• The post of the month award goes to Michael Nielsen who came up with an incredible essay, Building a better collective memory.

• Science schmience: How to make sense of a published study (BlogRivet.com)
  

• New tools to find medical information (Our Own System): Medpedia, Knol and Cuil…

• A First Birthday for the EBM & Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC Blog!: Thoughtful description of one year’s blogging…

~ Pre-Blog: Del.icio.us is a what ? Now: Many people are much better at meta-tagging than I am, and all of us can view their hand-picked sites.

~ Pre-Blog: Didn’t use RSS readers such as Bloglines or Google Reader to ‘collect’ blogs of professional or personal interest. Now: It is a most convenient way to see what others are buzzing about online, check out trends, read about who is covering what.

~ Pre-Blog: YouTube is a source of entertainment. Now: Recognize that it is an essential reference source. Where else could I find all those medical student videos?

~ Pre-Blog: Little use or interest in virtual environments such as Second Life. Now: Realize that a great deal of quality learning and instruction can take place in virtual environments, which represent a democratic, efficient, equalized way to distribute information or share knowledge regardless of physical location, geography, socioeconomic status, level of education or physical limitations.

~ Pre-Blog: Blogging is easy. Now: Nope, blogging is not easy. It is time-consuming.

• Cancer Research Blog Carnival, 12th Edition (nosugrefneb)