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@McGoogan

2015

The McGoogan Library of Medicine comprises seven departments:

Administration

Collection Services

Education & Research Services

Graphics / Visual Resources

RML Liaison

Strategic Initiatives

Systems

Stats @ a GlanceLibrary Gate Count: 21,822

Interlibrary Loan Lending: 1,853

Reference Questions Answered: 582

Education Sessions: 44

33% increase over last quarter

Private Study Room Checkout: 1,735

16% increase over last quarter

Interlibrary Loan Borrowing: 1,504

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Service Updates

Digitization of materials in the library’s special collections continued this quarter, with several projects currently in progress. One of these is the digitization of the Omaha Medical College “Pulse” newsletter/journal, published beginning in 1898. Another project is digitization of more than 2500 overhead transparencies used by Wolf Wolfensberger, Ph.D. (1934-2011), a faculty member at the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute from 1964 to 1971, in his many lectures and workshops given across the country and around the world on the topics of normalization and social role valorization. A third project is the digitization of more yearbooks from UNMC’s past, including College of Pharmacy yearbooks from 1913 to 1920. Additional work has been done that gives the viewer the ability to flip through the pages of each publication.

Digitization Projects

ILL and Increase in Requests

Beginning January 1, 2015, the library ceased charging faculty and staff for the interlibrary loan service. Additionally, students were no longer limited to 50 free requests per year. This change was made to make information more accessible to the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine community. Since that time, we have seen an increase in requests compared to last year. Though the number of requests has decreased significantly over the past five years, this increase indicates that the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine communities could be utilizing this service more, now that the barrier of a charge has been lifted. Compared to the same time period last year, preliminary data shows that faculty and student requests have increased by approximately 25%. Further and continued analysis will be performed to track these trends.

Changes in Theses and Dissertations

Beginning with August 2015 graduations, students will now submit their theses and dissertations electronically to DigitalCommons@UNMC. Previously, a paper- and fee-based ProQuest submission was the official process at UNMC. Now students are required to submit their work to DigitalCommons, while ProQuest will be optional. The work will be freely available to anyone on the Internet, though some students may opt for an embargo. With this new system, students will simply create an account in DigitalCommons, enter the appropriate descriptive information into a form, and upload their PDF. The library’s Collection Services will then proof the DigitalCommons record and post to the live website. Graduate Studies will receive an automatic email notification that the student has fulfilled this requirement. Students will still have the option to bind personal copies.

“I enjoyed your blog post about 3D printing going awry.

I wanted to share a McGoogan 3D Printing success story.

We requested a 3D model to be made of the human

cochlea with the vestibular labyrinth attached. The result

is a thing of beauty! In the few weeks that we have had

our model we have used it 3x in conjunction with our

other hands-on models to present hearing conservation

presentations to rural elementary, JH and HS students.

The students absolutely love the fact that they can touch

the model (it is incredibly durable) and that it was created

by a ‘cool’ technology. As we discuss the importance of

the cochlea this model helps to reinforce the learning process. We are anxious to send in our next 3D printing job!

We are grateful to have this technology available.”

UNMC StudentsUNMC StaffUNMC FacultyNebraska MedicineCollege of MedicineCollege of Allied Health ProfessionsGraduate StudiesEppley InstituteMcGoogan Library of MedicineCollege of NursingCollege of PharmacyCollege of Public HealthUNeMedCancer Research ProgramGraduate Medical Education

Since the opening

there have been

130 print requests

submitted by 58

different individuals.

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3D Printing Comes to McGooganThe McGoogan Makerspace, located on the sixth floor of the library near the main entrance, officially opened on March 31 during the Technology Open House. The Makespace is the home of a MakerBot Replicator, fifth Generation 3D Printer, a MakerBot Replicator 2x Experimental Printer, a MakerBot Digitizer for scanning objects to be printed on the 3D printer and a workstation for creating 3D objects using 3D imaging software including MeshLab, NetFabb Basic, MakerBot MakerWare, and MakerBot Desktop. UNMC students, faculty and staff can submit objects to be printed on the 3D printer either through an online form or by bringing in a flash drive. They are also able to schedule time on the 3D workstation to create or refine objects they would like to print. All 3D printing is currently handled by McGoogan staff.

