“Getting Better…Together”: 2009 Library All Sites Retreat
2009 All Sites Planning Committee
The annual Mayo Library System all sites retreat, “Getting Better…Together” was held in the Plummer Library in Rochester, Minnesota from September 21-23, 2009. (more…)
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National Medical Librarians Month
The Medical Library Association has designated October as the month each year to celebrate the contributions of medical librarians (more…)
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Working in the History of Medicine Library
I’ve always enjoyed reading. Browsing through bookstores and antique shops looking at books both old and new fascinates me. Handling old books and thinking about the many other hands that have touched the same book, leafed through the same pages, and enjoyed the same printed words, piques my imagination. (more…)
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NLM Updates
Updates from the NLM Technical Bulletin
PubMed Redesign is available for testing
New for PubMed: Auto Suggest and Titles with Your Search Terms
Electronic Health Record Resources Added to Special Queries
New Look, Advanced Features for NLM Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) Online Collection
New Titles in PubMed Central
Journal of RNAi and Gene Silencing
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Library Resource Changes for 2010
Due to budget reductions in 2009, the Library will be canceling 569 print journal subscriptions for 2010. (more…)
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Mayo Foundation History of Medicine Society
The Mayo Foundation History of Medicine Society will host the Edward C. Stafne, D.D.S. History of Medicine Program on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, in Geffen Auditorium located on the subway level of the Gonda Building. A complimentary light buffet will be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6:00 p.m. Featured speaker, Susan E. Lederer, Ph.D., will present Speaking of Operations: How Surgery Became Entertaining in Early 20th Century America. Dr. Lederer is Professor and Chair of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
In order to provide for adequate seating and food for this event, please RSVP no later than October 9, 2009. Phone: 507-284-3676, or e-mail lane.hilary@mayo.edu.
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Video Tutorial: My NCBI-Custom Filters and Sharing Collections
PubMed’s My NCBI tool, the personal account that lets you store searches, get email alerts, save citations, and customize your PubMed display, has introduced two new features: (more…)
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What’s your reference question? Search Odyssey: 2009
An academic research support specialist at Mayo Clinic Florida was working on a journal manuscript submission (more…)
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Professional Travel & Meeting Attendance
- Jan Behrens attended the METRONET Conference “Transformation from Within–Creating a 21st Century Learning Commons” on June 19 in St. Paul.
- Dawn Swalboski attended the annual meeting of the American Library Association, July 9-15, in Chicago, IL.
- Michael Homan and Dawn Littleton attended the 10th International Congress on Medical Librarianship in Brisbane, Australia, August 31-September 4.
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Presentations
- Littleton D. “Library rush!” Development of a multi-site high-volume rapid document delivery system across Mayo Clinic and Mayo Health System. International Congress on Medical Librarianship. September 3, 2009, Brisbane, Australia.
- Homan JM. Plagiarism. Core 6000-Responsible Conduct in Research. Mayo Graduate School. September 10.
- Attwood CA. The Long and Winding Road. Mayo Clinic Libraries All Sites Retreat “Getting Better…Together,” September 22, Rochester MN.
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Newsworthy
- Dottie Hawthorne, Mayo Clinic Rochester, was appointed Instructor in Medical Education, College of Medicine.
- Matt Hoy, Luther Hospital – Midelfort Clinic – Mayo Health System, is a new co-editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly (MRSQ) “Navigate the Net” column.
- Kay Wellik, Mayo Clinic Arizona, was promoted to Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics, College of Medicine.
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Issue 32, October 2009
Feature Articles
- “Getting Better…Together”: 2009 Library All Sites Retreat
- National Medical Librarians Month
- Working in the History of Medicine Library
News Bytes
Video Tutorial
What’s Your Reference Question?
Staff News
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Issue 31, June 2009
Feature Articles 
- Mayo Clinic Medical Models: Education, Science and Art in Wax
- ¡Rumbo–Chile!
- Mayo Clinic Librarians Featured at Medical Library Association 2009
News Bytes
- Video: Janet Doe Lecture
- Video: Hunters, Gatherers, Strategists!
- Video: Reaching Out by Reaching In
- Mayo Foundation History of Medicine Society Lecture
Video Tutorial
What’s Your Reference Question?
Staff News
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Mayo Clinic Medical Models: Education, Science and Art in Wax
The Mayo Clinic Historical Unit (MHU) is responsible for an extensive collection of historical artifacts and archival materials detailing more than one hundred years of Mayo Clinic history and its global impact on medical science. The MHU collection includes approximately 2,800 – 3,000 medical wax models, historically known as Medical Moulage. (more…)
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¡Rumbo– Chile!
In late 2008 I was invited by Clínica Alemana of Santiago, Chile to visit their facility and meet with their staff to discuss library services at Mayo Clinic. Clínica Alemana is a modern multi-specialty private group practice with a 350-bed hospital and more than 600 physicians and 3200 allied health staff. It is affiliated with the College of Medicine at the Universidad del Desarrollo. Mayo Clinic and Clínica Alemana have had a Memorandum of Understanding since the mid-1990s. (more…)
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Mayo Clinic Librarians featured at MLA 2009
Several Mayo Clinic librarians gave invited talks and presented posters at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. Interviews with two of the poster presenters and clips from J. Michael Homan’s Janet Doe Lecture are featured in separate posts in this Liblog issue. (more…)
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NLM Updates
NLM News and Technical Bulletin Highlights
- The National Library of Medicine recently unveiled a new Turning the Pages project
- Two new features have been added to MyNCBI
- Major PubMed Redesign Coming Late Summer 2009
- Search Clounds Added to MedlinePlus
- Newly Redesigned and Updated PubMed Central Journal List
- New Tutorial “Understanding Medical Words” Available on MedlinePLus
- NLM Chooses Fedora Open Source Software for Digital Repository
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Video: Janet Doe Lecture
J. Michael Homan received the 2009 Janet Doe Lectureship. The Janet Doe Lectureship is awarded annually to a Medical Library Association member chosen for his or her unique perspective on the history or philosophy of medical librarianship. (more…)
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Video: Hunters, Gatherers, Strategists!
Dawn Littleton (librarian, Mayo Clinic Rochester), Carole Saville (librarian, Mayo Clinic Florida), and Kay E. Wellik (librarian, Mayo Clinic Arizona) presented their poster, “Hunters, Gatherers, and Strategists! Librarians Preparing for a Multisite Higher Learning Commission Reaccreditation Evaluation” at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. (more…)
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