News From the Libraries - UT HSC Newsletter December 2009

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Contact UT Health Science

Center Libraries

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of

Libraries

(210) 567-2413

Email: [email protected]

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library

Circulation Desk

(210) 567-2440

Information Desk

(210) 567-2450

Email:

[email protected]

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown

(210) 358-3939

Jesse H. Jones

Comprehensive Research

Library

(210) 562-5098

Harlingen

Ramirez Library

(956) 365-8850

Laredo

Laredo Campus Extension

Library

(956) 523-7404

Logins to be required at most library computers

Collexis webinar to air on December 10

Emerging technology brown bag classes: Send us your ideas

Healthy People 2020: Health and Human Services solicits your input

SciFinder/SciFinder Scholarintroduces new user interface

Library classes for December

Ramirez Library honors Dr. Richard A. Garcia, Jr.

Ramirez librarians present at two conferences in November

HookesMicrographia: Featured resource of the P.I. Nixon Library

Briscoe Library staffers complete Rock n Roll Half Marathon

Libraries to observe holiday hours in December and January

FOR LIBRARY CLASSES, go to page 6

Graciela Reyna, Assistant Library Director at the Mario E. Ramirez M.D. Library

at the RAHC in Harlingen, speaks about NLM resources at the 6th AnnualSeminar in Forensic Sciences, held on November 13, 2009. For moreinformation on recent library outreach activities, see story on page 7.

In the news this month:

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News from The Librarieshttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

In recent months, library staff have received significant feedback emphasizing the importance of ensuringavailability of computers in the library for use by students. Although our computers are primarily forstudents, faculty, and staff, we also support the university's clinical and outreach missions by serving localpatients and their families, as well as area health professionals.

The library has worked with student leaders to arrive at a proposal that hopefully will balance thoseneeds. A plan for implementation of logins at library computers was endorsed by Student Government

Association on November 5 in Resolution #2009F-004, and subsequently affirmed by the Library AdvisoryCommittee. This plan will be implemented by Monday, January 11, 2010. Once fully implemented mostcomputers in the library will require users to log in with a valid uthscsa.edu username and password. Theusername and password are the same ones that students currently use to log in to other campus systems, forexample Blackboard or inside.uthscsa.edu.

Some things to note in connection with this change:

Users will need to be careful to log out when they finish using a computer. Users will be responsible forany computer use or misuse under their logins.

Users should be aware that as on any University-owned computer, it will be possible for Universitysecurity personnel to associate use of a particular library computer with the login in use on that computerat the time.

Eight computers on the 3rd floor, one on the 4th floor, and one on the 5th floor will continue to beavailable without logins. However, we ask students, faculty, and staff to please use the othercomputerswhenever possible, to help us meet the needs of our public users as well.

We will have visitor logins available from the Circulation Desk and/or Info Desk for situations whenthey are needed, such as for individuals with temporary health science center affiliation who do not haveuthscsa.edu domain accounts.

The Student Government Association and the library management team will review and assess theimplementation of this plan at the April 2010 SGA meeting, and make changes to the program if needed.

Luke RosenbergerDirector of Library Technology and Historical Collections

SGA and Library Advisory Committee endorse measure requiringlogins for most library computers


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Collexis webinar on December 10:View in the library or from your desktop

Thursday, December 10

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The Collexis database contains the profiles of about 400 researchers from The UT Health Science Center at

San Antonio. Profiles include information about research interests, publications, grants, research trends, a

career timeline, and a network of co-authors, both internal and external.

The next Collexis instructional webinar will be Thursday, December 10 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Two

options are available for viewing: you can join colleagues for group viewing in the library (4.074) or view

the webinar from your own computer.

To attend viewing at the Briscoe Library, please register online with the library. Feel free to bring your

lunch. To request the personal computer login information for the next webinar date, please contact Katie

Prentice at [email protected] or at (210) 567-6606.

Recently, librarians have taught emerging technology

brown bag sessions onFacebook, Twitter, GoogleDocs,

online bookmarking, online meeting software and RSS.

