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A successful library tries to anticipate the needs of its clientele. And while we do a fairly good job most of the time, we rely on your feedback to tell us if we have made the right choices, how we can improve our services and resources, and what you would like to see in the future.
In order to hear your opinions about how well we are doing and what you would like to see us offer in the future, we are embarking on a number of needs assessment activities over the next six to ten months.
Our first step is to use a nationally validated Web survey called LibQual+. The survey will ask about your expectations for services and resources and how well our Library meets those expectations. This gap analysis will show us exactly where we need to spend our energies making improvements. We will start the survey in mid-February. We ask your patience in taking it and hope that you finish it. It can be tedious, but it is a statistically valid and heavily-tested instrument that will give us lots of useful information.
In our second phase, we will conduct focus groups, where we ask you questions that probe into how well our services and resources are meeting your information needs. In these groups, library users will discuss various topics including current and future needs. If you are interested in participating in a focus group, please contact Beverly Murphy (murph005@mc.duke.edu), who is collecting names and coordinating the process.
Information from both these activities may lead to other smaller surveys that we conduct at the Library Service Desk or on the Web. Although we do not want to continually bother you, we may need more information about how we can improve the Library, if these big assessment tools reveal some problem areas. The mini-surveys will be short and quick rating tools that focus on particular aspects of the Library, such as reference assistance.
Not fond of surveys or focus groups? You can also provide us with feedback in a number of other ways.
As you can see, we really want your comments and suggestions. There are numerous ways to let us know how the Library and Archives are doing.
In celebration of Black History Month, the second annual “Tea with Trailblazers” will be held on Friday, February 9th, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in the History of Medicine Reading Room.
This year’s speakers will include Donna A. Harris, the first African American to graduate from the Duke University School of Nursing (1971) and Dr. Evelyn Wicker, an early African-American nursing administrator and the former Director of Nursing at Duke Hospital South. Harris and Wicker will talk about their experiences as African-American trailblazers at Duke, and the audience will have a chance to ask questions. Tea, coffee, cake, and other refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
Recordings and transcripts of this event will be made available through the Duke Medical Center Archives. For more information, please contact Jessica Roseberry or Mira Waller at (919) 383-2653. A summary of last year’s event is available on our Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/ln04-06.html#trailblazers.
The Medical Center Library, together with the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy and the Biological and Environmental Sciences Library, is sponsoring two mini-courses, taught by instructors from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
To register for one or both courses, contact Jennifer Avery at 684-0881 or jennifer.avery@duke.edu. Registration is free for Duke and UNC students and employees.Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences
9:00 am -11:45 am
During the first hour of this mini-course, an instructor will walk you through an analysis of an uncharacterized Drosophila melanogaster genomic sequence from the GenBank record AE003584. During the second hour, you will perform the same analysis on a different genomic sequence.Entrez Gene QuickStart
1:00 pm - 3:45 pm
This mini-course will cover the use of Entrez Gene, the successor to LocusLink, including searching options and availability of gene-specific information for all completely sequenced genomes, including bacteria and viruses. You will learn how to obtain information about a human gene such as its mRNA and genomic sequence, gene structure (exon-intron locations), function and phenotypes associated with mutations.
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Frequently Asked Questions @ the LSD
Where Is That Article? Verifying References Via Ovid
Both PubMed and Ovid offer simple forms that require only a few pieces of information to find or verify references. This month’s issue offers details for verifying references using the Ovid System.
Sample Verification: beresford$.au. and 643.pg.
Reference: Beresford SA, et al. Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of colorectal cancer: the Women's
Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial. JAMA 295(6):643-54, 2006.
Support Services for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Thousands of children in the United States experience traumatic events every day from exposure to physical and sexual abuse, the death of a loved one, violence in their family and community, natural disasters, terrorism, life threatening illnesses, injuries, and even some medical procedures. Immigrants and refugees also have children who suffer from the traumatic stress of war and genocide.
There are more than fifty institutions in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, including universities, community-based mental health centers, hospitals, clinics, and other organizations that treat traumatized children and their families. Network members serve very diverse communities. Requests for books and journal articles in the Duke University Medical Center Library may come from the Chicago Child Trauma Center at La Rabida Children's Hospital, the Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center, Oyate Ta Woakipa Etan Woasniye (Healing From the People's Trauma) on the Pine Ridge Reservation of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, the Alaska Child Trauma Center at Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, Open Arms in George, or the Safe Horizon Center for Child Trauma Intervention in New York City.
