TOPIC TRACKS
Rowland Profile: Michelle M. Malizia
RoMeO's Web
Recommendations for new books and journals requested
Reserve items now for fall term
National Library Week launches used book sale
F R E I D A now on the Web
FOCUS on FRIENDS
Celebrate "National Medical Librarian's Month"
NEW JOURNALS
FAQs on File
"Quick and easy" access to library sources provided by new service tool:
TOPIC TRACKS
Do you need information for a speech you're to give next week? Have you been assigned a topic for next month's grand rounds? Have you walked into the library to locate information and been overwhelmed with the large collection size, the many computer databases, the various microform sources? Where do you start; what is available?
Rowland Medical Library can help with the expanding electronic technology available to the user. The library's web page has provided the vehicle to meet the users' growing need for knowledge management. Rowland Medical Library now offers a new bibliographic service to help faculty, staff, and students "zero-in" on specific subjects. This new service, called TOPIC TRACKS, is designed to direct users systematically to a variety of sources in the library. These topic guides serve as a quick and easy introduction to library holdings for users as they initiate a literature search.
Developed by the reference department, TOPIC TRACKS provides selected sources which are organized by types of research publications, listing author, title, call number, and other location designations, such as URLs for electronic materials. These publication categories include literature guides, handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, selected textbooks, selected journals, selected indexes and abstracts, additional reference sources, selected electronic materials and specialized sources, if any. Two separate sections, "more books" and "more journals," list specific subject headings which are searchable in the library on-line catalog enabling the searcher to locate the many other relevant sources not identified in the guide.
In the "selected indexes and abstracts" section, titles for print versions and computer databases provide users with appropriate subject headings to assist them in performing searches for journal articles and pamphlets using these sources.
TOPIC TRACKS identify items unique to the
Rowland Medical Library. The guides may not be useful in other libraries. It is
important to note that the TOPIC TRACKS highlight only a few relevant
titles. The guides' primary purpose is to direct the user to the major
references on a specific topic which leads to other materials within the library
collections. The service, in addition to being a model for users, is also an
effective knowledge management tool in the explosive electronic information
environment . Three guides are now available: Methyl Parathion, Viruses, and
Mental and Psychological Tests. Full text versions are accessible on the
library's Web page (http://library.umsmed.edu) under
TOPIC TRACKS in the "Information
Services" section. Users may also pick up printed copies of these guides at the
reference desk on the first floor of the library.
Michelle M. Malizia joned the staff as librarian I in the reference department on April 1. She holds the academic rank of instructor in academic information services. Malizia worked as a program coordinator and data coding technician reviewing certain Medicaid requests before deciding on a career in librarianship. She also spent several years working in banking and financing.
Malizia is a recent graduate of the University of Arizona in Tucson where she received her master of arts in library and information science. While there she served as a graduate assistant. She earned the undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Colorado in Denver where she graduated with distinction. Malizia held the hospitality chair in the Library Student Organization and was a Dean's List Scholarship recipient while earning her BA. She attended the Community College of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado, receiving her associate of arts with honors.
In addition to her daily work schedule, Malizia
is a free lance instructor of computer classes for beginners, enjoys ice
skating, walking reading. She participates in presenting training seminars for
new members of the Mississippi Health Sciences Information Network(MisHIN).
Malizia is a member of the American Library Association and the Medical Library
Association.
The library's Web page provides efficient and effective access to electronic resources. Rowland staff provide quality filtering of the numerous electronic health sciences sources available on the Internet by analyzing, selecting, organizing and creating hypertext links to authoritative information. Through this service, users can take advantage of expedient management of relevant information to support education, research and health care delivery needs.
Several new electronic reference titles are searchable under the "Information Services" section. These encompass AMA FREIDA, Dictionary of Orthodontic Terms, ZIP Code Directory, Global E-Mail Directory, Telephone Directories on the Web, MedWeb: Conferences and Calendars and Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information. A new literature file, Combined Health Information Database (CHID) which indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, pamphlets and audiovisuals on health education and health promotion topics, has also been added to this section.
The "Health Hyperlinks" section which organizes electronic sources by broad subjects has been expanded. New document links have been added in the catagories of health policy, consumer health and the history of medicine. Subject categories for continuing education, radiology and clinical practice guidelines have been established with hyperlinks to several documents.
