Author Archives: Dean Giustini

As the CE Director of the Health Libraries Association of British Columbia (HLABC) I have completed the evaluation for HLABC‘s Feb 16th “unconference for regular and prospective members. On behalf of the Executive, let me take this opportunity to thank … Continue reading →

Altmetrics is the creation and study of new metrics based on the social web for analyzing, and informing scholarship. The vision for altmetrics is summarized in: J. Priem, D. Taraborelli, P. Groth, C. Neylon (2010), Alt-metrics: A manifesto, (v.1.0), 26 … Continue reading →

HLABC “unconference” CE session The first of two unconferences will take place on Feb. 16th 2012 in the computer lab of the Justice Institute of BC [map] in New Westminster starting at 6:30pm. Mark your calendars~![Full directions to JIBC.] The unconference session is … Continue reading →

What is MEDLINE? Medline is the premier international database in biomedicine produced by the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) in Bethesda, Maryland. Medline indexes 5600+ peer-reviewed journals, covering the fields of allied health, biomedicine and the life sciences, nursing, … Continue reading →

What is integrative medical care? “… Integrative medicine emphasizes relationship-centered care, develops an understanding of the patient’s culture and beliefs to help facilitate the healing response, focuses on the unique characteristics of the individual person based on the interaction of … Continue reading →

The newsletter I compile monthly for faculty on my library advisory. ~Dean UBC BMB Library Newsletter, Feb 2012 View more presentations from Dean Giustini

This term, I am teaching LIBR 534 – Health information sources and services at SLAIS. It was always my intention to teach with a second health librarian, but unfortunately Greg Rowell, Devon Greyson and Sheba Muturi were unavailable. But the … Continue reading →

Social Media Portal for Canadian Health Librarians:  Call for Participation in 2012 Proposal authors Laurie Blanchard, Dean Giustini, Judy Inglis Are you interested in how Canadian health librarians are using social media? Do you find it difficult to stay on … Continue reading →

see the wiki version: http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Top_Ten_Competencies_in_Medical_Reference,_2012 With the rise of search engines and Twitter, information appears to be more findable and accessible in 2012 than any point in history. However, how many times have health librarians heard lately that their users … Continue reading →

The core medical titles listed here (~25 in total) may not always be accessible to consumers in public, hospital and health libraries. However, the principle of answering basic reference questions in health using simple authoritative print tools is important and … Continue reading →