medical librarianship: a career beyond the cutting edge

Career Development in African Librarianship

Beyond the Cutting Edge, Electronic Publications in the 21 Century

The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) has amassed large databases (including paleontological) as a result of its research on the geology of the ocean floor. ODP has begun to present its research results in electronic proceedings that will soon completely displace paper publications. Palaeontologia Electronica (PE) has pioneered the concept of an all-electronic paleontological journal with no paper e...

Public Librarianship as a Career: Challenges and Prospects

Over twenty-five years of research has shown that in spite of low salaries, few opportunities for advancement, and challenging work environments, most public librarians are satisfied overall with their jobs and careers, primarily because of the intrinsic rewards of the profession. In this article we present results from the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science 1 (WILIS 1) project...

Cutting-edge advances in the medical management of obstetrical hemorrhage.

Hemorrhagic shock is the most common form of shock encountered in obstetric practice. Interventions that may limit transfusion requirements include normovolemic hemodilution, use of recombinant activated factor VII, selective embolization of pelvic vessels by interventional radiology, and the use of the cell saver intraoperatively. Current understanding of the mechanisms of acute coagulopathy c...

The Cutting Edge: Challenges in Medical and Surgical Therapies

A 60-year-old circumcised man presented with an 8-month history of a gradually worsening painful lesion on his penis. He had previously been treated for several months with clobetasol and tacrolimus ointments. On physical examination, the shaft and coronal sulcus of the penis demonstrated significant erythema, erosions, crusting, and atrophic scarring (Figure 1). The findings on biopsy were con...

The Cutting Edge

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall” is a bit of wisdom that’s been around for a long time. But when it comes to pesticide application, the line should read, “The bigger they are, the closer they fall.” Large droplets are not as likely to drift off-target as smaller droplets. This basic principle lies behind many innovations to reduce drift when spraying herbicides. Nozzle manufacturers ...