Special Outreach Projects: Outreach to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) includes orientation sessions at the Library or at your insti- tution, answers to reference questions, bibliographic instruction on electronic data- bases, bibliographic manage- ment software instruction and liaison support to member institutions. These services are available to faculty, resi- dents, staff and students affili- ated with the TMC. In the past nine months, outreach to the TMC included 82 orientations and classes to 1,351 partici- pants. Mary Jackson, MSLS, coordinates HAM-TMC Library’s professional outreach activities. To request an orientation or a class, con- tact Ms. Jackson by email mary.jackson@exch. library.tmc.edu or phone 713.799.7170. NN/LM SCR. As part of the HAM-TMC Library subcontract with the NN/LM SCR, the Library provides medical information resources to health professionals, public librarians and the general public not affiliated with the TMC in 21 counties in Texas, assigned by the NN/LM SCR. Classes offered in the National Library of Medicine databases include: PubMed, MedlinePlus, NIH Senior Health, Genetics Home Reference, ToxTown, Household Products database, Clinical Trails.gov and AIDS info. Classes are conducted at clinics or community centers in specific Texas counties. Exhibits are another out- reach component that allow us to invite unaffiliated health professionals and consumers to take advantage of the free, peer-reviewed health IN THIS ISSUE: (continued on page 3) HOUSTON ACADEMY OF MEDICINE – TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER LIBRARY Volume XX, Number 4 April – June 2007 ibrarians at the HAM-TMC Library believe this is a Library Without Boundaries. Clients are not limited to using our resources and services only within the Library, and outreach has evolved from providing basic on-site serv- ices to providing service to many nontraditional library users. The Information Services department supports this philosophy by providing both in-house and off-site ref- erence service, orientations, bibliographic instruction, consumer health services and National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region (NN/LM SCR) outreach. • Library Without Boundaries • HAM-TMC Library Hosted Exhibit • From the Executive Director • Exhibit Features Books from McGovern Collection • Conference Abstracts Available in DigitalCommons • CSA Illustrata • Copyright in the Digital Age • Library Receives AIDS Award • Library Receives Express Outreach Award • Library Class Schedule Library Without Boundaries HAM-TMC Library Hosted Exhibit In April the HAM-TMC Library hosted the exhibit Stamping Out Disease. The exhibit consisted of six banners in English and Spanish that included the following topics: Immunology: a Brave New World; The Golden Age of Microbiology; and The Rise and Spread of Infectious Disease. This exhibit was presented in conjunction with Be Wise – Immunize SM , one of the most ambitious public health programs of the Texas Medical Association (TMA). The program, a joint initiative of TMA and the TMA Alliance (a physician spouse volunteer organization), was launched to improve childhood immunization rates in Texas. Stamping Out Disease is produced by the TMA History of Medicine Committee and is funded by grants from the TMA Foundation, the state wide Medical Society’s philanthropic arm, and Frost Bank, trustee of the Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust. The HAM-TMC Library thanks the TMA for lending the exhibit. L Adela Justice and David Cortez at St. Bernadette Parish’s Health and Safety Fair. 1 WWW.LIBRARY.TMC.EDU/LIBLINES
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Special Outreach Projects:
Outreach to the Texas
Medical Center (TMC)
includes orientation sessionsat the Library or at your insti-tution, answers to referencequestions, bibliographicinstruction on electronic data-bases, bibliographic manage-ment software instruction andliaison support to memberinstitutions. These servicesare available to faculty, resi-dents, staff and students affili-ated with the TMC. In the pastnine months, outreach to theTMC included 82 orientationsand classes to 1,351 partici-pants. Mary Jackson, MSLS,coordinates HAM-TMCLibrary’s professional
outreach activities. To requestan orientation or a class, con-tact Ms. Jackson by [email protected] or phone 713.799.7170.
NN/LM SCR. As part of theHAM-TMC Library subcontractwith the NN/LM SCR, theLibrary provides medicalinformation resources to healthprofessionals, public librariansand the general public notaffiliated with the TMC in 21counties in Texas, assigned by the NN/LM SCR. Classesoffered in the National Libraryof Medicine databases include:PubMed, MedlinePlus, NIH
Senior Health, Genetics
Home Reference, ToxTown,
Household Products database,
Clinical Trails.gov and AIDS
info. Classes are conducted atclinics or community centers inspecific Texas counties.
Exhibits are another out-reach component that allow us to invite unaffiliated healthprofessionals and consumersto take advantage of the free,peer-reviewed health
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ibrarians at the
HAM-TMC Library
believe this is a
Library Without Boundaries.
Clients are not limited to usingour resources and servicesonly within the Library, andoutreach has evolved fromproviding basic on-site serv-ices to providing service tomany nontraditional libraryusers. The InformationServices department supportsthis philosophy by providingboth in-house and off-site ref-erence service, orientations,bibliographic instruction, consumer health services andNational Network of Librariesof Medicine South CentralRegion (NN/LM SCR) outreach.
