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The library will be closed on Thursday, Nov 22 for Thanksgiving. For the detailed schedule of building hours from Wednesday, Nov 21 through Sunday, Nov 25, please visit: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/GeneralInfo/hours.cfm
Friends' Café hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 am - 6 pm; Friday 7:30 am - 6 pm; Sunday 1:30 - 5:30 pm. (Trial period for Café Sunday hours is Oct 22- Nov 18) Visit website for updates: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/Building/cafe.cfm
Be Counted on Friday Evenings!
The number of people who use the library influences many decisions and building hours are no exception. Friday study hall hours will be offered during spring semester if the history of use is high enough during the trial period that began Oct 5. If you think you'd like to study at HSL on Friday evenings, come on over and be counted!
Although reference help is not always available during study hall hours, you can post a question to Ask-A-Librarian and receive a response within 24 hours on nights and weekends and generally within a few hours between 8 am and 5 pm on weekdays: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/asklib
Beginning the week of Nov 5 or Nov 12, up to two lanes on South Columbia St. between South Road and Manning Drive will be closed for a multi-phased construction project. Due to the lane closures, it may not be possible to drop anyone off in front of the library. Please share this link to driving and walking directions to HSL: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/generalinfo/directions.cfm
Julia Shaw-Kokot: MAC Librarian of the Year
During the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) of the Medical Library Association, Julia Shaw-Kokot was honored with the MAC Librarian of the Year Award. Among the criteria for the award are outstanding service to the health professions, professional activities, leadership, scholarship, publications, research, teaching, training and mentoring. Julia was awarded a plaque and a cash award. During the meeting she also led a roundtable discussion on Librarian as Educator. To learn more about Julia's role as the liaison to the School of Nursing, please visit: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/Staff/LiaisonWebPages/JSKliaison.cfm
Pictured from the left: Melanie Norton and Julia Shaw-Kokot of UNC's Health Sciences Library and Bart Ragon of the University of Virginia (Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee)
Melanie Norton and MAC Leadership
Melanie Norton (pictured on the left), HSL's Document Delivery Librarian, served as chair of MAC and master of ceremonies at the annual meeting last month in Baltimore. (Last year, as chair-elect, she worked with Southern Chapter of MLA to host a joint meeting in Atlanta.) The meeting in Baltimore this year had the theme "What'll it be Hon? Libraries a la carte" which explains the creative titles staff used in papers and posters presented: http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/mac2007/index.cfm
Papers by HSL staff included:
- From White Board to Knowledge Base. Karen Crowell et al.
- Cooking the Numbers: Measuring the Impact of Liaison Services. Francesca Allegri and Stefanie Warlick (former User Services Graduate Assistant)
- Mixing Up an Allied Health Liaison program: Ingredients for a Successful Allied Health Collection Appetizer, Barbara Rochen Renner
- "Fast Food" for Clinicians: Recipe for Improving Subject Access to Electronic Resources, Kate McGraw, Diane McKenzie, and B. Lynn Eades
- Improving Online Access to Electronic Journals, Steve Squires, Margaret Moore and Susan Keesee
Posters presented were:
- How Do We Know that Collaborations We Develop with Stakeholders Are Successful? Christie Silbajoris, Diana McDuffee and Beth Ellington
- Make Mine a Double: Librarian Office Hours Multiply Basic Services, KTL Vaughan and Mellanye Lackey
- EFTS: All That and a Bag of Chips OR The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread, Stephanie Griffin, Michael Campbell and Melanie Norton
- Potluck Librarianship: Building the PharmLib Wiki, KTL Vaughan
Kudos to HSL Interlibrary Loan
HSL's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Department recently won the praise of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic office, by achieving an interlibrary loan fill rate of 80-93%, far exceeding the 75% fill rate standard. Providing items rapidly to those requesting HSL materials is one way the Library provides excellent service to the region and nation, not just to UNC clientele. Beth Westcott, NNLM Access Coordinator, said, "this means your serials holdings are accurate and current, your staff is in place and sets itself high standards, your hardware, software and peopleware have little down time and your established processes work well."
While the praise was specific to service to other libraries, did you know that for a small fee you can request a copy of an article or book chapter owned by any UNC Chapel Hill Library to be delivered to your computer desktop? For more information on Request-a-Copy and other ILL services, visit http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Illiad/ILL.html
U.S. and Campus Mailbox inside Columbia Street Entry
Since late October, campus and U.S. Mail are now picked up from a two-slotted box inside the Columbia Street entrance, in the corner near the exhibit cases. Pick up times are 9:15 am and 1:15 pm on weekdays.
Dead alkaline battery? Bring it to us!
Did you know that an estimated 530,000 pounds of batteries require disposal daily in the United States? There are many reasons why we don't want these to live in landfill soil. The User Services desk is a collection point for dead dry cell (alkaline and manganese or coppertop type) batteries, serviced by UNC's Department of Environmental, Health and Safety unit. For more information about battery recycling and disposal, visit http://ehso.com/ehshome/batteries.php
Global Health Article Collection
Looking for research articles examining interventions and projects to improve health and reduce health care inequities among the poor? The 2007 Global Theme Issue, organized by the Council of Science Editors, represents research in 85 countries from 235 international scientific journals -- more than 1000 articles published simultaneously. For lists of the articles and participating journals, visit the Fogarty International Center. Many of the journals are available in UNC-CH electronic or print journal collections. Check the UNC-CH catalog for library holdings. Articles from journals not owned by campus libraries can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan for $5. For more help finding global health research articles contact Mellanye Lackey (mjlackey@email.unc.edu).
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PubMed Advanced (Online, check website for details)
Clinical Queries, Nov 14th, 10-11 am
MeSH, Nov 29th, 1-2 pm
Refworks (HSL Room 307)
Nov 13th, 11am - 12 noon
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EndNote Basics (HSL Room 329)
Nov 7th, 11 am-12 noon
EndNote Advanced (HSL Room 329)
Nov 14th, 11 am - 12 noon
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Unable to MeSH (pun intended!) with a scheduled class? Request a one-on-one consultation from this link: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/AskLib/consult.cfm
History of Medicine (Bullitt Club) Speaker Nov 13th at HSL
The next joint meeting of the UNC Bullitt History of Medicine Club and the Duke Trent History of Medicine Society will be Tuesday, Nov 13 at the UNC Health Sciences Library in the 5th Floor Conference Room (527). Please join us at 5:30 pm for a light buffet dinner followed by a presentation at 6:00 pm. Dr. Noelle Granger, Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UNC School of Medicine, will give a talk entitled, "Leonardo da Vinci: Artist and Anatomist."
For more information on the Bullitt Club and other meetings for 2007-2008, please visit the Bullitt Club website at http://www.med.unc.edu/bhomc For directions to the UNC Health Sciences Library, see http://www.hsl.unc.edu/AboutLib/GeneralInfo/directions.cfm
All the staff at the Health Sciences Library appreciate your input on serving you with existing and future programs. Three tangible ways to provide support and input today are:
American Diabetes Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
Great American Smokeout
National Family Caregivers Month
For information about local health care services, programs, and providers for these health issues, see NC Health Info at: http://nchealthinfo.org
HSL E-NEWS is a monthly publication of the UNC-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library. For more information on this publication, contact Susan Keesee, Communications Coordinator: keesee@email.unc.edu, 919-966-0944
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