A wide variety of 3D objects have been submitted for printing, ranging from iPhone and iPad stands to skulls and

brains. One unique object that was printed for Ellen Duysen, Coordinator, CS-CASH, College of Public Health,

elicited the following response to a McGoogan News Blog posting about 3D printing successes and failures:

As word of our 3D printing capabilities has gotten around

campus, two very exciting 3D printing opportunities have

come up. A UNMC student who does some volunteer work

at the Henry Doorly Zoo happened to mention our new

3D printing space to Rubin Fields, Curator for the Scott

Aquarium. He told her he had been thinking about 3D

printing to create new tail fins for a couple of injured fish

and she put him in contact with the library. He has three

rockfish that have all had their tail fins chewed off. He is

not quite sure how he would attach a possible 3D printed

replacement, but he has some ideas. Since trying to

scan a rockfish with an intact tail is not really practical,

we are going to proceed with attempting to create a

replacement tail fin from a photograph. Free software is

available that can create a 3D printable object from a

photograph. Once that 3D file is created and sized to the

approximate dimensions, we will print it. Mr. Fields realizes

that this may or may not work and that attaching it might

be the most problematic aspect, but we agreed that it is

worth a try.

The other 3D possibility involves the Pathology Department

and Dr. Geoff Talmon. Dr. Talmon is interested in the

possibility of 3D printing pathology specimens. Software is

available that can convert CT/MRI scans into 3D images

and then into printable 3D object files. We will be

partnering with Dr. Talmon to see if it is possible to scan

pathology specimens either via CT, MRI or both, convert

those scans into a 3D printable file and produce a 3D print

of the specimen. Dr. Talmon would then use the 3D print

for teaching purposes.

A group of UNMC Graduate Students recently formed a

3D printing group called UNMC Makers. The group will hold

monthly meetings in the library conference room adjacent

to the Makerspace and will be using the Makerspace to

further their knowledge of how to create and print

3D objects. Tom Gensichen, who coordinates the

Makerspace, will serve as the faculty sponsor for this new

group.

There are a wide variety of color

choices for printing 3D objects.

The top colors are:

1. Glow in the Dark

2. Warm Gray

3. True White

4. True Blue

5. Translucent Purple

6. Neon Pink

7. True Red

8. Ocean Blue

9. True Black

10. Photochromatic Blue

Collections Update

New journal subscription: Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice

The Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice is a quarterly journal that provides innovative ideas for interprofessional educators and practitioners through peer-reviewed articles and reports. Each issue examines current issues and trends in interprofessional healthcare topics, offering progressive solutions to the challenges

facing the profession. The Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP) is affiliated with UNMC and the official journal of National Academies of Practice (NAP) and supports its mission to serve the public and the health

profession by advancing education, policy, practice, and research.

New membership:

BioMed CentralThe library recently became a supporter member of BioMed Central. With this membership, any UNMC author

who publishes in a BioMed Central journal will receive a 15% discount on article processing charges. BioMed Central publishes over 100 open access journals across the whole spectrum of biology and medicine.

Articles submitted to these journals receive rigorous and rapid peer review and authors retain the copyright of their work.

Archival rights: SpringerProtocols

We recently purchased the complete SpringerProtocols archive. In addition, each year we renew our subscription we will automatically receive archival rights to that year. Making a one-time purchase of the

archive and switching to an archival rights model allows for more stability in our collection. SpringerProtocols is an online database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the biomedical and life sciences. Compiling

protocols from the book series Methods in Molecular Biology and other sources, SpringerProtocols offers researchers access to nearly thirty years of tested, trusted, step-by-step protocols for immediate use in the lab.

With an emphasis on comprehensiveness and clarity, each protocol is organized in an easily reproducible recipe style.

BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE 2015, WE STARTED

SUBSCRIBING TO JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL

EDUCATION & PRACTICE, BECAME A SUPPORTER MEMBER OF BIOMED

CENTRAL, AND PURCHASED ARCHIVAL RIGHTS TO

SPRINGERPROTOCOLS.

Institutional Repository Update

DigitalCommons@UNMC garnered an increased amount of attention this quarter. Downloads totaled 3,326, with top performers being historical in nature. The College of Medicine class pictures have been very popular and collectively rank high in downloads and views. Geographically, most downloads are from users in the United States and are followed by India, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, and Russia. 34 new records were created this quarter, though that number does not reflect the intensive preparation of the submissions. The majority of these records contain files that required digitization of multiple documents, many of which were older and required additional attention. Aside from the digitization of older materials, new materials were created and added to the repository. Of note is 130 Years of Leadership: Images of the Deans of the College of Medicine 1881-2010, a joint project between Dr. Robert Wigton and the library.

