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

Dig the Library, Week three: Can ya dig it? Social networking and libraries

Hello again from the NMLM Committee. We?óÔé¼Ôäóre halfway through this whirlwind staff development course ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ thanks for hanging in there! This week we?óÔé¼Ôäóre exploring social networking and the library?óÔé¼Ôäós Facebook page.

Introduction
Social Networking sites are online communities where people can connect with their friends and discover other people who have similar interests. Often social networking sites have features that allow users to interact with each other through features like photo sharing, chat, messaging, group invitations to events and more. Popular social networking sites include MySpace, Facebook, and Linkedin.

For an introduction to social networking, watch this 3 minute video: ?óÔé¼?ôSocial networking in plain English?óÔé¼?Ø by Common Craft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcqge8SvzQ

Library applications
The Dental library and Isch?â?® library both have a page on Facebook. Facebook members can become ?óÔé¼?£fans?óÔé¼Ôäó of the libraries, which allows you to leave comments, see events, view pictures, and more.

Task for week 3:

NMLM Facebook display

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.

Innoculation Stations

Tis the season for flu shots

Flu shots will be available on October 15, 16, and 17th at the LSU HCN clinic at 2820 Napoleon Avenue ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ Suite 890. The cost for the shot is $20 with an LSUHSC ID and $25 without an ID. Payment may be made by credit card or cash.

And coming Oct 30th to the MEB…
FLUSHOTS
Thursday, October 30
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
MEB – Seminar Room 5
$20 – cash only
with LSUHSC ID

Dig the Library, Week 2: Dig Smarter with delicious and social bookmarking

Introduction
Think about how you save web pages you visit frequently. Most people are aware of the ?óÔé¼?£Favorites?óÔé¼Ôäó feature on Internet Explorer (or ?óÔé¼?£bookmarks?óÔé¼Ôäó in FireFox). You find a page you want to remember, store it in your ?óÔé¼?£Favorites?óÔé¼Ôäó, and use that whenever you want to visit or remember a favorite website. When you add a page to your ?óÔé¼?£Favorites?óÔé¼Ôäó on a web browser like Internet Explorer, it is stored in your computer. If you use multiple computers you may have different bookmarks saved on different computers.
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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).

Dig Deeper with blogs

October is National Medical Librarians Month. In recognition the library is doing a staff development activity to learn about some of our newer online tools. Here is week 1’s assignment: Dig Deeper with Blogs.

Not library staff & want more info? Send an email to mknapp@lsuhsc.edu

This week we?óÔé¼Ôäóre talking about blogs. Did you know the library has a blog? Clearly you do now as you are reading it! Read on for a background on blogs and other info?óÔé¼?ª
Introduction to blogs
?óÔé¼?ó Definition: BLOG is short for Web log, or an online journal that is frequently updated with news, views or other information.
?óÔé¼?ó For an introduction to blogs, watch this 3 minute video: ?óÔé¼?ôblogs in plain English?óÔé¼?Ø by Common Craft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcqge8SvzQ
?óÔé¼?ó You can view our library blog, LSUSHSC LIBRARY NEWS, on the Isch?â?® Library homepage. All library staff can create posts on the blog or leave a comment.

Log in information
Librarians
Username: your lsuhsc email alias (ie: mknapp)
Generic password: [redacted:see staff email]
Library Staff and the General Public
Haven?óÔé¼Ôäót used our blog before? Anyone can create a username & password to comment.

Task for week 1:
?óÔé¼?óAdd a comment answering the question ?óÔé¼?ôWhich tool are you most interested in learning about this month?”