Links to Web sites are listed in the "Additional Resources" section and are categorized by two headings, "Browse Health Sites" and "Browse Other Sites." Here users are directed to Web pages with multiple information sources and services. Several of the sites now accessible are the American Dental Association, DRILL (Dental Related Internet List of Links), Martindale's - The Virtual Dental Center, Emergency Medicine and Primary Care Home Page, Mayo Main Menu, American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Medscape, and the National Center for Infectious Diseases. Mississippi Government Information under "Browse Other Sites" is an important link to locate electronic information available on the Web by state agencies. The site was developed by the University of Mississippi Library staff.
"Instant Updates" features the library's most recent announcements, forthcoming events, added services and sources, and news. Users are encouraged to consult this section on a weekly basis to keep informed about the many services provided by the library.
Recommendations for new books and journals requested
Faculty, staff, and students may add to the library's collection by submitting the enclosed Book, Journal Purchase Recommendation form. A separate form should be used for each recommended purchase. Additional forms are provided by the library; users may also make photo copies of the form as needed.
Items should be identified according to priority status for purchase when submitting numerous requests at the same time. Books are purchased throughout the fiscal year, and requests may be made at any time.
New books for class reserve should be ordered four to six weeks before the class begins. If funds are not available, all recommendations are held until new appropriations are received. Patrons are notified when a book cannot be purchased and informed if a long delay is anticipated in acquiring a particular item.
Faculty and staff requests for acquisitions of library materials receive priority. Book purchase recommendations should be sent to David A. Juergens, head of collection development. Suggestions for new journal subscriptions should be forwarded to John Lucas, serials department.
-D. Juergens
Reserve items now for fall term
Requests for items to be placed on reserve for courses offered during the fall academic term are now being accepted in the Circulation Department.
Faculty must complete a Class Reserve Request Form to place items on reserve. The written request should include the following information:
a. instructor's name and department;
b. course title and number;
c. number of students;
d. dates materials are needed on reserve;
e. lists of items to be placed on reserve.
Requests must be received in the library at least one week before the beginning of the course for items owned by the library. Items which must be purchased require four to six weeks advance notice. Materials should be placed on class reserve only for the length of time needed by students during the semester. They are automatically reshelved at the end of the reserve period. Instructors' personal copies of reserve items should be picked up as soon as the reserve period has ended.
Circulation procedures require a UMC ID badge. Individuals may check out three reserve items at a time. Items circulate for two hours (in-house use only) and are renewable for additional two hour intervals if no one else has requested the material. A one-dollar per hour fine is assessed for any reserve item returned late to the circulation desk.
All reserve material must be in compliance with the copyright law. The guidelines for class reserve material as detailed in the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) are available at the circulation desk, as are library guidelines and reserve request forms.
For additional information, contact the circulation department at 1230.
-V. Segrest
National Library Week launches used book sale
April 13-19, 1997, Rowland Medical Library and the Medical Center once again celebrated National Library Week with many activities continuing the theme "Libraries Change Lives:Call! Visit! Logon!" One of the most ambitious activities for the medical center family was the launching of an annual used book sale sponsored by the Friends.
On Thursday, April 17, Dr.Robert J. T. Joy, Professor Emeritus at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, presented the fourth annual Dean Billy S.Guyton Lecture on the History of Medicine. Dr. Joy's lecture on "Florence Nightingale, the Crimean War and Afterwards," was delivered to a record crowd giving credence to his reputation as an excellent lecturer. His ability to blend the verbal and visual make him a much-sought-after speaker. Dr. Joy was honored with a reception following his lecture.
Volunteers from the Friends of the Library were in the foyer outside the library each day recruiting new members and promoting their fund raising activities. For the third year the library offered fine amnesty days giving users the opportunity to erase one library fine by donating a new adult or children's book. UMC patients will benefit from the 162 books contributed for their use to the UMC hospital patient library and the Children's Hospital library.
Another popular activity, especially with the students, was the daily drawings for door prizes. These prizes included copy cards, pocket medical dictionaries, RoMeO T-shirts, free faxes, brass key chains, and totebags. Winners of the drawings were:
Copy Card - Neeka Sanders and Alan Moore, medical students; Ashok Tripuraneni, resident; Cal Hewitt nursing faculty; Lorraine Magee, psychiatry.
Pocket dictionary -Alan Chiemprabha, Angela Murphy and Paul McCluskey, medical students; Clyde Musgrave, dental student; Lolita Jackson, PT student.
T-shirt - David Stewart and Jessica Taylor, medical students; Dr. Vibhas Mujumdar, physiology and biophysics; Carl Brown, nuclear medicine; Bruce Beal, pediatrics.
Free Fax - Bud Duncan, medical student; Tonya Harrison, dental student; Mary Serpa, pediatrics; Leland Gebhart, resident; Zhi He, anesthesiology.
