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October is National Medical Librarians Month. In recognition the library is doing a staff development activity to learn about some of our newer online tools. Here is week 1’s assignment: Dig Deeper with Blogs.

Not library staff & want more info? Send an email to mknapp@lsuhsc.edu

This week we’re talking about blogs. Did you know the library has a blog? Clearly you do now as you are reading it! Read on for a background on blogs and other info…
Introduction to blogs
• Definition: BLOG is short for Web log, or an online journal that is frequently updated with news, views or other information.
• For an introduction to blogs, watch this 3 minute video: “blogs in plain English” by Common Craft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcqge8SvzQ
• You can view our library blog, LSUSHSC LIBRARY NEWS, on the Isché Library homepage. All library staff can create posts on the blog or leave a comment.

Log in information
Librarians
Username: your lsuhsc email alias (ie: mknapp)
Generic password: [redacted:see staff email]
Library Staff and the General Public
Haven’t used our blog before? Anyone can create a username & password to comment.

Task for week 1:
•Add a comment answering the question “Which tool are you most interested in learning about this month?”

Several free events are happening this week in recognition of Academy Week, brought to you by the Office of Medical Education Research and Development (aka OMERAD). Check out the events below. Contact OMERAD at the info below for more information:

Monday, October 6
*Roundtable Discussions: Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Educational Scholarship Projects
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10 | 3rd floor, MEB

Tuesday, October 7
*Faculty Development Workshop: Educational Scholarship: Definitions and Opportunities in Everyday Teaching and Education Work
2:00-4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10, MEB

• Hands-on activities will engage participants in clarifying characteristics
  and examples of educational scholarship and how to enhance existing
  teaching and education activities to develop scholarly methods and
  produce scholarship

Wednesday, October 8
Keynote Address: Going Beyond the Hype of Competency-Based Education, Larry Gruppen, Ph. D., Chair, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School
Noon – 1:00 p.m. | Lecture Room 1 | 2nd floor, School of Nursing
Light lunch at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, October 9
*Faculty Development Workshop: Quantity, Quality, and Engagement: Documenting and Presenting Evidence of Educational Excellence and Scholarship
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10 | 3rd floor, MEB

• Participants will learn about various forms of evidence and how to best
  represent their achievements related to quantity, quality, and
  engagement (i.e., scholarly approach and scholarship) in teaching and
  education. They will use the Academy application portfolio format and
  hands-on activities to enhance designing a portfolio and deciding what
  and how to represent excellence and scholarship.

Friday, October 10
Academy New Member Induction Ceremony and Reception
3:00 p.m. | Lecture Room 2 | 2nd floor, School of Nursing

• The entire LSUHSC-NO community is invited to recognize and congratulate
  Academy members

*Registration appreciated to help planning for refreshments and workshop materials. Contact OMERAD via 504-568-2140 or omerad@lsuhsc.edu to reserve a seat.

Hot on the heels of last week’s IgNobel prizes comes the real thing. The Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced earlier today, with HPV and HIV research sharing the award.

2008 Nobel Laureates in Medicine

A search on Barré-Sinoussi is a case study of idiosyncrasies of Author searching in PubMed. Throughout her career Barré-Sinoussi has articles published under the name Barré, F, Sinoussi, FB, and Sinoussi-Barré, F. An article by Barre-Sinoussi, B also turns up, which is probably the 2008 Nobel Laureate mis-attributed in the article.

Reference librarian Mary Marix provided the adventures in PubMed author searching for this post. MK

The 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes, which “celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology” were awarded last night, October 2nd at the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. Although the awards are tongue in cheek, they do recognize work published in research journals. This year’s Chemistry prize, for example, went jointly to a 1985 New England Journal of Medicine work for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and a 1987 Human Toxicology work for discovering that it is not.

There’s a webcast of the ceremony available, or click here to see a list of winners by category.

Tomorrow (Saturday, October 3rd) is an election day in Louisiana. And if you can’t remember your polling place or are confused as to what you’re supposed to be voting on - check out the Secretary of State’s website, GeauxVote. Find out what’s on your ballot now!

Check out the new link on the Library’s webpage: Electronic Journals List.

The List includes titles that are included in INNOPAC, the Library’s Catalog, and titles that we have access to through consortial resources that are considered “out-of-scope” like art, business, or any non-health sciences title.

