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The Medical College subscription to Aries Systems' Knowledge Finder® MEDLINE and its Knowledge Update service ends December 31, 2006.  The Library InfoDesk staff can help you recreate your Knowledge Update profile search in PubMed or OVID or other electronic resources that provide alerting services for the same MEDLINE literature citations.  Visit Keeping Up With the Biomedical Literature for more information, or let the Library InfoDesk know your literature update needs by email infodesk@med.cornell.edu, phone 212-746-6055 or visiting the InfoDesk, Monday - Friday, 9am-6pm.

The life expectancy of New Yorkers increased nearly 5 months in one year, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced as it released the 2005 Annual Summary of Vital Statistics.

Beginning in January, 642 of the Library’s journals (see title list) will be available only online, saving space and money while giving you resources where and when you need them. The “Only Online ” icon in front of a journal title label on the shelves on the main floor, or in the stacks, lets you know that the issues from January 2007 onwards are available electronically only.

When asked about the Library’s plan to convert many of our combined print and electronic journal subscriptions to electronic only, you told us which journals you wanted us to continue receiving both online and in print.  Those titles remain available to you in both formats as you have requested.

MLA President-Elect Mark Funk, AHIP, head of collection development at the Samuel J. Wood Library, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, and new member of the PLoS ONE advisory board, interviewed Chris Surridge, managing editor of PLoS ONE, in the November 14 edition of the PLoS E-Newsletter for Institutional Members. PLoS ONE is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication from the Public Library of Science (PLoS). It features reports of primary research from all scientific and medical disciplines. By not excluding papers on the basis of subject area, PLoS ONE reportedly facilitates the discovery of connections between papers whether within or between disciplines.

Cold Spring Harbor (CSH) Protocols is an interactive compilation of more than 700 laboratory methods and techniques in cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging. The database, which can be searched by both keyword and subject terms, also includes bonus online features, such as discussion forums, personal folders and movie clips. To keep current, users can sign up for RSS feeds or email alerts when new protocols appear in the database. Scientists are encouraged to submit their own protocols to the site where an expert, peer-review process ensures technical quality prior to publication.

Look for CSH Protocols (as well as the similar Current Protocol series) in the Basic & Applied Sciences section of the Library's Electronic Resources page.

On Friday, December 1, 2006, the Library will commemorate Day With(Out) Art/World AIDS Day by covering one piece from the current Medical Complex Art Show. Day With(Out) Art (DWA) began in 1989 as a national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis to make the public aware that AIDS can touch everyone and to inspire positive action. Since then, DWA has grown into a collaborative project in which an estimated 8,000 museums, galleries, art centers, AIDS service organizations, libraries, high schools and colleges take part on both the national and international levels.

This year the Library will cover Emily Poblocki's stained glass work,"Burst", located on the main floor. Read more about World AIDS Day or view an online collection of international AIDS posters.

The carpet replacement is nearing completion and we expect the work to be finished by October 31. No interruption of Library services is anticipated for the coming week. Please excuse our appearance while we complete the project and thank you for your patience.

The 16th Medical Complex Art Show and the First Virtual Medical Complex Art Show opened during Alumni Weekend, on Friday, October 13, 2006.  169 pieces of art by 67 artists was on display at the Reception. Kristine Alpi, the Library's Associate Director, and hostess for the Reception welcomed guests and helped Dean Gotto give out certificates for the prizes. Please view our slide show of the event.

The Golden Harvest Award for Best of Show was awarded to Ariela Noy, MD of MSKCC for her moving painting entitled, BRCA Fear- 2005. The First Runner Up Award was given to Lynn Siemers, an Emergency Room Nurse at NYP for her painting, Chelsea Sunset. Honorable Mention Awards were given to:

Laurel M DeGeorge of WCMC for her color photograph, Looking Ahead
Thomas Graves, WCMC's Medical Illustrator, for his work entitled, Medical Illustration  
Barry Jordan, a physician at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, a member of the NewYork Presbyterian Network, for his black and white photo,Vietnam Photo
Gilberto Rivera of MSKCC for his color photograph, A Day in Central Park
Satre Stuelke, a first year medical student at WMC, for his ink drawing, Portrait of MouitAir. 
Patricia Sung, of MSKCC for her oil painting, Xmas I.

On Monday evening, October 23rd, we will replace the carpet in the Computer Room on the Lower Level of the Library. In preparation, we will disconnect all computers and the printer in the Computer Room starting at 4 pm that day and they will be out of service until 8 am the next day. Computers and printers on the main level of the Library will not be affected and will be in full service.

As usual, the carpeting will be performed after hours to maintain your access to the library. We will notify you of any interruption in library services and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause

The Library is pleased to host the posters documenting the international experiences of our medical students.  They will be on display in the Library main floor near the leisure reading area  through Monday, October 9.

Get to know the library staff and see how our expertise can contribute to your research, education and patient care. Consult with us at a time and location convenient to you or stop by one of our service desks.  We are dedicated to providing you high quality information.  The GET IT button linked from library databases connects you with full-text articles and many other library resources and services. Our GET IT promotion is recognized by the National Library of Medicine as a featured project for this month of celebration.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology for Medicine for 2006 was awarded this morning to Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello for their discovery of RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi is a natural process in cells that is currently being investigated and leveraged for possible therapeutic advances.

Read their article in Nature, entitled, Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans, available via the Library's online subscription.

The 16th Medical Complex Art Show opens Friday, October 13, along with the Library's 1st Virtual Art Show featuring works from our colleagues in Qatar and our alumni. Please join Dean Gotto and the artists at the opening reception at 4:00 pm on Friday, October 13 and celebrate Alumni Reunion Weekend with the Library. Light refreshments will be served.

The Library welcomes back the National League of American Pen Women with an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and other art works. The new show, entitled "At Summer's End," will run until September 30. Thanks to all who joined us at the reception for the artists on Friday, September 15.

Renovation of Library restrooms will begin on August 28 with an estimated completion date of September 6. During this time, the restrooms will be closed and library patrons may use the restrooms in the 1300 York Lobby, just outside the Library entrance.

Win the Golden Harvest Award for Best of Show!

All faculty, staff, and students of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-NewYork Weill Cornell Center, Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, MSKCC, RU, and HSS are encouraged to submit up to 6 slides or photographs of their art work. The Show features paintings, photographs, computer-generated art, sculpture, ceramics, and handicrafts. The Sixteenth Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, will open Friday, October 13, 2006 and run through, Saturday, January 6, 2007.

Please submit your slides or photographs from August 28, 2006 - September 19, 2006 to helen-ann brown, Weill Cornell Medical Library (C-115), 1300 York Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021-4896. Call (212)746-6092 or email habrown@ med.cornell.edu with your comments and questions.

Ahoy users of the Weill Cornell Medical Library!  On Thursday morning, August 24, from 10am to noon, the Library will be filled with excitement and its accompanying noise.  New medical students from the Class of 2010 will be wandering throughout the Library following treasure maps to the riches of information and knowledge.  We can't guarantee quiet, but the edges of the current journal area and the stacks may be your best options for a peaceful space.  Please note the Computer Room on the lower level will be closed to regular use during this time.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Kristine Alpi, Associate Library Director, along with Medha Devare, Bioinformatics and Life Sciences Librarian at Cornell University's Mann Library, contributed to the article "Vignettes: diverse library staff offering diverse bioinformatics services" published in the July 2006 online content of the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library seeks a qualified applicant for the non-tenured faculty position of Digital Services Librarian.  This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual to participate in a team approach to the delivery of a wide range of programs and services.  Responsibilities include supporting service delivery via the web and other technologies and providing educational opportunities that foster independent use of the library.  This individual must be able to work both independently and collaboratively in a complex and changing environment.  All library faculty serve on committees, participate in planning, and are active professionally with support from the Library. Please review complete position description with required and preferred qualifications.

Salary:  $60,000 minimum, based on qualifications and experience. Position available now. Review of applications begins upon receipt and continues until position is filled. Send letter, resume, curriculum vitae, URL for an authored web page, and three references to Anny Khoubesserian, Administrative Manager, Weill Cornell Medical Library, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10021-4896, or e-mail to arevod@med.cornell.edu. EOE/M/F/D/V

The Library welcomes back the National League of American Pen Women with an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and other art works.

The new show, entitled "At Summer's End", will open August 1 and run until September 30. A reception for the artists will be held on Friday, September 15 from 6pm to 7:30pm. All are welcome to attend.

All Library materials located in Stack 1 and Stack 2 will be systematically removed from shelves for cleaning beginning Monday, July 17 at 9am. The materials will be vacuumed and then replaced on the shelves after they are cleaned. Materials may not be available for your use for short periods of time in this process. Contact the Circulation Desk if you have any problem accessing materials.

This work in the stacks will take place Monday- Friday from 9am-5pm until Friday, July 28. The stacks will be noisy and dusty during this 2 week period. Please plan your Library use accordingly. Earplugs are available at the Circulation Desk. Thank you for your patience as we clean the collection.

We appreciate the comments shared with us regarding the Library's plans to convert many print journals to electronic-only. Your feedback will be carefully considered in our review and decision-making process. Based on the comments, the list of titles to retain in print has been expanded. The final list of journal titles that will be retained in print will be much larger, based on issues such as permanent access and reliability of the publisher.

We will report back to you in the fall about the changes for specific titles and when they will be implemented. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Kristine Alpi, Associate Library Director, has been published in the April 2006 supplement of the Journal of the Medical Library Association for her study, "Mapping the Literature of Emergency Nursing." Posted May 31, 2006

Library staff—Roberto Capungcol, Danita Norville, Erik Siu, Vergie Savage-Branch—will participate in the Annual Conference of the Innovative Users Group. The Innovative Users Group is an international organization of member libraries that use the Innovative Interfaces, Inc. integrated library software. At the meeting, best practices will be shared and staff will learn about the latest developments in the Innovative system which is used in all areas of the Library.

Library Faculty participate in many activities at the Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Meeting that share and expand their knowledge and skills in providing resources and services. This is a special Annual Meeting for Mark Funk, Head of Collection Development. At the end of the meeting, Mark will begin a three-year office as President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past-President. He has been invited to participate in a publisher focus group co-sponsored by the Medical Library Association (MLA), the MLA Scholarly Publishing Task Force, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing to discuss Open Access models, licensing practices and polices, and customer service issues in electronic publishing. Michael Wood, Qatar Liaison Librarian and Assistant Head of Collection Development, will participate in a roundtable on the Management of E-Resources, represent the New York-New Jersey Chapter as incoming treasurer, and attend seminars on the latest developments in the Library's online resources.

Carolyn Anne Reid, Library Director, will meet with two Association of Academic Health Science Libraries committeesone on Assessment & Statistics and the other reviewing the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Self-Study Questions. Kristine Alpi, Associate Director, is on the 2006 National Program Committee. She will record for the fundraising roundtable, attend the Journal of the Medical Library Association editorial board meeting, participate in a focus group on CINAHL, and host the Indiana University alumni at the Library School Reunion. Diana Delgado, Head of Access Services, will attend a continuing education course on medical language and expert searching and will co-host a group of Phoenix-area high school students exploring health sciences careers as they attend the McGovern Lecture delivered by Dr. Atul Gawande.

helen-ann brown, Acting Head of Information Services, will present a paper entitled, "From Pap to ThinPrep to HPV Vaccine: Detection and Eradication of Cervical Cancer." Her activities for the Leadership & Management Section include representing section members at the Section Council, coordinating strategic planning efforts, and facilitating a roundtable on concepts in leadership and management.  Rich McGowan, Information Services Librarian, will gather information on online resources at the Sunrise Seminars and attend presentations and posters on using technology to enhance Library services.  This will be the first MLA meeting for Information Services Librarian, Pattie Mongelia.  She will attend two continuing education classes to inform her practice: "Understanding Health Care Literature: A Primer for Working with Evidence-based Health Care Principles" and "Doing It Right: Supporting Systematic Reviews with Expert Searching and Project Management Skills." She will also participate in a roundtable on health information literacy and attend the "Clinical Librarians and Evidence-based Healthcare" group meeting.

The winner of this year's Thomson Scientific/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award is New York Online Access to Health, a web site to which Kristine Alpi, Diana Delgado and Pattie Mongelia contribute. Kristine Alpi also contributes to the Core Public Health Journal Project which will receive the Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences.

Dr. Carol L. Moberg will present the final Heberden Society Lecture of the 2005-2006 academic year at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, in the Uris Faculty Room (A-126) . Read more about the speaker and her lecture, entitled "René Dubos, A Soil Scientist in Mr. Rockefeller's Hospital." The Library holds several works by and about René Dubos.

The Library is considering converting many of our combined print and electronic subscriptions to electronic-only, where we will no longer receive print issues for the journals. The Library Director has written a letter to all department chairs and library users providing more information about the plan.  We are asking for your input on currently subscribed journal titles that you feel should be retained in print as well as available electronically. Please send us your comments using our web comment form or the paper forms in the Library. Thank you.

Many users come to the Library for quiet areas to concentrate on their studies or work. The Library's policy is that quiet be maintained in all public areas of the library except the lounge and computer commons by the Library entrance. The lounge and computer commons are high traffic areas that include library service desks.  These areas are designated for cell phone usage, group work, eating (lounge only) and therefore conversational noise is to be expected. The rest of the Library is a quiet zone. We ask that Library users please be courteous to each other and neither use cell phones nor converse above a whisper in the quiet areas of the Library.  Earplugs and headphones for the use of audio resources are available at the Circulation Desk. Please direct any questions or comments you might have on the quiet policy to Kristine Alpi, Associate Library Director, at kma2002@med.cornell.edu.

