The “Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine” exhibit from the National Library of Medicine has moved to the Dental Library and will be available for viewing ?áuntil October 18.
The Library resources tie-ins are also displayed at the Dental Library. These items include exhibit brochures, circulating books, and excerpts from the Reserve and Reference collections.
Helpful links and educational resources provided by the National Library of Medicine in conjunction with the exhibit include?álesson plans?áfor upper elementary and high school classes, a?áhigher education module?áwith instructor resources,?áonline activities, and a?ábibliography?áof additional readings.
Be sure to stop in and get a taste of history!
Dental Library hours are Sunday: 11:30 am – 8:00 pm,?áMonday through Thursday: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, and?áFriday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. The Library is closed on Saturdays.
The LSU Health Sciences Center Library is currently hosting the traveling National Library of Medicine exhibition ÔÇ£Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African-Americans in Civil War Medicine.ÔÇØ The exhibit will be at the John P. Isch?® Library from September 16-October 4 and at the Dental Library from October 7-18.
In conjunction with the exhibit, the Isch?® Library has assembled a collection of resources in our collection that are directly related to the subject of African-American nurses and physicians’ work during the 1860s in the War Between the States, as well as several that address minorities in the health sciences, and general works on Civil War medicine. These are currently on display in the Reference area (near the?áLibrary elevator), on the third?áfloor of the Resource Center Building. These materials include:
Stacks (Circulating) Collection Items:
- Bleeding Blue & Gray: Civil War surgery & the evolution of American medicine. E 621 R93b 2005
- A Century of Black Surgeons: the U.S.A. experience (2 vols). WZ 112 Or2c 1987
- Civil War Medicine. E 621 B79c
- Civil War Nursing. WY 11AA1 C49 1984
- Doctors in Blue: the medical history of the Union Army in the Civil War. E 621 Ad2d
- Doctors in Gray: the Confederate medical service. E 621 C917
- Early Black American Leaders in Nursing: architects for integration & equality. WZ 112 D29e 1999
- Minority Nurses in the New Century. WY 16 B29 2009
- Negroes & Medicine. WZ 80 R27n
Reserves Collection Items Excerpts:
- A History of American Nursing: trends & eras. WY 11 J88h 2013
- Nursing: the finest art. WY 11 D71nu 2010
- Pages from Nursing History: a collection of original articles from the pages of Nursing Outlook, the American Journal of Nursing, & Nursing Research. WY 11 P14 1984
Reference Collection Item Excerpt:
- Historical Encyclopedia of Nursing. WY 13 Sn5h 1999
Several individuals highlighted in the traveling exhibit are profiled in the supporting display:
- Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott: surgeon, Union officer, politician, author (1837-1913)
- Dr. Alexander T. Augusta: surgeon, Union officer, activist, professor (1825-1890)
- Dr. John Van Surly DeGrasse: military surgeon, activist (1825-1868)
- Dr. William P. Powell, Jr: military surgeon (1834-1915)
- Jill L. Newmark: exhibit curator from the National Library of Medicine
- Ann Bradford Stokes: military nurse, former slave (1830-1903)
- Susie King Taylor: military nurse, teacher, author, former slave (1848-1912)
- Harriet Tubman: military nurse, Union spy, activist, former slave (c1820-1913)
The website for the exhibit is located here, which has detailed information and links provided by the National Library of Medicine.
The LSU Health Sciences Center Library is proud to announce that we will be hosting the traveling National Library of Medicine exhibition “Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine.” The display will be set up in the Library Commons until October 4, after which it will move to the Dental Library until October 18.
While African Americans were generally untrained and untested in the medical field at that time, as many hands as could be found were necessary to accommodate the influx of ailing and wounded on the battlefield and in hospitals. African Americans were “hired” or compelled into the medical field as hospital attendants, nurses, surgeons, and staff members in manufacturing laboratories. Many admirable leaders emerged as a result: Charles Burleigh Purvis, Susie King Taylor, Anderson R. Abbott, Alexander T. Augusta, and Harriet Tubman.
Helpful links and educational resources provided by the National Library of Medicine in conjunction with the exhibit include lesson plans for upper elementary and high school classes, a higher education module with instructor resources, online activities, and a bibliography of additional readings.
Library resources that will complement further study of African American roles in the Civil War for both the Union and the Confederacy are listed below. Reference Librarians (available Monday to Thursday from 8am to 8pm, and Friday 8am to 4pm) will be happy to assist with research as well.
Our supplementary materials cover a number of texts: The Paths We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, Louisiana in the Confederacy, Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service, Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War, and The Plain Peoples of the Confederacy. Library patrons may also browse our list of E-Resources, a compilation of links to databases and other online resources like African American Firsts in Science and Technology and African American Soldiers in the Civil War and Colors of Courage: Gettysburg’s Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women & African Americans in the Civil War.
The exhibit will be at the John P. Isch?® Library from September 16-October 4 and at the Dental Library from October 7-18, so be sure to stop in!
During the week of Mardi Gras, the Dental Library will have abbreviated hours:
Sunday 2/10 ?á ?á ?áClosed
Monday 2/11 ?á ?á 8 am – 5 pm
Tuesday 2/12 ?á ?á Closed (Enjoy the parades!)
Wednesday – Friday 2/13-2/15 ?á ?á ?á8 am-5 pm.
Our regular hours will resume on Sunday 2/17
Happy Mardi Gras!
