In this issue:
Students, Friends, and Pizza Holiday Hours Upcoming Classes December Bullitt History of Medicine Club Web-based Videoconferencing Available at HSL	Come Work with Us! Google Streaming on the Web Open Access Authors' Fund We're Looking for a Few Good Stories!

MEMBERSHIP MONTH EXTENDED

All Student members are invited to come and bring a guest to share pizza, beverages, and holiday cheer at the Health Sciences Library on December 6. If you're not a member yet, go to : http://www.hsl.unc.edu/friends and join today! Student membership rate is only $25!

WINTER BREAK HOURS

The Health Sciences Library will be closed on December 24 and 25 and January 1, and will have shortened hours for other days during the break. Please go to the HSL Home page, http://www.hsl.unc.edu/, and click on "Hours" for the complete schedule.

	Winter Break Hours:
	Friday, December 15	7:30am-5pm
	Saturday - Saturday, December 16-23	11am-5pm
	Sunday & Monday, December 24 & 25	CLOSED
	Tuesday - Sunday, December 26-31	11am-5pm
	Monday, January 1, 2007	CLOSED
	January 2-13, 2007
	Monday-Thursday	7:30am-11pm
	Friday	7:30am-6pm
	Saturday	11am-5pm
	Sunday	11am-9pm

Extended Study Hall Hours will end Wednesday, 12/13 and resume Tuesday, 1/16/07.
There are no Extended Study Hall Hours during the holidays.

UPCOMING CLASSES:

SOLINET (Southeastern Library Network) will offer "Digital Library Program Development" on Monday, December 4, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This class is intended for those responsible for the development, management, and administration of new digital library programs.
SOLINET Preservation classes are open to both members and non-members.

PubMed

Basic sessions on searching PubMed.
Friday, December 8, 2006 3-4pm
To register for this class, please visit http://www.hsl.unc.edu/classes/

DECEMBER 12 BULLITT HISTORY OF MEDICINE CLUB LECTURE

This month's Bullitt Club lecture is: "The Doctors' Doctor: Eugene A. Stead, Jr., M.D." presented by Frank Neelon, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Duke University Medical Center, and Editor Emeritus, North Carolina Medical Journal. This lecture is Tuesday, 12/12/2006, 5:30pm Health Sciences Library, 5th Floor Conference Room (#527). For the complete lecture schedule, go to: http://www.med.unc.edu/bhomc/sched.htm

GOOGLE INFORMATION TALK AVAILABLE ONLINE

On Thursday October 26, the UNC Health Sciences Library hosted a panel discussion, "Organizing the world's information: Google's vision for the 21st Century", featuring Google's Technology Director Craig Silverstein. You can now see and hear the talk through streaming video - go to: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/google/Videos.cfm

COME WORK WITH US!

Check out the jobs available at HSL: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/employment/temppos.cfm

WEB-BASED VIDEOCONFERENCING COMES TO HSL

The Health Sciences Library is pleased to announce the availability of self-service videoconferencing equipment, which allows videoconferencing to three remote sites with the ability to transmit from a personal computer to the remote site. The equipment is located on the third floor, in room 328. The web-based system uses H.323 technology, which transmits audio and video via the Internet. The suggested capacity for this room is 6-12 people. ITS Classroom Hotline support staff will provide user orientations and handle questions.

There is currently no charge for the use of the room. There may be charges for additional ITS services, if necessary. The room may be reserved using the Room Reservation form http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/Building/reservationforms.cfm from the HSL web site (www.hsl.unc.edu). Please contact Julia Shaw-Kokot (jsk@med.unc.edu or 919-966-0952) for more information or to set up a tour of this space or any of the meeting or educational spaces at the Health Sciences Library.

UNC-CHAPEL HILL OPEN ACCESS AUTHORS' FUND

Publish your next article in an open access journal, or use an open access option in a traditional journal. Open access increases the visibility, retrievability, audience, usage, and citations of your journal article. Need help with the related author fees? The libraries manage a fund sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development that can provide up to $1000 to cover publishing charges related to offering free immediate open access to journal articles. Go to the Health Sciences Library's Open Access and Scholarly Communications webpage to learn more about open access publishing and retrieve the OA Author's Fund application form.

TELL US YOUR STORIES! We are looking for HSL users (students, faculty, researchers, community members) to participate in a project by telling us about your use of the library, how an HSL staff person helped you, where is your favorite spot in the library, and more. If you have a story to share, please contact Susan Siegel: sysiegel@med.unc.edu. You might be selected to have your story and photo featured in our publications!