-27-08 Final FMMS Power Point ~ 11 slides to introduce “How to Create a Medical Blog & Set up an RSS Feed Reader”

Zubal Books (www.zubal.com) will pay for books libraries no longer need.  If they are unable to resell them, they are sent through North American nonprofit organizations to libraries in developing countries. They will even pay the shipping.  They can be reached at (216) 241-7630.

See this ABC news clip about Google’s mass digitization project, with interviews of 2 librarians from the California Digital Library.  http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=5905656 

I submitted the content for my poster to the UCSF Fresno Graphics Department and here is the beautiful result:  1-9-08_kammererposter_final_draft.pdf

I submitted an abstract for a poster presentation to the Joint Meeting of 2 regional MLA sections (MLGSCA & NCNMLG) in Las Vegas next month.  It was accepted and now I have to decide how I want to present the data in poster format.  I just found a website that should be helpful:  http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/bio/posters.html