Friends of the Library of NYU School of Medicine Annual Donation

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At their Board of Directors meeting, held on January 8, 2009, the Friends of the Library of NYU School of Medicine generously donated $35,000.00 to Ehrman Medical Library. This annual donation is used to support the library’s collection, in particular to help pay for one of our most popular resources: UpToDate. Thank you Friends of the Library!

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January is National Cervical Cancer Screening Month

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In recognition of National Cervical Cancer Screening Month, the NYU Consumer Health Libraries remind women to schedule a breast and cervical health screening. Brochures about the importance of regular screening are being distributed at the Patient and Family Resource Center, NYU Langone Medical Center and at the Health and Education Resource Center, NYU Clinical Cancer Center.

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Interior Life - photographs by Ana Blohm

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The library’s next Smilow Gallery art exhibit features the extraordinarily powerful photographs of local artist and physician, Ana Blohm. Ana Blohm is an internist in the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program and an assistant professor of medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her research interests are in medical humanities and bioethics. She studied photography under the direction of Professor Jack Lueders-Booth and Chris Killip while earning her bachelor’s degree in biology from Harvard College.

All are encouraged to attend the opening reception with artist lecture to be held on Thursday, February 5, 2009 from 5:30 till 7:00pm in the Smilow Gallery. Refreshments will be provided. The exhibition runs through April 4, 2009.

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ACRL Poster Presentation

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Congratulations to Web Services Librarian Emily Molanphy, who presented her poster, “Pinpointing the answer: Simple faceted classification in Delicious,” at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), New York Chapter, 2008 Symposium. Inspired by a project Emily facilitated with the Division of Education Informatics at NYU School of Medicine, the poster presentation explained “the concept of faceted browsing within and beyond the world of libraries,” with suggestions on how librarians might “add faceted tag bundles to their existing collections of bookmarks in Delicious.” See the poster for yourself. It is on display in the glassed bulletin board to the right of the library’s main entrance.

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New Library Faculty

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Despite the frosty January weather, the library would like to extend a warm welcome to its newest faculty members – Jamie Graham and Aileen McCrillis.
Jamie is the library’s new Emerging Technologies Librarian. As a member of public services group, she will not only provide reference services but will also investigate and implement new technologies in order to provide value-added services to users.

Previously, she was Assistant Librarian/Assistant Library Instruction Coordinator, Reference Department, Kimbel Library, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina. She holds an MLS from the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York School of Information and Library Studies and was a graduate student assistant in the Reference Department, Health Sciences Library, while in Buffalo.

Aileen McCrillis is our most recent addition.  She joined the staff on January 12th as a public services Research Librarian. In this position, she will coordinate research and information support for members of the NYULMC community.

Aileen is a recent graduate with a MS in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute, New York, New York.  Prior to accepting this position she was a Research Associate in Scientific Services at Phase Five Communications. Additional experience includes image management via digital archiving.

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Global Library of Women’s Medicine

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A new women’s health database has been launched by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London and is freely available to healthcare professionals looking for “a definitive resource on the latest therapeutic options in women’s medicine.”  Over 650 worldwide experts have contributed to this database.  It is arranged by chapters and subchapters and covers over 442 topics and 53 supplementary subchapters.  With registration, you will gain access to surgical videos, color atlases, information on laboratory tests and their significance, and patient information handouts.  Take a moment and visit this new and exciting resource — click here.  

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New Printers/Photocopiers at Ehrman Medical Library

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Ehrman Medical Library now has two new Lanier printers and two new Lanier photocopiers. The Lanier printers replace the old TGI-1 and TGI-2 printers. As before these printers are located next to the computer study carrels in the main reading room of the library. The new color photocopier is in the main reading room as well. The new black-and-white photocopier, expected to be installed soon, will be downstairs in the stacks. Both new photocopiers have a scan to email feature so color scans can now be sent directly to your email address as either PDF’s or JPG’s for easy incorporation into visual presentations and papers. Photocopying costs will remain the same. It is .10 cents per double-sided page for black-and-white copies. Color copies cost a dollar each. Copy cards can be purchased from the Vender Coder Machine (otherwise known as the Black Box) in the library’s main reading room. Minimum purchase is one dollar. The machine takes bills only.

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Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday Library Staffing

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On Martin Luther King, Jr. day, January 19, 2009 the library will be open and available for study during its normal hours. The circulation desk will be staffed from 9:00am to 5:00pm. A reference librarian will be available from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 20.

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Extended Hours for Study

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During the upcoming weekend, the medical library will have extended hours. The library will remain open until 1am on Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17 and will open early on Sunday, January 18 at 10am. You must have a valid NYU Langone Medical Center id.

The Library will be staffed by security as follows:

Friday, January 16, 9:00pm til 1:00am

Saturday, January 17, 8:00pm til 1:00am

Sunday, January 18, 10:00am til Noon

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