• Library Without Boundaries
• HAM-TMC Library Hosted Exhibit
• From the Executive Director
• Exhibit Features Books from McGovern Collection
• Conference Abstracts Available in DigitalCommons
• CSA Illustrata
• Copyright in the Digital Age
• Library Receives AIDS Award
• Library Receives Express Outreach Award
• Library Class Schedule
Library Without Boundaries
HAM-TMC Library Hosted ExhibitIn April the HAM-TMC
Library hosted the exhibitStamping Out Disease. Theexhibit consisted of six bannersin English and Spanish thatincluded the following topics:Immunology: a Brave New
World; The Golden Age of
Microbiology; and The Rise
and Spread of Infectious
Disease. This exhibit was presented in conjunction with Be Wise – ImmunizeSM, one of the most ambitious public health programs of the TexasMedical Association (TMA). The program, a joint initiative of TMA and the TMA Alliance (a physician spouse volunteerorganization), was launched toimprove childhood immunizationrates in Texas.
Stamping Out Disease isproduced by the TMA History of Medicine Committee and is funded by grants from the TMA Foundation, the state wideMedical Society’s philanthropicarm, and Frost Bank, trustee ofthe Myra Stafford PryorCharitable Trust.
The HAM-TMC Librarythanks the TMA for lending the exhibit.
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Adela Justice and David Cortezat St. Bernadette Parish’s Healthand Safety Fair.
Library’s History of MedicineSection of Special Collectionsin 1982. In 1996, the Library’s Special Collectionwas renamed in his honor, TheJohn P. McGovern HistoricalCollections & Research Center.He supported the historicalcollection so we could achievehis vision to build the veryfinest historical collections forthose who work and study inthe TMC and for the City ofHouston. Please visit the col-lection when you are here.
An exhibit in the HAM-TMCLibrary’s lobby hallway fea-tures the Library’s McGovernHistorical collection of generaland ophthalmologic anatomi-
cal illustrations. The exhibitspans the centuries, from the15th Century drawings ofLeonardo da Vinci, and the De Humani Corpus Fabrica
of Andreas Versalius (pub-lished in 1543) to 20th Centuryexamples like Cunningham’s
Manual of Practical Anatomy
and Pernkopf’s Atlas. Themeticulous color and blackand white illustrations are awonder to see. An exhibit nearthe reference books highlightsSir William Osler’s and Dr.John McGovern’s contribu-tions to libraries through theirfascinating book collections.
This issue of Library Lines
also includes special outreach
e pause for a
memorial tribute
to Dr. John P.
McGovern, who for over
20 years served as the hon-
orary curator of rare books
for the HAM-TMC Library.
He donated his extensive rarebook collection to the
From the Executive Director
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display from The McGovern Collection
on the History ofMedicine, featuring books of gen-eral and ophthalmologic anatomicalillustrations, is currently on view inthe HAM-TMC Library’s lobby andjust inside the library entrance. An exhibit near the referencebooks highlights Sir WilliamOsler’s and Dr. John McGovern’scontributions to librariesthrough their fascinating book collections.
The McGovern Collectioncontains over 5,500 titles andfocuses on the development of the medical specialties inthe late nineteenth and earlytwentieth century.
This exhibit displays itemsfrom the collection representingthe history of ophthalmology.Ophthalmodouleia: The Service
of the Eyes is the first modern
of the human body. This exhibitshows items from the collectionrepresenting medical illustrationin books by Andreas Vesalius in1617 to Frank Netter in the 1940s.
Not only was Sir WilliamOsler a prolific and importantwriter, he was also an avid bookcollector. His personal collec-tion contained over 8,000 vol-umes. He understood thesignificance of his library andbequeathed his collection to the
McGill Medical Library inMontreal. Dr. McGovern wasalso a devoted book collectorwho recognized the value of thelibrary to researchers and schol-ars. As is to be expected fromsomeone who admired andemulated Osler, Dr. McGoverncollected his works, includingSir William Osler’s first pub-lished article, Christmas and
the Microscope, (February 1,1869), copies of his many otherpublished articles and all theeditions of the Principles and
Practices of Medicine.
The books are cataloged inthe HAM-TMC Library’s on-linecatalog and are available foruse in the Rare Book Room on the Library’s second floor.
For more information contact Elizabeth White at [email protected] or 713.799.7139
Exhibit Features Books from McGovern CollectionA
work on eye surgery and thebook that established the termby which this specialty becameknown. Published in 1583, it is one of the earliest medicalbooks to be printed in a vernac-ular language rather than the traditional Latin or Greek.
