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Bi feedbackhttp://southmed.usouthal.edu/library OR http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/

Issue #75 Spring 200

Directors Notes

In This Issue

New web page live .......... 2

UMC Library moved ......3

Google Scholar, EBSCO,

M.D. Consult .................. 4

New Biomedical

resources ......................... 5

Faculty Publications ....... 6

New book titles ...............8

The ultimate gift ............ 10

Staff recognition ............. 10

Findability,a term credited to authorPeter Morville, is the goal of our new web

page design. It is ready to roll out and weseek your input on the new design. Youcan access the web page athttp:www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu .

It contains separate portals for each ofthe Colleges of Medicine, Nursing andAllied Health Professions along with a

Hospital portal and a General Public portal.For each separate user group we have tried

to gather resources important toeach unique user; however, if we

missed an important resource foryour discipline, please let us know.We will be using various methods

to determine the web pages

usefulness and findability forour user groups. Call yourDepartments Liaison Librarian(see http://

www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/?q=liaisons and page 9 in this publication)

and invite him/her to come to your next Department meeting to demonstrate the new web pageand to tell you about the resources the Biomedical Library has that are important to you and yourdiscipline.

Other articles in this issue will describe other library projects with the goal of better service:

the Health Information Resource Center has opened in the USA Medical Center,providing not only quality resources for faculty, staff and students, but also consumer healthinformation;

the study/conference room on the second floor has been completed. This space can beused for individual study, large group study or as a conference room for meetings. A flat screen isavailable for projection and we will soon have the capability of video conferencing;

we have partnered with the University Library and Baldwin County campus to have copy cards that can be used at any of the three

locations; our Clinical Librarian program now includes both Pediatrics and Internal Medicine; new resources, both electronic books and journals have been added to the collection; usingGoogle Scholar from our Databases and Resources web page will provide icons for Biomedical Library owned resources.

We continue to strive to be your first choice for health care information.Judy Burnham

Director

The USA Biomedical Librarys new web page contains separateportals for each of the colleges. Each portal directs the user to

resources important for his specialization.


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PHONE NUMBERS

Administration

Director: Judy Burnham ............ (251) [email protected]

Secretary:Bonnie Seibert ............ (251) 460-6885Collection Management:Jie Li .... (251) 460-6890

[email protected] Services:Geneva Staggs (251) [email protected]

Public Services: .......................... (251) 460-7044Justin Robertson .......................... (251) 460-7045

[email protected]

Libraries:

Campus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7043C&W ....................... ...................... (251) 415-8586

UMC ....................... ...................... (251) 471-7855Interlibrary Loan ....................... .... (251) 460-6891

Fax Numbers

Campus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7638UMC ....................... ...................... (251) 471-7857C&W ....................... ...................... (251) 415-8587

REGULAR HOURS

January 2, 2009 - May 11, 2009

Charles M. Baugh Library (Campus)

Monday-Thursday 7:15 am - 11:45 pmFriday 7:15 am - 5:45 pmSaturday 7:15 am - 5:45 pm

Sunday 1:00 pm - 9:45 pm

Medical Center Site (staffed hours)Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pmSaturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pmSunday Not staffed

Childrens and Womens Site

Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pmSaturday & Sunday Closed

Holiday and Extended HoursThe libraries will observe holidays for Martin Luther

King Holiday (1/19), Mardi Gras (2/24), EasterSunday (4/12), Memorial Day (5/25). Library will

have shortened hours for Spring Break (3/16-20)and extended hours during finals (4/10-11, 24-25,

5/1-2); see posted hours on our website.

Email: [email protected]:southmed.usouthal.edu/library

New Website:http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/

USA Biomedical LibraryBiofeedback Spring 2009

USA Biomedical Librarysnew web page is live!

Access it in beta athttp:// biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/

- Andrea Wright

In order to make the new site

easier for our users to navigate, wehave set upportals for the three

colleges, for the hospitals and forthe general public. Each portaldirects the user to resourcesimportant for his specialization.

Another new feature is the RSSfeed or e-mail function forBiomedical Library news. All

issues of the Biofeedback will bearchived on this site.

New resources in the library arealso featured on the site withdirect access to resources from thehome page.

The new web page will runconcurrently with the existing web

page(http://southmed.usouthal.edu/

library/index.html) until the summerat which time we will switch thelibrarys only web page to the new

one with a re-direct from the oldURL.

The web page, is of course, a

constant work in progress, but weare pleased with the usability andnew design elements. Please giveus your feedback and suggestions.Andrea Wright, our Technology

Librarian, and Justin Robertson,our Assistant Director for Public

Services, did the re-design.

Common copy (Trac) cards arenow in operation. Recent

changes to the Trac Card

System benefit all users: Trac

Cards (or copy cards, as some

call them) will now work in

University and Biomedical

Libraries and the Baldwin

County campus locations

regardless of where the card is

purchased. All print stations

will accept one common card.

Other IMPORTANT User News:


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The University of South Alabama

Biomedical Librarys Medical Center sitehas moved onto the third floor of thehospital from their previous location inthe Mastin Building. Over the last sixmonths a space in the hospital on thethird floor has been renovated into what

is now being called the Health Infor-mation Resource Center.

Preparing the collections for themove, usage statistics were analyzed,prudent weeding undertaken, new

electronic items purchased and thecollections split into two sections. Thecollection now available in the newHealth Information Resource

Center has been shaped into a just in

time instead of a just in case collec-tion. The less frequently used items willbe housed in a storage collection threefloors down in the hospital.With the emphasis on online

resources, additional computerworkstations were added and wireless

antennas installed in the new space.A new emphasis for this library site is

consumer health information. Almost assoon as planning started on the renova-tion and move, hospital administration

asked that a consumer/patient informa-tion service be added. To gear up for thischange, the library applied for and was

accepted to be one of only nine sites inthe United States and Canada to help

develop and test a newhealth informationliteracy curriculumfocused on increasinghealth care provider andpatient use of consumer

health resources, and onpromoting the role oflibrarians as key providersof health informationliteracy resources and

USA Biomedical Librarys

Now called theHealth

Information Resource Center,the new UMC library is on the

third floor in the University

Medical Center hospital.

services.The University of South Alabama

Biomedical Library also hosted agraduate student internship from theUniversity of Alabama School ofLibrary and Information Studies todevelop what has become a consumerhealth information kiosk located in the

Health Information Resource Center.

