July 2010

Rajia Tobia,
Executive Director
of Libraries
(210) 567-2413
tobia@uthscsa.edu

San Antonio
Administration
(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library
Circulation Desk
(210) 567-2440

Information Desk
(210) 567-2450
askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown
(210) 358-3939

Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive

Research Library
(210) 562-5098 This drawing, Chaparral Cock With Lizard, is found in Dr. Rudolph Menger’s Texas
Nature Observations and Reminiscences (1913). The book, from the collection of the
P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library, is being digitized for inclusion in The
Harlingen University of North Texas’ Portal to Texas History. Find the story on page 8.
Ramirez Library
(956) 365-8850
In the news this month:
The Libraries remember Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Page 2
Laredo Support The Libraries with a gift Page 3
Data visualization for expression and genetic analysis: Workshop Page 4
Laredo Regional Campus
Briscoe Library book give-away- July 14th Page 4
Library
Using My Bibliography to ensure NIH Public Access Compliance Page 5
(956) 523-7404 Rajia Tobia renews AHIP credentials Page 5
Library classes for July and August Page 6
HHS introduces its National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy Page 7
P.I. Nixon collection will contribute to The Portal to Texas History Page 8
Ligia Gomez is completing an AHEC internship in the Briscoe Library Page 9
Med-Ed students visit the Ramirez Library Page 9
What we’re reading this summer Page 10
Lead or host a discussion group: One Community/One Book 2010 Page 11
Giving to The Libraries: Contribution form Page 12
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The Libraries remember Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr.

On June 27, 2010 members of the library staff were saddened
to learn of the death of former Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr.
The UT Health Science Center library located on the Long
Campus is named after Governor Briscoe.

On November 14, 1985 a ceremony was held to dedicate the

library, which was completed in 1983 after many years of
planning. Governor Briscoe was present at the event, along
with John P. Howe, III, former president of the UT Health
Science Center; Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director, National
Library of Medicine; and Jess Hay, Chairman, The University
of Texas System Board of Regents.

An excerpt from the dedication program speaks to Governor

Briscoe‟s commitment to education:

The library building at The University of Texas Health

Science Center at San Antonio is named to honor former
Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Mr. Briscoe, Uvalde rancher,
served as governor during 1973-79. During his
administration, the appropriation of funds for public and
higher education increased. Since leaving office, Governor
Briscoe has been active in support of community service
programs. Prints and Photographs Collection, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission, #1976/46-9.

In announcing the dedication, the former Regents’ Chairman

Jon Newton said, “No resource of any campus, whether it be
academic or health-related, is of more importance than the
library. At the health science center in San Antonio, the
library serves medical, dental, nursing, allied health and
graduate students in the medical sciences. It stands as a
symbol of excellence in their continued quest for knowledge.”

What better honor than to dedicate a library of national

distinction to an individual who has been so supportive of
higher education.

From: Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Library: Celebrating 20 Years of

Service and Development, November 14, 1985.

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Support The Libraries with a gift

A gift to the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries is an
investment in discovery …
the discovery students make every day when they come to the
library to study with their peers,
the discovery our researchers make when they read one of the
library‟s electronic journals in their office or lab,
the discovery clinicians make when they seek to find evidence
for treatment by using one of the library‟s databases,
and the discovery we all make when we learn how to lead
healthy lifestyles by searching resources selected by expert
librarians.
Help us to make discoveries through the library possible by contributing to
the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries.

Your contribution will be used to support the library‟s print and electronic
book and journal collections, or a gift can be designated for a particular
purpose.

A contribution form is located on page 12. To make a contribution, print the

form and return it with your check to the address noted on the form. All
contributions are greatly appreciated.

