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newsletter
 Bi feedback
http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library OR http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/
Issue #75 Spring 2009
Director’s 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 
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Findability,”a term credited to authorPeter Morville, is the goal of our new webpage design. It is ready to roll out and weseek your input on the new design. Youcan access the web page at
http:www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu
.
It contains separate portals for each of the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health Professions along with aHospital portal and a General Public portal.For each separate user group we have triedto gather resources important toeach unique user; however, if wemissed an important resource foryour discipline, please let us know. We will be using various methodsto determine the web page’susefulness and “findability” forour user groups. Call yourDepartment’s 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 threelocations;• our
Clinical Librarian
program now includes both
Pediatrics
and
Internal Medicine
;•
new resources
, both electronic books and journals have been added to the collection;• using 
Google 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 Library’s new web page contains separate  portals for each of the colleges. Each portal directs the user toresources important for his specialization.
 
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PHONE NUMBERS AdministrationDirector:
Judy Burnham............(251) 460-6886jburnham@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Secretary:
Bonnie Seibert............(251) 460-6885
Collection Management:
Jie Li....(251) 460-6890jli@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Hospital Services:
Geneva Staggs(251) 471-7855gstaggs@bbl.usouthal.edu
Public Services
:..........................(251) 460-7044 Justin Robertson..........................(251) 460-7045jroberts@bbl.usouthal.edu
Libraries:
Campus (Baugh)..........................(251) 460-7043C&W.............................................(251) 415-8586UMC.............................................(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, 2009Charles M. Baugh Library
(Campus)Monday-Thursday7:15 am - 11:45 pmFriday7:15 am - 5:45 pmSaturday7:15 am - 5:45 pmSunday1:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Medical Center Site
(staffed hours)Monday-Thursday8:00 am - 6:00 pmFriday8:00 am - 5:00 pmSaturday9:00 am - 5:00 pmSundayNot staffed
Children’s and Women’s Site
Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pmSaturday & SundayClosed
Holiday and Extended Hour
s The libraries will observe holidays for Martin LutherKing Holiday (1/19), Mardi Gras (2/24), EasterSunday (4/12), Memorial Day (5/25). Library willhave 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:
medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu
Website:
southmed.usouthal.edu/library
New Website:
http://www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/ 
USA Biomedical Library 
Biofeedback 
Spring 2009
USA Biomedical Library’snew web page is live!
Access it in beta at
http:// biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/ 
- Andrea Wright
In order to make the new siteeasier for our users to navigate, wehave set up
 portals
for the threecolleges, 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. Allissues 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 webpage
(http://southmed.usouthal.edu/ library/index.html)
until the summerat which time we will switch thelibrary’s only web page to the new one with a re-direct from the oldURL. The web page, is of course, aconstant 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 PublicServices, did the re-design.
Common copy (Trac) cards are now in operation. Recent changes to the Trac Card System benefit all users: Trac Cards (or copy cards, as some call them) will now work inUniversity and Biomedical Libraries and the BaldwinCounty campus locationsregardless of where the card is purchased. All print stationswill accept one common card.
Other IMPORTANT User News: 
 
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USA Biomedical Library 
Biofeedback 
Spring 2009
 The University of South AlabamaBiomedical Library’s 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 whatis 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 new 
Health Information ResourceCenter
has been shaped into a ‘just intime’ 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 onlineresources, additional computer workstations were added and wirelessantennas installed in the new space. A new emphasis for this library site isconsumer health information. Almost assoon as planning started on the renova-tion and move, hospital administrationasked that a consumer/patient informa-tion service be added. To gear up for thischange, the library applied for and wasaccepted to be one of only nine sites inthe United States and Canada to helpdevelop and test a new health informationliteracy curriculumfocused on increasing health care provider andpatient use of consumerhealth resources, and onpromoting the role of librarians as key providersof health informationliteracy resources and
USA Biomedical Library’s
Now called the
HealthInformation Resource Center,
the new UMC library is on thethird floor in the UniversityMedical Center hospital.
services. The University of South AlabamaBiomedical Library also hosted agraduate student internship from theUniversity of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies todevelop what has become a consumerhealth information kiosk located in theHealth Information Resource Center.
Left: Library Supervisor Nancy Pugh shows UMC Supply Processing/Distribution employee Romerius Sewell some of the new library’s features.Left: The collection housed in the new library will also include consumer health information. Above: Online resources can be accessed via wireless 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 announcementsabout the upcoming OpenHouse scheduled for the new Health InformationResource Center.
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