Congrats Jennifer L, Paula Maez

Congratulations to Jennifer Lee!
Jennifer’s poem, “Whiskey, flight, and lost girls” has been awarded a 2009 Mathiasen Written Arts Prize from the College of Medicine Medical Humanities Program. The award comes with a substantial cash prize and her poem will be published in this year’s Harmony magazine. Jennifer will be reading her poem at the magazine launch party (invitation only) on October 17. You should be able to pick up a copy of Harmony a few days after that.

Paula Maez
Many of us remember Paula Maez, a Knowledge River student who did an internship at the AHSL. Last year Paula was accepted into the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Fellowship Program where she spent a year at the NLM learning more about health sciences librarianship and the workings of the national library. This year she has been accepted into the second year internship. She will spend the year at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center – San Antonio working on a variety of projects.

Budget News

I hope that everyone saw the news that there will be no furloughs this year! In other “good” news, we’ve been notified that the library will take only a 5.8% cut this year. This is a big relief after some of the numbers that had been floating around earlier. This budget will allow us to add a few titles to the collection, to take care of some maintenance items, possibly cleaning or reupholstering chairs, etc. and to save a little for the next fiscal year when we expect more cuts.

Code, Space Committee

Code of Conduct
The University Library has created a Code of Conduct for those using the library. The code has been reviewed and approved by the legal affairs office and by campus police. Sandy and Javad will be reviewing this document and making changes that apply to the AHSL. After that it will be reviewed and approved by the Administrative Team. Having this policy in place should be a help to the folks on the Information Desk who have to deal with many “situations” at the desk. We will share it with you after it’s been revised.

Library Space Committee
Letters have gone out to the Deans on the Health Sciences Campus asking them to appoint a faculty and student representative to the Advisory Committee on Library Space. I hope to be able to convene the first meeting before Thanksgiving.