Congratulations Jennifer!
Jennifer Lee has accepted a position in the Interlibrary Loan Department of the Boston College Library in Boston, MA. She will be leaving us in February, a fun time to be in New England! Please join me in congratulating Jennifer and in wishing her well. Joan and Kathy have begun discussing how ILL can best continue to provide the excellent service that they have in the past.
Strategic Plan and 2011
Almost all of the suggestions that came from departmental meetings have been incorporated into the final revision of the strategic plan. I will send out a final copy to everyone after the first of the year. We will be using it to develop departmental and individual goals. Start thinking about serving on one of our three new committees: Evidence-based Services, Marketing & Promotion or Emergency Preparedness. During 2011 we’ll be taking a hard look at what we’re doing, what we should be doing and what we can stop doing. I expect every department will see some change. I know that these changes will be positive for our users and for our staff.
Happy Holidays!
To all of you who have worked so hard during this year I hope that you have a very enjoyable, relaxing and renewing holiday season! A special thanks to those who will be keeping the library open between the holidays!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Congrats to Jennifer M, Lynn, Darla; Special Collections; Party
Congratulations Jennifer!
Jennifer Martin has received funding from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for her grant proposal, “Determining the Information Literacy of First Year Pharmacy Students”. This is the first year that the AACP has accepted applications from librarians so Jennifer’s grant is one of the first awarded to a librarian! The project will begin in January and will continue for a 1-year period. In addition to this award, the AACP will fund $1,000 so that Jennifer can travel to San Antonio for the Annual AACP Conference in July 2011 and present a program on her project.
Jennifer has also had two papers accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in Minneapolis next May. Her paper, “Using Role Play to Teach Literature Search Skills to Pharmacy Students” will be presented in a session on Instructional Best Practices and her second paper, “Librarians as Members of an Interdisciplinary Team Conducting a Systematic Review of Pharmacists’ Impact on Direct Patient Care” will be presented in a session devoted to The Role of the Librarian in the Systematic Review Process.
Congratulations to Jennifer on all of this good work!
Congratulations and welcome!
Please join me in congratulating and welcoming two new Clinical Education Librarians to the library faculty. Lynn Flance from the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System here in Tucson and Darla Anderson from our own College of Medicine have applied for and been granted Clinical Education Librarian appointments in the AHSL and the College of Medicine. In January I’ll be sharing a list of all of our “CELs” with a little information about each and about the program.
Special Collections
For a long time we have stored various pieces of artwork, framed certificates and some other items in less than ideal conditions. Dave has designed a storage system that will be installed in the Collection Services area, in place of most of the shelving that is currently there. We have asked Facilities to begin work and hope that installation will occur in the near future.
End-a-thon
Thanks to all who made our end of year party such a great success! I’m sorry that I had to eat and run but am glad that the bowling and dancing has been preserved in our photo archives!
Jennifer Martin has received funding from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for her grant proposal, “Determining the Information Literacy of First Year Pharmacy Students”. This is the first year that the AACP has accepted applications from librarians so Jennifer’s grant is one of the first awarded to a librarian! The project will begin in January and will continue for a 1-year period. In addition to this award, the AACP will fund $1,000 so that Jennifer can travel to San Antonio for the Annual AACP Conference in July 2011 and present a program on her project.
Jennifer has also had two papers accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in Minneapolis next May. Her paper, “Using Role Play to Teach Literature Search Skills to Pharmacy Students” will be presented in a session on Instructional Best Practices and her second paper, “Librarians as Members of an Interdisciplinary Team Conducting a Systematic Review of Pharmacists’ Impact on Direct Patient Care” will be presented in a session devoted to The Role of the Librarian in the Systematic Review Process.
Congratulations to Jennifer on all of this good work!
Congratulations and welcome!
Please join me in congratulating and welcoming two new Clinical Education Librarians to the library faculty. Lynn Flance from the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System here in Tucson and Darla Anderson from our own College of Medicine have applied for and been granted Clinical Education Librarian appointments in the AHSL and the College of Medicine. In January I’ll be sharing a list of all of our “CELs” with a little information about each and about the program.
Special Collections
For a long time we have stored various pieces of artwork, framed certificates and some other items in less than ideal conditions. Dave has designed a storage system that will be installed in the Collection Services area, in place of most of the shelving that is currently there. We have asked Facilities to begin work and hope that installation will occur in the near future.
End-a-thon
Thanks to all who made our end of year party such a great success! I’m sorry that I had to eat and run but am glad that the bowling and dancing has been preserved in our photo archives!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Salaries, 4 Corners Mtg, David
Bad news about salary increases
Several weeks ago I mentioned that the University was considering awarding salary increases in the spring. Yesterday I learned that this plan has been cancelled because the financial situation and in the state is worse than anticipated. The university is looking at a possible 20% cut in state funds for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
Report on Four Corners Meeting
This past Monday and Tuesday I was in Salt Lake City to meet with the directors of the other Four Corners health sciences libraries. We discussed the continuation of our Tribal Connections Four Corners (TC4C) project. (We are looking at new funding opportunities, increased involvement with the National Library of Medicine and a pilot program to test our assumptions.) We also discussed issues of copyright, licensing and ILL to international libraries and to unaffiliated users, library governance structures, CTSA (Clinical Translational Science Award) opportunities for libraries and an upcoming webinar on the publishing industry that we are sponsoring with several other groups. We also got a tour of the Eccles Library at the University of Utah, which has just had an extensive remodeling. The entire print collection is now in compact shelving on the lower level and the rest of the building (two other floors) are devoted to study space and a computer commons. We also agreed to have an online meeting in the spring and to meet at the next MLA and AAMC meetings in order to save money. Our next on-campus meeting will be in Tucson in the spring of 2012.
Farewell David
Don’t forget the goodbye coffee for David, next Thursday in the staff lounge from 2-3.
Several weeks ago I mentioned that the University was considering awarding salary increases in the spring. Yesterday I learned that this plan has been cancelled because the financial situation and in the state is worse than anticipated. The university is looking at a possible 20% cut in state funds for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
Report on Four Corners Meeting
This past Monday and Tuesday I was in Salt Lake City to meet with the directors of the other Four Corners health sciences libraries. We discussed the continuation of our Tribal Connections Four Corners (TC4C) project. (We are looking at new funding opportunities, increased involvement with the National Library of Medicine and a pilot program to test our assumptions.) We also discussed issues of copyright, licensing and ILL to international libraries and to unaffiliated users, library governance structures, CTSA (Clinical Translational Science Award) opportunities for libraries and an upcoming webinar on the publishing industry that we are sponsoring with several other groups. We also got a tour of the Eccles Library at the University of Utah, which has just had an extensive remodeling. The entire print collection is now in compact shelving on the lower level and the rest of the building (two other floors) are devoted to study space and a computer commons. We also agreed to have an online meeting in the spring and to meet at the next MLA and AAMC meetings in order to save money. Our next on-campus meeting will be in Tucson in the spring of 2012.
Farewell David
Don’t forget the goodbye coffee for David, next Thursday in the staff lounge from 2-3.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Code, Budget, SLC, HTG!
Code of Conduct
Sandy and Javad have been working with others and with the Main Library to create a code of conduct. This code will allow us to have a standard that we can apply when we observe inappropriate behavior by library users. This is an internal document so I will attach it to the email update but will not include it in the blog posting. If you have questions or concerns about the code, please refer them to Sandy.
Budget
The university has been working for over a year on a new process to distribute tuition funds based on teaching hours. They are now working on how to determine funding for the libraries and other central services in this plan. Next week I’ll be meeting with Dr. Crist’s financial staff to discuss this a plan to direct more “indirect costs” from research grants to the AHSL
Travels
Next Monday and Tuesday I will be at the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah for a meeting of the Four Corners Directors. This group meets several times a year to share ideas and plans and to evaluate possible collaborations. I’ll be bringing my winter coat!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope that everyone has a happy, safe and relaxing break!
Sandy and Javad have been working with others and with the Main Library to create a code of conduct. This code will allow us to have a standard that we can apply when we observe inappropriate behavior by library users. This is an internal document so I will attach it to the email update but will not include it in the blog posting. If you have questions or concerns about the code, please refer them to Sandy.
Budget
The university has been working for over a year on a new process to distribute tuition funds based on teaching hours. They are now working on how to determine funding for the libraries and other central services in this plan. Next week I’ll be meeting with Dr. Crist’s financial staff to discuss this a plan to direct more “indirect costs” from research grants to the AHSL
Travels
Next Monday and Tuesday I will be at the Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah for a meeting of the Four Corners Directors. This group meets several times a year to share ideas and plans and to evaluate possible collaborations. I’ll be bringing my winter coat!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope that everyone has a happy, safe and relaxing break!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Kathleen, Plan, Hannah, AAMC
Congratulations Kathleen
Kathleen Carlson’s appointment as a Clinical Education Librarian has been renewed on the recommendation of the Appointments, Continuing Status and Promotions Committee. Kathleen is the Health Sciences Librarian at the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus and works closely with Jacque and Lindsey in support of our students.
Strategic Plan
In the September 24th update I described the status of the strategic plan. Today the Administrative Team met and agreed that we are very close to finalizing a draft for you to review. We have scheduled a meeting for next week to put the finishing touches on the DRAFT that you will be asked to respond to.
Thanks Hannah
I want to thank Hannah and others who helped us think through the problem of late-night study hours for AHSL. In response to the idea of turning Java City into a 24/7 study area Hannah offered several alternatives and did some “out of the box” thinking about the problem. The result is our pilot test of extended hours for the whole building.
AAMC
Jeanette, Jacque and Gary just returned from the AAMC/AAHSL meeting in Washington, DC. AAMC is the Association of American Medical Colleges and AAHSL is the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries. Jeanette is a member of the AAHSL Assessment and Statistics Committee that works on measuring our value and allows us to compare ourselves to other libraries. Jacque has formed a group for librarians at new health sciences libraries to meet and share experiences. Gary will be serving as AAHSL President-elect over the next year. This meeting is a wonderful opportunity to learn what is going on at other medical school libraries and to learn more about issues facing academic medicine. Speakers at this meeting, in addition to a variety of Deans and Associate Deans were Malcolm Gladwell, author, and Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. A discussion presenting differing takes on the current political situation was presented by Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist and Al Gore’s campaign manager and Amy Holmes, Co-host of the Washington Times and Talk Radio Network's "America's Morning News."
Kathleen Carlson’s appointment as a Clinical Education Librarian has been renewed on the recommendation of the Appointments, Continuing Status and Promotions Committee. Kathleen is the Health Sciences Librarian at the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus and works closely with Jacque and Lindsey in support of our students.
Strategic Plan
In the September 24th update I described the status of the strategic plan. Today the Administrative Team met and agreed that we are very close to finalizing a draft for you to review. We have scheduled a meeting for next week to put the finishing touches on the DRAFT that you will be asked to respond to.
Thanks Hannah
I want to thank Hannah and others who helped us think through the problem of late-night study hours for AHSL. In response to the idea of turning Java City into a 24/7 study area Hannah offered several alternatives and did some “out of the box” thinking about the problem. The result is our pilot test of extended hours for the whole building.
AAMC
Jeanette, Jacque and Gary just returned from the AAMC/AAHSL meeting in Washington, DC. AAMC is the Association of American Medical Colleges and AAHSL is the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries. Jeanette is a member of the AAHSL Assessment and Statistics Committee that works on measuring our value and allows us to compare ourselves to other libraries. Jacque has formed a group for librarians at new health sciences libraries to meet and share experiences. Gary will be serving as AAHSL President-elect over the next year. This meeting is a wonderful opportunity to learn what is going on at other medical school libraries and to learn more about issues facing academic medicine. Speakers at this meeting, in addition to a variety of Deans and Associate Deans were Malcolm Gladwell, author, and Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. A discussion presenting differing takes on the current political situation was presented by Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist and Al Gore’s campaign manager and Amy Holmes, Co-host of the Washington Times and Talk Radio Network's "America's Morning News."
Monday, November 1, 2010
Jennifer M, Hours, Tessie
Congratulations Jennifer Martin
Last Thursday Lyle Bootman, Ph.D., Sc.D., Dean of the College of Pharmacy sent a note of thanks to everyone involved in the visit of the accreditation team to the College. Of special note for us are the following sentences:
“There were many, many areas of strength and success however there were two areas that jumped off the chart in terms of great interest and a desire on the part of ACPE to share with others in the nationwide academic community. One was our unique relationship with our AHSC Library staff and the related program. The other was our "senior project" program which was more than successful in their opinion and a model for the country.” - J. Lyle Bootman, Ph.D., Sc.D., Dean, College of Pharmacy
This is *huge*. Accreditation means everything to the Colleges. This recognition of the work that Jennifer has done (and that many in the AHSL have done to back her up) shows that the liaison program is recognized and highly valued.
Extended Hours
After repeated requests from students for longer hours the AHSL is going to pilot test some new hours. In addition to our normal longer hours during exams, we will be extending our Sun-Thu hours to 2 AM starting today. The AHSL web page will be updated soon so that you can see the test schedule. We will be doing counts of students to see if they are taking advantage of the extended hours. In December we will decide whether to extend the hours or not.
Congratulations Tessie
The 2010 issue of Harmony, the humanities magazine of the College of Medicine is out. Tessie has a beautiful photograph called Blurred Wing in this issue. There is a copy in the office and Tessie probably has one if you’d like to see it.
Last Thursday Lyle Bootman, Ph.D., Sc.D., Dean of the College of Pharmacy sent a note of thanks to everyone involved in the visit of the accreditation team to the College. Of special note for us are the following sentences:
“There were many, many areas of strength and success however there were two areas that jumped off the chart in terms of great interest and a desire on the part of ACPE to share with others in the nationwide academic community. One was our unique relationship with our AHSC Library staff and the related program. The other was our "senior project" program which was more than successful in their opinion and a model for the country.” - J. Lyle Bootman, Ph.D., Sc.D., Dean, College of Pharmacy
This is *huge*. Accreditation means everything to the Colleges. This recognition of the work that Jennifer has done (and that many in the AHSL have done to back her up) shows that the liaison program is recognized and highly valued.
