First, let me say thanks to Michelle Ohnstad for setting up this blog so we can quckly communicate any news or announcements.
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I have won a service award. Sharp Healthcare has an award and recognition system entitled CORE awards. CORE stands for Center of Recognized Excellence. I have won an award for excellent service for my support of evidence based medicine through my research and membership on the Nursing Research Council.
Though I feel a bit funny tooting my own horn here, I think it is important for each of us to be recognized. Furthermore, I would like to encourage others to make such announcements in the future. I am quite confident that we will have many opportunities to for "horn tooting" due to the high caliber of librarians I have come to know.
Linda Counts
San Diego, SLA president
Congratulations, Linda! It’s always good to do some horn tooting.
Michelle
Congratulations, Linda!
I’d like to hear more about your support of evidence-based medicine. Information professionals seem increasingly to be supporting or working in evidence-based areas (e.g., medicine, nursing, education). But what does this really mean, on the ground, day-to-day, for today’s librarians? (Haven’t all librarians always provided evidence-based services?) Everyone else in our chapter might already be very familiar with what evidence-based library services entail, but I still need to learn more about this area. Maybe a chapter meeting could address “evidence-based library services”? (If that’s been done, please tell me.)