news from the libraries - september 2011

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September 2011

Rajia Tobia,Executive Director

of Libraries(210) 567-2413

[email protected]

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library

Circulation and LibraryServices

(210) 567-2440

On-Call Librarian

(210) 567-2450

[email protected]

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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Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child , by Elva Trevino Hart— Announcing the One Community/One Book 2012 selection Coming in September: PubMed and TOXNET training opportunities Welcome to members of the Library Committee, 2011-12 Writing tutors available in the Briscoe Library starting in September EBM instruction in the School of Medicine Briscoe Library to host two new exhibits in September

Library classes for September and October Doctors and Dollars May Not Always Be Enough! Fernando Guerra, M.D. toaddress Friends of the P.I Nixon Medical Historical Library Exhibit: Antique medical instruments from the P.I. Nixon MedicalHistorical Library Around The Libraries in August New books on the shelves of the Briscoe Library

For library classes go to page 6

See, Shore, a painting by Barry Bridges of Integrated Management and Information

Systems, is part of the Connective Tissue exhibit, opening in the Lecture Hall

Commons, School of Medicine, in September. Find the story on page 5.

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September 2011

Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child Announcing the One Community/One Book 2012 selection

The UT Health Science Center Libraries’ popular One Community/One Book

program will continue in 2012 with the theme of cultural diversity. The book

selected for reading and discussion is Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child by

Elva Trevino Hart.

In Barefoot Heart , the author chronicles her memories of growing up in a migrant

farm worker family in Pearsall, Texas. The book details her family’s struggle to

make a living and to overcome prejudice and poverty through education. The

author’s spare yet elegant writing style makes for a moving read that encouragesreflection on a number of themes including the importance of family and

community, education as a way out of poverty, cultural diversity in our own South

Texas communities, and the promotion of cultural competence and empathy as we train tomorrow’s health

care professionals.

Plans for One Community/One Book include workshops for

discussion group leaders, book discussion groups, and several

speaking engagements for the author from February 23-25,

2012. Tentatively, Ms. Hart will speak on campus Friday,

February 24 at 12:00 noon. Copies of the book will beavailable through the library soon, and the bookstore will be

selling Barefoot Heart at a 25% discount, beginning in

September. A book signing will follow Ms. Hart’s talk on

February 24.

One Community/One Book 2012 is a collaborative effort

between The Libraries, the Center for Medical Humanities &

Ethics, the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching

(ACET), and the San Antonio Public Library.

For information about One Community/One Book, contact

Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian: Call 567-2406or email [email protected].

Rajia Tobia

Executive Director of Libraries

Elva Trevino Hart grew up in

Pearsall, Texas. She attended the

University of Texas at Austin and

earned a master’s degree in

computer science/engineering from

Stanford University. She is retired

from IBM.










September 2011

Coming in September:

Advanced PubMed and TOXNET training opportunities

In September, the Briscoe Library will host two special training sessions from the Regional

Medical Library in Houston. Keeping Up With NLM’s PubMed and TOXNET Toxicology &

Environmental Information will be offered September 28 and September 29, respectively.

These classes are free and open to everyone interested in improving their online research skills with PubMed

and TOXNET. Space is limited - register soon. To register, select from the classes below.

For more information, contact Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services,

[email protected] or call 210-567-6606.

September 28, 2011 Wednesday 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM CDT

Keeping Up With NLM's

PubMed

details

Briscoe Library, 2.011

San Antonio, TX

Register Registration deadline:September 19, 2011

September 29, 2011Thursday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT

TOXNET Toxicology & En- vironmental Informationdetails

Briscoe Library, 2.011San Antonio, TX

Register Registration deadline:September 19, 2011

The mission of the Library Committee is to serve in a consultative and advisory capacity to the President and

Vice President for Academic Administration and to work with and assist the Executive Director of Libraries in

making recommendations for library practices and procedures; to review and advise in the development of

priorities in the areas that have an impact on academic efficiency and effectiveness to ensure that the services

provided by the library reflect the needs and interests of the academic community.

