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August 2010

Rajia Tobia,Executive Director

of Libraries(210) 567-2413

[email protected]

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library

Circulation Desk(210) 567-2440

Information Desk

(210) 567-2450

[email protected]

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown

(210) 358-3939

Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive

Research Library(210) 562-5098

Harlingen

Ramirez Library

(956) 365-8850

Laredo

Laredo Regional Campus

Library

(956) 523-7404

Welcome from the UT Health Science Center libraries

One Community/One Book 2010: Training for discussion group leaders

Annual Collection Review for 2011

Keith Cogdill to attend Harvard Institute for Academic Librarians

Libraries add two Springer ebook collections

Library classes for August and September

NLM launches updatedMedlinePlus Web site

After Shock: Conference explores humanities resources for professionals

caring for patients who have experienced traumatic injuries

NEW! OvidSPinterface changes: Personal logins

OvidSPchanges continued: Using My Projects

Peg Seger will manage interlibrary loan and outreach services

Paula Maez, NLM intern, leaves for Tucson, Arizona

Collection Review 2011 continued: List of possible non-renewals

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The librarians and staff of the five UT Health Science Center libraries welcome new andreturning students and faculty. For information on how to get the most out of youraccess to library resources, go to page 2.
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NEWSFROM THE LIBRARIEShttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

August 2010

Welcome from the UT Health Science Center libraries

The Web site for The Libraries provides information about hours, policies andcontact information for the Briscoe Library and branch libraries (http://

www.library.uthscsa.edu/about/). You can also follow us on Facebook and

Twitter.Faculty, staff and students must register to use services and connect to onlineresources from off campus using the Borrower Registration or Renewal Form (http://

www.library.uthscsa.edu/using/borrower.pdf). Students must renew their library registrationannually.

The Libraries have extensive print and online collections of books and journals. Library servicesinclude circulation and reserves, reference and research assistance, instruction in use of databases and

bibliographic management software, expert database searches and consultations, interlibrary loan,community outreach, help with using library printers, copiers and scanners, and support for usingresources for mobile devices.

The Briscoe Library on the Long Campus, has over 100 computers located on four floors, including 25

in the library computer classroom. UT Health Science Center computer users at the Briscoe Librarylog on using their UTHSCSA domain account at computers with the neon pink tags; guests log on atcomputers with green tags and are limited to one hour per day. Please read our Computer Use Policy(http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/about/computeruse.cfm ).

Procedures for guest access to computers may vary at branch libraries.

We strive to make the libraries welcoming places to study. Food and covered drinks are permitted.Wireless laptop use is available throughout all the libraries, and we provide electrical outlets and datalines wherever possible. Study areas include open seating, individual study rooms, (first come firstserved), and group study rooms, (may be reserved for two or more UTHSC affiliates). At the BriscoeLibrary, reservations are made at the Circulation or Information Desks, or contact us at

[email protected] or 210-567-2440. Study room reservations must include the names of two

persons who will use the room. Contact the branch libraries to make reservations at those locations.New classrooms on the 2nd floor of the Briscoe Library building are available for 24/7 study.

Major construction has been completed at the Briscoe Library; however, there is always a need forrepairs and remodeling in a 27 year-old building. We will do our best to avoid or suspend construction

before exam or test periods.

We look forward to seeing you at one the UT Health Science Center libraries or in your classroom or office,and we hope you will feel free to ask questions and provide feedback on our services, collections and space.

Jonquil FeldmanDirector of Briscoe Library Services

At the UT Health Science Center Libraries we strive to provide our userswith seamless access to library services, whether from on campus orfrom home. If you are new to the UT Health Science Center at San

Antonio, there are some things that can help you get started using thelibraries in San Antonio (Briscoe Library, Texas Research Park andUniversity Health Center-Downtown Library), Harlingen (RamirezLibrary) and Laredo (Regional Campus Library):
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On October 15, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. Rebecca Skloot, the author ofThe Immortal Lifeof Henrietta Lacks, will be the speaker at the Center for Medical Humanities &Ethics Frank Bryant, Jr. M.D. Memorial Lecture. In the weeks leading up to theBryant lecture, The Libraries and the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching areco-sponsoring the third annual community read on the UT Health Science Centercampus.

