news from the libraries - june 2011

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June 2011

Rajia Tobia,Executive Director

of Libraries(210) 567-2413

[email protected]

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library

Circulation Desk(210) 567-2440

Information Desk

(210) 567-2450

[email protected]

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown

(210) 358-3939

Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive

Research Library

(210) 567-2450

Harlingen

Ramirez Library

(956) 365-8850

Laredo

Laredo Regional Campus

Library

(956) 523-7404

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Proposed reductions to journals and databases in 2012Artists work examines color and its impact on the emotional lifeSciFinderto go to web-only on June 30Mobile databases: Everywhere you areEmbryo: A new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPadMicromedexhas a new look: Instructions now availableLibrary classes in June and JulyExhibit documents the healthcare response to Hurricane Beulah in 1967Librarians contribute to new reference bookMedlinePlus survey results

Katie Prentice joins the Academy of Health Information ProfessionalsAndrea Schorr agrees to serve on medical library advisory groupNew books on the shelves of the Briscoe Library

For library classes go to page 6

Army and medical personnel prepare to transport two men on stretchers to a

packaged disaster hospital following Hurricane Beulah (1967) . The photo is part of

the Dr. Mario E. Ramirez Hurricane Beulah Photograph Collection, currently on

display at the Ramirez Library in Harlingen. Find the story on page 7.
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June 2011NEWSFROM THE LIBRARIES

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Due to flat or reduced state appropriations in past years, an impending reduction in state funds for the next

biennium, and annual inflation rates of 8-10% for journal and database subscriptions, UT Health Science

Center librarians are preparing a worst case scenario list of possible reductions to the librarys collection of

journals and databases. Librarians used criteria for possible cancellation such as cost/use over $25, annual

subscription cost greater than $1,000, and less than 100 uses in the last calendar year. The list of possible

subscription cancellations includes 172 titles and 10 database or electronic book collections.

In addition to the librarys local collection, The Libraries currently participate in the UT System Digital Library

which coordinates consortium licenses for a number of journal packages by publisher, including Elsevier,

Wiley, Springer and a number of other publishers. These consortium licenses have been of tremendous benefitto all UT System institutions by expanding the number of journals and databases accessible at UT campuses.

However, the downside to consortium licenses is that participating libraries are not allowed to cancel their

subscribed titles or are only able to cancel a small percentage of titles. In order for the Health Science Center

Libraries to operate within available funds, we must plan for the possibility of dropping out of several UT

System Digital Library consortium licenses. The list of possible titles that will be discontinued due to loss of

consortium access numbers over 3,900 and includes subscribed titles from UT Austin, UT Southwestern,

UTMB and other UT libraries. In the event that a journal title must be canceled, interlibrary loan services will

be available to provide needed articles.

The Library Committee with representatives from each school has been consulted as librarians have developed

plans to operate within available funds. We ask that you carefully review each list of possible cancellations onthe librarys website, at http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/about/subscribed.cfm , and that you notify the library

if any of the journals on the lists are important to your teaching, research, or clinical duties. Please send

comments to John Weed, Head of Collection Resources,[email protected].

Rajia TobiaExecutive Director of Libraries

[email protected]

Proposed reductions to journals and databases in 2012
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NEWSFROM THE LIBRARIEShttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

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Leanne Venier, an Austin area artist whose workexplores the healing properties of color and, moregenerally, the relationship between color and theemotional life, will speak in the Briscoe Library onThursday, June 9 from noon to 1 p.m.

Leannes work has received internationalrecognition: She was awarded the Grand Prize ofthe Jury for Outstanding Artwork in Vico delGargano, Italy. She was also a finalist for the

prestigious Hunting Art Prize in Houston, and hasbeen profiled in the Touch Dcorinternationaldesign magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and

Austin Woman magazine. She has beeninterviewed numerous times on Austin Radiostations KUT 90.5 FM and KOOP 91.7 FM.

Leannes June 9 presentation, on The Color Effect,will take place in the Howe Conference Room onthe 5th floor of the Briscoe Library. The talk isfree of charge and open to all.

Leannes paintings can be viewed through the end of June in the Briscoe Library Information Commons and

the medical schools Lecture Hall Foyer.

For more information contact Pennie Borchers, Special Collections Librarian: [email protected].

The Color Effect:

Artists work examines color and its impact on the emotional life

Leanne Veniers work is currently on display in the Briscoe

Library Information Commons and in the medical schools

Lecture Hall Foyer.

SciFinder is a research discovery tool. It provides access to the CAS databases produced by the Chemical

Abstracts Services. CAS databases contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical

sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more. SciFinderalso provides

access to patent information, conference proceedings, and the CAS Registry of Chemical Substances.

The client version ofSciFinderwill be discontinued on June 30, 2011. After this date, all U.S. institutions will

only have access to the web version ofSciFinder. Instructions to register for a username and password for the

web version were posted on our database pagein late 2010. If you have not already, please register for the

web access toSciFinderto ensure uninterrupted access.

