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The Briscoe Library Information Commons is the location of a
photographic exhibit on health care in the aftermath of the January 2010 Email:
earthquake in Haiti. The exhibit will be on display in the library through Askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu
May 27. For more information, see the story on page 9.
UT Health Science Center
In the news this month: Library Downtown
One Community/One Book 2010: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Page 2 (210) 358-3939
Lacks
Libraries to retire ERes course reserves system Page 3
Jesse H. Jones
Time limit to be enforced on Briscoe Library guest computers Page 3
Comprehensive Research
Working in the library? Be sure to save your files in a secure location Page 4
Library
Librarians introduce promotores to environmental health resources Page 5
Libraries receive two Express Outreach awards from NLM Page 5 (210) 562-5098
Library classes for May Page 6
Award supports study of evidence-based instruction Page 7 Harlingen
Eric Willman to receive MSIS from University of North Texas Page 7 Ramirez Library
Ramirez Library hosts workshop at Valley Baptist Medical Center Page 8
(956) 365-8850
Linda Levy is inducted into Academy of Master Teachers Page 8
Briscoe Library exhibit focuses on Haiti earthquake relief effort Page 9
Jenny Kalmin leaves the Briscoe Library for a new life in Georgia Page 9 Laredo
Opposing Viewpoints book showcases contemporary perspectives on Page 9 Laredo Campus Extension
access to health care Library
Harry Potter’s World in the Briscoe Library: Save these dates Page 10
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Briscoe Library visitors step up for Library Snapshot Day Page 11
Looking for a good summer read? The One Community/One Book selection for
2010 is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The UT Health Science Center Libraries are pleased to announce that The Immortal Life of Henrietta
Lacks by Rebecca Skloot is the One Community/One Book selection for 2010. One Community/One Book
2010 is planned to coincide with the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics’ 2010 Frank Bryant, Jr., M.D.
Memorial Lecture. Rebecca Skloot will be the featured speaker at that event.
The Libraries will host or support a series of discussion opportunities in September and early October, leading
up to the Bryant Lecture, which will take place on October 15, 2010.
In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot provides detailed portraits of the people who played
a role in, or whose lives were impacted by, the discovery of HeLa cells: Henrietta Lacks, her physicians,
medical research teams, and her children. Skloot explores ethical issues that emerge from the interplay of
race and poverty in one of the most important science stories of the 20th century.
This is the third One Community/One Book project on the UT Health Science Center campuses; previous
books were Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the
World by Tracy Kidder (2008) and Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality (2009), by Pauline W.
Chen, M.D.
Copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks are 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 300 S628i 2010. Also, beginning in May, the UT Health Science Center Bookstore will have copies of the
book, which can be purchased at a 25% discount off the list price.
Susan Hunnicutt
Special Projects Librarian
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May 2010
News from The Libraries
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/
Due to increasing reliance within the UT Health Science Center on Blackboard and
SharePoint systems, The Libraries will retire the ERes system (http://
eres.library.uthscsa.edu/) used for electronic course reserves at the end of December
2010. Over the years, the ERes system has hosted materials for as many as 298 courses
for the Health Science Center. In recent years, most instructors have migrated to the
Blackboard system because of the greater flexibility it offers. Retiring the ERes system is expected to reduce
confusion students have about where to find course materials when instructors are using both systems.
Starting in 2011, only printed materials and books will be accepted for course reserves.
Instructors who have hosted materials within ERes over the past several semesters will be contacted and will
have the opportunity to download and save their course materials. The Libraries remain committed to
maintaining the print reserve materials hosted at each library.
If you need assistance with your ERes account, please contact the Briscoe Library Information Desk at (210)
567-2450 or email askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu. To get started using Blackboard for your course, call
Blackboard Support at (210) 567-7777 option #4.
Katie Prentice
Head of Education and Information Services
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May 2010
News from The Libraries
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/
Linda and Paula introduced several environmental health and toxicology resources produced by the
Specialized Information Services (SIS) division of the National Library of Medicine (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/
enviro.html) and focused on resources that are most useful to the public. Resources represented in the
presentation included MedlinePlus, LactMed, Household Products, the Drug Information Portal, and the
Dietary Supplements Labels database, as well as the educational tools ToxTown and Tox Mystery.