Totebag - Chantay Steen, OT student; Angel Robinson, dental student; Lekeshia Williams, medical student; Lynn Conerly, psychology; Suzette Robinson, academic information services.
Key chain - Dr. Marian Petrides, pathology; Nina Taylor-Milton, pediatrics; Neil McIntyre, dental student; Dallas Reese medical student; Debbie Giompoletti, academic information services.
National Library Week at UMC is an annual event hosted by Rowland Medical Library to increase awareness of the library and its services to the UMC community. The library appreciates the enthusiastic participation and assistance with the celebration from the UMC faculty, staff, students, and members of the Friends of the Library.
-K. Hill
F R E I D A now on the Web
The new updated version of the American Medical
Association's electronic Graduate Medical Education Directory(called FREIDA) is
now available via any computer with Web access at
http://www.ama-assn.org/med-sci.
Convenient access is provided through the library's Web page listed under the
category "electronic reference sources." During the past several years, the
library has provided the CD-ROM version which is no longer issued. The library
continues to provide the print edition which is shelved in the reference
collection on the first floor. FREIDA can be searched from all workstations in
the library and the computer laboratory in the Learning Resource Center.
FOCUS on FRIENDS
Friends were very busy during the final quarter of the 1996-1997 academic year with one of our major activities, National Library Week (April 13-19) falling in this period. We worked with the library to help coordinate the associated activities on campus.
The executive committee approved the suggestion to sponsor a used paperback book sale for the UMC family during National Library Week. We appealed to UMC personnel to donate current books, fiction and nonfiction. The response was tremendous; books were still coming in on the day before the sale. The American Association of University Women and the Jackson Academy Book Fair also donated many selections. The final total of 2,682 books donated was very gratifying; categorizing them gave Friends quite a challenge.
Most books were like new and sold for 25 or 50 cents per book with total book sales of $650. A preview and sale of selected books was held in the Guyton History Room of the RML on Tuesday evening with a $2 admission fee which included a ticket for the drawing of the pretigious volume "Medicine: A Treasury of Art and Literature," a volume which contains writings by great physicians from Hippocrates to Albert Schweitzer, literature on the American medical experience from Walt Whitman to William Carlos Williams, and art related to medicine from Rembrandt ot Norman Rockwell. Mrs. Guy Campbell (Margaret), a member of the Friends Board of Directors was the lucky winner of this banner book.
The final tally from the various fund raising activities reached about $1200. All financial proceeds will benefit Rowland Medical Library while the UMC family benefited by having the opportunity to purchase worthwhile books at a very low cost.
The book sale success was due to the efforts of many. The Friends thank all who donated books and those who worked so hard to make this event successful. Approximately forty volunteers from both inside and outside the Friends organization gave many hours of service.
Each year during National Library Week, Friends sponsor the Dean Billy Guyton Lecture on the history of medicine honoring the memory of Dr. Billy S. Guyton, dean of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Oxford from 1936-1943. The speaker for our fourth annual lecture was Dr. Robert J.T. Joy, F.A.C.P., Professor Emeritus of Medical History, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Joy has enjoyed a distinguished career and receiving many honors for his teaching ability including the Olser Award in medical history. His lecture on "Florence Nightingale. The Crimean War and Afterwards" was another triumph. Using about 160 slides during the 50 minute presentation, he exhibited a remarkable ability to blend verbal and visual presentations perfectly.
While at UMC, Dr. Joy also presented at medicine ground rounds, his topic Yellow Fever. A Problem in Epidemiology. This lecture included some of the pioneering work of Dr. Henry Carter in Mississippi which helped elucidate the cause of the disease.
The Friends express deep appreciation to Dr. Wallace Conerly, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean, School of Medicine and to Dr. Anne Peirce, Dean, School of Nursing, for their support in bringing Dr. Joy to UMC.
Results of Board Member Election
Every organization is a reflection of its members. The Friends Board of Directors has a total of 21 members with one-third of the membership rotating off every year. The Nominating Committee is chaired by Dr. Alan Freeland; we are very fortunate this year to add the following new members to serve a three year period (July 1, 1997 through June 30, 2000).
Dr. Robert Currier Community-based
Dr. Ben Douglas Graduate programs (alumnus)
Dr. Sigurds Krolls Dentistry (faculty)
Dr. Robert Lewis Graduate programs (faculty)
Michael Schenk Community-based
Maurine Twiss At large
Jeanette Waits Nursing (alumna)
Taking Care of Business
It is time once again for Friends members to pay their annual dues for academic year 1997-1998. There are various categories of membership with different associated dues ranging from the 'Individual' category at $25 per year to 'Grand Benefactor' at $2500 per year. Prompt payment of dues results in savings for the organization. Please make your check payable to Friends of Rowland Medical Library and forward it to the library. Most of all your continued support and participation is needed.
