Editor's message / Message de l'Éditrice

Hello JCHLA / JABSC Readers, This issue, the last of 2010 and of Volume 31, contains an assorted collection of articles that we hope will inspire our readers, while shedding light on exciting initiatives and innovative ideas.The Editorial Team is pleased to provide readers with Danielle Dennie's article, ''The Provision of Bioinformatics Services in Canadian Academic Libraries'' and a program description from Samuel King et al. ''Evolving a Collaborative Matrix for Teaching Informatics Online to Health Sciences Students at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science.''King et al.'s article describes the development and design of an online informatics course -a follow up to a 2008 CHLA / ABSC Conference Paper.Also featured is Sandra Kendall's piece highlighting a medical library partnership between Toronto and East Africa and Lina Ma's article, ''Musings of a Student Librarian.''A second installment from Dean Giustini's new column about social media is presented in, ''Building research capacity among a group of social media adopters in Canada: Introducing the Social Media Research Team (SMeRT).''Vicky Duncan's compilation of current research, two book reviews, one by Dale Storie and another by Lindsay Glynn, and an update from the Canadian Virtual Health Library are all included; plus, a sneak peek of the 2011 CHLA / ABSC Conference in Calgary, Alberta (May 26-30, 2011) -mark your calendars!Enjoy!

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