Sabrina Caston

Street Closure/ Traffic Re-route (Roman Street Parking Garage)

There will be yet another temporary change in traffic on block of Roman Street between Tulane and Gravier starting Wednesday, March 20th. Below find the text from an email from facilities services.
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The construction of the underground utility piping along South Roman Street continues. The contractor is nearing completion of pipe installation under the sidewalk this week and will commence trenching across South Roman Street at the intersection with Tulane Avenue at 6:00 AM on Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013. Consequently, South Roman Street will switch to two-way local traffic accessible only from the Gravier Street end. The parking garage entrance lanes and exit lanes will remain open. The intersection of Tulane Avenue and South Roman will be closed to traffic, therefore users should enter from the Gravier Street end and will exit that same direction when leaving. ?á A map illustrating the street and sidewalk closure can be viewed here:

https://www.lsuhsc.edu/events/docs/South_Roman_Traffic_Change.jpg

Thank you for your patience.

D.I.Y. Scanning @ Ische

The Ische library has added its first self-service scanner. It is located on the 4^th floor next to the print station. It is exclusively available for LSUHSC faculty, students and staff. It will allow users to view documents in an eco-friendly way as well as allow each user to customize their scans for better quality.

Saving scanned documents is easy as 1, 2 or 3.

1. Save to a USB flash drive
2. E-mail document to yourself
3. Save to ÔÇ£OÔÇØ drive ÔÇô (access it from anywhere on campus or through Citrix)

Library’s Bookdrop Temp Location

The bookdrop has temporarily been moved inside the Resource Center building on the 2nd floor between the bookstore and credit union. It will be moved back to its usual location after re-surfacing of the crosswalk is complete (on or about January 2nd).

Access to the Library Commons is possible with an LSUHSC ID during the campus closure; because of the crosswalk re-surfacing, enter the building via the 1st floor.

BLS for Healthcare Providers

Any free time during the holidays? Well you might want to take advantage the Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers course. You will learn CPR techniques to assist people of all ages and how to use an AED. Cost is $50 and itÔÇÖll only take approximately 4hours.

For more info, check out the flyer:?á

Toys~4~Tots!

PIG (Pediatric Interest Group) is sponsoring a toy drive.?á Drop off boxes are in Lecture Halls A & B on the 1^st floor of the MEB. Last day to donate is Tuesday December 18th, so hurry!

November is American Diabetes Month

So now that turkey day is over and done with, answer these questions:

• Are you overweight?
• Exercise less than 3x per week?
• Have high blood pressure or high cholesterol?
• Have any immediate relatives with diabetes?

Today there are millions at risk for developing type-2 diabetes. Many people donÔÇÖt understand the severity of the disease which often leads to stroke, heart disease and even blindness.

You can do a lot to improve your chances of NOT getting type-2 diabetes such as monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels, exercising and being more active, eating healthy, etc.

For more info, please visit:

http://healthfinder.gov/nho/NovToolkit.aspx

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/consumer/prevent.htm

Health & Wellness Event – Wednesday Nov 7th

What:?á 6^th Annual Health & Wellness Event

When:?á Wednesday November 7^th from 10 am ÔÇô 2 pm

Where:?á MEB 3^rd floor Room S4

Stop by and get a chance to win a lot of prizes including signed Saints photographs, gift cards, and many?á more!?á The first 200 people to come and fill out the exit survey will get a Mardi Gras cup printed with the eventÔÇÖs logo!?á The Wellness Center will also be offering 30 min sessions of some of their group exercise classes in Room S10:

11:00 ÔÇô 11:30 am:?á Zumba

12:00 ÔÇô 12:30 pm:?á Pilates and Yoga Challenge

1:00 ÔÇô 1:30 pm:?á Kickboxing

Brought to you by:?á Physical Therapy Students Class of 2014

Parking Garage Stairwell Closure

*Edit* Closure has been extended to 6 am on Wednesday, May 30th.

From Saturday May 26^th through Tuesday May 29^th at 6am, the main stairwell in the S. Roman Street Parking Garage will be closed for resurfacing. There are two alternate stairwells that can be used, as well as the elevator. As a reminder, have your id handy because the alternate stairwells have restricted access which requires you to scan your id to get to the stairwell.

Printing/Copying Price Increase

Effective May 21st, the cost of printing for black and white copies will increase 2?ó per page.
Color printing will remain 25?ó per page, for the time being.

Single-Sided ÔÇô from 8?ó to 10?ó
Double-Sided ÔÇô from 12?ó to 14?ó
Color ÔÇô 25?ó per page

LibGuides

Check out our updated LibGuides, which are our subject and course specific research aids.