Leadership for the NCTSN is provided by the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, which is jointly hosted by the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the School of Medicine at Duke University. The mission of the Center is “To raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.” Funding for the Center and the Network is provided by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Donald J. Cohen national child traumatic stress congressional initiative. NCTSN is financially supporting the Medical Center Library Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery service as part of its technical assistance program for Network members.
Recently, the book collection from the National Resource Center in the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress was donated to the Medical Center Library. Many of these titles are unique and will benefit clinical care, research, and education in child traumatic stress at Duke Medicine, institutions in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and other health care providers, students, and health care consumers in the country. Staff at the Medical Center Library are proud to support the healing of children who suffer from traumatic stress.
Ashley Brown
By Marcos Rodriguez, Information Technology Services
Ashley joined the Medical Center Library staff in December. Prior to coming to Duke, she worked part-time for two and a half years at a local pharmacy, starting there while in high school. As a Library Assistant in Access Services, she works with the Interlibrary Loan Department and provides backup evening coverage on the Library Service Desk as needed. With her upbeat and outgoing personality, Ashley provides a dynamic touch to Library’s operations.
Currently a junior at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, Ashley is majoring in Broadcast Productions. As a full-time student, her evening schedule at the Library allows her to commute from Durham to Greensboro for classes each day.
A native of Durham, Ashley is interested in staying in the area after graduation and hopes to use her education and experience to become a morning radio show host for a local station playing modern urban and R&B music. As part of her career plan, she is currently in negotiations with a production manager at North Carolina Central University to organize a recurring segment for the campus’ radio station.
Dawne Howard
By Jessica Roseberry, Medical Center Archives
Dawne, the newest addition to the Medical Center Archives staff, officially began her work as Head of Technical Services on January 2, 2007. Originally from Danville, Virginia, she has been in North Carolina since receiving her undergraduate degrees in American history and journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. Dawne also has a master’s degree in Library Science from UNC and a master's degree in public history from North Carolina State University.
Prior to coming to Archives, Dawne had worked as an intern at Duke, UNC and NC State processing various types and formats of materials. In her role in technical services, she will use her background in public history to help her see materials from the standpoint of the archivist and the researcher, and her library science training to see things from the archivist’s and librarian’s point of view.
Dawne chose the field of archives because of it’s diversity. “I enjoy working with the variety of materials that can be found in an archives,” she says. Beyond the workplace, she is a sports enthusiast and is learning to knit.
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Book Drop Locations and Schedules
To avoid overdue fines, please pay particular attention to the pickup schedules, or return all journals, books, and interlibrary loan items directly to the Library. Audiovisuals should be returned to the Library Service Desk to avoid damaging them.Duke South Clinics
Personal Rapid Transit Lobby. Pickup: Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m.
PRT Lobby, Lower Level near the walkway to Parking Garage II. Pickup: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ONLY at 9:30 a.m.
Sands Building, on the Jones Building side near the rear exit door. Pickup: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ONLY at 9:30 a.m.
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Library Educational Offerings |
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To arrange for a session, please contact the librarian listed under your topic of interest.
MEDLINE: PubMed
Megan von Isenburg
919-660-1131
MEDLINE: Ovid
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
Library Orientation (drop-in session)
First Tuesday of every month
12:15-12:45 pm
Megan von Isenburg
919-660-1131
Evidence-Based Medicine
Connie Schardt
919-660-1124
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to
Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
EndNote: Saving and Importing Citations
Ginger Carden
919-660-1184
Reference Manager: Saving and Importing Citations
Ginger Carden
919-660-1184
Grants Information on the Web
Community of Science and Other Resources
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
Clinical Tools
Connie Schardt
919-660-1124
Introduction to Sources for Health Statistics
Hattie Vines
919-660-1125
Self-Instruction
For self-paced learning, online tutorials for many of the Library’s resources can be found on the Tutorials and Training page of the Library’s Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training.Featured Tutorial: Scopus - http://help.scopus.com/robo/projects/schelp/tutorials/sc_menu.html
Customized Training
If you would like to schedule a customized training session for for yourself or your department on specific resources or topics, please contact Connie Schardt, Associate Director of Public Services - Education Services, at 660-1124 to make arrangements. Sessions can be scheduled in the Medical Library Education Center (Room 104; Lower Level of the Library) or at a location within your department.
For more information about these offerings, connect to the Library's Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training |
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