The Library component of the OAC expansion project is complete. The study area outside the Microcomputer Room and at the carrels in the light well at the bottom of the stairs have now been cleaned. New chairs have been placed there for your use, and soon the walls will again feature pieces from our community art shows. We hope you enjoy using this bright and pleasant study area.

The temporary wall separating the Library from continuing construction helps to reduce the noise and dust in the lower level of the Library. Ear plugs remain available at the Circulation Desk. The entire construction project should be completed by the end of the summer at which time the temporary wall will be removed and access to three additional desktop computers will be restored. Your patience and support throughout the construction have been greatly appreciated. Please direct any questions or comments you might have on the remodeling and construction work in the Library to Carolyn Reid, Library Director, at careid@med.cornell.edu

In collaboration with Student Health Services and the New York City Free Condom Initiative of the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, the Library is continuing to make condoms and information about their history and use available.

Monday, April 3 from 7 - 9 pm - Reception for current art show -- Artists-Craftsmen of New York with Pen & Brush, Inc. Refreshments will be served. Friday, April 7 from 12 - 1pm - Tri-Institutional Noon Recitals --Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet and Yalin Chi, piano. Performing Schumann: Fantasiestcke, for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Jean Franaix: Tema con variozioni, for Clarinet and Piano (1974); Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (1919); Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes; Alamiro Giampieri: Variations on Carnival of Venice. Caspary Auditorium. Open to RU/CUMC/NYPH/MSKCC community and guests.

• Free giveaways -Pick up a computer screen brush.
• Free searches for the entire month of April.
• Medical Information Day  4/11.   Watch here for more details.

Older versions of SciFinder Scholar will no longer be functional starting April 1.  Current versions, available for download, are 2006 for Windows and 2004-2 for MacOSX.  All older versions for either platform will be retired at the end of March 2006.

In this new role, Diana oversees the services provided by Circulation and Interlibrary Services.  She will continue web work, teaching and providing consultations and expert searching. She has moved from the Information Services office to the Interlibrary Services office behind the Circulation Desk. Contact Diana by phone at 212-746-6086 or e-mail at did2005@med.cornell.edu.

Staff, students and faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College may now use the Rockefeller Library between the hours of 8am - midnight, Monday to Friday. A current Weill Cornell Library barcode is required to gain access. This barcode must be swiped at the card reader at the locked library entrance after passing through the Founder's Hall lobby.

Pattie is the newest member of the Library's Information Services Team. She earned her Master of Library and Information Science degree from Pratt Institute and completed the Medical Library Association's Consumer Health Information Specialization. Before joining the Weill Cornell Medical Library, she was a reference librarian at the New York Public Library's Health Information Center. Pattie's research interests include remote access to consumer health information and provider-patient communication. She will provide reference service and searching, consultations, instruction and outreach. Contact Pattie by phone at 212-746-6945 or e-mail at pam2030@med.cornell.edu.

Now on display outside the Library's Index Medicus alcove is a plaque recognizing the Lynford International Fellows. A $200,000 gift from Jeffrey and Tondra Lynford endowed a scholarship which provides annual funding for two fourth-year medical students to take an international elective. The scholarship is designed to provide educational experiences in developing countries where the need for medical care is pressing. The award was made to the Office of International Medical Education which coordinates international electives for interested medical students at the Weill Cornell Medical College. The Lynfords hope that the medical students awarded this Fellowship will find their participation to be highly rewarding. Congratulations to the 2006 Lynford Fellows Nomi C. Levy and Christopher Leander!

Jeffrey Lynford is Chairman of Wellsford Real Properties, Inc. based in New York City and is a Trustee of the Medical and Health Research Association of New York City among other organizations. Tondra Lynford is a practicing psychotherapist in New York City as well as Co-founder of Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. also based in New York City

From February 27, 2006 - April 14, 2006 the Library walls will be adorned with photographs, paintings, collages of mixed media and quilts. The shelves will display pottery and sculpture and our display cases will feature exquisite handmade jewelry. A reception is planned for Monday, April 3, 2006 from 7pm-9pm. All are welcome.  For additional information, contact helen-ann brown at 746-6092 or habrown@med.cornell.edu.

The Weill Cornell Medical College Physician Organization is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Patient Resource Librarian. The successful candidate will plan and manage a premier patient education resource facility, applying the latest technology to the delivery of consumer health information in a new ambulatory care building.

The Patient Resource Librarian will be highly service-oriented, an energetic and creative professional who will foster a learning environment suitable to the needs of a vastly diverse client population. This position reports to the Director of the Weill Cornell Medical Library and will collaborate with health professionals and Library faculty to provide resources and services. Complete position description.

Required:  ALA-accredited degree and demonstrated appropriate experience. Salary: $50,000 minimum. Review of applications begins upon receipt and continues until position is filled (anticipated start: July 1, 2006). Preference given to applications received by March 15, 2006. Send letter, resume, c.v., URL for authored web page, and names/contact information for three references to: Anny Khoubesserian, Library Administrative Manager, Weill Medical College, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, arevod@med.cornell.edu. EOE/M/F/D/V.

Mark E. Funk, AHIP, Head of Collection Development of the Samuel J. Wood Library, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, was elected President of the Medical Library Association (MLA) for the 2007/08 association year. This is the fourth time Mark has been elected by his peers to serve the association on a national level. Twice elected to the MLA Nominating Committee, he also served on the MLA Board from 2000-2003 during which time he acted as MLA Board treasurer. One of MLA’s most active members and a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP), Mark has lent his talents to numerous MLA-affiliated chapters, sections, and committees.

A leader in the field of collection development, he is currently a member of MLA’s Scholarly Publishing Task Force. He previously served as a jury member for the Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences, chair of MLA’s Research Section from 1992–1993, and chair of the Collection Development Section in 2004–2005. Mark will assume the role of President-elect at the conclusion of the MLA Annual Meeting, May 19-24, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ. The MLA is a nonprofit, educational organization with more than 4,500 health sciences information professional members worldwide

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced that enrollment into a large international HIV/AIDS trial comparing continuous antiretroviral therapy with episodic drug treatment guided by levels of CD4+ cells has been stopped. Enrollment was stopped because those patients receiving episodic therapy had twice the risk of disease progression (the development of clinical AIDS or death), the major outcome of the study.

Restaurants' inspection records were online before, but not with the advanced search-and-sort functions available now on an enhanced site. Find information on the latest inspection of each of New York City's more than 20,000 restaurants. Conduct specific searches by restaurant name or zip code. Information can also be sorted alphabetically and by borough, neighborhood, inspection score, and by those who have who have received a Golden Apple Award from the DOHMH, a sign of excellence in food safety. Now, online searches can find the cleanest and dirtiest restaurants in a neighborhood or borough.

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) released its 2004 Summary of Vital Statistics and other data.

NIH Clinical Alerts updated 1/4/06 with NCI Clinical Announcement for Preferred Method of Treatment for Advanced Ovarian Cancer. Read the full article and editorial "Intraperitoneal Cisplatin and Paclitaxel in Ovarian Cancer" from the New England Journal of Medicine. Rebecca Baergen MD, a contributing author, is on staff at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Starting Wednesday, January 4, 2006, the Library's Information Desk will resume its regular hours of operation from 9am - 6pm, Monday through Friday.

The Library component of the OAC expansion project is complete.  A temporary wall has been created to separate the Library from the continuing construction on the areas formerly known as the Group Study Room area and the Lower Level South book stacks. This wall should cut down on noise and construction traffic in the lower level of the Library. Ear plugs will remain available at the Circulation Desk.

Your patience and support during the construction are greatly appreciated. The area outside the Microcomputer Room should be cleared and cleaned up by the end of January and the entire project is expected to be completed by the end of the summer.Please direct any questions or comments you might have on the remodeling and construction work in the Library to Carolyn Reid at careid@med.cornell.edu.

Rich is the newest member of the Library's Information Services Team. He received a Master of Library Science Degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining the Weill Cornell Medical Library, he worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Library in Information Services and at Northwestern University’s Galter Health Sciences Library in Reference and Access Services. Rich's research interests include emerging technologies and their role in fulfilling users’ information and research needs. He will provide reference service and searching, consultations, instruction and outreach. Contact Rich by phone at 212-746-7541 or e-mail at rim2006@med.cornell.edu

The Library component of the OAC expansion project is complete. A temporary wall is being created to separate the Library from the continuing construction on the areas formerly known as the Group Study Room area and the Lower Level South book stacks. This wall should cut down on noise and construction traffic in the lower level of the Library. Ear plugs will remain available at the Circulation Desk.

Your patience and support during the construction are greatly appreciated. The entire project is expected to be completed next year. Please direct any questions or comments you might have on the remodeling and construction work in the Library to Carolyn Reid at careid@med.cornell.edu.

The 2005 Library Use Survey ended Sunday, October 23 and the results are in. There were 4575 visits to the Library during the sampling week. Of all visits, 54% were by Weill Medical College users. Thank you to all Library users for your gracious participation.

The primary purpose of the survey was to verify the extent of in-house Library use for grant-funded research; 8.2% of users stated they were in the Library for this purpose. Just who is doing that grant-funded research? Of the 375 visits relating to grant-funded research, most were made by Post Docs and Research Assistants with Faculty, Technical Staff and Graduate Students comprising the remainder. Information retrieval is the most commonly listed activity of these researchers.

Looking at all visits, the most popular activities were using computers (36%), using space or equipment (20%) and information retrieval (17%). We plan to work on more analyses in the future. If you would like to know more about the survey results, please contact us.

Day With(Out) Art (DWA) began in 1989 as a national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis to make the public aware that AIDS can touch everyone and to inspire positive action. Since then, DWA has grown into a collaborative project in which an estimated 8,000 museums, galleries, art centers, AIDS service organizations, libraries, high schools and colleges take part on both the national and international levels.

This year the Library will cover Jimmy Wright's work,"Day Lily", located in the main reading room.

In 2005 UNAIDS handed over responsibility for World AIDS Day to an independent organization known as The World AIDS Campaign (WAC). The WAC's theme for their campaign is "Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise".

This exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of Vincent du Vigneaud receiving the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on December 10, 1955. The exhibit is on display in the York Avenue lobby of the medical college.

On Thursday, November 17th, the library celebrated the official release of a Library service designed to speed your information gathering tasks. We hope you got a piece of GET IT cake!

Whether you're going from database abstract to full text article, from journal reference to a search of the catalog, or from citation to interlibrary loan request, the GET IT service can be your timesaving guide.

If you missed the tutorial, you can stop by the Information Desk between 10am and 6pm (Mon-Fri) to request for a demostration and get more information. Or, if you want to know more right now, view our online tutorial or check our GET IT Frequently Asked Questions

Congratulations to the winners of the the 15th Medical Complex Art Show. Best of Show - the Golden Harvest Award - went to a digital giclee photo entitled "Undulating" by Elena Kachuro-Rosenberg. Ms. Rosenberg, from the Department of Faculty Affairs at the Weill Medical College, was First Runner Up in last year's show.

This year, First Runner Up was awarded to Jimmy Wright, a Circulation Desk weekend staffer at the Library, for his paper pulp piece, entitled "Red Hedge". Second Runner Up was claimed by Paul Gerace, from the Pharmacy Department at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, for his color photo, "Backlit Tulip".

Honorable Mentions went to: "Man Sitting on Park Bench", black & white photo by Laurel De George, Neurology & Neuroscience/WMC; "Leaf", pencil drawing by Thomas Graves, Medical Art & Photography/WMC; "Would You Like to Share", ceramics by Sunanda Parikh, Recreation Therapy/MSKCC; "1989", color print on canvas by Katja Liedtke, Radiology/MSKCC; "Tunnel in the Park", color photo by Marcus Reidenberg, Pharmacology/WMC; "Fairway Farms", conte on paper by Lynn E. Siemers, ER Nursing/NYPH.

The Library invites you to see these and 89 other works of art by more than 50 of your neighborhood colleagues. The show runs through January 5, 2006. A listing of participating artists is available.

Please join us on Thursday, November 17, as we celebrate the official release of , a Library service designed to speed your information gathering tasks.

Going from database abstract to full text article? From journal reference to a search of the catalog? From citation to interlibrary loan request? Let GET IT be your timesaving guide.

Come to the Library to learn how GET IT can accelerate your research by eliminating unnecessary steps. Take a brief tutorial and you may win a USB flash drive; watch a slide show and enjoy a slice of GET IT cake; stop by the GET IT and GO station and walk away with a print-out.

Need to know more right now? Check our GET IT Frequently Asked Questions, but we also look forward to seeing you in person on GET IT and GO Day.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library has completed its usage survey. We look forward to sharing the survey results with you. Thank you all for your cooperation!

The books in the Lower Level South area of the Library have been transferred to new compact shelving across from the restrooms on the lower level. The Lower Level South contains books with call numbers in the A1 to QZ 380 range and oversized books. The books are now accessible. If you have questions about using the compact shelves, please contact the Circulation Desk.