One goal of One Community/One Book: to encourage as many students,faculty and staff as we can to read the same book. Another goal: To

encourage gatherings of colleagues and friends, perhaps good food (thats up to you), anddefinitely good conversation. We think weve found in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksmaterial for some excellent conversations about a fascinating true story in the history ofscience.

Dr. John Littlefield, Director of the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching, and Susan Hunnicutt,Special Projects Librarian, will offer three workshops for individuals who are interested in leading or hostinga book discussion:

Thursday, August 19 , 12:00 noon

Saturday, August 21, 12:00 noon

Friday, August 27, 12:00 noon

Through a grant from Humanities Texas, we will be able to provide copies ofThe Immortal Life of HenriettaLacks for individuals who volunteer to host or lead a book discussion. Books will be available on a firstcome/first served basis for individuals who register for the workshops. Workshops will also include lunch,and will take place at noon in the Collaboratory on the 4th floor of the Briscoe Library.

Registration for each of the three workshops can be found on the librarys Web site: http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/events/onebook2010events.cfm .

This is the third One Community/One Book project at the UT Health Science Center campuses. Previousbook selections includedMountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who WouldCure theWorld, by Tracy Kidder (2008) and Final Exam: A Surgeons Reflections on Mortality (2009) , by

Pauline W. Chen, M.D.The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is available at the Briscoe, Downtown, Ramirez and Laredo libraries,and at the Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive Research Library at Texas Research Park. Call number: QU 300S628i 2010. Copies are also available in the UT Health Science Center Bookstore at a 25% discount.

For more information about One Community/One Book contact Susan Hunnicutt, Special ProjectsLibrarian, [email protected].


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This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state

affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

One Community/One Book 2010:The Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching and The Librariesoffer training for discussion group leaders
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Many libraries around the country expect budget shortfalls in 2011 due to the current

economic times and increases in the cost of journals, databases and books. Some

publishers and vendors understand that libraries are facing budget shortfalls and are

keeping their price increases at a minimum or are maintaining the same price for the

next subscription year. Overall, the UT Health Science Center libraries predict an

annual cost increase of approximately 5% for electronic journals and databases (in

prior years an 8-10% increase was typical) and 3-4% for books in the next year.

Although these cost predictions represent averages, some publication costs will

increase well beyond the average.

Each year, librarians review the librarys subscriptions to electronic journals and databases to determine if

there are titles that can be canceled. This annual review allows the library to free some funds for new

subscriptions and to manage its materials budget within the annual inflation rate for subscriptions. A list of

possible titles for non-renewal in 2011 resulted from this annual review of journal subscriptions and other

electronic resources. This list can be found on page 11 or at this url: http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/using/

nonrenewals.cfm

Multiple criteria were used to generate this list: lower use than expected, high cost, duplicate content with

another resource, or some combination of these. Cancellation of some of the librarys resources will be

essential to ensure that our subscription costs remain within our budget.

The librarys main sources for funding information resources are the state-legislated Books, Serials, and

Binding budget and the Student Resource Fee, paid by students as they register each semester or academic

year. Although these combined sources will provide funding for most of the librarys collection of electronic

and print resources, it will not be possible to continue all resources within the amount of funding available for

fiscal year 2011. In addition, the non-renewal list may need to be expanded depending on whether the library

will receive LERR funding for fiscal year 2011.

We invite your comments and suggestions about this review process. Please send them to John Weed, Head

of Collection Resources,[email protected].

Rajia Tobia

Executive Director of Libraries

Annual collection review for 2011
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Keith Cogdill, Director of South Texas Regional Information Services, willattend the Harvard University Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians,

August 1 through August 6, 2010.

Expenses for Keiths trip are being covered by two awards: a tuitionscholarship from the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries and aprofessional development award from the National Network of Libraries ofMedicine South Central Region that will cover travel expenses.

The curriculum of the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians addressesthree areas: planning, organizational strategy and change, andtransformational learning.

