news from the libraries - ut hsc newsletter march 2010

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March 2010

Contact UT Health Science

Center Libraries

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of

Libraries

(210) 567-2413Email: [email protected]

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe LibraryCirculation Desk

(210) 567-2440

Information Desk

(210) 567-2450

Email:

[email protected]

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown

(210) 358-3939

Jesse H. Jones

Comprehensive Research

Library

(210) 562-5098

Harlingen

Ramirez Library

(956) 365-8850

LaredoLaredo Campus Extension

Library

(956) 523-7404

Workshop: Creating and Presenting a Professional Poster SessionLibrary staff works to create a new strategic planLibrary strategic plan: Mission, vision and goalsTeaching evidence-based search skills to second year medicalstudentsExecutive Director of Libraries participates in leadership programsExam Master: School of Medicine provides funds to restore accessLibrary classes for MarchLibrarians present classes to first responders in LaredoAround the library: new faces, service awards and retirementsHealth and Medicine on Display: author talk in April

Save the date: getHIPFeatured resource of the P.I. Nixon Library: Ophalmodouleia

FOR LIBRARY CLASSES, go to page 6

In December, library staff met in the Dental School private dining room tobegin work on a new strategic plan. More information about the process andabout work that has already been completed can be found on pages 2 and 3.

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News from The Librarieshttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

March 2010

Library staff develops strategic plan

On December 4, 2009, library staff gathered in the Texas Star Caf private dining room to begin the process of

developing a strategic plan for 2010-2013. Forty staff members were assigned to small groups to work on the

strategic mission, vision, and goals that will guide the librarys development over the next four years.Librarians and members of the staff who attended the strategic planning session represented UT Health

Science Center libraries in San Antonio, Harlingen and Laredo.

Following the initial strategic planning session a smaller planning team refined the mission, vision, and goals.

A draft was presented to the Library Advisory Committee on February 4. The Library Advisory Committeereviewed the plan and made some helpful recommendations. Revised versions of the Mission, Vision and

Goals statements can be found on the next page.

The next step in the strategic planning process will occur on March 12, when library staff will once again meet

as a group to begin developing objectives that will move the library toward its goals.

Rajia TobiaExecutive Director of Libraries

Workshop: Creating and Presenting a Professional Poster Session

To RSVP for the special workshop, visit the Library website at http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classDescriptions.cfm#577.

For more information about the 3rd Annual CSL Conference, planned for April 8, 2010, visit the Conferencewebsite at http://www.texashumanities.org/cslconference.cfm.

To learn more about the workshop, please contact Katie Prentice at [email protected] or 210-567-6606.

Katie Prentice, Education and Information Services Coordinator

Thursday, March 4, 12 noon - 1:00 pm

Collaboratory, LIB 4.074, Briscoe Library, San Antonio

Telecast to Room 1.132, Ramirez Library, Harlingen

In support of the upcoming 3rd Annual Community Service Learning

Conference, sponsored by the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics,

the Briscoe Library is offering a special workshop: Creating and

Presenting a Professional Poster Session. This one hour class covers

the development of a roll poster, presentation skills and best practices

for poster sessions at professional conferences. Everyone interested in

improving their presentation skills and posters is welcome to attend.
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March 2010

UT Health Science Center Libraries

Strategic Plan

MISSION

The mission of The Libraries is to advance the educational, research, clinical care, and community

service programs of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio by critically appraising, selecting,and organizing health sciences information and by facilitating and maintaining access to these

resources for the faculty, staff and students of the UT Health Science Center and for the South Texas

community.

VISION

Information for Better Lives

The Libraries are leaders in promoting health information access, evaluating resources, and

encouraging resource use to meet the dynamic needs and challenges of the UT Health Science

Center and the South Texas community. The Libraries realize this vision by providing:

Essential resources for teaching, learning, research and decision making;

Innovative information and instructional services;

Knowledgeable, service-oriented, and professional staff;

Versatile facilities responsive to evolving educational culture; and

Effective collaboration with educators, students, researchers, health professionals,

administrators, community members, and other health information stakeholders.

GOALS

The UT Health Science Center Libraries strive to achieve their mission and vision by working

toward goals that will advance the education, research, clinical care, community service, andorganizational effectiveness of the UT Health Science Center. Goals for 2010-2013 include the

following:

To expand The Libraries role in the universitys educational mission by promoting quality

information in an environment conducive to learning; To support the discovery and exchange of knowledge to advance the universitys research

mission;

To provide resources and services that advance clinical knowledge and informed decision

making;

To promote access to quality health information for the South Texas region; and

To manage a customer-oriented environment that is effective, efficient, and fiscally

responsible while fostering a learning environment for all.


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To put this in context, third year medical students currently learn how to search Ovid MEDLINE during their

Pediatric Clerkship rotation. Feedback from the students indicated they wanted to learn these skills earlier in the

curriculum. The goal was to better prepare them for their third year clinical experiences, bearing in mind how

important it is to support clinical decision-making with the best evidence from the literature.

