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Over the next several months, major changes will be happening in the Medical Center Library.
To free up the Second Stack Level (i.e., the top floor of the Library), we will be storing older books and journals in the Duke University Library Service Center (LSC), located off Briggs Avenue. This preservation-quality storage facility holds millions of volumes and has an efficient retrieval system. We are currently analyzing the book and journal collections to determine which items must stay in the Library due to currency or high use and which can be stored. Some materials that are duplicated elsewhere on campus or that have rarely been used will be withdrawn from the collection. Once we have completed moving materials to the LSC, the journal and book collections will be consolidated on the First Stack Level.
What will remain in the Library?Duke Medicine is in dire need of office space, so the Library’s top floor will be converted into offices. The First Stack Level will be filled with current books and journals. The group carrels and conference rooms on the top floor will be relocated to other areas of the Library, such as the Mezzanine Level.
In addition to these changes, the Library will be exploring the feasibility of creating other user spaces, such as a coffee shop and informal gathering areas. Additional restrooms may be placed on the Entrance or Mezzanine Levels as well.
When will the move start?We will start moving materials around February 18th, and it will take about six weeks to complete the move. There may be a period of two to three weeks when the stacks will be closed, but staff will retrieve materials for you during this time.
How will you access stored materials?You will be able to request books through the online catalog, and they will be retrieved within one working day during weekdays. In the case of journals, the Library will be trying a FREE copy service for all materials stored off site. Library staff will scan materials at the LSC and deliver them to you in digital format. We will offer this as a free service for three to four months to assess the volume of requests. You can continue to request the materials through the online interlibrary loan and document request form on our Website at http://illiad.mclibrary.duke.edu/.
It may take awhile for all the materials to be processed at the LSC storage facility. In the interim, the Library will obtain copies for you through interlibrary loan.
Normal photocopy and printing fees will be charged for all materials that remain in the Library or that are available in electronic format.
This is a big change for the Library and our users, so we ask for your patience as we go through this transformation.
This year as a part of our Black History Month celebration in February, three special guests will share stories of their experiences as African-American “trailblazers” at Duke: Dr. Brenda Armstrong, Associate Dean of Medical Education, Director of Admissions, and Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at Duke Medicine; Dr. Joanne Wilson, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Duke Medicine; and Dr. Thelma Brown, President and CEO of Central Homehealth, Inc. and Central Family Home. This year’s event will be held on February 7, 2008, from 2:30 - 4:00 pm on the Duke Medical Center Library’s Mezzanine Level.
The public is invited to attend and will have a chance to ask questions of the panelists. Tea and other refreshments will be served at 2:00 pm. Admission is free. For more information, please contact Jessica Roseberry at (919) 383-2653. A summary of last year’s event is available on our Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/ln04-07.html#tea.
Did you know that Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931) performed the first successful open heart surgery in 1893 or that Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926) was the first Black professional nurse in the United States? In honor of Black History Month, the Medical Center Library revisits “Black History Month: A Medical Perspective,” a popular display first exhibited in 1999. This virtual exhibit (http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/hmc/exhibits/blkhist) contains a wealth of information including a chronology of achievements of African Americans in medicine, a section on folk medicine, and a selective bibliography.
In December, 2007, Congress passed and the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (PL-110-61). This law included language which made the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy mandatory and compliance to it a statutory requirement. The law becomes effective April 7, 2008, and states the following:
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
Basic information about this new mandatory policy, as well as some links to important resources, are listed below. The Medical Center Library is working with Dr. Eugene Oddone, Vice Dean for Research, and others, to create a system to assist you in complying with this policy. Watch for more information about what you need to do and the services available to support you.
If your research or contract is funded by NIH, and you have an article accepted by a peer-reviewed journal, here is what you need to do:R e s o u r c e s |
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Journals That Submit Articles To PubMed Central http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm
FAQs: NIH Manuscript System (NIHMS)
NIH Public Access Website
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NIHMS System Slide Show http://www.nihms.nih.gov/web-help/index.html
Public Access Frequently Asked Questions
PubMed Central
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Note: Once our renovations have been completed, all journals will be shelved on the First Stack Level. Please see our cover story on page 1 for more details.
Anne Powers and Hattie Vines, Information and Education Services Librarians, recently coauthored articles in the Journal of Family Practice, as part of the Clinical Inquiries series from the Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN). In this network, librarians team up with physicians to review a topic and publish an evidence-based answer to a clinical question. Hattie’s topic was focused on which technique for removing nevi was the least scarring, while Anne’s focus concerned the evaluation of an adult with a testicular mass.
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The Duke Medical Center Archives and the Duke Medical Alumni Association have launched a joint project that will give Duke Medicine alumni and other interested persons the chance to identify certain “mystery” archival photographs. The project has two major components: a print version and an online version. The print version began in January, 2008, with the publication in Duke Alumni Magazine of a set of unidentified photographs currently in the Archives’ collection. These photos are unlabeled and need further explanation or identification.
The online version of the project is located on the Archives’ Website, which will post the same set of photographs seen in the magazine, as well as additional photos, some of which are from previous issues of Duke Alumni Magazine. Space will be provided on the site for external parties to type in information about the images. The newly-provided explanations of the images will be available to read online. Please visit http://medspace.mc.duke.edu/mystery/index.html to view the online version of this project.
If you have information about any of these photographs, please contact Mira Waller at (919) 383-2653 or mira.waller@duke.edu.
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: OvidSP
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
Library Orientation (drop-in session)
First Tuesday of every month
12:15-12:45 pm
Brandi Tuttle
919-660-1126
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
Introduction to Sources for Health Statistics
Hattie Vines
919-660-1125
Clinical Tools
Connie Schardt
919-660-1124
Web of Science
Megan von Isenburg
919-660-1131
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: Impact Factors (video) - http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/impact_factors
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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