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Summer Friends Café hours effective May 9: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm.
South Columbia Street will be under construction from approximately June 1- October 31, 2007. Traffic will likely be reduced to 2 lanes, bus stops will remain open (but may be moved), and pedestrian detours will be well-marked. Improvements will include a new signal and crosswalk at Medical Drive, a dedicated bus/bike lane, and a loading zone in front of Rosenau Hall. Enhanced pedestrian buffers and new landscaping will be installed beginning in October.
HSL SPRING CLASSES:
PubMed Basics (online via Breeze)
May 10, 2007 1-2pm
June 13, 2007 3-4pm
PubMed Advanced (online via Breeze)
Clinical Queries: May 15, 10-11am
MyNCBI: June 19, 10-11am |
EndNote Basics (Biogen Idec Classroom)
May 24, 1-2pm
EndNote Advanced (online via Breeze)
May 30, 1-2pm
ISI Web of Science
June 21, 10-11am |
For details and registration information, go to: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/classes/
The Health Sciences Library Award for Distinguished Service was presented to Lynne D. Morris, User Services Librarian during the 10th annual award ceremony. HSL staff who have made outstanding contributions to the library are nominated by their peers. Lynne was cited for her exemplary dedication to impeccable results and the highest of possible standards. Her dedication, professionalism, commitment, exceptional level of service and positive attitude throughout her almost 20 years at the Health Sciences Library, has had a dramatic impact on both staff and patrons alike.
"As noted by a nominator, "for a remarkable number of our "users," Lynne Morris is the Health Sciences Library. She is often the first or only contact that students, faculty, and staff have with the library, whether it is over email, the phone/chat, or in one-on-one consultations. It is safe to say that Lynne is the face of the HSL - and yet most of the people that she helps never actually meet her in person!"
Mrs. Morris will be the library's nominee for the 2007 Chancellor's Award.
Environmental Chemistry - Trial ends May 11, 2007
Environmental Chemistry is a multidisciplinary journal addressing chemical processes of the environment. Articles address fundamental chemistry but contain introductions for non specialists, and thus will appeal to all environmental researchers and policy makers in academia, government, and industry.
To evaluate this or other products, or to see results of previous product evaluations, visit: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/evaluation/trials.cfm
News about events and happenings in and around the Health Sciences Library
"SPARCS" FLY AT SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING TALK
UNC Associate Provost and University Librarian Sarah Michalak moderated a distinguished panel in a discussion of "Publishing choices: Know your rights and expand your impact!" held at the Health Sciences Library on April 25. Guest Speaker Heather Joseph, Director of SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), led off with an overview of the issues, including barriers to making information more accessible to a more diverse audience. SPARC's mission is to educate stakeholders on problems and opportunities for change in scholarly communications.
Also featured were Brad Hemminger, Assistant Professor of Information and Library Science, Deborah Gerhardt, UNC-CH Copyright and Scholarly Communications Director, and Julia Cleaver, Information Services Manager, Ipas Resource Center. Among the 50 participants were staff, faculty, researchers, and students. A video of this timely and informative program will be available soon on the HSL website.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NC HEALTH INFO TEAM!
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NC Health Info (http://nchealthinfo.org) has recently reached an important milestone. Users of the site can now find information on over 5,000 health care providers, programs, and services throughout North Carolina. The site links providers' Web sites with credible health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. NC Health Info helps answer health-related questions and points to local services all in one-stop. NC Health Info enjoys national prominence as a "Go-local" service model and is recognized as an important service to North Carolina citizens. |
COLLABORATION CENTER PROJECT AIDS CANCER RESEARCH
Dr. Bill Kaufmann from UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been working on a new melanoma visualization project with RENCI/HSL (Renaissance Computing Initiative) software developers Hong Yi and Xiaojun Guan. The specific melanoma application promises to aid the general scientific research community in visualizing protein-protein interaction networks in 3-D. Currently there are only 2-D applications for this purpose (e.g Cytoscape). Hong's goal is to develop a very user-friendly and functionality-rich application that it will prove useful to melanoma research as well as lay a foundation for future visualization application development.
STUDENT WORKERS WANTED!
Check out the jobs available at HSL at: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/employment/jobindex.cfm
The "Faculty of 1000" services in Biology and Medicine provide an interesting and novel way to stay up-to-date on new research developments and publication of key articles. Faculty experts identify and review what they consider to be the best new publications in both research and clinical areas. The selected papers are tagged with categories such as "Exceptional" or "Must Read." There are also "Top 10", "Most Viewed" and "Hidden Jewels" lists to browse. Learn more at: http://www.f1000biology.com/about/ or http://www.f1000medicine.com/about/
May has something for everyone!
American Stroke Month
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Better Sleep Month
Clean Air Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
Mental Health Month
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month
National Bike Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Neurofibromatosis Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Sturge-Weber Awareness Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
  
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1 - 7 National Physical Education and Sport Week
2 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
2 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day
6 - 12 National Mental Health Counseling Week
6 - 12 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
6 High Blood Pressure Sunday
7 Melanoma Monday
12 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
12 Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
13 - 19 Food Allergy Awareness Week
13 - 19 Natl Alcohol/Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week
13 - 19 National Women's Health Week
14 - 20 National Stuttering Awareness Week
14 - 18 Bike to Work Week
14 - 18 National Neuropathy Week
14 National Women's Check-up Day
15 Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day
16 National Employee Health and Fitness Day
18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
20 - 26 National Emergency Medical Services Week
20 - 26 Schizophrenia Awareness Week
20 - 26 Tinnitus Awareness Week - Take Action Today!
21 - 27 Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
31 World No Tobacco Day |
For information about local health care services, programs, and providers, see NC Health Info at: http://nchealthinfo.org
IN STEP WITH HSL
Congratulations to the intrepid walkers of User Services who won the HSL Pedometer Challenge. Susan Linn was inspired to start the project to encourage better health and fitness in HSL employees by her husband, John Jenkins, who suffered a stroke four years ago and is just re-learning to walk. John walked from his wheelchair to the front of the conference room to present the award and remind us that "People take for granted the ability to walk, and for some people, even one step is a gift."
NEWS FROM NLM
NLM's History of Medicine Division is proud to announce the launch of its newest web exhibit: "Diseases of the Mind: Highlights of American Psychiatry Through 1900". The text was written and images selected primarily by volunteer, Lucy Ozarin, M.D., who served as one of the first women psychiatrists in the U.S. Navy beginning back in 1936. She also worked for many years with the National Institutes of Mental Health before her retirement. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/diseases/.
HSL E-NEWS is a monthly publication of the UNC-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library. For more information on this publication, contact Susan Siegel, Communications Coordinator: sysiegel@med.unc.edu, 919-966-0944.
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