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October is National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM), established by the Medical Library Association in 1997 to highlight the abilities and achievements of medical librarians. This year, the Medical Center Library is celebrating with a host of activities, contests, and prizes, including weekly “coffee breaks” on Friday mornings from 8:00 to 10:00 am. That’s right, we’ll be serving up free coffee and treats each Friday in October.
To kick off the month’s festivities, the Library will host its first coffee break on Friday, October 7th from 8:00-10:00 am in the Lower Lobby. Join us for coffee, snacks, and a demonstration at 9:00 and 9:30 am of our newest electronic resource, Scopus, an extensive abstract and indexing database containing 27 million records back to 1966 from over 14,000 peer-reviewed titles. To cap it off, we’ll be giving away a 4 gigabyte iPod mini to one lucky patron. But wait, there’s more…
Each Friday we will serve up coffee, prizes, and demonstrations of Library resources at 9:00 and 9:30 am.
Friday, October 14th - Come learn about MDConsult, an online collection of books, journals, practice guidelines and drug information. Register to win a gift certificate from Barnes and Noble.
Friday, October 21st - See the new Ovid interface and explore Books@Ovid, an online collection of books featuring natural language searching.
Friday, October 28th - Come tour MedlinePlus, an award-winning consumer health resource created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine. Everyone is invited to register for products from Natural Standard, a complementary and alternative medicine specialist.
During the month, we will also be sponsoring “Finding the Keys to Your Success,” a Web-based scavenger hunt at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/temp/hunt.html. We will have a new hunt starting each Friday in October, with a smorgasbord of prizes for weekly winners including copy/print cards, document delivery vouchers, free scanning, mediated searches by our information experts, and Web page design consultations. All scavenger hunt participants will automatically be entered into a grand prize drawing at the end of the month for a portable DVD player!
Be sure to check DUMCL Online at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu for additional contests and surprises during the monthlong celebration. We look forward to seeing you in October at your Library!
This month, a yearlong subscription begins to Scopus, a tool that combines search and retrieval features. Designed and developed with input from researchers and librarians, it is reportedly the most extensive abstract and indexing database available. Scopus may be accessed from the “Databases” page on our Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/databases.
Scopus covers literature found in major indexes such as MEDLINE, Embase, Compendex, Biosis, and SciSearch, as well as information from Internet sites. Whether searching topics for the first time or compiling literature reviews for grant applications and advanced research, Scopus makes it easier to find current and historical connections between subject areas.
Containing 27 million records back to 1966, this navigational tool offers a number of features including the ability to set up a profile to customize the search results screen, automatic notification by email when new articles in a specific areas are added to the database or when someone cites articles of interest, innovative tools to help refine searches, and full-text links for journals to which Duke subscribes.
Be sure to join us on Friday, October 7th for a demonstration of Scopus and a chance to win an iPod mini. Sessions will be held at 9:00 and 9:30 am in the classroom (Room 104) on the Lower Level of the Library.
We welcome your comments during this trial period. Please send them to Karen Grigg, Head, Collection Development and Electronic Resources, at grigg012@mc.duke.edu.
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Dr. Daniel M. Albert Barbara Deaton Anderson William B. Anderson Ms. Cathy Angell Dr. & Mrs. David W. Allen Dr. Jeffrey P. Baker David S. Barnes Mary H. Barnes Dr. Thomas J. Beno Dr. David Bisno Dr. Dan G. Blazer Dr. & Mrs. Edward H. Bossen Mr. & Mrs. Armistead Burwell, Jr Ms. Ginger Carden Ms. Marilyn Chase Dorothy Jenkins Combs Mrs. Patricia S. Dube Dr. & Mrs. David Lee Epstein Dr. David Epstein Dr. Irwin Fridovich Dr. Donald P. Frush Dr. Tracy W. Gaudet Ms. Barbara Gentry |
Dr. James Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Cecil R. Godwin, Jr. Dr. Barbara Goldstein Dr. Joseph C. Greenfield, Jr Dr. Edward C. Halperin Mr. J. Samuel Hammond Ms. Sarah T. Harris Diane Hatchell Dr. Judith Hays Mrs. Lois Hayes Dr. Barton F. Haynes Dr. Clyde A. Helms Ms. Allison Hoffman Mr. Sam R. Hull Dr. Margaret Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. James P. Jones Mary Trent Jones James Parker Jones Dr. & Mrs. Joannes H. Karis Dr. Ravi Karra Dr. Gordon Klintworth Ms. Jenny Semens Koortbojian Mr. Henry C. Lengefeld |