Extended Hours
After repeated requests from students for longer hours the AHSL is going to pilot test some new hours. In addition to our normal longer hours during exams, we will be extending our Sun-Thu hours to 2 AM starting today. The AHSL web page will be updated soon so that you can see the test schedule. We will be doing counts of students to see if they are taking advantage of the extended hours. In December we will decide whether to extend the hours or not.
Congratulations Tessie
The 2010 issue of Harmony, the humanities magazine of the College of Medicine is out. Tessie has a beautiful photograph called Blurred Wing in this issue. There is a copy in the office and Tessie probably has one if you’d like to see it.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Posters, posters, posters, 24/7, Reception
Research Day
On Wednesday the AHSC presented the “Frontiers in Biomedical Research” Poster Forum on the AHSC plaza. AHSL was represented by two very nice poster presentations. Jennifer Martin and Sandy Kramer displayed their poster describing a literature-searching project in the College of Pharmacy. Our second poster presented work done on the Frontera Collaboration for border health by Annabelle, Brooke, Yamila and Jeanette. You can see Jennifer and Sandy’s poster on our website at:
http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/about/presentations.cfm and I’m sure that any member of the Frontera team will be happy to share their poster with you. Thanks to everyone who made this event a success!
Collegiate Showcase
As part of Homecoming weekend the Health Sciences Center is presenting a “collegiate showcase” on the AHSC plaza today from 1-3:30 PM. The exhibit will feature posters from many organizations on the AHSC including the library. With short notice Yamila and Mary R. put together a beautiful poster representing the library. Stop by the plaza after our staff appreciation luncheon to see it. Thanks to everyone involved in getting this done!
Dr. John Palmer
Thanks to Nga for putting together a wonderful poster celebrating the life and career of Dr. John Palmer. Dr. Palmer will be receiving the UA Honorary Alumnus Award over Homecoming Weekend. You can see the poster in the glass cases, just outside the library entrance, near the doors at the top of the exterior stairway.
24/7 study area?
The request we get most from students is for longer hours. Many newer library buildings include a room with a separate entrance that is available 24/7 with no supervision. We are starting to explore the possibility of creating a 24/7 study area in room 2101, the Java City area. By closing off the room with a movable partition across the library side in the evenings and giving access from the hallway with a card swipe we may be able to meet the student’s needs. We are considering installing security cameras and perhaps employing a staff person if additional security is needed. We are working with Facilities, Risk Management, UAPD, UMC Security and ITS on this proposal. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please pass them along to any ATeam member.
Exhibit reception
Dr. Witte will be hosting another reception to publicize the exhibit, Creating a Community of Questioners for the Future. The reception will be held on Wednesday, October 27 from 4-6 PM. I’m sure that library staff will be welcome to attend.
On Wednesday the AHSC presented the “Frontiers in Biomedical Research” Poster Forum on the AHSC plaza. AHSL was represented by two very nice poster presentations. Jennifer Martin and Sandy Kramer displayed their poster describing a literature-searching project in the College of Pharmacy. Our second poster presented work done on the Frontera Collaboration for border health by Annabelle, Brooke, Yamila and Jeanette. You can see Jennifer and Sandy’s poster on our website at:
http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/about/presentations.cfm and I’m sure that any member of the Frontera team will be happy to share their poster with you. Thanks to everyone who made this event a success!
Collegiate Showcase
As part of Homecoming weekend the Health Sciences Center is presenting a “collegiate showcase” on the AHSC plaza today from 1-3:30 PM. The exhibit will feature posters from many organizations on the AHSC including the library. With short notice Yamila and Mary R. put together a beautiful poster representing the library. Stop by the plaza after our staff appreciation luncheon to see it. Thanks to everyone involved in getting this done!
Dr. John Palmer
Thanks to Nga for putting together a wonderful poster celebrating the life and career of Dr. John Palmer. Dr. Palmer will be receiving the UA Honorary Alumnus Award over Homecoming Weekend. You can see the poster in the glass cases, just outside the library entrance, near the doors at the top of the exterior stairway.
24/7 study area?
The request we get most from students is for longer hours. Many newer library buildings include a room with a separate entrance that is available 24/7 with no supervision. We are starting to explore the possibility of creating a 24/7 study area in room 2101, the Java City area. By closing off the room with a movable partition across the library side in the evenings and giving access from the hallway with a card swipe we may be able to meet the student’s needs. We are considering installing security cameras and perhaps employing a staff person if additional security is needed. We are working with Facilities, Risk Management, UAPD, UMC Security and ITS on this proposal. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please pass them along to any ATeam member.
Exhibit reception
Dr. Witte will be hosting another reception to publicize the exhibit, Creating a Community of Questioners for the Future. The reception will be held on Wednesday, October 27 from 4-6 PM. I’m sure that library staff will be welcome to attend.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
LAC, Development
Library Advisory Committee
The LAC held its first meeting of the academic year on Monday. Cindy has mailed out the minutes.
Development (fund raising)
During two meetings with Dr. Crist we have discussed strategies for fund raising. I outlined these discussions in my update of September 17 (http://ahslupdates.blogspot.com/). On Monday Jeanette and I met with Dr. Shaun Sommerer, Vice President for Development for the AHSC. Dr. Sommerer is working closely with Dr. Crist on development. He is very excited about a focus on the library for AHSC fund raising. He shared his insights into how best to focus our fundraising efforts and gave us valuable feedback on the materials that we are developing for Dr. Crist. From this point on our development efforts will no longer be channeled exclusively through the College of Medicine, but will be a priority for the entire AHSC development team. Development is always a long-term effort, but we will be laying the groundwork now for future financial gains.
The LAC held its first meeting of the academic year on Monday. Cindy has mailed out the minutes.
Development (fund raising)
During two meetings with Dr. Crist we have discussed strategies for fund raising. I outlined these discussions in my update of September 17 (http://ahslupdates.blogspot.com/). On Monday Jeanette and I met with Dr. Shaun Sommerer, Vice President for Development for the AHSC. Dr. Sommerer is working closely with Dr. Crist on development. He is very excited about a focus on the library for AHSC fund raising. He shared his insights into how best to focus our fundraising efforts and gave us valuable feedback on the materials that we are developing for Dr. Crist. From this point on our development efforts will no longer be channeled exclusively through the College of Medicine, but will be a priority for the entire AHSC development team. Development is always a long-term effort, but we will be laying the groundwork now for future financial gains.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Rachael, Visitors
Rachael Anderson
The Medical Library Association’s (MLA) Oral History Project has just completed two oral histories featuring Rachael Anderson, Director of the AHSL from 1991-2001. One is an interview with Rachael and the other is a joint interview with Rachael and Alison Bunting, former Director of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA. The complete transcriptions of the interviews are available from the National Library of Medicine or from MLA Headquarters. However, abstracts are available at the MLA website. Rachel’s interview is here:
http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/anderson_r.html
And the joint interview is here:
http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/anderson_bunting_joint.html
Visitors
Next Friday, 10/15, at 4 PM, Sandy will lead a tour of the AHSL for members of the Southern Arizona Biomedical Librarians (SABL). Please welcome them and say hello if you see them!
The Medical Library Association’s (MLA) Oral History Project has just completed two oral histories featuring Rachael Anderson, Director of the AHSL from 1991-2001. One is an interview with Rachael and the other is a joint interview with Rachael and Alison Bunting, former Director of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA. The complete transcriptions of the interviews are available from the National Library of Medicine or from MLA Headquarters. However, abstracts are available at the MLA website. Rachel’s interview is here:
http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/anderson_r.html
And the joint interview is here:
http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/anderson_bunting_joint.html
Visitors
Next Friday, 10/15, at 4 PM, Sandy will lead a tour of the AHSL for members of the Southern Arizona Biomedical Librarians (SABL). Please welcome them and say hello if you see them!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Phoenix visit, Clinical Education Librarians
Visit to Phoenix
Yesterday Gary visited the Phoenix campus to catch up with Jacque and Lindsey and to meet with some of our Phoenix Clinical Education Librarians – Kathy Zeblisky, Becky Birr, April Aquinaga, Sally Harvey and Lora Robbins. Kathleen Carlson from ASU wasn’t able to attend. We heard President Shelton speak and had a chance to chat about our medical students who do rotations in the Phoenix hospitals. President Shelton pointed out that the UA has lost $100 million in funding. $50 million has been made up in cuts (including over 400 layoffs), $30 million from tuition increases (after pulling some for financial aid) and $20 million in federal “stimulus” funds. There will be no more stimulus funding next fiscal year. The President addressed several other issues and responded to questions from the audience. While in Phoenix he met with Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon and with the editorial board of The Arizona Republic.
What is a Clinical Education Librarian?
Our medical students spend much of their third and fourth years doing “rotations” through different departments in different hospitals. During rotations they go on rounds, watching residents and doctors treating patients and attend lectures to learn about the various specialties (pediatrics, radiology, cardiology, etc.) They are sometimes asked to research a topic or treatment and will visit the hospital library. Often the hospital library will have the information resources that they need. Sometimes, however, they will want to use the AHSL collection. They can get to our electronic resources from offsite but they may still need help so they turn to the hospital librarian. Both as a way of thanking the hospital librarians who help our students and to give them access to the same AHSL resources that the students have, the AHSL created the Clinical Education Librarian (CEL) appointment. This is similar to an adjunct professor appointment in the College of Medicine. We also have one CEL from ASU, who helps AHSL-Phoenix with orientation and answers questions from our students who use the ASU downtown library. Here is a list of our Clinical Education Librarians.
April Aguinaga – Maricopa Integrated Health System
Becky Birr – Maricopa Integrated Health System
Kathleen Carlson – Arizona State University
Marni Ditmar – Tucson Medical Center
Lynn Flance – Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System
Sallly Harvey – Good Samaritan Hospital, Banner Health
Lora Robbins - Good Samaritan Hospital, Banner Health
Kathy Zeblisky – Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Thanks to all of our Clinical Education Librarians for their support!
Yesterday Gary visited the Phoenix campus to catch up with Jacque and Lindsey and to meet with some of our Phoenix Clinical Education Librarians – Kathy Zeblisky, Becky Birr, April Aquinaga, Sally Harvey and Lora Robbins. Kathleen Carlson from ASU wasn’t able to attend. We heard President Shelton speak and had a chance to chat about our medical students who do rotations in the Phoenix hospitals. President Shelton pointed out that the UA has lost $100 million in funding. $50 million has been made up in cuts (including over 400 layoffs), $30 million from tuition increases (after pulling some for financial aid) and $20 million in federal “stimulus” funds. There will be no more stimulus funding next fiscal year. The President addressed several other issues and responded to questions from the audience. While in Phoenix he met with Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon and with the editorial board of The Arizona Republic.
What is a Clinical Education Librarian?
Our medical students spend much of their third and fourth years doing “rotations” through different departments in different hospitals. During rotations they go on rounds, watching residents and doctors treating patients and attend lectures to learn about the various specialties (pediatrics, radiology, cardiology, etc.) They are sometimes asked to research a topic or treatment and will visit the hospital library. Often the hospital library will have the information resources that they need. Sometimes, however, they will want to use the AHSL collection. They can get to our electronic resources from offsite but they may still need help so they turn to the hospital librarian. Both as a way of thanking the hospital librarians who help our students and to give them access to the same AHSL resources that the students have, the AHSL created the Clinical Education Librarian (CEL) appointment. This is similar to an adjunct professor appointment in the College of Medicine. We also have one CEL from ASU, who helps AHSL-Phoenix with orientation and answers questions from our students who use the ASU downtown library. Here is a list of our Clinical Education Librarians.
April Aguinaga – Maricopa Integrated Health System
Becky Birr – Maricopa Integrated Health System
Kathleen Carlson – Arizona State University
Marni Ditmar – Tucson Medical Center
Lynn Flance – Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System
Sallly Harvey – Good Samaritan Hospital, Banner Health
Lora Robbins - Good Samaritan Hospital, Banner Health
Kathy Zeblisky – Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Thanks to all of our Clinical Education Librarians for their support!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Congratulations Carol, Strategic Planning, 4th Floor, Outlook
Congratulations Carol
Carol has had an article reviewing an online learning module published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The citation is:
Howe, C. L. (2010). Review: Health care decision-making WebCT module for medical students. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(9), 1788-1790. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03026.x Congratulations Carol!
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03026.x/abstract;jsessionid=EA85BBE59B62FE6D6C17F9C28BCEB555.d02t02
Strategic Planning
The Administrative Team has met twice to review and discuss the reports from the strategic planning teams. It’s obvious from the reports that several committees need to be formed. We’re also discussing which departments, committees or individuals should be involved in carrying out which of the Goals and Objectives and what the timeline should be for each one. The goal of the ATeam is to have the strategic plan in place so that everyone can write his or her own goals and objectives for 2011 based on the large plan.
4th Floor
Jeanette and Gary met with Dr. Crist on Tuesday, along with representatives from the Interprofessional Education Steering Committee and the Clinical & Translational Science Award proposal team to present our case for the 4th floor. The three groups are asking Dr. Crist to allow us to collaboratively create a mix of meeting spaces from single-person study rooms to conference rooms to a classroom and a large gathering area, along with a few offices. This proposal is still in direct competition with a request to fill the floor with the offices of the COM Dean and now UA Healthcare. However, we are cautiously optimistic that Dr. Crist is leaning strongly in our favor. Even if he accepts our plan there will be a long road ahead as we look for funding and work with architects to design a space that will be attractive and useful for everyone involved.
Outlook
As new computers have been installed, the users of those machines have been moved over to Outlook for email and calendar. Jose is planning to move everyone over before December 31. He will also plan to do at least one training session. We may do one training when about half the staff are moved over and another later as it is best to get the training when you are actually using the software. Most people find that they can use the basic functions of Outlook without training, but some guidance will help us to use more of the capabilities and to understand how the program works.
