New Collaborative Online Medical Encyclopedia Launches

The Medpedia Project announced the public launch of the beta version of a technology platform for the worldwide health community. Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School, and other leading global health organizations are contributing in various ways to Medpedia. The goal of The Medpedia Project is to create a new model of the way the world will assemble, maintain, critique, and access medical knowledge. It will, over time, be a repository of up-to-date, unbiased medical information, contributed and maintained by health experts around the world, and freely available to everyone.

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It’s that time of year again – time to renew your APLIC-I membership for 2009. A printable renewal form can be found at http://www.aplici.org/members/form.htm or a downloadable pdf version can be found at http://www.aplici.org/members/memberform.pdf . We hope you will continue your support of APLIC-I and renew your membership for 2009. Please be aware that the membership year is from January to December. Memberships will be active from the date of receipt of payment through December 2009.

Membership in APLIC-I offers:

• Worldwide networking for the exchange of ideas, information and resources
• Opportunities for continuing education and professional growth
• Access to the very active and responsive APLIC-I listserve—the primary means of communication and community building among members
• Open and collegial exchange of expertise, with a focus on helping members to build and expand their professional skills and knowledge

The Winter/Spring 2009 issue of the APLIC Communicator, APLIC’s newsletter, is now available online. There is lots of news from APLIC: an announcement of the 2009 conference, a recap of the discussion about APLIC’s identity and future from last year’s conference, and our new tagline and blog. Enjoy!

Many thanks to my co-editor Laurie Calhoun, and the newsletter contributors (Lori Delaney, Kiet Bang, Joann Donatiello, and Yan Fu).

We’ll use the APLIC Blog to keep our members up to date with the latest about APLIC, libraries, information services, population, reproductive health, and other topics of interest.

The APLIC Blog will supplement our other communication channels: the APLIC Communicator and discussion lists.

You can read the blog on the web, or subscribe to our RSS feed. If you’re not sure what RSS is or how to use it, see this guide from BBC News.

The blog was created by the APLIC Communications Committee (Tara Murray, Kiet Bang, Laurie Calhoun, and Nykia Perez). We’d love to hear what you think! Leave a comment on this post, or email me. If you’re an APLIC member and would like to contribute as a blogger, please let me know.