Developing an e-journal to review the mobile medical computing literature Jeffery Loo INLS 882 April 17, 2007

“We believe in a former life she was an editor.”

outline development of the journal lessons learned future research

What is mobile medical computing? data collection reference lookup calculations administration

Let’s summarize the learning points from the literature!

Why is this journal important?

doctors juggle diverse information needs (Smith, 1996) doctors have limited time for information seeking (Ely et al., 1999) mobile medical computing offers solutions

Benefits of mobile handheld computing Tools to manage and retrieve information –Why not a handheld –Convenient –Store a bit of information –Resembles a notepad –CDSS, look up textbooks –One of many ways: doing a tiny bit in contributing to a grand goal

goals ethical low cost independence accessibility & archival copy encourage learning

How is this going to be done? 2 questions: Who will write the articles? How will it be published?

international scholars

digital publishing system Open Journal Systems Open Journal Systems

how does the journal look?

background Doctors and time and information needs Mo had this idea of creating a journal that helps busy physicians be able to read the research Epocrates funded this scholarship

Tasks I’ve worked on No medical training yet: Copyedit Instruction Mentorship Digital publishing workflow

I will present to you as three very different people: as a librarian, editor, international collaborator  share what I learned from these different perspectives

lessons learned

student experimentation

global collaboration

mentorship Telemachus and Mentor

extracting insightful learning points providing thoughtful and encouraging criticism

LIS skills in publishing

CHANGE GOOD (FOR THE BETTER) continual improvement

future research reflect on our organic development as an upstart journal patterns and trends in article summaries by professionals of different disciplines impact of articles value of librarians to journal publishing develop training for writing concise evaluative summaries templates for summarization

questions? “There are many questions of course, that won’t be answered till the autopsy.” “I still don’t have all the answers, but I’m beginning to ask the right questions.”

Research questions We can generate data Copy from Marchionini notes

as a librarian I have the thinking skills that can be translated to any field academia is a safe learning environment we should be safe to experiment

outline How did this journal get started? Purpose: Reflective statement on what I learned as an editor, as an international collaborator, librarian Editor  mentorship, technical systems International collaborator  cultural nuances, technical systems Librarian  my role in an information system: I have unique skills and interests that not every professional may have

Outline Overview of the journal: need, tasks I’ve worked on International collaboration: Linked In Reviewing systems Technical systems: digital publishing system Reflective issues: editing as mentorship, role as a librarian Further research