You can browse by tag, subject or even by a specific librarian. So far the 9 subjects covered are:

ÔÇó Allied Health
ÔÇó Basic Sciences
ÔÇó Course Specific
ÔÇó Dentistry
ÔÇó Medicine
ÔÇó Mobile
ÔÇó Nursing
ÔÇó Public Health
ÔÇó Technology

When in doubt, use the Need Help? option, during listed operating hours, and get live assistance.

March 25th eCycling Event at Superdome

Tomorrow New Orleanians are encouraged to drop off electronics for a recycling event brought to you by LG Electronics USA. In exchange each participant will receive a $50-$150 Best Buy instant savings coupon, that can ONLY be used in the purchase of a qualifiable ENERGY STAR LG flat-panel tv and can ONLY be redeemed between the dates of March 25^th and April 7^th.?á The ÔÇ£Do March RightÔÇØ themed event is so convenient that participants donÔÇÖt even have to get out of their cars to donate. Recycling reduces the amount of hazardous waste in landfills as well as cut back on ?áthe extracting of raw materials from the earth.

Acceptable Items include (but are not limited to):

?áComputers ÔÇô CPUs

Computer monitors

Printers

Fax machines

Televisions

VCRs

Steroes

Home and Cell Phones

GPS devices

Digital Cameras

For a full list of acceptable items and items that are not accepted, please see the following links:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lg-invites-new-orleanians-to-recycle-old-electronics-save-on-new-purchases-as-2012-ncaa-mens-final-four-approaches-143629626.html

http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/from-the-wires/wire-news-display/1628755896.html

Current Patrons & New-Comers!

The onset of the Spring 2012 semester is officially here and the library would like to extend a welcome to patrons both new & old. This might be a refresher for some but for any newcomers, below is some useful information that might assist in your academic career.

HereÔÇÖs a tidbit about what the library has to offer:

– ?á ?á ?á ?á?á Reserve Section -Current assigned texts for in-house use only

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Pay Paw Machine ÔÇô Accepts CASH ONLY (coins NOT accepted)

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Computer Lab -14 computers total, located on the 4^th floor

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Popular Reading section (variety of current magazines)

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Daily dose of the Times Picayune Newspaper – 3rd floor

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Study Rooms ÔÇô 6 total, first come first serve

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Old School Technology ÔÇô Microfiche machine, Video cassette player, VHS player, etc.

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Printers ÔÇô both b/w & color prints available

-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Copiers ÔÇô a copy machine is located nearest the elevator on each floor of the library

In addition to books and journals, you can also check out headphones, dry erase markers, ethernet cords and cables for the big screen televisions in the commons area.

Inner Beauty of Nature: X-Ray Photography

The retired professor of surgery, Bert Myers, published a book about x-ray photography. A mere 18 years after the x-ray was discovered by Roentgen, the French scientist Goby took an x-ray of a leaf in 1913 and soon to follow were others that took an interest in the unique and creative art form. Most recently, Myers has been adding color to some of his x-rayed images through Photoshop.

The book mentions four image manipulations: positive, negative, solarized, and line derivation. ?áBelow is a positive black & white image of a blue crab.

For more details and an up close look at more photos, the book is available through his website or borrow the library’s copy.

If you arenÔÇÖt familiar with locating books in our library donÔÇÖt fret, take a look at our How to find a book tutorial on the libraryÔÇÖs homepage (updates coming soon!).

http://www.bmyersphoto.com/

DISPLAYS: Leather DoctorÔÇÖs Bag

Expectantly, when doctors did house calls, they depended on their knowledge as well as the considerably well thought out contents placed inside their bags.

Most had six compartments that allowed for a wide range of necessities to be stored; to name a few: injections, gauze, sutures, needles, gloves, and pills. More contents usually meant that the location of practice or closest hospital were farther away.

The bag was usually kept in the trunk or in the vehicles interior, however the hot summer months and freezing temperatures during winter presented challenges for some of its contents. Bottles of sterile water and ampoules were sometimes frozen solid which meant that they had to be thawed out before being administered and even then have the possibility of losing its potency.

Get an up close look! —> Currently on display in the Library Commons

World Pneumonia Day!

Surprisingly, just about every 20 seconds a child under age 5 succumbs to the disease pneumonia. ?áIn its 2^nd year of existence, the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia is raising awareness about the disease. It is preventable and there are effective and affordable options that help protect children. The symptoms include but are not limited to: cough, shaking chills, fever, fatigue, and muscle pain. Its symptoms often mimic those of the flu but when it doubt, get checked out.

?áFor more info, visit:

http://worldpneumoniaday.org/