Harold B. White, Ph.D.
President, Friends of Rowland Medical Library
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry
Celebrate "National Medical Librarian's Month"
The Medical Library Association has designated October, 1997, to inaugurate National Medical Librarian's Month. The program promotes the services and expertise which medical librarians provide to our nation's health care community. The Medical Center's participation, in this national celebration, sponsored by Friends of the Rowland Medical Library, will take place October 6-9. Friends will have various fund raising activities with a special fund raiser, Dessert by Candlelight, to unveil the Charter Member Plaque. Mark your October calendars to join the Friends and the Rowland Medical Library staff to help celebrate the initiation of National Medical Librarian's month.
-K. Hill
The library has received the following new journal titles:
AIDS CARE, v. 9, Feb. 1997.
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, v. 4, Jan. 1997.
APPLIED IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY, v. 5, Mar. 1997.
CHILD MALTREATMENT, v. 2, Feb. 1997.
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 15, Jan.-Feb. 1997.
CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY, v. 12, Jan. 1997.
CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 9, 1997.
EPILEPSY RESEARCH, v. 26, Dec. 1996.
EVALUATION, v. 3, 1997.
FAMILY MEDICINE, v. 20, Mar. 1997.
HOSPITAL ACCESS MANAGEMENT, v. 16, Jan. 1997.
IMMUNITY, v. 1, Jan. 1997.
INFECTIOLOGY, v. 1, 1997.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENTISTRY, v. 7, 1996.
JOURNAL OF HOLISTIC NURSING, v. 15, Mar. 1997.
JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY, v. 32, 1996.
METHODS IN CELL SCIENCE, v. 19, Mar. 1997.
MICROCIRCULATION, v. 4, Mar. 1997.
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS, v. 2, Mar. 1997.
NEUROREPORT, v. 8, Dec. 1996.
NEUROSURGERY QUARTERLY, v. 1, 1997.
NEW PHYSICIAN, v. 46, Jan.- Feb. 1997.
NURSING TRENDS & ISSUES, v. 2, Mar. 1997.
PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, v. 20, Jan. 1997.
RADIOLOGIST, v. 4, Jan. 1997.
REHABILITATION NURSING RESEARCH, v. 5, Winter 1996-97.
SOCIAL SCIENCES IN HEALTH, v. 3, 1997.
TRAUMA : SURVIVORSHIP, TREATMENT AND TRENDS, v.
7, Jan./ Feb.1997. Volume 6, 1996, was titled: TREATING ABUSE TODAY.
FAQs on File is designed to provide answers to the most frequently asked questions about the library's resources and to help users who have similar needs.
"What do I do when the photocopy machine wipes out or cancels my copy card ?"
All photocopy machine problems should be reported to the circulation desk. A library staff member will check the copy card and re-encode the card at no cost or issue a new card, if needed. The photocopy machines and the XCP units (copy card or money machine) require a very large amount of voltage to operate correctly. The library has been experiencing dropage in the voltage supplying these machines. The drop in voltage causes memory lose in the XCP unit which results in the invalidation of the copy card or the amount of money which has been put into the unit. In other words, a "wipe-out" occurs. Physical facilities is in the process of correcting this problem by installing dedicated circuits for the machines. The problem should be resolved in the next few weeks. Until the circuits are replaced, please report any problem immediately.
"How do I get my money back when I put coins in the photocopier and cannot make copies?" Users should go to the circulation desk and give a detailed explanation of the problem. To receive a refund, users are required to complete and sign a refund slip. When requesting a refund because of poor copy quality, the library needs the inadequate copy in order for the staff member to identify the particular problem and assess whether a refund is warranted. If a machine malfunction is determined, the patron's money is then refunded, an "Out of Order" sign is placed on the machine and a service person is called. The machines are covered for repairs by same day or next morning service contracts, Monday through Friday.
"There's a paper jam at the copier. Can you fix it?"
Paper jams, like all malfunctions, should be
reported immediately to the circulation desk.Library staff will attempt to undo
the jam and assess the cause to avoid other jams. Users on the library's second
floor can use the nearest "red" phone which rings directly to the circulation
desk on the first floor to request assistance. All library staff members,
including the student helpers who work nights and weekends, are trained in
trouble-shooting machine problems and are happy to provide assistance. If the
problem can not be resolved, a service repair person will be called.
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