At the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association (last month in Chicago), three of our Librarians were recognized at the awards luncheon!
No other library had so many individuals recognized. Read all about their fabulousness in the May 30th edition of the Chancellor’s Notes (pdf).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced a new clinical research program that will aim to provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis. Called the Undiagnosed Diseases Program, the trans-NIH initiative will focus on the most puzzling medical cases referred to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., by physicians across the nation.
“The new program, which got under way over the past month, is the culmination of efforts by William A. Gahl, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the NIH; John I. Gallin, M.D., director of the NIH Clinical Center; and Stephen Groft, Pharm.D., director of the NIH Office of Rare Diseases (ORD). With the program infrastructure now in place, the program is ready to accept patients, the first of which is expected to be seen in July 2008.”
According to Scientific American, Blogging is good for you, as are most types of expressive writing. Now we know why the blogosphere is exploding.
is the only one that will now travel to the Library. The other elevators will return to service once the Library Commons project is further along.
Construction is proceeding at the Isché Library. The temporary walls are being built as I type; these walls will encompass the elevator lobby on the 3rd floor. For the next few days, only elevator #4 can be used to access the Library. *EDIT* All elevators are still currently working. The limited access won’t happen until later this week.
Auxiliary Enterprises is currently rolling out new Pay-for-Print software and hardware. The Isché Library already has a new print station on the 3rd floor & the 4th floor station is to be installed today. The price for printing will be 8¢ per single page and 12¢ for double sided, starting Monday, June 2nd. Printing in the Library will continue to require a PayPaw card.
Last night the Reference Desk and the Pay-for-Print stations were moved over the left side of the Circulation Desk. The demolition phase of the Library Commons project is set to begin on Monday, May 26th.
The Public PCs on the 3rd floor of the Isché Library have been moved to the area beside the Circulation/Reference Areas near Tulane Ave. Looks like the Library Commons project is accelerating!
In preparation for the work on the new Library Commons, Study Room 401-T will temporarily become a staff office. The move is happening now; when it is complete, room 301-G will become a study room, at least until demolition starts! For more information on study space in the Isché Library, check out the online floor plans.
The Isché Library will be closed this Saturday, May 17th due to necessary A/C repairs to the building. The Library will re-open on Sunday, May 18th at 1:30 p.m.
Reference Librarian, Molly Knapp has been selected as one of the official MLA bloggers for the 2008 Annual Meeting in Chicago. What this means for this blog is that starting next week, posts will appear with the subject line of MLA2008 and that the official meeting website will be linking to our little part of the blogosphere.
MLA is the Medical Library Association; this organization is the primary National professional group for medical/health sciences librarians. Molly was one of only 15 librarians to receive this invitation.
MedlinePlus.gov debuted a multilingual feature, providing access to high quality health information in languages other than English and Spanish today (Wednesday, May 7th).
“The new collection contains over 2,500 links to information in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 Health Topics. Continuous growth is expected.”
MedlinePlus.gov is a consumer-oriented, free website from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
The renovation project for the new Library Commons will start this Summer. The plans for the area are now on view in the Isché Library. Come check them out.
Mosby’s Nursing Consult updated over 8,000 patient handouts over the weekend. These handouts are written at between a 6th & 8th grade reading level and LSUHSC “Authorized Users have permission to print copies of patient education handouts for personal, non-commercial use in educating patients.”
Examination time is here again and the Isché Library will be open until midnight every night of the week through May 15th. Come get your study on this weekend.
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