Contact the library [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.

John WeedHead of Collection Resources

SciFinderto go to web-only on June 30:

Account registration and login required
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Users who are not using campus wireless will be asked to login; this will allow full-text article searching

straight from your phone.

Mobile databases currently offered include:MedlinePlus Mobile,PubMed for Handhelds,Academic Search

Complete, CINAHL Plus with Full Text,ERIC, MEDLINE, Mobile AccessMedicine, andStat!Ref.

MedlinePlus Mobile provides materials available to and designed for all patients and caregivers, while

Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, ERIC, Mobile AccessMedicine, andStat!Refprovide full-text articles

and reference material to Health Science Center faculty, staff and students using their library or university

login.

Luke RosenbergerDirector of LibraryTechnology and Historical

Collections

Kelley Minars

Web Services Librarian

Eric Willman

Systems Librarian

Mobile databases: Everywhere you are

Do you need to do a quick literature search, but dont have a computer with you?

Do you want to be able to look up information, but cant find the right app in the app store?

Do you want to provide information to your patients quickly and through their smartphone?

Did you know that the library has access to mobile databases that are optimized for your smartphone or

mobile device?

The Libraries mobile databases are located at http://uthscsa.mobi/library/data.htmlon your smart phone,

or at

http://library.uthscsa.edu/find/databases.cfm?Category=Mobileif you would like to browse the mobile

databases from your computer.
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Micromedexis an online reference resource for information about drugs,

toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine for informed clinical

diagnosis and treatment decisions.

As of June 1,Micromedexis only available in a new version 2.0 design.

Instruction in how to useMicromedexis available online at

http://healthcare.thomsonreuters.com/hcskit/ . Additionally, the librarys

Information Services staff are available to provide instruction in how to useMicromedex effectively.

Contact [email protected] .

A mobile version of Micromedex version 2.0 is available for iPhones, iPads,

Blackberries, Androids, Palm OS, and Pocket PC. The mobile version is

available from the Micromedex home page:

http://www.thomsonhc.com.libproxy.uthscsa.edu/micromedex2/librarian .

Micromedexhas a new look: Instructions now available

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently releasedEmbryo, a

new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Features ofEmbryo

include human fertilization videos, photo micrographs of early-stage

embryo development, 2D and 3D digital images using visual stack

dissections, and a pregnancy calculator.

Embryo brings together resources of NLM, the Eunice Kennedy

Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

(NICHD), the Virtual Human Embryo Project (Louisiana State

University) and the National Museum of Health & Medicines Human

Developmental Anatomy Center.

The iTunes preview ofEmbryo can be found at:

http://itunes.apple.com/app/embryo/id422337604 .

Susan Hunnicutt

Special Projects Librarian

Embryo: A new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
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Hurricane Beulah is still recognized as one of the most significant storms to make landfall in Texas. On

September 21, 1967 the storm moved into the mouth of the Rio Grande and inundated South Texas with heavy

rainfall. The memories of the hurricane and its aftermath were still fresh in the minds of many who attended

the May 6th opening of a photography exhibit which chronicles the response of health professionals and local

volunteers to refugees displaced by flooding in Starr County.

Hurricane Beulah caused extensive flooding on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. To escape the rising

floodwaters, over 14,000 refugees from Camargo, Tamaulipas crossed the border into the small town of Roma,

Texas. The refugees were in desperate need of food, shelter, and medical care. It was in Roma that Dr. MarioE. Ramirez, the only physician in town and Starr Countys Public Health Service Director, rose to action in the

face of a crisis. For several weeks, Dr. Ramirez along with volunteers from the local community, UT Medical

Branch in Galveston, Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio as well as the U.S. Army worked to help the

hurricane victims.

In 2007 the Library at the UT Health Science Center Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen was

named for Dr. Mario E. Ramirez. The Ramirez Library subsequently received materials from Dr. Ramirez

personal archive and library, a rich collection of photographs, letters, and documents. Many of the materials

donated by Dr. Ramirez are related to Hurricane Beulah, including 139 photographs and 185 pages of letters,

newspaper clippings, and personal journal entries. The photographs were taken by George Tuley, a Rio

Grande City teacher, who would later go on to a 39-year career as a photojournalist at the Corpus ChristiCaller-Times.

The photographs portray the use of makeshift medical equipment in the absence of IV poles, incubators, and

oxygen tents. The photographs also document the transformation of a high school into a packaged disaster

hospital where blackboards were used to record patient information including diagnoses and treatments.