The first project, Information Technology Support for Mercy Ministries of Laredo Promotores, represents a
partnership between the UT Health Science Center Libraries and Mercy Ministries of Laredo. The project will
provide laptop computers and other technology, as well as training, for promotores who participate in Mercy
Ministries’ cancer and diabetes outreach programs. UT Health Science Center library staff members will train
the promotores to use the technologies and MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en Español.
The second funded project, MedlinePlus Videos for Patient Education, focuses on the use of the videos in
MedlinePlus for patient education at University Health Center-Downtown, a large, publicly funded
community clinic that is part of San Antonio’s University Health System. This project will provide computers
and training for staff members in two programs: 1) CareLink, which provides financial assistance to low
income clinic patients and 2) a medicine department which provides direct clinical care. Both programs seek
to improve patient education and provide prevention information to the patients they serve.
Linda Levy, Assistant Library Director for Branch Libraries and Database Services, is the director of these
projects. Both projects are funded from April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011.
These projects have been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 with the Houston Academy of Medicine-
Texas Medical Center Library.
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May 2010
News from The Libraries
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/
If you would like to request a special class or orientation for your department or
group at other days/times, please contact us! Why Twitter? Monday,
May 12, noon to 1 p.m.
To register for a class or to read class descriptions, visit Howe Conference Room
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: Tuesday, May 11, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., LIB
2.011
• Technology Brownbag: Why Twitter?: Wednesday, May 12, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., Howe Conference
Room
• Introduction to PubMed: Wednesday, May 12, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., LIB 2.011
• Introduction to EndNote: Thursday, May 13, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., LIB 2.011
• Introduction to RefWorks: Wednesday, May 19, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., LIB 2.011
• Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: Thursday, May 20, 2:00
p.m. - 3:30 p.m., LIB 2.011
News from the UT Health Science Center Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu
Libraries is published at the beginning of each Kelley Minars, Web Editor: minars@uthscsa.edu
month to highlight the programs, services and
Eric Willman, Copy Editor
resources offered by The Libraries.
Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries: Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,
tobia@uthscsa.edu Photographers
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News from The Libraries May 2010
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News from The Libraries May 2010
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Dr. Ruth Berggren, Director of the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics, and Dr. Tyler Curiel, Professor of
Medicine, traveled to the Dominican Republic with Remote Area Medical, a non-profit volunteer airborne
relief organization. They provided medical services at Hospital Buen Samaritano in Jimaní, Dominican
Republic, close to the Haitian border.
Photographs were taken by Dr. Berggren, Dr. Curiel, and Cesar Ricci, MS-4. The exhibit will be on display in
the library through May 27.
Jenny Kalmin leaves the Briscoe Library for a new life in Georgia
The Libraries wish a fond farewell to Jenny Kalmin, who left her position at
the Briscoe Library at the end of April.
Universal Health Care is available in the Briscoe Library at call number W 84 U587 2010
on the 5th floor.
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May 2010
News from The Libraries
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The study of Renaissance science and medicine adds a fascinating dimension to the
Harry Potter stories for both children and adults. For example, alchemist Nicolas
Flamel, who is fictionally featured in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was a real 15th-century scholar whose
experiments with metals influenced the development of modern chemistry.
A series of programs is being planned in conjunction with the exhibit, which will be in the Briscoe Library from
October 11 to November 6, 2010. Please add these dates to your calendar. Details will be provided closer to the
events. For more information contact Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, Hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu.
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On April 26 visitors to the Briscoe Library were invited to have their photos taken by the portrait of Governor
Dolph Briscoe near the main entrance to the library. Briscoe, who was Governor of Texas from 1973 to 1979, has
been a strong supporter of public and higher education in his career as well as in his private life.
During Library Snapshot Day, libraries around Texas counted various use measures to demonstrate the value
libraries provide to Texas communities. Library Snapshot Day is a project of the Texas Library Association and
the Texas Library and Archives Commission.