Left: Library Supervisor Nancy Pugh showsUMC Supply Processing/Distribution employeeRomerius Sewell some of the new librarys features.

Left: The collection housed in thenew library will also include

consumer health information.

Above: Online resources can be accessed viawireless and additional workstations, yet the

library still hosts a physical journal and bookcollection with areas to sit and read.

Medical Center Site Has Moved- Geneva Staggs

Watch for announcements

about the upcoming Open

House scheduled for the

new Health Information

Resource Center.


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We have set up Google Scholar so that it shows the USA icon for USA ownedresources. If you search Google Scholar from our Databases and Resources webpage (http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/index.html), it will recognize that you are onthe USA campus and will show which of the listed resources are available fromUSA.

The newly designed USA Biomedical Library web page has rolled out. If youwould like to try accessing our resources from the new site, go to http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/.

Please keep in mind that this is stillunder development. Your feedback would be helpful. Email Technology LibrarianAndrea Wright at [email protected].

USA resources nowfeatured in search results

EBSCOhost2.0New FeaturesA new simpler Basic Search Screen is just oneof the new EBSCO features along with the ability to

preview an article or image by mouseover, a new results list, and a

new detailed display list. You will also discover a new Search Historycapability, reorganized Limiters and Expanders, new search modesincluding SmartText, and URLs that can be bookmarked.

Several customer-requested enhancements to the EBSCOhost2.0release include:

Date slider reset with original dates, Additional help links and more intuitive tool tips,

Intuitive navigation to launch a new search, Search mode inclusion at the top of the Result List.

If you have questions searchingCINAHL, or any other Ebsco databases, call the USA Biomedical Library reference deskat460-7044 or go to EBSCOs new support center for CINAHL help sheets, user guides, FAQs, and links to onlinetraining at http://support.ebscohost.com/.

a Valuable Resource

MD Consult is a key online clinical resource

that offers quick and direct access to a wide varietyof relevant and authoritative information from

leading clinical resources worldwide, thusallowing busy health-care professionals theopportunity to efficiently obtain valuable

information often within seconds.The main search page, designed for ease of

use, contains links to the following nine areas.

Books Guidelines Journals The Clinics

Drugs Images News CME

Patient EducationClicking on the Imageslink allows the user

to search and compare over 50,000 high-

quality medical images, while clicking onJournalsallows the user to access the latest

article summaries from top journals.Point-of-care tools allow you to custom-

ize patient education handouts and toaccess easy-to-scan articles, recent FDAannouncements, RSS feeds, and weekly

eNewsletterto keep current with recentdevelopments.

MD Consult is easily accessible from thehomepage of the Biomedical Library

http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/

by clicking first on the Databases/Resources link and next on the link

entitled MD Consult.

- Trey Lemley- Andrea Wright

- Andrea Wright


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CRISP (Computer Retrieval ofInformation on Scientific Projects) is asearchable database of federally funded

biomedical research projects conductedat universities, hospitals, and otherresearch institutions. The database,maintained by the Office of ExtramuralResearch at the National Institutes ofHealth, includes projects funded by the

National Institutes of Health (NIH),Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services (SAMHSA), Health Resourcesand Services Administration (HRSA),Food and Drug Administration (FDA),Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDCP), Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ),and Office of Assistant Secretary ofHealth (OASH). Users can access theCRISP interface to search for scientific

concepts, emerging trends and tech-niques, or identify specific projects and/or investigators. Terms can be searchedas phrases or with all words having thesame stem. Searches can be limited bystates, institutions, award types, andactivity. CRISP uses a controlledvocabulary and the thesaurus terms are

linked from the search page.

Searching for scientific conceptsor emerging trends?

Trying to identify specificprojects and/or investigators?

Try CRISP.- Judy Burham

Several new resources added tothe Biomedical Library in 2009

SpringerLink

By joining a consortium, the University of South Alabama Libraries havegained more than 2000 journals from SpringerLink. Among them, more than

760 are medicine and health sciences titles. Some popular titles such as BreastCancer Researchand Treatmentare among the titles added.

Springer titles may be searched from our Electronic Journal page at theBiomedical Library website or the complete list of Springer journals may beviewed at http://www.springerlink.com/journals/. Full text articles are accessiblewhen searching the databases as well.

Journals@Ovid LWW Total Access Collection and Nursing Collection

The Total Access Collection and Nursing Collection contains about 300 new

titles. Search for any of the titles at our Electronic Journal page (http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/index.html)

or browse the list of Ovid athttp://ovidsp.ovid.com/. When searching Pubmed or other databases, the articlesshould be linked to the full text in our collection.

LWW Medical Book

Collection

This comprehensivecollection includes 343electronic books in a rangeof medical, nursing, andhealth science specialty

areas. The books are on theOvidSP platform, search-able for one or multiplebooks, and users can

quickly find the exactinformation they need.Browse the table of con-tents of individual books or access the LWW Medical Books from Oviddatabases or go directly to the books athttp://ovidsp.ovid.comvidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=browsecontent&BROWSEOPT=browseTitles&NEWS=N&D=books.

Clinical EvidenceTo support evidence-based practice, the Biomedical Library has sub-

scribed to Clinical Evidence, a new kind of decision-support resource.Clinical Evidence integrates systematic reviews with a range of additionalevidence based medicine (EBM) resources to create a powerful supporttool, providing busy clinicians with access to the very latest and mostrelevant medical knowledge for treatment decisions. The database isowned by BMJ Publishing Group. Access Clinical Evidence at http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/.

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Faculty PublicationsListed below are journal publications by USA faculty indexed in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Web of

Sciencefor August through December, 2008. Department chairs are asked to submit citations of recentpublications by their department members. If we missed your latest contribution to the literature, please

notify the editor so it can be included in a future listing. New faculty are encouraged to submit their latest

publications to the editor ([email protected]).