Carol has had an article reviewing an online learning module published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The citation is:
Howe, C. L. (2010). Review: Health care decision-making WebCT module for medical students. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(9), 1788-1790. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03026.x Congratulations Carol!
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03026.x/abstract;jsessionid=EA85BBE59B62FE6D6C17F9C28BCEB555.d02t02
Strategic Planning
The Administrative Team has met twice to review and discuss the reports from the strategic planning teams. It’s obvious from the reports that several committees need to be formed. We’re also discussing which departments, committees or individuals should be involved in carrying out which of the Goals and Objectives and what the timeline should be for each one. The goal of the ATeam is to have the strategic plan in place so that everyone can write his or her own goals and objectives for 2011 based on the large plan.
4th Floor
Jeanette and Gary met with Dr. Crist on Tuesday, along with representatives from the Interprofessional Education Steering Committee and the Clinical & Translational Science Award proposal team to present our case for the 4th floor. The three groups are asking Dr. Crist to allow us to collaboratively create a mix of meeting spaces from single-person study rooms to conference rooms to a classroom and a large gathering area, along with a few offices. This proposal is still in direct competition with a request to fill the floor with the offices of the COM Dean and now UA Healthcare. However, we are cautiously optimistic that Dr. Crist is leaning strongly in our favor. Even if he accepts our plan there will be a long road ahead as we look for funding and work with architects to design a space that will be attractive and useful for everyone involved.
Outlook
As new computers have been installed, the users of those machines have been moved over to Outlook for email and calendar. Jose is planning to move everyone over before December 31. He will also plan to do at least one training session. We may do one training when about half the staff are moved over and another later as it is best to get the training when you are actually using the software. Most people find that they can use the basic functions of Outlook without training, but some guidance will help us to use more of the capabilities and to understand how the program works.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Diamond Children's Center, Strategic Plan, Budget, Long-range Planning
Diamond Children’s Center Open House
Sandy and Brooke represented AHSL and AZHIN respectively at the Diamond Children Center’s Physician Open House last night. The event had a dual purpose: celebration of the grand opening of the new Center and a strong push to involve physicians throughout the state by encouraging them to become affiliated with the University of Arizona. Over 300 physicians were invited to attend and in addition to virtual tours of the center, which highlighted their state of the art services, a whole section was devoted to information on how to become a UA affiliate along with the benefits and responsibilities of affiliation. Library resources and services are of course major benefits and Sandy talked to physicians who came to the “library booth.” Since some physicians will likely choose not to become affiliated, Brooke was there to tell them about the resources they may already have access to—AZHIN. The event was a big success and Dr. Cleo Hardin, Section Chief Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Outreach, and her assistant Debbie Boggs were enthusiastic in their appreciation of the library’s participation.
Strategic Plan
Thanks again to the three groups that worked on the goals and objectives. The Administrative Team has reviewed the reports and has sent a few questions back to the groups. The next step will be for the ATeam to bring these suggestions together into a single strategic plan with Goals spread over the next several years and people assigned to different tasks or committees. I expect this part of the process to take 4-6 weeks. Stay tuned!
State Budget
News reports this morning brought bad news about the Arizona economy. Tax revenues are way down leaving the state facing a $700 million shortfall for this fiscal year. The governor is ruling out any tax increases and wants the cover the deficit with cuts to healthcare and education. The library has been asked to “hold back” or not allocate 5% of our state budget for just this situation. This amounts to $127,000 that is not available for collections or other purposes. We have no word yet from the university on whether or not we will have to give up this sum but all signs are pointing in that direction. (for more on the budget see the next item.)
Long Range Planning
On Monday I met with Dr. Crist, Vice President for Health Affairs, to talk about several urgent issues. On Tuesday Cindy and I met with Dr. Crist, Jerry Miron and Herminia Rios, (Dr. Crist's top financial advisors) to present the library’s “all sums” budget. This is a complete budget review that all departments have been asked to do and an opportunity to present budgetary issues to the Vice President.
As a result of these two meetings AHSL administration will be working with Dr. Crist on three initiatives that we hope will have some long-range, and perhaps short-range, results.
Perhaps the most important is to look at a fundamental restructuring of how AHSL is funded on campus. We are currently trapped between constantly increasing prices for information and a steadily decreasing state budget. We have identified several strategies to insure a reliable budget for the library and will be working with Dr. Crist to present these to the Provost and President.
A second initiative will be to work more closely with the new UA Healthcare to get support, not only for collections, but also for personnel to better serve Kino Hospital and, perhaps, UMC.
The third area is development or fundraising. You may know that Dr. Crist came to the University promising to bring in large donations. He has spent his first two years making contacts in the state and laying the groundwork for support. He is now ready to begin asking for significant donations. In the past we have worked exclusively with the College of Medicine development team. From now on we will also work directly with Dr. Crist, keeping him informed of our needs and suggesting giving opportunities. These opportunities could range from naming the entire building to naming a group study room and from creating an endowment to naming an endowed “chair” (an ongoing position) in the library. We have started organizing information to give to Dr. Crist in support of his efforts.
Yesterday, as a result of these discussions with Dr. Crist, I attended a planning session with administrators from UA Healthcare that I hope will lead to stronger links between AHSL and the clinical enterprise.
Sandy and Brooke represented AHSL and AZHIN respectively at the Diamond Children Center’s Physician Open House last night. The event had a dual purpose: celebration of the grand opening of the new Center and a strong push to involve physicians throughout the state by encouraging them to become affiliated with the University of Arizona. Over 300 physicians were invited to attend and in addition to virtual tours of the center, which highlighted their state of the art services, a whole section was devoted to information on how to become a UA affiliate along with the benefits and responsibilities of affiliation. Library resources and services are of course major benefits and Sandy talked to physicians who came to the “library booth.” Since some physicians will likely choose not to become affiliated, Brooke was there to tell them about the resources they may already have access to—AZHIN. The event was a big success and Dr. Cleo Hardin, Section Chief Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Outreach, and her assistant Debbie Boggs were enthusiastic in their appreciation of the library’s participation.
Strategic Plan
Thanks again to the three groups that worked on the goals and objectives. The Administrative Team has reviewed the reports and has sent a few questions back to the groups. The next step will be for the ATeam to bring these suggestions together into a single strategic plan with Goals spread over the next several years and people assigned to different tasks or committees. I expect this part of the process to take 4-6 weeks. Stay tuned!
State Budget
News reports this morning brought bad news about the Arizona economy. Tax revenues are way down leaving the state facing a $700 million shortfall for this fiscal year. The governor is ruling out any tax increases and wants the cover the deficit with cuts to healthcare and education. The library has been asked to “hold back” or not allocate 5% of our state budget for just this situation. This amounts to $127,000 that is not available for collections or other purposes. We have no word yet from the university on whether or not we will have to give up this sum but all signs are pointing in that direction. (for more on the budget see the next item.)
Long Range Planning
On Monday I met with Dr. Crist, Vice President for Health Affairs, to talk about several urgent issues. On Tuesday Cindy and I met with Dr. Crist, Jerry Miron and Herminia Rios, (Dr. Crist's top financial advisors) to present the library’s “all sums” budget. This is a complete budget review that all departments have been asked to do and an opportunity to present budgetary issues to the Vice President.
As a result of these two meetings AHSL administration will be working with Dr. Crist on three initiatives that we hope will have some long-range, and perhaps short-range, results.
Perhaps the most important is to look at a fundamental restructuring of how AHSL is funded on campus. We are currently trapped between constantly increasing prices for information and a steadily decreasing state budget. We have identified several strategies to insure a reliable budget for the library and will be working with Dr. Crist to present these to the Provost and President.
A second initiative will be to work more closely with the new UA Healthcare to get support, not only for collections, but also for personnel to better serve Kino Hospital and, perhaps, UMC.
The third area is development or fundraising. You may know that Dr. Crist came to the University promising to bring in large donations. He has spent his first two years making contacts in the state and laying the groundwork for support. He is now ready to begin asking for significant donations. In the past we have worked exclusively with the College of Medicine development team. From now on we will also work directly with Dr. Crist, keeping him informed of our needs and suggesting giving opportunities. These opportunities could range from naming the entire building to naming a group study room and from creating an endowment to naming an endowed “chair” (an ongoing position) in the library. We have started organizing information to give to Dr. Crist in support of his efforts.
Yesterday, as a result of these discussions with Dr. Crist, I attended a planning session with administrators from UA Healthcare that I hope will lead to stronger links between AHSL and the clinical enterprise.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Congratulations to Jennifer M.
Congratulations Jennifer M.
Jennifer Martin has had an article published about the Pharmacy Liaison Program in a special issue of Public Services Quarterly devoted to “embedded librarianship.” The citation is: Martin, J.R. (2010) The Newly Embedded Librarian: Pharmacy Information Liaison Service. Public Services Quarterly, 6(2), 187-197. Congratulations Jennifer!
Jennifer Martin has had an article published about the Pharmacy Liaison Program in a special issue of Public Services Quarterly devoted to “embedded librarianship.” The citation is: Martin, J.R. (2010) The Newly Embedded Librarian: Pharmacy Information Liaison Service. Public Services Quarterly, 6(2), 187-197. Congratulations Jennifer!
Friday, September 3, 2010
Strategic planning, Shelving, Budget
Strategic Planning
The three groups working on goals and objectives, Working Environment, Promoting the Library and Transforming Services, have all submitted their recommendations to the Administrative Team. The next step is for the ATeam to review these, possibly work with the groups to clarify and prioritize and then to combine these into a strategic plan with a timeline and assignments. I’ll keep you informed of our progress.
Shelving project update from Dave Piper
[The ATeam is close to final approval on this project. – gf]
As you know, last week I sent out two lists to the AHSL listserv. The first was a list of four REF titles under consideration for withdrawal. The second was a list of 34 REF titles under consideration for moving to the third floor.
Mary and I received feedback from four persons. Based on feedback we received, we are planning to take one title off the list of items under consideration for moving to the third floor. The title in question is the Portrait catalog of the New York Academy of Medicine Library (WZ 112 N532P 1960) and we now are recommending that it remain in REF.
I would propose that we communicate this change to the AHSL, briefly describe again the plan of action, and then proceed with implementing the plan. There are essentially four steps:
1. Move the 33 REF titles along with the Annex items (ZHQ-ZWZ) to the third floor.
2. Withdraw the 4 REF titles.
3. Meet with Facilities to discuss constructing the framed item storage screen and the framed item cabinet.
(The basic design plans are ready to show them.)
4. Plan the new, smaller shelving configuration for the west end of REF area. (Under one scenario that I’m investigating, it’s possible that we could shelve all of remaining “west end” items in the “east end of REF” area, thereby freeing up that entire west end for study space…)
Budget
The AHSL was given the same budget for 2010-2011 as we had last year. However, we have been asked to “hold back” 5% of the budget – about $127,000. The university is waiting to see how much income is generated by the 1% increase in sales tax that was approved earlier this year. If the results are disappointing we will have to give up the 5%. Otherwise we may get to keep all or some of it. In other years the university has been asked to take a mid-year cut. We aren’t anticipating a cut beyond the 5% but won’t know until January.
The three groups working on goals and objectives, Working Environment, Promoting the Library and Transforming Services, have all submitted their recommendations to the Administrative Team. The next step is for the ATeam to review these, possibly work with the groups to clarify and prioritize and then to combine these into a strategic plan with a timeline and assignments. I’ll keep you informed of our progress.
Shelving project update from Dave Piper
[The ATeam is close to final approval on this project. – gf]
As you know, last week I sent out two lists to the AHSL listserv. The first was a list of four REF titles under consideration for withdrawal. The second was a list of 34 REF titles under consideration for moving to the third floor.
Mary and I received feedback from four persons. Based on feedback we received, we are planning to take one title off the list of items under consideration for moving to the third floor. The title in question is the Portrait catalog of the New York Academy of Medicine Library (WZ 112 N532P 1960) and we now are recommending that it remain in REF.
I would propose that we communicate this change to the AHSL, briefly describe again the plan of action, and then proceed with implementing the plan. There are essentially four steps:
1. Move the 33 REF titles along with the Annex items (ZHQ-ZWZ) to the third floor.
2. Withdraw the 4 REF titles.
3. Meet with Facilities to discuss constructing the framed item storage screen and the framed item cabinet.
(The basic design plans are ready to show them.)
4. Plan the new, smaller shelving configuration for the west end of REF area. (Under one scenario that I’m investigating, it’s possible that we could shelve all of remaining “west end” items in the “east end of REF” area, thereby freeing up that entire west end for study space…)
Budget
The AHSL was given the same budget for 2010-2011 as we had last year. However, we have been asked to “hold back” 5% of the budget – about $127,000. The university is waiting to see how much income is generated by the 1% increase in sales tax that was approved earlier this year. If the results are disappointing we will have to give up the 5%. Otherwise we may get to keep all or some of it. In other years the university has been asked to take a mid-year cut. We aren’t anticipating a cut beyond the 5% but won’t know until January.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Shelving, IPE
Shelving projects
Dave has proposed a solution to several problems and the ATeam has asked him to move forward on planning. The library owns many items that should hang on walls – paintings and plaques – that cannot be displayed for a variety of reasons. Dave has proposed a solution involving the “annex” shelving in Collection Services. As part of this process some of the titles currently shelved there will move up to compact shelving. In addition, some of the older indexes from the reference area on the 2nd floor will move to compact shelving and some will be discarded. Additional study tables will move into the “new” space on the 2nd floor. We are just in the beginning of the planning for these projects.
Interprofessional Education
Sandy and Gary have been invited to serve on a newly formed AHSC Interprofessional Education Steering Committee. The group met for the first time this morning and is charged with planning and guiding programs that will teach AHSC (and Law and Social Work) students to work together as teams as they will have to do after graduation.