Anatomy is a key part of theeducation for all health careproviders. Before the camera,physicians were dependent onartists for graphical depictions
Dr. John P. McGovern.
projects, awards recentlygranted to the Library, shortarticles on new acquisitionsand copyright in the digital age.
resources available to themthrough the NLM. Librariansfrom the HAM-TMC Libraryhave participated in exhibitsand health fairs in Galveston,Harris, Lavaca and Lufkincounties. During the last subcontract the HAM-TMCLibrarians exhibited at nineevents and reached 1,535health professionals and con-sumers. Classes were taught at clinics, public libraries andin the Library classroom to 72 attendees. Beatriz Varman,MLIS is the contact person for this outreach program and can be contacted by
Outreach promotes healthinformation for consumers/patients in the TMC and sur-rounding counties. Outreachactivities include classes andparticipation in health fairs topromote free NLM consumerhealth resources and theLibrary’s Jesse H. Jones
Community Health Information
Service collection, available tolaypersons with health informa-tion needs. Adela Justice, MLS,Consumer Health Librarian, isthe contact person for this out-
reach program and can bereached at: [email protected] or 713.799.7183.
Several grants have recentlybeen awarded to the HAM-TMCLibrary, enabling us to provideadditional educational initia-tives in the community. TheAIDS Community InformationOutreach Project and ExpressOutreach Award grants arebriefly described in the nextsection of this newsletter.
Our outreach librarians provide these unique libraryservices to a diverse popula-tion to ensure that programsand services are made accessi-ble to all potential customers.
CSA Illustrata
CSA Illustrata, part of theCambridge Scientific Abstractssuite of databases, is a recentacquisition we think you willfind useful. This database con-tains thousands of images –photographs, charts, graphsand tables – from publishedarticles, which can be down-loaded and used for educationalpurposes without the need to
obtain specific permissions.Each image is accompanied bycomplete citation informationfor the work in which it isfound. Features include: basic,advanced and command search;abstracts and references, withsearchable descriptors includedin each search result; imagethumbnails in records; and theoption to modify a searchwithin the results screens.
Copyright in theDigital Age
The presentation CYA:
Copyright in the Digital Age
addresses several topics, includ-ing the use of licensed and pro-tected digital information in onlinecourses, new copyright tools suchas Creative Commons, and pub-lisher agreement addenda thatprovide ways for authors to retainsome rights for articles being pub-lished in traditional toll-basedjournals. If you are interested inhaving this update presented atyour institution, contact LeahKrevit, MLIS, Associate Directorfor Collections Management,[email protected] 799.7126.
Abstracts of presentationsmade at this year’s Advances in
Teaching and Learning Eighth
Annual Regional Conference
are being archived inDigitalCommons@ The TexasMedical Center, the institutionalrepository provided by the HAM-TMC Library. These peer-reviewed abstracts will
be searchable by author andsubject and will be part of apeer-reviewed series within therepository. Abstracts from ear-lier conferences are also beingarchived. Advances in Teaching
and Learning is a regional con-ference designed to showcaseresearch and innovations inteaching, learning and technol-
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ogy. This interdisciplinary meet-ing is a venue for faculty ofhigher education in the healthsciences to come together toshare ideas and network in thisrapidly changing time in cade-mia. Visit DigitalCommons@The Texas Medical Center athttp://digitalcommmons.library.tmc.edu to view the abstracts.
register go to http://resource.library.tmc.edu/classes/index.cfm#135
Library Receives AIDS AwardThe HAM-TMC Library received an AIDS Community Information
Outreach Project award from the NLM. Project St. Hope: An HIV/AIDS
Community Information Outreach Project is designed to facilitate accessto electronic HIV/AIDS information resources. This project is a collabora-tive effort involving the HAM-TMC Library, The Center for AIDSInformation and Advocacy, and St. Hope Foundation. St. Hope Foundationoperates three HIV/AIDS outpatient clinics in the greater Houston area.Project funds are being used to create a mobile computer lab that can betransported between the three clinics. Project funds are also being used toinstall laptop computers for social workers at each of the three clinics.Social workers will incorporate introduction of electronic HIV/AIDS infor-mation resources into the client intake process. A series of five themedpresentations focusing on living healthy with HIV are being developed for St. Hope Foundation clients. These presentations pair an HIV/AIDS educator with a health sciences librarian. The HIV/AIDS educator will pres-ent content for each topic and the health sciences librarian will presentelectronic information resources that can be used to support maintenanceof a healthy lifestyle. These sessions will be presented at each of the threeSt. Hope Foundation clinics.
Library Receives Express Outreach Award
The HAM-TMC Library, in partnership with the Moody MedicalLibrary of The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston,received an Express Outreach Award from the NN/LM SCR. EntitledInformation RX for School Nurses and Librarians: MedlinePlus and
Go Local, this project will introduce school nurses and librarians in a 38-county region of the Texas Gulf Coast to the wealth of informationavailable in MedlinePlus, the consumer health information website made available from the NLM and to Go Local Texas Gulf Coast. Go
Local Texas Gulf Coast, another collaborative project between the two libraries, links health topics in MedlinePlus to regional suppliers ofhealth-related services. For more information on the project, please con-tact Adela Justice at [email protected] or 713.799.7183.