Arrieta MI, Foreman RD, Crook ED, Icenogle ML.Insuring continuity of care for chronicdisease patients after a disaster: key prepared-

ness elements. Am J Med Sci2008;336(2):128-33.

Barik S. An intronic microRNA silences genesthat are functionally antagonistic to its hostgene.Nucleic Acids Res2008;36(16):5232-41.

Barve M, Bender J, Senzer N, Cunningham C,Greco FA, McCune D, Steis R, Khong H,Richards D, Stephenson J, Ganesa P,Nemunaitis J, Ishioka G, Pappen B, NemunaitisM, Morse M, Mills B, Maples PB, Sherman J,Nemunaitis JJ. Induction of immuneresponses and clinical efficacy in a phase IItrial of IDM-2101, a 10-epitope cytotoxic T-lymphocyte vaccine, in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol2008;26(27):4418-25.

Bitko V, Musiyenko A, Bayfield MA, Maraia RJ,Barik S. Cellular La protein shieldsnonsegmented negative-strand RNA viralleader RNA from RIG-I and enhances virusgrowth by diverse mechanisms. J Virol2008;82(16):7977-87.

Calhoun DA, Glazer RD, Pettyjohn FS, CoenenPDM, Zhao YX, Grosso A. Efficacy andtolerability of combination therapy with

valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide in the initialtreatment of severe hypertension. Curr Med ResOpin2008;24(8):2303-11.

Carter JE, Evans TN, Tucker JA. Cytologicdiagnosis of alveolar soft part sarcoma of thelower extremity by fine needle aspiration andcorrelation with core biopsy - a case report.

Acta Cytol2008;52(4):459-63.

Carter JE, Eves M, Laurini JA. MediastinalMycobacterium avium-intracellulare infectiondiagnosed by transesophageal endoscopicultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy. Am JGastroenterol2008;103(7):1844-5.

Carter JE, Laurini JA, Evans TN, Estrada B.Neonatal Candida parapsilosis meningitis andempyema related to epidural migration of acentral venous catheter. Clin Neurol Neurosurg2008;110(6):614-8.

Carter JE, Laurini JA, Mizell KN. Kluyverainfections in the pediatric population. PediatrInfect Dis J2008;27(9):839-41.

Caudill JS, Imran H, Porcher JC, Steensma DR.Congenital sideroblastic anemia associated

with germline polymorphisms reducingexpression of FECH. Haematol Hematol J2008;93(10):1582-4.

Chen YW, Tekle C, Fodstad O. Theimmunoregulatory protein human B7H3 is a

tumor-associated antigen that regulates tumorcell migration and invasion. Curr Cancer DrugTargets2008;8(5):404-13.

Clark DW, Mitra A, Fillmore RA, Jiang WG, SamantRS, Fodstad O, Shevde LA. NUPR1 interacts

with p53, transcriptionally regulates p21 andrescues breast epithelial cells from doxorubi-cin-induced genotoxic stress. Curr Cancer DrugTargets2008;8(5):421-30.

Cohen MV, Yang XM, Downey JM. Acidosis,oxygen, and interference with mitochondrialpermeability transition pore formation in theearly minutes of reperfusion are critical topostconditionings success. Basic Res Cardiol2008;103(5):464-71.

Corlew M, Di Palma J. Clinical impact ofidentifying lactose maldigestion or fructosemalabsorption in irritable bowel syndromeand other conditions. Am J Gastroenterol2008;103(Suppl):S458.

Costello MW, Bolling RP, Gonzalez RP. Intra-abdominal injury as a result of high-pressure

water injection. J Traum2008;65(1):222-4.

Demakis GJ, Gervais RO, Rohling ML. The effectof failure on cognitive and psychologicalsymptom validity tests in litigants withsymptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Clin Neuropsychol2008;22(5):879-95.

Deo DD, Rao AP, Bose SS, Ouhtit A, Baliga SB,Rao SA, Trock BJ, Thouta R, Raj MHG, Rao PN.Differential effects of leptin on the invasivepotential of androgen-dependent and -independent prostate carcinoma cells. J BiomedBiotechnol 2008;2008:163902.

Druzhyna NM, Wilson GL, LeDoux SP. Mitochon-drial DNA repair in aging and disease. Mech

Ageing Dev2008;129(7-8):383-90.

Elzarrad MK, Haroon A, Willecke K,Dobrowolski R, Gillespie MN, Al-Mehdi AB.Connexin-43 upregulation in micrometastasesand tumor vasculature and its role in tumorcell attachment to pulmonary endothelium.

BMC Med2008;6.

Estrada B. Pediatric bulletin. Streptococcuspneumoniae 19A: an emerging threat. Infect Med2008;25(7):330.

Ford EW, McAlearney AS, Phillips MT,Menachemi N, Rudolph B. Predictingcomputerized physician order entry systemadoption in US hospitals: can the federalmandate be met? Int J Med Inform2008;77(8):539-45.

Fouty B. Diabetes and the pulmonary circulation.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol2008;295(5):L725-6.

Frei AC, Guo Y, Jones DW, et al. Vasculardysfunction in a murine model of severehemolysis. Blood2008;112(2):398-405.

Gerthoffer WT, Singer CA. Viral gene transfer vectors in studies of human smooth musclefunction. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2008;44:S9.

Goel S, Sosnowski J. Granular cell tumor: a raretumor of the sellar region. Am J Clin Pathol2008;130(4):56.

Gregory-Bass RC, Olatinwo M, Xu W, Matthews RStiles JK, Thomas K, Liu D, Tsang B, Thomp-son WE. Prohibitin silencing reversesstabilization of mitochondrial integrity andchemoresistance in ovarian cancer cells byincreasing their sensitivity to apoptosis. Int JCancer2008 May 1;122(9):1923-30.

Gross KL, Westberry JM, Hubler TR, Sadosky PW,Singh RJ, Taylor RL, Scammell JG. Androgenresistance in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.).

Comparative Med2008;58(4):381-8.

Gu XG, Zhong Q, Liu BN, Schwarzenberger P. IL17F/IL-17R interaction stimulates granu-lopoiesis in mice. Exp Hematol2008;36(11):1417-27.

