Jennifer Lloyd

Registrar Moves Out!

The Registrar’s Office which has been housed in the Isché Library since 2006, has moved to the 1st floor of the Resource Center Building. Go check out their new space.

Thanksgiving Hours

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Libraries (both Dental & Isch?®) will close early on Wednesday, November 21st. Dental will close at 5 pm and?á?áIsch?® will close at 6 pm.?á The Libraries will remain closed Thursday, November 22nd throught Saturday, November 24th.?á Both will re-0pen on Sunday, November 25th at their normal times, Dental at?á11:30 am?áand?áIsch?® at 1:30 pm.

Enter on the 1st Floor

For the first time since August 2005, the first floor of the Resource Center Building is open.?á The Registrar‘s Office which has been housed in the Library for the last several years will be moving in two weeks to occupy their newly renovated space.

Campus Wide Book Club Meeting

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The Campuswide Book Club will meet on Monday, November 12th to discuss it’s latest title, Nine Lives. The author and some of the New Orleanians featured in the book will be in attendance.

Location: Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido, Seminar rm. 4

Time: 12:15 – 1:30 pm Monday, November 12th

The LSUHSC Campuswide Book Club is sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Multicultural Affairs.

Happy Halloween from the CDC

Just what everyone wants today,?átips and?áHealth-e-Cards from the CDC. I am particular fond of the flossing vampire. Cards are available in English & Spanish.

Screen capture from Health-e-Card

Sample Ballot for Nov. 6th Election

In case you’re not aware, there is an election on November 6th and our nation will be selecting a new president.?á However there are a number of other elections happening the same day, including a slew of Louisiana Constitutional Amendments?á(pdf).?á To see what’s on the ballot in your precinct, use the Louisiana Secretary of State‘s GeauxVote.com website to see what else you may be voting on.?á Just click on Sample Ballot.

SCC/MLA Librarian of the Year: Molly Knapp

SCC/MLA Librarian of the Year 2012

Today at its annual meeting the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association honored LSUHSC-New Orleans’ own Maureen “Molly” Knapp with its Librarian of the Year award.?á This award recognizes “outstanding contributions in health sciences librarianship.”?á Molly was recognized for the development and coordination of a national online training course for librarians, entitled “Get Mobilized!“?á For her efforts the South Central Chapter won Chapter Project of the Year at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association in May in Seattle, WA.

Ische Library Closed on Saturday (10/13)

The Isché Library will be closed on Saturday, October 13th due to a scheduled Entergy outage. The Library will reopen on Sunday, October 14th at 1:30 pm.

The Library Commons will most likely be unavailable during the outage which is scheduled from 7 am until approximately 3 pm on Saturday.

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program Grant

The LSUHSC School of Nursing has been awarded a $700,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant will fund students who are pursuing degrees in the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program. “Money can be used for tuition, books, fees, and reasonable living expenses,” according to the alert released by the Office of Information Services. Full-time students who meet eligibility requirements may receive up to $22,000 from the grant.

New Issue of the Library Bulletin

The latest issue of the LibraryÔÇÖs Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

CDC Grand Rounds: New Disease Detection

The Centers for Disease Control offers a monthly Public Health Grand Rounds webcast.?á The Tuesday, September 18th broadcast (12-1 pm CDT) is entitled “Explaining the Unexplained: Discovering New Diseases Using Advanced Detection Tools.“?á It is possible to receive continuing education contact hours for participating.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information replaces Lexi-PALs

Somehow in the summer doldrums, we missed that EBSCO was switching from Lexi-PALS to AHFS Consumer Medication Information. This free database (to EBSCO subscribers) is used to supplement health science databases.?á AHFS is an acronym for?á?áAmerican Hospital Formulary Service?« and is published by?áthe American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.?á?á It is updated monthly and information is available in both English and Spanish.

HaPI moves to EBSCO

EBSCO Screenshot

The Health and Psychosocial Instrument (HaPI) database is now available via EBSCOhost. HaPI is a bibliographic database which provides “information about behavioral measurement instruments. Information in the database is abstracted from hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences. Additionally, instruments from Industrial/Organizational Behavior and Education are included.”

LSUHSC Libraries have had access to HaPI since the fall of 2001 via Ovid, but we switched suppliers on September 1st.

Isaac Aftermath / Labor Day Hours

The Isché Library will be open limited hours (9 am – 5 pm) on Friday, August 31st and Saturday, September 1st and from 11:30 am to 8 pm on Sunday, September 2nd in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. The Library will be closed Monday, September 3rd in observance of Labor Day.

The Dental Library remains closed until Tuesday, September 4th at 8 am.

Library Storm Closure

*Update*
Because Isaac is lingering the campuses will remain closed until Tuesday, September 4th. The Libraries will reopen at 8 am. Be safe.

The LSUHSC Libraries?á will close today, Monday, August 27th at 5 pm for Isch?® and 4 pm for Dental?áand will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 28th and 29th.?á There is a possibility of being closed on Thursday, August 30th as well, depending on flooding and power issues.?á The Library Commons will be closed as well.

Please visit the Campus Emergency website for more information.