Annabelle, Furniture

Congratulations Annabelle!
Annabelle is the co-author on an article in BMJ Open. Published in March the title is, “The effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on fetal development and pregnancy outcomes: a protocol.” You can read the article here: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/3/e007227.full

Annabelle is also a co-author on a poster presented here on campus at the 2015 Public Health Research Poster Forum held on April 3. The poster is titled, “Cannabis’ effect on maternal and perinatal outcomes: Meta-analyses” and won the award for Best Example of Science in Service to Society!

Furniture
As mentioned at the AHSL All Staff meeting on Monday, removal of the old computer lab furniture on the 2nd floor and installation of the study cubes from the 4th floor will begin on May 4th. Our students will be studying for finals and Boards during this time so you may hear some expressions of concern about the noise. The project will be completed as quickly and as quietly as possible.

Congratulations to Jennifer, Sandy, Cindy Elliot and Jason Dewland

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David Allen, University Vice President for Tech Launch Arizona (TLA) has announced that the library’s Business Intelligence Unit (BIU) will receive this year’s TLA Innovation & Impact Award for Campus Collaboration.  TLA is a university office of 40 people who are charged with moving UA technologies into the marketplace.  Jennifer, Sandy, Cindy and Jason work with TLA to find information on potential markets for UA developed inventions and technologies, on potential competitive technologies and on related patents.  This is great recognition for the library and for the members of the BIU who are directly contributing to the university’s goal, “To improve the prospects and enrich the lives of the people of Arizona and the world through education, research, creative expression, and community and business partnerships.”   The group will be honored at an awards event the evening of April 30 at the University Museum of Art.

Brooke, Jeff, space

Congratulations Brooke!

Brooke submitted the winning design for a new logo for the MLA Collection Development Section.  In recognition she won free registration to this year’s annual meeting in Austin in May.

Brooke explains her thinking behind the design:  Collection development is about putting together, or piecing together, the best set of resources for our users. The logo isn’t a completed puzzle because collections are never finished, they’re always a work in progress.  The pieces also symbolize the section’s members working together, building partnerships and collaborations, within MLA as a larger organization.

Jeff Oliver joining us on June 1st

Jeff Oliver has accepted the position of Bioinformationist and will start on June 1st.  Jeff has his PhD in Insect Science and currently works as a Research Associate in Bioinformatics at Oregon State University in Corvallis.  Jeff will concentrate on support of AHSC researchers.  A reminder that we will also welcome Maribeth Slobodnik, Jerry Perry and Shan Sutton on June 1st!

Renovation progress

The eleven new study rooms on the 3rd floor are now finished.  They all have shades on the western windows, desks, chairs and students!  The long room on the east side of the 3rd floor (with windows looking into CTS) has now been divided in half and whiteboards have been installed.  These rooms also seem to come with students – it’s that time of year!

The new tables for the public computers have been installed next to the information desk.  The next project will be to remove the old student computing furniture and to replace it with the cubes from the 4th floor.  This will be done in two stages so that there are always functioning computers available for the students.