The Universe of Medical Librarianship

Okay, I gotta finish this MLA Web 2.0 course. I took a look at an interesting MashUp example that took the data from the US News Report on top medical schools (2007 data) and mixed it with google maps. You can view it at: http://www.mibazaar.com/education/medical_school.html The site gives you a map of the United States and the locations of the top medical schools. When you hover or click any of the electronic equivalents of a push-pin, you get specific data on that medical school such as: rank of school; avg MCAT score; avg undergrad GPA; acceptance rate; faculty/student ratio; and avg. tuition fees. It’s nothing fancy but still neat. The one piece of data that is missing is avg student loan debt acquired upon graduating from the institution…