Wireless Upgrade

The Wireless Network in the Isché Library and the Library Commons will upgraded tonight (Tuesday, September 21st) at 10 pm. The network will be unvailable for approximately 30-45 minutes.

Cocaine as Local Anesthesia

In 1884, cocaine was first used as a local anesthesia for eye surgery. Sigmund Freud even endorsed it. At the time it was considered much more useful than ether.

Course Reserves Added to Catalog

The Library is pleased to announce the availability of the “Course Reserves” module in the library catalog, INNOPAC. Library reserve items can now be located using the Course Reserves module to search by either Course or Professor.

Course Reserves

Check out a quick video (link REMOVED) demonstrating the steps.
If your current course is not listed, please have your instructor submit a booklist or syllabus to the library.

Please contact your Library Liaison or Collection Development Librarian, Marlene Bishop for further information.

Wired Ports on Campus

*Update – 2:15 pm*
The Wired Ports in the Library have reverted to allow “guest” laptops to work.
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Computer Services pushed through a change to all wired (requiring a cord) ports on the downtown campus yesterday, including the ones in the Library and the Library Commons. The ports will now required that any laptop connecting will need to be included in the network. (How to tell if your laptop is “in the network?” Do you use your LSUHSC userid and password to login? Then yes. If not? Then no.) Users who have “guest” computers will notice a message in the tray of their taskbar saying their Local Area Network has Limited Connectivity.

Wireless access is still available for non-network laptops.

Go Saints!

Don’t worry! Although everyone in the Libraries are big Saints fans, both the Isché and Dental Libraries will be open until 10 p.m. tonight.

DHH & La Seafood

Since the safety of Louisiana seafood has been a big topic in the news lately, I was pleased to discover that the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals, along with the departments of Wildlife and Fisheries, Environmental Quality, and Agriculture and Forestry have been issuing weekly Seafood Safety Surveillance Reports since July. The latest report was issued today.

Labor Day Hours

Both the Dental & Isché Libraries will have special hours this weekend for Labor Day. They are as follows:

ÔÇó Saturday, Sept. 4th 9:30 am – 6 pm (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, Sept. 5th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, Sept. 6th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, Sept. 7th 8 am – 10 pm (Regular Hours)

ÔÇó Saturday, Sept. 4th CLOSED (Regular Hours)
ÔÇó Sunday, Sept. 5th CLOSED
ÔÇó Monday, Sept. 6th CLOSED (University Holiday)
ÔÇó Tuesday, Sept. 7th 8 am – 10 pm (Regular Hours )

Donate to Public Schools

The LSUHSC/New Orleans Recovery School District Science Partnership 2010 Supply Drive is now collecting donations at several locations around campus, including both the Main Campus and Dental Libraries. Any types of school supplies are accepted, but paper, crayons, notebooks, markers and pencils are especially appreciated.

This annual project is sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies. Supplies can be donated today through Friday, September 10th.

Commons PC – Update

The SAS software will not be renewed on the Library Commons PCs. Usage did not warrant its renewal.

The Healing Blade

Attention medical geeks and gamers: American Medical news reports on a new role-playing game that teaches infectious diseases.

“Developed by two physician/gamers, Francis Kong and Arun Mathews, Healing Blade plunges the player into a world of sorcery and creatures, where real-world knowledge of infectious diseases and therapeutics play a pivotal role in the winning strategy.”

The print edition, which resembles Magic: the Gathering or Pokemon in game play, retails for $24.99 but is currently sold out at Amazon.com. According to the product’s website, a second printing is underway. Of course, an iPhone application is also in development.

As far as we know, the item will not be available for checkout in the library. However, the library commons is open 24 hours for anyone wanting to start a medical gamer night.

Fall Library Newsletter

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

James Carroll & Yellow Fever

110 years ago today, Major James Carroll, a US Army Physician, “allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the means of transmission of yellow fever. Carroll developed a severe case of yellow fever, helping his colleague, Army pathologist Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes transmit this often-deadly disease (from the Library of Congress).” James Carroll is one of the Yellow Fever Commission physicians featured on the Enrique Alferez frieze in the LSUHSC Library Commons. The featured men are Walter Reed, Aristides Agramonte (for whom the Library was originally named), Jesse Lazear, and James Carroll.

Conquest of Yellow Fever frieze by Enrique Alferez

Ische Library Closed 8/28

The Isch?® Library will be closed on Saturday, August 28th. The mitigation contractor will be shutting down power to the entire Resource Center Building. The Library Commons will be closed as well until the late afternoon or early evening, whenever work is complete.

The Library will re-open at 1:30 pm on Sunday, August 29th.

Free Kaplan books for iphone/ipad

imedicalapps.com is reporting that Kaplan publishing, producers of such favorite books as Kaplan Medical USMLE Step 3 Qbooks is offering 19 FREE medical books via the Apple Bookstore until August 30th.

More info & screenshots at imedicalapps.com

You may not have the Step on your radar right now, but rest assured, time marches on. This offer ends August 30th, so get your books while you can!

ScienceDirect Down – Sat, Aug 28

ScienceDirect and Scopus, will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours (6:30am – 4:30pm) on Saturday, 28 August. During this time, upgrades will be implemented to these systems as part of the launch of the new SciVerse platform.
For more information about SciVerse, please visit http://www.acceleratescience.com/.