INNOPAC down

The libraries’ online catalog will be down for the next 2 hours for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Catalog Scheduled Downtime TODAY!

Innopac, the Libraries’ Online Catalog, will be down for sheduled maintenance from about 3 until 5 p.m. today. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Have the Walls Moved?

It’s not your imagination. The temporary plywood wall at the Isché Library has moved back about 3 feet. Progress is being made on the Library Commons.

Debunking Autism theory

An editorial in the New York Times today points to a new case-control study that attempts to replicate the controversial Wakefield study on autism, which in 1998 drew an inferential link between the MMR vaccine, gastrointestinal problems found in many autistic children and autism.

The new study, conducted by researchers from Columbia University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the CDC, tried and failed to replicate the earlier findings. The new study, published in PLoS One, is freely available on the web: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0003140

We’re open! Welcome back.

The library, along with the rest of campus, resumes normal operations today, Monday September 8th.

Regular Library Hours
Monday – Thursday
8 a.m. to 12 midnight
Friday
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday
9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday
1:30 p.m. to 12 midnight

Closed ’til Monday

The library along with the rest of LSUHSC New Orleans Campus will be closed until Monday September 8th at the earliest. Be careful out there!

Off campus library instructions and video.

More campus updates here: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/emergency/

New Orleans Campus Closing for Hurricane Gustav

The entire LSUHSC campus will be closing at 6 p.m. today (Saturday, August 30th) in anticipation (or dread) of Hurricane Gustav. Weather permitting the campus will re-open on Thursday, September 4th.

Library Closed on Saturday

The John P. Isché Library will be closed tomorrow (Saturday, August 30th) due to campus storm preparations.

Text Alerts

As we are all watching the projected path of Hurricane Gustav, don’t forget to sign up for the University’s Text/EMail Alert System.

Labor Day Hours

The Isché & Dental Libraries will both be closed Sunday, August 31st and Monday, September 1st for the Labor Day Holiday. Both will resume their regular schedules on Tuesday, September 2nd which is 8 a.m. to 12 midnight for Isché and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for Dental.

New issue of the Dental Library Newsletter

The Fall 2008 issue of The Library Explorer, the newsletter of the LSUSD Library, is now available at
http://www.lsusd.lsuhsc.edu/libr/Newsletters/Fall08_news/Fall08_news_p1.htm
This issue, our first since returning from Baton Rouge, includes an update on library services, information about Embase (an alternative to MEDLINE for searching the biomedical literature), accessing online journals, recent acquisitions, faculty publications, and more.

If you prefer to print the newsletter, a pdf version is available at
http://www.lsusd.lsuhsc.edu/libr/Newsletters/Fall08_news/08_fall.pdf.

Links to both the html and pdf versions can be found on the library home page:
http://www.lsusd.lsuhsc.edu/libr/

New FCOI tutorial from NIH available

NIH has announced the availability of a Web-based tutorial related to the “Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which PHS Funding is Sought.”

In its release notice, NIH states, “As part of NIH’s continuing educational efforts to improve and enhance compliance with Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) requirements, we developed a Web-based tutorial which reviews the requirements of and the responsibilities for compliance with these Federal FCOI regulations. The tutorial is designed for use by Institutional officials responsible for managing NIH funded grants, cooperative agreements and/or contracts and for individuals who are responsible for the design, conduct or reporting of NIH-supported research.
We hope this tutorial proves to be a useful educational tool and strongly encourage all NIH-funded investigators to take it.”

The tutorial may be accessed on the Office of Extramural Research, Conflict of Interest Page.
LINK: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/coi/tutorial/fcoi.htm

Upcoming OMERAD workshop

Presenting a new event open to all LSUHSC-NO Faculty, Residents, Fellows and Doctoral Students

Developing Educational Scholarship from Everyday Work
Sheila W. Chauvin, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Jack R. Scott, Ed.D., M.P.H.
Office of Medical Education Research and Development, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center
DATE: Thursday, August 28, 2008
TIME: 2:00 p.m. ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 5:00 p.m.
LOCATION: ENT Conference Room (Fifth Floor, Clinical Sciences Research Building, 533 Bolivar)
TO REGISTER: Registration is not required, but appreciated to help with planning.
Please call or email the OMERAD (568-2140, omerad@lsuhsc.edu).
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Opportunities for educational research arise from everyday teaching and education activities. For example, does one teaching method produce better learning outcomes than another? Is there relationship between teamwork training and effective teamwork practice in the patient care setting? Does replacing lectures with small group teaching alter learner performance on high stakes, standardized knowledge tests? Similarly, many of the creative and original educational programs and materials that faculty members create in their teaching have promise for peer-reviewed publication and contribution to the field. In this workshop, participants will explore various forms of educational research and scholarship and apply these to their own situation. Individuals will participate in activities to identify a potential project and use a systematic approach to design a plan/protocol for pursuing their educational research/scholarship interest. Participants will also explore publication/dissemination venues they might target for contributing the results of their work to the field. Light refreshments will be served.

Please share this flyer with colleagues.
We hope to see you on August 28th and bring a colleague!

An expanded program of faculty development sessions offered through the OMERAD and the Academy will be disseminated shortly. In the meantime, please contact the OMERAD for more information by calling 568-2140 or sending an email to omerad@lsuhsc.edu.

Become a Fan of the Libraries on FB

Are you on Facebook? Now so are the LSUHSC Libraries become a Fan of the Isché Library and the Dental Library today!

EBSCOhost Running Slow?

If EBSCOhost is running slow for you, consider switching from IE to Firefox. Firefox is a free web browser and offers an alternative to Internet Explorer. EBSCOhost has some known issues with IE that are being worked on. These issues do not exist in Firefox.