Hi. I’m spending the entire morning reading about HIPAA. Part of the talk I’m giving at MLA will be about this legislation and the affect it has on medical librarians. The rest is on the USA PATRIOT Act and CIPA. HIPAA is my weakest area so I’m reading up. If any health or medical librarians would like to send me words of wisdom about their personal dealings with HIPAA, I’d really appreciate it.
Author: jessamyn
hi – 07may
Hi. There’s a part-time job at a nearby library here in Vermont. It’s 14 hours a week with pay “depending on experience” at a library that is open 17 hours a week. I’m going to try applying for it anyhow. What are the chances that the hourly pay is in the double-digits? Incidentally, someone asked if I ever have librarian.net t-shirts using that little favicon lady that some of you may have seen. The answer is that I might. Stay tuned.
SFPL OKs RFID FWIW
San Francisco Public Library approved the use of RFID for use in their libraries at a meeting last night. [RFIDinLib]
a different kind of bookmobile
Bookmobiles bring books to people who stay in one place, but how do you get books to people who move around? The award winning Mobile Library Travellers Project tries to do just that. [thanks owen]
phone vs Google apples vs oranges
If this is the only website you read, maybe you haven’t seen this yet. Phone vs. Google vs. Library, who is fastest? Of course, any librarian knows that the best thing to do is to call your librarian [who is at the library already] and then have her [or him] find the answer which might involve using Google but might not. What I want to see is a bunch of librarian superstars In the library, with IM and cel phones and Google and three cups of coffee and see which one of them is fastest given the same short list of tough questions. Now that’s a spectator sport. [thanks all]