Keith Cogdill to attend Harvard Institute for Academic Librarians

Libraries add Springer ebook collections in biomedical and life

sciences, mathematics and statistics

The UT Health Science Center Libraries now

have access to two new Springer e-bookcollections as part of a purchase by the

University of Texas System Academic Library Collection EnhancementProgram (ALCEP) funds, which are allocated by the Board of Regents forone-time collection purchases.

The first is a biomedical and life sciences collection thatincludes e-books published between 2005 and 2010.

The second is a mathematics and statistics collection thatincludes e-books published between 2005 and 2009.

There are more than 3,500 titles between the two collections, withcontent that includes major reference works, textbooks, monographsand book series.

Access to these collections will be available through the librarys new e-book page, which is set to launch in early August. Library staff will alsobe actively working to add these titles to the library catalog.

Andrea N. SchorrCataloging & Acquisitions Librarian

Immediate... access to

up-to-date contentrepresented the most

important user benefit

offered by eBooks

Another benefit

important to users was

the increased

functionality of eBooks,

such as multimedia

additions, hyperlinking,

and searching within oramong documents.

eBooks Costs and Benefits to

Academic Libraries, Springer

White Paper, 2007
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News from the UT Health Science Center

Libraries is published at the beginning of each

month to highlight the programs, services and

resources offered by The Libraries.

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:

[email protected]

Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: [email protected]

Kelley Minars, Web Editor: [email protected]

Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors

Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,

Photographers

All classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but not

required. If you would like to request a class or schedule a consult at any HSC

campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or email

[email protected] .

If you would like to request a special class or orientation for your department or

group at other days/times, please contact us! To register for a class or to read class

descriptions, visit http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classSchedule.cfm .

When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email now

includes a file that you can save as an appointment into your electronic calendar.

Briscoe Library, Long Campus - San Antonio

Ovid Tips & Tricks: Getting Started with MEDLINE: Monday, August 9, 1:30

p.m. - 3:00 p.m., LIB 2.011

Introduction to EndNote: Thursday, August 12, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., LIB

2.011

Introduction to RefWorks: Thursday, August 26, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., LIB

2.011

Library Basics: Thursday, August 26, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., LIB 2.011

Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information:

Thursday, September 16, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., LIB 2.011

Getting the Most out of PubMed: Tuesday, September 21, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00

p.m., LIB 2.011

Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services

Library classes for August and September
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The Maine Humanities Council is planning a conference for health care professionals who work with

veterans and others who have experienced trauma. The conference will take place November 12 and 13 at

the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Speakers include Tim OBrien, Viet Nam veteran,

National Book Award winner and author ofThe Things They Carried; and Jonathan Shay, MD, PhD,former Veterans Health Administration psychiatrist and author ofAchilles in Vietnam. Shay is the winner

of a MacArthur Genius Grant for his work with veterans.

The conference is organized as part ofLiterature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care, a

literature and discussion program for health care professionals that has been held in 25 states and at 14

Veterans Administration Medical Centers. More information can be found at

http://mainehumanities.org/programs/litandmed/aftershock-2010.html .

Susan Hunnicutt

Special Projects Librarian

On July 14, the National Library of Medicine unveiled the newly redesigned version ofMedlinePlus (http://medlineplus.gov), the NLM's one-stop comprehensive Web sitefor trusted health information. Among the sites new features:

The medical dictionary search box is now located on home page for easy access.

Top searches of the day and most-used health topic pages for the day now appear on the sites home page.

The Health Topics pages offer visitors the ability to sign up to receive email updates on specific topics

Health Topics pages also offer sharing options to allow visitors to post them easily to bookmarking &sharing services like Facebook, Twitter, Delicious and Digg.

The video and interactive content section has been expanded and is more accessible and searchable.

MedlinePlus also offers a variety of additional useful tools, including patient tutorials, calculators, self-assessment quizzes, and even games to build health knowledge and healthy lifestyles.

Two other views of MedlinePlus continue to be useful: MedlinePlus en Espaol, which provides a Spanish-language interface to MedlinePlus, and MedlinePlus Mobile, an interface designed specifically for phones andother mobile devices.

