Library News

5th Floor Project Update

The major project on the 5th Floor of the Library to create space for an IT data center has reached a milestone. We have completed shifting the print journal collection, so the floor will be markedly quieter for a while.

The next phase of the project, which will entail clearing and tearing down of the shelving on the Prieur Street side of the floor, is tentatively scheduled to commence in the summer. We will post signage warning of increased noise and commotion once we have a better idea of when these next steps will start.

Although the print volumes have been removed, we still have some work to do for the affected journals’ records in our Library catalog. If you need assistance locating a print journal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help.

If you have any questions about this or any other Library services and/or resources, please contact us.

Isché Library Closed 1/20/2024

January 19, 2024 – Due to an emergency repair scheduled for Saturday, January 20th, the Isché Library will be closed on this date. The Library will reopen at 9:30am on Sunday, January 21st.

The Library Commons will be open but only emergency power will be on, so limited lighting, HVAC and elevator service may be available.

January Faculty Publications

January 13, 2024

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Isché Library. These eight articles, as well as all the articles in LSU Health Digital Scholar, are authored by at least one member of our research community here at LSUHSC-New Orleans. Each month the Library is proud to present copies of eight of these publications in a rotating display of 16. Check out the display below: 

LSUHSC Digital Scholar is an institutional repository and is a service of the LSU Health Science Center Libraries. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the Libraries, as well as individual university departments and centers on campus.  

Publications cited in LSU Health Digital Scholar are harvested from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL, to name a few. In addition to articles, they include books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts, all authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-NO community. You can access LSU Health Digital Scholar at https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/.  

If you have an article that you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact our Librarians at reference@lsuhsc.edu. 

MLK Day Closure

January 12, 2024: The Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 15th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day. Both Libraries will be open our regular hours on Sunday, January 14th and Tuesday, January 16th.

Libraries Are Open – Happy 2024!

January 2, 2024: The Isché Library reopened at 7:30am this morning and the Dental Library reopened at 8am. Welcome back!

Libraries Are Closed for Winter Break

Both the Dental and Isché Libraries are closed for Winter Break. Online systems will work while the physical libraries are closed. And the Library Commons will be open downtown as long at the building remains open. Both Libraries will reopen on Tuesday, January 2nd, Isché at 7:30am and Dental at 8am. See you in 2024!

Winter Break Hours

The Isché Library will have Winter Break hours on Sunday, December 17th through Tuesday, January 2nd. The Dental Library will have Winter Break hours on Friday, December 23rd through Tuesday, January 2nd.

Isché Library

Dental Library

Thanksgiving Week Hours

The Libraries will be open regular hours through Tuesday, November, 21st. On Wednesday, November 22nd, the Dental Library will close at 5pm and the Isché Library will close at 6pm. Both Libraries will remain closed through Saturday, November 25th and reopen for regular hours on Sunday, November 26th. Happy Thanksgiving!

IT Office Hours: Introducing LSU Health Digital Scholar

David Trillo and Blair Hollender will be presenting at IT Office Hours today, November 16th at noon, via Zoom. They will be speaking about the Library’s Institutional Repository, LSU Health Digital Scholar.

If you can’t attend today, the presentation will be archived on the IT website.

ESCAPE ROOM – FRIDAY

Did you miss a chance to try the Library’s escape room?

Well, good news! Spots available for Friday, October 27th 9AM – 11AM.
Sign up here!

*Up to 6 people can sign up per time slot!

Join the Libraries in Celebrating International Open Access Week October 23-27, 2023!

The LSU Health New Orleans Division of Libraries invites the LSU Health New Orleans community to join the Libraries for all the information, fun, and festivities we are planning for International Open Access Week on October 23–27, 2023. Click here for our Open Access Week 2023 webpage.

Here is our schedule of events planned for the week of October 23-27, 2023: 

Monday, October 23: 

Open House 10AM-2PM, Isché Library Commons – 3^rd Floor of Resource Center Building

Tuesday, October 24: 

Open House 11AM-1PM, Dental Campus Library – 3^rd Floor of Administration Building

Open Access Presentations 3PM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4^th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Wednesday, October 25: 

Escape Room 10AM-2PM, Isché Library Commons – 3^rd Floor of Resource Center Building

Thursday, October 26: 

Open Access Presentations 10AM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4^th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Open Access Presentations 2PM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4^th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Open Access Presentations 3PM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4^th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Friday, October 27:

Documentary Screening 12PM-1:30PM Isché Library Commons – 3^rd Floor of Resource Center Building 

Developed resources reported in this post are supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement number UG4LM012345. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Labor Day Closure

The Libraries will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Labor Day Holiday. The Library Commons will be open all weekend.

