Monday, February 21, 2011
New Scanner
The new BookEye4 scanner finally arrived last week in ILL to replace the earlier model that was purchased over a year ago and never worked properly. It is a welcome enhancement to the unit’s scanning operation. The scanning software that is installed on the machine is designed to work with the ILLiad application, so it’s not feasible to use the scanner for other library digitization projects at this time. Purchase of additional scanning software is being explored.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Congrats to Mary R., Dave, Jennifer M., New Position, Committee Assignments
Congratulations to Mary R.
Mary has been asked to serve as Chair Designate/Chair of the Medical Library Association Awards Committee. Her term will start on June 1, 2011. The Awards Committee oversees all of the MLA Award Juries, reviews policies and procedures related to awards and is empowered to recommend to the Board a nominee for the Noyes Award, the highest honor given by MLA. This position carries a lot of responsibility and a full workload!
Dave Piper, History Detective!
The December issue of the Pima County Medical Society (PCMS) newsletter has a page-long story about the digitization of the PCMS historical minutes and some of the interesting stories contained in them. The article credits Dave Piper with the digitization project and with additional extensive research that has helped to bring these minutes to life. The article ends with a heartfelt thank you to Dave from the Executive Director, Dr. Steve Nash.
Congratulations to Jennifer Martin
Jennifer 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. Jennifer will be attending the fall session. She will be joining Sandy and Carol as graduates of the program.
New Position
As mentioned in the January 7th update the library has received permission to create a new librarian position. A job description has been drafted for an “Emerging Technologies Librarian.” The person in this position will be helping us to use new technology – from mobile phones to social networks – to communicate with and support our clients. The search will begin as soon as the current search concludes.
Strategic Planning Committees
Thanks to all who volunteered to serve on committees this year. We weren’t able to place everyone on a committee and we did have to “draft” a few people. Thanks in advance to those who have agreed to serve for two years (or one year on the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Task Force.) The ATeam will be meeting with each group to get them started.
Transforming Services – Sandy, Chair; Javad, Carol, Yamila, new IS librarian
Marketing and Promotion – Joan, Chair; Annabelle, Jacque, Tessie, Linda
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Plan Task Force – Jeanette; Chair, Mikel, Brooke, Javad, “Emerging Technologies Librarian”
Mary has been asked to serve as Chair Designate/Chair of the Medical Library Association Awards Committee. Her term will start on June 1, 2011. The Awards Committee oversees all of the MLA Award Juries, reviews policies and procedures related to awards and is empowered to recommend to the Board a nominee for the Noyes Award, the highest honor given by MLA. This position carries a lot of responsibility and a full workload!
Dave Piper, History Detective!
The December issue of the Pima County Medical Society (PCMS) newsletter has a page-long story about the digitization of the PCMS historical minutes and some of the interesting stories contained in them. The article credits Dave Piper with the digitization project and with additional extensive research that has helped to bring these minutes to life. The article ends with a heartfelt thank you to Dave from the Executive Director, Dr. Steve Nash.
Congratulations to Jennifer Martin
Jennifer 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. Jennifer will be attending the fall session. She will be joining Sandy and Carol as graduates of the program.
New Position
As mentioned in the January 7th update the library has received permission to create a new librarian position. A job description has been drafted for an “Emerging Technologies Librarian.” The person in this position will be helping us to use new technology – from mobile phones to social networks – to communicate with and support our clients. The search will begin as soon as the current search concludes.
Strategic Planning Committees
Thanks to all who volunteered to serve on committees this year. We weren’t able to place everyone on a committee and we did have to “draft” a few people. Thanks in advance to those who have agreed to serve for two years (or one year on the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Task Force.) The ATeam will be meeting with each group to get them started.
Transforming Services – Sandy, Chair; Javad, Carol, Yamila, new IS librarian
Marketing and Promotion – Joan, Chair; Annabelle, Jacque, Tessie, Linda
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Plan Task Force – Jeanette; Chair, Mikel, Brooke, Javad, “Emerging Technologies Librarian”
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Authors! Artwork??
Congratulations Sandy, Jennifer M., and Joan
Sandy, Jennifer Martin and Joan have coauthored a paper with Marion Slack from the College of Pharmacy and Jim Martin from the Main Library. The article titled, “Effectiveness of a Liaison Program in Meeting Information Needs of College of Pharmacy Faculty” was published in the January 2011 issue of Medical Reference Services Quarterly and describes the use of focus groups in measuring program effectiveness. The article can be downloaded at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a932726497~frm=titlelink
Congratulations Jeanette and Jacque
Jeanette and Jacque are co-authors on an article in the MLA News that describes the Tribal Connections/Four Corners 2010 Conference in Gallup, NM. Yamila, Jacque, Jeanette and Gary were among the many participants in this meeting. I can’t post a link because the newsletter is available to members only but the library has a subscription as do many of the librarians.
New “Artwork”
Check out our new wall hanging in the office – you can’t miss it. It’s a large poster listing our Mission, Values and Strategic Directions. We’re hoping that it will serve as a constant reminder of our goals for the coming year(s).
Sandy, Jennifer Martin and Joan have coauthored a paper with Marion Slack from the College of Pharmacy and Jim Martin from the Main Library. The article titled, “Effectiveness of a Liaison Program in Meeting Information Needs of College of Pharmacy Faculty” was published in the January 2011 issue of Medical Reference Services Quarterly and describes the use of focus groups in measuring program effectiveness. The article can be downloaded at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a932726497~frm=titlelink
Congratulations Jeanette and Jacque
Jeanette and Jacque are co-authors on an article in the MLA News that describes the Tribal Connections/Four Corners 2010 Conference in Gallup, NM. Yamila, Jacque, Jeanette and Gary were among the many participants in this meeting. I can’t post a link because the newsletter is available to members only but the library has a subscription as do many of the librarians.
New “Artwork”
Check out our new wall hanging in the office – you can’t miss it. It’s a large poster listing our Mission, Values and Strategic Directions. We’re hoping that it will serve as a constant reminder of our goals for the coming year(s).
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