Dave has proposed a solution to several problems and the ATeam has asked him to move forward on planning. The library owns many items that should hang on walls – paintings and plaques – that cannot be displayed for a variety of reasons. Dave has proposed a solution involving the “annex” shelving in Collection Services. As part of this process some of the titles currently shelved there will move up to compact shelving. In addition, some of the older indexes from the reference area on the 2nd floor will move to compact shelving and some will be discarded. Additional study tables will move into the “new” space on the 2nd floor. We are just in the beginning of the planning for these projects.
Interprofessional Education
Sandy and Gary have been invited to serve on a newly formed AHSC Interprofessional Education Steering Committee. The group met for the first time this morning and is charged with planning and guiding programs that will teach AHSC (and Law and Social Work) students to work together as teams as they will have to do after graduation.
Friday, August 20, 2010
KRI students, Sarah, Furniture, ScienceDirect, ILL
Welcome to new KRI students
Please join me in welcoming our three interns from the SIRLS Knowledge River Program. Diana Almader-Douglas, Sara Tankersley, and Jamie Navarette will be working in various departments around the library, visiting other local libraries and attending the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association thanks, in part, to a grant from the National Library of Medicine.
Congratulations Sarah!
Congratulations to Sarah on her new job at the Downtown branch of the Pima County Public Library! We are sad to lose Sarah but happy that we have obtained an exemption from the hiring freeze and will be able to fill this vacancy.
Furniture reupholstering
Thanks to the new student fee money we have been able to reupholster 18 more chairs including two from the Information Desk.
Science Direct interruption
Access to ScienceDirect titles was down for about 24 hours and has had an impact on the libraries and our users. Mary and Dave worked with Steve Bosch at UAL (the main campus library) and Elsevier to get access turned back on. It appears that things are stable once again, but we're checking to be sure all options for pdf and html full text have been restored properly.
Interlibrary Loan
Our users may see a bit slower service in ILL while Kathy Tower is on vacation. Everyone is pitching in, including Nga, but demand has increased pretty dramatically with our faculty and students returning for the new school year. The ScienceDirect problem also resulted in many ILL requests for journals we license through ScienceDirect that normally users would have been able to access themselves.
Please join me in welcoming our three interns from the SIRLS Knowledge River Program. Diana Almader-Douglas, Sara Tankersley, and Jamie Navarette will be working in various departments around the library, visiting other local libraries and attending the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association thanks, in part, to a grant from the National Library of Medicine.
Congratulations Sarah!
Congratulations to Sarah on her new job at the Downtown branch of the Pima County Public Library! We are sad to lose Sarah but happy that we have obtained an exemption from the hiring freeze and will be able to fill this vacancy.
Furniture reupholstering
Thanks to the new student fee money we have been able to reupholster 18 more chairs including two from the Information Desk.
Science Direct interruption
Access to ScienceDirect titles was down for about 24 hours and has had an impact on the libraries and our users. Mary and Dave worked with Steve Bosch at UAL (the main campus library) and Elsevier to get access turned back on. It appears that things are stable once again, but we're checking to be sure all options for pdf and html full text have been restored properly.
Interlibrary Loan
Our users may see a bit slower service in ILL while Kathy Tower is on vacation. Everyone is pitching in, including Nga, but demand has increased pretty dramatically with our faculty and students returning for the new school year. The ScienceDirect problem also resulted in many ILL requests for journals we license through ScienceDirect that normally users would have been able to access themselves.
Friday, August 6, 2010
WeSearch, Four Corners
WeSearch
This year AHSL again coordinated and presented the WeSearch Institute in collaboration with the UA School of Information Resources and Library Sciences (SIRLS). Annabelle and Yamila worked with Sandy Littletree from SIRLS to provide a week of training for local high school students. Here is an update from Annabelle.
“I just wanted to give you a brief update on last week's activities. As you know we wrapped up the WE Search Institute week last Friday (7/30) with a wonderful celebration event held here at AHSL. First and foremost I would like to acknowledge and thank Javad, Tessie, Katie, Valerie, and Mary R for helping us get us through the week. Principally with patron and visitor traffic flow with respect to the fourth floor. We had approximately 20 family and friends of the students and program supporters attend the event to hear the presentations, meet the mentors, and learn about WE Search.
This year we will be partnering with Desert View High School, the other Sunnyside Unified School District high school. Our main contact at Desert View is Richard Montaño who recruited seven exceptional 11th and 12th graders. We have a few students who identify as American Indian, a key component of the program we lacked in the last two years. We have three great KR Mentors as well - Azul Gomez, Natalia Phillips-Portillo, and Andrea Goodrich.
. . . Here are a few highlights [of the weeks schedule]:
- We worked on public speaking and presentation skills for their health topic powerpoints.
- We focused on evaluating health information websites, as well as searching for health information resources related to Hispanic and American Indian health.
- We discussed health disparities in Hispanic and American Indian communities.
- We toured two Tucson neighborhoods with distinct SES characteristics. (To illustrate issues around health disparities.)
- We looked at community resources for health fair planning and community development. (They will take an active role in the Refugee Health Fair in October.)
- We toured the following information environments:
Mary Givins - Teen Librarian, Martha Cooper Branch Library
Aaron Valdivia - Branch Manager, El Pueblo Branch Library [Guest Lecturer]
Lynn Flance - Librarian, VA Hospital
Merlin Spiller- Arizona State Museum
Joe Labuda, Library Director - Pima County Community College West Campus
Alexandra "Alex" Rivera, Outreach Librarian - UA Main Library (UAL)
Roger Myers, Special Collections - University or Arizona Libraries (UAL)”
Thanks to everyone involved for a really great effort that lays the groundwork for these students to have a productive and educational year.
Four Corners
Last week Gary, Jacque, Jeanette and Yamila attended a meeting of the Tribal Connections Four Corners (TC4C) group in Gallup, NM. Before the meeting, Jeanette and Yamila visited the Hard Rock community on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. It was quite a drive from the Albuquerque airport to Hard Rock and back to Gallup. However it sounds as if some good relationships were formed. Yamila and Jeanette have been invited back. AHSL is helping the community with their walking club project with support from the TC4C and the Midcontinental Regional Medical Library (RML) in Salt Lake City.
The Gallup conference was supported by the RMLs at UCLA, Houston Academy of Medicine and the University of Utah. The purpose of the meeting was to review the accomplishments of the TC4C collaboration and to plan for the future. We heard from an excellent panel of a doctor, health educators and a librarian who work on the Navajo reservation, at the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Laguna, NM public library. We also visited the HIS Hospital in Gallup that includes a hogan and sweat lodge used in traditional Navajo healing.
This year AHSL again coordinated and presented the WeSearch Institute in collaboration with the UA School of Information Resources and Library Sciences (SIRLS). Annabelle and Yamila worked with Sandy Littletree from SIRLS to provide a week of training for local high school students. Here is an update from Annabelle.
“I just wanted to give you a brief update on last week's activities. As you know we wrapped up the WE Search Institute week last Friday (7/30) with a wonderful celebration event held here at AHSL. First and foremost I would like to acknowledge and thank Javad, Tessie, Katie, Valerie, and Mary R for helping us get us through the week. Principally with patron and visitor traffic flow with respect to the fourth floor. We had approximately 20 family and friends of the students and program supporters attend the event to hear the presentations, meet the mentors, and learn about WE Search.
This year we will be partnering with Desert View High School, the other Sunnyside Unified School District high school. Our main contact at Desert View is Richard Montaño who recruited seven exceptional 11th and 12th graders. We have a few students who identify as American Indian, a key component of the program we lacked in the last two years. We have three great KR Mentors as well - Azul Gomez, Natalia Phillips-Portillo, and Andrea Goodrich.
. . . Here are a few highlights [of the weeks schedule]:
- We worked on public speaking and presentation skills for their health topic powerpoints.
- We focused on evaluating health information websites, as well as searching for health information resources related to Hispanic and American Indian health.
- We discussed health disparities in Hispanic and American Indian communities.
- We toured two Tucson neighborhoods with distinct SES characteristics. (To illustrate issues around health disparities.)
- We looked at community resources for health fair planning and community development. (They will take an active role in the Refugee Health Fair in October.)
- We toured the following information environments:
Mary Givins - Teen Librarian, Martha Cooper Branch Library
Aaron Valdivia - Branch Manager, El Pueblo Branch Library [Guest Lecturer]
Lynn Flance - Librarian, VA Hospital
Merlin Spiller- Arizona State Museum
Joe Labuda, Library Director - Pima County Community College West Campus
Alexandra "Alex" Rivera, Outreach Librarian - UA Main Library (UAL)
Roger Myers, Special Collections - University or Arizona Libraries (UAL)”
Thanks to everyone involved for a really great effort that lays the groundwork for these students to have a productive and educational year.
Four Corners
Last week Gary, Jacque, Jeanette and Yamila attended a meeting of the Tribal Connections Four Corners (TC4C) group in Gallup, NM. Before the meeting, Jeanette and Yamila visited the Hard Rock community on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. It was quite a drive from the Albuquerque airport to Hard Rock and back to Gallup. However it sounds as if some good relationships were formed. Yamila and Jeanette have been invited back. AHSL is helping the community with their walking club project with support from the TC4C and the Midcontinental Regional Medical Library (RML) in Salt Lake City.
The Gallup conference was supported by the RMLs at UCLA, Houston Academy of Medicine and the University of Utah. The purpose of the meeting was to review the accomplishments of the TC4C collaboration and to plan for the future. We heard from an excellent panel of a doctor, health educators and a librarian who work on the Navajo reservation, at the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Laguna, NM public library. We also visited the HIS Hospital in Gallup that includes a hogan and sweat lodge used in traditional Navajo healing.
Monday, July 26, 2010
CTSA? CTSI? IPE?
What is the CTSA/CTSI? Who are the Interprofessional Education Core Group?
I have referred to the CTSA or CTSI several times in these updates. The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) are funding from the National Institutes of Health to research centers around the country. There are now 55 medical research institutions around the country with funding to create their own Clinical and Translational Sciences Institutes (CTSIs). When fully implemented by 2012, about 60 institutions will be linked together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational science. The goal is to increase the efficiency and speed with which research discoveries are turned into usable clinical products.
Getting a CTSA is very important for a medical research effort. Organizations that have a CTSI will be much more likely to attract additional NIH funding. The UA has applied twice for a CTSA but has not been funded. Now, under the leadership of Dr. Fernando Martinez, a third application is being written.
Jeanette was instrumental in getting the library involved in the first two proposals. She will continue to take the lead as we work with the CTSA staff on the new proposal.
The Interprofessional Education Core Group (IPE) includes representatives from the four AHSC Colleges. They have created a curriculum that brings students from the various colleges together for learning opportunities and team building. They have been charged with making this effort an integral part of the curriculum in all of the Colleges.
As mentioned in previous updates, we are working with the CTSA staff and the IPE leadership group to develop plans for the fourth floor that will support the needs of all of us – primarily collaborative space that can be used for student study in the evenings and on weekends. Some administrative office space will be included in the plans, but very little compared to the space available.
I have referred to the CTSA or CTSI several times in these updates. The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) are funding from the National Institutes of Health to research centers around the country. There are now 55 medical research institutions around the country with funding to create their own Clinical and Translational Sciences Institutes (CTSIs). When fully implemented by 2012, about 60 institutions will be linked together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational science. The goal is to increase the efficiency and speed with which research discoveries are turned into usable clinical products.
Getting a CTSA is very important for a medical research effort. Organizations that have a CTSI will be much more likely to attract additional NIH funding. The UA has applied twice for a CTSA but has not been funded. Now, under the leadership of Dr. Fernando Martinez, a third application is being written.
Jeanette was instrumental in getting the library involved in the first two proposals. She will continue to take the lead as we work with the CTSA staff on the new proposal.
The Interprofessional Education Core Group (IPE) includes representatives from the four AHSC Colleges. They have created a curriculum that brings students from the various colleges together for learning opportunities and team building. They have been charged with making this effort an integral part of the curriculum in all of the Colleges.
As mentioned in previous updates, we are working with the CTSA staff and the IPE leadership group to develop plans for the fourth floor that will support the needs of all of us – primarily collaborative space that can be used for student study in the evenings and on weekends. Some administrative office space will be included in the plans, but very little compared to the space available.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Budget, Space, Congratulations to Sally
Budget
Dr. Crist has asked each AHSC Unit Director and Business Manager to make a budget presentation. All units have common forms to fill out that present our budget over the last several years. In addition we can present text describing our budget situation and give an oral presentation. Cindy and I have been working on these documents for several weeks and have also consulted with the Administrative Team. Our presentation hasn’t been scheduled but will likely be in the next 2-3 weeks.
Library Space
On Wednesday eleven people representing the library, facilities, Interprofessional Education and the Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) met to talk about shared use of the fourth floor. All groups have similar interests and needs with a lot of overlap. There are a few needs for dedicated space for each group but, for the most part, all groups would like to see additional meeting, conference and classrooms. All understand our need to make these rooms available for student study. Each group is going to make a list of the rooms that they must have and we will meet again in a few weeks to let facilities try to make sense of these requests.
Congratulations to Sally
Congratulations to Sally Harvey, Director of Learning Resources at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix and AHSL Clinical Education Librarian and her colleague Janene Wandersee. They have coauthored a paper in the July 2010 Journal of the Medical Library Association titled, “Publication rate of abstracts of papers and posters presented at Medical Library Association annual meetings.” The journal is available in the library in print or in PubMed Central at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/93/
Dr. Crist has asked each AHSC Unit Director and Business Manager to make a budget presentation. All units have common forms to fill out that present our budget over the last several years. In addition we can present text describing our budget situation and give an oral presentation. Cindy and I have been working on these documents for several weeks and have also consulted with the Administrative Team. Our presentation hasn’t been scheduled but will likely be in the next 2-3 weeks.
