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Trenton Boyd Wins Medical Library Association’s Murray Gottlieb Prize

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Congratulations to Trenton Boyd on being selected as the winner of the 2009 Murray Gottlieb Prize from the Medical Library Association. The paper will be published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association, and his registration to the 2009 MLA Annual Meeting will be paid as part of the prize.

The Murray Gottlieb Prize is awarded annually for the best unpublished essay on the history of medicine and allied sciences written by a health sciences librarian. The Gottlieb Prize was established in 1956 by Ralph and Jo Grimes of the Old Hickory Bookshop, Brinklow, MD, in order to recognize and stimulate the health sciences librarians’ interest in the history of medicine.

The title of the essay is “The Lost History of American Veterinary Medicine: the Need for Preservation.” It is an honor for one of MU’s librarians to be chosen for this national recognition. The hard work that went into researching and writing the essay will benefit not only medical librarians, but also will add to the archive of veterinary medicine. A version of the paper has already been accepted for presentation at the 2009 ICML/ICAHIS Conference in Brisbane Australia in September of this year.

Heartiest congratulations, Trenton! We are proud of you and the professionalism that you bring to the University of Missouri Libraries!

Deb

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NIH Public Access Update

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The NIH Public Access mandate has been in effect since April 2008. We thought you’d be interested in what the MU Libraries have been doing to support NIH researchers on campus.

In addition to updating the MU Libraries Guide to the NIH Public Access Policy as needed (and continuing to monitor any legal challenges to the policy!), the Libraries have sent information to all NIH researchers on campus about the policy. Brenda Graves-Blevins, Diane Johnson, and Kate Anderson have spoken to a number of different groups, including: Life Sciences Center investigators; Council of Research Administrators; School of Medicine Research Council; and the Grant Writers Network.

When talking to researchers and support staff about this new policy, we emphasize that:

  1. The MU Libraries are the go-to resource for clarifying the Public Access policy; determining individual journal policies; finding PMCIDs; etc.;
  2. Researchers need to read the fine print to make sure they understand the journal’s policy and to avoid unnecessary charges;
  3. The SPARC addendum is available if needed. This addendum also helps preserve rights to submit to local repositories such as MOspace.

Thanks to all involved in providing NIH researchers with this information. Helping support this policy has been a good example of campus-wide collaboration, involving people from the MU Libraries, the Division of Information Technology, the Office of Research, and the Provost’s Office.

Submitted by Kate Anderson

Health Sciences Librarians Presenting at The Midcontinental Chapter of MLA

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Several of our librarians will be presenting at The Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association in Cody, Wyoming in October.

  • Kate Anderson will give a paper, “The dog and pony show: Developing and growing a clinical library service.”
  • Rebecca Graves and Barb Jones are collaborating with MaryEllen Sievert and Louise Miller on a poster, “Reaching the Open Spaces:Outreach to Missouri public health and school nurses, using the structured vs. personal approach.”
  • Deb Ward is presenting a poster with co-authors MaryEllen Sievert and Barb Jones, “Creating a Framework for Collaborative Regional Library Research.” Thanks to Rebecca for technical assistance with the poster. Deb is also serving as an invited panelist on a panel called, “Health and Information Access on the Frontier.”
  • Barb Jones is also presenting a paper titled “Calculators for Measuring the Impact of Health Science Libraries and Librarians” with Betsy Kelly, MLS, MBA Evaluation and Assessment Liaison, Washington University.