Direct Effects

摘要

David Rothman, information services specialist at the Community General Hospital Medical Library in Syracuse, says, "The thing I like best about hospital library work is that answering a medical reference question well or performing a literature search thoroughly can have a direct effect on the life of a patient."rnRothman has an equally direct effect on the lives of busy librarians as cocreator of Lib Worm, which searches over 1500 library-related RSS feeds (from blogs to journalrntables of contents). Since Lib Worm lets users set up custom RSS feeds to track topics of interest, it helps them manage information overload. Two of his greatest contributions to the medical field are his "enthusiasm and generosity." He has even shown his hospital's chief medical officer how to use an aggregator!