Jennifer Lloyd

November is American Diabetes Month

November is American Diabetes Month according to the Centers for Disease Control. MedlinePlus offers a great deal of patient information on Diabetes that supplements the CDC page.

Fall Fest Today

The university-wide Fall Fest is today and all LSUHSC faculty, staff, students and their families are invited. It will be from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. According to Chancellor Larry Hollier, “There will be something for everyone ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ delicious food and drink, live music from Bag of Donuts, an airbrush tattoo artist and clowns with balloons for the little ones. For those of you coming from off campus, free parking will be available in Student Lot 2 (on the corner of Perdido and Bolivar streets). We?óÔé¼Ôäóre grateful to Campus Federal for their sponsorship of the event.”

Tips for Staying Healthy from the CDC

The CDC has created The Ounce of Prevention campaign to give health educators and consumers practical and useful tips. The website offers a variety of resources, including information on food preparation, wild animals, and antibiotics.

Progress in Mud

The Library Commons project is moving forward. Drywall has been up for over a week, but the workers started the mudding process today.

Vote!

In case you haven’t heard, today is election day. Remember that to find your precinct or a sample ballot, the Louisiana Secretary of State offers GeauxVote website with that information.

Last Chance to Dig In – 2 More Classes

The Libraries have offered a blitz of classes in honor of National Medical Librarians Month which ended on Friday. Here are the final two classes associated with our month of events:

Register today by calling the Circulation Desk (504-568-5550) or by emailing reference@lsuhsc.edu.

Halloween Shin-Dig Today!

Don’t forget to come to the Isché Library today between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm for the Shin-Dig!

Three Library Witches

Candy, Information, Giveaways!

Gruesome Images

Looking for some harrowing images to decorate your Halloween party? Check out the Library’s list of Image databases. Find videos of surgeries (AccessSurgery) or just creepy pictures of old houses (Louisiana Digital Library). Or even use the images for instructional purposes.

Remember: Dental Open House Today

The Dental Library Open House will be today from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Go and “Sink Your Teeth In!”

Sink Your Teeth In at the Dental Library Open House

Come Enjoy the Halloween Shin-Dig

Dig In & Dig Dental – 2 Classes & 1 Open House

Two more chances to learn and one chance to celebrate:

Check out the Dental Library Open House on Tuesday, October 28th from 11:30 to 1:30; Go and “Sink Your Teeth In!”

Sink Your Teeth In at the Dental Open House

2 More Chances to Learn – Dig In

Two classes are happening this week:
General Library Systems @ Isché on Tuesday, October 21st from 1:30-3 pm
Health Literacy @ Dental on Wednesday, October 22nd from 12 noon to 1 pm

Register by calling either the Isch?â?® or Dental Libraries’ Circulation Desks (504-568-5550 or 504-941-8158) or by emailing either reference@lsuhsc.edu or dentlib@lsuhsc.edu.

Dig In – 3 Classes this Week

Check out three more opportunities to learn!

Register today by calling either the Isch?â?® or Dental Libraries’ Circulation Desks (504-568-5550 or 504-941-8158) or by emailing either reference@lsuhsc.edu or dentlib@lsuhsc.edu.

Dark Chocolate=Good

And good for you? According to a story released yesterday by Reuters Health, dark chocolate font size=”-1″>(link removed) may keep your healthy. The original research appeared in Journal of Nutrition, v.138 (9) 1671-76 September 2008. Just what I need an excuse to indulge my love of chocolate.

Library Classes – Tomorrow – Dig In!

Two classes are being offered tomorrow (Wednesday, October 8th). The General Library Systems Class will be held from 9:30 – 11 a.m. at the Isché Library. And Navigating E-Journals Class will be held at the Dental Library from 12 noon to 1 p.m.

Sign up now for either class by calling the Circulation Desk at either the Isché or Dental Libraries (504-568-5550 or 504-941-8158).