Library Space
On Wednesday eleven people representing the library, facilities, Interprofessional Education and the Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) met to talk about shared use of the fourth floor. All groups have similar interests and needs with a lot of overlap. There are a few needs for dedicated space for each group but, for the most part, all groups would like to see additional meeting, conference and classrooms. All understand our need to make these rooms available for student study. Each group is going to make a list of the rooms that they must have and we will meet again in a few weeks to let facilities try to make sense of these requests.
Congratulations to Sally
Congratulations to Sally Harvey, Director of Learning Resources at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix and AHSL Clinical Education Librarian and her colleague Janene Wandersee. They have coauthored a paper in the July 2010 Journal of the Medical Library Association titled, “Publication rate of abstracts of papers and posters presented at Medical Library Association annual meetings.” The journal is available in the library in print or in PubMed Central at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/93/
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Photocopier, large monitor, space
New Photocopier
Our new photocopier does everything that the old one did and more. The office staff is working on learning all of the new features and will be offering classes soon. Until then they can walk you through some of the new procedures. You can send and receive faxes, scan (in black & white) and have a .pdf document sent to your email. You can also send a print job but attach a password so that it won’t print out until you get down to the machine.
Large monitor in the large classroom
The Arizona Telemedicine Program has purchased a large TV monitor for use in their distance education classes. For their purposes it will be mounted on the back wall of 2102. We will be working with them to determine how we and other groups can use it.
Library Space
At Dr. Crist’s request Jeanette and I will be meeting with leaders from the CTSI (Clinical Translational Science Institute) and AHSC Interprofessional Education (IPE) to brainstorm better ways to layout the 4th floor. The library (and the space committee), CTSI and IPE would all like to see a variety of meeting rooms, training spaces and study spaces on the floor. Dr. Crist would like to have an architect review these ideas and present one or more possible solutions. The library hopes to have the architect review all of the floors of the library to help us make better use of our space.
Our new photocopier does everything that the old one did and more. The office staff is working on learning all of the new features and will be offering classes soon. Until then they can walk you through some of the new procedures. You can send and receive faxes, scan (in black & white) and have a .pdf document sent to your email. You can also send a print job but attach a password so that it won’t print out until you get down to the machine.
Large monitor in the large classroom
The Arizona Telemedicine Program has purchased a large TV monitor for use in their distance education classes. For their purposes it will be mounted on the back wall of 2102. We will be working with them to determine how we and other groups can use it.
Library Space
At Dr. Crist’s request Jeanette and I will be meeting with leaders from the CTSI (Clinical Translational Science Institute) and AHSC Interprofessional Education (IPE) to brainstorm better ways to layout the 4th floor. The library (and the space committee), CTSI and IPE would all like to see a variety of meeting rooms, training spaces and study spaces on the floor. Dr. Crist would like to have an architect review these ideas and present one or more possible solutions. The library hopes to have the architect review all of the floors of the library to help us make better use of our space.
Friday, July 9, 2010
New exhibit, GoLocal
New Exhibit
The library is in for a treat for the next couple of months as the Exhibits committee is working with Nikki Westra, a local artist who uses antique medical illustrations of the human body to create new and interesting images in the form of collages. The library is hosting a reception for Ms. Westra on Wednesday, July 14th, 2:30-4:00. Please join us in welcoming her to AHSL.
GoLocal
Just a reminder that the National Library of Medicine decided to discontinue support for GoLocal – a state-by-state collection of web sites that directed people to health services near their homes. As a result our links to both Arizona GoLocal and to the Tribal Connections Four Corners GoLocal sites will now take users to a generic search page at NLM linking them to some nationwide directories of healthcare providers. Although this project served the public for almost 10 years, NLM felt that the increased availability of information on the Internet made GoLocal redundant. Thanks to Jacque for leading the project most recently and to everyone at AHSL who contributed over the years.
The library is in for a treat for the next couple of months as the Exhibits committee is working with Nikki Westra, a local artist who uses antique medical illustrations of the human body to create new and interesting images in the form of collages. The library is hosting a reception for Ms. Westra on Wednesday, July 14th, 2:30-4:00. Please join us in welcoming her to AHSL.
GoLocal
Just a reminder that the National Library of Medicine decided to discontinue support for GoLocal – a state-by-state collection of web sites that directed people to health services near their homes. As a result our links to both Arizona GoLocal and to the Tribal Connections Four Corners GoLocal sites will now take users to a generic search page at NLM linking them to some nationwide directories of healthcare providers. Although this project served the public for almost 10 years, NLM felt that the increased availability of information on the Internet made GoLocal redundant. Thanks to Jacque for leading the project most recently and to everyone at AHSL who contributed over the years.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Congratulations Yamila and Annabelle, Space
Congratulations Yamila (and Olivia and Annabelle)
Congratulations to Yamila who received an ALA REACH 21 Scholarship to attend the 2010 Spectrum Leadership Institute at in Washington last week. The Institute brings together library students and graduates from across the country to network, learn models of cross-cultural leadership, reaffirm professional values grounded in service to diverse communities, develop career skills and connect with a wide-range of leaders and potential mentors. Olivia Baca, a former Knowledge River Institute Intern at AHSL, also received a REACH 21 scholarship. Annabelle served at the Institute on a panel designed to help attendees sharpen their interviewing skills during one of the sessions.
Library Space
As requested by the Advisory Committee on Library Space and Dr. Crist, the Interprofessional Education (IPE) Leadership Group has given us a document supporting the recommendations of the space committee report. Their document says, among other things, that providing a variety of meeting rooms will be helpful to IPE. This should strengthen the case that we’re making to Dr. Crist. It appears that we will be getting another request to turn the 4th floor into offices next week. By then Dr. Crist will have the IPE report and another statement from us on the importance of keeping the library as an educational space.
Congratulations to Yamila who received an ALA REACH 21 Scholarship to attend the 2010 Spectrum Leadership Institute at in Washington last week. The Institute brings together library students and graduates from across the country to network, learn models of cross-cultural leadership, reaffirm professional values grounded in service to diverse communities, develop career skills and connect with a wide-range of leaders and potential mentors. Olivia Baca, a former Knowledge River Institute Intern at AHSL, also received a REACH 21 scholarship. Annabelle served at the Institute on a panel designed to help attendees sharpen their interviewing skills during one of the sessions.
Library Space
As requested by the Advisory Committee on Library Space and Dr. Crist, the Interprofessional Education (IPE) Leadership Group has given us a document supporting the recommendations of the space committee report. Their document says, among other things, that providing a variety of meeting rooms will be helpful to IPE. This should strengthen the case that we’re making to Dr. Crist. It appears that we will be getting another request to turn the 4th floor into offices next week. By then Dr. Crist will have the IPE report and another statement from us on the importance of keeping the library as an educational space.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Pat’s Party Last Friday, Welcome again Yamila
Thanks to everyone for giving Pat a first-rate send-off last Friday! She seemed to enjoy it and there was plenty of time and space for her to visit with her colleagues and friends over the years. Thanks especially to Tessie for creating the flyer and the powerpoint show, to Linda and Mary for organizing the space and taking care of the refreshments, to Jose for the technical set-up for the powerpoint and the music, and to Linda, Gary, and Cindy for preliminary planning several weeks ago. The office is guessing there were about 70 attending.
If you attended that event, you heard that the library has hired Yamila El-khayat as the Interim Outreach Services Librarian. This in an expansion of the part-time role we hired her for in April (see April 9 blog) She has begun working full-time and for starters will take on Pat's role in the We Search program, attend the TC4C planning meeting in Albuquerque next month, and carry on in outreach for the next several months, She will be with us through April 30, 2011.
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Jeanette Ryan, MSLS, AHIP, Deputy Director
Arizona Health Sciences Library
University of Arizona
520/626-6143; fax 520/626-2922
JLR@AHSL.arizona.edu
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Strategic planning
Strategic Planning
Our three strategic planning teams have been formed and will begin meeting soon. The groups will soon be choosing (or may have already elected) a facilitator. The “champions” for the groups are: Transforming Services – Sandy, Promoting the Library/External Communications – Cindy, and Working Environment – Gary. If you missed the “kick-off” meeting, be sure to touch base with one of your team members so that you don’t miss anything! Thank you all for participating in this important planning process.
Our three strategic planning teams have been formed and will begin meeting soon. The groups will soon be choosing (or may have already elected) a facilitator. The “champions” for the groups are: Transforming Services – Sandy, Promoting the Library/External Communications – Cindy, and Working Environment – Gary. If you missed the “kick-off” meeting, be sure to touch base with one of your team members so that you don’t miss anything! Thank you all for participating in this important planning process.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
MLA meeting (2)
Report from Washington (2)
This morning we heard the annual update from the National Library of Medicine. It’s a great reminder of the many programs and resources that they make available to the health sciences library community. We also heard the inaugural address of Ruth Holst, incoming president of the MLA, and were invited to attend next year’s meeting in Minneapolis. This afternoon Annabelle gave an invited presentation on AHSL’s collaboration with the College of Public Health, the Pima County Public Library, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, and the UA Department of Women’s Studies to raise academic and community awareness of HPV (human papillomavirus).
This morning we heard the annual update from the National Library of Medicine. It’s a great reminder of the many programs and resources that they make available to the health sciences library community. We also heard the inaugural address of Ruth Holst, incoming president of the MLA, and were invited to attend next year’s meeting in Minneapolis. This afternoon Annabelle gave an invited presentation on AHSL’s collaboration with the College of Public Health, the Pima County Public Library, the Southwest Institute for Research on Women, and the UA Department of Women’s Studies to raise academic and community awareness of HPV (human papillomavirus).
Monday, May 24, 2010
Medical Library Association meeting
Report from Washington
I’m in Washington, DC at the Medical Library Association annual meeting. Others from HSL who are here are: Annabelle, Brooke, Carol, Mary R., Pat, and Sandy. At least three of our Clinical Education Librarians are here also: Becky Birr, Kathy Zeblisky and Marni Ditmar. Our three Knowledge River Interns, Azul, Iris and Ramona are also here and seem to be enjoying the conference. Yesterday Annabelle and Carol gave presentations as part of a half-day symposium called, “The Informationist in Practice.” The large room was packed and people were really interested in hearing what they had to report. Today we were well represented in the poster sessions. Annabelle, Brooke and Jeanette were co-authors on a poster about the Frontera Collaboration on border health and Jacque was a co-author on a poster about libraries on new health sciences campuses.
I’m in Washington, DC at the Medical Library Association annual meeting. Others from HSL who are here are: Annabelle, Brooke, Carol, Mary R., Pat, and Sandy. At least three of our Clinical Education Librarians are here also: Becky Birr, Kathy Zeblisky and Marni Ditmar. Our three Knowledge River Interns, Azul, Iris and Ramona are also here and seem to be enjoying the conference. Yesterday Annabelle and Carol gave presentations as part of a half-day symposium called, “The Informationist in Practice.” The large room was packed and people were really interested in hearing what they had to report. Today we were well represented in the poster sessions. Annabelle, Brooke and Jeanette were co-authors on a poster about the Frontera Collaboration on border health and Jacque was a co-author on a poster about libraries on new health sciences campuses.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Election, Meeting
Special Election
President Shelton has outlined his plans if the one-penny sales tax does not pass. In an April email he explained the current one-year furlough plan and went on to say, “However, it is important to note that more extreme budget actions, including the prospect of additional furlough days, will become necessary if Proposition 100 fails at the ballot on May 18th. The State has approved two budgets for the coming year. The first is dependent on the passage of Proposition 100, which is a temporary three-year sales tax increase of 1 cent. There is a contingency budget that will go into effect if Proposition 100 fails, and that would result in an additional cut of $42 million to the University of Arizona.
To cut an additional $42 million from our budget would necessitate a substantial increase to the furloughs, along with a significant reduction in jobs and major cuts in other areas, including student financial aid. Obviously we will not know if these additional cuts will be required until after the May election.”
If you haven’t voted today I encourage you to vote before the polls close at 7 PM. Time away from work to vote is excused.
MLA Annual Meeting
Several librarians will be attending the Medical Library Association annual meeting in Washington, DC this week and next. There are committee meetings beginning on Thursday, continuing education classes on Saturday and the opening of the meeting on Sunday. The conference ends on Wednesday, May 26 but there are few more classes offered that day. Supported by the National Library of Medicine, our Knowledge River interns, Azul, Iris and Romona, will be attending the meeting.
President Shelton has outlined his plans if the one-penny sales tax does not pass. In an April email he explained the current one-year furlough plan and went on to say, “However, it is important to note that more extreme budget actions, including the prospect of additional furlough days, will become necessary if Proposition 100 fails at the ballot on May 18th. The State has approved two budgets for the coming year. The first is dependent on the passage of Proposition 100, which is a temporary three-year sales tax increase of 1 cent. There is a contingency budget that will go into effect if Proposition 100 fails, and that would result in an additional cut of $42 million to the University of Arizona.
To cut an additional $42 million from our budget would necessitate a substantial increase to the furloughs, along with a significant reduction in jobs and major cuts in other areas, including student financial aid. Obviously we will not know if these additional cuts will be required until after the May election.”
If you haven’t voted today I encourage you to vote before the polls close at 7 PM. Time away from work to vote is excused.
MLA Annual Meeting
Several librarians will be attending the Medical Library Association annual meeting in Washington, DC this week and next. There are committee meetings beginning on Thursday, continuing education classes on Saturday and the opening of the meeting on Sunday. The conference ends on Wednesday, May 26 but there are few more classes offered that day. Supported by the National Library of Medicine, our Knowledge River interns, Azul, Iris and Romona, will be attending the meeting.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Congratulations to Jose and Amanda
Congratulations Jose!
