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No. 325.............................................August 2009
No. 325.............................................August 2009
Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services & Archives
Resources have changed. DynaMed is replacing UpToDate as a point-of-care resource. This change had to be made because of the substantial price increases that were proposed for the coming year for UpToDate. Given the Library’s decreased budget and difficult financial times, the UpToDate pricing model was no longer sustainable. DynaMed is a new evidence-based patient care resource that provides easy off-campus access. The DynaMed editorial team welcomes comments about the content, so please let me know what is missing or needs to be enhanced. The Library has also canceled HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) and IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts) to balance our budget. SportDiscus will be canceled in the spring.
In keeping with Duke’s financial situation, the Library’s budget was cut by 7.5%. Although this initial cut was offset through vacant positions and some decreased expenses, there is no funding available for the projected 8 to 10% increase in journal subscription costs. The good news is that many smaller publishers are not increasing their prices. The bad news is that we will have to cancel journals for 2010, since the big publishers, which consume most of our journal budget, are still planning on their standard increases. Proposed journal cancellations will be shared with the Duke Medicine community by early September.
Saturday hours have been eliminated. For many years the Library has been underutilized on Saturdays, and most of the use has been by non-Duke patrons. With so many items available electronically, fewer and fewer people find it necessary to come in over the weekend. When 25% of the staff decided to accept Duke’s early retirement offer, the Library had no choice but to close on Saturdays and move the staff back to weekdays to ensure adequate coverage during our busiest times. Currently we are working on plans to replace some of the staff who are leaving, but we may only be able to replace a few positions since Duke’s goal is to reduce overall costs. The Saturday closure will most likely be permanent.
The new Faculty Center is under construction! It will be located on the Entrance Level in the area that was referred to as the “Cyber Café.” The Library Service Desk has relocated to the Mezzanine along with the reserve books and the medical student book exchange. The reference collection is on the First Stack Level, except for a few core materials that have been kept at the desk for quick reference. The vending machines have moved to the Lower Level, outside the computer classroom. Since we are losing our general computer area, the number of public computers is being reduced to four. They will be placed in the main entrance lobby, along the current service desk, for quick information access and email use. Other computers are still available on the Mezzanine Level for research, clinical work, and educational activities for users with a Duke Medicine computer ID and password. You will see lots of other changes as we relocate furniture, computers, and the exhibit area to make way for the new desk on the Mezzanine.
If you have questions, comments, or concerns about any of these changes, please address them to me at patricia.thibodeau@duke.edu.
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Need to print the full text of a journal article from your home or office? Or are you looking for the electronic version of a medical textbook? Perhaps you need an image to use in your presentation. Well DUMCL Online, the Medical Center Library’s Website, has it all! And it’s only mouseclicks away. Take a look at what we have to offer.
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Share Your Story!
Megan von Isenburg
Public Services - Information Services
Public Services - Information Services
In conjunction with the exhibit “Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health,” the Medical Center Library is collecting stories and images from Duke students, faculty and staff who have participated in global health activities. Please share your favorite photograph or a brief story (500 words or less) about your experiences around the world or here in Durham.
Images will be digitally displayed at the “Against the Odds” exhibit reception on September 3 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. The reception is open to the Duke community. We hope that you will be able to join us!
Images and stories will also be added to the new Duke Global Health Stories Archive created by Medical Center Archives. This online site will showcase and document Duke’s global health services and activities and their impact.
The online exhibit will go live on August 3. To ensure that your photograph is included in the digital showcase at the reception on September 3, please submit your image file no later than August 17. Submissions received after that date will still be added to the online exhibit and archive.
Submit your photographs and stories online at http://digitaldukemed.mc.duke.edu/global_health/contribution
The “Against the Odds” exhibit will be on display from August 3 to September 11 in the Medical Center Library. This touring exhibition was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and is sponsored by the Duke Medical Center Library and Archives, the Duke Global Health Institute, and the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health. It features stories of community health, food for life, action on AIDS, the legacy of war, disease prevention, and global collaboration.
For more information, please contact Megan von Isenburg at 919-660-1100 or Adonna Thompson at 919-383-2653. If you are interested in being contacted about recording an audio version of your story, please contact Jessica Roseberry at 919-383-2653.
Karen Grigg, Collection Development Services
This issue features more suggested readings as reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist. Check them out at the Duke Medical Center Library and enjoy the last dog days of summer!
Something for the Pain: One Doctor’s Account of Life and Death in the ER, Austin, Paul. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2008
Engel Collection | Austin
Hist Open Book Stacks | WZ100 Au77s 2008Austin takes a relentlessly honest look at modern emergency medicine in his debut book. A former firefighter now living in Durham, N.C., he writes of his transformation to a highly capable ER doctor struggling to stay one jump ahead of death in the crowded critical care ward. This book has been selected for the 2009 “Durham Reads Together” program, sponsored by the Durham County Library.
Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory, Horn, Stacy. New York: Ecco, 2009
Engel Collection | HornThis is a fond look at J. B. Rhine and his colleagues and protégés in the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory, which, no longer affiliated with Duke University, lives on as the Rhine Research Center Institute for Parapsychology. Rhine and the lab were dedicated to scientific study and quantification of ESP and related phenomena. In the 1930s, their results led the head of Duke’s psychology department to declare that Rhine’s work was “the first hard evidence that the elusive proof of life after death might be out there.”
Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death, and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon’s First Years, Collins, Michael J. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005
Stacks | WZ100 C69 2005Collins begins this personal chronicle with an account of a choice he had to make between amputating a 14-year-old boy’s leg, and saving the limb at a greater risk to the boy’s life. (He amputated the leg.) This dilemma came at the conclusion of four grueling years of residency at the Mayo Clinic, culminating in his appointment as chief resident in orthopedic surgery.
Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival, Finch, Phillip. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008
Engel Collection | FinchIn this gripping account, Finch narrates a disastrous attempt to recover a body nearly 900 feet underwater in a South African crater named Bushman’s Hole. In 2004, David Shaw, an Australian pilot for Cathay Pacific, dove to the bottom of Bushman’s Hole, where he discovered the corpse of a diver that had lain there for a decade. Shaw and renowned diving instructor Don Shirley decided to try and raise the body. Finch seamlessly weaves together the various strands of the story, from the character biographies to the dangers and arcane technologies of deep diving.
The Triangle Census Research Data Center (TCRDC) can provide access to restricted National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) data to members of the Duke community. Use of restricted data must still undergo the NCHS or AHRQ approval process; however, the data can now be accessed in a secure computing environment on Duke’s campus. Data that may be available include:
- Variables removed from public-use data files
- Linked files or matching data
- Restricted data files
Most surveys conducted by NCHS and AHRQ contain sensitive information which is suppressed or masked to protect the confidentiality of respondents. This may include geographic and demographic detail and information on study design, expenditures, and childhood disease and behavior. This kind of data is only available through NCHS, AHRQ, and Census Research Data Centers (RDCs).
Many widely used surveys, such as the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), have been linked to national mortality records, Medicare and Medicaid records, and Social Security Administration records. Many of these linked files are only available through RDCs.
Some files, such as the Insurer Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey or the National Employer Health Insurance Survey, have no public use versions. These files are only available through RDCs.
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Staff News
Leila Ledbetter, Society for the Preservation of PA History (SPPAHx) Director and Archivist, attended the American Academy of Physician Assistants Conference on May 21-28, where she worked to promote awareness of and fundraising for the Duke Physician Assistant History Center.
Beverly Murphy, Assistant Director, Marketing and Publications, presented “Join the Healthcare Team: Become a Medical Librarian,” during the Health Careers Awareness Course for Educators and Students at Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount, NC, on June 25, 2009.
Brandi Tuttle, Information & Education Services Librarian, has been elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Medical Library Association’s Educational Media and Technologies Section.
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Jessica Roseberry, Medical Center Archives
One of the latest collections at the Duke University Medical Center Archives includes several boxes of photographs that were originally printed in two Duke publications, Perspectives and the Intercom. Recently processed by Archives intern Matt Shangler, the collection holds interest for researchers who might be looking for visual representations of medical history, especially at Duke.
The photographs include images of the Duke Children’s Golf Classic and other fundraising events, the opening of Duke Hospital North in 1980, and Duke leaders such as Drs. William Anlyan and Ralph Snyderman. “I was surprised to see quite a few celebrities appear in the photographs as well,” Shandler said. These include Jay Leno, Perry Como, the Harlem Globetrotters, and Mike Gminski. All of the images are labeled when possible and stored in archival folders for protection. An online tool will soon be available through the Archives Website to help in finding information about the photographs.
Large-screen LCD monitors are now available in several locations around the Library. You can use these 32 inch displays to share your computer’s video with a group or just to get a bigger, brighter look at your laptop.
There are two mobile monitors on carts, which are usually found on the Mezzanine and First Stack Level. Feel free to move them around the Library to find the best spot for you.
There are also wall-mounted monitors on the First Stack Level in rooms 301 and 302. These rooms are equipped with a table and several chairs and are intended for use by groups of up to six people. Duke Medicine students and staff have priority use of the rooms, regardless of the need for a monitor. Individual occupants may be asked to relocate.
We have provided step-by-step instructions for monitor use. If no printed instructions are available with the monitor, you may get a copy from our Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/services/lcdmonitors/instructions.pdf.
Please be considerate of others! Noise from your group may disturb those around you. Headphones are available at the Library Service Desk.
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Sessions can be held for individuals or groups in the Library’s computer classroom or in your own department. To schedule a session, please call (919) 660-1100 or complete the online form on our Website. Consultations can usually be scheduled within 5 business days. We like to have 2-4 weeks notice for a class, and planning even further ahead is helpful. Below are a number of sample topics of our training and consultation services.
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Online tutorials, handouts, and tips for using many of the Library’s resources can be found on the Tutorials & Training section of the Library’s Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training.
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Book Drop Locations and Schedules
The Medical Center Library’s main book drop slot is located near the main lobby entrance. A 24-hour book drop is located near one of the entrance doors of the Library on the walkway between Duke Hospital North and the South Clinics. Materials deposited in the 24-hour book drop are picked up three or more times each day.
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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