• The First Hundred Years of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine

• Acute hemorrhagic nephritis (MD thesis)

• Non specific protein therapy (MD thesis)

• University of Nebraska College of Medicine Class of 2013

Top Downloads

Education Update

During the last quarter of 2014/15 the Education and Research Services unit delivered 48 classes with a total attendance of 1001. Classes ranged from a Grand Rounds for Anesthesiology to a College of Nursing curriculum series of classes for Ph.D. students.

Marty Magee and Tom Gensichen presented in-house training classes on SharePoint. All faculty and staff were required to obtain basic training in SharePoint features.

In addition, Cindy Schmidt and Teri Hartman provided training and support to campus faculty and staff on My Bibliography and SciENcv, the new NIH biographical sketch format required for all NIH and AHRQ grant applications.

Alissa Fial experimented with alternative methods of instruction to students of the College of Nursing including: traditional library instruction, flipped instruction, and online tutorials which resulted in increased contact with the library and their library liaison.

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Staffing Update

Danielle Drummond started as the Reference Associate for Education & Research Services (E&RS) in May 2015. Danielle began her career at the McGoogan Library in August 2014 in the Circulation Department, as a part-time Library Assistant II. Before McGoogan, Danielle worked at a public library in her hometown and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha with her bachelor’s in Education

Donations • Steven Brekel

• Marjorie Johnson Hood Trust

• Thomas Imray, M.D.

• The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc.

• Dr. Kenneth Kimball and Mrs. Bev Kimball

• Mrs. Oxana Metiuk

• Dr. James and Myrna Newland

• James Temme

• Cheryl Thompson

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln C. Y. Thompson Library

• UNMC Chancellor’s office

Library SpaceTotal study room turn-aways from April-June was 58

• April: 56 • May: 2• June: 0

Library Outreach

History of American Childbirth Subject of 2015 Davis LectureThe history of childbirth in the U.S. was the focus of the seventh Annual Richard B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., History of Medicine Lecture on Thursday, April 23, 2015, with a record attendance of 80 people. The guest speaker was Judith W. Leavitt, Ph.D., from the Department of Medical History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Leavitt is Bascom Chair/Professor and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Professor Emerita of Medical History, History of Science, and Women’s Studies. Her major research interests are 19th and 20th century public health and women’s health.

The title of Dr. Leavitt’s lecture was “From ‘Brought to Bed’ to ‘Alone among Strangers’: Medical and Social Issues in American Childbirth History,” which focused on the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the transition from home births to hospital births. Leavitt is author or co-author of several books including “Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750 to 1950” (1986, 30th anniversary edition forthcoming), and her most recent work “Make Room for Daddy: The Journey from Waiting Room to Birthing Room” (2009).

The lectureship brings national experts to the UNMC campus to discuss the history of medicine, in support of special collections at the Mc-Googan Library. It is supported through an endowed fund given by the late Richard B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D. (1926-2010), professor emeritus of internal medicine at UNMC, and his wife, Jean.

Education

Teri Hartman, as a member of the Science Education Partnership

Award (SEPA), provided a “Train the Teachers” class to Nebraska

middle school teachers on May 28th. The class, held in Norfolk at

the Nebraska Department of Education’s Middle Academy,

covered health information and health career resources,

providing teachers with reliable accurate resources to share

with their students.

COM Deans EventRobert Wigton, M.D., assistant dean of special projects, has teamed with College of Medicine Dean Brad Britigan, M.D., and the McGoogan Library, to create a new photo history exhibit, “130 Years of Leadership—Images of the Deans of the College of Medicine.”

The exhibit, which includes photos and information on every former dean of the college, hangs outside the College of Medicine offices on the fourth floor of the Sorrell Center. On May 7, UNMC leaders and members of the UNMC community were joined by family members of some of the former deans for the unveiling of the portraits, followed by tours of the exhibit.

“In today’s rapidly changing technological society, I sometimes think people define history as something that happened a short 10 years ago,” Dr. Britigan said. “History, and remembering our collective history, is an important endeavor. Certainly the leadership provided through the deans of our College of Medicine is worthy of study, note and celebration. Together, they have set this college on a course of sustained excellence.”

This project is just one of several the library is implementing with Dr. Wigton’s help. The display also has been turned into a book of photographs and biographies, which is available for view electronically in DigitalCommons@UNMC, the institutional repository housing the current work of UNMC faculty and staff as well as historical documents (http://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/).

Through the efforts of children Robin Harman and Dr. Mark Harman, as well as family friend Tom O’Connor of the UNMC Public Relations Department, the Special Collections Department acquired the papers of Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D. (1916-2014), in April 2015.