What online tools do medical professionals use to network with their peers? Check out these sites, compiled by the MLA’s EMTS section:

Grand Rounds - http://frommedskool.com/grand-rounds/
A blog “carnival” which showcases the weekly best of the medical blogosphere. It is hosted by a different medical blogger each week.

Applequack.com – http://applequack.com/
A blog written by a doctor in Australia, it contains reviews of medical software for the Mac, and hacks for doctors, biomedical researchers and students.

Tech Medicine – http://www.healthline.com/blogs/medical_devices/
A blog written by practicing nephrologist and medical school faculty member, he is interested in medicine and technology

The Efficient MD blog - http://efficientmd.blogspot.com/
Reviews of innovations, “life hacks,” gadgets, techniques, and useful tools designed to improve the professional lives of physicians

The Efficient MD Wiki - http://wiki.efficientmd.com/
Designed to help healthcare professional and medical students discover clinical pearls and useful resources

Sermo – http://www.sermo.com
Social networking for doctors, the current largest, only physicians can join

DoctorNetworking.com - http://doctornetworking.com/
Professional networking site for physicians, only for physicians - must include your state license number as part of registration.

Docsboard.com - http://www.docsboard.com/
Non-commercial physician discussion forum aimed at practicing physicians and residents in training. The site is intended to help physicians exchange ideas and discuss matters concerning the profession. Limited access to just physicians.

Doctors and Med Students on Twitter - http://feeds.feedburner.com/doctorsontwitter
An RSS feed of Twitter feeds mashed together. Twitter is a ‘microblogging’ service similar to text messaging, where users post updates to the question ‘What are you doing’ in 160 characters or less.

What’s your favorite?

Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, director of the National Institutes of Health, announced that he will leave at his post at the end of October to to pursue writing projects and explore other professional opportunities.

In a conference call with reporters, Dr. Zerhouni said that he decided to leave the agency before the election “so there is a clear sense that whoever wins the election, N.I.H. has to be a clear priority in their mind.”

Press release from the NIH:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2008/od-24.htm
New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/health/policy/25nih.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Yes, the temporary plywood wall at the Isché Library is much closer to the main elevator doors. So after moving 3 feet back, the wall has now walked 6 feet forward. Stay tuned for more progress on the Library Commons…

A new report from Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge reveals that 36% of Louisiana children ages 10-17 are overweight, and assigns an overall grade of D based on the prevalence of obesity and insufficient exercise programs for young people.

The study, Louisiana’s Report Card on Physical Activity and Health for Children and Youth, will be the focus of the center’s conference starting Wednesday in Baton Rouge to examine solutions to childhood obesity and diabetes. The report is available for free online: http://www.pbrc.edu/report_card/

Interestingly enough, while the Louisiana Council on Obesity Prevention and Management is the conference’s lead sponsor, according to an article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. was a contributing sponsor and McDonald’s was an in-kind sponsor for the week’s conference.

Both Ariane Rung, PhD, LSU School of Public Health, and Melinda Sothern, PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, were on the Report Card’s Advisory Committee.

More information on the Report from the Times-Picayune:
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base//news-6/122214745657990.xml&coll=1

What are the health effects of hanging upside down for three days? The American public will soon find out, as magician David Blaine attempts to hang upside down over Central Park from now until Wednesday night.

In medical circles, hanging upside down can also be referred to as inversion therapy: hanging upside down — supported by your ankles — to allow gravity to naturally decompress disks and nerve roots in your spine. It is generally used to relieve back pain, but studies have found no significant long-term benefit.

The health effects of hanging upside down for prolonged periods of time are interesting. Blood pressure to the head can significantly increase and breathing can be restricted. Hanging upside down can also influence how the body identifies smells.

Do you want to see Journal of Periodontology (JOP) manuscripts come to life? That option is now available through supplementary videos in the online Journal. Visit the online Journal Web site to view our first video by Dr. Dan Holtzclaw, based on the case report “Alternative Anesthetic Technique for Maxillary Periodontal Surgery,” published in the September 2008 issue.

Select authors will be invited to produce 3- to 5- minute videos to supplement material published in their peer-reviewed manuscripts. Videos will be linked to the published paper and can be viewed by selecting the hyperlink “supplementary material” located under the article title in the online Table of Contents. Manuscripts featuring a video will be indicated by an icon within the Table of Contents.

