Jennifer Lloyd

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.

Elevator #4

is the only one that will now travel to the Library. The other elevators will return to service once the Library Commons project is further along.

Can You Tell Me How to Get to the Library?

Construction is proceeding at the Isché Library. The temporary walls are being built as I type; these walls will encompass the elevator lobby on the 3rd floor. For the next few days, only elevator #4 can be used to access the Library. *EDIT* All elevators are still currently working. The limited access won’t happen until later this week.

Printing Increasing by a Cent

Auxiliary Enterprises is currently rolling out new Pay-for-Print software and hardware. The Isché Library already has a new print station on the 3rd floor & the 4th floor station is to be installed today. The price for printing will be 8¢ per single page and 12¢ for double sided, starting Monday, June 2nd. Printing in the Library will continue to require a PayPaw card.

Moving, Moving, Moving

Last night the Reference Desk and the Pay-for-Print stations were moved over the left side of the Circulation Desk. The demolition phase of the Library Commons project is set to begin on Monday, May 26th.