AnneWelsh?

I'm an information professional working in the field of Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD).

I'm particularly interested in Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 applications and how these can be used to suit our user group.

Reading Lists

At the moment, I'm piloting using Connotea to provide users of our reading lists with sets of online bookmarks.

Drugs in the Media

Connotea bookmarks: Studies & Commentary Celebrity Drug Use in the Media Drug Prevention Messages Commercial Advertising Dealing with the Media Full Reading List (including offline references)

Methamphetamine

Connotea bookmarks: Bibliographies Overviews Prevalence Effects Education & Prevention Treatment Full Reading List (including offline references)

Resources for Pharmacists

Connotea bookmarks: Finding Local Services Pharmacist Prescribing Injecting Needle Exchange Other Information Sources Full Reading List (including offline references) New on Connotea since last update

Sex Workers and Drugs

Connotea bookmarks: Policies and Strategies Studies and Commentaries Criminology and Criminal Justice Treatment and Outreach Young People Reading List (including offline references)

Recent Articles and Papers

'From writer's block to library blog'. Five Weeks to a Social Library, February 2007.

'I am Cataloguer, hear me roar!', Library & Information Update, January-February 2007.

'Blogging technologies for outreach and network building' (with Christine Goodair), 1st Annual NHS Networks Conference: Models & Innovations in Health & Social Care Networks, 30 November 2006.

'Soapbox: the career cataloguer's point of view', Library & Information Update, November 2006.

'Documentalistes sans frontières: taxonomy design for a multidisciplinary, pan-European subject gateway', Internet Librarian International, 17 October 2006.

'Overloaded: a quick guide to substance misuse sources', Network: a national newsletter on substance misuse management in primary care, 15, August 2006.

'New lamps for old: current awareness and profile-raising', Libraries for Nursing Bulletin, 26(1-2), March-June 2006.

'Blogging: current awareness in the online age', ELISAD Journal, 17, February 2006.

'Blogging to raise awareness: the DrugScope experience', National Library for Health Knowledge Management Specialist Library, November 2005.