Dr. Arthur C. Maimon Dr. Joseph Mathew James E. Maynard, Jr Dr. Gregory McCarthy Dr. John P. McGovern Diane McKenzie Dr. Michael R. McVaugh Dr. Enrique Montero Dr. Andrew Nadell Dr. Frances A. Neelon Dr. Barbara Newborg Dr. A. T. Pagter (c/o Laurellyn Medical Group) Mr. Chandler Palethorpe Dr. Edward F. Patz, Jr. Erica Peterson Dr. David S. Pisetsky Ms. Susan Porter Dr. Susan Promes Dr. Dale Purves Carla Gene Rapp Dr. George O.D. Rosenwasser Dr. H. Max Schiebel |
Mrs. Mary D.B.T.Semans Dr. Abraham Shulman Margaret F. Slawson Dr. George Somjen Dr. Allen W. Song Dr. E. William St. Clair Dr. Jennifer Strauss Dr. Robert Sullivan Dr. Debara L. Tucci Dr. Dennis Turner Dr. Kevin E. Van Landingham Dr. Andrew Wang Dr. Sam Wang Ms. Carolyn Weinbaum Dr. David S. Werman Dr. Evelyn R. Wilbanks Dr. George D. Wilbanks Ms. Alice Wilkins Ms. Mary M. Wilkinson Dr. R. H. Wilkinson, Jr. Dr. Susan E. Zarutskie Dr. Stephen Zernich, Jr. |
“Publishing Medical Journals: A Conversation with Duke University Press”
October 13, 2005, 5:30-7:00 pm
History of Medicine (Room 102), Lower Level, Medical Center LibraryHow is your home university press working with the research and library communities to address the crisis in scholarly communication and its effects on publishing medical research now and in the future? Come hear about the progress Duke University Press has made over the past year and its plans for the future. Darell Bigner, M.D., Ph.D.; Edwin L. Jones, Jr. and Lucille Finch Jones Cancer Research Professor; Director, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute at Duke; and Deputy Director, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, will share his experience in dealing with the university press in the publication of Neuro-Oncology, which he has edited for the past several years. Representing Duke University Press will be Donna Blagdan, Journals Marketing Manager; Steve Cohn, Director; Erich Staib, Journals Acquisitions Editor; and Kim Steinle, Library Relations Manager.
“The Facts About the NIH Public Access Policy”
October 20, 2005, 4:00-5:00 pm
MLEC (Room 104), Lower Level, Medical Center LibraryThe request by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that all authors of articles funded by NIH submit a copy of their manuscript to PubMed Central for free access has raised a lot of questions for researchers about article submissions and what the policy really requires and encourages. Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services and a member of the NIH Public Access Working Group, will conduct this session for those who wish to learn the facts about the new NIH policy, as well as the issues surrounding it on a national level. She will also collect questions and concerns to bring them to the attention of the NIH working group.
One of the primary jobs for the large corps of authors at Duke University is getting the word out on their research and discoveries. Research goes hand in hand with improving how well patients are treated for their particular ailments. Publication is also a key in gaining funding in the competitive race to finance expensive research projects. With the redesign of DUMCL Online in January of this year, the Medical Center Library now offers a section on the Website under the heading of “Publication Support” (http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/pubsupport/).
Getting a paper accepted for publication is not a simple task. This Web page provides a portal to comprehensive lists of publishers’ Websites for instructions to authors, resources that assist in authenticating citations, journal title abbreviations, funding and contracting opportunities, information on various IRB policies, and more.
Whether you are a physician involved in publishing the results of a research project, an administrative assistant who is searching databases for previously published information, or a researcher trying to determine which journals are best suited for publishing particular findings, you will find help here.
Like doing research? Enjoy searching for information in the library or in digital resources? Interested in the evaluation, design and implementation of information resources and systems? There is now a dual-degree program with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (UNC SILS) for Duke medical students interested in becoming medical information specialists or learning more about library and information services and technologies.
During your third year at Duke, you can earn a Master of Science in Library Science (MSLS) or a Master of Science in Information Science (MSIS) degree over an 18 to 24 month period. The old world of librarians and libraries has morphed into an information science field that offers students a dynamic and fast-paced career, focusing on the best use of technologies and other resources to create, manage, and deliver relevant and high quality information at the point of need.
Special funding has been made available through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded to UNC SILS and the Duke University School of Medicine.
The grant covers:
Why consider an MSLS or MSIS? You will learn about and understand:
For more information about the UNC School of Information and Library Science, visit http://www.ils.unc.edu/. Details about the MSLS and MSIS degree programs can be accessed at http://sils.unc.edu/programs/index.html.