I am very happy to announce that Jose Solorzano has been awarded the 2010 Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) Georgia Reynolds Dedicated Service Award. The award was established to recognize and honor dedication to the Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC). Classified staff and appointed personnel are nominated for the award by coworkers or supervisors from the University Medical Center, the UA College of Nursing, the UA College of Pharmacy, the UA College of Medicine, and the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health. Nominees must be employed at the Arizona Health Sciences Center for at least 15 years and show excellence in service to AHSC and the community to be eligible. Jose was honored at the AHSC awards ceremony on Friday May 7 when Chris Tisch, last year’s winner, presented the award on behalf of the AHSC Staff Advisory Council. Please join me in congratulating Jose.
Congratulations Amanda!
I am also very happy to announce that Amanda Escalante will be graduating from Pima Community College this weekend. Amanda has earned her AA degree in Liberal Arts and plans to go forward for a BA in Psychology. Please join me in congratulating Amanda.
I am very happy to announce that Jose Solorzano has been awarded the 2010 Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) Georgia Reynolds Dedicated Service Award. The award was established to recognize and honor dedication to the Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC). Classified staff and appointed personnel are nominated for the award by coworkers or supervisors from the University Medical Center, the UA College of Nursing, the UA College of Pharmacy, the UA College of Medicine, and the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health. Nominees must be employed at the Arizona Health Sciences Center for at least 15 years and show excellence in service to AHSC and the community to be eligible. Jose was honored at the AHSC awards ceremony on Friday May 7 when Chris Tisch, last year’s winner, presented the award on behalf of the AHSC Staff Advisory Council. Please join me in congratulating Jose.
Congratulations Amanda!
I am also very happy to announce that Amanda Escalante will be graduating from Pima Community College this weekend. Amanda has earned her AA degree in Liberal Arts and plans to go forward for a BA in Psychology. Please join me in congratulating Amanda.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Groundbreaking!
Here’s a report from Kathleen Carlson, Clinical Education Librarian at the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus.
The first shovels of dirt were thrown for the new Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB) on the Downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus (PBC). A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday, May 12, 2010 for the building, part of expansion of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, were among the dignitaries.
“This one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary facility will provide greater access to medical education in Arizona and will have a tremendous economic impact on the state by creating new jobs and pumping revenue into the economy,” said Arizona Board of Regents President Ernest Calderón.
The $187 million, 268,000 square-foot LEED®certified education building will house the expansion of the medical school, as well as programs from UA College of Pharmacy, UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Northern Arizona University College of Health and Human Services programs. This building will allow the College of Medicine-Phoenix to expand its class size to 120 students per year (from 48 per year). It also creates space for training other health sciences students, interdisciplinary education with classrooms, laboratories, pre-clinical training suites, a medical library/learning resource center, study areas and faculty offices. The first class of first-year medical students was admitted in August 2007 and currently has 120 students training to be physicians.
The HSEB is part of the overall plan to create a major academic health center in Downtown Phoenix that includes health education facilities, research and clinical programs. In addition to the medical school, the PBC is home to Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
The first shovels of dirt were thrown for the new Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB) on the Downtown Phoenix Biomedical Campus (PBC). A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday, May 12, 2010 for the building, part of expansion of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, were among the dignitaries.
“This one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary facility will provide greater access to medical education in Arizona and will have a tremendous economic impact on the state by creating new jobs and pumping revenue into the economy,” said Arizona Board of Regents President Ernest Calderón.
The $187 million, 268,000 square-foot LEED®certified education building will house the expansion of the medical school, as well as programs from UA College of Pharmacy, UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Northern Arizona University College of Health and Human Services programs. This building will allow the College of Medicine-Phoenix to expand its class size to 120 students per year (from 48 per year). It also creates space for training other health sciences students, interdisciplinary education with classrooms, laboratories, pre-clinical training suites, a medical library/learning resource center, study areas and faculty offices. The first class of first-year medical students was admitted in August 2007 and currently has 120 students training to be physicians.
The HSEB is part of the overall plan to create a major academic health center in Downtown Phoenix that includes health education facilities, research and clinical programs. In addition to the medical school, the PBC is home to Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
Friday, May 7, 2010
New carpeting on first floor
We learned this week that there is enough stimulus funding to allow Facilities Management to put new carpeting in the library’s first floor in all areas south of the hallway. It will take about four weeks for the carpet tiles to arrive. Facilities will work with us to cause as little disruption as possible.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Kudos from CON, Mary R. & Pat lauded
Kudos to Hannah and Sandy
The College of Nursing was visited this week by their accreditation team. We were asked to participate since access to information resources is considered an important part of accreditation. Before Sandy gave our presentation, a member of the accreditation team called her over. She said, "You probably will not be at the wrap-up meeting, so I want to tell you now that many of the students we spoke to just raved about the library. They loved the librarians; they loved the library and said you are all so helpful. That they can get anything they need from you."
The Colleges take comments by accreditation teams very seriously. This kind of positive feedback reflects so well on all of our efforts here in the library and especially on the work that Hannah and Sandy do with help from others in IS. A positive report from an accreditation team reinforces the value of the library to campus leaders.
Award ceremony
On Tuesday Mary R. and Pat were again recognized for their University Outstanding Achievement Award. (see the update from March 15) The ceremony was held at the Student Union where the U.S.S. Arizona bell was rung in their honor and President Shelton presented them with certificates. There were only three other awards given.
The College of Nursing was visited this week by their accreditation team. We were asked to participate since access to information resources is considered an important part of accreditation. Before Sandy gave our presentation, a member of the accreditation team called her over. She said, "You probably will not be at the wrap-up meeting, so I want to tell you now that many of the students we spoke to just raved about the library. They loved the librarians; they loved the library and said you are all so helpful. That they can get anything they need from you."
The Colleges take comments by accreditation teams very seriously. This kind of positive feedback reflects so well on all of our efforts here in the library and especially on the work that Hannah and Sandy do with help from others in IS. A positive report from an accreditation team reinforces the value of the library to campus leaders.
Award ceremony
On Tuesday Mary R. and Pat were again recognized for their University Outstanding Achievement Award. (see the update from March 15) The ceremony was held at the Student Union where the U.S.S. Arizona bell was rung in their honor and President Shelton presented them with certificates. There were only three other awards given.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Pat, Furloughs, Eleanor Johnson, Coffee for students
Congratulations Pat
It is with mixed feelings that I ask you to congratulate Pat Auflick who has accepted the position of Director at the Goodstein Library at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. Pat will be “going home” to a beautiful (but chilly) part of the country. Pat has a nationwide reputation for her outreach work and has visited just about every corner of Arizona on behalf of the library. Plans will be announced soon for an opportunity to say goodbye and to wish Pat well in this new endeavor.
Furlough information
The university has published a “Frequently Asked Questions” page on the university website. If you have questions about the implementation of the furloughs you may find the answers here: http://www.hr.arizona.edu/2011/furlough/faq
Eleanor Johnson
Some of you will remember Eleanor Johnson who was a librarian at the AHSL from 1972 until her death in 1984. She provided information service to healthcare providers around the state, especially in rural areas and worked to improve library services in very small hospitals. She was active in women's causes and had a longstanding interest in encouraging women in medicine. After her death a memorial award was established and given to an outstanding female medical student each year. In 1996 the funds in the award account had been almost depleted and the award was suspended. This week we learned that the account has built back up enough to continue the award for nine years. At the COM Awards Breakfast the Eleanor Johnson Academic Excellence Award will be given again for the first time in fourteen years.
Coffee plan
From May 5th through the 13th the library will provide free coffee and tea for students studying for their final exams. This is paid for with student fee money.
It is with mixed feelings that I ask you to congratulate Pat Auflick who has accepted the position of Director at the Goodstein Library at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming. Pat will be “going home” to a beautiful (but chilly) part of the country. Pat has a nationwide reputation for her outreach work and has visited just about every corner of Arizona on behalf of the library. Plans will be announced soon for an opportunity to say goodbye and to wish Pat well in this new endeavor.
Furlough information
The university has published a “Frequently Asked Questions” page on the university website. If you have questions about the implementation of the furloughs you may find the answers here: http://www.hr.arizona.edu/2011/furlough/faq
Eleanor Johnson
Some of you will remember Eleanor Johnson who was a librarian at the AHSL from 1972 until her death in 1984. She provided information service to healthcare providers around the state, especially in rural areas and worked to improve library services in very small hospitals. She was active in women's causes and had a longstanding interest in encouraging women in medicine. After her death a memorial award was established and given to an outstanding female medical student each year. In 1996 the funds in the award account had been almost depleted and the award was suspended. This week we learned that the account has built back up enough to continue the award for nine years. At the COM Awards Breakfast the Eleanor Johnson Academic Excellence Award will be given again for the first time in fourteen years.
Coffee plan
From May 5th through the 13th the library will provide free coffee and tea for students studying for their final exams. This is paid for with student fee money.
Friday, April 16, 2010
AV's, New Flat Screen Monitors
AV weeding
Several people in the library have been involved in a project to weed the Audio-Visual collection and they've recently completed their mission. There were many steps involved in this project that lasted several months. Dave Piper analyzed the AV collection on the 3rd floor and selected titles for weeding based on criteria such as outdated formats, low usage, layers of dust, etc. Over several months, students under Javad's supervision pulled the designated items from the shelves and delivered them to Collection Services for processing. Azul Gomez, a Knowledge River student, prepared the items for discard and flagged the associated catalog records. Mary Holcomb supervised the work, deleted the catalog records and removed our holdings from OCLC. The remaining titles have been 'collapse shifted' to the end of the compact shelving. Many thanks to everyone who participated in this dusty and unglamorous project! Nearly 5,000 titles were discarded, freeing up nearly a full range of shelving. The next phase of the project will involve having Biomed convert some of the titles to DVD.
Flat screen monitors in group study rooms
It looks like I forgot to announce that we have installed flat screen monitors in two of our group study rooms, 2150M and 2150N. These are the larger rooms on the west wall of the 2nd floor. Students can plug their computers into the monitors to make group work easier. Right now we’re only checking these rooms out to groups. Joan sent out an AHSC Memo about this and posted notices on our Facebook page and on the web site.
Several people in the library have been involved in a project to weed the Audio-Visual collection and they've recently completed their mission. There were many steps involved in this project that lasted several months. Dave Piper analyzed the AV collection on the 3rd floor and selected titles for weeding based on criteria such as outdated formats, low usage, layers of dust, etc. Over several months, students under Javad's supervision pulled the designated items from the shelves and delivered them to Collection Services for processing. Azul Gomez, a Knowledge River student, prepared the items for discard and flagged the associated catalog records. Mary Holcomb supervised the work, deleted the catalog records and removed our holdings from OCLC. The remaining titles have been 'collapse shifted' to the end of the compact shelving. Many thanks to everyone who participated in this dusty and unglamorous project! Nearly 5,000 titles were discarded, freeing up nearly a full range of shelving. The next phase of the project will involve having Biomed convert some of the titles to DVD.
Flat screen monitors in group study rooms
It looks like I forgot to announce that we have installed flat screen monitors in two of our group study rooms, 2150M and 2150N. These are the larger rooms on the west wall of the 2nd floor. Students can plug their computers into the monitors to make group work easier. Right now we’re only checking these rooms out to groups. Joan sent out an AHSC Memo about this and posted notices on our Facebook page and on the web site.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thanks Tessie, Welcome Yamila, the smell of carpet in the morning
Thank you Tessie!
Thanks to Tessie for organizing the staff picture, rounding up those of us who couldn’t be here for it and for putting together the nice collage. The photo will be useful for various promotional publications.
Welcome back Yamila!
Yamila El-Khayat a former Knowledge River Institute intern at AHSL and now a SIRLS graduate, has joined the outreach staff for a few months to participate with Annabelle and Brooke on the 3 border projects we are a part of:
-- Frontera Collaboration (with Texas and New Mexico academic libraries, and Pan American Health Organization)
--Promotoras project (aka Komen project)
--US-Mexico Border Centers of Excellence Consortium.
Yamila’s work is supported with grant funds.
New carpet smells
The new carpet tiles do not use any glue to hold them to the floor. There are small adhesive patches that hold them together. However there is still an odor generated from the carpet itself. The smell in my office has been less noticeable every day and, after two weeks, is not too bad. Expect to smell the new carpeting as it is put down in your area. Let the office know if you think you might need some accommodation.
Thanks to Tessie for organizing the staff picture, rounding up those of us who couldn’t be here for it and for putting together the nice collage. The photo will be useful for various promotional publications.
Welcome back Yamila!
Yamila El-Khayat a former Knowledge River Institute intern at AHSL and now a SIRLS graduate, has joined the outreach staff for a few months to participate with Annabelle and Brooke on the 3 border projects we are a part of:
-- Frontera Collaboration (with Texas and New Mexico academic libraries, and Pan American Health Organization)
--Promotoras project (aka Komen project)
--US-Mexico Border Centers of Excellence Consortium.
Yamila’s work is supported with grant funds.
New carpet smells
The new carpet tiles do not use any glue to hold them to the floor. There are small adhesive patches that hold them together. However there is still an odor generated from the carpet itself. The smell in my office has been less noticeable every day and, after two weeks, is not too bad. Expect to smell the new carpeting as it is put down in your area. Let the office know if you think you might need some accommodation.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Downtown Phoenix Medical Campus Building Approved
I (Jacque) received this yesterday!
Dear Coalition Member,
Congratulations!
Your work on behalf of the Downtown Phoenix Medical Center Health Science and Education Building (HSEB) has paid off. Several weeks ago, we asked you to contact members of the state legislatures’ Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR) and ask them to schedule a review of HSEB so that construction could begin. We’re happy to report that your voice was heard - earlier this week, JCCR gave a favorable review of HSEB, allowing construction to officially move forward! 2,000 new jobs will be created during the construction phase of HSEB and when complete, HSEB will provide space to train nurses, doctors, pharmacists and medical professionals that are critically needed in Arizona.
Thank you for taking the time to contact members of JCCR and for supporting HSEB – we know you are busy. If you have a moment, we would encourage you to send a quick e-mail to members of the JCCR thanking them for giving HSEB a favorable review. Let them know that you appreciate their decision and that this building will create valuable new jobs for Arizonans and provide new facilities to train medical professionals that will impact our quality of life.
