Tips for maintaining and managing knowledge as a professional

Trainee Intern Library Session 2010 Luisa Rossitto and Susan Hope

WM&HS Library, University of Otago

Strategies to keep growing once you leave the nest…

Show your boss!

Once set up… use to

build your portfolioprove your ongoing developmentstrengthen performance reviews

Create a launchpad

MaintainingWhat?

Blogs, TOC alerts, podcasts, database alerts

How?Email, RSS

Where?Sites: Journals, Associations, Universities, databases

Start at the sourceWhere?

Sites: Journals, Associations, Universities, databases

But also… who?Ask mentors, colleagues, librarians: what sources do they use?

Ideas?

http://delicious.com/wmhslibrary

http://delicious.com/wmhslibrary

ExploreWork with a partner at

http://delicious.com/wmhslibrary

1) Find one journal how can you subscribe to updates?

OR

2) Find one blogwho creates it? How do you subscribe?

SubscribingDo you have…

1) an email address?Database alerts, TOC alerts, some blogs

2) a reader account?Blogs, podcasts, look for the logo. A gmail/google or a yahoo account gives you

access to a reader. Another standalone reader is Bloglines.

3) an itunes account?Podcasts

It’s orange!Any page with an RSS button will generate an RSS feed. Look for auto links to

your Reader, or just copy and past the page URL into your Reader

…a google account

Explore Work with a partner at

www.google.com

Login!Use your own google account, our one of the library training accounts

Try google readerKeeping your google tab active, try adding blogs or podcast subscriptions from

the Delicious library to Google reader

DIYFind your own blogs in google:

(blogs OR podcasts) AND (surgery OR surgeons) (“best blogs” OR “best podcasts”) (medical OR health)

How to judge a personal blog?Can you see: A bio? Comments? Awards? Frequent posts?

MedGadget: journal of emerging medical technology;

Maintaining…managing

“Social book marking”e.g. deliciousAll your bookmarked websites available from anywhere

Also a great tool for seeing what resources other people use

For websites or individual online articles

http://delicious.com/wmhslibrary

One step beyond…

“Reference managers” e.g. ZoteroSave and share your resources (like delicious), but also create automatic

citations of research in your documents (like Endnote, but free!)

Better for individual online articles than websites

http://www.zotero.org/

…delicious browser add ins

…zotero browser add ins

Boxing it all up

Do you have a google/gmail or yahoo account? If yes, you have access to a “personalised homepage”. Other personalised

homepage providers are Netvibes and Pageflakes.

Add your•RSS feeds

•email•delicious bookmarks

•Search tools•To do lists

…an igoogle page

ExploreWork with a partner and try igoogle

www.google.com/igoogle

1.Sign in, top right with google account from last activity2.Experiment with adding gadgets- look for the link “add stuff”

3.Look for how many people use the gadget and ratings before choosing

Try finding the gadgets for…

• Google scholar• Pubmed• Google reader• Facebook

Take home messagesNo right or wrong way

Concentrate on a few, good sourcesWork with what you already use

luisa.rossitto@otago.ac.nzsusan.hope@otago.ac.nz

http://delicious.com/wmhslibrary