Gupte SA. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase: anovel therapeutic target in cardiovasculardiseases. Curr Opin Investig Drugs2008;9(9):993-1000.

Hall P, Sanford JT, Demi AS. Patterns of decisionmaking by wives of patients with life-threatening cardiac disease. J Fam Nurs2008;14(3):347-62.

Hevel JM, Pande P, Viera-Oveson S, Sudweeks TJ, Jaffree LS, Hansen CM, Ayling JE. Determi-nants of oligomerization of the bifunctionalprotein DCoH alpha and the effect on itsenzymatic and transcriptional coactivatoractivities. Arch Biochem Biophys2008;477(2):356-62.

Hooks B, Rutland T, Di Palma J. Doeslubiprostone decrease gastric and small boweltransit time and improve visualization of smalbowel with capsule endoscopy? Am JGastroenterol2008;103(Suppl):S503.

Ji DB, Zhu MC, Zhu B, Zhu YZ, Li CL, Ye J, ZhuHB. Hydroxysafflor yellow A enhancessurvival of vascular endothelial cells under

hypoxia via upregulation of the HIF-1 alpha- VEGF pathway and regulation of Bcl-2/Bax. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol2008;52(2):191-202.

Jiang YH, Martinez JE, Ou ZS, Cooper ML, KangSHL, Pursley A, Cheung SW. De novo andcomplex imbalanced chromosomal rearrange-ments revealed by array CGH in a patient withan abnormal phenotype and apparentlyBalanced paracentric inversion of14(q21q23). Am J Med Genet A2008;146A(15):1986-93.


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Julie NL, Julie IM, Kende AI, Wilson GL.Mitochondrial dysfunction and delayedhepatotoxicity: another lesson fromtroglitazone. Diabetologia 2008;51(11):2108-16.

Kuno A, Solenkova NV, Solodushko V, Dost T, LiuYP, Yang XM, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Infarctlimitation by a protein kinase G activator atreperfusion in rabbit hearts is dependent onsensitizing the heart to A(2b) agonists byprotein kinase C. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol2008;295(3):H1288-95.

Laurini JA, Carter JE. Isolated intestinal neurofi-bromatosis in a patient without clinicalevidence of generalized neurofibromatosis.

South Med J2008;101(8):871.

Ledoux J, Taylor MS, Bonev AD, Hannah RM,Solodushko V, Shui B, Tallini Y, Kotlikoff MI,Nelson MT. Functional architecture ofinositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate signaling inrestricted spaces of myoendothelial projections.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008;105(28):9627-32.

Liu SH, Ren SP, Howell P, Fodstad O, Riker AI.Identification of novel epigeneticallymodified genes in human melanoma viapromoter methylation gene profiling. PigmentCell Melanoma Res2008;21(5):545-58.

Long XC, Bell RD, Gerthoffer WT, Zlokovic BV,Miano JM. Myocardin is sufficient for asmooth muscle-like contractile phenotype.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol2008;28(8):1505-10.

Lorico A, Mercapide J, Soloduschko V, AlexeyevM, Fodstad O, Rappa G. Primary neural stem/progenitor cells expressing endostatin orcytochrome P450 for gene therapy ofglioblastoma. Cancer Gene Ther 2008;15(9):605-15.

Metge BJ, Frost AR, King JA, Dyess DL, WelchDR, Samant RS, Shevde LA. Epigeneticsilencing contributes to the loss of BRMS1expression in breast cancer. Clin Exp Metastasis2008;25(7):753-63.

Mizell KN, Patterson KV. Concurrent herpessimplex virus pneumonia and esophagitis:report of two cases with autopsy pathologyand review of the literature. South Med J2008;101(8):870-1.

Mizell KN, Patterson KV, Carter JE. Empyemanecessitatis due to methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus: case report and reviewof the literature. J Clin Microbiol2008;46(10):3534-6.

Moss NG, Fellner RC, Qian X, Yu SJ, Li ZP,Nakazato M, Goy MF. Uroguanylin, anintestinal natriuretic peptide, is delivered tothe kidney as an unprocessed propeptide.

Endocrinology 2008;149(9):4486-98.

Mozaffari MS, Schaffer SW. Myocardial ischemic-reperfusion injury in a rat model ofmetabolic syndrome. Obesity2008;16(10):2253-8.

Narayanaswamy V, Rettig KR, Bhowmick SK.Excessive growth. Clin Pediatr 2008;47(7):705-10.

Oka M, Fagan KA, Jones PL, McMurtry IF.Therapeutic potential of RhoA/Rho kinaseinhibitors in pulmonary hypertension. Br JPharmacol 2008;155(4):444-54.

Opt Holt TB. Transition to newhydrofluoroalkane (HFA) inhalers. AARCTimes2008;32(10):36.

Parker JC, Townsley MI. Physiological determi-nants of the pulmonary filtration coefficient.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol2008;295(2):L235-7.

Pollock JM, Greiner FG, Crowder JB, Crowder JW,Quindlen E. Neurosarcoidosis mimicking amalignant optic glioma. J Neuroophthalmol2008;28(3):214-6.

PreudHomme D, Higginbottom L, Phelps LA.Resolution of large size pancreatic pseudocyst(PPC) in an adolescent with conservativemeasures (very low-fat diet and excellentcompliance).Am J Gastroenterol2008;103(Suppl):S90.

PreudHomme D, Higginbottom L, Phelps LA,Blair-Elortegui J. Is serum alanine aminotrans-ferase (ALT) elevation in obese children andadolescents just non-alcoholic fatty liverdisease (NAFLD)? Am J Gastroenterol2008;103(Suppl):S162-3.

Pruitt B. Kids & asthma: making (and teaching) theright choices. RT 2008;21(8):12-16.

Pruitt B. Loosening the bonds of restrictive lungdisease. Nursing 2008;38(8):34-40.

Pruitt B. Ventilation for life. Pulmonary implica-tions and the obese patient. AARC Times2008;32(10):22.