Read about HSEB in The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Business Journal.
HSEB Quick Facts
• HSEB is a tri-university project.
• Construction of HSEB is expected to begin in mid-April.
• HSEB will allow the College of Medicine-Phoenix to grow its class size to at least 120 medical students per year from its current 48 per year.
• HSEB will provide space for training 80 advanced pharmacy students at UA's College of Public Health and College of Pharmacy.
• HSEB will support over 2,000 nursing students at the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation and Department of Biomedical informatics.
• HSEB will assist with the start-up of NAU's Health Professionals Program.
Contact information for members of the Joint Committee on Capital Review below:
Russell Pearce rpearce@azleg.gov 602.926.5760
Paula Aboud paboud@azleg.gov 602.926.5262
Amanda Aquirre aaguirre@azleg.gov 602.926.4139
Sylvia Allen sallen@azleg.gov 602.926.5219
Jorge Luis Garcia jgarcia@azleg.gov 602.926.4171
Chuck Gray cgray@azleg.gov 602.926.5288
Al Melvin amelvin@azleg.gov 602.926.4326
Kirk Adams kadams@azleg.gov 602.926.5495
John Kavanagh jkavanagh@azleg.gov 602.926.3020
Rich Crandall rcrandall@azleg.gov 602.926.3020
David Lujan dlujan@azleg.gov 602.926.5829
John McComish jmccomish@azleg.gov 602.926.5898
Nancy McLain nmclain@azleg.gov 602.926.5051
David Schapira dschapira@azleg.gov 602.926.3028
Krysten Sinema ksinema@azleg.gov 602.926.5058
Steve Pierce spierce@azleg.gov 602.926.5584
Dear Coalition Member,
Congratulations!
Your work on behalf of the Downtown Phoenix Medical Center Health Science and Education Building (HSEB) has paid off. Several weeks ago, we asked you to contact members of the state legislatures’ Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR) and ask them to schedule a review of HSEB so that construction could begin. We’re happy to report that your voice was heard - earlier this week, JCCR gave a favorable review of HSEB, allowing construction to officially move forward! 2,000 new jobs will be created during the construction phase of HSEB and when complete, HSEB will provide space to train nurses, doctors, pharmacists and medical professionals that are critically needed in Arizona.
Thank you for taking the time to contact members of JCCR and for supporting HSEB – we know you are busy. If you have a moment, we would encourage you to send a quick e-mail to members of the JCCR thanking them for giving HSEB a favorable review. Let them know that you appreciate their decision and that this building will create valuable new jobs for Arizonans and provide new facilities to train medical professionals that will impact our quality of life.
Read about HSEB in The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Business Journal.
HSEB Quick Facts
• HSEB is a tri-university project.
• Construction of HSEB is expected to begin in mid-April.
• HSEB will allow the College of Medicine-Phoenix to grow its class size to at least 120 medical students per year from its current 48 per year.
• HSEB will provide space for training 80 advanced pharmacy students at UA's College of Public Health and College of Pharmacy.
• HSEB will support over 2,000 nursing students at the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation and Department of Biomedical informatics.
• HSEB will assist with the start-up of NAU's Health Professionals Program.
Contact information for members of the Joint Committee on Capital Review below:
Russell Pearce rpearce@azleg.gov 602.926.5760
Paula Aboud paboud@azleg.gov 602.926.5262
Amanda Aquirre aaguirre@azleg.gov 602.926.4139
Sylvia Allen sallen@azleg.gov 602.926.5219
Jorge Luis Garcia jgarcia@azleg.gov 602.926.4171
Chuck Gray cgray@azleg.gov 602.926.5288
Al Melvin amelvin@azleg.gov 602.926.4326
Kirk Adams kadams@azleg.gov 602.926.5495
John Kavanagh jkavanagh@azleg.gov 602.926.3020
Rich Crandall rcrandall@azleg.gov 602.926.3020
David Lujan dlujan@azleg.gov 602.926.5829
John McComish jmccomish@azleg.gov 602.926.5898
Nancy McLain nmclain@azleg.gov 602.926.5051
David Schapira dschapira@azleg.gov 602.926.3028
Krysten Sinema ksinema@azleg.gov 602.926.5058
Steve Pierce spierce@azleg.gov 602.926.5584
Global Health Exhibit
Now on display in the Java City area of the Library (Room 2101) through May 31 is In Small Corners: Capturing Moments of Global Health, an exhibit of photographs presented by the Global Health Forum (GHF). The Global Health Forum is a College of Medicine student club, promoting awareness of health and medicine transcending borders, cultures, and languages. GHF presents the exhibit in conjunction with the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Arizona Health Sciences Library. Photographs were solicited from any student, faculty or staff member at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. CoM second year students Shreya Patel and Emily Wilkinson served as coordinators for the exhibit.
Space, Carpet, and Book
Space Committee
On Monday the Space Committee met with Vice President Crist to share their thoughts about library space. Dr. Crist was very supportive of the idea of insuring that the library supports the educational mission of the campus. He asked Gary to form another committee with a faculty co-chair to submit a report in the next 2-3 months on how library (and other) space can be used to support inter-professional education. Dr. Crist seems committed to the idea that an overall plan should be developed for the library building and that projects not be taken on individually.
New carpet project
New carpet will be installed in 2101, the Java City area, beginning on Tuesday, March 30. This should take about a week. Work on the rest of the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor will probably start around April 12.
Book Donation
Medical Education has been shaped for over 100 years by the Flexner Report, which inspired the current system of premedical education focusing on chemistry, biology and physics. Today many are questioning this premise. Dr. Joseph Alpert has given the library a copy of Donald Barr's Questioning the Premedical Paradigm (Johns Hopkins, 2010), which addresses these issues. The book has been cataloged and will be on the shelf shortly at W 18 B268q 2010.
On Monday the Space Committee met with Vice President Crist to share their thoughts about library space. Dr. Crist was very supportive of the idea of insuring that the library supports the educational mission of the campus. He asked Gary to form another committee with a faculty co-chair to submit a report in the next 2-3 months on how library (and other) space can be used to support inter-professional education. Dr. Crist seems committed to the idea that an overall plan should be developed for the library building and that projects not be taken on individually.
New carpet project
New carpet will be installed in 2101, the Java City area, beginning on Tuesday, March 30. This should take about a week. Work on the rest of the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor will probably start around April 12.
Book Donation
Medical Education has been shaped for over 100 years by the Flexner Report, which inspired the current system of premedical education focusing on chemistry, biology and physics. Today many are questioning this premise. Dr. Joseph Alpert has given the library a copy of Donald Barr's Questioning the Premedical Paradigm (Johns Hopkins, 2010), which addresses these issues. The book has been cataloged and will be on the shelf shortly at W 18 B268q 2010.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Congratulations to Mary R. & Pat, Annabelle speaks, contribution, conference
Congratulations Mary R. and Pat!
The Student Union Advisory Council is recognizing Mary Riordan and Pat Auflick for their service to the refugee community. This is a Service Award in the Special Recognition category.
They will be recognized on the Student Unions' web site, on the Student Union Memorial Center information screens, in a Daily Wildcat advertisement and in a press release. A link to the Lo Que Pasa article about them was sent out on Wednesday.
At the end of the year they will receive an invitation to a reception held to celebrate the accomplishments of all honorees.
Here is some text from the nomination: Pat and Mary have led efforts to provide health information to refugees in Tucson. They created web pages and a handout of web resources on health information in foreign languages spoken by refugees resettled in Phoenix and Tucson. They arranged for library school and local high school students to help Tucson refugees find answers to health questions at a refugee health fair. They recently hosted the first national webinar on Foreign Language Health Resources for Refugees.
The work that Pat and Mary are doing helps support local and state groups (RISP-Net, the Refugee Integration Service Providers Network in Tucson, the Pima County Community Health Task Force (PCCHTF) and the Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program Conference.) A webinar on Foreign Language Health Resources for Refugees that they created and presented attracted a national audience. Recently they have helped medical librarians in other parts of the country find sources of health information in languages such as Hindi, Somali, Kirundi and others. This work has brought attention to the University from across the country in the medical library and healthcare communities.
Annabelle speaks!
Annabelle has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at a symposium at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association in Washington, DC in May. The symposium is about “informationist” programs – librarians with subject expertise who work closely with clients. Annabelle has been asked to take part in the panel on public health. You may remember from a February update that Carol will be participating in the clinical informationist panel at the same symposium.
Thank you Dr. Taylor
This week the library received a $1,000 donation from Dr. Preston J. Taylor. Dr. Taylor began making housecalls in Tucson in 1956. In the 1980’s he joined the College of Medicine faculty and retired in 1995. He visits the library weekly and has told us that he loves the atmosphere in the library. His unrestricted gift will be used to augment our collection.
Scholarly Communications conference/4 Corners Directors meeting
Jeanette and Gary attended a meeting in Albuquerque last week titled, “Evidence-based scholarly communication; empowering information professionals to unlock translational research for our communities.” Jacque was going to drive to the meeting but was turned back by heavy snows and closed highways in northern Arizona! We took advantage of the gathering to have a 4 Corners Directors meeting before and after the meeting. The conference covered topics ranging from copyright and the NIH Open Access policy to a workshop on how to create an “elevator speech.”
The Student Union Advisory Council is recognizing Mary Riordan and Pat Auflick for their service to the refugee community. This is a Service Award in the Special Recognition category.
They will be recognized on the Student Unions' web site, on the Student Union Memorial Center information screens, in a Daily Wildcat advertisement and in a press release. A link to the Lo Que Pasa article about them was sent out on Wednesday.
At the end of the year they will receive an invitation to a reception held to celebrate the accomplishments of all honorees.
Here is some text from the nomination: Pat and Mary have led efforts to provide health information to refugees in Tucson. They created web pages and a handout of web resources on health information in foreign languages spoken by refugees resettled in Phoenix and Tucson. They arranged for library school and local high school students to help Tucson refugees find answers to health questions at a refugee health fair. They recently hosted the first national webinar on Foreign Language Health Resources for Refugees.
The work that Pat and Mary are doing helps support local and state groups (RISP-Net, the Refugee Integration Service Providers Network in Tucson, the Pima County Community Health Task Force (PCCHTF) and the Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program Conference.) A webinar on Foreign Language Health Resources for Refugees that they created and presented attracted a national audience. Recently they have helped medical librarians in other parts of the country find sources of health information in languages such as Hindi, Somali, Kirundi and others. This work has brought attention to the University from across the country in the medical library and healthcare communities.
Annabelle speaks!
Annabelle has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at a symposium at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association in Washington, DC in May. The symposium is about “informationist” programs – librarians with subject expertise who work closely with clients. Annabelle has been asked to take part in the panel on public health. You may remember from a February update that Carol will be participating in the clinical informationist panel at the same symposium.
Thank you Dr. Taylor
This week the library received a $1,000 donation from Dr. Preston J. Taylor. Dr. Taylor began making housecalls in Tucson in 1956. In the 1980’s he joined the College of Medicine faculty and retired in 1995. He visits the library weekly and has told us that he loves the atmosphere in the library. His unrestricted gift will be used to augment our collection.
Scholarly Communications conference/4 Corners Directors meeting
Jeanette and Gary attended a meeting in Albuquerque last week titled, “Evidence-based scholarly communication; empowering information professionals to unlock translational research for our communities.” Jacque was going to drive to the meeting but was turned back by heavy snows and closed highways in northern Arizona! We took advantage of the gathering to have a 4 Corners Directors meeting before and after the meeting. The conference covered topics ranging from copyright and the NIH Open Access policy to a workshop on how to create an “elevator speech.”
Friday, March 5, 2010
Strategic planning, Leave balances, Java City
Strategic planning – Values
What’s happening with the values statements? The Administrative Team met last Friday and again this past Wednesday. We have taken all of the comments and come up with a close to final version. Later today or early next week you’ll have one more chance to comment via an online survey. Next week we hope to send out a draft mission statement for you to look at. Please check with any ATeam member if you have questions.
Your leave balances
There are two ways to find out your vacation and sick leave balances. One is on your online paystub and the other is on your online timesheet. SOME of the balances on the paychecks are not correct right now. We are working with payroll on this. However the balance on your timesheet should be correct. Sign on the UAccess and go to “My Timesheet”. At the bottom of the screen you’ll see: “Balances – click to view”. Remember that the balances on your timesheet change instantly when you enter leave time on the sheet – even if you haven’t taken the leave yet.
Java City
On Monday I met with Craig Eickmeyer and Glenda Hughes who are the managers in charge of Java City. We’ve heard concerns from students about Java City’s shorter hours.
Craig and Glenda explained that they track their sales very carefully and that sales drop off drastically after 2 PM. They also said that they’ve had to cut back on costs since sales have been declining in general. They are trying to tailor their menu to students’ pocketbooks and appetites and will soon be doing a survey of their customers. They hope to increase sales and then increase hours. I explained to them how to find out when spring break and other down times will occur and also told them about the plans to re-carpet.
What’s happening with the values statements? The Administrative Team met last Friday and again this past Wednesday. We have taken all of the comments and come up with a close to final version. Later today or early next week you’ll have one more chance to comment via an online survey. Next week we hope to send out a draft mission statement for you to look at. Please check with any ATeam member if you have questions.
Your leave balances
There are two ways to find out your vacation and sick leave balances. One is on your online paystub and the other is on your online timesheet. SOME of the balances on the paychecks are not correct right now. We are working with payroll on this. However the balance on your timesheet should be correct. Sign on the UAccess and go to “My Timesheet”. At the bottom of the screen you’ll see: “Balances – click to view”. Remember that the balances on your timesheet change instantly when you enter leave time on the sheet – even if you haven’t taken the leave yet.
Java City
On Monday I met with Craig Eickmeyer and Glenda Hughes who are the managers in charge of Java City. We’ve heard concerns from students about Java City’s shorter hours.