The Dental Library will close at 5pm on Friday, September 1st and reopen at 8am on Tuesday, September 4th. The Isché Library will close at 6pm on Friday and reopen at 7:30am on Tuesday.

The Library Welcomes Our New Librarian, R. Blair Hollender

The LSU Health Isché Library would like to welcome our new librarian, R. Blair Hollender! Blair joined us this month as our new Digital Initiatives Librarian and School of Graduate Studies Liaison. Our university will benefit from the support of this position as it promotes our digital initiatives.

Blair received her Master of Library and Information Science degree from Simmons University, School of Library and Information Science – Boston, and her Bachelor of Arts in Art History for the University of Arkansas, Fulbright College – Fayetteville. She previously worked as the Executive Director of West Fork Public Library in West Fork, Arkansas.

Thanks for joining us in Welcoming Blair to the Team!

STAT!Ref EBooks Updates

Our collection of eBooks from STAT!Ref has been updated. While we lost a few older books, we have added some newer ebooks on currently popular topics.

The new ebooks are:

Cancer Immunotherapy Principles and Practice – 2nd Ed. (2022)

Clinical Manual for the Oncology Advanced Practice Nurse – 4th Ed. (2022)

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups – 2nd Ed. (2022)

Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care – 2nd Ed. (2024)

Dimensional Analysis for Meds: Refocusing on Essential Metric Calculations – 6th Ed.

(2023)

Dossey & Keegan’s Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice – 8th Ed. (2022)

Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs – 7th Ed. (2023)

Homelessness and Mental Health (2022)

Invasive Cardiology: A Manual for Cath Lab Personnel – 4th Ed. (2023)

Leadership in Nursing Practice: The Intersection of Innovation and Teamwork in

Healthcare Systems – 4th Ed. (2023)

LGBTQ+: Support and Care (2021)

Lubkin’s Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention – 11th Ed. (2023)

Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets – 9th Ed. (2023)

Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook (2020-2021)

Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes – 3rd Ed. (2022)

Suicide Prevention (2021)

Treating Alcohol and Drug Problems in Psychotherapy Practice: Doing What Works – 2nd Ed. (2023)

The removals are:
Cancer Basics – 2nd Ed. (2017)

Davis’s NCLEX-RN Success – 3rd Ed. (2012)

Escourolle and Poirier’s: Manual of Basic Neuropathology 6th Ed (2019)

Evidence-based Emergency Medicine (2009)

HCPCS Level II (2023)

High-Risk & Critical Care Obstetrics – 4th Ed. (2019)

Labor and Delivery Nursing: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice – 2nd Ed. (2021)

Nurse’s Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions, and Rationales – 15th Ed. (2019)

Nursing Care Plans: Transitional Patient & Family Centered Care – 7th Ed (2017)

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine – 6th Ed. (2021)

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing – 5th Ed. (2019)

Pediatric Nursing: Caring for Children and Their Families – 3rd Ed. (2012)

Perinatal Nursing – 5th Ed. (2021)

Physical Rehabilitation – 6th Ed. (2014)

Sparks & Taylor’s Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual – 11th Ed. (2020)

Tarascon Adult Emergency Pocketbook – 6th Ed. (2021)

Teaching Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing – 2nd Ed. (2013)

The Trauma Manual: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery – 5th Ed. (2020)

5th Floor Project Diary: Disappearing acts

For those who are new to campus or are returning from summer break, the 5th Floor is now home to a major project to remove over 30,000 bound volumes and shift the entirety of the remaining 90,000+ volumes to make room for a new IT data center. As our previous project diaries show, this continues to be an involved, chaotic, and, at times, very loud undertaking. There is an illustration at the top of the stairs on the 5th Floor showing what areas are affected and describing more about this project.

The past few days, though, have been ones to make magicians jealous with the quick disappearance of thousands of volumes.

Some may have been in awe of The Stack on the 5th Floor:

By Tuesday morning, August 8, The Stack was no more:

However, with an additional 7,000 or so volumes still needing removal, The New Stack will arise in its place.

If you have any questions about this project or need assistance with any Library resources, please contact us.