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Further Reading on Outreach and Communication

  • Read These First
    • Geer RC. Broad issues to consider for library involvement in bioinformatics. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Jul; 94:(3):286–98. E-152.–5. [Full text from PubMed Central]
    • Yarfitz S, Ketchell DS. A library-based bioinformatics services program. Bull Med Libr Assoc 2000 Jan; 88(1): 36-48. [Full text from PubMed Central]

  • Outreach and User Services
    • Wang L, Lipsey K, Murray C, Prendergast N, Schoening P. The Bioinformatics Program at Washington University's Bernard Becker Medical Library: making it happen. Med Ref Serv Q. 2007 Summer;26(2):87-98. [PubMed Abstract]
    • Geer R, Rein DC. FOCUS ISSUE INTRODUCTION: Building the role of medical libraries in bioinformatics J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 July; 94(3): 284–285. [Full text from PubMed Central]
      Introduces multiple papers by NAWBIS instructors and participants from the July 2006 issue, 94(3) of the Journal of the Medical Library Association available full text in PubMed Central
    • Tennant MR. Bioinformatics Librarian: Meeting the information needs of genetics and bioinformatics researchers. Ref Serv Rev. 2005;33(1):12-19.
    • MacMullen WJ, Vaughan KTL, Moore ME. Planning Bioinformatics Education and Information Services in an Academic Health Sciences Library. College & Research Libraries. 2004 Jul;65(4):320-33.
    • Tennant MR, Miyamoto MM. The role of the medical library in undergraduate education: a case study in genetics. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002;19(2):181-93. [Full text from PubMed Central]
    • Alpi KM, Hendler GY, Ohles J. Making Sense of Molecular Medicine: New York Librarians' Involvement with Bioinformatics. NAHSL/NY-NJ Annual Meeting, 2001 October 15 [Poster available online]
    • Delwiche FA. Introduction to resources in molecular genetics. Med Ref Serv Q. 2001 Summer;20(2):33-50. [PubMed Abstract]
    • Wheeler D, Rapp B. User Services: Helping You Find Your Way. NCBI Handbook. Available online: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=handbook.chapter.ch23

  • Training Bioinformatics Specialists
    • Helms AJ, Bradford KD, Warren NJ, Schwartz DG. Bioinformatics opportunities for health sciences librarians and information professionals. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Oct;92(4):489-93. [Full text from PubMed Central]
    • Lyon J, Giuse NB, Williams A, Koonce T, Walden R. A model for training the new bioinformationist. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Apr;92(2):188-95. [Full text from PubMed Central]
    • Lyon J. Beyond the Literature: Bioinformatics Training for Medical Librarians. Med Ref Serv Q. 2003 Spring;22(1):67-74. [PubMed Abstract]
    • Alpi K. Bioinformatics Training by Librarians and for Librarians: Developing the Skills Needed to Support Molecular Biology and Clinical Genetics Information Instruction. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship. Spring 2003, 37. [Full text online].

  • Link to PubMed search of articles on education in computational biology.
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