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
May 15, 2015
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
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
[email protected]@otago.ac.nz
http://delicious.com/wmhslibrary