First and second year medical students who may have missed lectures during the Jewish holidays can either borrow VHS or DVD copies from the Circulation Desk or watch them on equipment set up temporarily in an alcove behind the Library's Information Desk. Students are encouraged to keep noise to a minimum by use of headphones.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library will be conducting its Library Use Survey at various times from Monday, October 3, through Sunday, October 23. It is a survey about why the Library is used, not the number of users coming to the Library, therefore each visit to the Library must be surveyed. Please continue normal use of the Library during this time. It is extremely important that the survey reflect your regular, day-to-day use.

The survey is computerized and should take less than 60 seconds of your time. There are 4 questions: 1) institutional affiliation; 2) employee classification; 3) primary activity; and 4) the purpose of this visit. Data will be entered directly into the computer through the use of the Library bar code on your institutional ID badge or through data entry by a Library staff member, so please have your ID and Library bar code ready when you enter.

The survey is very important to the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Library. Please be prepared to answer the survey appropriately, particularly the question on the purpose of your visit to the Library. The survey introduction letter provides additional information. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Fifteenth Medical Complex Art Show - Win the Golden Harvest Award for Best of Show!

All faculty, staff, and students of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-NewYork Weill Cornell Center, Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, MSKCC, RU, and HSS are encouraged to submit up to 6 slides or photographs of their art work. The Show features paintings, photographs, computer-generated art, sculpture, ceramics, and handicrafts. The Fifteenth Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, will open Thursday, November 3, 2005 at 4:30pm and run through, Friday, January 5, 2006.

Please submit your slides or photographs from September 15, 2005- October 12, 2005 to helen-ann brown, Cornell Medical Library (C-115), 1300 York Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021-4896. Call (212)746-6092 or email habrown@ med.cornell.edu with your comments and questions.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Information Services Librarian. This is an exciting opportunity for the right individuals to participate in a team approach to the delivery of a wide range of programs and services. A revised job description with application information is available.

Kristine M. Alpi, MLS, MPH, AHIP,has been appointed Associate Library Director of The Samuel J. Wood Library and The C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center, at the rank of Associate Librarian. She is responsible for the day-to-day oversight management of all program areas, budget and finance, human resources, facilities, and planning. She also continues to hold an appointment as Lecturer in Public Health with the WCMC Department of Public Health.

Previously she served as Administrative Manager of the Public Health Library, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Prior to that she served as Information Services Librarian here at Weill Cornell, as Education Coordinator with the Middle Atlantic Region, NN/LM (1998-1999), and was an Associate Fellow at the National Library of Medicine (1997-1998). She can be reached at: kma2002@med.cornell.edu.

Are you interested in getting a free print subscription to Cell? As a benefit of the library's license to Cell Online, Cell Press is offering Cornell faculty, students, and staff the opportunity to subscribe to Cell print at no charge.Why order your own print subscription when you already have online access to Cell? There are several reasons:

• Convenience - you can read the print version whenever and wherever you want; no computer or printer necessary!
• Image Quality - the graphics are better than what you typically see online or when printing out a PDF
• Browsing - the print version is easier to flip thru and find material that is interesting and relevant to your work that you may not have been searching for
• Advertising - stay informed about new products and services, conference announcements, and job opportunities found in the print version ads that are not available online

To order your free subscription, please visit this site and fill out a brief order form: www.Cell.com/freesub

The print subscription is for 26 biweekly issues (1 year) and the first issue of your subscription should arrive 4-6 weeks from the time of ordering.

In order to provide support for a greatly increased number of computer and network users, the Office of Academic Computing (OAC) must have more staff space. To supply this space, the Medical College will re-allocate and remodel two areas of the Weill Cornell Medical Library for use by OAC staff: the Group Study Room area and the Lower Level South book stacks.

Beginning in July, the changes in the library will start to become obvious. You've probably already seen the announcement that the Stimson and Audio-Visual Rooms have been closed effective July 1, 2005, and will no longer be available for meetings. The Library staff will work with the College Administration to identify alternative meeting locations.

Initial construction will be focused around the Audio-Visual Room, the Curriculum Support Center (CSC), and the Photocopy Room. The Microcomputer Room will be closed, temporarily, starting July 15, 2005. We expect the Microcomputer Room to reopen in about the middle of August. Watch for more information about this later.

Compact, moveable shelving will be installed in the area currently occupied by the AV Room and the CSC, to hold the books formerly shelved in the Lower Level South stacks. The Photocopy Room will be closed and remodeled to provide a more appropriate space from which the CSC staff can operate. Extra copiers will be installed around the Library. An office for the OCED Qatar Liaison will also be added.

During the 2-3 months of construction and remodeling within the library space, it’s inevitable that there will be some noise and dust. We will post signs at the entrance to let you know when the worst of the work will occur.

Your patience and support during this period is greatly appreciated. Know that the end result will be increased support for all your computing needs. The entire project is expected to be completed next year.

Please direct any questions or comments you might have on any aspects of the construction and remodeling work to me at careid@med.cornell.edu. Thanks very much for your understanding.

Carolyn Anne Reid, M.A., AHIP
Frances and John L. Loeb Librarian and Director
Weill Cornell Medical Library
1300 York Avenue
New York, New York 10021-4896
212-746-6070 (voice and voice mail)
212-746-8375 (telefacsimile)

Due to an upcoming reallocation of space and reorganization of resources in the Lower Level South area of the Library, the Stimson and Audiovisual rooms will no longer be available for use after June 30, 2005. We regret any inconvenience to our patrons.

In the interim please use the catalog with alternate web browsers.

Come celebrate these 2 special occasions by attending the Art Show Reception for SANTO: NYC Landscapes and Life Studies by Diane Santo Bresee on Tuesday April 12, 2005 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served.

OAC Remote Access (OACRA) now permits OAC-supported staff, faculty, and students to connect off-site computers to the Medical College network through the WebVPN web site. This service is for users who would like to access WMC web resources such as the WMC Library's medical journals and databases. To learn more about OAC WebVPN or other forms of off campus access, general usage directions, eligibility requirements and frequently asked questions, please visit OACRA services.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Information Services Librarian. This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual to participate in a team approach to the delivery of a wide range of programs and services. A full position description with application information is available.

The Match List and Match Statistics are available (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

BioMedProtocols is a full text collection from Humana Press of over 12,000 peer-reviewed biomedical and life science research protocols. Perhaps better known as the book series Methods in Molecular Biology and Methods in Molecular Medicine, BioMedProtocols allows keyword and phrase searching across the entire content of both titles. Look for the "Read Now" button to download a PDF version of the full text. Currently, some of the most popular individual titles in BioMedProtocols are: PCR Protocols, Ribozymes and siRNA Protocols, Blood-Brain Barrier, and Vaccine Protocols. We plan to catalog all of the titles in our online catalog, Tri-Cat, with a direct link to the full text. Meanwhile, look for BioMedProtocols under the Alphabetical Quick Connect drop down menu on the Library's Electronic Resources page or, when searching PubMed, use the Humana Press logo button to connect to the full text.

The Library is proud to welcome a new group of exhibitors, the Manhattan Miniature Camera Club. WMC's own Dr. Marcus Reidenberg is a member of this group. Their color and black & white photographs will adorn the Library February 10 - April 3, 2005. A reception will take place Saturday, February 26th, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library is pleased to announce that new model Minolta photocopiers are here. All eight copy machines in the Library have been replaced. Visit http://library.weill.cornell.edu/Library/HTML/ListServices.html#40 to learn more about photocopying in the Library.

The Tri-Institutional Biomedical Computing Programs, the Institute for Computational Biomedicine of Weill Medical College of Cornell University, the Computational Biology Center of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Developmental Biology Program of the Sloan-Institute, will host a presentation on Mouse Genome Resources. The speaker will be Deanna Church PhD of NCBI.

• When: Thursday, January 13, 2005
• Lecture: 10am - 11am (no registration required)
• Hands-on workshop: January 13, 1-3pm or 3:30-5:50pm/ January 14 11am-1pm or 4:30-6:30pm (registration required)
• Where: Rockefeller Research Laboratories Main Auditorium 430 E 67th Street
• How: Register on-line at http://www.trii.org/courses/
• Additional information: Kathleen Bligh 212 639 2668

VIVO, the VirtualLife Sciences Library, serves as a curated index to life sciences research, bridging campus/college/department divides to provide an integrated view of the life sciences at Cornell. VIVO represents an ongoing project of the Life Sciences Working Group in the Cornell libraries.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources, a lecture and hands-on computer workshop on GenBank and related databases covering effective use of the Entrez databases and search service, the BLAST similarity search engine, genome data and related resources. Now featuring the NCBI assembly and annotation of human, mouse and rat genomes, the updated map viewer genome displays, the new genome-specific BLAST pages, the new NCBI curated conserved domains, and Cn3D 4.1.
When: Thursday, January 13, 2005 Lecture 9am - noon Hands-on 12:45pm - 2:45pm or 3pm -5pm
Where: 575 Lexington Avenue at 51st Street 3rd floor
How: RSVP to Sherisse Brown x63794 or sbrown@med.cornell.edu

Library now has access to DXplain Posted December 02, 2004. DXplain, developed at the Massachusetts General Hospital, is a decision support system which uses a set of clinical findings (signs, symptoms, laboratory data) to produce a ranked list of diagnoses which might explain (or be associated with) the clinical manifestations.

DXplain provides justification for why each of these diseases might be considered, suggests what further clinical information would be useful to collect for each disease, and lists what clinical manifestations, if any, would be unusual or atypical for each of the specific diseases. DXplain takes advantage of a large database of the crude probabilities of over 5000 clinical manifestations associated with over 2000 different diseases. The system uses an interactive format to collect clinical information and makes use of a modified form of Bayesian logic to derive clinical interpretations.

DXplain does not offer definitive medical consultation and should not be used as a substitute for physician diagnostic decision making. DXplain is in routine use at a number of hospitals and medical schools for clinical education and as an educational aid in clinical problem solving.

The Show features paintings, photographs, computer-generated art, sculpture, ceramics, and handicrafts. The Fourteenth Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, opened in early November 2004 and will run through January 2005. Take a look at the slide show to view selected images.

After collaboration with a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities Google has launched Google Scholar in beta form. If you are looking for scholarly literature by way of a search engine then Google Scholar may be for you.

Tailored for the academic community Google Scholar includes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Please be advised that not all search results will be available full-text online. Book results produced by Google Scholar are accompanied by a Library Search feature that allows you to locate a library that reports owning the item within your postal code. In the case of articles not available full-text online please check Tri-Cat for holdings. If the Weill Cornell Medical Library does not own an item found via Google Scholar, registered users may submit an Interlibrary Loan to our online TripSaver form.

Come join Dean Gotto as he officially opens the Art Show. Refreshments will be served. When: Thursday, November 18, 2004 from 5pm-6pm Where: Main Floor of the Library (off the 69th Street Lobby).

This week saw the launch of a new open access journal from PLoS (Public Library of Science). PLoS Medicine is peer-reviewed and will be published monthly both online and in print. The journal will be international and multidisciplinary in scope and will feature studies that substantially enhance the understanding of human health and disease. The launch issue for example features research articles on malaria in children and findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study. For more information about PLoS and the philosophy of open access Weill Cornell Medical Library offers an Open Access Publishing class. The next workshop will be held on Thursday 16^th December. For more details or to register please visit our Class Schedule Page.

All faculty, staff, and students of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-NewYork Weill Cornell Center, Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, MSKCC, RU, and HSS are encouraged to submit up to 6 slides or photographs of their art work. The Show features paintings, photographs, computer-generated art, sculpture, ceramics, and handicrafts. The Fourteenth Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, will open in late October 2004 and run through January 2005. Please submit your slides or photographs from September 13, 2004 - October 20, 2004 to helen-ann brown, Cornell Medical Library (C-115), 1300 York Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021-4896. Call (212)746-6092 or email habrown@med.cornell.edu with your comments and questions.

We hope to be a wonderful resource, meeting your information needs, during your academic and clinical endeavors.

he Weill Cornell Medical Library is pleased to announce that LibNotes, the listserv that serves as our newsletter, is to be revived. LibNotes was launched in 2000, as a way to communicate the latest Library news, services, and events. The service is intended to keep the number of general broadcast messages to a minimum yet alert regular users and other interested parties to details of Library activity.

Subscribers to LibNotes will receive a bi-weekly e-mail message featuring information about new Library resources and services, changes to the library's scheduled hours, announcements of special events and workshops, as well as general Library news. Relevant web links will take you to more detailed information.Current LibNotes subscribers need take no further action. Those wishing to subscribe for the first time or re-subscribe can link directly to http://library.weill.cornell.edu/Library/LibNotes/index.html or send an e-mail message to Email: listserv@listserv.med.cornell.edu with the message "subscribe LibNotes FirstName LastName".We look forward to keeping you better informed. Carolyn Reid, AHIP, Director

During our beta testing users may see the following image in our databases (e.g. OVID). A new image will replace this button and, when fully implemented, it will serve as an easy access point to online full text, Interlibrary Loan, and other resources. We ask that you please be patient during our testing period. We look forward to providing a great new service to you.

InfoPOEMs is an electronic resource, accessible from hand held devices as well as the web, which brings together best available evidence for clinical practice. InfoPOEMs is composed of 7 different databases, all focusing on filtered, graded and summarized evidence.[more]

The Weill Cornell Medical Library invites you to come and learn what UpToDate can offer you. A representative of UpToDate, Kate Laveck, will be conducting two sessions, each consisting of an online demonstration followed by a question and answer session.Session 1
Date: August 24, 2004
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:1300 York Avenue - Medical Library Computer RoomSession 2
Date: August 24, 2004
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:1300 York Avenue - Medical Library Computer Room Please register by email (infodesk@med.cornell.edu ) or by phone (212-746-6055). Remember to identify the training session you are interested in. Seats are limited so please RSVP ASAP.