This year’s committee members are:

Terms expiring in 2012: Martha X. Baez, R.D.H., M.P.H., Dental School; Craig M. Klugman, Ph.D., School

of Medicine; Martin Schwacha, Ph.D., School of Medicine; Helen Sorenson, M.A., R.R.T., School of Health

Professions

Terms expiring in 2013: Adelita G. Cantu, School of Nursing (Committee Chair); Dana English,

M.S., R.D.H., School of Health Professions; Charleen M. Moore, Ph.D., Graduate School of Biomedical

Sciences, Edward F. Wright, M.S., D.D.S., Dental School

Terms expiring in 2014: Amanda Flagg, Ph.D., School of Nursing; Salvatore Oddo, Ph.D., Graduate

School of Biomedical Sciences; Ray Palmer, Ph.D., School of Medicine; Mohammad Mizaner Rahman, Ph.D.,

School of Medicine

Student members: Timothy Hunt, School of Health Professions; Kate Mahoney, School of Nursing;

Whitney McBrayer, Dental School; Sarah Yang, School of Medicine

Welcome to members of the Library Committee, 2011-12





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September 2011

Writing tutors available in the Briscoe Library

Through a collaborative effort between the School of Nursing, School of Health

Professions, and Student Life, a drop-in Writing Center will be available to students in

the Briscoe Library starting September 7.

The School of Medicine will provide peer tutors for the writing center through a work-

study program sponsored by Student Financial Aid. The peer writing tutors are

medical students who have volunteered to provide writing assistance to fellow students

from all Health Science Center schools. The tutors will be available Monday,

Wednesday and Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Briscoe Library room 4.074 (Collaboratory) on a drop-in

basis.

A small collection of writing guides will be available in the Collaboratory for students and tutors to use.

The tutors will receive instruction from librarians on reference management systems such as RefWorks.

For further information about the writing tutor program contact Jeff Jackson, Student Activities Director,

[email protected].

Teaching in the School of Medicine:

Second Year Students

In July, librarians and clinicians

worked together to teach literature

searching and the principles of

Evidence Based Medicine to all

second year medical students.

Donald Dudley M.D., led the

students through a real life case

scenario on day 1, explaining the

plusses and minuses of several

valuable resources. On day 2, Jose

Cavazos M.D., Ph.D., continued the

theme and provided personal

insights into EBM.

Librarians on the teaching team

included Angela Myatt, Chris

Gaspard, Katie Prentice and Dana

Whitmire.










September 2011

Briscoe Library to host two new exhibits in September

Connective Tissue: Art and Literature at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio , will

celebrate its 5th year of publication in 2012. During September and October, The Libraries will host an

exhibit highlighting works from the 2011 issue of Connective Tissue. The display can be found in the Lecture

Hall Commons of the School of Medicine.

Connective Tissue is a publication of the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics. The journal solicits

contributions from students, faculty and staff of all the schools and all campuses. The deadline for

submissions for the 2012 edition, which will be published in March, 2012, is January 13, 2012. More

information, including guidelines for contributors, can be found on the website of the Center for Medical

Humanities & Ethics: http://www.texashumanities.org/connective-tissue . The staff of Connective Tissue can

be contacted at [email protected] .

Brushes with Nature :

Landscapes by Delores O’Neill

Meldrum will be on display in the

Briscoe Library Information

Commons through October 27,

2011.

The artist, who has recently moved to

San Antonio from California, is an

award-winning painter whose work has been featured in many juried

exhibitions and galleries, including the

Lana International Art Competition,

Campbell Thiebaud Gallery, San

Francisco; Watercolor Artists of

Sacramento Horizons, Fine Arts Center;

and the Georgia Watercolor Society, of

which she is a Signature Member.

Ms. Meldrum’s work is held in private

and corporate collections in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan.