Visit joponline.org often to see exciting new additions! Launching soon: supplementary PowerPoint presentations with audio.

You can also access the video through the Library Catalog by looking up Journal of Periodontology and displaying the full text of the journal.

The INNOPAC server will be rebooted at 9:30 a.m. this morning (Wednesday, September 17th). All services should be back up within a few minutes.

While the ‘Nagin special‘ may have been a not-so-funny joke to Ike evacuees, these links to disaster recovery resources provide a variety of information for those affected by Hurricane Ike. To our friends in the Houston area (not to mention those locally affected) we wish you a speedy recovery!

American Red Cross - Open shelters & resources
Houston area: http://www.houstonredcross.org/
Baton Rouge Area: http://batonrouge.redcross.org/

City of Houston eGovernment Center
www.houstontx.gov
Links and phone numbers for local emergency information from the City of Houston.

FEMA.gov - Hurricane Ike Information and Resources
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/2008/ike/index.shtm
News releases and FEMA progress.
See if your area is a designated county and apply for FEMA assistance:
For Louisiana Residents
For Texas Residents

EMERGENCY.louisiana.gov
http://emergency.louisiana.gov/
Press releases from Louisiana State Government, parish updates, Operation Blue Roof, disaster food stamps, supply distribution centers, road openings & closings, business recovery and more.

Houston Chronicle Home Page
http://www.chron.com/
Neighborhood reports, school & business openings, news, information, photos and multi-media from the Houston area newspaper.

Where’s the Power on? Houston Area (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/databases/ikepower.html
Interactive map of Houston area shows where power is on.

Hurricane Ike Information from the New Orleans Times-Picayune
http://www.nola.com/hurricane-ike/
News on Ike from New Orleans’ regional newspaper

Hurricane Ike Consumer Resource Page - Texas Department of Insurance
http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/consumer/storms/cpmhurrike.html
Variety of links and information on insurance providers and disaster assistance for consumers.

Hurricane Ike Resources Blog
http://hurricaneikeresources.org/
Up to date response and relief info. Browse news by parish, state or county. Excellent scope of information for all states effected by the storm.

Louisiana Library Status Blog
http://prepare.lib.la.us/blog/
Tracking the status of libraries in Louisiana in the event of an emergency.

NN/LM Disaster Preparedness
http://nnlm.gov/ep/
Disaster Resources from the South Central region.
Library Updates: http://nnlm.gov/scr/blog/?p=684

Official Site of the City of Galveston
http://www.cityofgalveston.org/
Galveston Conditions Post-Hurricane Ike, what to do if your structure is damaged, reporting damage, etc.

Texas Department of Transportation
http://www.txdot.gov/travel/hurricane.htm
Road conditions and updates.

Texas Responds
http://www.texasresponds.org/Joom/
State of Texas portal for cash or resource donations and registry for volunteer efforts.

The library will close at 2pm today.

We expect to be open regular hours tomorrow, weather permitting:
Saturday hours: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

LSUHSC Emergency Notices

The latest issue of the Library’s Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present. Articles include:

Off Campus Access to the catalog is available once again. Thanks for your patience.

Interested in publishing? The Association of Schools of Public Health recently announced that it will begin a peer-reviewed Student Column in the Public Health Reports journal.

Potential submitters may be current students, current fellows, or recent graduates (within two years) of CEPH-accredited schools of public health. ASPH also seeks student reviewers for the column. For more information, visit www.publichealthreports.org.

The Electronic Links in the catalog, INNOPAC, are working on-campus only. We are still working on off-campus access

Most of the E-Journal & E-Book Links in the catalog are still not working today. We are working with our support team to get the links working again. We hope to have them back up by mid-day today.

Off-campus access library resources using your library barcode & password is currently down. Some journals and databases may be unavailable off campus while we address this problem.

In the meantime, you can access the following Intranet resources using your LSUHSC username & password. (Don’t forget to add lsumc-master\ before your username.)

Micromedex: https://intranet.lsuhsc.edu/micromedex/
Ovid: http://ovid.lsuhsc.edu/
PubMed (free version - limited full text): http://www.pubmed.gov

For urgent article or research requests, please email reference@lsuhsc.edu. Your request will be handled by tomorrow morning.

Thanks for your patience while we sort this out!

Maintenance is complete.