Methods in Enzymology, vol. 1 1955 to present, is now available full-text online from any Cornell networked computer. Methods in Enzymology may be accessed from the Library's electronic journals page, electronic resource page, as well as the catalog.

Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., M.D. announced the appointment of Carolyn Anne Reid, M.A., AHIP, to the Frances and John L. Loeb Librarianship of Medicine and Director of the Samuel J. Wood Library and the C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center of Weill Cornell Medical College. Ms. Reid is the second Loeb Librarian, the first being her predecessor, Robert M. Braude, who retired in 2001. [more]

Many thanks to everyone who took time to complete the library survey last month. A total of 128 users spent an average of 13.5 minutes answering the questions about library programs and services. See data and chart of preliminary results.

ImagesMD is an encyclopedic database that features more than 48,000 high-quality medical images. Medical images downloaded from ImagesMD may be used to create your own image library, email images to your colleagues, and for personal presentations.

Edward Nejat's photograph, "Bar", was added to the Library's Permanent Collection today in a brief ceremony attended by Dean Gotto, Carolyn Reid, the Director of the Weill Cornell Medical Library, the Nejat family and friends. "Bar" was the winner of the Golden Harvest Award for Best in Show of the 13th Medical Complex Art Show. Edward Nejat, (Class of 2004) will graduate today and leave for Ithaca to be the first candidate in the recently established MD/MBA program.

After a 2.5-year absence, Michael Wood, MLS, has returned to the Weill Cornell Medical Library to fill the newly created position of Qatar Liaison Librarian. As Liaison Librarian, Michael will direct the acquisition, processing, and maintenance of electronic information resources for the Weill Cornell Medical Library in Qatar, in collaboration with the Head of Collection Development, Mark Funk.Weill Cornell Medical College at Qatar is a pioneering project set up in cooperation with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, intended to bring the best of American pre-medical and medical education to the Middle East region. This is the first time that an American university has offered its M.D. degree overseas. The Weill Cornell Medical Library, which serves the faculty, staff, and students of the Weill Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University and staff of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and its network affiliates also provides services to the new medical school campus in Doha, Qatar, a challenge that will require special emphasis on electronic resources. Michael worked at the WMC Library for almost 9 years as Manager of Collection Development. In 2001, he was awarded an MLS from Queens College-CUNY, and left to serve as Head of Technical Services and Collection Management at Hostos Community College-CUNY. He returns to WMC as a Library Faculty member and will also serve as Assistant Head of Collection Development.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library invites you to come learn the intricacies of eliciting the best search results of MDConsult's many reference books, research journals and other features. An MDConsult expert, Gale Schlogl, will be conducting two classes on May 20, 2004. Session 1: MD Consult Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00pm Date: May 20, 2004 Location:1300 York Avenue - Medical Library Computer Room Session 2: MD Consult Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Date: May 20, 2004 Location: 1300 York Avenue - Medical Library Computer Room Please register by email (infodesk@med.cornell.edu ) or by phone (212-746-6055). Remember to identify the training session you are interested in. Seats are limited so please RSVP ASAP.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library wants to know what you think about library programs and services. You can really help us by participating in a very important electronic survey. Link to http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=630725 and follow the simple instructions you'll find there. Your responses are confidential and the survey will take about 10 minutes to complete. The more we know about what you want and need, the better we will be able to provide the library programs and services that you expect and deserve. Medical students, please select the position "undergraduate" and then specify your year.

On Thursday, April 22, Gary Siler of ISI ResearchSoft will conduct 2 EndNote classes. Please register by email (infodesk@med.cornell.edu) or by phone (212-746-6055). Remember to identify the training session you are interested in.

Session 1: Mastering Endnote
Time: 8:30am -11:30am
Date: April 22, 2004
Location:1300 York Avenue - Medical Library Computer Room

Session 2: Problem Solving
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm * Walk-ins are welcome. First come, first served. *
Date: April 22, 2004
Location: 1300 York Avenue - Medical Library Computer Room

On Friday, April 23, we will cosponsor the Tri-Institutional Concert at Rockefeller University's Casper Auditorium at noon.

On Friday, April 23 we will open a new art show, "The Artists of Studio Seven"

The show will be available for viewing April 23, 2004 - July 16, 2004. A reception with refreshments will be held from 5:30pm - 7:30pm on opening day. Drop by to enjoy a mouthwatering and art filled treat!

Find out more about how this union will provide optimal services to the academic community at both institutions.

The Match List and Match Statistics are available. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader

All are Welcome! Art Show Reception, Saturday, March 20, 2004 from 5pm - 7pm to recognize current artwork now on display created by the Long Island Black Artist Associaton. Refreshments will be served.

The NIH decision to stop the estrogen-alone trial was made on February 2, 2004. Letters have been sent to all participants in the estrogen-alone study, 11,000 healthy postmenopausal women who have had a hysterectomy, informing them of a recent NIH review of the study data.

If you were unable to attend the lecture, you may be interested in reading more about his topic in an article from the Washington Post , available at About.com.

If you did attend the lecture, you may want to explore further by reading the New England Journal of Medicine clinicopathological conference (CPC) report of a similar case. A letter to the editor published a few months later is also available at the end of the article.
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New England Journal of Medicine. Tufts, KC. Correspondence- Miliary Tuberculosis with Pancytopenia and Purpura. 1963 Apr. 4, 1963:268:794. View Full text of this article <

You may also be interested in Dr. Lerner's book in the library's collection, The Breast Cancer Wars : Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-century America, (Oxford University Press, 2001). His earlier work, Contagion and Confinement: Controlling Tuberculosis Along the Skid Road, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998), is on order and will be added to the library's collection soon, Currently, Dr. Lerner is working on a new book about the way the media report on medical and health-related topics.

Dr. Barron Lerner, the Angelica Berrie-Gold Foundation Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, will present the Heberden Society Lecture on Thursday, February 19th, at 5:00 p.m. in the Uris Faculty Room A-126.

This position will direct the acquisition, processing, and maintenance of electronic information resources for the Weill Cornell Medical Library and the Weill Cornell Medical Library-Qatar. A full position description and application information is available.

Key features of Faculty of 1000 include:

• Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers within any given field of research Highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear
• Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from well over 1000 leading scientists
• Systematically organizes and evaluates the mass of information within scientific literature
• Offers an immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, and an important complement to the indirect assessment provided by the journal impact factor

The Show features paintings, photographs, computer-generated art, sculpture, ceramics, and handicrafts. The Thirteenth Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, opened in late October 2003 and will run through January 2004. Take a look at the slide show to view images of participants, winners, and featured art.

We are making every effort to have these machines repaired as soon as possible. During the repair period we will keep you informed by posting progress reports on our home page. The computers in the Microcomputer Room on the Lower Level are all fully functional, and there are 20 laptops available for patrons to borrow from the Circulation Desk. The laser printers in the Computer Commons area are both still working. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

The Library intends on providing as many computers as possible to our Library Users while we make necessary repairs to the Library Computer Commons.

Click on the "stethomouse" to access a detailed review of the featured electronic resource. Learn key features, searching tips, and more.

Jeffery S. Lehman Inaugurated as Cornell University's Eleventh President - 2 books mentioned during the ceremony. Learn more!

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivered a lecture and President Lehman presented his inaugural address at a symposium held in Uris Auditorium on Wednesday, October 15, 2003. This was the first Cornell University Presidential Inauguration held at the medical college.

Events: Wednesday, Oct 15 10-noon "Ovid Representative in the House!" Visit the Conference room from 10am - 11am to hear what's new at Ovid. 11am - noon drop by with questions, comments for our Ovid Rep on the main floor.

Opening Reception of the 13th Medical Complex Art Show Thursday, October 30th, 4pm - 5:30pm.

Join Dean Gotto and all the artists at the Reception. Refreshments will be served.

All faculty, staff, and students of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-NewYork Weill Cornell Center, Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, MSKCC, RU, and HSS are encouraged to submit up to 6 slides or photographs of their art work. The Show features paintings, photographs, computer-generated art, sculpture, ceramics, and handicrafts. The Thirteenth Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, will open in late October 2003 and run through January 2004. Please submit your slides or photographs from September 8, 2003 - October10, 2003 to helen-ann brown, Cornell Medical Library (C-115), 1300 York Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021-4896.

Call (212)746-6092 or email habrown@ med.cornell.edu with your comments and questions

UpToDate assists in adult and pediatric patient care. It contains topic reviews gathered from monitoring 290 journals, guidelines, and consensus statements. It has an accompanying database of drug information and also contains information for patients. References are linked to their MEDLINE abstracts. A new version is generated every six months. A what's new section will retrieve information added since the last version. Start your search in UpToDate by typing a single concept into the search box. Feel free to use natural language , abbreviations or root words. The system will guide you through narrowing your search by showing you titles of available reviews or making suggestions to modify your search by only looking for a particular aspect of the topic, such as treatment or diagnosis. Once you have chosen a topic review, the sections of the review will be outlined on the left. You can click on a topic on the left and the review will jump to that section. You may prefer to scroll through the entire review. There are links to other reviews, references and drugs within the review you have retrieved. Graphics popup in a separate window. They can be easily printed or exported into PowerPoint. A printer friendly version of the review is offered as well as offering to email the review . The Library has had many requests to subscribe to UpToDate. We are pleased to provide it. We realize its value in improving patient care. Call the Information Desk, 212-746-6055 or send an email to infodesk@med.cornell.edu with your comments and questions.

Books@Ovid provides online access to medical and pharmacy textbooks. The OVID interface has a help menu, allows users to simultaneously search several textbooks, and also displays up to 25 results per search. Presently, we have acquired the following books via Books@Ovid:

• Bonica's Management of Pain
• DeVita - Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology
• Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult
• Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography
• Paul and Juhl's Essentials of Radiologic Imaging
• Primary Care Medicine
• Principles & Practice of Pediatric Oncology
• Rockwood & Green's Fractures in Adults
• The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
• Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology

The WMC community has access to Books@Ovid by going to the WMC Library homepage at http://library.weill.cornell.edu/ and selecting the quick connect "Ovid" link under "Electronic Resources" After utilizing this site, please end session by clicking on "Logoff".

AccessMedicine, a suite of clinical and educational references online, provides immediate access to medical information sources and opportunities to subscribe to many authoritative reference texts. AccessMedicine contains:

• Premium content from our leading references
• Current and up-to-date with timely and peer-reviewed content
• Quality and Quantity of material is outstanding
• Full search capabilities across all content within portal
• Gold Standard's Drug Database
• Self-Assessment questions
• Daily News that is linked to the relevant chapter in the portal
• References links to PubMed for evidence based sources
• Links to thousands of related sites
• Full text online books:
  
  • Hurst's The Heart
  • The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Diseases
  • Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Basic Science and Clinical Lange Titles

Weill Cornell Medical Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new database in the Ovid collection.

What is BIOSIS Previews? BIOSIS Previews indexes over 5,000 journals in the life sciences from1969 to present, 1800 of which are fully indexed. To date the database has over 13 million records, many of which are unique. The literature is international in scope and covers both biotechnology and medical material. In addition to journal articles, BIOSIS Previews includes records of international meetings, conferences and proceedings, and also U.S. patents from 1986-1989 and 1999 onwards. References will also be found to books and software reviews. The database is updated weekly . For Ovid users, BIOSIS features many of the tools you are familiar with such a controlled vocabulary of subject headings, the ability to search individual fields, and indications of local holdings and full-text availability. You can also opt to search BIOSIS Previews at the same time as other databases such as MEDLINE and Embase, thus ensuring comprehensive coverage of the literature for your question.

How do I access BIOSIS Previews?For users on campus, go to the Library Homepage at http://library.weill.cornell.edu/ From here choose the drop down menu "Electronic Resources" and select "Ovid". From the list of databases click on the blue link to BIOSIS Previews. A username and password is not required. If you have a username and password you may go directly to the Ovid gateway, use the http://gateway.ovid.com/ address, and follow the instructions above. If you would like further information about BIOSIS Previews you can either click on the yellow button with the i symbol before you enter the database, or you can visit the BIOSIS website at http://www.biosis.org/. For help with searching please contact the Library Information Desk on (212) 746-6055 or email us at infodesk@med.cornell.edu

The award recognizes those library assistants who have distinguished themselves by their service to NYSLAA as well as their service to library assistants of New York.

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Library Faculty will be participating in the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. Carolyn Anne Reid, Acting Director, as Section Council Representative for theLeadership and Management Section will participate in two Section Council meetings. Carolyn Anne Reid will also serve as Section Council Liaison to the National Program Committee for the 2004 Annual Meeting.

Mark Funk, Head of Collection Development, will be finishing up a three year term on the Board of Directors, and a two year term as Treasurer. Mark Funk will also be one of the coordinators of the MLA Forum on Publishing Issues, as well as assuming the position of Chair-elect of the Collection Development Section.

helen-ann brown, Information Services Librarian, will present a paper, "Is there an informationist in our future?" She will also present a poster, "The Informationist Buzz: significant words about a cutting edge concept" In addition helen-ann brown will facilitate the Informationist Table at the MLA Chapter Sharing Roundtables, moderate 2 contributed paper sessions for the Leadership and Management Section -- "Building Castles in the Shifting Sand: Sculpting Partnerships and Alliances to Withstand the Incoming Tide" and serve on the MLA Nominating Committee. Louise Falzone, Information Services Librarian, will be facilitating a "California Chat" with fellow librarians with an interest in Evidence Based Librarianship.

