In institutions with libraries, the librarians are expected to provide statistics of usage. Budgets are often pruned if there is a decreased trend in use and alarmingly some libraries are closed down. What is "library usage" today? Not any more should one measure this only by footfalls (number of people…

Years ago, when I had just started freelancing after three library jobs, one of my activities was training doctors (any health professional) in using the Internet for professional activities. PubMed had not yet become public and free, so I used to teach one of the Medline services called "PaperChase" which…

In the last month for our first (Basic) course  we received the following two feedback statements - one from a UG student and one from a research professional Feedback 1 "Thank you for your initiative. I wish I had come across this site a lot earlier" Feedback 2 "The course…

We are delighted to announce that the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala has just subscribed to QMedCourses - www.qmedcourses.in. What is still more delightful is that in the first set of about 120 registered participants, around 75 are medical students (MBBS students). The librarian Ms Indira has motivated them…

"As we go into research, we tend to focus on large things rather than small and minute details. So this course has provided me with the information on some minute details and searching process which I never acknowledged. Having this knowledge would make our search processes easier and faster." - Binisha…