Outreach article

Jeanette and Yamila have had an article published in Latitudes, the newsletter of the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.  Their article is titled Arizona Outreach Highlights 2012-2013 and describes some of the great outreach activities sponsored by the Regional Medical Library and carried out by AHSL staff.  You can read the article online here: http://nnlm.gov/psr/newsletter/2013/05/31/arizona-outreach-highlights-for-2012-2013/

New Building, 4th Floor

HEAT Building

This building is now on a “fast track” with the university.  An architect will be chosen today.  Planning will continue until groundbreaking in 2015 and occupancy in 2017.  There is a very high probability that the library will be moving into this building.

EPIC Training

Large groups of UAHN employees will be using the new training rooms on the 4th floor Monday-Saturday from June 3-August 31st, 7AM-10PM.  In addition they will be using this space also for their command center/help desk during the month of September 24/7.  You can expect to see folks coming and going throughout the day and evening.  During times when the library is closed a UAHN security guard will be on duty to let authorized trainers and trainees in and out of the building.

Construction, Selection

3rd & 4th Floor projects

We 99% finished upstairs.  The new glass walls on the 4th floor now provide some soundproofing between the floors.  The scaffolding has been removed.  There is some touchup painting going on and soon the drop cloths will be gone.  It will take a few more weeks we think before the newest study cubes are wired for electricity.  Installation of a new large study table on the 3rd floor is scheduled for Tuesday, June 18th.  We will be reopening the 4th floor for study this weekend.

UAL Dean Candidates

Our first candidate spoke to library faculty, classified staff and to the campus this week.  Those who attended know that she answered many questions and there was plenty of time allotted for her to answer additional questions from the audience.  I encourage you to attend the presentations from our final two candidates next week and to submit your comments online.  As a member of the search committee I assure you that we are planning to pay a lot of attention to the response from the campus.  I’ll send out the schedules again later today.

Space . . .

More study space!

Installers are finishing up our 30 new study cubes on the third floor.  This is in addition to the 12 that were installed in April.  A new study table, like the ones already sitting in the middle of the third floor, will be installed between the new cubes in the next month or two.

4th floor after EPIC

The AHSC is going to be doing a campus-wide space inventory.  This may begin before the new Senior Vice President for Health Sciences arrives but will not end without his input.  It will look at the need for and possible uses for a new health education building.  The eventual use of the 4th floor will be under consideration during the inventory.  Our current plan is to install more study cubes on the 4th floor once the EPIC project finishes.  These cubes can be dismantled and rebuilt somewhere else if the university decides to make other use of the floor.

Health Education and Advanced Technology (HEAT) Building

On Wednesday Gary made a presentation to the AHSC Deans describing why it might make sense to move the library into the new building and what the new library might look like.  He joined presenters from BioComm, Simulation, Telemedicine and IPEP (Interprofessional Education and Practice.)  The vision of all of these units was remarkably similar and there are plans to meet regularly to look at a comprehensive plan for the new building.

Awards and Recognition

On Thursday the University celebrated its 25th Awards for Excellence presentation.  The AHSL was honored as Kathy Tower was recognized as a Nominee for the Awards for Excellence and Jeanette as her nominator.  As you know the AHSL Exhibits Committee was chosen from eight nominated teams to win the Team Award for Excellence. 

 

Today at our All Staff meeting we’ll be recognizing these colleagues with service pins.

Joan – 15 years, Laura – 15 years, Cindy – 35 years, Nga – 35 years

Congratulations to all!

Third floor activity

Things are going to get busy and possibly noisy on the 3rd floor next week.  We need to be able to explain to our users what is going on.  The hospital’s EPIC training will be taking place on the 4th floor from June through September, with some installation in April and May.  So we want to maximize the available study space by adding it to the third floor.  Twelve new study cubicles are being added to the SE and SW corners of the floor.  Installation will start on Tuesday and may take several days.  In addition we’ll start shifting the journal collection on Monday to make room for even more study cubicles.  I will try to keep you up to date on all of this work.  The Marketing & Promotion Committee is working on a poster for the lobby that will explain all of this to our users.

Welcome Bryan, Latest on EPIC

Welcome Bryan!

  Bryan Nugent is our newest Clinical Education Librarian.  Bryan works at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix.  Welcome Bryan!

EPIC training project

 We’re finally starting to get a clearer picture of what will be happening on the 3rd and 4th floors to support the EPIC training.  The current plans are to use temporary walls and rented tables and chairs to create training spaces on the 4th floor.  These will all be removed when the project ends.

  We will be shifting portions of the print journal collection in order to make room for more study space on the 3rd floor.  We will get some funding to add additional study seating to the 3rd floor and I hope that you will see work starting on this in the next couple of weeks.  Be prepared for lots of people coming and going and for some noise as furniture and equipment are delivered and installed.

  The Marketing and Promotions committee is working on “talking points” so that we can give a consistent message to our users who may have questions.