Jennifer Lloyd

We’re open & ready to geaux!

The Dental Library closed at 5 p.m. today (Wednesday, Nov. 25th) and the Isché Library closed at 8 p.m. for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Both libraries will reopen on Sunday. The Isché Library will open at 12 noon and the Dental Library will open at 1:30 p.m. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

The library has resumed it’s regular hours.

Photo by Morris Brum

Go Saints!

Public Health Thank You Day

Today is Public Health Thank You Day. Sponsored by Research!America, the Association of Schools of Public Health, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the CDC, and other groups have aligned to take time to recognize public health professionals who work to protect the rest of us.

Thanksgiving Hours @ the Libraries

Both the Isché and Dental Libraries will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The hours are as follows:

Library Commons in the News

The Times Picayune featured a story on the new Library Commons yesterday. The photos looks great!

Ische Computer Lab Closed on 11/11

The Isché Library Computer Lab will be unavailable for general use on Wednesday, November 11th from 8 am to 5 pm. The computers outside of the lab will be available; please check out a key from the circulation desk to use them.

Emergency Notification Test

According to an email sent out to all LSUHSC New Orleans Faculty, Staff, and Students the campus Emergency Notification System will be tested on Thursday, November 5th at 11:30 a.m. This test will include the campus-wide Digital Signage as well as the text alerting system.

Google Searches the US Government

Someone mentioned on twitter this morning how much they loved the Google Uncle Sam search. Intrigued I did a little investigating. Turns out the advanced search feature has been around for at least a decade. The advantage is that it searches .gov and .mil domains which may only be used by the US government.

PubMed

*Edit* PubMed seems to be working again, although very slowly. (edited 09-11-04 @ 10:28 am)

Due to a problem in the NLM computer room, PubMed is currently down. Hopefully the issue will be resolved quickly.

LSUHSC New Orleans users still have access to Medline via EBSCOhost or Ovid.

Closing @ 10:30 pm Wed & Thurs

The Isché Library will close at 10:30 pm on Wednesday & Thursday (Nov. 4th & 5th). The Library Commons will also be closed during this time period (from 10:30 pm to 6:30 am). Additionally, the Library Commons will be closed on Friday, Nov. 6th from 10:30 pm to 6:30 am Saturday, Nov. 7th. The closure is to accomodate overnight facilities work.

SAS on Board

SAS is now available on the three PCs in the Library Commons area. This resource is being supplied by the LSUHSC School of Public Health but any LSUHSC user may be access it.

Halloween

Just a friendly reminder that the Libraries will be open this weekend. The Isché Library will be open from 9:30-6 on Saturday & from 12-12 on Sunday. The Dental Library is open from 1:30-10 on Sunday.

To help you and your family stay safe this Halloween, here are Tips from the Centers for Disease Control, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Diabetes Association. Enjoy!

Louisiana Go Local

Louisiana Go Local officially launched on Wednesday, October 28, 2009! This online service lists thousands of services across the state. Users can find doctors, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, support groups, diabetes care, cancer services, home health care, weight management services, and much more.

Governor Bobby Jindal proclaimed October 28, 2009 Go Local Day in Louisiana to recognize the launch of the site. The proclamation notes that ÔÇ£knowing how to locate health services in the community can aid in the prevention of disease and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle.ÔÇØ

Louisiana Go Local is produced by Baton Rouge GeneralÔÇÖs Health Sciences Library in collaboration with the LSU School of Library and Information Science, and the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health. Additional thanks go to the Louisiana Go Local Advisory Board, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, and Pennington Library and Information Center.

Ische Computer Lab Closed Tonight

The Isché Library Computer Lab will be closed tonight (starting at 5 p.m.) so that outside contractors can clean the ducts for the HV/AC system. Computers outside the lab will still be available.

Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

This is the appropriate week to highlight the National Library of Medicine online exhibition, Frankenstein.

from the NLM online exhibit.
This online exhibition “explores Mary Shelley’s world that gave birth to Frankenstein. The exhibition considers how her novel provides a framework for discussions of contemporary bio-medical advances that sometimes challenge our understanding of what it means to be human.”

RefWorks Lifetime Access!

Refworks announced that its Alumni Program will be standard for all of the 1200 universities subscribing to its service. As long as the Libraries at LSUHSC New Orleans subscribe to RefWorks then our alumni will have access to their bibliographies & will be able to use the full functionality of RefWorks.