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Communique

IssueApril - June 2012

Message from the Chief Custodian

Dear Gyankosh member,

We have something to celebrate this season. While we all know that one of the great things about librarians is that they are lifelong learners, we also acknowledge the fact that they play a vital role in encouraging all around them to learn. And so, we at Elsevier Health Sciences are always striving to aid your efforts in bridging the

information gap. We, at Elsevier value your continuing support and association with us.

Through its leadership and participation in technological innovations, Elsevier has been playing a significant role in the advent and continuing development of best-in-class electronic resources helping make life easier and more productive for librarians, scholars and practitioners worldwide. Putting innovative, high-quality educational tools where they are needed most in the hands of today's educators and the students who will be tomorrow's healthcare professionals is just one of Elsevier's enduring contributions to health and science.

Our new global product, ClinicalKey has been successfully launched across various regions in the country; and we are delighted with the response from the health care professionals. Another product, ExpharmPro, a computer assisted learning package containing five programs which simulate animal experiments in Pharmacology, has gained much appreciation and is seen as a potential enhancement to some of the animal experiments conducted across campuses today. Thank you all for the much appreciation and feedback on our offerings. We hope you would connect and collaborate with our newer initiatives too.

As we mentioned in our earlier newsletter issue as well, Elsevier Gyankosh would like to partner up in organizing Librarians Meets across the country. You can send us your proposals at contactus@elsevier.com.

We request you to stay connected to us and let us know how we can actuate this Gyankosh programme further to contribute more to your community.

Regards,

Ajit SharmaChief CustodianElsevier Gyankosh

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Elsevier Clinical Advisory Board (ECAB)

launches the book "Understanding Male

Infertility”The most recent ECAB Obstetrics and Gynaecology book "Understanding Male Infertility" was released amid much fan fare in a symposium on Genital Tuberculosis in Indian Habitat Centre on 12th May. The book was released by Dr. Behram Anklesaria, Chairperson ICOG (Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists), the academic body of FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India). Dr. Anklesaria commended the efforts of the Editors Dr. Sonia Malik and Dr. Ashok Agarwal in bringing together not just the cutting edge advances of internationally acclaimed practitioners in this field but also the equally relevant Indian perspectives of

some of the leading infertility specialists from our country. The book has also received accolades from Dr. Botros RMB Rizk, Medical and Scientific Director, USA IVF Program, Alabama and Dr. Dhiraj Gada, Member of Board of Directors and Scientific Committee, International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) who have foreworded the book along with Dr. Anklesaria.

Other dignitaries present at the event were Dr. Ashok Kumar, Deputy Director General, Central TB Division of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare-Government of India; Dr. Kuldeep Jain, President, Indian Fertility Society; and Dr. Chitra Raghunandan, President, Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Delhi. According to these and other eminent Infertility specialists present at the occasion, this book has addressed the practically applicable and desirable aspects of the very relevant and often underexplored part of infertility treatment in males.

ClinicalKey Unlocks the Next-Gen

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Robert Gorter (E-sales & Marketing Director APAC, Elsevier), Rohit Kumar (MD, Elsevier South Asia) were among the esteemed panelists who occupied the dais and gave their valuable feedback on ClinicalKey.

The ClinicalKey Launch in India was a huge success, creating ClinicalKey user, Dr. Medha Joshi from Tata Memorial Hospital, quite a buzz and left guests inspired to know more. It was well Mumbai gave a detailed feedback of the product. "If we appreciate attended by eminent members of medical fraternity ranging the time that clinicians and practitioners spend on patient care from Medical Superintendents, Practicing Consultants, and browsing through latest academic content, we would then Elsevier Authors, Librarians and PG students. The product, know the relevance and significance of ClinicalKey. This is indeed launched in 4 major metropolitan cities of India including fast and a smarter search at half of the time. We cannot rely on Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai, saw an excitement Google or plain search engines. How relevant is the information, and interest that was unmatched and unparalleled in the field who knows? But with ClinicalKey you are sure!"of health sciences. The august The launch function in Mumbai g a t h e r i n g w i t n e s s e d a n was also clubbed with the introduction presentation of felicitation ceremony during ClinicalKey, followed by the live which the Elsevier's esteemed demonstration of the product. customers who have completed The feedback sessions were 5 years of relationship with interesting and exciting with Elsevier's E-Products were the audience promptly asking awarded. A special memento questions and getting their w a s g i v e n t o J A S L O K queries resolved immediately. HOSPITAL for being the First The event in was chaired ClinicalKey Customer of South by Dr. Nimesh Desai (Director, Asia.Institute of Human Behavior ClinicalKey draws answers Allied Sciences), Dr. Mrinalini from the largest collection of Chaturvedi (Medical Director, clinical resources, covering Cyrobanks), Dr. M. Venugopal every medical and surgical (Medical Superintendent, s p e c i a l t y - e l i m i n a t i n g Swami Dayanand Hospital), physicians' reliance on less Dr. Ravindra Chaturvedi (HOD accurate sources. ClinicalKey's Anesthesiology, AFMC Pune). In we had Padma Shri content includes more than 700 textbooks and 400 top medical Dr. G.S. Sainani (Senior Pediatrician, Jaslok Hospital), Dr. journals, providing the most current clinically relevant evidence-R.K. Dikshit (Dean, B.J. Medical College, Ahmadabad); In based answers, as well as expert commentary, MEDLINE

