News From the Libraries - UT HSC Newsletter Feburary 2010

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February 2010

Contact UT Health Science

Center Libraries

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of

Libraries

(210) 567-2413Email: [email protected]

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

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe LibraryCirculation 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

LaredoLaredo Campus Extension

Library

(956) 523-7404

NN/LM to fund digitization of Ramirez collection

Health information outreach services: The Frontera Collaboration

Briscoe Library book give-away: February 16

Mobile updates: MedlinePlus and EBSCOhost

Eric Willman joins the staff of The Libraries

Black History Celebration: Exhibit honors African-American health

care providers

Featured resource:De Symmetria byAlbrecht Drer

Library classes for February

Book Notes: Two of NPRs best memoirs of 2009

Briscoe librarians accept positions in Houston, Winston-Salem

FOR LIBRARY CLASSES, go to page 6

This photo of evacuees of Hurricane Beulah (1967) is part of the archivalcollection of Dr. Mario E. Ramirez. The collection was recently selected for aLibrary Technology Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine,South Central Region (NN/LM SCR). Find the story on page 2.

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

February 2010

The Mario E. Ramirez, M.D. Library has received a LibraryTechnology Award from the National Network of Librariesof Medicine, South Central Region (NN/LM SCR). Theaward provides funds to digitize the archival collection ofDr. Mario E. Ramirez, a physician who practiced medicinein Starr County for over 43 years. Dr. Ramirez served onThe University of Texas System Board of Regents from1989 until 1995 and as vice president at the Health ScienceCenter, where he established the Med/Ed Program torecruit more students from South Texas to health careers.

The title of the project is: Bringing a South Texas Storyfrom Paper to Pixel: Digital Documentation of theHurricane Beulah Crisis in the Rio Grande Valley, 1967.

The project will focus on the digitization of photographswhich document the health care response to thousands ofHurricane Beulah victims in Starr County. Once digitized,the collection will be added to the UT Health ScienceCenter Digital Repository and made publicly availableonline for further research and study.

A web exhibit about the life and work of Dr. Ramirez will

also be launched during the project timeline. Materials inthe Ramirez Collection document Dr. Ramirez career asphysician, educator and community leader.

For more information about the Ramirez archivalcollection or about this project, contact Greysi Reyna,

Assistant Library Director for the Ramirez Library [email protected].

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal fundsfrom the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health,Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas MedicalCenter Library.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine will fund digitization of a

collection documenting health care response to Hurricane Beulah

Students and teachers from Rio Grande City built

makeshift IV poles for a pediatric ward that was

set up at Fort Ringgold School, Rio Grande City.

Following Hurricane Beulah, many children

were treated for severe dehydration.

Dr. Ramirez consults with a nurse in the

obstetrical ward at Fort Ringgold School, Rio

Grande City, following Hurricane Beulah.
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In November 2009 a group of health sciences libraries began acollaboration focused on promoting evidence-based practice in the U.S.Mexico border region. During the eighteen-month period betweenNovember 2009 and April 2011, the Frontera Collaboration of libraries

will work together on (1) an assessment of needs and resources forsupporting evidence-based practice in the border region, (2) outreachactivities focused on clinicians and public health personnel, and (3) athree-year strategic plan for the 2011-2014 timeframe.

The libraries forming this collaboration represent the Pan AmericanHealth Organization United States Mexico Border Office, the

University of Arizona, the University of New Mexico, the University ofTexas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the University of TexasMedical Branch, and the University of Texas School of Public Health.

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Regionhas sponsored three of the libraries participating in the FronteraCollaboration. This initiative represents a coordinated approach toplanning health information outreach for clinical and public healthpersonnel in the border region, with each library also responsible forconducting activities in local communities.

Keith Cogdill

Director of South Texas Regional Information Services

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the NationalLibrary of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and HumanServices, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

Frontera Collaboration of Health Sciences Libraries: a coordinated

approach to planning health information outreach

At the July 2009 US-Mexico BorderCenters of Excellence Consortiumforum in San Diego: Keith Cogdill,Greysi Reyna, Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu (University of NewMexico), Kathy Carter, and BrettKirkpatrick (University of TexasMedical Branch).

Briscoe Library book give-away:February 16th

The Briscoe Library will have a book give-away on Tuesday, February 16,2010. The book give-away will start at 8:00 a.m. at the entrance to thelibrary.

Books to be included in the give-away are old editions withdrawn fromthe librarys collection or donations given to the library but not neededfor the collection.

All give-away books are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Formore information, contact John Weed, Head of Collection Resources, at(210)567-2400 or e-mail [email protected].
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Mobile updates

Two recent developments expand the range of evidence-based resources that are

accessible to users of mobile devices.

NLM announces Mobile MedlinePlus

The National Library of Medicine has announced the launch of Mobile MedlinePlus(http://m.medlineplus.gov/), a new user interface that will make MedlinePlus morefunctional for mobile devices.

Mobile MedlinePlus is available in English and Spanish (http://m.medlineplus.gov/spanish) and includes a subset of content from the full web site

that is optimized for mobile devices. Content available on Mobile Medline Plusincludes summaries for over 800 diseases, conditions and wellness topics, as well asthe latest health news, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, and information onprescription and over-the-counter medications.