It's a tie! Congratulations to David Lieberman, a Medical Student and Olisambu Uche, a Graduate Student for guessing closest to the correct amount (352) of gummy bookworms in the jar! Congratulations to Medical Students, Jessica McCannon and Scott Lawrence winners of the Library Trivia Contest.

Stop by the library and enter to win the Bookworm Count Contest. How many gummy bookworms are stuffed in the jar? Enter to win the Library Trivia Contest. Get the correct answers to the library-related questions and your name will be entered in a prize winning lottery. Contests begin Monday, April 7, 2003. Winners drawn at 4pm on Medical Information Day, Friday, April 11, 2003.

Click here for more details Join us Friday, April 11, 2003- Medical Information Day at noon as we co-sponsor the Tri-Institutional Concert at Caspary Auditorium (the domed building at York Avenue and 66th Street) Rockefeller University. The 13- piece Stefon Harris Jazz Band will be performing THE GRAND UNIFICATION THEORY.

On April 4th 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET and again at 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET the World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be sponsoring a global broadcast that will discuss the latest findings on the SARS outbreak and prevention of transmission in healthcare settings. The broadcast will include representatives from WHO, CDC, and several affected countries who will report their experiences with SARS.

The Match List and Match Statistics are available. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Important Interim Results from a Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind Comparison of Three Protease-Inhibitor-Sparing Regimens for the Initial Treatment of HIV Infection (AACTG Protocol A5095)

Laptops are fully loaded with browser, office applications, and printing capabilities. Check one out at our Circulation Desk today.

Learn more about this important milestone.

Cornell University including Weill Cornell Medical College has become an institutional member of BioMed Central. PRACTICAL IDEALISM NOW HAS NO COST Being published in a peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed BMC journal, freely accessible from any library, medical center, office or home, is now free for authors from Cornell University. Find out more.

Please see the list of available ACS journals and their dates of coverage.

• Accounts of Chemical Research 1968--
• Analytical Chemistry 1929--
• Biochemistry 1962--
• Bioconjugate Chemistry 1990--
• Biomacromolecules 2000--
• Biotechnology Progress 1993--
• Chemical Research in Toxicology 1988--
• Chemical Reviews 1924--
• Chemistry of Materials 1989--
• Crystal Growth & Design 2001--
• Energy & Fuels 1987--
• Environmental Science and Technology News & Research Notes (Internet) 1967--
• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 1909--
• Inorganic Chemistry 1962--
• Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry 1953--
• Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 1956--
• Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 1961--
• Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry 1999--
• Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 1959--
• Journal of Natural Products 1996--
• The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1936--
• The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 1896--
• The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 1896--
• Journal of Proteome Research 2002--
• Journal of the American Chemical Society 1879--
• Langmuir 1985--
• Macromolecules 1968--
• Nano Letters 2001--
• Organic Letters 1999--
• Organic Process Research & Development 1997--
• Organometalics 1982--

Register online for an Information Workshop or request a consultation at a time and place convenient to you.

MICROMEDEX, available on the Library's Electronic Resources page, offers premier drug-information from a selection of databases: IDENTIDEX, Drugdex, Martindale, Drug-REAX, Altmedex and AltCareDex.

Instruction by a company representative will be provided in the Library's Microcomputer Classroom on Friday, January 17th from 10:30-11:30AM. Email infodesk@med.cornell.edu or phone 746-6055 to register.

Every January the Library experiences temporary loss of access to some electronic journals. In most cases, this is due to our renewal not being entered into the publishers' databases. We can usually correct the problem within a day or two after we notify the publisher of the problem. If you are unable to access one of the Library's e-journals, please send an e-mail message indicating the journal title to mailto:infodesk@med.cornell.edu

Weill Cornell Medical Library and CU-Ithaca will have access to the current year, plus the three previous years, as a rolling access period. Please see the list of ACS journals and the years we have access to.

• Accounts of Chemical Research (2000- )
• Analytical Chemistry (2000- )
• Biochemistry (2000- )
• Bioconjugate Chemistry (2000- )
• Biomacromolecules (2000- )
• Biotechnology Progress (2000- )
• Chemical Innovation (2000-2001)
• Chemical Research in Toxicology (2000- )
• Chemical Reviews (2000- )
• Chemistry of Materials (2000- )
• Crystal Growth & Design (2001- )
• Energy & Fuels (2000- )
• Environmental Science & Technology (2000- )
• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2000- )
• Inorganic Chemistry (2000- )
• Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2000- )
• Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (2000- )
• Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences (2000- )
• Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry (2000- )
• Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2000- )
• Journal of Natural Products (2000- )
• Journal of Organic Chemistry (2000- )
• Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2000- )
• Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2000- )
• Journal of Proteome Research (2002- )
• Journal of the American Chemical Society (2000- )
• Langmuir (2000- )
• Macromolecules (2000- )
• Modern Drug Discovery (2000- )
• Nano Letters (2001- )
• Organic Letters (2000- )
• Organic Process Research & Development (2000- )
• Organometallics (2000- )
• Today's Chemist at Work (2000- )

If you would you like to drink your favorite beverage in the library,buy your very own Weill Cornell Medical Library spill proof mug. Spill proof mugs may be purchased for five dollars at the Circulation Desk.

You are invited to comment on our hours and services. The survey will be conducted until December 20, 2002.

Join Dean Gotto as he officially opens the Show and awards the prizes. Refreshments will be served.

The Editors of the New England Journal of Medicine have advised us that the Drug Therapy article in the October 3, 2002, issue, "Analgesics for the Treatment of Pain in Children," (Volume 347:1094-1103) contained a dosage error in Table 3.

Under the columns headed "Usual Starting Intravenous or Subcutaneous Doses and Intervals," in the column subheaded "child <50 kg," the morphine-infusion dose should have been given as 0.03 mg/kg/hr, not 0.3, as originally printed.

The online version has now been corrected, and a correction notice will be printed, but you or members of your institution may have downloaded an incorrect version of this table.

We are attaching a corrected copy of the PDF version.

On Tuesday, October 15, the Weill Cornell Medical Library will begin its "Survey Of Use" in conjunction with MSK and Rockefeller Libraries. The major purpose of this survey is to help determine "indirect costs" generated by federally funded grant research.Although the federal government reimburses real costs incurred by institutions in conducting federally funded research, universities contract substantial financial responsibilities indirectly as a result of these grants. One important area where indirect costs are incurred is the Library. Increased use of the collection and of the premises as a result of federally funded research needs to be documented and calculated to insure the highest rate possible for computing indirect costs for our institution. That is why we do the Library "Survey of Use".If your work in the Library is related to grant-funded research, please be sure to say so when you are being surveyed. If you are doing any other kind of work in the Library, we still need to survey you. As stated above, indirect costs are computed as a percentage, so we need to survey everyone who comes into the Library during a survey period to get accurate data (sort of like patients who take placebos in a blind study).So, please be prepared to be stopped during the survey, and please know if the work you are doing in the Library is indeed related to grant-funded research. The Library staff has worked very hard to make the survey time as easy as possible for all involved. With your participation, we can complete the process efficiently and effectively.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library Staff joins colleagues from coast to coast in this celebration.

Win the Golden Harvest Award for Best of Show! All faculty, staff, and students of NewYork-Presbyterian/NewYork Weill Cornell Center, Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, MSKCC, RU, and HSS are encouraged to submit up to 6 slides or photographs of their art work. The Show features paintings, photographs, computer-generated art, sculpture, ceramics and handicrafts. The Twelfth Medical Complex Art Show, sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medical Library, will open in late October 2002 and run through January 2003. Please submit your slides or photographs from now until October 9, 2002 to helen-ann brown, Weill Cornell Medical Library (C-115), 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021-4896. Call 212-746-6092 or email habrown@med.cornell.edu with your comments and questions.

Kristine Alpi has left the Weill Cornell Medical Library to become the Manager of the Public Health Library at the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. She is retaining her voluntary faculty appointment in the WMC Department of Public Health and can be reached via email for public health matters at kalpi@att.net. For other services previously provided by Ms. Alpi, please contact the Information Desk staff at 746-6055 or infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

May your years here at Weill Cornell be rewarding and may the Library play some part in helping fulfill your dreams.

Open Reception with refreshments will be Tuesday, September 10 from 5:30-7:30pm. All are welcome.

The Library's Information Services Team received the 2002 Medical Library Association Research Award for "Accessing the Most Recent Information: Part II." This study systematically measured which of eight online resources provided the most recent citation data. View the presentation in PDF.

The following mental health resources have been added to the Library's Electronic Resources page:

• PIE Online (Mental Health Policy Information Exchange Online) - Missouri Institute of Mental Health - a searchable collection of national and state mental health policy reports with links to many of them in full text as PDF.
• PREVLINE (Prevention Online) - National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information (SAMHSA) - a searchable collection of research reports, fact sheets, databases on smoking, workplace substance abuse and other topics, webcasts and statistics.
• PsycINFO via APA PsycNET- an alternate version of PsycINFO produced by APA. Some coverage as WebSPIRS PsycINFO, but links to full-text of APA PsycARTICLES.

For assistance with these or other Library resources, contact the Information Desk at infodesk@med.cornell.edu or 212-746-6055.

Robert M. Braude, Ph.D., AHIP, is the 2002 recipient of the Marcia C. Noyes Award. Established in 1947, the award recognizes a career that has resulted in lasting and extraordinary contributions to the health sciences information profession. During his remarkable career, Braude has served the Association in many capacities, including secretary of MLA Board of Directors and chair of the 1990 National Program Committee (NPC). In addition to the Noyes award, Braude has also received the 1997 Ida and George Eliot Prize, delivered the 1996 Janet Doe Lecture and is an MLA Fellow. Known throughout the profession as a consultant, mentor, speaker, and author, he recently contributed to MLA's fourth edition of the Handbook of Medical Library Practice and to the Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship, volume 7. Braude also served as a delegate for the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services.

Please contact the Information Desk staff at 746-6055 or infodesk@med.cornell.edu for your information needs.

The Library is pleased to present a new site dedicated to Aging Resources, Geriatrics and Gerontology at the following URL: http://library.weill.cornell.edu/Library/aging.html.

Weill Cornell is 11th in the Top Medical Schools-Research category.

Library Faculty will be participating in the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. Carolyn Anne Reid, Acting Director, will represent the Leadership and Management Section in Section Council meetings and as well as serve as Section Council Liaison to the National Program Committee for the 2004 Annual Meeting. She will also teach the continuing education course MeSH for Searchers. Mark Funk, head of Collection Development, continues as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors. He will give the Treasurer's Report at the meeting. The head of Information and Access Services, Daniel Cleary, is facilitating a Round Table discussion on Linkouts/Open links from PubMed, Ovid, ISI: Implementation, Education and PR. With Dan Cleary, Kristine Alpi and Mary Jo Dorsey, helen-ann brown, Information Services Librarian, will present a paper Accessing the Most Recent Information II comparing the timeliness of journal citations from several information resource providers. With Mary Jo Dorsey and Kristine Alpi, helen-ann will present a poster entitled Three Different Methods to Practice Clinical Librarianship. She is also hosting the Leadership and Management Section Symposium, as well as coordinating strategic planning for that section and unveiling the scroll of exemplary service at the Hospital Libraries Section breakfast. Kristine Alpi, Information Services Librarian, will co-present a paper entitled Delivering Genetics Information to Health Care Consumers. She will also participate in meetings as Chair of the Medical Informatics Career Award and Secretary of the Medical Library Education Section.

Enjoy pictures of the celebration--see the Library Staff and their sweet reward.

The Match List and Match Statistics are available. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

February 14 - April 5, the Library will feature the Professional Women's Photographers. The show focuses on works described by the photographers as multi-images.

Full document in Annals of Internal Medicine: Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter.

Come see works of art created by your colleagues. View the list of artists and their works, including the award winners!

It can be found in the center column of the page. The document is named: Memo#9

Webcast available This broadcast presents an update on the clinical management of bioterrorism-related anthrax. Included will be an overview of clinical diagnosis and treatment recommendations. A panel of experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will review recent guidance and lessons learned to better prepare local clinicians to respond to subsequent anthrax bioterrorism attacks. A question and answer session will enable participants nationwide to pose questions to panelists in advance for response during the program Webcast links for the entire series of bioterrorism broadcasts since October 18 can be found at www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn.

FREE VIDEO COPIES AVAILABLE: The CDC will provide a single VHS videotape of the 11/29/01 program free of charge to anyone who is unable to view the live broadcast. Videotapes will be available approximately 10 days after the broadcast. You can order the video from the Public Health Foundation by phone at 1-877-252-1200 (011-301-645-7773 for international calls) or online at http://bookstore.phf.org/prod186.htm. Alternatively, you may request a single copy of the video by sending your name and complete mailing address by e-mail (info@phf.org) or fax (301-843-0159) with "Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Anthrax" in the subject line.

Jose B. Cibelli; Ann A. Kiessling; Kerrianne Cunniff; Charlotte Richards; Robert P. Lanza; Michael D. West. Rapid Communication: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer in Humans: Pronuclear and Early Embryonic Development. e-biomed: the journal of regenerative medicine. Vol: 2; 25-31. The Library subscribes to this journal. Access full-text of article.