Rai PR, Cool CD, King JAC, Stevens T, Burns N, Winn RA, Kasper M, Voelkel NF. The cancerparadigm of severe pulmonary arterialhypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med2008;178(6):558-64.

Ren S, Liu S, Howell P Jr, Xi Y, Enkemann SA, Ju J, Riker AI. The impact of genomics inunderstanding human melanoma progressionand metastasis. Cancer Control2008;15(3):202-15.

Rhoda JE. Radiation exposure and computedtomography in the emergency department.

Adv Emerg Nurs J2008;30(3):271-82.

Ricke TL, Mancao MY, Savells KL, Martino AM. An unusual cause for gait disturbance in achild. Clin Pediatr 2008;47(7):711-4.

Rocconi RP. Re: Chemotherapy-relatedmyelosuppression as a marker for survival inepithelial ovarian cancer patients. Gynecol Oncol2008;111(1):160.

Rocconi RP, Matthews KS, Kimball KJ, ConnerMG, Baker AC, Barnes MN. Expression of C-kit and platelet-derived growth factorreceptors in ovarian granulosa cell tumors.

Reprod Sci2008;15(7):673-7.

Rutland T, Thompson L, Herrera J. Paralyzingdiarrhea. Am J Gastroenterol008;103(Suppl):S309.

Salinthone S, Tyagi M, Gerthoffer WT. Small heatshock proteins in smooth muscle. PharmacolTher2008;119(1):44-54.

Sohal RS, Toroser D, Bregere C, Mockett RJ, Orr WC. Age-related decrease in expression ofmitochondrial DNA encoded subunits ofcytochrome c oxidase in Drosophila

melanogaster. Mech Ageing Dev2008;129(9):558-61.

Stevens T, Phan S, Frid MG, Alvarez D, Herzog E,Stenmark KR. Lung vascular cell heterogene-ity: endothelium, smooth muscle, andfibroblasts. Proc Am Thorac Soc online2008;5(7):783-91.

Sullivan JC, Kakati DD, Carter E, Boyd AK,Kyriakides TR, Agah A. Elevated expressionof isopeptide bond cross-links contributes tofibrosis in scleroderma and the healing

wounds of tight skin mice. Wound Repair Regen2008;16(5):699-705.

Swingle HM, Wilmoth R, Aquilino ML. Barriers tochildren having a medical home in JohnsonCounty, Iowa: notes from the field. MaternChild Health J2008;12(5):670-8.

Taylor D, Rodning CB. Do not forget organ andtissue donation - In reply. Arch Surg2008;143(8):807-8.

West J, Harral J, Lane K, Deng Y, Ickes B, Crona D, Albu S, Stewart D, Fagan K. Mice expressingBMPR2(R899X) transgene in smooth muscledevelop pulmonary vascular lesions. Am JPhysiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol2008;295(5):L744-55.

Whilhaus KC, Evans TN, Sosnowski J. Is aninvasive meningioma of the optic nerve andorbit a WHO grade II atypical (invasive)meningioma? A case report and review of theliterature. Am J Clin Pathol2008;130(4):47.

Whithaus KC, Boudreaux CW. Well-differentiatedpapillary adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder: acase report and review of the literature. South

Med J2008;101(8):871.

Woodis CB. Once-yearly administered intrave-nous zoledronic acid for postmenopausalosteoporosis. Ann Pharmacother2008;42(7-8):1085-9.

Yearwood TL, Howard FM. In memoriam: C. Paul

Perry. Pain Med2008;9(5):628.

Youssef NA. Depression in physicians: hyper-functioning depression or professionaldepression? J Clin Psychiatry2008;69(10):1661.


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QS HUMAN ANATOMY

QS 18.2 C337 2008 [B]

Case Files. Anatomy/ Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2008.

QT PHYSIOLOGY

QT 18.2 C337 2009[B]

Case Files. Physiology/ Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2009.

QU BIOCHEMISTRY

QU 18.2 C337 2008 [B]

Case Files. Biochemistry / Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2008.

QV PHARMACOLOGY

QV 4 G6532 2006 [MC-Ref]

Goodman & Gilmans the Pharmacological Basis of

Therapeutics/ Brunton, Laurence L. et al., eds., 2006.

QV 18.2 C337 2008 [B]

Case Files. Pharmacology/ Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2008.

QW MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY

QW 4 M294 2007 [MC-Ref]

Manual of Clinical Microbiology/ Murray, Patrick R.,

Ellen Jo Baron et al., eds., 2007.

QW 4 S6338m 2009 [B]

Microbiology: an Evolving Science/ Slonczewski, JoanL., John W. Foster, eds., 2009.

QW 18.2 C337 2008 [B]

Case Files. Microbiology/ Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2008

QX PARASITOLOGY

QX 4 J647m 2006 [MC-Ref]

Markell and Voges Medical Parasitology/ John, David

T., William A. Petri, Jr., 2006.

QZ PATHOLOGY

QZ 18.2 C337 2008 [B]

Case Files. Microbiology / Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2008.

QZ 200 D496 2008[MC-Ref]

DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenbergs Cancer: Principles&

Practice of Oncology/ DeVita, Vincent T. Jr.,

Theodore S. Lawrence, Steven A. Rosenberg, eds.,2008.

QZ 4 R6354 2005[MC-Ref]

Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease/

Kumar, Vinay, Abul K. Abbas, Nelson Faustoeds., 2005.

W HEALTH PROFESSIONS

W 13 J131 2009 [MC-Ref]

Jablonskis Dictionary of Medical Acronyms andAbbreviations/ Jablonski, S. ed., 2009

W 13 S812m 2006 [MC-Ref]

Stedmans Medical Dictionary/ Stedman, Thomas L.,2006.

W 925 G946 2008 [MC-Ref]

Guides To The Evaluation Of Permanent Impairment/

Rondinelli, Robert D., Elizabeth Genovese,Christopher R. Brigham, et al., eds., 2008.

WA PUBLIC HEALTH

WA 950 N842b 2008 [B]

Biostatistics: the Bare Essentials/ Norman, GeoffreyR., David L. Streiner, 2008.

WB PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

WB 105 C3365 2005 [B]

Case Files. Emergency Medicine/ Toy, Eugene C. etal., 2005.

