This is the book which Dr. Deckers found so valuable that he appeared with it on the Library's "READ" poster. You've seen the poster, now read the book. It's a pioneer in the movement to reconnect work and spirit. It explores the spiritual dimensions of leadership (soul, spirit, and faith) and the ways people in contemporary workplaces can come together in their search for depth and meaning in their work and their lives
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WENDY LEEBOV's ESSENTIALS for GREAT PATIENT EXPERIENCES. Wendy Leebov, author. WX 153 L482w 2008
A how to book for every level of employee who comes in contact with patients, this book provides tools and techniques for creating better healing environments for both patients and caregivers. Topics include: Empathy fitness training, lessening patient anxiety, easing the waiting room time, dealing with difficulty people, and having administrators visit patients to learn what it's like to stay in the hospital.
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MUSICOPHILIA: TALES OF MUSIC AND THE BRAIN. Oliver Sacks, author. WL 700 M567 2007
Sacks examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. His compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. He describes how music animates people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, gives words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calms and organizes people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia
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WHEN DOCTORS BECOME PATIENTS. Robert Klitzman, author. W 21 K68w 2008
This work weaves together the dual inner lives of sick doctors, revealing how as patients they draw on their medical knowledge, and how as doctors they struggle to incorporate the painful lessons they have learned from their own experience of illness. They open up about their inner selves, recognizing the distance they may have put between themselves and their patients, and learning from this how to become better doctors to their patients.
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THE LONELY PATIENT: HOW WE EXPERIENCE ILLNESS. Michael Stein, author. W 62 S823 2007
When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, it is the first step on a challenging and confusing journey, which often even family and friends can not understand. This book is an examination of the inner life of those grappling with disease by looking into what separates the sick from the well. It gives voice to the often unarticulated aspects of illness - betrayal, terror, loss, and loneliness - as experienced by the patient.
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VACCINE: THE CONTROVERSIAL STORY OF MEDICINE'S GREATEST LIFESAVER. Arthur Allen, author. QW 805 A425v 2007
From Cotton Mather's introduction of a smallpox inoculation in colonial Boston to contemporary lawsuits about vaccines causing autism, controversy has always surrounded vaccination. This book book reads like a suspense story in the way it juxtapositions intriguing stories of science, politics, and social history. It brings plagues and personalities to life as it examines the role of scientists, questions pharmaceutical companies' motives, focuses on the role of the military and medical authority in introducing new vaccines, and explains why some parents have resisited this authority.
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We celebrated the unveiling of our first library READ poster on June 19th -- and we're honored we could feature Dr. Deckers with one of his favorite books titled Leading with Soul. We have a copy of this book in the library if you'd like to borrow it. For those of you who missed the "unveiling" -- here are some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uchclibrary/2594831603/in/set-72157605720974883/
Enjoy!
LMStowe Library
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In addition to a link to our fulltext ejournals, you'll find many other services on the menu--options to search our catalog, our A-Z Ejournal List, UConn Storrs Ejournal list, Google Books, Worldcat, Interlibrary Loan.
Temporarily, some of the previous journal links are not working. Every day we'll be adding more journals. Stay Tuned!
Lorna Wright, MLS
Technical Services Department
Noise Control:
· The contractors will be here from 7am to about 3pm Mon – Fri, so evenings and weekends will be the quietest times in the library.
· There is no major construction involved such as jack hammering or walls being removed.
· The construction people have been advised not to use radios and to keep their voices down.
· Earplugs will be available at the main library desk starting May 2nd.
· We are exploring alternative study spaces you can use during the morning and early afternoons and will post suggestions.
Books & Journals:
Half our books are in retrievable storage – we can get them twice a day, and on weekends – just ask for any title you’re looking for at the circulation desk or call us at X3808. Journals published in 2003 or earlier are all now in the subbasement. 2004 to date are on the main floor of the library. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the result will provide greatly improved study spaces.
Schedule:
· May 1 & 2 – Contractors will put up plastic sheeting on top floor between construction area and mezzanine
· May 1 & 2 – Spiral staircase nearest construction will be cordoned off
· May 1 & 2 --Contractors will begin dismantling wooden shelves on top floor (G) (ten days)
· May 2 – Locked study carrels will be moved to main floor (B)
· May 8 – Construction begins on top floor
· May 15 – Café area construction begins (outside main entrance to library)
· June 2 – July 18 – CEC air conditioning installed
· Aug 15 - Upper floor (G) finished - reference staff moved upstairs
· Aug 18 – Sep 17 – Shafer study rooms expanded into current reference offices
Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or comments. Thanks.
Evelyn Morgen, Director
LMStowe Library
UConn Health Center
emorgen@uchc.edu
(860) 679-3323
Please pardon the current chaos in the book and journal sections of the library! We are preparing for a major renovation that will begin in May and end in August 2008. When complete, the book stack area on the top floor of the library will be transformed with new individual study areas, reading tables, book shelves, lighting, carpeting, and window treatments.
Meanwhile, here’s the TEMPORARY status of our books and journals:
· Storage: Half our books (those beginning with call numbers A – U) are stored in the ASB building. The other half will be shelved on the main floor of the library on the left as you walk into the journal stack area (those beginning with call numbers W – WY).