To take full advantage of the time, librarians divided the four hours of lecture time equally between large and small

group presentations. The small group sessions built on the material previously presented to the larger group. The

two sessions: Search and Find: Skills for the Third Year, both in the Clinical Neurosciences Module, were not

compulsory, but students earned extra credit for attending either one or both sessions.

Four librarians took a segment to teach, and each managed a small group, guiding students through practice

PubMed exercises and then through questions based on clinical scenarios. For example: forming a PICO,

identifying types of question, type of study, search strategy and so on. Librarians made sure the exercises were

relevant to the material they had already learned in Clinical Neurosciences.

With an already packed MS2 schedule, 25 students were expected, however, librarians were surprised when 150students appeared in both sessions! In fact, there were 162 on day 1 and 151 on day 2 (out of a class of 250). Despite

the larger than anticipated attendance, everything went very smoothly. It was truly a team effort by the Education

and Information Services librarians.

Afterwards, the feedback was clear over 60% of the students wanted the sessions to be mandatory for the next

academic year. Students were also asked to self-evaluate their skills, before and after both teaching sessions. The

percentage increase in skill level was very encouraging. For example, 24 students initially said they knew the

difference between therapy questions and other question types. This increased to 118. Initially only 41 students felt

confident using PubMed Clinical Queries. This increased to 117. One student commented: Very helpful. This

session will save me lots of time in the future. Thanks!

Based on this instructional experience, librarians are now working with the School of Medicine Academic Affairs

office to incorporate the material into the second year class of Fall 2010.

Angela Myatt

Curriculum Liaison Librarian

Librarians: Angela Myatt, Katie Prentice, Emily Hurst and Chris Gaspard. Special thanks are due to Dana

Whitmire, Jorge Martinez and Jonquil Feldman for all their support.

Teaching evidence-based search skills

to second year medical students

In January 2010, thanks to Dr. Nan Clare, Associate Dean for

Academic Affairs, librarians were given an opportunity to teach

literature searching skills in the context of Evidence-Based

Medicine (EBM) to the second year medical students.


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March 2010

Exam Master: School of Medicine provides funds to restore access

The UT Health Science Center Libraries are onceagain offering access toExam Master. Thesubscription is funded by the School of Medicine.

Access toExam Mastermay be found on theDatabases page of the library Web site: http://

www.library.uthscsa.edu/find/databases.cfm.

John WeedHead of Collection Resources

Executive Director of Libraries participates intwo leadership development programs

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries, is participating in two programs designed to develop leadershipamong academic executives.

The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) sponsors the New Directors Symposium toenhance leadership skills among newly appointed library directors in academic health science centers. Theprogram began with a day-long leadership workshop at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)meeting in Boston in November and will conclude with a workshop held at the Annual Meeting of the MedicalLibrary Association in Washington, D.C. in May. A number of leadership webinars will also be conductedthroughout the seven month program.

Rajia has also been selected to participate in the UT Health Science Centers Leadership Education andDevelopment (LEAD) Institute to develop leadership skills among campus faculty and staff. The LEADInstitute, which begins on March 26, sponsors monthly sessions designed to expand leadership knowledgeand skills specifically designed for UT Health Science Center faculty and staff. The LEAD program is designedand led by the UT Leadership Institute. Twenty-six fellows in the program will have the opportunity tointeract and work with colleagues from campus schools and administrative areas.
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Library classes for March

News from the UT Health Science Center

Libraries is published at the beginning of each

month to highlight the programs, services and

resources offered by The Libraries.

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:

[email protected]

Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: [email protected]

Kelley Minars, Web Editor: [email protected]

Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors

Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,

Photographers


March 2010

All classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. If you would like torequest a class or schedule a consult at any HSC campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or email

[email protected].

If you would like to request a special class or orientation for your department or group at other days/times,

please contact us!

To register for a class or to read class descriptions, visit http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classSchedule.cfm.

When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email now includes a file that you can

save as an appointment into your electronic calendar.

Briscoe Library San Antonio

Creating and Presenting a Professional Poster Session: Thursday, March 4, 12 noon - 1:00p.m., Collaboratory 4.074

Introduction to PubMed: Tuesday, March 9, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., LIB 2.011

Technology Brownbag:Saving Face on Facebook, Updated, Wednesday, March 10, 12 noon- 1:00 p.m., Howe Conference Room

Introduction to EndNote: Thursday, March 11, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., LIB 2.011

Ovid Tips & Tricks: Getting Started with MEDLINE: Monday, March 15, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30p.m., LIB 2.011

Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: Tuesday, March 9,1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m., LIB 2.011

Introduction to RefWorks: Tuesday, March 30, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., LIB 2.011

Ramirez Library, Regional Academic Health Center Harlingen

Creating and Presenting a Professional Poster Session: Thursday, March 4, 12 noon - 1:00p.m., telecast to Room 1.132 Ramirez Library

Katie Prentice, Education and Information Services Coordinator
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March 2010

Information resources for disaster management:Librarians present classes to first responders in Laredo

In February librarians Paula Maez and Linda Levy taughttwo classes to employees of the Laredo HealthDepartment, fireman and EMTs from the Laredo FireDepartment, and area HazMat specialists.