NMLM: Dig Deeper Display

LSUHSC Academy Week: Oct. 6-10

Several free events are happening this week in recognition of Academy Week, brought to you by the Office of Medical Education Research and Development (aka OMERAD). Check out the events below. Contact OMERAD at the info below for more information:

Monday, October 6
*Roundtable Discussions: Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Educational Scholarship Projects
2:00 ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10 | 3rd floor, MEB

Tuesday, October 7
*Faculty Development Workshop: Educational Scholarship: Definitions and Opportunities in Everyday Teaching and Education Work
2:00-4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10, MEB

• Hands-on activities will engage participants in clarifying characteristics
  and examples of educational scholarship and how to enhance existing
  teaching and education activities to develop scholarly methods and
  produce scholarship

Wednesday, October 8
Keynote Address: Going Beyond the Hype of Competency-Based Education, Larry Gruppen, Ph. D., Chair, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School
Noon ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 1:00 p.m. | Lecture Room 1 | 2nd floor, School of Nursing
Light lunch at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, October 9
*Faculty Development Workshop: Quantity, Quality, and Engagement: Documenting and Presenting Evidence of Educational Excellence and Scholarship
2:00 ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ 4:00 p.m. | Seminar Room 10 | 3rd floor, MEB

• Participants will learn about various forms of evidence and how to best
  represent their achievements related to quantity, quality, and
  engagement (i.e., scholarly approach and scholarship) in teaching and
  education. They will use the Academy application portfolio format and
  hands-on activities to enhance designing a portfolio and deciding what
  and how to represent excellence and scholarship.

Friday, October 10
Academy New Member Induction Ceremony and Reception
3:00 p.m. | Lecture Room 2 | 2nd floor, School of Nursing

• The entire LSUHSC-NO community is invited to recognize and congratulate
  Academy members

*Registration appreciated to help planning for refreshments and workshop materials. Contact OMERAD via 504-568-2140 or omerad@lsuhsc.edu to reserve a seat.

2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Hot on the heels of last week’s IgNobel prizes comes the real thing. The Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced earlier today, with HPV and HIV research sharing the award.

2008 Nobel Laureates in Medicine

A search on Barr?â?®-Sinoussi is a case study of idiosyncrasies of Author searching in PubMed. Throughout her career Barr?â?®-Sinoussi has articles published under the name Barr?â?®, F, Sinoussi, FB, and Sinoussi-Barr?â?®, F. An article by Barre-Sinoussi, B also turns up, which is probably the 2008 Nobel Laureate mis-attributed in the article.

Reference librarian Mary Marix provided the adventures in PubMed author searching for this post. MK

Dig In with Library Classes

NMLM Upcoming Classes

Ische Library Classes
General Library Systems	Wednesday, Oct. 8th	9:30 – 11 am
Navigating E-Journals	Wednesday, Oct. 15th	12 – 1 pm
RefWorks	Thursday, Oct. 16th	9 – 10 am
General Library Systems	Tuesday, October 21st	1:30 – 3 pm
Advanced Googling	Friday, Oct. 24th	12 – 1 pm
“Can You Hear Me Now?” How to Make a Podcast	Monday, Nov. 3rd	9 – 12 noon & 1 – 4 pm
General Library Systems	Wednesday Nov. 5th	10 – 11:30 am
Keep Current – Tools for Productivity	Friday, Nov. 7th	12 -1 pm
Dental Library Classes
Navigating E-Journals	Wednesday, Oct. 8th	12 – 1 pm
RefWorks	Tuesday, Oct. 14th	12 – 1 pm
Health Literacy	Wednesday, Oct. 22nd	12 – 1 pm
PubMed	Monday, Oct. 27th	12 – 1 pm

Chemistry Ig Nobel prize awarded to Coke spermicide research

The 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes, which “celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology” were awarded last night, October 2nd at the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. Although the awards are tongue in cheek, they do recognize work published in research journals. This year’s Chemistry prize, for example, went jointly to a 1985 New England Journal of Medicine work for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and a 1987 Human Toxicology work for discovering that it is not.

There’s a webcast of the ceremony available, or click here to see a list of winners by category.

Geaux Vote

Tomorrow (Saturday, October 3rd) is an election day in Louisiana. And if you can’t remember your polling place or are confused as to what you’re supposed to be voting on – check out the Secretary of State’s website, GeauxVote. Find out what’s on your ballot now!

snippet of the go vote website