Library News

Agramonte Yellow Fever Collection

Remember the grant that the Libraries received last summer? The Aristides Agramonte Yellow Fever Collection is now available via the Louisiana Digital Library. This collection provides access over 130 full text historic books and journal articles dating from the 1790s to about 1930; the titles revolve around the epidemiology and pathology of yellow fever.

Happy Mardi Gras!

King of Carrollton; taken by JKL on Feb. 27, 2011

King of Carrollton; taken by JKL on Feb. 27, 2011

 

We know that in most of the United States, it’s just another Tuesday…but here in New Orleans, it’s Mardi Gras. The LSUHSC Libraries (and our entire campus) is closed today in celebration.

Faculty Articles Now on Display

The Isché Library's new faculty articles display has been inaugurated.

The Isché Library's new faculty articles display has been inaugurated.

The Isché Library has developed a new display that will highlight recent articles by LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty. This display will be regularly updated with materials that have been gathered into the Faculty Publications Database, which is maintained by the Isché Library as a prominent resource.

The articles on display, rotated out monthly, are in the Isché LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

About the Isché LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database:

The Faculty Publications Database includes citations to papers, editorials, letters to the editor, meeting abstracts, books, and book chapters authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 – present. Information in this database is retrieved from several sources, including: PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, EMBASE.com, CINAHL, PsycInfo and contributions directly from faculty members.

Access to this database is available to the public. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact Kathy Kerdolff: kkerdo@lsuhsc.edu

The database is linked from the Library web page here. This page includes a handy link to a PDF document of the monthly bibliography of display articles.

Carnival Weekend Hours

Both the Dental and Isché Libraries will have altered schedules for carnival weekend and will be closed on Mardi Gras day; additionally, Dental will have reduced hours for days after Mardi Gras for Spring Break.
The hours are as follows:

Isché Library
  • Friday, March 4th 8 am – 6 pm Regular Hours
  • Saturday, March 5th 9:30 am – 3 pm
  • Sunday, March 6th 12 noon – 5:30 pm
  • Monday, March 7th 8 am – 5 pm
  • Tuesday, March 8th CLOSED University Holiday
  • Wednesday, March 9th 8 am – 10 pm Regular Hours
  • Dental Library
  • Friday, March 4th 8 am – 5 pm Regular Hours
  • Saturday, March 5th CLOSED Regular Hours
  • Sunday, March 6 CLOSED
  • Monday, March 7 8 am – 5 pm
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  • Tuesday, March 8th CLOSED University Holiday
  • Wednesday, March 9 8 am – 5 pm
  • Thursday, March 10 8 am – 5 pm
  • Friday, March 11 8 am – 5 pm
  • Saturday, March 12 CLOSED Regular Hours
  • Sunday, March 13 1:30 – 10 pm Regular Hours
  • Cultural Topics Lecture Series

    On February 15, Tessie Prevost Williams, administrative assistant in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, presented “Integrating New Orleans Schools: The Civil Rights Movement Through the Eyes of a Child,” the second in a series of lectures sponsored by the School of Dentistry Library. In 1960 Tessie was one of four black children selected to integrate two New Orleans elementary schools. Tessie described her experiences to an audience of faculty, staff, and students. More of her story is available on the School of Dentistry web site.

    ILL E-Delivery

    Since late December, if you’ve ordered an article via ILLiad, the Library’s Interlibrary Loan service, you were in for a pleasant surprise…Electronic Delivery!

    Articles are delivered as an PDF, which can then be saved or printed by the requestor. Posted articles are only available for 30 days and then are automatically deleted from the server.

    The ILL staff is changing everyone’s preferred delivery method to electronic as they receive requests, but users can change their own by using the “Change User Information” link in the menu on the left hand side of the ILLiad Main Menu.

    Remember not all materials may be delivered electronically: books, articles requiring a cash payment, materials with publisher restrictions.

    Spring Library Newsletter

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

    Library Commons Chilly on 1/17

    Due to contractor work on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (Monday, January 17th), the heat will be off in the Resource Center. The Library Commons should be available but chilly. So bundle up to study!

    MLK, Jr Day Holiday

    The LSUHSC Libraries (both Isché and Dental) will be closed on Monday, January 17th in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday. Both Libraries will be open regular hours, 1:30-10 pm, on Sunday, January 16th.

    Student Worker Needed

    The Library is looking for a part-time student worker for evenings and weekends.?á Pick up an application at the Circulation Desk.

    Both Libraries Open!

    Both the Isché and Dental Libraries have re-opened, as is the Library Commons downtown. Happy 2011! And Happy Saints in the Playoffs!

    Library Commons Closed

    The Library Commons will be unavailable from 6 am on Monday, December 27th through 6 am on Thursday, December 30th due to the re-surfacing of the walkway into the Resource Center Building.

    Libraries are Closed

    The Libraries (both Isché and Dental) are closed for the Winter Break. The Dental Library will re-open on Sunday, January 2nd at 1:30 pm. The Isché Library will re-open on Monday, January 3rd at 8 am.

    Student Workers Needed!

    Interested in getting paid and adding valuable research and customer service skills?áto your resume? The library is currently seeking student workers to work part-time evening and weekend shifts. ?áApplications are available at the Circulation desk in the library (3rd floor of Resource Center building).

    Ische Library – Winter Break Hours

    The Isché Library will have reduced hours for Winter Break before closing from December 23rd through January 2nd. The hours will be as follows:
    Monday-Wednesday December 20th-22nd 8 am – 6 pm
    Thursday, December 23rd through January 2nd Closed

    The Library will resume normal hours on January 3rd.