· Requests for books: Library staff will retrieve requested books from storage at noon and 6pm Mon – Fri. They will also accommodate special requests at other times and on weekends if possible. Just call the staff at X3808 or stop by the main desk in the library to initiate a request for a book in storage.
· Journals: Journals dated 2000– 2003 are being moved from the basement to the subbasement shelving. Journals dated 2004 – 2008 will remain on the main floor of the library – on the right as you walk into the journal stack area.
· AVs: CDs, DVDs, Videotapes and audiodigest CDs will all be stored on the main floor of the library. An AV viewing room will be available in the circulation staff area – just ask to use it at the main library desk.
I’ve posted some FAQs below. Please send me any additional questions or comments. We’ll also be happy to help you find any of our resources during this confusing time – just ask at the main library desk and someone will assist you.
We appreciate your patience as we continue to create a welcoming 21stC space that encourages life-long learning.
Evelyn Morgen, Library Director
emorgen@uchc.edu
X 3323
Renovation Questions and answers:
Q. Will the books come back?
A. YES – In August of 2008.
Q. Where are all the journals?
A. 2004 – 2008 are still on the main floor of the library. 2000- 2003 are permanently relocated to the subbasement and interfiled with older volumes of the same title.
Q. When will the construction start and end?
A. The renovation area on the top floor of the library will be boarded up around the end of April. Construction will begin in early May and be completed by the time students return in August.
Q. What else will be renovated this year?
A. There are three other major projects that will be completed this summer:
· Shafer 24/7 study rooms will be doubled by expanding them into space currently occupied by the Information & Education Services Dept. The reference librarians will move into space on the top floor of the library in the newly renovated area.
· Café – A small café will be built just outside the main entrance of the library.
· Computer Classrooms – Air conditioning units will be added to the CEC classrooms.
EBM 4/9/08
Registration is free for UCHC faculty, staff, and students. Once you register for a personal username and password you can access these streaming videos anywhere 24/7. Receive CME credit for viewing the videos, which are released once a month. NCME will notify you with an NCMEmail when a new program is released.
To register, click here and follow the directions provided.
The library also subscribes to the NCME series in DVD format. Check at the Information desk of the library to find its location.
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The UCONN libraries will sponsor a public forum focusing on the impact of recent developments in scholarly publishing entitled, “Mandatory Open Access : Friend or Foe? Coming to terms with National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Federal Research Public Access Act legislation”, on March 26 from 3 to 5pm in Konover Auditorium in the Thomas J Dodd Research Center, UCONN Storrs.
]]> The event will explore the newly passed NIH public access mandate which became law in December 2007. The NIH mandate requires that journal articles resulting from NID-funded research to be made freely available to the public 12 months after publication. The forum will also look at proposed legislation such as the 2006 Federal Research Public Access Act, which would expand that mandate to include research funded by other U.S. government agencies.Scheduled to speak are Heather Joseph, executive director of Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), and former president and chief executive officer of BioOne, (a non-profit collaboration to bring biology society journals into the digital realm); Kent Holsinger, UCONN faculty member, past president of American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), and a member of the board of directors for BioOne; Samuel Kaplan, Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center and Chair, Publications Board of the ASM, American Society of Microbiology; and Greg Anderson, Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School at UCONN, and past president of AIBS, who will serve as moderator.
The forum is sponsored by the University of Connecticut Libraries’ Scholarly Communications Team. Please address questions to Arta Dobbs, Collection Management Librarian, dobbs@nso.uchc.edu x2432.
These classes will provide hands-on training and demonstrations by UCHC Reference Librarians. Each class will outline quick and efficient means of searching and managing citation information for the four databases listed below. There is no charge for these classes but enrollment is limited to UCHC personnel only. To register in advance for any of these quick courses, please call UCHC Library Information & Education Services Department at 679-4051 or send an email to ref@nso.uchc.edu
WEB OF SCIENCE / JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS
Wednesday, February 6 - 10:30 to 12:00
SCOPUS
Thursday, February 7 - 1:00 to 2:30
ENDNOTE WEB
Tuesday, February 12 - 10:30 to 12:00
ENDNOTE
Wednesday, February 13 - 10:30 to 12:00
PUBMED – BEYOND THE BASICS
Friday, February 15 - 1:00 to 2:30
PSYCHIATRY SOURCES ONLINE
Tuesday, February 19 - 10:30 to 12:00
RefWorks
Wednesday, February 20 - 10:30 to 12:00
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (The Cochrane Library)
Thursday, February 21 - 1:00 to 2:30
Here is the link to the online training sessions that you are encouraged to register at http://resourcecenter.ovidsp.com/onlineTraining.html.
If you have any questions, please call the Reference Desk at 679-2942.
1. Clinical Guide to Antineoplastic Therapy: A Chemotherapy Handbook - 2nd Ed. (2007)
2. Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses - 10th Ed. (2007)
3. EKG Plain and Simple - 2nd Ed. (2007)
4. Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice - 8th Ed. (2008)
5. Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care - 4th Ed. (2008)
6. Public Health & Preventive Medicine - 15th Ed. (2008)
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