The Medical Center Library’s Marketing and Publications department is a one-woman show run by Beverly Murphy, who has worked at the Library for 22 years. Beverly’s first professional position was as technical services librarian at the Science Technology Information Center, University of Virginia-Charlottesville. After three years in Charlottesville, she returned to Durham and worked part-time at the Medical Center Library and at the Herald Sun Library, where they had just begun to develop an online newspaper indexing system. In 1983, she was offered a full-time reference position at Duke, where she served as Education Coordinator from 1988-1992 and as Head of Reference from 1992-1996. In November 1996, she assumed her current position as Assistant Director of Marketing and Publications.
Beverly wears many hats in her current role, drawing on skills from her broad background in areas such as reference, information systems, teaching, and expert searching. Beverly stays in touch with what our public needs and helps answer those needs as the Library’s Webmaster, editor of the newsletter, and overseer of other print and online materials about the Library’s services.
January 2005 marked the launch of our redesigned Website. As chair of the Web Advisory Committee, which is composed of members from the Medical Center and the Library, Beverly worked tirelessly on this important project. Also, in order to maintain her reference skills and her contact with the public, she continues to serve time on the Library Service Desk, even though this is not a primary role of her marketing position.
Beverly has also made huge contributions to medical librarianship in her roles outside of our Library. From 1995-1997, she served a three-year term as president of the Association of North Carolina Health and Science Libraries (ANCHASL). She was also chair of MAC, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA), from 2002-2005. In her role as MAC’s Immediate Past Chair, she served as Nominating Committee Chair for the 2005 elections and chaired the Strategic Planning Task Force, which oversaw the proposal and approval of several bylaws amendments. This year also marks the conclusion of Beverly’s six-year term as editor of the MLA News. At the annual MLA conference in May, she received an award for her wonderful service in this role.
October is National Medical Librarians Month and that means another great promotion campaign led by Beverly. These campaigns remind our patrons of the many services we have to offer and also provide an opportunity for fun and games. The Duke Medical Center Library won MLA’s Creative Promotions Award three years in a row for these campaigns, and then again last year, after skipping a year of application. This national recognition is great!
Even though Beverly is the only person in her department, she doesn’t feel that way. She says, “The entire staff of the Library plays a role in marketing whenever they interact with the public.” And due to the nature of Beverly’s position, she interacts with the entire staff. Her favorite part of the job is the variety. No two days are alike.
Anna Krampl, temporary librarian in the Information and Education Services Department, has been appointed Instructor and Reference Librarian at Mercer University Medical Library, Macon, Georgia. In addition to her reference responsibilities, she will provide health information outreach services for the Southwestern region of Georgia and act as liaison to the Marriage and Family Therapy Program.
Suzanne Porter, History of Medicine Curator, and Connie Schardt, Education Coordinator, have been reappointed to the Medical Library Association's Academy of Health Information Professionals at the Distinguished level, the highest membership level in the academy.
Connie Schardt, Education Coordinator, will be teaching “EBM and the Medical Librarian”at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association in Portland, Oregon, on October 15, 2005.
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| Wednesday | Nov. 23 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Thursday | Nov. 24 | CLOSED |
| Friday | Nov. 25 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Saturday | Nov. 26 | 10:00 am - 6:00 pm |
| Sunday | Nov. 27 | 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
| National Archives Week October 8-14 |
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Anesthesia Central
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/databases/canceled/anesthesiaThis set of digital resources offers PDA, Web and wireless access to information on diseases, drugs, tests, procedures, and techniques along with tools for tracking and searching the medical literature. Pocket guides to ICU management and diagnostic tests are included.
images.MD
http://www.imagesmd.com/This online encyclopedia provides access to over 50,000 high-quality medical images derived from Current Medicine’s renowned series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by detailed and informative text written by more than 2,000 contributing experts. The images can be used for internal and external lectures and for online teaching modules restricted to Duke students. Additional permission and fees must be obtained for use in commercial publications such as books, journals, and multimedia and Web-based educational modules.
Need to create a bibliography? EndNote is a citation management software package that allows you to organize bibliographic references, create instant bibliographies in customized formats, and easily incorporate citations into your Microsoft Word manuscript. The Medical Center Library offers a number of free support options for EndNote, including consultations with a librarian, tutorials, and handouts. A site license at Duke provides free access to the software for faculty, staff and students. See our “Tutorials and Training” page at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/end_note for more information.
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
Cumulative Index to Nursing and
Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
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 for October: 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 your department on specific resources or topics, please contact Connie Schardt, Education Coordinator, 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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