Luke RosenbergerDirector of Library Technology and Historical Collections

NLM launches updated MedlinePlus Web site
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NEW! OvidSP interface changes:Personal logins add flexibility and increase workflow options

On or around August 1, 2010, the OvidSP interface that has been available for several months in Try It Nowmode will become the default interface for Ovids suite of databases. Familiar search features like mapping toMeSH headings and using limits are basically unchanged, but the new interface greatly enhances workflowoptions.

On this page and the next, we highlight some features of the new OvidSP interface.

My Account: customizable personal space within Ovid

One important addition to OvidSP is the ability to create personal logins through My Account. Setting apersonal login allows you to take advantage of new My Workspace features, including My Projects, My

Searches and Alerts, and my eTOCS.

Once a search is completed, you can still select the items to be printed, downloaded, emailed. In addition,these items can now be added to My Projects, a structured storage area that can contain projects and foldersto store full text, citations or graphics.

Setting a personal login allows you to take advantage of new My Workspace features including My

Projects, My Searches and Alerts, and my eTOCS.

Learn more about the new OvidSP on page 10: Save searches and create auto-alerts
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OvidSP changes continued: Using My Projects

When first attempting to access My Projects, an Ovid user who has never created a personal account will beprompted to create an account, while users with accounts will simply log in. (Ovid users who already have apersonal account will continue to use that account.) Citations selected from the search retrieval can beadded to an existing project, or a new project can be created. In the My Workspace area, up to 50MB ofstorage can hold additional project-related items imported from other resources.

Save searches and create auto-alerts

Being able to set up timely personal accounts also means that you can take advantage of the My Searchesand Alerts feature. With a personal account, you can save search strategies permanently, or you can create

AutoAlerts so that you are notified by email when new citations based on your search strategy are added toMedline. And taking advantage of the My eTOCS feature means that you will be notified whenever a new

table of contents is available for your selected journals.Watch for additional information when the new interface goes live. Questions about OvidSP and otherlibrary resources can be answered by phone, email, instant message, or in person at the librarysInformation Desk.

Linda LevyAssistant Library Director for Database and Branch Services

With a personal account, you can save search strategies permanently, or you cancreate AutoAlerts so that you are notified by email when new citations based on

your search strategy are added to Medline.
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Peg Seger will manage interlibrary loan and outreach services

Paula Maez accepts a public library position in Tucson, Arizona

Paula Maez, who will complete the second year of a National Library of Medicine

Fellowship at the Briscoe Library in August, has accepted a position as Adult ServicesLibrarian at the Pima County Public Library in Tucson, Arizona.

As one of four fellows in the 2008-2009 NLM Fellowship program Paula focused on

developing her outreach skills. She worked with the Southeastern/Atlantic Region of

the NLMs National Network and also with the Specialized Information Services of

NLM on exhibiting, as well as teaching NLM resources to local high school students

and students from the NIH Youth Initiative. She also worked with the Bibliographic

Services Division developing a suite ofClinicalTrials.govQuick Tour learning packages,

and with Specialized Information Services, enhancing the circumpolar health topics

section for the Arctic Health Web site.

At the UT Health Science Center Libraries Paula has focused on the librarys outreach

program to South Texas students, faculty, staff, and the community. She has gained

experience with multiple areas of library operations including administration,

information and access services, interlibrary loan, collection development, cataloging,

and electronic resource management.

Although we will miss Paula, we know she is very happy to be returning to her home

town of Tucson. Paula has been a valuable member of our staff during her fellowship,

and we wish her all the best as she moves westward.

The Libraries are pleased to welcome Peg Seger as Interlibrary Loan/Outreach Services

Librarian in the division of South Texas Regional Information Services.

In her new position, Peg will manage interlibrary loan and document delivery services,

coordinate the librarys resource library outreach subcontract, and plan library

outreach services for San Antonio and the South Texas region.

Immediately prior to joining the staff of the Briscoe Library, Peg was employed as

Readers Advisory Librarian for the Tulsa City-County Library in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She worked as a library technician at the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Library from 2006 to

2009. In that position she was responsible for processing all Docline and other medicaldocument requests.

Peg received an MLIS from the University of Oklahoma at Norman in 2008. She also

has degrees in journalism and mass communication, fine arts and education.

We welcome Peg to the staff of the Briscoe Library!
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