View the archived Part 1 webcast online. See also the CDC MMWR Report - Investigation of Anthrax Associated with Intentional Exposure and Interim Public Health Guidelines and Information Relating to Anthrax Incidents - NYC Dept of Health.

OVID has provided the Four Corners' (WMC, RUL, MSK or HSS) Libraries with a feature called 'Local Holdings.' This feature allows you to limit your search results to journal titles that are owned by one or more of the four libraries. 'Local Holdings' is available as a box that can be checked on the 'Main Search Page' of most databases provided by OVID. The accuracy of this feature is not absolute in all of the databases. The Library is in the process of assuring that the holdings limit is as accurate as possible. We recommend that you do not use this limit when performing important searches that need to be comprehensive.

We encourage you give us feedback using the Comments form or Ask a Question form. You can also contact the WMC Library's Information Desk at infodesk@med.cornell.edu or at (212) 746-6055.

See works of art created by your colleagues and enjoy tasty refreshments, Friday, October 26.. Asst. Dean for Information Resources Bob Braude opened the Show and awarded prizes. View the list of artists and their works.

View the archived webcast online. See also the CDC MMWR Report - Investigation of Anthrax Associated with Intentional Exposure and Interim Public Health Guidelines.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library Staff joins colleagues from coast to coast in this celebration. Here are some of the activities of the Library Staff:

On Thursday, October 11, Kristine Alpi and Mary Jo Dorsey presented a poster on Aging Information Resources at the Aging Symposium Poster Session from 4 - 6pm in Archibold Commons.

From October 14-16, the Library Faculty were in New Haven at the New York-New Jersey Chapter of the Medical Library Association's Annual Meeting. helen-ann brown, Mary Jo Dorsey and Kristine Alpi presented a poster on clinical librarianship.

With Library Faculty from NYU and New York Medical College, Kristine Alpi presented a poster on librarian support for bioinformatics and molecular medicine efforts.

On Tuesday, October 16, Kristine Alpi presented the Public Health Department Journal Club "More than MEDLINE: Systematic Reviews for Evidence-Based Public Health" from 1 - 2 pm in the Kips Bay 3rd Floor Conference Room.

On Monday, October 22, Kristine Alpi gave a talk on Local goes global on the Internet: New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) - [available online] at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

On Monday, October 22, best wishes were extended to Bob Braude, Library Director at his Retirement Party in Griffis Faculty Lounge from 5 - 7pm.

On Friday, October 26 from 12pm-1pm, helen-ann brown, Mary Jo Dorsey and Kristine Alpi presented on an Information Services research project entitled "Accessing the Most Recent Information" at the Research Methodology Core program.

On Friday, October 26 from 3pm-5pm, the Library Staff and all the participating artists held the opening of the 11th Medical Complex Art Show on the Main floor of the Library.

Also on Friday, October 26, Carolyn Anne Reid, Associate Director, presented Librarians' Participation in Teaching Evidence-based Medicine: A Prototype Course in Collaboration with the Public Health Department at the Triple Chapter Meeting of the South Central, Southern, and Midcontinental Chapters of the Medical Library Association, New Orleans, LA.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library endorses the Library Community Statement on Freedom of Speech and Access to Information written in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks. You can download the complete statement: http://www.ala.org/washoff//FreedomofSpeech9.pdf.

The following complementary medicine resources have been added to MICROMEDEX:

• AltCareDex® System - Patient education for complementary and alternative medicine in three areas: Dietary Supplements, Disease states/Medical conditions, and Therapy documents. Read the vendor description for more information.
• AltMedDex™ System - monographs and alternative medicine consults covering herbal, vitamin, mineral, and other dietary supplements. Read vendor description for more information.
• RPS Herbal Medicines - online full-text of Herbal Medicines: A Guide for Health-Care Professionals from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, presents international coverage of herbs and their applications in CAM therapies.

Select the AltMed Leaflets section to search AltCareDex for patient education information.

Internet Grateful Med has served a dedicated user community for over five years. With the shutdown of NLM's mainframe, Internet Grateful Med will be retired. All access to Internet Grateful Med will end on 5:00 PM Friday, September 28, 2001. Users attempting to access IGM following its shutdown will be presented with links to other NLM search services appropriate to the data formerly available through Internet Grateful Med. For more information, see the NLM Technical Bulletin article outlining where the IGM data has gone. If you have questions about how to access information formerly available through IGM, please contact the Information Desk at (212) 746-6055 or infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

Drug Information Fulltext via Dialog@CARL has been added to the Electronic Resources page. Drug Information Fulltext is updated quarterly and covers the content from The American Hospital Formulary Service, which contains information on 1,000 drugs available commercially in the United States, and The Handbook on Injectable Drugs, which covers commercially available and investigational drugs in use in the United States. Drug Information Fulltext may be searched for information on the stability, chemistry, and pharmaco-kinetics of drugs, as well as on their action, usage, dosage, and administration. The database also covers compatibility and interactions of drugs and cautions for use. If you have questions about using Drug Information Fulltext or any other Library resources, please contact the Information Desk, 746-6055 or email to infodesk@med.cornell.edu

The Library is now offering the following Current Protocols titles online via the web: Molecular Biology, Human Genetics, Protein Science, Neuroscience and Immunology. Link to them from the Electronic Resources page in the Basic Science section or the alphabetical pull-down menu, the Electronic Journals page and the Tri-Cat catalog. With their regular updates, these laboratory protocol resources constantly evolve and change. The Library is very pleased to bring these important manuals to our community in this convenient manner. If you have questions about using Current Protocols or any other Library resources, please contact the Information Desk, 746-6055 or email to infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

CAB Health via Dialog@CARL has been added to the Electronic Resources page. CAB Health, a database of citations and abstracts from 1973-present, covers the following subjects: AIDS and HIV opportunistic infections, communicable diseases, community and public health, human nutrition, medicinal and poisonous plants, parasitology and parasitic diseases, tropical medicine and diseases. CAB Health provides a broad analysis of non-English-language journals, developing country information, books, research reports, patents and standards, dissertations, conference proceedings, and annual reports. If you have questions about using CAB Health or any other Library resources, please contact the Information Desk, 746-6055 or email to infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

The Weill Cornell Medical Library has been notified by the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine that they will change the conditions for online access to the journal as of October 1, 2001. The new conditions are unacceptable. Read the Library's full statement and give the New England Journal of Medicine your feedback.

The complete list of workshops, consultation opportunities and self-educational materials is available. Many new classes are being offered:

• Basic & Applied Science Resources
• Behavioral Health Resources
• Foreign Language Consumer Health Resources
• Nursing & Allied Health Resources
• Sophisticated Searching

To register for classes, please use the online form, call the Information Desk at (212) 746-6055 or e-mail infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

The lobby entrance to the Library is open and regular hours are in effect. The temporary entrance in the rear of the Library is now closed. Visit the new Lobby Courtesy Desk (pictured below) staffed by helpful Library personnel. View a picture of the lobby. Come and see us!

Two criminal justice information resources from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) have been added to the Electronic Resources page. The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 160,000 criminal justice publications, while the Full-Text Publications resource has a collection of 1,500+ publications. These resources may be of interest to researchers in substance abuse, psychiatry and violence. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drug abuse and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, and victims of crime.

If you have questions about using these or any other Library resources, please contact the Information Desk, 746-6055 or email to infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

NIH released information on the embryonic stem cell lines that would qualify under the President's August 9 announcement. See http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/082701list.htm for details.

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) just released its Statement on Stem Cell Research, online at http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/policy/pol-44.htm

Spectroscopy Now (http://www.spectroscopynow.com/) has been added to the Electronic Resources page. Spectroscopy Now offers news, features, conferences, book releases, jobs, and directories in a variety of subdisciplines of spectroscopy. Users can access specialized sections on atomic, infrared, Raman, UV, mass, NMR, and x-ray spectroscopy, as well as chemometrics. Many of the feature articles and primers are contributed by researchers from both public and private universities and laboratories. Also, Spectroscopy Now links to free articles and preprints from peer-reviewed science journals and news from various professional societies. [Description: Copyright Internet Scout Project, 1994-2001. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/.]

The Weill Cornell Medical Library will cancel its subscription to Index Medicus effective with the 2002 edition. As you may know, Index Medicus is the print version of the content in the MEDLINE database which is now freely searchable using PubMed (http://www.pubmed.gov). The Library will retain all Cumulated volumes. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will cease publishing the annual Cumulated Index Medicus (CIM) with the 2000 ed. (v.41). NLM will continue to publish the monthly volumes. Using the monthly printed volumes means that an user would have to look up the same subject or author twelve times for every one look up done using CIM. I am very open to discussing wishes to continue accessing bibliographic information in the print format with users of Index Medicus. Training on the use of MEDLINE is available through Information Services--call 746-6055 for information about classes or consultations.

The importance of Index Medicus to providing information to the medical community since June 1, 1880 can not be overstated. From the inception of Index Medicus, accessibility to the end user was the paramount concern of the editors. This concern for the ultimate consumer of bibliographic information was expressed in the following quote from the 1880 introduction by J. S. Billings, Bvt. Lt. Col. and Surgeon, U. S. Army and creator of Index Medicus:

"The great majority of physicians...who have given their opinion, have expressed a decided preference for this form; and although a librarian might find a complete separation of the catalogue...a little more convenient, the demand on the part of those who are to use it is very decidedly for the form here given."

This tradition continues in the many features and methods for searching MEDLINE using the electronic offspring, PubMed (http://www.pubmed.gov). It is with some sorrow that librarians and many patrons view the discontinuation of the annual Cumulated Index Medicus. However, it is with great pride that we realize the overwhelming benefits of online access through PubMed.

Photographs from the Park West Camera Club will be on display in the Library from August 15, 2001 - October 3, 2001.

STAT!Ref is available again from the Library website Electronic Resources page at http://library.weill.cornell.edu/Library/HTML/ElectRes.html. An expanded collection of medical information and drug information for physicians and allied health professionals. STAT!Ref lets you cross-search more than 25 medical and drug texts including Stedman's Medical Dictionary, popular texts from McGraw Hill, Mosby, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins and more. From the Cornell network, STAT!Ref can also be directly accessed at http://host3.statref.com/Cornell.

A new clinical alert issued today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) states:

Emphysema patients who have severe lung obstruction with either limited ability to exchange gas when breathing or damage that is evenly distributed throughout their lungs receive little benefit from lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and are at high risk of death from the procedure, according to early results from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT).

The full text of the release can be found at:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/emphysema.html.

The findings are posted on the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Web site (http://www.nejm.org/).

The National Library of Medicine announces the following new publication:

National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation. Supplement: Internet Formats (106 pages) at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/formats/internet.pdf. An HTML version will be available shortly.

This resource on citing Internet resources is a supplement to National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation available in the WMC Library Reference Collection (call number WZ 345 P314n 1991). Like the original Formats publication, this Supplement provides many sample citations illustrating the recommendations. The Supplement also includes an appendix updating the list of abbreviations for journal title words that appeared in the earlier publication.

Medical Art, Photography & Digital Imaging is pleased to announce the addition of one-on-one Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Powerpoint classes in our digital studio. These classes are for individuals who cannot attend our already existing classroom sessions due to time conflicts or who are looking for more personal instruction with our digital experts.

We can tailor your instruction specifically to your needs or utilize our existing syllabus but provide a more in-depth approach to your learning experience.

The class fee will be $75.00 per hour, with a one hour minimum. Please contact Gail Watson at gwatson@med.cornell.edu or 6-6214 to arrange your appointment, or call Aaron Cormier (Powerpoint) or Alan Arellano (Photoshop) at 6-6210 for further details concerning content of instruction.

In the very near future, we plan to offer a Nuts and Bolts class on digital photography, digital cameras, and techniques in scanning. We also plan to have one of our digital equipment vendors conduct a hands-on session with a variety of cameras for individuals thinking about buying a digital camera or who already have one and want to get more proficient with this new technology.

We at Medical Art, Photography & Digital Imaging are committed to giving our community the highest quality in digital imaging, and shared knowledge.

Thank You
Alan R. Arellano Chief Medical Photographer

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released new evidence on practices that could improve patient safety throughout the nation's health care system. The evidence report, compiled by AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center at the University of California San Francisco/Stanford University, reviewed the evidence on a total of 79 patient safety practices. It lists 73 that are likely to improve patient safety and describes 11 that the researchers considered highly proven to work but are not performed routinely in the nation's hospitals and nursing homes. Copies of the full report can be found on AHRQ's Web site at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/

The 640-page report, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, is the result of a comprehensive review of the literature from medicine, aviation, and other relevant fields. Among the 11 highly proven practices are giving patients antibiotics just before surgery to prevent infections, using ultrasound to help guide the insertion of central intravenous lines and prevent punctured arteries and other complications, and giving surgery patients beta blockers to prevent heart attacks during or after the operation.

AHRQ, the lead federal agency charged with improving the quality and safety of health care services, has funded the bulk of the research conducted to date on medical errors. AHRQ will award nearly $50 million over the next few months to support further research on patient safety.

Medical Art, Photography & Digital Imaging of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University is pleased to announce its schedule of Microsoft Powerpoint and Adobe Photoshop classes for the summer and fall.

