Database of International Rehabilitation Research
Database of International Rehabilitation Research contains "over 21,000 citations of international rehabilitation research published between 1990 and the present." You can search by subject heading (and there is a thesaurus available), author, title keywords, research area, geographic area, and language.
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DOIS RSS Description
Neat little summary of what RSS is:

Rich Site Summary (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. Think of it as a distributable "What's New" for your site. Originally developed by Netscape to fill channels for Netcenter, RSS has evolved into a popular means of sharing content between sites (including the BBC, CNET, CNN, Disney, Forbes, Motley Fool, Wired, Red Herring, Salon, Slashdot, ZDNet, and more). RSS solves a myriad of problems webmasters commonly face, such as increasing traffic, and gathering and distributing news. RSS can also be the basis for additional content distribution services. ( Introduction to RSS - WebReference.com). For more information about RSS have a look at: http://web.resource.org/rss/1.0/.



- posted by Kieran @ 4:50 PM

 
Information Architecture and a bit of KM
Tools aimed at supporting development of Information Architecture, perhaps something we should consider for site redesign as we reach that stage.

While I'm here some interesting stuff beyond Communities of Practice and from Educase on knowledge sharing. There is also a KMWiki.
- posted by Kieran @ 4:37 PM

 
Managing yourself Through Change
Change we're used to it in the NHS, do we ever rationalise what we're up to, do we heck as like. Read and rationalise....
- posted by Kieran @ 9:15 AM

 
Ranganathan
Ranganathan for IAs:An Introduction to the Thought of S.R. Ranganathan for Information Architects an excellent piece by Mike Steckel on Boxes and arrows, which is a site I need to investigate more fully. Go read.... this is the best introduction to analytico-synthetic classification I've seen.
- posted by Kieran @ 7:23 AM

 
Taxonomy - isn't that about stuffing dead animals?
Taxonomy may be the sort of word you thought you could leave behind at library school, but there may come a time when you actually need to know what it's all about. This link takes you to a site where some major KM software packages are described, and the way they cope with taxonomy, classification and searching.
- posted by Valerie @ 9:21 AM

 
Young Librarian's Resource Page
Might be worth keeping an eye on or contributing to, for Sally and Tracy, not old hacks like Val and me!

"I'd like for it to be a useful resource for librarians who are chronologically "young" and/or new to the profession. I'm toying with the idea of soliciting articles from people who are under 30/35 or have been in the profession for less than 5 years about issues they think are important. For example, how to supervise those who are old enough to be your parents, types of benefits to look for when considering a job, balancing a social life while advancing the career, the perception of a librarian by the public, etc. I think this will have the added benefit of giving people an opportunity for publication which will help with career advancement."

It has a blog by Katie too.
- posted by Kieran @ 7:57 PM

 
Change
Accept that change is constant, and constant learning is the only reasonable response. Gone are the days (if they ever existed) when everything you need to know about being a librarian could be learned in library school. Learn to thrive on change. Anticipate it, smell it out, and chase after it. If you do this well enough, instead of being the victim of change, you will be its agent. And you will be able to mold change to serve your public better. Roy Tennant, Library Journal.
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RSS
SiteLines - Ideas About Web Searching: September 2003 Archives a brief bit about RSS to get you head round the technology. I use Feedreader as an aggregator personally but there is a load of choice out there.
- posted by Kieran @ 10:57 AM

 
What's a Wiki - Brainstorms and Raves
For Sally a good place to understand the technology behind what I'm trying to do with FadeNHSSpeak. What's a Wiki - Brainstorms and Raves
- posted by Kieran @ 10:26 AM

 
What is blogging?
All is revealed in this feature article from freepint.com - an excellent Newsletter which is worth signing up for.
The article says among many things:
"A weblog can take the form of a diary, a news service (or summaries of
and links to current news items on a topic), a collection of links to
other Web sites, a series of book reviews, reports of activity on a
project, the journal of an expedition, a diary of a family holiday
written for the folks back home, a photographic record of life with a
new puppy, or the random thoughts of a publicity-obsessed egomaniac.
Or any one of a number of other forms."
There is a second part in Newsletter 112 though you have to scroll nearly to the bottom of the article to find it.
There is also an introduction in the Guardian on-line which has a number of links to rude-sounding blogs but is a useful simple introduction.

- posted by Valerie @ 9:16 AM

 
Locating Eponymous Reports
If we don't have it on Cairs at Fade try Rob Caley's Health related reports, inquiries, Green Papers and White Papers: short and official titles. Failing that Copac or the BL catalogue are worth a look.
- posted by Kieran @ 6:43 AM