EBSCOhost launches mobile interface

Made for the smaller screens of mobile devices, EBSCOhost Mobile offers functionality that includessearching, limiters, HTML and PDF full text viewing. This new interface is available to all Health ScienceCenter faculty, staff, and students. Popular databases such as CINAHL, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and

Academic Search Complete are available in EBSCOhost Mobile.A list of databases available on mobile devices is located at http://uthscsa.mobi/library/mobile.asp. Newdatabase links are actively being added to the site.

Questions about Mobile MedlinePlus or EBSCOhost Mobile can be addressed [email protected].

John WeedHead of Collection Resources

Eric Willman has joined the staff of the Briscoe Library at the University of Texas

Health Science Center as a Programmer Analyst II for Library Technology and

Historical Collections.

A 2009 recipient of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central

Region Library Student Outreach Award, Eric will complete his MLIS with a

specialization in health informatics from the University of North Texas in May

2010. He earned a B.S. in sociology from UNT in 2007.

Eric Willman joins The Libraries

There is a link to Mobile MedlinePlus from the MedlinePlus homepage, as well as an FAQ at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/faq/mobile.html that includes special instructions for Blackberry users.
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Exhibit honors Black History Month and the contributions ofAfrican American health care professionals

Black History Celebration, an exhibit currently on display in the lecture hall foyer, honors the manyaccomplishments of African-American health care professionals past and present.

Patricia L. Brown, Special Collections Library Assistant, researched and mounted the four-panel display forthe first time in 2005. It features early medical schools and hospitals, historical and contemporary notables,and faculty from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Originally, the exhibit was sponsored by theDepartment of Pathology, The Libraries and the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. Dr.Robert L. Reddick, Chair of the Department of Pathology, acted as consultant.

Members of the Student National Medical Association (http://www.snma.org/) participated in this new,

updated exhibit, on view in the lecture hall foyer through February, in observance of Black History Month.They are Marcus Emebo (MS3), Yvonne Watkins (MS2,) Lauren Wiggins (MS2), Allison Mitchell (MS2),Kimberly Onyirioha (MS2), Jessica Brown (MS2), Yvonne Otieno (MS2), Dana Brown (MS1), Uche Osadebe(MS1), and Stephanie G. Opusunju (MS1).

De Symmetria Partium in Rectis Formis Humanorum Corporumby

Albrecht Drer:

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

Albrecht Drer, German painter, mathematician and art theorist, was among thefirst of the great Renaissance artists to study anatomy. From 1507 until hisdeath in 1528 he took meticulous measurements and made detailed notes for his

Four Books on Human Proportions.

Although Drer never met Leonardo da Vinci during his travels in Italy, herespected the artists emphasis on mathematical proportions and returned toGermany determined to study in earnest. Works by Euclid, Vitruvius and otherscientific authors on proportion and perspective became Drers theoretical basisfor his new descriptive geometry.

De Symmetria (books on the normal proportions of the parts of the human form)represents full-length male and female figures of all ages and body types,embodying the first application of anthropometry to aesthetics. Also technicallyinnovative, it contains the first attempts to represent chiaroscuro in woodengraving by means of cross-hatching.

De Symmetriawas published in Nuremburg in 1532. The P.I. Nixon MedicalHistorical Library owns a first edition copy of the work.

Pennie BorchersSpecial Collections Librarian
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Library classes for February

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 HSC campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or email

[email protected].

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

please contact us!

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: Thursday, February 4, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., LIB 2.011

Ovid Tips & Tricks: Getting Started with MEDLINE: Tuesday, February 9, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.,LIB 2.011

Technology Brownbag: Smartphones: Life Made Mobile:Wednesday, February 10, 12 noon 1:00 p.m., Howe Conference Room

Introduction to PubMed: Wednesday, February 10, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., LIB 2.011

Library Basics: Thursday, February 11, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., LIB 2.011

Introduction to RefWorks: Wednesday, February 17, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., LIB 2.011

Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: Thursday, February 18,2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., LIB 2.011

Katie Prentice, Education and Information Services Coordinator


February 2010
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Book notes: NPRs Best Memoirs of 2009

The first,Stitches,by Caldecott award- winning childrens illustrator David Small, is a

reflection on his diagnosis, at age 14, with throat cancer.

Smalls story, told in words and pictures, is a testament to his struggle to regain his

voice after several traumatic losses.

Among the books on National Public Radios recently published list,Best Memoirs of 2009 are two

addressing themes that may be of interest to health care providers.

Also on the NPR list of best memoirs of 2009 is Diana Athills memoir,Somewhere

Towards the End.

A life-long editor of other peoples books, (she worked with Philip Roth, John Updike,

Norman Mailer, Jean Rhys, and V. S. Naipaul) Diana Athill did not discover her own

writers voice until she was in her eighties. Her first book,Stet, was also a memoir.

FromSomewhere Towards the End: ...book after book has been written about

being young, and even more of them about the elaborate and testing experiences thatcluster round procreation, but there is not much on record about falling away...

NPRs complete list of Best Memoirs of 2009 can be found at

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121337672.

Susan Hunnicutt

Special Projects Librarian

Briscoe Librarians accept positions in Houston, Winston-Salem

In January The Libraries bid farewell to two librarians:

Emily Hurst, Information Services Librarian since 2008, accepted the position of TechnologyCoordinator with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region in Houston.

Lara Sapp has been a health information outreach fellow with The Libraries since 2008. In February shewill begin her new position as Professional Librarian at the Coy C. Carpenter Library, Wake ForestUniversity School of Medicine.

We will miss them both, and wish them well in their new endeavors!
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