The Library's 2006/2007 Annual Report, entitled Forging Links, is now available online. The report highlights the Library's many accomplishments during this past year.
Accomplishments include:
Electronic delivery of interlibrary loan documents to user email accounts.
An innovative online chat reference service.
The creation of online tutorials to assist with literature searching.
The implementation of "Get It," a Library service that increases access to full text journal articles.
The installation of LanSchool, a software program that allows professors to have more control over their student's computer monitors.
Archives Grand Rounds presentation, family papers workshop, and Rush history exhibits.
Outreach presentations to Chicago's Department of Aging and Rush Generations.
Two new innovative workshops about RSS feeds and finding digital images.
A new issue of InfoLine, the newsletter of the Library of Rush University Medical Center, the McCormick Educational Technology Center (METC), and the Medical Center Archives, is available via the Library's homepage at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library. You can directly link to the newsletter by visiting http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/FW07.pdf. In this issue you will find articles about:
The Library’s New Lounge
Ovid’s New Interface
A Rush Library Item Included in the Field Museum’s Map Exhibit
A new issue of InfoLine, the newsletter of the Library of Rush University Medical Center, the McCormick Educational Technology Center (METC), and the Medical Center Archives, is available via the Library's homepage at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library. You can directly link to the newsletter by visiting http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/IL807.pdf. In this issue you will learn about:
Services for Residents and Fellows
New Electrical Outlets and Carrel Lights Installed into Library Study Carrels
METC Acquires Virtual Classroom Software
METC Makes Progress Towards Online Evaluations
METC Pilots Project to Digitize Lectures
Archives Ceremonial Shovels Break New Ground
New Storage System Protects Rush’s Historical Artwork
Off-Campus Access to the Library’s Electronic Resources
Consumer Health Corner – MedWatch FDA Safety Information
Medicine in the News Kiosk Available Electronically
A new issue of InfoLine, the newsletter of
the Library of Rush University Medical Center
and the McCormick Educational Technology Center
is available on the Library's home page at
http://www.lib.rush.edu. You can directly
link to the newsletter by connecting to http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/IL_0306.pdf.
In this issue you will find information on:
National Library Week Events
Open Access Publishing Alternatives for
Scholars
Local Resources Cataloged
Mixed Media
Deciphering Ovid MEDLINE Segments
To Google or Not to Google?
Books@Ovid
New Staff Announcement
METC News
Consumer Health Corner
Library Workshop Schedule
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March 21,
2006 --The Library Celebrates National Library
Week
The 2006 National Library Week—the
American Library Association’s annual
celebration of America’s libraries and
librarians—will be celebrated from April
3 to April 7.
This year, the Library of Rush University
Medical Center and McCormick Educational Technology
Center will be offering an exciting array
of special events:
Rare Book Room Tour —Monday, April 3
& Friday, April 7, Noon to 1 pm on both
days.
(The group will meet at the Library front
lobby.)
Are you curious about what lies beyond
the locked doors of the Rare Book Room on
the 7th floor of the Library? During National
Library Week, the Library will give you
a chance to find out! Judith Dzierba, Cataloging/Archives
Manager, and Heather Stecklein, Librarian/Archivist,
will be holding tours of the Stanton A.
Friedberg Rare Book Room. They will discuss
the history of the room, explain the special
storage conditions necessary for rare books,
and demonstrate the ways that collectors
recognize valuable books. Those who attend
the tour will see books that are over 500
years old, works written by Rush’s
founders, and items that exist in only a
few libraries worldwide. Tour size is limited
to 10, so sign up early for one of these
must-see events. Please contact Jennifer
Diehl at Jennifer_Diehl@rush.edu
to RSVP.
Twenty Questions: A Library Scavenger
Hunt—Monday, April 3 through Friday,
April 7, 2006.
The contest will be available at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/TwentyQuestions.html.How
well do you think you know the Library of
Rush University Medical Center? Test your
knowledge (or just plain dumb luck) in our
twenty question challenge. One lucky person
will win a 256M Wolverinedata flash drive
provided by Elsevier, another will win a
mini optical mouse for notebooks provided
by Wiley InterScience, and ten others will
win travel alarm clocks provided by Blackwell
Synergy. The contest is free and open to
all registered users of the Library.
Library Booksale—Monday,
April 3 through Wednesday, April 5, 10 am
to 2 pm.
Come early for the best selection of fiction
and nonfiction leisure-reading materials.
Most books will be sold at 25¢ a copy.
The books will be located in the Patient
Library section of the Library of Rush University
Medical Center.
EbscoHost database training—Tuesday,
April 4, 12 pm to 1 pm. Room 539, Armour
Academic Center
Have you wondered how to search EbscoHost
effectively? This is your chance to find
out. A representative trainer from EbscoHost
will demonstrate different features of the
database. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP
to Jennifer Diehl at Jennifer_Diehl@rush.edu.
Space is limited, so sign up early!
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February,
2006
February 16,
2006 -- New Exhibit Opens in Library
Library Opens Exhibit of Objects Swallowed
by Children
Currently the Rush University Library has
on display an exhibit of foreign objects
that were removed from the air and food
passages of young children by Dr. Stanton
A. Friedberg, Sr. during the first decade
of the twentieth century.
Dr. Friedberg collected the objects, including
pins, buttons, coins, toys, and false teeth,
from endoscopic procedures he performed
at Presbyterian, Cook County and Children’s
Memorial Hospitals. The objects are maintained
by the Rush University Medical Center Archives.
The exhibit will be on display until June
16. For more information, contact the Rush
University Medical Center Archives at ext.
2-7214 or Rush_Archives@rush.edu.
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December,
2005
December
5, 2005 --Library Extends Hours
The Library will be extending its hours this
coming weekend for finals. The schedule is:
Friday, December 9: 7 a.m. - midnight
Saturday, December 10: 9 a.m. - midnight
Sunday, December 11: 9 a.m. - midnight
We will be monitoring the number of people
in the Library during extended hours to
determine if it is cost-effective to offer
extended hours for future midterms and finals
weeks. We ask that you assist us in this
by noting your college affiliation, year,
and time of departure on an exit log when
leaving the Library for the final time on
Saturday and Sunday and that you provide
this information on an entry log on Sunday
morning.
