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NYUHSL is piloting a new Instant Messaging (IM) service this week. IM is a great way to get quick answers to informational questions in real time. Users may send an IM to the Information Desk from any computer, without having to be physically present in the library. To use the service, click "Ask a question via IM" in the "Ask a Librarian" box on any web page.
Note, you do not need an instant messaging account or special software to use this service --- all communication takes place through a web browser. Please make sure you have pop-up blockers turned off before starting the service. Currently, the Ask A Librarian IM service is available to Medical Center students, faculty, and staff, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. For more information, please contact the Information Desk at (212) 263-5397 -- or just send us an IM!
We are pleased to announce the addition of Science Translational Medicine to the Health Science Libraries' electronic resource database. Published by the American Association of the Academic Sciences (AAAS), Science Translational Medicine is an original, peer-reviewed, science-based research journal focused on the advancement of biomedical discoveries in clinical medicine. You can expect the editors and an international advisory group of scientists and clinician-scientists to hold Science Translational Medicine articles to the same high-quality standard that is the hallmark of its sister journal Science.
Since 2006, NYUHSL has operated the Middle Atlantic Regional (MAR) office of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), serving New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The mission of the NN/LM is to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health by providing all U.S. health professionals with equal access to biomedical information and improving the public's access to information, enabling individuals to make informed decisions about their health.
To fulfill this mission, MAR funds member projects that foster innovation in advancing access to health information in the region, offers both online and on-site training to NN/LM MAR members in the tools that facilitate access to health information, and, with the same goals, supports resource sharing among its members utilizing a document delivery routing software called DOCLINE. In 2009–2010 alone, the NN/LM MAR will fund over 50 health projects in the region. The operating principle that guides the MAR is full engagement of its more than 800 member libraries. In this way, MAR works to create a health information community in the four states of the region.
In May 2009, Kate Oliver joined the MAR staff as Associate Director. Kate comes to NYUHSL from Johns Hopkins University, where she served as Associate Director of the Welch Medical Library. At Johns Hopkins, she developed and tested new, more integrated roles for health science librarians on clinical and public health teams. Kate earned an M.S.L.S. degree from Columbia University and an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) launched a redesigned version of PubMed on October 27th with the goal of streamlining the Web site and making resources easier to find. PubMed maintains its functionality. However, HSL librarians who have tested the interface report that some search techniques require relearning. NYUHSL suggests that users explore the site and bring questions to the library via Ask A Librarian or by phone at (212) 263-5397. Classes on using the new interface begin next month.
Fritz Dement recently joined the faculty of the NYUHSL as Hospital Consulting Librarian. In this role, he is responsible for building and implementing strategic plans for delivering clinical and nursing information services. He is also responsible for the Bellevue and HJD libraries. Fritz joins the NYUHSL after serving as Manager of Library Services at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He earned his M.S. from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Boston.
Karen Brewer, Curator and Chair of the Medical Library Department, received the NY/NJ Chapter of the Medical Library Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award on October 9, 2009, in recognition of her dedication to the chapter.
On October 22, 2009, NYU Health Sciences Librarian Emily Molanphy attended the Disaster Preparedness Summit in Philadelphia with Sue Hunter from NN/LM MAR. Ms. Hunter hosted an exhibitor table offering information about NLM resources like MedlinePlus and WISER during the summit.
Presentations at the event covered a variety of topics ranging from business continuity and insurance planning to developing an internal emergency response team and making sure all employees know basic safety techniques.
Although some parts of the conference were useful—for example, a discussion of how to communicate with employees and clients in a disaster—some parts were directed at small organizations with little support for their disaster planning activities. This material was not strictly relevant to the team’s role as disaster informationists, although it did point to information needs in this non-medical audience. Attendees seemed to respond positively to the offering of the NN/LM table, where they could take home brochures about different free NLM resources.
October is National Medical Librarians Month. As part of the annual celebration, we profile some of NYU's medical librarians.
As Collection Development Librarian at the NYU Health Sciences Libraries, Stephen Maher is responsible for managing and developing the library’s collection of electronic and print resources. By monitoring usage statistics of library resources, he gauges which journals, books, and databases are most in demand, and which formats are most preferred by library users. He also assesses new editions of textbooks and newly minted journals.
Maher comes to librarianship from the world of online education and distance learning. While working as Director of Online Support the Princeton Review, Maher managed course content accessed by thousands of students and teachers scattered throughout the country. This piqued his interest in online learning and knowledge management.
Along these lines, one of Maher’s projects at NYU involves working with faculty to locate digital multimedia content for ALEX. Maher helps instructors find educational illustrations, videos, and animations, and researches related copyright issues.
In addition to his work with ALEX, Maher is closely involved with NIH Public Access Policy compliance, and is available to guide faculty through submitting manuscripts to PubMed Central.
The field of medicine is constantly changing, and Maher’s role is vital in making sure that the NYU community of health care professionals has access to the latest scholarly publications and resources in evidence-based medicine.
October is National Medical Librarians Month. As part of the annual celebration, we profile some of NYU's medical librarians.
David “Fritz” Dement joins the NYU Health Sciences Library from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a small biotech company in the Boston area. There, he oversaw a corporate library that provided medical, scientific, intellectual property and business search services to researchers and other employees at the firm. “I got interested in librarianship because I loved digging for information,” he recalls.
Fritz began his career at Vertex when it employed just over 100 people, but by the time he left, the organization had grown to over 1,200 employees. Making the move to a large institution like NYU Langone has been a change of environment for Fritz, but he is excited to have the opportunity to serve so many clinicians, researchers and students. “I find it very rewarding to know that our work helps people in need.”
At NYU, Fritz serves as Library Associate and Hospital Consulting Librarian and is based out of the Bellevue Medical Library. The Bellevue facility, located on the 14th floor of Bellevue’s H building, offers access to the NYUHSL collection for the staff of Bellevue Hospital Center and for the NYU Langone Medical Center community.
One of Fritz’s major tasks is to strengthen relationships between healthcare providers and medical librarians at NYU. “We are looking at innovative ways to serve our patrons,” says Fritz. One example of this is a project in the discussion stages in which research librarians would accompany doctors and nurses on hospital rounds. The ‘embedded’ librarians would be available to perform live, real-time searches for medical information while clinicians circulate on the hospital floor.
“We recognize that medical information is changing all the time,” says Fritz.“As medical librarians, we strive to help clinicians, researchers and students get the most up-to-date information quickly and conveniently.”
Eric L. Altschuler, MD, PhD, of UMDNJ will be speaking on November 4th at 6pm at the Coles Science Center at Bobst Library. The topic will be "Pandemic Influenzas Past and Present: History and Science, Science and History." RSVP is required. Description and details after the jump.
We are currently in the midst of an influenza pandemic. There were three such pandemics in the Twentieth Century including the great pandemic of 1918 which killed more people than any infectious disease in history. These pandemics taught physicians and scientist much about influenza and other infectious diseases. Now current science is able to shed light on past pandemics such as our finding and retrieval of antibodies from aged survivors of the 1918 pandemic and my current work using long ago frozen samples to find the strain of the 1889-1890 pandemic.
DATE: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
TIME: 6:00-7:00pm
PLACE: Avery Room, 2nd Floor, Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NYRefreshments will be served. All are welcome!
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