Each session covers the basics as well as information on

professional and educational uses of the tools.

The next session,Picture This,will take place December

9th at 12 :00 noon in the Briscoe Library Howe Conference

Room. It will cover online photo sites such asFlickr.

Information about future emerging technologies offerings,

including a new series of offerings at the RAHC in

Harlingen, can be found here:

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classSch edule.cfm.

We are interested in knowing what topics you want to see over the next year. If you have a topic you would

like to learn more about, please send your ideas to Katie Prentice at [email protected] or call (210) 567-

6606. Possible future topics includeZotero, mobile devices, and iPhone and iPod Touch. Let us know what

you want to learn by suggesting a topic.

For information about the emerging technology brownbag series in Harlingen, contact Kathy Carter:

[email protected].

Send us your ideas: Future topics for emerging technology brown

bag sessions in San Antonio and Harlingen
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Every 10 years the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reviews

scientific lessons learned over the past decade, including current data, trends, and

innovations, to set new goals for health preparedness and prevention. The process is

designed to be collaborative, and to take into consideration current assessments of

major risks to health and wellness, changing public health priorities, and emerging

issues related to national health preparedness and prevention.

HHS is currently in the process of identifying and selecting objectives forHealthy

People 2020. A set of draft objectives, developed at three public meetings that were

held in 2009, have been posted online:

http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/Comments/default.asp

Public comments are encouraged, and will be accepted through December 31, 2009.

Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian

Health and Human Services invites participation in

theHealthy People 2020 goal-setting process
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SciFinder previously known asSciFinder Scholar has launched a new web

interface. The version ofSciFinder Scholar that was available through the library web

site in the past will be phased out by mid-summer of 2010.

The current version will transition to the new web interface over the period of several

months. To avoid experiencing difficulties at inconvenient times, we suggest that users

ofSciFinderupgrade to the web version at their earliest convenience.

Instructions for registering for the web interface may be found on the librarys database page forSciFinder:

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu.libproxy.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/scifinder.cfm. A valid email address ending inuthscsa.edu is required for setup.

Please contact the Information Desk at (210)567-2450 [email protected] with any questions.

John WeedHead of Collection Resources

SciFinder/SciFinder Scholarintroduces new user interface

December 2009
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Library classes for December

News from the UT Health Science Center

Libraries is published at the beginning of each

month to highlight the programs, services and

resources offered by The Libraries.

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:

[email protected]

Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: [email protected]

Kelley Minars, Web Editor: [email protected]

Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors

Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,

Photographers

All classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. If you would like torequest a class or schedule a consult at any health science center campus, please contact the library at (210)567-2450 or [email protected].

If you would like to request a special class for your department or group at other days/times, please contactus!

To register for a class or to read class descriptions, visit http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classSchedule.cfm.

When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email now includes a file that you can

save as an appointment into your electronic calendar.

Briscoe Library, Long Campus - San Antonio

Introduction to EndNote:Wednesday, December 2, 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m., Collaboratory

Technology Brownbag: Picture This! Understanding Online Photo Sharing:Wednesday,December 9,12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., Howe Conference Room

Introduction to RefWorks: Wednesday, December 9, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Collaboratory

Collexis Webinar: Thursday, December 10, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Collaboratory

Library Basics: Friday, December 11, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Collaboratory

PubMed Advanced: Thursday, December 17, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Collaboratory

Introduction to EndNote: Thursday, December 17, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., Collaboratory

Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: Thursday, December17, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Collaboratory

Katie Prentice, Education and Information Services Coordinator

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Ramirez librarians present at forensic medicine conference and

farmworker health forum

Staff from the Mario E. Ramirez, M.D. Library made presentations at two community outreach events in the

Rio Grande Valley in November. Graciela Reyna and Kathy Carter made a presentation, National Library of

Medicine Resources for the Forensic Sciences at the 6th Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences on November13th. This annual conference seeks to provide a multidisciplinary group of professionals with tools to assist

with prevention, intervention and investigations of child abuse. The library also provided an exhibit and

hands-on demonstrations of National Library of Medicine resources.