WB 18.2 C3363 2007 [B]

Case Files. Family Medicine/ Toy, Eugene C. et al.,2007.

WB 18.2 C3365 2006 [B]

Case Files. Internal Medicine/ Toy, Eugene C. et al.,2006.

WB 39 O58L 2006 [MC-Ref]

The Little Black Book of Primary Care/ Onion,

Daniel K., 2006.

WB 100 C3888 2008 [MC-Ref]

Cecil Medicine/ Goldman, Lee, and DennisAusiello eds., 2008.

WB 115 H322 2008 [MC-Ref]

Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine/ Fauci,

Anthony S. et al., 2008.

WB 400 M689 2006 [MC-Ref]

Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease/ Shils,

Maurice E., Moshe Shike et al., eds., 2006.

WB 320 P5795 2005 [MC-Ref]

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and

Practice/ DeLisa, Joel A., chief ed.; Bruce M. Ganset al, eds., 2005.

WB 105 E555 2006 [MC-Ref]

Rosens Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical

Practice/ Marx, John A., Robert S. Hockberger,Ron M. Walls, eds., et al., 2006.

WC COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

WC 39 M294 2006 [MC-Ref]

Manual of Clinical Problems in Infectious Disease/Gantz, Nelson M. et al., 2006.

WC 100 M2713 2005 [MC-Ref]

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennetts Principles and Practice

of Infectious Diseases/ Mandell, Gerald L., John E.Bennett, Raphael Dolin, eds., 2006.

WE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

WE 168 C1921 2008 [MC-Ref]

Campbells Operative Orthopaedics/ Canale, S. Terry,James H. Beaty eds., 2008.

WE 544 K29 2009 [MC-Ref]

Kelleys Textbook of Rheumatology/ Firestein, GaryS. et al., 2009.

WF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

WF 140 C641 2008 [MC-Ref]

Clinical Respiratory Medicine/ Albert, Richard K.,Stephen G. Spiro, James R. Jett, eds., 2008.

WF 140 M981 2005 [B]

Murray and Nadels Textbook of Respiratory Medicine/ Mason, Robert J. et al., eds., 2005.

WG CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

WG 120 H966 2008 [MC-Ref]Hursts the Heart/ Fuster, Valentin et al., 2008.

WG 168 T355 2008 [MC-Ref]

Textbook of Interventional Cardiology/ Topol, EricJ., ed., 2008.

WG 170 V3311 2005 [MC-Ref]

Vascular surgery/ Rutherford, Robert B., 2005.

WG 210 B825 2008 [MC-Ref]

Braunwalds Heart Disease: a Textbook of Cardiovascu-lar Medicine/ Libby, Peter et al., 2008.

WH HEMIC AND LYMPHATIC

SYSTEMS

WH 100 W721 2006 [MC-Ref]

Williams Hematology/ Lichtman, Marshall A. et al.,

eds., 2006.

WH 120 H434 2009 [MC-Ref]

Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice/ RonaldHoffman et al., 2009.

Books- Robert Britton

Location in brackets following the call number.B= Baugh Biomedical Library (Campus)CW= Childrens & Womens Library

MC= Medical Center LibraryRef= Reference collection at indicated site.

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WI DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

WI 700 S333 2007 [MC-Ref]

Schiffs Diseases of the Liver/ Schiff, Eugene R.,Michael F. Sorrell, Willis C. Maddrey, eds., 2007.

WI 140 S632 2006 [MC-Ref]

Sleisenger & Fordtrans Gastrointestinal and LiverDisease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management/

Feldman, Mark, Lawrence S. Friedman, Lawrence

J. Brandt, eds., 2006.

WJ UROGENITAL SYSTEM

WJ 300 B8375 2008 [MC-Ref]

Brenner & Rectors the Kidney/ Brenner, Barry M.,ed., 2008.

WJ 100 c192 2007 [MC-Ref]

Campbell-Walsh Urology/ Wein, Alan J., Louis R.

Kavoussi et al. eds., 2007.

WK EDOCRINE SYSTEM

WK 200 W492 2005 [MC-Ref]

Werner & Ingbars the Thyroid: a Fundamental andClinical Text/ Braverman, Lewis E., Robert D.

Utiger, eds., 2005.

WK 100 W721 2008 [MC-Ref]

Williams Textbook of Endocrinology/ Kronenberg,Henry M. et al., eds., 2008.

WL NERVOUS SYSTEM

WL 18.2 C337 2008 [B]

Case Files. Neurology/ Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2008.

WL 18.2 C3372 2009 [B]Case Files. Neuroscience/ Toy, Eugene C. et al.,

2009.

WM PSYCHIATRY

WM 40 C3364 2007 [B]

Case Files. Psychiatry/ Toy, Eugene C., Debra

Klamen, eds., 2007.

WN RADIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTIC

IMAGING

WN 208 H143t 2006 [MC-Ref]

Textbook of Diagnostic Ultrasonography/ Hagen-

Ansert, Sandra L., 2006.

WO SURGERY

WO 500 T756c 2007 [B]

Case Files. Surgery/ Toy, Eugene C., Terrence H.

Liu, Andre R. Campbell, 2007.

WO 500 E782 2006 [MC-Ref]

Essentials of General Surgery/ Lawrence, Peter F.;Richard M. Bell, Merril T. Dayton, eds., 2006.

WO 500 E783 2007 [MC-Ref]

Essentials of Surgical Specialties/ Lawrence, Peter F.,sr. ed.; Richard M. Bell, Merril T. Dayton eds., 2007.

WO 517 B873i 2007 [MC-Ref]

Instrumentation for the Operating Room: a Photographic

Manual/ Tighe, Shirley M., 2007.

WO 102 P5782 2008 [MC-Ref]

The Physiologic Basis of Surgery/ OLeary, J. Patrick,

Arnold Tabuenca, Lea Rhea Capote, eds., 2008.

WO 100 T3552 2008 [MC-Ref]

Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: the Biological Basis ofModern Surgical Practice/ Townsend, Courtney M.

Jr. et al., 2008.