, Dr Radha Rajagopal (Director, Medical Education, abstracts and select third-party journals. It is a part of Elsevier's Apollo Hospitals), V. Chockalingham (Professor Cardiology, continuing efforts to help clinicians improve quality and efficiency Dr. MGR Medical University), Dr. Thamizh Chelvan (Secretary through the smarter use of healthcare information. Along with IDA Tamil Nadu), Dr. Shaw Nawaj Khan (Medical Elsevier's other clinical, educational and administrative Superintendent, ACS Medical College & Hospital) and in resources, ClinicalKey enhances workflow without disruption and

, Dr. Rohit Shetty (Vice chairman, Narayana ultimately helps physicians deliver better patient outcomes.Nethralaya), Dr. Sriprakash KS (Vice chancellor, RGUHS),

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In conversation with: 4. What do you like the best/least about your work?

5. What type of research and which source do you Mr. Khalid Nadeem Khan refer to before ordering for books?(Library, Faculty of Dentistry,

Jamia Millia Islamia)

6. How can the librarian and teachers help each other when it comes to enhancing the education of the students?

1. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? Your own academic history and your job as a Librarian?

2. What do you think is unique about your college library?

7. How do you keep yourself updated about the latest library management practices?

8. What's the number one archiving challenge that you 3. What according to you are the new roles of medical might be facing in your library today?libraries and librarians in India: Opportunities and

challenges?

9. What community associations are you part of, and how often do you participate in librarian meets, forums and community events?

10. Words you live by:

I am very satisfied with my job. I am able to work with some really interesting Health Professionals. Because working with people is my strength, the paperwork really bogged me down at times.

lSubject expertslStudents' opinionlWeb portal lPublisher's promotional materialslPublisher's Sales Team etc.

"Gyankosh is really helpful in keeping abreast of the latest publications and related information. Gyankosh is a good effort by Elsevier for librarians of Medical and Dental colleges all over India to suit their needs and build a storehouse of The collaboration between teachers and librarian is considered knowledge by delivering world class information through essential in preparing students for a complex society where vast effective innovative tools." amounts of information must be understood and managed. The

professional guidelines encourage librarians to engage in collaboration with teachers to create a student-centered learning environment. The guidelines for the librarians also establish the I have done M. Sc. (Physics) & B. Library & Information Science mission of Medical librarians: to ensure that students, staff, and from Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi. I others in the educational community are effective users of ideas have completed PGDLAN from IGNOU. I have nearly 15 years' and information. This is in line with the changing roles of experience at different positions at different institutions starting librarians. The collaboration between the stakeholders i.e. the from India Meteorological Department, Department of Science students, teachers and the librarians is a must for proper and Technology (Ministry of Earth Science), Govt. of India. functioning of the library as the lack of the clarity about collaboration and the development of collaborative relationships between teachers and librarians leads to underutilization of the library resources and improper Ours is a new Library so we update collection as per syllabus as acquisition. well as reference documents also. We have lots of Research

Journals in print form as well as Electronic form. The Library has new concept for proper use of library by having three different places for different types of users. The first space is specifically

lConferences & Workshopsreserved for scholarly discussion on a round table at reception lResearch ArticlesHall; another space is for book reading with open access stacks. lPromotional Materials by VendorsWe have separate space for Print periodicals with reading space. lWeb Portals We have audio visual room & Computer/Internet Laboratory. lInteraction with peers.This is fully automated library with equipped LIBSYS software.

At the moment, we don't face any such problem as we have sufficient resources for the same.This is information explosion era. The beginning of the 21st

century has seen a surge in interest for health care information technology based on its ability to demonstrate improvements in the quality, safety, and cost-efficiency of health care. In particular, while most attention has been paid to the exemplar

lMALAIleaders in health information technology, less attention has been lICMR-NIC Centre for Biomedical Informationfocused on the issue of the workforce necessary to sustain the lMEDLARsystems to achieve their vision. The discipline of medical

informatics requires sufficient attention to the professional workforce that will deploy systems outside the informatics

Great libraries have always looked to both the future and the research setting so that they are benefited by the large

past.acquisition effectively.

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