Wiki wiki wiki

Want to know more about wikis?

• Wikis and Libraries: Resources, Articles, and Links (from the library at University of Saskatchewan)
• Using Blogs and Wikis to Communicate with Library Clients (from Australian Library and Information Association)

Want to read or write a wiki?

• ALSC wiki — Association for Library Services to Children (a division of ALA)
• Blogging Libraries wiki — a wiki that lists libraries who have blogs
• LIS wiki
• LITA wiki — Library Information and Technology Association (a division of ALA)
• Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries — wiki that goes along with the book of the same name (published in 2007 by ACRL)
• Multimedia Librarian wiki — for librarians who work with multimedia formats
• Wikipedia “library science” article (links to lots of subtopics)

Germs

Just a few links I ran across, for teaching kids about germs. I’m sure I’ll find a lot more later.

• Clean Gene — free K-5 lesson plans, coloring pages, games, etc (from GoJo cleanser corp)
• Dr Germs, “Defender of Health” — engaging character graphics, and some free coloring pages & puzzles for kids to do (from cleanser corp)
• Germ Gang — puppets, games, and accessories for sale
• Germatics — free lesson plan and puppet script for grades K-2 (from Utah State University)
• Giant Microbes stuffed toys — sold in packs for particular age groups
• Henry the Hand “Champion Handwasher” — free posters & coloring book, other products for sale, school visits from mascot, etc (from William P. Sawyer, MD)
• Micro-organisms — Rader’s Biology 4 Kids
• The Scrub Club — engaging character graphics & games to teach kids to wash (from NSF International corp)
• World of Germs (grades PreK-2) — free lesson plans, games, puzzles, etc (from GoJo cleanser corp)
• World of Germs (grades 3-6) — free lesson plans, games, puzzles, etc (from GoJo cleanser corp)

Resources for Medical / Consumer Health Librarians

Just a few things I’ve run across so far. There’s lots more out there!

Sources of info for patrons / patients:

• Consumer Health for Kids & Teens — links to sites (from National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
• Consumer Health web sites — list of links compiled by the Health Sciences Library at Alden Library, Ohio University, Athens, OH
• Medem Medical Library — patient education info, provided by various medical associations
• Medical Reference for non-Medical Librarians — Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado, Denver
• Public Health Image Library (PHIL) — US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Visual Medical Dictionary — does not display images of the searched topics, it displays a “concept map” of related terms

Misc

The Krafty Librarian — blog by a medical librarian

List of medical librarianship blogs (from LIS Wiki)

Musings of a Medical Librarian Maven — blog by a hospital librarian

Hello world!

I am starting a new blog just for my career exploration journey. I recently completed 9 credits of core courses toward my MLS (Masters degree in Library and Information Science) from UNT (University of North Texas.)

Soon I will need to focus on a specific “major” or track to study for the remainder of the program (27 credits.)  My two preferred paths are:

• Health Informatics — leading to a position as a science / technical / medical (STM) reference librarian in a university, medical school, large public library, or biotech firm
• Youth Librarianship — leading to a position as a children’s librarian in a public library