Congratulations Jacque!
Congratulations to Jacque who has been elected to serve on the MLA Nominating Committee for 2010. We should also note that Jerry Perry, our former Head of Information Services, has been elected MLA President-elect.
DuVal Papers
The library has received a donation from Mrs. Ruth DuVal, widow of the founding dean of the College of Medicine, Dr. Merlin K. (Monte) DuVal. The donation consists of papers, photographs and some memorabilia of Dr. DuVal’s. These include records relating to the founding of the College and to Dr. DuVal’s service as Assistant Secretary of Health in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now HHS). We hope to be able to organize and preserve these valuable papers for the use of future scholars.
Computer equipment
This week we signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with ITS (the College of Medicine Information Technology Services.) This document clarifies the service that we can expect from the computer support people and specifies that we will have a say in how certain funds are spent. We hope to have some new staff computers coming soon in addition to large flat screen monitors in two of the group study rooms. Older staff computers will be “trickled down” to the lab with some additional memory to make them more useable.
Happy Holidays and New Year!
This will probably be the last Update until after the break. I hope that you and yours enjoy a peaceful and enjoyable holiday season and that the coming year brings you happiness and contentment.
Showing posts with label computing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computing. Show all posts
Friday, December 18, 2009
Friday, March 7, 2008
Congrats Carol! + other news
Congratulations to Carol
Carol 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. Acceptance comes with a full scholarship that covers all expenses for the seven-day course. Carol will be attending the September session.
Small Classroom
Between April 28 and June 27 there will be no computers in the small classroom. The computers in there are on loan from the College of Medicine with the understanding that they are pulled each year for use in student testing. Classes that require computers will have to be limited to the large classroom.
Carol 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. Acceptance comes with a full scholarship that covers all expenses for the seven-day course. Carol will be attending the September session.
Small Classroom
Between April 28 and June 27 there will be no computers in the small classroom. The computers in there are on loan from the College of Medicine with the understanding that they are pulled each year for use in student testing. Classes that require computers will have to be limited to the large classroom.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Jeanette's article, Fred, Computer Consultants continued
Publication
Congratulations to Jeanette who has had an article published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association titled, “AZHealthInfo: a collaborative model for supporting the health information needs of public health workers, public librarians, consumers and communities in Arizona”, JMLA 95(3): 349-351, July 2007
Fred
At the recommendation of the Dean, President Shelton has awarded Librarian Emeritus status to Fred Heidenreich in recognition of his 36 years of service to the university.
Computer support changes
On Thursday I will attend the first of a series of meetings to plan for the implementation of the Computer Consultants’ report. Beginning in September there will be weekly meetings to decide what sort of organization will be created to support computing needs in the College of Medicine.
Congratulations to Jeanette who has had an article published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association titled, “AZHealthInfo: a collaborative model for supporting the health information needs of public health workers, public librarians, consumers and communities in Arizona”, JMLA 95(3): 349-351, July 2007
Fred
At the recommendation of the Dean, President Shelton has awarded Librarian Emeritus status to Fred Heidenreich in recognition of his 36 years of service to the university.
Computer support changes
On Thursday I will attend the first of a series of meetings to plan for the implementation of the Computer Consultants’ report. Beginning in September there will be weekly meetings to decide what sort of organization will be created to support computing needs in the College of Medicine.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Computer Consultant’s report
Computer Consultant’s report
Vantage Technology Consulting Group has submitted their final report to the College of Medicine regarding centralization of computing resources. I spoke about this at our April All Staff meeting and summarized it in an update on April 13.
Yesterday I met with the consultants and a small group from the College. The important points are:
> We still have to develop a plan for implementation. The COM Assoc. V.P. for Administration, Pat St. Germain, has asked the consultants to propose a process for negotiating an implementation plan.
> It is likely, but not certain, that the library will continue to report to Dr. Malan, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs.
> It is likely that many, if not all, of our Systems staff will be pulled into various parts of a new IT organization.
> Where people will be placed in the new organization, and when, will be decided during the implementation planning process.
All of our Systems staff have seen the report. If you are interested in reading the report, let me know and I’ll get a copy made for you.
Vantage Technology Consulting Group has submitted their final report to the College of Medicine regarding centralization of computing resources. I spoke about this at our April All Staff meeting and summarized it in an update on April 13.
Yesterday I met with the consultants and a small group from the College. The important points are:
> We still have to develop a plan for implementation. The COM Assoc. V.P. for Administration, Pat St. Germain, has asked the consultants to propose a process for negotiating an implementation plan.
> It is likely, but not certain, that the library will continue to report to Dr. Malan, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs.
> It is likely that many, if not all, of our Systems staff will be pulled into various parts of a new IT organization.
> Where people will be placed in the new organization, and when, will be decided during the implementation planning process.
All of our Systems staff have seen the report. If you are interested in reading the report, let me know and I’ll get a copy made for you.
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