The Appendix, newsletter of the Health Sciences Library is a UC Denver email list.
October
2014
News from the University of Colorado Health Sciences
Library
October 2014
Beam me up! eBeams available for checkout at the Service Desk
Are you tired of trying to decipher grainy cell phone photos of your whiteboard sessions? If so, stop by the Service Desk at the Health Sciences Library and check out a set of eBeams! How does it work? eBeams transform content written on whiteboards into digital files that can be saved, shared, and retrieved. Record it! eBeams allow […]
Communicate your research with emojis?
A tongue-in-cheek Twitter hashtag has emerged following a challenge to academics to write more clearly and powerfully. Researchers condense their research into tweets using emojis, those little symbols that stand in for emotions and concepts. #emojiresearch provides a clever way for you to communicate your research focus – can you meet the challenge? Need an emoji lexicon? […]
FYI: Demonstrate your scholarly impact!
One of the many challenges faced by scholars is to demonstrate their value and impact within their field of expertise and study. In addition, institutions look for ways to measure the intellectual output of their
researchers as part of their overall performance evaluation process. This information can also help an organization’s leadership with making critical […]
New Acquisition: The Fabric of the Human Body, a new translation of
Vesalius’ masterwork
2014 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of physician and anatomist Andreas Vesalius. Vesalius was a lecturer in anatomy and surgery at the University of Padua. He was an advocate for the study of human anatomy through dissection of human bodies, rather than animals. His great work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, published in 1543 […]
Rare Book Profile: Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica.
Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1st edition: Basel : Johannes Oporinus, 1543; 2nd edition: Johannes Oporinus, 1555) marked the transition of the study of anatomy from medieval to modern. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) was born into a family of physicians and pharmacists in Brussels. He studied medicine in Louvain (Leuven) and Paris, and completed his […]
Connect to NIH’s Many News Feeds!
What has 117 Twitter Feeds, 98 Newsletters (email based), 67 Facebook Pages, 55 RSS Feeds, 29 YouTube Channels, 17 Blogs, 13 LinkedIn Profiles, 9 Pinterest Brands, 9 Audio Podcast Streams, 7 Google+ pages, 5 Flickr Communities, 5 Video Podcast Streams, and 1 Tumblr microblog? 21 National Institutes of Health, 6 Centers, and 5 Related Organizations, […]
Population Health Added to PubMed Special Queries
The NLM PubMed Special Queries page includes a link to a new MEDLINE/PubMed Population Health search. A definition for population health is “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group. The field of population health includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link these to […]
Gift of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classic for Indigenous Medicine
Collection
A little-known fact about many of the Library’s Special Collections books is that they are gifts from our generous and thoughtful donors. Some were transported over great distances in route to the HSL. Such was the case this past August, when Dr. Wang Dongjin and his family hand-delivered a book from Changchun, Jilin Province, China […]
New exhibit - Trepanation
Trepanation or trepanning, the surgery of opening the skull, may be one of the oldest surgeries that mankind has performed, and performed successfully. Visit the health Sciences Library’s second floor landing to view our newest exhibit, a selection of trepanation instruments.
500th Anniversary of Andreas Vesalius’ Birth
Celebration Event: Featured speaker Dr. Gabriel Finkelstein, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, CU Denver, on Vesalius at 500. Dr. William Arend, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, SOM Division of Rheumatology, will additionally recognize Dr. Charley Smyth. Place: Reading Room, 3rd floor Health Sciences Library. Time: November 19, noon to 2 pm. Reception to follow with refreshments and […]
Financial Literacy Seminars: Building Credit New
Undergraduate seniors leave school with an average of $4,100 in credit card debt. Are you in control of the cards in your wallet? The Health Sciences Library is teaming up with the Fitzsimons Credit Union for a FREE seminar about building credit. 13 Nov 2014 (Thu) 12:00pm-1:30pm Location: Teaching Lab 1. In this 90 minute presentation […]
Communicate your value, tell your ImpactStory
ImpactStory is offering a fresh new approach toward communicating your value as a researcher. View a sample page to understand more about how ImpactStory can help you. [Lynne M. Fox, Education Librarian]
New furniture is coming to the Health Sciences Library
Please join the Health Sciences Library in welcoming new furniture to the third floor! As part of a pilot project, the library is installing two new types of furniture. Starting November 6, the library will have new study booths and pods available. Mosey on up to the third floor to check out these exciting new […]
24/7 Hours & Badge-ID Access Began Oct. 13
Students on the AMC have desired 24/7 late night access for many years and now HSL delivers! Guidelines and a handout covering details, tips and safety information is available at the library service desk and online. Beginning Oct 13, 2014 Health Sciences Library has increased access for the CU AMC University community by offering badge-ID access […]
Beware of Phishing Scam Impersonating the Library
The University has been recently subjected to a phishing attack. The subject line of these new phishing messages is “Library Account Access”. These emails are designed to appear as if they are coming from the library concerning a library account activation. The phishing emails also contain links to malicious web sites that ask for your University […]
American Library Association Annual Conference: Viva Las Vegas
Ever wonder what goes on at the American Library Association annual conference? Here’s your chance to find out. Deirdre Adams-Buckley, a member of the Access Services team at the Health Sciences Library, attended the conference in June. She’s offered up a summary of her experience. Check it out! This summer I was given the opportunity to […]
Testing new menu on library’s website – Give us your feedback
In an effort to continually improve the library’s website, we’re testing a new larger and more
on data from two card sort exercises conducted by the library’s Web Working Group. Participants included 14 library staff and 16 students, staff and faculty from the […]