The classes were on WISER Wireless InformationSystem for Emergency Responders (http://

wiser.nlm.nih.gov/) and REMM (Radiation EmergencyMedical Management: (http://www.remm.nlm.gov/).

Both WISER and REMM are resources produced by theSpecialized Information Services division of the NationalLibrary of Medicine as part of a continuing effort to bringimportant information about disaster management tothose who need it.

WISER provides a wide range of information onhazardous substances, including substance identificationsupport, physical characteristics, human healthinformation, and containment and suppressionguidance. REMM provides guidance for health care providers and hospitals about clinical diagnosis and

treatment during transportation events involving radiation, terrorist incidents, or mass casualty radiological/nuclear events.

The Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders can be found at http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/.

Librarians Paula Maez and Linda Levy traveled to

Laredo in February to teach classes on information

resources for first responders.
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March 2010

A new face in the Briscoe Library

The Laredo library announces the retirement of Dolores Diaz, Library Assistant III

We are sorry to announce the retirement of Dolores Diaz, Library Assistant II in Laredo. Dolores has worked

part-time in the Laredo Campus Extension Library since 2007, when she retired from her first career as aschool librarian.

Dolores is loved by students and staff members for her sunny disposition, for her total commitment to going

the extra mile, and for providing outstanding service to all library users. In addition to her campus

responsibilities, Dolores has worked tirelessly as an advocate for the librarys outreach programs in Laredo.

Dolores always has been an asset to the Laredo Campus Extension Library. She leaves with our best wishes,

but we will definitely miss her!

Linda Levy

Assistant Library Director for Branches

The Libraries are pleased to welcome Patricia (Patty) Goldspink, the newAdministrative Assistant I in the Briscoe Library. Patty works at the front desk in thelibrarys administrative offices, where she is the first person many visitors will see.

Patty was previously employed with USAA, where she held several different positions inhuman resources including HR Analyst, HR Coordinator and HR Senior ServiceRepresentative.

Around the library

Anne Comeaux, Assistant Library Director for Special Collections and

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries, each received an award for

their years of service in February. Anne has worked in the UT System for

35 years, including several years at UT Austin before coming to the UT

Health Science Center in 1977. Rajia has 30 years of service with the UT

System at both the UT Health Science Center and UTSA.

Congratulations Anne and Rajia! Your presence here has been a great

benefit for the library and for those of us who are privileged to work with

you.

Celebrating many years of service


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getHIP 2010 is a Texas Library Association preconference for school librarians, public librarians, school

nurses, teachers, school administrators, health educators, health sciences librarians and others, to promote a

coordinated approach to school health. This preconference is an opportunity for attendees to raise their

awareness of health information resources available from the National Library of Medicine and other agencies

and organizations. It will also provide a chance for participants to work together to generate specific ideas for

collaborating across professional lines to promote access to health information for students, their families and

the broader community.

It is not necessary to register for the TLA conference to attend this workshop. Information on how to registerfor the workshop can be found at http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/events/gethip2010reg.cfm.

For more information contact Paula Maez, National Library of Medicine 2nd Year Fellow, [email protected]

Save the date: getHIP 2010

Date: April 14, 2010

Time: 1:005:00 p.m.

Place: Texas Library Association meeting, San Antonio, Texas

Save the date:Health and Medicine on Display: International

Expositions in the United States, 1876-1904

Author talk by Julie K. Brown, PhD

President, Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Wednesday, April 7

Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Howe Conference Room


March 2010

"Health and Medicine on Display is a work of great significance in the fields

of cultural history, the history of world's fairs, the history of medicine,

museum studies, and visual anthropology. This book stands alone at the

intersection of these fields. Anyone interested in helping our currentpopulations better understand and prevent the spread of disease should

read this book."

Robert W. Rydell, Professor of History, Montana State University

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Ophthalmodouleiaby Georg BartischA featured resource of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Dresden 1583 - 1st editionThe first textbook on ophthalmology in theGerman language

Georg Bartisch, the founder of modern ophthalmology, was court oculist in Dresden. The

illustrations in Ophthalmodouleia depicting Renaissance eye surgery in all its aspects weremade by Bartisch himself. Among the remarkable woodcuts are pictures of a patient tied to a

chair in readiness for his operation, procedures involved in cataract surgery, blepharochalasis,

and exenteration of the orbit, and the removal of eyelashes to cure trichiasis. Bartisch also

gives directions for pre-operative measures for the patient (fasting) and surgeon (abstention

from drink and venery).

For all his skill, Bartisch still came under the influence of the prevailing superstitions of the

day, astrology, witchcraft and magic.

Pennie Borchers

Special Collections Librarian


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