WO 700 T7732 2008 [MC-Ref]

Trauma/ Feliciano, David V., Kenneth L. Mattox,Ernest E. Moore, eds., 2008.

WP GYNECOLOGYWP 100 B487 2007 [MC-Ref]

Berek & Novaks Gynecology/ Berek, Jonathan S.,

ed., 2007.

WP 390 R627e 2003 [CW]

Endometriosis/ Rizk, Botros R.M.B., and HassamAbdalla, 2003.

WP 570 I4315 2008 [CW]

Infertility and Assisted Reproduction/ Rizk, BotrosR.M.B., et al, eds. 2008.

WP 570 I438 2004 [CW]The Infertility Manual/ Rao, Kamini A., ed; Peter R.

Brinsden, A. Henry Sathananthan, co-eds., 2004

WP 320 R627o 2006 [CW]

Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome : Epidemiology,Pathophysiology, Prevention and Management/ Rizk,

Botros R.M.B., 2006

WQ OBSTETRICS

WQ 18.2 C337 2007 [B]

Case Files. Pediatrics/ Toy, Eugene C. et al., 2007.

WQ 208 I617 2005 [CW]Intrauterine Insemination/ Allahbadia, GautamNandkishore, ed.; 2005.

WQ 100 W7283 2005 [MC-Ref]

Williams Obstetrics/ Cunningham, F. Gary et al.,2005.

Not finding what you need?

Contact your

Liaison LibrarianRobert BrittonLibrary Liaison -College of

Medicine Radiology, Biochemistry, andMolecular Biology;College of Allied Health

Biomedical Sciences.Judy Burnham Library Liaison - College ofAllied Health Professions: Cardiorespiratory

Care, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, OT, PAStudies, PT, Radiologic Sci, Speech Pathology, &

Audiology.Clista ClantonLibrary Liaison - College of

Medicine Family Practice, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics.Trey Lemley Library Liaison - College of

Medicine Microbiology, Comparative Medicine,Pharmacology.Jie LiLibrary Liaison - College of Medicine

Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Neurosurgery,Orthopaedic Surgery, Mitchell Cancer Institute.

Justin Robertson Library Liaison -College ofNursing.

Beverly RossiniLibrary Liaison - College ofMedicine Pathology, Physiology and Psychiatry.Geneva StaggsLibrary Liaison - College of

Medicine Internal Medicine (Cardiology,Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics,

Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases,Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine, Rheumatol-

ogy, Primary) and Medical Education.Andrea Wright Library Liaison College ofMedicine Cell Biology & Neuroscience,

Neurology, Medical Genetics.

WR DERMATOLOGY

WR 100 D4383 2008 [MC-Ref]

Fitzpatricks Dermatology in General Medicine/Wolff, Klaus et al., 2008.

WS PEDIATRICS

WS 18.2 C337 2007 [B]

Case Files. Obstetrics and Gynecology/ Toy, EugeneC. et al., 2007.

WS 100 N432 2007 [MC-Ref]

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics/ Kliegman, Robert

M. ed., et al., 2007.

WW OPHTHALMOLOGY

WW 100 V364 2008 [MC-Ref]

Vaughan & Asburys General Ophthalmology/Riordan-Eva, Paul, John P. Whitcher eds., 2008.

WX HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH

FACILITIES

WX 218 M3395i 2007[MC-Ref]The ICU Book / Marino, Paul L., 2007.


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Charitable bequests offer a way to providesupport to the University of South Alabamain a way that might not otherwise be

possible for many donors. Often consideredthe ultimate gift, a charitable bequest is the

last way to honor family, friends, an almamater, and others who played a part in your

life. It is also one of the easiest ways toremember the Biomedical Library.A charitable bequest enables you to

control your assets during your lifetimewhile allowing you to make a gift to USA at

your death. You will be entitled to an estatetax deduction for the fair market value of

the assets bequeathed to USA. To ensurecompliance with your wishes, help obtainmatching funds and receive important

recognition, it is important to documentyour estate commitment with the Develop-

ment Office at the University of South

Alabama. You can do this by filling out abequest society form or sending us a copy oyour will.

Here is a sample wording of a bequest for

the University of South Alabama:

I give and devise to the Univer-

sity of South Alabama, located inMobile, Alabama, my entireresiduary estate (or ____ percentof my residuary estate, or ______

dollars, or a specific item) for the

Biomedical Library.

A bequest gift of $20,000 or more may bedesignated to create an endowment fund in

memory of a loved one or in your ownname. The annual spendable income fromthe endowed fund, as defined by University

of South Alabama policy, provides perpetuarecognition for the person(s). The annual

spendable income can be used to fundpurchases of Biomedical Library resources

and/or scholarships, to fund research, or inany other way you choose.

Charitable bequests can be made withcash, securities, real estate or other property.

Remember, a charitable bequest is your lastopportunity to do something meaningful

for an institution that did so much for youand your family. Please contact TravisGrantham at (251)461-1775 or e-mail

[email protected] to learn moreabout this and other types of estate gifts.

Have you ever stopped to think about how all of the resources found in the USABiomedical Library came to exist? Sure, some of the computers, periodicals andfurniture were funded by the University out of necessity, but it is private gift supportthat truly makes a difference.

Perhaps you are an alumnus/a who spent countless hours in the library crammingfor mid-terms, attending a group study session or preparing for your boards, ormaybe you are a parent of a current student who wants your child to have access tothe latest technology. Whatever your position may be, by making a contribution to

the Biomedical Library, you will enable the University to invest in the latest technol-ogy for its computer labs, purchase special collection books or add additional studyrooms to meet the growing needs of our students for generations to come.A charitable gift may be made in the form of cash or securities, life insurance,

gifts of real or personal property, retirement plans or through a will or living trust.

For more information on how to make a gift to the USA Biomedical Library,contact the Office of Medical Development at (251) 460-7032 or Kelly McCarronat (251) 460-7276 or [email protected].

The Ultimate Gift - Kelly McCarron,Office of Medical Development

Often considered

the ultimate gift, a

charitable bequest

is the last way tohonor family,

friends, an alma

mater, and others

who played a part

in your life.