The watercolors and oil paintings selected for this exhibit demonstrate Meldrum’s appreciation for the beauty

of nature. Many of the landscapes represent mountains in the Sierra Nevada. The artist sees landscapes “as

gardens of the world, public, private, wild or cultivated. I want to find beauty and capture the spirit, mood, or

feeling of the place.”

For more information about Brushes with Nature , contact the artist at [email protected], or by phone

at 210-736-2251.

Ridges to Ridges, by Delores O’Neill Meldrum



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September 2011

Library classes for September and October

Scan this code with

your smartphone

camera QR reader

app— for example

ScanLife— to find

library classes

online.

RegisterToday!

All library classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but

not required. If you would like to request a class or schedule a consultation at any

UT Health Science Center campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or

email [email protected].

If you would like to schedule a special class or orientation for your department or

group at other days/times, please contact us!

To register for a class or to read class descriptions, visit the online class schedule.

When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email

includes a file that you can save as an appointment into your electronic calendar.

Briscoe Library – San Antonio

Introduction to EndNote: September 7, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.,

LIB 2.011

Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health

Information: September 15, 2011, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., LIB 2.011

Creating and Presenting a Professional Poster Session: September

15, 2011, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., LIB 4.074 - Collaboratory

Introduction to PubMed: September 27, 2011, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, LIB2.011

Ovid Tips & Tricks: Getting Started with MEDLINE: October 12,

2011, 10:00 am - 11:30 am, LIB 2.011

Library Basics: October 12, 2011, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, LIB 2.011

Introduction to RefWorks:, October 26, 2011, 9:00 am - 10:30 am, LIB

2.011

Katie Prentice

Head of Education and Information Services





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September 2011

Doctors and Dollars May Not Always Be Enough!Fernando Guerra to address Friends of the P.I Nixon Medical Historical Library

Dr. Fernando Guerra, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the

UT Health Science Center, and recently retired Director of Health for the San

Antonio Metropolitan Health District, will be the speaker at the 41st Annual

Meeting, Dinner and Presentation of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical

Historical Library. The event will take place Monday, November 7, 2011 at 6:30

p.m. at the Doubletree Airport Hotel.

The topic of Dr. Guerra’s presentation, “Doctors and Dollars May Not Always Be

Enough!” will provide the occasion for him to reflect on the health care system, its

institutions, professionals, personnel, technology and investments, as well asmeasurable progress in the delivery of health care over the past forty years. Dr.

Guerra will also consider ongoing challenges and opportunities, especially in light of

the Affordable Health Care Act. How is it possible to fill the gaps when doctors and

dollars may not be enough?

The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library invite all those interested in the history of medicine

to an enjoyable evening of good food and conversation.

The cost of attendance is $40/person. Advance registration is required. Student attendance is $30 and

includes Friends membership. Opportunities to sponsor student attendees at the dinner are available,

Please RSVP by October 31, 2011 to Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian: [email protected].

41ST ANNUAL MEETING

Dinner and Presentation

"Doctors and Dollars May Not Always Be Enough!"

Fernando Guerra, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Cash bar: 6:30 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m.; Appetizer, entrée, dessert, coffee or tea

Doubletree Airport Hotel

37 NE Loop 410 at McCullough

Cost: $40/person;; $30 for students includes Friends membership

Advance registration required

Please RSVP by October 31, 2011 to Susan Hunnicutt: [email protected]