In 2009 the Ramirez Library received a Library Technology Award from the National Network of Libraries of

Medicine (NN/LM) to support the digitization, cataloging, and uploading of the Hurricane Beulah

photographs to the UT Health Science Center Libraries Digital Archive as well as the creation of a traveling

exhibit. The full collection of Hurricane Beulah photographs from the Ramirez Collection can be viewed

online at http://bit.ly/beulahphotos . The photography exhibit will remain on display at the Ramirez Library,and a traveling version of the exhibit will be made available to local schools, libraries and museums. For more

information, please contact Graciela Reyna, Assistant Director, Mario E. Ramirez, M.D. Library at (956) 365-

8850 or [email protected].

Kathleen Carter

Ramirez Library Librarian

Historical exhibit documents the resourcefulness of healthprofessionals and volunteers in the aftermath of Hurricane Beulah

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Librarians contribute to new reference book


June 2011

Four San Antonio health sciences librarians contributed to anew reference bookThe Medical Library Associations

Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in theHealth Sciences. Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Librariesat the UT Health Science Center, is one of three associateeditors. Jonquil Feldman, Director of Briscoe LibraryServices; Katie Prentice, Head of Education and InformationServices; and Jayson Felty, Information Services Librarian atthe Texas Biomedical Research Institute; all contributed tothe General Reference section of the book which includes

bibliographic, indexing, abstracting, terminology, statistical,

directory, biographical, and grant resources.

TheMLA Guide describes 2,011 authoritative books, journals,databases, and Internet resources in the health sciencesliterature including the clinical specialties, subspecialties,

basic sciences, and emerging disciplines. The book is notintended to be a comprehensive bibliography, rather the 108contributors were limited to selecting a maximum of the ten

best books, journals and other resources in their discipline.

The recently released book was edited by Laurie Thompson,Assistant Vice President for Library Services at the UT

Southwestern Library. Mori Lou Higa, Manager, CollectionDevelopment at UT Southwestern, and Esther Carrigan,Associate Dean and Director of the Texas A&M UniversityMedical Sciences Library, were also associate editors.

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Jayson Felty, Rajia Tobia, Katie Prentice andJonquil Feldman all contributed to The

Medical Library Associations Master Guide to

Authoritative Information Resources in the

Health Sciences.

Recently, the National Library of Medicine announced the results of the 2010 MedlinePlus user survey,providing a snapshot of representative MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en espaol users, their demographics,their reasons for visiting the site, and how they use the health information provided by MedlinePlus.

Results of the MedlinePlus survey can be viewed at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/survey2010/index.html.

Results for MedlinePlus espaol can be viewed at

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/survey2010/index.html to view the 2010 survey results forMedlinePlus en espaol.

MedlinePlus: National Library of

Medicine releases 2010 survey

results
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Katie Prentice completes the requirements for membership in theAcademy of Health Information Professionals

Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services in the BriscoeLibrary, has been approved by the Medical Library Association formembership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) atthe Senior level. The Academy of Health Information Professionals is MLAspeer-reviewed professional development program that recognizesachievements in continuing education, teaching, publishing, research andother contributions to the profession. The AHIP credential denotes thehighest standards of professional competency and achievement in the field ofhealth care information and must be renewed every five years. Someone who

has the AHIP credential must participate in continuing education courses andother professional development activities to maintain the knowledge and skillsnecessary to successfully support the institutions mission and goals.

Katie worked for five years to achieve the AHIP credential. Please join me incongratulating her on this important distinction!

Rajia TobiaExecutive Director of Libraries

Andrea Schorr, Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian in the Briscoe Library, isamong a select group of medical librarians who have been invited to serve a one

year term on the newly formed YBP Medical Library Advisory Group.

YBP (Yankee Book Peddler) is a respected library vendor that focuses primarilyon books for the health sciences. This advisory group will offer feedback andsuggestions for how YBP can best meet the evolving needs of medicallibraries. Expected topics to cover include eBooks in medical libraries,streamlining workflows, and patron-driven acquisitions.

John WeedHead of Collection Resources

Andrea Schorr joins YBP Medical Library Advisory Group

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New to the shelves in the Briscoe Library...

Andrea N. Schorr

Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian

Evidence-based

teaching in nursing :

a foundation for

educators / Sharon

Cannon, Carol

Boswell.

Sudbury, Mass. :

Jones & Bartlett

Learning, c2012.

WY 105 C226e

2012.

Leadership roles and

management

functions in nursing :

theory and

application, 7th ed. /

Bessie L. Marquis,

Carol J. Huston.

Philadelphia : Wolters

Kluwer Health/

Lippincott Williams &

Wilkins, c2012.

WY 105 M357L 2012.

Medical

terminology : a word

-building approach /

Jane Rice.

Upper Saddle River,

N.J. : Pearson

Education, c2012.

W 15 R496m 2012.

Carranza's clinical

periodontology, 11th

edition / [edited by]

Michael G. Newman,

Henry H. Takei, Perry

R. Klokkevold ; editor

emeritus, Fermin A.

Carranza.

St. Louis, Mo. :

Saunders Elsevier,

c2012.

WU 240 C641 2012.

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
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