Rajia Tobia
Executive Director of Libraries

A Day in the life of the Briscoe Library: Information Commons

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Hands-On Workshop from the Office of

the Vice President for Research
The Power of Data Visualization for
Expression and Genetic Analysis
Wednesday & Thursday, July 7 & 8
UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
Briscoe Library, Room LIB 2.011

The Office of the Vice President for Research is hosting two mornings of hands-on discovery focused on
analysis of gene expression and genetic markers. Application Scientist Jordan Hiller of SAS will be the
instructor for both sessions. He will also be available for individual appointments in the afternoons to address
specific questions about the analysis of genomic data.
Gene expression, July 7, 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.: JMP Genomics 4.1 incorporates many tools valuable in
gene expression analysis. Jordan Hiller will discuss capabilities for principal components analysis,
hierarchical clustering, alternative splicing analysis for exon arrays and more. He also will provide a walk-
through of the Basic Expression Workflow in JMP Genomics that provides a simplified path through standard
quality control and statistical analysis of data sets.
Genetic marker analysis, July 8, 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Explore the unsurpassed breadth and depth of
analytics for genetics data, as well as new genome visualization and predictive modeling. Jordan Hiller will
show features for quality control, Q-K mixed models association analysis, and more. He also will demonstrate
the Basic Genetics Workflow, which incorporates flexible filtering and analysis in a single, easy-to-use dialog.
Both workshops are offered free of charge.
Explore the agendas and register today.
For more information, contact Mike Wilson, Ph.D., Director of Institutional Research Core Facilities:
wilsonma@uthscsa.edu

Briscoe Library book give-away on July 14th

The Briscoe Library will have a book give-away on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, starting
at 8 a.m. at the main entrance to the library. Books to be included in the giveaway are
old editions withdrawn from the library's collection or donations given to the library
but not needed for the collection.
All books are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For information contact
Andrea N. Schorr, Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian, at 567-2400 or email at
schorr@uthscsa.edu.

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Using My Bibliography to ensure NIH public access compliance

The National Institutes of Health‟s Public Access Policy requires all investigators funded by
the NIH to submit an electronic copy of their final research manuscripts upon acceptance for
publication no later than 12 months after publication to the National Library of Medicine‟s
PubMed Central. As of July 1, 2010, investigators are required to manage NIH Public Access
Policy compliance using a new feature within My Bibliography (a part of MyNCBI). My
Bibliography can be used to create lists of publications and add citations directly from
PubMed or manually. Within My Bibliography, the Awards View eRA Commons feature
allows the user to identify if their publications are compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy, start the
submission process for manuscripts, associate their NIH funding with their publications, and designate
delegates to manage their bibliography via My NCBI.
Brief step-by-step instructions on using My Bibliography can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/
disted/pubmedtutorial/030_265.html and an online tutorial on this new feature is available at https://
webmeeting.nih.gov/p99612940/. Additional information on using NLM/NCBI products is available at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html#mla.
*The above information is adapted from information provided on the NLM Technical Bulletin and the
National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy Web sites, located at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf10/jf10_myncbi_redesign.html
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/
Institutional support for compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy is provided by the UT Health Science
Center‟s Office of Sponsored Programs at (210) 567-2340.
Paula Maez
National Library of Medicine Second Year Fellow

Rajia Tobia renews credentials in the American Academy of Health

Information Professionals
Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries, recently renewed her credentials as a Distinguished Member of
the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). AHIP is the Medical Library Association's peer-
reviewed professional development and career recognition program. The academy recognizes the personal
investment of time and effort required for exemplary professional performance and for contributions to the
association and to the profession of health sciences librarianship.
Other UT Health Science Center librarians who are members of AHIP are: Keith Cogdill, Director of South
Texas Regional Information Services; Anne Comeaux, Assistant Library Director for Digital and Special
Collections; Jonquil Feldman, Director for Briscoe Library Services; and Linda Levy, Assistant Library
Director for Branch Library Services.