How can I make a gift?

New Second Floor Study/Conference Room Open

The study/conference room on the second floor has been completed.

This space can be used for individual study, large group study or as a confer-ence room for meetings. A flat screen is available for projection and the room

will soon have the capability of

video conferencing.Furnished with modular tablesand comfortable, easy to movechairs the room adapts for multipleuses. The tables and chairs can

easily be configured for conferenceor for classroom use. Call theCirculation Desk at 460-7043 toschedule the room.


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Hired at the University Library as a Library Assistant IIIin 1993and later transferred to the Biomedical Library where sheworked her way up to Supervisor, Belinda G. DiSario, Library

Supervisor at Childrens & Womens Library was recognizedfor 15 years of service as of Feb 1, 2008. She has been at theChildrens & Womens Hospital Library since March, 2005.

I cant pinpoint any one favorite job, other than just the wayyou feel when you know you have helped someone learn something new. Other-wise why work in a library? says Belinda. Knowing she can make a difference andseeing that look on patrons faces when they better understand how to use a newdatabase or when they find information they didnt know before is still somethingthat makes her job at the Biomedical Library worthwhile on a daily basis.

Bonita (Bonnie) Seibert,Secretary V, at the University

of South Alabama Baugh Biomedical Library was recog-nized for twenty years of service to the University. Hiredas a Secretary IV, she was promoted to Secretary Vin 2003.Dedicated to making the faculty and staff reimbursementseasier for them, Bonnie has found travel reimbursement tobe a difficult but constant part of her job. She says,When it comes to their money, its important to avoid a

delay in reimbursements. It is a great challenge! Bonniebrings her personal values to work each day: God hadgiven me a job to perform and I aimed to please Him in allthings! I lov all my colleagues and friends at the Univer-

sity. Helping each other makes all our jobs much easier.Evelyn Reed, Supervisorfor Document Delivery Department in Interlibrary

Loan Department, was recognized for more than 30 years of service to the Univer-sity of South Alabama libraries. Through the years Evelyn has worked with manyaspects of library work: Government Documents, Cataloging, Circulation, and

finally in Document Delivery. When working in theCirculation Department, Evelyn often had the chanceto meet and greet the people she had talked to on thephone about their different requests. Now, in Interli-brary Loan, she continues to provide excellent informa-tion services to the faculty, staff and students, and topeople in the community. Talking to them to clarifytheir information needs, Evelyn says the most enjoy-

able part of her job is hearing them say how muchthey appreciate our help. After thirty years Evelyn stillfinds a challenge in searching library catalogs all overthe world to look up interesting requests. WhenPresident Moulton shook her hand this past September

and told her he appreciated her dedication and service, he was speaking for many Evelyns reach has been far and wide as a valued library employee over the years.

News

Library Staff Recognizedfor their years of service at USA Employee Service

Recognition program on September 16th.

Belinda G. DeSario

Evelyn Reed

Bonnie Seibert

Biomedical Library librarians accompa-nied Library Director and Southern

Chapter/MLA ChairpersonJudyBurnham to Birmingham, Alabama forthe Annual Meeting this past October.

Several BL librarians presented:OutreachLibrarian Beverly Rossini presented a

paper Take Charge! InformationResources for Consumer Health Educa-

tion and a poster with Assistant Directorfor Hospital Services Geneva Staggs,Health Information Literacy Project

detailing their participation as a pilot sitewith the MLAs Health Information

Literacy Project.Technology and Information Services

LibrarianAndrea Wright presented aposter Using Google Analytics to Build a

Better Library Website which she co-authored with USA Biomedical LibrarysAssistant Director for Public Services

Justin Robertson.

SC/MLA Chair, USA Biomedical

Library Director and Department ofPhysical Therapy Liaison Judy

Burnham presented a poster Mappingthe Core Journals of Physical Therapy

Literature which she co-authored withDennis W. Fell MD PT, Chair, Depart-ment of Physical Therapy, University of

South Alabama and PT students at the

University of South Alabama.The University of South Alabama

Biomedical Library will host theNational Library of Medicine traveling

exhibit Frankenstein: Penetrating theSecrets of Naturefrom April 27, 2009until June 21, 2009. A thought-

provoking exhibit that explores some ofthe fundamental questions of all time,

the Library hopes to use the exhibit asan opportunity to recognize some social,

ethical, and philosophical concerns raisedby such scientific endeavors as cloning,xenografting, the Human Genome

Project, and other new developments inbiomedicine. Please watch for further

details about this exhibit as theydevelop, or call the Library at 460-6893

for more information.


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BIOFEEDBACKC.M.BaughBiomedicalLibraryUniversityofSouthAlabama307UniversityBlvdNorth.

Mobile,AL36688-0002

SOUTHmed Update

BeverlyRossini, Outreach/Information ResourcesLibrarian

(251) [email protected]


A recent report by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), titled No Brief Candle:Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century, is a series of thoughtful essays each echoing thetheme that a great transformation is under way in the world of libraries. The report speculates about thefuture of the physical aspects of the library (Will the library of the future be a building or a vast network ofshared information?), its collections (Will collections be catalogued? Will a librarys collection be accessible

to the public?), its funding (Where will support for local libraries come from?) and its gatekeepers and guides(What new skills, responsibilities, and resources define the librarians competencies?).One essay in particular, Leveraging Digital Technologies in Service to Culture and Society: The Role of Libraries as

Collaborators by Lee L. Zia struck a chord regarding the services we aim to provide to our SOUTHMed members. Ziasays that chief among the libraries challenges are evaluating the impact of increased access to resources and data thatdigital libraries make possible, and assessing the value of such activities to develop an increased understanding andsatisfaction of end-user needs.

In other words, what are we doing right for our SOUTHMed members? That is our challenge. A survey included withyour contract renewals last fall will help us in our assessment. Please take the time to complete and return the survey andprovide us with your valuable feedback.

In medicine, if access to information isnt easy, reliable, and quick, people cant or wont use it. We want you to use our

services. Access to information is where librarians excel. One of the librarians most essential roles lies in the commitmentto providing credible information: that commitment is the heart of our SOUTHMed mission.