Craig and Glenda explained that they track their sales very carefully and that sales drop off drastically after 2 PM. They also said that they’ve had to cut back on costs since sales have been declining in general. They are trying to tailor their menu to students’ pocketbooks and appetites and will soon be doing a survey of their customers. They hope to increase sales and then increase hours. I explained to them how to find out when spring break and other down times will occur and also told them about the plans to re-carpet.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Congratulations to David Howse!
David has been accepted to the Biomedical Informatics Course jointly sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Admission is very competitive and acceptance comes with a full scholarship that covers all expenses for the seven-day course. David will be attending the spring session. He will be joining Sandy, Jacque and Carol as graduates of the program.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
New carpeting, future building in Phoenix
New carpeting
After listening to the opinions of those who came to see the carpet, and after viewing the carpet samples under various lighting conditions and next to various pieces of furniture, we have selected “Vertical” as the pattern and color for the new carpet. This was the deep forest green sample. The baseboard will be a navy blue. Installation should begin in Java City in about five weeks. Except for the Java City area installation will take place at night when the library is closed. The entire 2nd and 3rd floors will be recarpeted. You can see a sample of the new color in the office.
Phoenix planning
Planning is still underway for a Health Sciences Education Building on the Phoenix campus. The library will be housed in this building and will be joined by the contents of the ASU College of Nursing Health Informatics Learning Resources Center and one staff person from ASU. We have the latest (but not final version) of the plans down in the office. Please stop by to see them!
After listening to the opinions of those who came to see the carpet, and after viewing the carpet samples under various lighting conditions and next to various pieces of furniture, we have selected “Vertical” as the pattern and color for the new carpet. This was the deep forest green sample. The baseboard will be a navy blue. Installation should begin in Java City in about five weeks. Except for the Java City area installation will take place at night when the library is closed. The entire 2nd and 3rd floors will be recarpeted. You can see a sample of the new color in the office.
Phoenix planning
Planning is still underway for a Health Sciences Education Building on the Phoenix campus. The library will be housed in this building and will be joined by the contents of the ASU College of Nursing Health Informatics Learning Resources Center and one staff person from ASU. We have the latest (but not final version) of the plans down in the office. Please stop by to see them!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Brooke, Jennifer M, Sandy, money, planning, money
Brooke still elected!
A correction from last week - Brooke has been voted President-elect of SABL and will serve as President during 2011.
Jennifer highlighted in COP Bulletin
The latest issue of the College of Pharmacy Bulletin features an article about Jennifer Martin and the blog that she’s created. You can read the article at:
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/news/uViewNewsItem.php?NewsID=336
Medical News
Every day new news items are listed on the home page of our website. Sandy does a great job of keeping this up to date. I know that I often find interesting articles listed and I’m sure that our users do too. Thanks Sandy for all of your work on this.
Fund Raising
Jeanette and Gary recently met with Brian Bateman from the Development Office. We discussed strategies for attracting donors to the library. Brian is asking departments to create one-page fact sheets that can be given to potential donors. He has given us some samples and we will be drafting one for the library. Mary H. is compiling a list of people who have donated books to the library. They may be getting a call from Brian and copies of our fact sheet!
Strategic Planning
Be sure to read the rather long email sent yesterday afternoon from the Administrative Team (Strategic Planning - Values statement) in order to prepare for our next All Staff meeting.
Budget
Several people have asked about the budget. The state of Arizona accepted federal stimulus funds. As a result they are required to not cut the higher education budget any lower than 2006 levels. Since Arizona universities have been cut several times since 2006 our budget cannot technically be cut . . . until July 2011 when the stimulus will end. Current proposals in the legislature include provisions to delay payments to the universities. This has already happened several times. The UA has a reserve fund that it has used to take us through these delays in funding. In the short run we should be OK with no further cuts this year. Some UA colleges are planning to hold back some funds from next year’s budget. We have heard nothing about a similar plan from the AHSC. In the long run our strategic planning process will help us to identify priorities for our budget as we approach July 2011.
A correction from last week - Brooke has been voted President-elect of SABL and will serve as President during 2011.
Jennifer highlighted in COP Bulletin
The latest issue of the College of Pharmacy Bulletin features an article about Jennifer Martin and the blog that she’s created. You can read the article at:
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/news/uViewNewsItem.php?NewsID=336
Medical News
Every day new news items are listed on the home page of our website. Sandy does a great job of keeping this up to date. I know that I often find interesting articles listed and I’m sure that our users do too. Thanks Sandy for all of your work on this.
Fund Raising
Jeanette and Gary recently met with Brian Bateman from the Development Office. We discussed strategies for attracting donors to the library. Brian is asking departments to create one-page fact sheets that can be given to potential donors. He has given us some samples and we will be drafting one for the library. Mary H. is compiling a list of people who have donated books to the library. They may be getting a call from Brian and copies of our fact sheet!
Strategic Planning
Be sure to read the rather long email sent yesterday afternoon from the Administrative Team (Strategic Planning - Values statement) in order to prepare for our next All Staff meeting.
Budget
Several people have asked about the budget. The state of Arizona accepted federal stimulus funds. As a result they are required to not cut the higher education budget any lower than 2006 levels. Since Arizona universities have been cut several times since 2006 our budget cannot technically be cut . . . until July 2011 when the stimulus will end. Current proposals in the legislature include provisions to delay payments to the universities. This has already happened several times. The UA has a reserve fund that it has used to take us through these delays in funding. In the short run we should be OK with no further cuts this year. Some UA colleges are planning to hold back some funds from next year’s budget. We have heard nothing about a similar plan from the AHSC. In the long run our strategic planning process will help us to identify priorities for our budget as we approach July 2011.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Election, Discussion, Retrieval, Spirit
Brooke elected!
Brooke has been elected President of SABL (Southern Arizona Biomedical Librarians) for 2010. Congratulations Brooke!
Carol speaks!
Carol has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at a pre-conference symposium at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association in Washington, DC in May. The symposium is about “informationist” programs – librarians with subject expertise who work closely with clients. Carol has been asked to take part in the panel on clinical informationists. Other panelists will represent Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt and the NIH library.
MeSH Rebounds!
Mary Holcomb has been working with UAL staff for over a year to get the MeSH headings in the Innovative catalog to function correctly. Finally the problem was identified and corrected and now MeSH headings can be used to search the catalog with reliable results. Mary has also had a new MeSH feature turned on in the Serials Solutions A-Z list. When you go to eJournals ( http://zp9vv3zm2k.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=ZP9VV3ZM2K&N=100&S=T_AZ&C=A ), you now have a choice of selecting " a subject category" or "a medical subject category," the latter of which uses broad MeSH headings to search the electronic journal holdings.
Go Cats!
No, we in the office are not too lazy to take down the ornaments hanging from the ceiling. If you look carefully, a small basketball and UA Wildcats basketball posters have joined the red and blue globes. Our holiday decorations have been converted to a show of team spirit and will stay up through basketball season.
Brooke has been elected President of SABL (Southern Arizona Biomedical Librarians) for 2010. Congratulations Brooke!
Carol speaks!
Carol has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at a pre-conference symposium at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association in Washington, DC in May. The symposium is about “informationist” programs – librarians with subject expertise who work closely with clients. Carol has been asked to take part in the panel on clinical informationists. Other panelists will represent Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt and the NIH library.
MeSH Rebounds!
Mary Holcomb has been working with UAL staff for over a year to get the MeSH headings in the Innovative catalog to function correctly. Finally the problem was identified and corrected and now MeSH headings can be used to search the catalog with reliable results. Mary has also had a new MeSH feature turned on in the Serials Solutions A-Z list. When you go to eJournals ( http://zp9vv3zm2k.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=ZP9VV3ZM2K&N=100&S=T_AZ&C=A ), you now have a choice of selecting " a subject category" or "a medical subject category," the latter of which uses broad MeSH headings to search the electronic journal holdings.
Go Cats!
No, we in the office are not too lazy to take down the ornaments hanging from the ceiling. If you look carefully, a small basketball and UA Wildcats basketball posters have joined the red and blue globes. Our holiday decorations have been converted to a show of team spirit and will stay up through basketball season.
Monday, February 1, 2010
New carpeting!
We will soon be getting new carpeting on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Carpet tile will be installed beginning sometime in late March. The whole process should take about 5-6 weeks. Work on the Java City area will be done during the day, early in the process. Work on the rest of the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor will be done between midnight and 6 AM. We hope that there will be some extra carpet tiles available for the first floor hallway. I’ll keep you posted as we determine more details.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Meeting, AZHIN contract
MLA Chapter Meeting
Several folks from AHSL are attending the joint meeting of two regional chapters of the Medical Library Association in Glendale, AZ. Mary Riordan, Brooke, Jacque and Lindsey all worked on various committees to organize this meeting. Clinical Education Librarians Becky Birr and Kathy Zeblisky are co-chairs of the entire meeting and Lora Robbins and April Aguinaga have also worked on committees. We also have several people presenting papers and posters. Jeanette presented both a paper and a poster, on behalf of her several co-authors from other libraries, reporting on our collaboration with the other libraries of the Tribal Connections Four Corners project. Annabelle presented a paper, on behalf of her co-author Martha Moore-Monroy from the U of A, on Information and Outreach about HPV and the HPV Vaccine. Jacque, Lindsey and Kathleen Carlson of ASU (one of our Clinical Education Librarians) presented a paper on the challenges of developing a new library. Carol presented a paper, on behalf of her co-authors Pat and Gary, on our process of supervisor evaluation.
AZHIN Contract
Sponsored Projects approved the AZHIN administrative contract this week. Although expected, this is always good news. AZHIN will pay the library over $100,000 during 2010 to handle its administrative and technical affairs; the amount includes salaries, technical support, travel, and various miscellaneous items. This is the 12th year that the library has managed this account.
Several folks from AHSL are attending the joint meeting of two regional chapters of the Medical Library Association in Glendale, AZ. Mary Riordan, Brooke, Jacque and Lindsey all worked on various committees to organize this meeting. Clinical Education Librarians Becky Birr and Kathy Zeblisky are co-chairs of the entire meeting and Lora Robbins and April Aguinaga have also worked on committees. We also have several people presenting papers and posters. Jeanette presented both a paper and a poster, on behalf of her several co-authors from other libraries, reporting on our collaboration with the other libraries of the Tribal Connections Four Corners project. Annabelle presented a paper, on behalf of her co-author Martha Moore-Monroy from the U of A, on Information and Outreach about HPV and the HPV Vaccine. Jacque, Lindsey and Kathleen Carlson of ASU (one of our Clinical Education Librarians) presented a paper on the challenges of developing a new library. Carol presented a paper, on behalf of her co-authors Pat and Gary, on our process of supervisor evaluation.
AZHIN Contract
Sponsored Projects approved the AZHIN administrative contract this week. Although expected, this is always good news. AZHIN will pay the library over $100,000 during 2010 to handle its administrative and technical affairs; the amount includes salaries, technical support, travel, and various miscellaneous items. This is the 12th year that the library has managed this account.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Strategic planning, publication
Strategic Planning
The Administrative Team spent a very productive day and a half working with our facilitator, Rick Forsman, to design a strategic planning process. We will use the All Staff meeting on Feb. 4 and another about two weeks later to begin this process. Watch for an email before the Feb. 4th meeting with a document for you to comment on. The ATeam is looking forward to working with you on this multi-part plan.
Articles on library space
In the latest issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association I coordinated the publication of six articles describing how health sciences libraries have recently lost or been asked to give up space. You can find my introduction and the six articles (including one about our experience with the fourth floor) in the printed journal or online in the Case Studies section at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/pmc/issues/183881/
The Administrative Team spent a very productive day and a half working with our facilitator, Rick Forsman, to design a strategic planning process. We will use the All Staff meeting on Feb. 4 and another about two weeks later to begin this process. Watch for an email before the Feb. 4th meeting with a document for you to comment on. The ATeam is looking forward to working with you on this multi-part plan.
Articles on library space
In the latest issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association I coordinated the publication of six articles describing how health sciences libraries have recently lost or been asked to give up space. You can find my introduction and the six articles (including one about our experience with the fourth floor) in the printed journal or online in the Case Studies section at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/pmc/issues/183881/
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Webinar, Video and Planning
Refugee resources webinar
On Thursday at noon Mary R. and Pat presented a webinar about sources of health information for refugees and others who may speak languages other than English. There were over 40 people watching from all over the United States and I’m sure that they found the presentation as interesting and informative as I did. Mary and Pat were using the WebEx software, which seemed to work very well for those of us viewing the presentation on our computers.
YouTube?
Annabelle is working with staff members in Biomedical Communications to produce a short (under 2 minutes) video about RefWorks. This is an experiment to see if this kind of “spot” can be used in D2L modules or on our website to bring attention to library resources.
Strategic Planning
Next week we’ll take the first step in planning for the library for the next five years. This process will soon involve everyone in the library. On Thursday and Friday the Administrative Team will be working with Rick Forsman, former director of the health sciences library at the University of Colorado. Rick will help us to plan a process for gathering input from the whole staff.
On Thursday at noon Mary R. and Pat presented a webinar about sources of health information for refugees and others who may speak languages other than English. There were over 40 people watching from all over the United States and I’m sure that they found the presentation as interesting and informative as I did. Mary and Pat were using the WebEx software, which seemed to work very well for those of us viewing the presentation on our computers.
YouTube?
Annabelle is working with staff members in Biomedical Communications to produce a short (under 2 minutes) video about RefWorks. This is an experiment to see if this kind of “spot” can be used in D2L modules or on our website to bring attention to library resources.
Strategic Planning
Next week we’ll take the first step in planning for the library for the next five years. This process will soon involve everyone in the library. On Thursday and Friday the Administrative Team will be working with Rick Forsman, former director of the health sciences library at the University of Colorado. Rick will help us to plan a process for gathering input from the whole staff.
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