These hands-on classes are offered in the Weill Cornell Medical Library microcomputer room at a cost of $75.00 per three hour session, which can be paid by check or departmental account number. We are now offering an intermediate/advanced level course for Powerpoint and Photoshop to compliment our popular existing beginner level courses.

Historically, the classes book rapidly so it is advisable to schedule early to assure a seat. You may reschedule or cancel your participation in a class without charge provided you give us notice five business days prior to the class. If you do not attend a class or cancel less than five business days in advance, you are responsible for full payment of the course fee.

Our Instructors:
Mr. Aaron Cormier, Senior Medical Photographer/ Microsoft Powerpoint Instructor/
Ext: 6-6210; acormier@med.cornell.edu
Mr. Alan Arellano, Chief Medical Photographer/ Adobe Photoshop Instructor/
Ext: 6-6210; ararella@med.cornell.edu

Please call or e-mail our instructors if you have any questions concerning class material and syllabus. Classes can be booked with Ms. Gail Watson at extension 6-6214. Class Schedules:

• Microsoft Powerpoint Beginner Level (10am-1pm):
  July 25, August 22, September 11, October 1, November 6, December 12
• Microsoft Powerpoint Intermediate/Advanced Level (10am-1pm):
  July 27, August 24, September 13, October 3, November 8, December 14
• Adobe Photoshop Beginner Level (10am-1pm):
  July 18, August 27, September 18, October 17, November 13, December 5
  
• Adobe Photoshop Advanced Level (10am-1pm):
  July 20, August 29, September 20, October 19, November 15, December 7

Coming Soon!!-One on One Instruction and Consultation Workshops in our Digital Studio

Trends in Immunology is number 2,000 and was added this past week. We will continue to add e-journals as they become available and as we can afford them. The complete list of e-journal titles is available at http://lib.med.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EJournal.cgi.

Mary Jo Dorsey is the newest member of the Library's Information Services Team. She received a Master of Library Science Degree from The University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Carlow College, also in Pittsburgh. Her first experience out of graduate school was opening a technical library for the U.S. Department of Energy for the Yucca Mountain Project in Las Vegas, Nevada. After spending seven years in the Southwest desert, she returned to the Northeast to join the faculty of New York University School of Medicine. At NYU's Ehrman Medical Library, she was an integral part of the library webteam and coordinator of information technology.

Mary Jo's research interests include current trends in web databases and the use of web technology to deliver library resources and she enjoys web design and architecture. A secondary research interest is consumer's use and discernment of health-related information found on the Internet. She can be reached by phone at 746-3794 or through e-mail at mad2002@med.cornell.edu.

It is a pleasure to announce the appointment of James L. Gehrlich as Head, NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center Archives. Jim succeeds Adele Lerner who retired January 31, 2001. In addition to his BA and M.Div., Jim holds a Modern Archives Institute Certificate from the National Archives and a Graduate Certificate in Archival Management and Historical Editing from New York University. He has extensive experience as an archivist, most notably as the Senior Archival Assistant with Adele since 1994. We are indeed fortunate to have an individual with Jim's expertise and experience take over the direction of one of the largest medical archives in the country. Jim can be reached at 746-6072 or jlgehrli@med.cornell.edu.

If you have profiles and/or alerts that you created using Current Contents connect® version 1.5, please read the following information:

• A search profile is now called a search strategy. Up to 25 search statements (sets) are available. Access Current Content connect version 1.6 through the Library's Electronic Resources page or directly at http://ccc.isiglobalnet.com/
• If you run a profile that you created using version 1.5, you may see erroneous Since Last Visit information when you open your profile. To correct this, open the profile, and then save it again by clicking the button SAVE ALERT/SEARCH on the Alert/Search Strategy Management page.
• If you have an alert, the alert will continue to be active on the ISI server. However, please follow these instructions to update the alert information that is saved on your hard drive:


• Open the profile (strategy) that you saved as an alert. Print this page.
• Click the RUN SEARCH button. When you see the warning message, click OK.
• On the Search Strategy Limits page, click the SUBMIT LIMIT CHANGES button.
• On the Search page, click the EDIT/SAVED STATEMENTS button.
• On the Alert/Search Strategy Management page, scroll down to the section TO SAVE THIS SEARCH STRATEGY / SET ALERT OPTIONS.
• From the Select an Option menu, select Update/Renew Alert. Then enter the alert information from the page you printed in step 1 (i.e., Alert Name, E-mail Address, E-mail Format, Alert Description).
• Click SAVE ALERT/SEARCH to overwrite the previously saved alert.

If you have any questions about ISI Current Contents connect®, please contact the Library's Information Desk at 746-6055 or infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued the first in a series of guidance materials on new federal privacy protections for medical records and other personal health information.

Today's guidance explains and clarifies key provisions of the medical privacy regulation, which was published last December. Providing this guidance is part of an ongoing process to help health care providers and health plans come into compliance with the regulation by April 14, 2003.

The guidance--available on the Web at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa--answers common questions about the new protections for consumers and requirements for doctors, hospitals, other providers, health plans and health insurers, and health care clearinghouses. It also clarifies some of the confusion regarding the meaning of key provisions of the rule.

A fact sheet summarizing the privacy rule's rights and protections is available on the Web at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/01fsprivacy.html.

The June New to the Library! list of new materials in Tri-Cat has been added to the website.

Beginning on Wednesday, June 27, 2001 library users will be able to utilize MD Consult without an username or password. MD Consult will recognize and provide access to any computer on the NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center network. This network access will make it easier to log on to MD Consult and will provide Weill Cornell Medical Library users the best chance of immediate access. We are pleased to afford access for seven simultaneous users. Access to individuals outside of our computer network is no longer possible unless you have OACRA or VPN software from OAC's web site.

Due to the change of access methodology to MD Consult there will also be a change in the appearance and features of the MD Consult homepage. On the right hand side of the page will be a blue button that can be clicked on to "open the generic edition." By clicking on this button you will be allowed access to the Weill Cornell Medical Library subscription of MD Consult.

However, you may still set up a personal account or utilize your current username and password if you already have an account. By entering MD Consult through the boxes provided for this information you will have the following added features of the Personal Edition.

1. Customize Patient Education Handouts with your own special instructions and contact information, then print for patient use. Customized information is saved under your Personal Account and can be accessed from any computer you use.
2. Daily clinical summaries are customized to your particular interests. You may change your preferences at any time.
3. Earn CME credit online with the CME Center. Over 450 Category 1 courses with online tests and instant feedback. CME credit is issued online.

New regulations from HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) require healthcare organizations to adopt new policies and procedures to protect patients' privacy. While compliance will not become mandatory until 2003, implementing the regulations will require much planning.

The Library has acquired, in CD-ROM format, "Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on Security and Privacy," published by the AAMC. This 367 page document is available in PDF format on the CD-ROM, and is also available via the internet at http://www.aamc.org/members/gir/gasp/ The CD-ROM will be available at the Reserve Desk.

For more information on HIPAA, try these resources:

• US Dept. of Health and Human Services Administrative Simplification
  http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/
• HIPAA Privacy Rule (Final)
  http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/final/PvcFRpdf.zip
• HIPAA Security Rules (Proposed)
  http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/nprm/seclist.htm

Two new classes, Introduction to Aging Resources and Journal Citation Reports & Science Citation Index, are being offered. To register for classes, please call the Information Desk at (212) 746-6055 or e-mail infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

The May New to the Library! list of new materials in Tri-Cat has been added to the website.

Library Faculty will be participating in the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association. Bob Braude, Director, will attend the meeting, as will our guest librarian from Armenia, Anna Shirinyan. Carolyn Anne Reid, Associate Director, was elected to the Section Council as representative from the Leadership and Management Section and will participate in several meetings in that capacity. She will teach the continuing education course MeSH for Searchers and give a brief presentation on Library faculty participation in the Evidence-based Medicine course developed this year for first year medical students in collaboration with the college's Department of Public Health. Mark Funk, head of Collection Development, continues as a member of the Board of Directors, and is becoming Treasurer for MLA. The head of Information and Access Services, Daniel Cleary, is presenting a poster with helen-ann brown and Kristine Alpi. As Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Leadership and Management Section, helen-ann brown, Information Services Librarian, will lead discussion on vision, goals and objectives. She will also take over as Chair of the Professional Recognition Committee of the Hospital Libraries Section. With Dan Cleary and Kristine Alpi, helen-ann will present a poster entitled Accessing the Most Recent Information, comparing the timeliness of journal citations from a journal's website, PubMed, Ovid PREMEDLINE and CURRENT CONTENTS connect. Kristine Alpi, Information Services Librarian, will co-teach a continuing education course on the Public Health Knowledgebase, present a paper on the importance of decision analysis for librarians in an informatics environment, co-present a poster on finding Spanish language information about genetic conditions on the web and moderate a session on health information needs of low-literate patients. She will also participate in meetings as Chair of the Grants & Scholarships Committee and Secretary of the Medical Library Education Section.

The Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine of Weill Medical College of Cornell University Presents: "Aloe to Zinc: Remedies to Cure Your Information Skills"

Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine Conference
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
12:00 - 1:00 PM

helen-ann brown MLS, MS
Librarian, Information Services Team
Weill Cornell Medical Library

The library now provides online access to the following American Society for Microbiology (ASM) journals:

• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Clinical Microbiology Reviews
• Infection and Immunity
• Journal of Bacteriology
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• Journal of Virology
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

We had resisted subscribing to the electronic version of these titles because of the pricing policy of the American Society for Microbiology. Their pricing levels are based on number of faculty plus doctoral students, a somewhat specious reasoning since not all individuals in these groups use ASM journals. For our size, adding the electronic versions cost 100% of the print costs. The print versions cost us $4,426, and adding the e-versions was another $4,426. Many other publishers allow us to add electronic for free, or for about a 7-8% increase over the print. Nevertheless, we have decided to subscribe in the interest of providing the widest possible access to these important titles. As was the case with Nature, I encourage you to communicate with the ASM your concerns about their pricing policy. It is only through the combined efforts of the biomedical community who submit and review articles to these publications, and the libraries who must find the money to pay for them, that we will achieve some relief from the constantly increasing cost of access to the biomedical literature.

Anna Shirinyan, Director of the Republican Scientific-Medical Library, Republic of Armenia (http://www.medlib.am/) will be visiting the Weill Cornell Medical Library in May. She is here to attend the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association and will spend some time here observing our Information Workshops prior to that meeting. Ms. Shirinyan is a co-author with Robert M. Braude, Loeb Librarian of: Braude RM, Shirinyan, A, Zargaryan, T. Republican Scientific-Medical Library, The Republic of Armenia: progress and programs. Bull Med Lib Assoc 2001 89(1):45-50.

The Cornell Intensive Summer Program offers instruction in quantitative, qualitative, and analytical research methods to faculty, fellows and allied health professionals over a seven-week period, during the months of July and August. The program includes didactic and applied training in research methodology, biostatistical techniques, data management, decision analysis, qualitative research, behavioral science and health services research.

One of the curriculum units to be taught by Library Faculty is:

7) Information Skills This two-session prelude to the Fall Information Skills course will focus on formulating and executing effective search strategies using both Boolean logic and natural language. You will acquire the basic skills needed to search the Library's OVID MEDLINE database and the National Library of Medicine's PubMed. There will be ample opportunity for hands-on practice. Sample and practice searches will center on your individual research interests. Faculty: Dr. Bob Braude, and Information Services Librarians helen-ann brown and Kristine Alpi.

For more information, please contact the Program Administrator, Suzan Samuel Toro, at (212) 746-1608.

The Library has just acquired access to the electronic versions of the Cell Press journals to which we subscribe in print. These titles are:

• Cell
• Immunity
• Molecular Cell
• Neuron

We had resisted subscribing to the electronic versions because of the predatory pricing policy of Cell Press. In a situation similar to the pricing of the electronic version of Nature and similar to the pricing policies of many medical publishers, Cell Press charges exorbitant rates for access to the electronic version of their titles.

Here is what it is costing us to provide this access.
Cost for print versions: $2,708
Cost to add online access: $8,185

It is also interesting to note that this price already includes a 10% discount because the Cornell University Library at Ithaca is also a subscriber. What a deal. I would encourage those of you who are active readers, and contributors, to Cell Press journals to communicate with them expressing your concern over their pricing policy. While we will continue to try to provide you with the greatest access to the broadest base of biomedical information we can, the limits of the College's resources to support our growing cost of acquiring access to these resources will soon be reached. I would be happy to continue this dialogue with any of you who are interested.

Robert M. Braude, Ph.D.
Frances and John Loeb Librarian

The Library's access to Alt-HealthWatch is ending due to changes in policy at a New York metropolitan area consortium of which the Library is a member. Two excellent databases of alternative and complementary medicine resources, AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine) and MANTIS (Manual, Alternative, and Natural Therapy Index System) are still available to you through the OVID system linked from the Library's Electronic Resources page.

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) now provides access to literature and patents from 1947 to the present. On April 22, 2001, bibliographic information and abstracts were added for over 2.2 million references published in Chemical Abstracts from 1947 to 1966. This information may be accessed via:

• Explore by Research Topic
• Explore by Author
• Explore by Document Identifier
• Explore by Company Name/Organization

SciFinder Scholar is available on Mac and PC/Windows platforms and is for use only on the New York Presbyterian-Weill Medical College of Cornell University network.