September 2011

“Ouch, that looks painful!” That is a common reaction from viewers of the library’s new exhibit on antique

medical instruments, located next to the Administrative Offices on the 3rd floor. The exhibit highlights several

aspects of medicine in the 17th and 18th centuries, displaying instruments donated to the library’s historical

collections by the Bexar County Medical Society and individuals. A scarificator, lancet, and blood cups were

used with bloodletting to cure diseases such as fever, madness, anemia, and debility, often making the patient

worse, rather than better. An old amputation kit and tourniquet and an Army Civil War surgical kit remind us

that amputation was often the only way to prevent gangrene resulting from traumatic war injuries, although

the lack of antiseptic practices often caused rather than prevented problems. A reproduction of a tintype held

by the University Archives illustrates Dr. Crawford Long’s discovery of the use of ether for surgical anesthesiain 1842. There is also an old saddlebag used by physicians riding horseback and an ophthalmological testing

kit belonging to Dr. Ferdinand Herff, a physician who moved to Texas from Germany in 1849 and became a

prominent surgeon in San Antonio. Finally, the display features a medical case belonging to Dr. Charles

Dixon, a physician who lead the fight against medical quackery and nostrums in San Antonio in the early

1900s.

More information on these as well as other interesting items in the library’s historical collections can be found

in the Treasures of the P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library blog at http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

treasures/. The library has many other medical and dental instruments that have not yet been cataloged, and

archival staff would welcome help in identifying how they were used.

For more information, contact Anne Comeaux, phone 567-2428 email: [email protected], or Mellisa

DeThorne, phone 567-2470 email: [email protected].

Exhibit: Antique medical instruments from the collection of the

P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

houses a collection of approximately 5000

rare and classic texts in the history of

medicine, nursing, dentistry and other

health care disciplines, dating from the

15th to the early 20th centuries. The

library is named after Dr. Pat Ireland

Nixon, a distinguished San Antoniophysician and historian who worked to

build an exceptional medical history

collection.

To learn more, visit the library blog:

Treasures of the P.I. Nixon Medical

Historical Library:


treasures/



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September 2011NEWS FROM THE LIBRARIES


Around The Libraries in August

The Laredo Regional Campus Library

provided new student library

orientation for the Physician Assistant

Program on August 22. Students

received information about library

services, card ID access and campus

safety. Students were also informedabout the policies and procedures for

after hours and weekend access.

The Laredo Regional Campus Library

welcomes the students to our library

and to our campus!

Patti Gutierrez

Library Assistant

The Briscoe Library’s Information Desk was removed

at the end of July, opening up additional space for

study, group collaboration and laptop use. This area,

located directly across from the main entrance, is

equipped with electrical outlets and data lines, both

rare commodities in a building that was constructed

before the era of personal computers.

Current issues of 40 print journal titles are shelved in

this area for those who wish to browse the latest issues

without having to search through the entire journalcollection on the 4th floor. Popular magazines funded

through a generous donation are also shelved here.

Comfortable armchairs invite quiet reading, reflection or conversation. Tables provide ample space for

those who wish to spread out with study materials or work on their laptops or other mobile devices while

sipping a cup of coffee. We welcome comments and suggestions on how we might improve this space.

The services once provided at the Information Desk have been consolidated with Circulation Services and

librarians are on call to assist with research and reference help. To provide feedback or contact a librarian,

stop by the Circulation Desk, call 567-2450, schedule a consultation appointment, or send an email to

[email protected] .

Jonquil Feldman

Director of Briscoe Library Services










August 2011

New to the shelves in the Briscoe Library...

Andrea N. Schorr

Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian

Management principles

for health professionals,

6th ed. / Joan Gratto

Liebler, Charles R.

McConnell.Sudbury, Mass. : Jones

& Bartlett Learning,

c2012.

WX 150 L716m

2012.

Essential medical

genetics, 6th ed. /

Edward S. Tobias,

Michael Connor,

Malcolm Ferguson-

Smith.

Chichester, West Sussex,

U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. :

Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

QZ 50 C752e 2011.

Problem solving in

neuroradiology /

[edited by] Meng Law,

Peter M. Som, Thomas

P. Naidich.Philadelphia, Pa. :

Elsevier/Saunders,

c2011.

WL 141 P963 2011.

Biomechanics in

orthodontics : principles

and practice / Ram S.

Nanda, Yahya S. Tosun.

Chicago : Quintessence

Pub. Co., c2010.

WU 426 N176b

2010.

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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