Jennifer Lloyd

Library Newsletter Summer Issue Available!

The latest issue of the Library?óÔé¼Ôäós Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

New RSS Feed on Webpage

We switched RSS feeds this morning. Our old one started using adverstising, so we’re trying a new widget. Let us know how you like it.

Hometown Health Fair

Free blood pressure, HIV, depression and other screenings will be available to the public on Saturday, June 21st at the Wal-Mart at 1901 Tchoupitoulas. This the last stop for the Hometown Health Fair which has been sponsored by the Delta Regional Authority. Participants may enroll in the Healthy Delta Initiative. Local healthcare providers have been recruited to participate. Are you one of them?

LSU Hospital – One Step Closer

In case you haven’t heard, the proposed LSUHSC teaching hospital is one step closer to being built. The governor’s office officially announced yesterday that it is backing a proposal for a 424 bed facility in downtown New Orleans.

Hurricane Season: Be Prepared

A selected list of hurricane preparedness websites has been assembled by Mary L. Marix, Reference Librarian. Check it out and be prepared.

Go Ahead and Have Another Cup of Coffee

“Drinking up to six cups a day of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee daily won’t shorten your life span, a new study by Esther Lopez-Garcia shows.” The study is published in today’s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

PayPaw

PayPaw services will be shut down again this morning; the system is “experiencing difficulty.” *Edit 9:54 a.m.* And PayPaw is back up.

Fancy TVs & the Library Commons

As you may have noticed, the Digital Signage big screen TVs around campus came to life last week. The Library Commons renovation is a featured animation right now.

PayPaw ReBooting

PayPaw services have required a reboot. The system should be back online momentarily.

Expanded Wireless Coverage in the Ische Library

The wireless service on the 4th & 5th floors of the Isché Library has been upgraded. There are now 4 access points on each of these floors. The upgrade to the 3rd floor will be completed after the construction work on the Library Commons is completed.

Hurricane Preparedness

Just in case anyone missed the Chancellor’s email, the University’s Weather Related Emergencies Plan is available on the Web. Hurricane season started on June 1.

Library Construction Maze

A temporary wall has been constructed that blocks the old Isché Library entrance. The new way to get into the Library is to take elevators 1 or 2 and then follow the construction path around the stairwell and into the Library.

3 Librarians Recognized

At the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association (last month in Chicago), three of our Librarians were recognized at the awards luncheon!

No other library had so many individuals recognized. Read all about their fabulousness in the May 30th edition of the Chancellor’s Notes (pdf).

Undiagnosed Diseases Have a Home

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced a new clinical research program that will aim to provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis. Called the Undiagnosed Diseases Program, the trans-NIH initiative will focus on the most puzzling medical cases referred to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., by physicians across the nation.

“The new program, which got under way over the past month, is the culmination of efforts by William A. Gahl, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the NIH; John I. Gallin, M.D., director of the NIH Clinical Center; and Stephen Groft, Pharm.D., director of the NIH Office of Rare Diseases (ORD). With the program infrastructure now in place, the program is ready to accept patients, the first of which is expected to be seen in July 2008.”

Blogging has Health Benefits!

According to Scientific American, Blogging is good for you, as are most types of expressive writing. Now we know why the blogosphere is exploding.