Download a copy of SciFinder Scholar or use it on a Library computer

Nature Publishing Group is pleased to announce that as of May 1st, 2001, a new online institutional site licence policy will be introduced for the Nature titles. All journal content will now be available to institutional subscribers, immediately on publication. There will also be a new streamlined institutional pricing policy for all Nature Publishing Group journal titles. Additional information is available at http://www.nature.com/help/sitelicences/ This action is undoubtedly a direct result of library and individual lobbying of Nature in opposition to its previous policy of limited access. It is also an example of how improvements in access to biomedical information can be obtained when the library and scientific community work together. Thanks to all of our faculty, students, and staff who communicated their objections to Nature's policy to the publisher.

Wireless iBook MacIntosh computers can now be checked out at the Circulation Desk for use inside the Library. These wireless laptops can be used in several areas inside the Library to access the Internet, Word, Excel, or Powerpoint. They print to the laser printer in the Computer Commons. Please inquire at the Circulation Desk (746-6055) ; see List of Services - Computing for further information.

DHHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Thursday morning that the Bush Administration will allow the HIPAA privacy regulations take effect. However, the Administration will issue either guidelines or recommended modifications to address concerns raised on the regulations. AAMC's recent comment letter on the regulations is available at http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/testimny/research/hipaathompson.htm.

The library now provides online access to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) http://jcrweb.com/ from the alphabetical pull-down list on the Electronic Resources page. JCR is a tool providing impact factors and other measures for comparing and evaluating scholarly journals in many disciplines. We have access to 1999 data. Since this data is the result of six months of intensive computation after the current citation year is complete, we expect 2000 data to come online this summer. The section "Information for New Users" is a must for those who haven't used JCR regularly, and especially the section "Using the JCR Wisely." If you have any questions about using this resource please call the Information Desk at (212) 746-6055 between 9:00am and 6:00pm during weekdays.

In response to a patron request, the Library is making available on its website the Match Statistics in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Effective April 22, a new database, Health and Wellness Information will replace Health Reference Center. This new database will provide access to more than 390 titles, and represents a gain of 100+ titles. This consumer-oriented database provides indexing and full text of journals covering a broad range of health subjects and issues. New York State Library provides this Gale database to libraries across New York State.

If you have any questions about using this resource please call the Information Desk at (212) 746-6055 between 9:00am and 6:00pm weekdays

The eleven page NIH FY 2002 budget press release has now been posted to the web in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

The HHS budget summary has been posted at http://www.hhs.gov/budget/docbudget.htm in both PDF and WordPerfect. The NIH information is on pages 39-46 of the PDF version. DHHS Secretary Tommy Thompson's remarks at his budget press conference are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20010409.html. Lastly, the official budget documents are available on the OMB site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/index.html.

An article in today's New York Times announces the establishment of a new branch of Weill Cornell Medical College in the Middle East: the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. This marks a first in Cornell's 136-year history and a first in U.S. higher education: the first M.D. degree offered by an American university outside the U.S.

This historic announcement will be celebrated by an official Signing Ceremony and a Press Conference later this morning. We invite you to witness these special events on closed-circuit television in Uris Auditorium from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

For more information about the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, please visit: http://www.med.cornell.edu/qatar

Information from the Office of Public Affairs

Did you notice? There was a dramatic change to the appearance of the Tri-Cat website (http://lib3.rockefeller.edu/) and more changes will follow. Most changes to the pages below the main Tri-Cat page will come on Monday mornings for next four or five weeks. None of these changes should affect your ability to search the catalog via the web, but some buttons and links will be relocated. Enhancements include the ability to search the collections of other libraries using the Tri-Cat interface. For this feature click on the 'Other Libraries' button which links to http://lib3.rockefeller.edu:211/screens/z39menu.html.

Additional databases have been linked from the alphabetical pull-down list of the Electronic Resources page.

HEIN Online A collection of full-text historical legal periodicals (mostly review journals) produced by collaboration of the William S. Hein Co., Inc., Cornell Information Technologies and the Cornell University Law Library.

INSPEC (via OCLC First Search): 1969- present The database provides abstracts and indexing to scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, biomedical engineering, electronics, computing and information technology.

The Library's Information Services Team has produced a guide to Finding Images on the Web or in Print. It is available on the Library's website at http://library.weill.cornell.edu/Library/HTML/images.htm.

2001 Match Day results are now available in PDF format

NIH reports that the FY 2000 ranking tables have been corrected and re-posted on the NIH web site. The various tables are available from http://silk.nih.gov/public/cbz2zoz.@www.awards.ranking.htm. These tables are considered final and will not be revised further.

The Institute of Medicine's Committee on Quality of Health Care in America has issued its final report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm." It contends that "the nation's health care industry has foundered in its ability to provide safe, high-quality care consistently to all Americans," and that "reorganization and reform are urgently needed to fix what is now a disjointed and inefficient system." Specifically, the IOM recommends that Congress create an "innovation fund" of $1 billion for use during the next three to five years to help subsidize promising projects and communicate the need for rapid and significant change throughout the health system.

Information: Saira Moini or Kathi McMullin, National Academy of Sciences, 202.334.2138, news@nas.edu; to view the report, go to http://www4.nas.edu/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/chasm?OpenDocument. The Library has ordered a hard copy of the report.

Selected works by June Newmark were on exhibit through April 6, 2001.

Invasive surgery as seen through the lens of photojournalist, Max Aguilera-Hellweg, is the theme of a compelling book recently acquired and placed on reserve (WO 517 A283s) by the Library. Find out more and see a sample photograph.

This subset is designed to limit a search to citations in the vast and diverse area of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This is the third subject subset (following AIDS and Toxicology) to be added as a choice on the Subset pull-down menu on the Limits screen. Alternatively, you can incorporate the subset into a search using "AND cam [sb]".

Example: osteoarthritis AND cam [sb]

The Complementary Medicine subset is a joint project between NLM and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). This subset was created using a search strategy that includes terms in the Alternative Medicine branch of MeSH, terms provided by NCCAM, and a number of journals indexed for MEDLINE that include significant CAM-related content.

Effective April 2, 2001, search screens currently available in IGM wll be deactivated and linked to other search systems. The National Library of Medicine expects that IGM will be officially and completely retired by the end of June 2001. For complete details, see the article at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf01/jf01_igm_phaseout.html.

ANATOMY OF ANATOMY, a book and traveling exhibition, documents a group of Weill Cornell medical students, Class of 2001, during their dissection of cadavers in Gross Anatomy. Author Meryl Levin, a documentary photographer with an interest in social issues related to health care, has long been intrigued by the complexities involved in the training of physicians. In the spring of 1998, she collaborated with eleven 1st year students, who kept journals of their anatomy experience, creating an intimate and powerful exploration of the training of these doctors-to-be. This project highlights both the technical and the emotional hurdles faced by those dealing daily with life and death issues. The students' writing is candid and open providing a narrative framework for the reader / viewer. The book features a foreword by physician and novelist, Abraham Verghese.

The photographs are on display and the book is on Reserve in the Library.

Levin, Meryl. Anatomy of anatomy : in images and words,/ / Meryl Levin ; foreword by Abraham Verghese. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Third Rail Press, c2000.
W 18 L665 2000

On February 21, the Heberden Society/Dean's Hour/Humanities & Medicine Series will present a panel discussion in Weill Auditorium as part of this exhibition.

Panelists:

• Meryl Levin, Author/Photographer
• Katherine Beth Hisert, Class of 2001
• Hilary Hochberg, Class of 2001
• Rohan Thomas, Class of 2004
• Joe Fins, M.D.
• Estomih P. Mtui, M.D.

There will be a reception in the Library following this program.

ERIC (http://askeric.org/Eric/) abstracts journal articles and other literature on education. Materials covered include curriculum guides, instructional materials, conference papers, program descriptions, and project reports on education, computer education, higher education, communication skills, science education, evaluation, and educational management.

ETOH, the Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, (http://etoh.niaaa.nih.gov/) covers all aspects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. ETOH includes abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works. Updated monthly, ETOH contains research findings from the late 1960s to the present, as well as historical research literature.

Both databases are available through the Alphabetical Quick Connect to Electronic Resources on the Electronic Resources page.

Library patrons can now perform the following functions on the Library's web site:

• Submit an Interlibrary Loan Request.
• Submit a Photocopy Service Request.
• Ask a Reference Question.
• Make a Comment or Suggestion.
• Search a variety of databases.

There is also a literature Search Request form at:
http://lib2.med.cornell.edu/Library/PDF/SEARCHREQ.pdf

...and a form for recommending a book or journal title for library acquisition at http://lib3.rockefeller.edu/acquire.html.

To make communications with Library patrons more effective, the now redundant links to Vital Signs will be removed. If you need assistance finding or using any of the web service forms, please call the Information Desk at 746-6055 or e-mail us at infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

• Best of Show: 14. Columbus Avenue V - Oil - Lynn Siemers
• First Runner Up: 15. Flight - Pastel - Jimmy Wright
• Honorable Mention:
• 1. Circums/Memory - Mixed Media - Lois Lunin
• 8. Pottery - Ceramics - Linda Prager
• 10. Untitled - Watercolor - Sara Bernstein
• 16. Manor Park #2 - Oil - Bernard Landis
• 28. Rites of Spring 6 - Watercolor - Janet Morgan
• 54. Boats - Color Photo - Nina Sohn Bachmann
• 76. Flower in Pot - Mixed Media - Lakshmi Nadini Moorthy

Congratulations to all of the artists!

In an effort to reduce the number of unsolicited email messages you receive and in the interest of informing our community about Library activities, the Library is starting a special listserv, LibNotes. Using the listserv software made available by the Office of Academic Computing, the Library is making this electronic publication available by subscription. LibNotes will contain information about the Library from changes in our hours to announcements about events, products, or services that we think will be of interest to our community. If you are interested in news about the Library and if you find our resources and services valuabl to you, I encourage you to subscribe. We will use LibNotes for communicating with our primary constituents and will no longer use the general BROADCAST function thus reducing the number of unsolicited email messages you receive.

Click on LibNotes to subscribe. If you have any questions about LibNotes, please let the Library know.

OLDMEDLINE is available free on the Web via Internet Grateful Med (http://igm.nlm.nih.gov).

Selecting one of the MDConsult titles (try Clinics in Sports Medicine or Neurologic Clinics) will take you to an interim page on how to access MDConsult journals. If you have any questions about this process, please contact the Library Information Desk at 746-6055 or infodesk@med.cornell.edu.

Click here to see a sample PubMed Central link. A "Free in PMC" link will appear on the Summary display. Click on this link to display the Abstract format of the citation which will display a "PubMed Central--FREE full text" link. Click on this link to display the full text of the journal article from PubMed Central.

A number of factors, chiefly the dramatic increases in journal costs and the increasing commercialization of scholarly publishing, have decreased scholars' access to essential research resources all over the world. Create Change seeks to address the crisis in scholarly communication by helping scholars regain control of the scholarly communication system-- a system that should exist chiefly for them, their students, and their colleagues in the worldwide scholarly community, not primarily for the benefit of publishing businesses and their shareholders. Create Change is sponsored by: Association of Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, and SPARC with support from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Time coverage on all three citation indexes has expanded:

• Science Citation Index (1945- )
• Social Science Citation Index (1956- )
• Arts and Humanities Index (1975- )

The Citation Indexes are available on the Weill Cornell Medical Library's Electronic Resources page. If you have questions about searching the Citation Indexes, please contact the Information Desk at 746-6055.

The 1000th journal to be added was Molecular Medicine, a fitting example of the future of both information and medicine. More and more journals are converting to the electronic format, and the Library is determined to bring as many as possible to the WMC community.

For a list of the journals, visit http://lib.med.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EJournal.cgi

Previously unavailable because of its cost, the Library has joined with Cornell-Ithaca's library to provide access to Science for all faculty, staff, and students on the WMC computer network.

Produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), AGELINE provides bibliographic coverage (1978 to the present) of social gerontology, which is the study of aging in psychological, health-related, social, and economic contexts. The delivery of health care to the older population and its associated costs and policies is particularly well covered, as are consumer, employment, and public policy issues.

PsycINFO is updated monthly and goes back to 1887, the beginning of Psychological Abstracts in print. PsycINFO replaces Knowledge Finder® PsycLIT which will no longer be available by the end of the year. PsycINFO is accessible to Cornell network computer users through the Electronic Resources page. PsycINFO includes all of the journals covered by PsycLIT, plus book chapters and other types of publications. Monthly updates bring over 55,000 new references every year selected from more than 1,300 periodicals. Search results can be limited by language, document type, publication year, age group, and more! Names of authors and journals are hyperlinked to easily reach citations to other articles. The flexible search engine and display allow very focused searching and results management. You can even save your searches under your e-mail address for bringing up at a later date.

PreMEDLINE consists of the most recent citations from MEDLINE journals; these citations are so new that they have not yet been given Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) by the National Library of Medicine.

Search PreMEDLINE records by using keywords since MeSH and some of the limits are not available for these items. The PreMEDLINE database is updated daily, making PreMEDLINE searching an easy way to get recent search results.

Library users may:

• Access the library catalog
• Perform literature searches
• Surf the Web
• Work on various software applications

Please be considerate and limit your time on library workstations.

Four databases we share with Ithaca are now linked from the page: Sci-Finder Scholar, LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, and Life Sciences Collection. Versions of existing databases, including the Knowledge Finder Web version of MEDLINE and the WebSpirs version of PsycINFO, have also been added.

Electronic Journals list available here.