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Library classes for July and August

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
AskaLibrarian@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!
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

Introduction to PubMed: Friday, July 16, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., LIB 2.011
Introduction to RefWorks: Wednesday, July 21, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., LIB 2.011
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
Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: Thursday, August
19, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., LIB 2.011
Library Basics: Thursday, August 26, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., LIB 2.011
Introduction to RefWorks: Thursday, August 26, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., LIB 2.011
Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services

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
Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors
resources offered by The Libraries.
Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:
tobia@uthscsa.edu Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,
Photographers

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Health and Human Services introduces a new National Action Plan

to Improve Health Literacy
On May 27 the US Department of Health and Human Services released its
National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy. The plan includes seven
goals that rely on the participation of health professionals, payers, the media
and government agencies.
With the release of the plan, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius placed the issue
of health literacy in the context of health reform: “Health literacy is needed to
make health reform a reality. Without health information that makes sense to
them, people can‟t access cost effective, safe, and high quality health services.”
The National Action Plan is available at http://www.health.gov/communication/HLActionPlan. A recent
interview with the National Action Plan’s lead author, Cynthia Baur, is available as a podcast at http://
tinyurl.com/2836wkt.
Keith Cogdill
Director of South Texas Regional Information Services

Seven goals to improve health literacy:

1. Develop and disseminate health and safety information that is accurate, accessible,
and actionable
2. Promote changes in the health care system that improve health information,
communication, informed decision making, and access to health services
3. Incorporate accurate, standards-based, and developmentally appropriate health and
science information and curricula in child care and education through the university
level
4. Support and expand local efforts to provide adult education, English language
instruction, and culturally and linguistically appropriate health information services
in the community
5. Build partnerships, develop guidance, and change policies
6. Increase basic research and the development, implementation, and evaluation of
practices and interventions to improve health literacy
7. Increase the dissemination and use of evidence-based health literacy practices
and interventions
http://www.health.gov/communication/HLActionPlan/

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Books from the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library will be

digitized for inclusion in The Portal to Texas History
The Libraries have received a “Rescuing Texas History” mini-
project grant to pay for the digitization of thirteen historical
books from the P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library collection.
The books will be digitized by the University of North Texas
Libraries‟ Digital Project Unit and included in The Portal to Texas History.

The Portal to Texas History is an Internet gateway to Texas history materials created and maintained by the
University of North Texas Libraries. The portal features unique collections of materials dating from
prehistory to the present day, from Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, genealogical
societies, and private family collections, including images, text, sound and video recordings and are made
publicly available by the collection-holding partners for use in research, teaching, and private study. The
books sent to the Portal from the Nixon collection focus on Texas history, climate, and culture. They include:

The Climate of Texas, published in 1894 by Isaac Monroe Cline. This book describes the effects of
climate and weather changes in causing diseases and deaths.
Queer Quaint Old San Antonio: Its Climate in Throat and Lung Diseases, published in 1895 by C. E.
Fisher
San Antonio de Bexar: a Guide and History, written in 1890 by William Corner
Texas Surgeon, an Autobiography, by D. T. Atkinson, a surgeon born in 1874 who practiced in rural
Texas and the Oklahoma Indian country before moving to Dallas and San Antonio. Published in 1958.
A Frontier Doctor, by H. F. Hoyt, published in 1929 and describing the experiences and adventures of
his pioneering days. Hoyt was the first physician to practice medicine in the Texas Panhandle.
Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, Dr. Rudolph Menger‟s observations and
reminiscences on Texas insect and animal life, published in 1913. Contains numerous photo-
micrographs taken by the author.
The Menace: An Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country
Doctor, a concise history written by Charles Dixon in 1914 of the work involved in ridding Bexar
county of quacks and nostrum exploiters.
Notes on the Newer Remedies, 2nd ed., a book by David Cerna, written in 1894 on the therapeutic
applications of various remedies
An account of the early history of surgery in Texas, Presidential address presented by A. Singleton to
the Texas Surgical Society in October 1932
A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine, written by J. Cam Massie in 1854 to
describe the treatment of diseases as specially adapted to the peculiar manner in which diseases
manifested themselves in Texas
Anne Comeaux
Assistant Library Director for Special Collections

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Briscoe Library/AHEC internship:

