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BMJ Insiders's Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 2016
A staff publication of the MU Libraries.
Health Sciences Library
HSL Librarians at MLA Meeting in Toronto
At the Medical Library Association meeting recently held in Toronto,
- Rebecca Graves coauthored a poster, “Librarians Plan a Virtual Annual Meeting: You’ll Never Guess What Happened”
- Diane Johnson was a paper/poster judge for the research section
- Taira Meadowcroft was one of the official bloggers.
- Barb Jones presented a poster with Darell Schmick, "Politics: Dirty Word or Fascinating Opportunity to Leverage Your Skills and Abilities?"
Congratulations to Taira Meadowcroft for earning more stripes!
Taira Meadowcraft received another Culture of Yes stripe to add to her growing collection! She now has one each for care, deliver, and serve!
Funding for National Network of Libraries of Medicine Announced
At HSL, we are pleased that the National Library of Medicine has publicly announced the funding for the next five years of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. The J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library is a Resource Library in the Network, and is a participating “partner" in network activities for this contract. Barb Jones, Coordinator for the State of Missouri, is funded by this sub-contract. Her work consists of providing outreach to hospitals, schools, clinics, health departments, and health-related organizations to make them aware of health-related information resources and services. She also advocates for health sciences libraries. She supports return-on-investment activities and works to promote understanding of how libraries contribute to the quality of health professionals' education and patient care. We are proud of Barb’s work, and are glad to see that it will continue. The new contract begins on May 1, 2016.
Congratulations to Taira Meadowcraft for Earning her Stripes!
Part of the MU Health Care “Culture of Yes” initiative is a recognition program called Earning Your Stripes, where employees receive a coupon for embodying The Culture of Yes.
Taira received a “Serve” stripe in recognition of her ability to deliver timely and targeted information in support of hospital quality improvement projects.
Read more here: http://library.missouri.edu/hslsuggestions/2016/02/10/congratulations-to-taira-meadowcroft-for-earning-her-stripes/
Health Sciences Library Centennial Event
Mark your calendars for the HSL Centennial event next Thursday, October 15, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Health Sciences Library. HSL staff will be celebrating the Libraries' Centennial, Medical Librarians' Month, and the anniversary of J. Otto Lottes' birthday. All libraries' staff are welcome!
Graves Elected to MLA Committee
Rebecca Graves has been elected as the MCMLA representative to the Nominating Committee of the Medical Library Association.
Congratulations to Victoria Yu, One of the Mizzou 39 Outstanding Seniors
Victoria Yu, a student worker in the HSL interlibrary loan department, has been named one of the Mizzou 39 most outstanding seniors by the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board.
A Columbia native, Victoria’s major is Human Development and Family Studies.
Her activities and honors include: Missouri Students Association – Chief Diversity Officer, Phi Upsilon Omicron Honor Society – Treasurer, Asian American Association – President, Midwest Asian American Students Union – Chairwoman, Griffiths Leadership Society. She is the daughter or Jay-Yu and Shan-Yu Ho.
Congratulations, Victoria!
Scoville Provides Research Assistance for Medical Journal Article
Caryn Scoville’s work was a acknowledged in this new case report published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association:
Neverman EM1, Clary K2.
Leser-trélat sign.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2014 Jul;114(7):593. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.119.
HSL Presents Poster at MU Health’s Sharing Days Event
We presented a poster at the 2nd Annual MU Health Sharing Days Event last week. This is an event that highlights innovations in quality improvement at the hospital.
Our poster presentation was “Eliminating Document Delivery Fees from the Health Sciences Library” with the following employees contributing: Information Services—Darell Schmick, Caryn Scoville, E. Diane Johnson
Interlibrary Loan—Ivy Hui, Caroline James, and Yasuyo Knoll. Special thanks to Graduate Library Assistant Sarah Norris for assistance with poster design!
A little more about Sharing Days:
Innovations now on display during Sharing Days
Employees are invited to view more than 100 posters created for the second annual University of Missouri Health System Innovation and Improvement Sharing Days today, Tuesday, April 29, through Thursday, May 1. In each poster, the creators shine a spotlight on the completed or ongoing improvements and innovations in their areas of work or research.
Posters are on display at the following locations.
• Main lobby of the School of Health Professions' Lewis and Clark halls
• School of Medicine's atrium
• Sinclair School of Nursing second floor
• University Hospital's main lobby and mezzanine
• Women's and Children's Hospital Conference Center
• Quarterdeck
The poster locations will be rotated, and each poster will appear at each location for one day.
For a schedule of where the posters will be placed each day, please visit https://mymuhealth.org/documents_02/PR/SharingDays2014.pdf and click "OK" to open. This "poster of posters" will also be displayed at each location to serve as a key.
–Darell Schmick