NLM resources were presented to over 200 attendees at the 2009 Midwest Stream Farmworkers Forum,

November 19-20. Sponsored by the National Center for Farmworker Health, the forum brought together

health care providers and educators, administrators, students, researchers, and farmworkers from across the

U.S. to share ideas on health care delivery for the farm worker population.

On November 1, the Regional Academic Health Center

in Harlingen celebrated the life of the late Richard A.

Garcia, Jr. (1941-2006), former Assistant Vice

President for Director of South Texas Programs, with

a traditional altar de muertos at the Mario E.

Ramirez, M.D. Library.

Richard Garcia was instrumental in the developmentof medical education and research centers in

Harlingen, Laredo and Edinburg. His concern for the

promotion of health careers also resulted in the

establishment of Area Health Education Centers

(AHECs) in South Texas.

As part of theDia de los Muertos celebration, it is

common for families to make an altar de muertos to honor their loved ones. Ramirez Library staff created the

altar to honor Richard Garcia, and to contribute to the cultural education of medical students based at the

RAHC. Attendees gathered to view the altar, share their memories, and enjoy favorite foods.

Kathleen Carter, Ramirez Library Librarian

Ramirez Library honors Richard A. Garcia, Jr., former Assistant

Vice President for South Texas Programs


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Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying

Glasses With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon

Robert Hooke (1635 1703)

Robert Hooke was one of the most penetrating and original minds of the 17th century. A scholar at the

Westminster School in England, Hooke read and absorbed Euclids first six books in a week and - in his spare

time - invented thirty separate flying techniques. He also explored the world of microscopy.

Early microscopes were primitive tools with a small field of view and images so distorted and dark that

peering through their lenses for any length of time resulted in blurred vision. Hooke, undeterred by such

obstacles, examined a myriad of tiny objects - from needles and razors to moulds and fungi and, ultimately,the intricate structure of insects. Nowhere is his artistic ability more apparent than in his depiction of the

drone flys eye. In drawings executed with astounding accuracy and beauty, each anatomic detail was revealed

with precision, down to the cell itself, Hookes own discovery.

At the age of twenty-nine Robert Hooke produced his masterpiece, theMicrographia.

The National Library of Medicine has created a digitized copy of theMicrographia, which can be examined

online at http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hooke/hooke.html.

The P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library owns the beautiful 1667 edition. If you would like to have a close-

up look at this amazing book, please contact Pennie Borchers, Special Collections Librarian:

[email protected].

A featured resource from the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

I took a grey Drone-Fly I found this Fly to have thebiggest clusters of eyes in proportion to his head of anysmall kind of Fly that I have yet seen The surface ofeach of these was shaped into a multitude of small

Hemispheres, ranged over the whole surface of the eye invery lovely rows, between each of which were left longand regular trenches perfectly intire. I was assured of

this by the regularly reflected Image of Objects which Imoved to and fro between the head and the light, and byexamining the Cornea or outward skin after I had striptit off, and by looking both upon the inside and againstthe light Every one of these Hemispheres reflects asexact and perfect an Image of any Object from thesurface as a small Ball of Quick-Silver of that bignesswould do. In each of these Hemispheres, I have been ableto discover a Landscape of those things which lay beforemy window

From theMicrographia by Robert Hooke

Eye-to-eye with a grey drone fly
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The Libraries of the University of Texas Health Science Center willbe closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day.

Please note that beginning 12/18, the Briscoe Library willclose early at 6:00 p.m. and will be closed weekends untilregular hours resume on 1/3/10.

Additional information about holiday hours at all the libraries canbe found on the library web site athttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/help.cfm?Category=Hours.

Libraries observe holiday hours in December and early January

Congratulations to Angela Myatt, Herlinda Howard, Keith Cogdill and Patty Tello, allof the Briscoe Library, who completed the Rock n Roll Half Marathon (13.1 miles) on

November 15.
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