Today's number is "4"

4th Floor update

   The project is now scheduled to be completed by the end of May. The floor will accommodate around 96 people: private offices, open cubicles, and conference rooms.

  Yesterday and today several paintings from the 4th floor are being moved to the stairwell.  If it hasn’t been moved yet, a ceramic piece will be moved to the library lobby, next to the door to the videoconferencing room.

4 Corners Directors meeting

  Next Thursday and Friday the Directors of the other “4 Corners” health sciences libraries will be visiting. Jean Shipman from Utah, Jerry Perry from Colorado and Holly Shipp Buchanan from New Mexico will arrive on Thursday afternoon.  You may see us walking around the library.

Ahlam in print, help from Mary, construction

Congratulations to Ahlam

Congratulations to Ahlam who is a co-author on a newly published paper, “Systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance of clinical risk assessment instruments for screening for osteoporosis or low bone density” in Osteoporosis International.  You can read the article by going to the journal on the Springer website and searching on:

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-015-3025-1

Thank you Mary!

Mary has moved into Hannah’s old office.  We will be clearing out her current office in order to convert it to a group study room.  Many thanks to Mary for packing up so quickly!

Construction update

On Monday, February 16 work will begin on the 3rd floor to construct new individual and group study rooms.  These rooms will be located at the west end of the floor, "under" the current group study rooms on the 4th floor.

Initial work will involve clearing or relocating existing furniture from the area followed by work in the ceiling on the sprinkler system and HVAC (heating and air conditioning).  Once that work is completed walls will be put up.  We don't currently have a timeline on the construction part of the project but expect it to occur in the next several weeks.

We expect that the 4th floor will be closed for all use in mid-March.

Congrats to Carol

Congratulations to Carol who is the co-author on a recent paper.  “The Portal of Geriatrics Online Education: A 21st-Century Resource for Teaching Geriatrics.”  You can read the abstract and click through to the full article at 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.13246/abstract