An opportunity to explore health sciences librarianship
The Libraries welcome Ligia Gomez as the AHEC/Library Summer Intern for 2010.
Ligia is an undergraduate student at UTSA, completing a degree in technical
communication. She has worked as an outreach coordinator for Habitat for
Humanity, and as a resident supervisor at the Guadalupe Home/Catholic Charities.
Ligia‟s internship is sponsored by the South Central Area Health Education Center.
This is the third year of the AHEC/Library Summer Intern program, which is aimed
at undergraduate students considering a career in health sciences librarianship. Ligia
will focus on health information outreach activities, including health fairs at local
schools and Operation Lone Star in Laredo. She will also develop health education
videos for patients with diabetes. The internship will also provide the opportunity to
gain experience with library operations.
Keith Cogdill
Director of South Texas Regional Information Services

Med-Ed students visit the Ramirez Library

60 Med-Ed students
spent the day at the
Regional Academic
Health Center on June
15th. Six students were
awarded Honorary
Medical Librarian
certificates for their
outstanding
performance in a
health resources
scavenger hunt held at
the Ramirez Library.

In this photo: Monica

Tovar (staff), Juan
Alarcon, Kathy Carter
(staff), Alyssa Torres,
Valentin Moreno,
Samantha Hooper,
Kelly Lee, and Jo Mario
Rivera.

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What we’re reading this summer

Andrea Schorr, Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian,
recommends In Their Own Words: 12,000 Physicians
Reveal Their Thoughts on Medical Practice in America, by
Phillip Miller with Louis J. Goodman, and Timothy B. Norbeck.
This book is available in the Briscoe Library at call number W 21
M649i 2010.

Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services,

enjoyed How Lincoln Learned to Read: This book compiles the
stories of 12 individuals from American history and the educations that
shaped their futures. Wolff begins with Benjamin Franklin, moves
chronologically through the years to Abigail Adams and Sojourner Truth,
and takes us all the way to Elvis Presley. Each profile draws on the
character‟s own writing, including letters and diaries, to closely examine
what a “good” education might include. The key to all 12 individuals is
that they managed to learn (both formally and informally) what they
needed to know to get ahead in life. This brief history of American
education is relevant to everyone involved in education.

Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, is

reading The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to
Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr: A master of attention-
getting titles (he was the author of a 2008 Atlantic article that
opened with the provocative question, „Is Google Making Us
Stupid?) Nicholas Carr is wide-ranging, generous with
examples, and nimble in his thinking about how and why the
digitally-nurtured mind is different from „the linear, literary
mind‟ that has ruled the world for most of the past 500 years.
He draws on neurobiology, linguistics, and history to show
how digital writing is reshaping the habits of the minds that
use it.
Another book to consider while trying to make peace with
your gadgets: Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical
Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital
Age, by William Powers.

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Needed: Leaders and hosts for book discussion groups

Sign up for training and receive a free book from Humanities Texas
Have you ever wanted to lead or host a book discussion
group, but felt you could benefit from training in how to
plan a successful event?
To promote reading of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, this
year‟s One Community/One Book selection, The Libraries and the
Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching will host two
workshops for prospective discussion group leaders and hosts.
Through a grant from Humanities Texas, we are able to provide
workshop registrants with copies of the book. Books will be
distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Online registration for the workshops is available at http://
www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classSchedule.cfm.
Once registration is complete, we will contact you with information
on where to pick up your book. Questions? Contact Susan
Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, at hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu.

Facilitator and Host Training for One

Community/One Book 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010, 12:00 p.m., to 1:30 p.m.,

Collaboratory, Briscoe Library

Saturday, August 21, 2010, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

Collaboratory, Briscoe Library
Online registration is available at http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

Partners in conversation... This project is made possible in part through a

grant from Humanities Texas, the state
The Libraries are pleased to announce that the libraries of the affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Southwest Research Institute and the Southwest Foundation for Humanities.
Biomedical Research have both become partners in this year‟s One
Community/One Book program. Librarians from Southwest
Research Institute has already scheduled a book discussion at The
Twig bookstore on Saturday, September 25, at 1:00 p.m.
For information about this and other book discussion events as
they are scheduled, visit:
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/events/onebook2010events.cfm.

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