A San Francisco native, Dr. Harman earned his undergraduate (1940) and doctorate (1943) degrees in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and his medical degree (1954) from Stanford University. Dr. Harman came to UNMC in July 1958 from Stanford, remaining active on the faculty until 2010. He is the holder of 35

Papers of Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Come to Library

patents and was nominated six times for the Nobel Prize.

While serving as a research fellow in the Donner Laboratory of Medical Physics at UC-Berkeley, he theo-rized that free radicals – highly reactive molecules freed in the normal chemical processes – cause aging and disease through their destructive actions in cells and tissues. The theory was first ridiculed and dismissed by many in the scientific community, but gained support in the 1960s with other scientists.

He added further support to the theory by conducting pioneering research on the role of antioxidants – vitamins C, E, and beta-carotene – and how they can reduce the cancer-causing and atherosclerosis-causing effects of free radicals.

His papers consist of seven traditional upright filing cabinets and 20 to 30 boxes of materials.

Professional Development Updates

Library staff viewed webinars on these topics:• Moving Image Preservation

• OCLC’s WorldShare Collection Manager

• What Keeps Librarians Up At Night?

• Time Management

• Serials Solutions 360 Usage Statistics

• Escape From the Maelstrom: Managing Priorities in a Chaotic Workplace

• LibAnalytics

• Articulating Research Impact: Strategies From Around the Globe

• Evaluating the Impact of Your Library

• Making Information Stick

Training Opportunities

• Cameron Boettcher, Emma Bradley, Sue Clark, Mary DeSive, and Jeremy Ripley completed the Foundations for Success Series.

• Laura Bashus, Heather Brown, Mary Helms, Roxanne Cox, John Schleicher, Tom Gensichen, and Stuart Dayton attended the Breakthrough Thinking Initiative from UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

• Alison Bobal, Alissa Fial, Heather Brown, and Laura Bashus attended “Employee Relations Issues” session as part of the Manager’s Forum series.

• Alissa Fial and Roxanne Cox attended “Flipped Classrooms at UNMC: Learning Outcomes and Competency-Centered Education,” sponsored by Faculty Development.

• Alissa Fial and Roxanne Cox attended “The Science of Learning in Higher Education,” sponsored by Faculty Development.

• Evelyn Reinthaler completed the “I Heart Statistics” class.

• Marty Magee attended the “Tools for Recording Video” workshop.

Committee Appointments

Alison Bobal: Oxford University Press Library Advisory Council; ALCTS Acquisitions Section’s Policy and Planning Committee.

Presentations

Heather Brown: Presented poster at the Medical Library Association annual meeting on “Testing the Limits of Virtual Connections.”

Roxanne Cox: Invited panel speaker on “New Roles for New Times” at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Visiting Scholar Day.

Alison Bobal, Erin Torell, Marty Magee, Heather Brown, Alissa Fial, and Emily McElroy: Presented to the University of Nebraska Omaha Special Libraries class on health science libraries.

Staff Development Sessions

In April, a staff development proposal for library staff was presented and approved by the Library Council. One outcome was the formation of a staff development committee. This committee will meet in July to begin program planning for the fiscal year.

Mary Helms began compiling weekly distributions to library staff of newsworthy articles on relevant library issues and a summary of upcoming webinars and continuing education opportunities that may be of interest to staff.

The monthly “Lunch and Learn” sessions began in May with reports from several library staff on their attendance at conferences and professional meetings. In June, the video “Meetings, Bloody Meetings” was shown and followed with a discussion on what constitutes a productive or unproductive meeting. Both sessions were well-attended with 16 participants at each.

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Conferences or Meetings Attended

Tom Gensichen: Computers in Libraries Annual Conference; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries’ Visiting Scholar Day.

Mary Helms: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries’ Visiting Scholar Day.

Marty Magee: Innovations in Pedagogy and Technology Symposium at University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Nebraska Library Association’s College and University Section Spring Meeting.

Emily McElroy: ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) Executive Board Spring meeting; American Library Association Annual Meeting; CRC Press Library Advisory Board Meeting.

Euem Osmera: Nebraska Library Association’s College and University Section Spring Meeting.

Cindy Schmidt: LOEX Conference on Perfecting Your Craft. Staff Development Sessions

Alison Bobal: American Library Association Annual Meeting.

Alissa Fial: LOEX Conference on Perfecting Your Craft.

Karen Foster: Nebraska Library Association’s College and University Section Spring Meeting

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