This Thursday, December 6th, U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will grace us with a reading and book signing at the Main Branch of the New Orleans Public Library.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and native of Mississippi, Trethewey is known for her portrayal of the Gulf South through powerful, natural imagery and historical narrative.?áThe?áLibrarian of Congress James Billington ?álauds, “Her poems dig beneath the surface of historyÔÇöpersonal or communal, from childhood or from a century agoÔÇöto explore the human struggles that we all face.” ?áYou can read examples of?áTrethewey’s work at poets.org.
The?áreading?á will begin at 7pm and is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!
On February 15, Tessie Prevost Williams, administrative assistant in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, presented “Integrating New Orleans Schools: The Civil Rights Movement Through the Eyes of a Child,” the second in a series of lectures sponsored by the School of Dentistry Library. In 1960 Tessie was one of four black children selected to integrate two New Orleans elementary schools. Tessie described her experiences to an audience of faculty, staff, and students. More of her story is available on the School of Dentistry web site.
The dental library will be offering five classes throughout the month of October to celebrate National Medical Libraries Month. All classes will be held in the dental library conference room from noon to 1:00pm. Reserve your space by emailing dentlib@lsuhsc.edu
Thursday, 10/1/09, Accessing Journal Articles Online
Monday, 10/5/09, Introduction to PubMed
Wednesday, 10/7/09, Introduction to RefWorks
Tuesday, 10/13/09, Health Literacy: More than the Ability to Read
Tuesday, 10/27/09, Introduction to Consumer Health Information
Two classes on important library resources will be taught this week:
Thursday, March 26, Finding Electronic Journal Articles (Liz Strother)
Learn how to use library resources for locating free electronic journal articles.
Friday, March 27, PubMed Basics (Julie Schiavo)
Introduction to searching PubMed, the premier database from the National Library of Medicine, for dental/biomedical information. Tips for refining your searches and managing results will also be taught.
Both classes will be held at noon in the Dental Library conference room. Please call 941-8158 or email dentlib@lsuhsc.edu to reserve a seat.
The Libraries have offered a blitz of classes in honor of National Medical Librarians Month which ended on Friday. Here are the final two classes associated with our month of events:
General Library Systems Class @ Isché Wednesday, November 5th 10 – 11:30 am
Keep Current – Tools for Productivity Class @ Isché Friday, November 7th 12 noon -1 pm
Register today by calling the Circulation Desk (504-568-5550) or by emailing reference@lsuhsc.edu.
Don’t forget to come to the Isché Library today between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm for the Shin-Dig!
Three Library Witches
Candy, Information, Giveaways!
Well, we?óÔé¼Ôäóve reached the end of National Medical Librarians Month, and as things draw to a close we?óÔé¼Ôäód like to focus on one more new resource with which you are already familiar: the new and improved E-journals list.
Let?óÔé¼Ôäós review the advice and words of caution Becky provided us when it came out:
Due to various reasons, the list is not a comprehensive listing of the electronic journals we have, but it?óÔé¼Ôäós relatively close.
Always check INNOPAC if you want to be 100% sure we don?óÔé¼Ôäót own a title. (There?óÔé¼Ôäós even a button for this on the list.)
The list includes all those strange non-health related titles we get through LOUIS, which is an advantage if someone comes looking for Harvard Business Journal or Consumer Reports
The list requires login to WAM for off campus access.
Some MD Consult titles may prompt for your lsuhsc username & password (Lancet, etc)
You don?óÔé¼Ôäót have to put in a full journal title to search, however, searching MEDLINE abbreviations may give you trouble
There is a short e-journals tutorial
Task for Week 4:
What?óÔé¼Ôäós the strangest journal name on list? Post yours in the comments
Display week 4 NMLM
The Dental Library Open House will be today from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Go and “Sink Your Teeth In!”
Sink Your Teeth In at the Dental Library Open House
| The Isché Library will be hosting a Halloween Shin-Dig from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, October 31st. |
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Two more chances to learn and one chance to celebrate:
Advanced Googling Class @ Isché Friday, October 24th from 12 noon to 1 pm
PubMed Class @ Dental Monday, October 27th from 12 noon to 1 pm
Check out the Dental Library Open House on Tuesday, October 28th from 11:30 to 1:30; Go and “Sink Your Teeth In!”
Sink Your Teeth In at the Dental Open House
Hello again from the NMLM Committee. We?óÔé¼Ôäóre halfway through this whirlwind staff development course ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ thanks for hanging in there! This week we?óÔé¼Ôäóre exploring social networking and the library?óÔé¼Ôäós Facebook page.
Introduction
Social Networking sites are online communities where people can connect with their friends and discover other people who have similar interests. Often social networking sites have features that allow users to interact with each other through features like photo sharing, chat, messaging, group invitations to events and more. Popular social networking sites include MySpace, Facebook, and Linkedin.
For an introduction to social networking, watch this 3 minute video: ?óÔé¼?ôSocial networking in plain English?óÔé¼?Ø by Common Craft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcqge8SvzQ
Library applications
The Dental library and Isch?â?® library both have a page on Facebook. Facebook members can become ?óÔé¼?£fans?óÔé¼Ôäó of the libraries, which allows you to leave comments, see events, view pictures, and more.
Task for week 3:
View to the library facebook pages.
Are you a member of Facebook? Add the library as a fan and leave a comment on our Wall about what you?óÔé¼Ôäód like to see on the library Facebook page.
Not a member of Facebook? If you do not want to create a profile in Facebook, leave a comment on the library blog post for this week ?óÔé¼?ôCan ya dig it?: social networking at the library?óÔé¼?Ø about what you?óÔé¼Ôäód like to see on the library Facebook page.
NMLM Facebook display
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