Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Humanities in Medicine Committee of the Lamar Soutter Library and

The Worcester District Medical Society

Invite you to

A

Talk & Book Signing

by

Jon Kabat-Zinn

“What Makes Us Human! Exploring Inner Experience and Relationality in Medicine, the Humanities and Mindfulness”

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Book Signing and Reception

5:30 – 6:30 pm

UMass Medical School Lobby

Talk at 6:30

Faculty Conference Room

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. is a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is Professor of Medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was founding executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (1995), and founder (in 1979) and former director of its world-renown Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic.

He is the author of Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness (Dell, 1990, 2005), Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (Hyperion, 1994, 2005), and many other titles.

Jon Kabat-Zinn’s latest book, Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life (Sounds True, 2012), will be available for purchase.                                                                                                       

The Lamar Soutter Library is pleased to announce that UpToDate is now available to UMMS and authorized UMMHC users from off-campus.  We hope to be able to offer access to UpToDate CME content as well in the future.

Accessing UpToDate: From the library’s home page under the Tools & Resources menu, click UpToDate.  If you are off of the network, you will be prompted to log in using your library barcode and password.  If you are a UMMS faculty/staff member or a UMMHC clinical faculty member and do not have a barcode, contact the Library Service Point at 508-856-6099 to register.

The Eighth Annual Gerald F. Berlin Prize for Creative Writing Award Ceremony & Readings

The Office of Student Affairs, Office of Educational Affairs, and Humanities in Medicine Committee of the Lamar Soutter Library

invite you to attend the Award Ceremony & Readings on:

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 5-7 pm in the Rare Book Room of the library

Refreshments will be served.

For additional information about the Berlin Awards and to read previous winning submissions visit:

http://www.richardmberlin.com/poetry/gerald-f-berlin-creative-writing-award

To view Sandra Gray’s “Celebrating creative writing in a medical milieu” visit http://www.umassmed.edu/news/2012/education/berlin-prize-preview.aspx

Photo: Pictured (not in order) with Dr. Richard Berlin are the Awardees of the 2012 Berlin Award: Noah Rosenberg (SOM class of 2012), Lindsay Johnson (SOM class of 2015), Caleb J Dresser (SOM Class of 2015), Patrick Joseph A. Bonavitacola (SOM class of 2014), Christopher Chang (PGY l, Worcester Family Medicine Residency Program), Ciaran Anthony DellaFera (SOM class of 2012), and Cara Weinstein (SOM class of 2015).

The Lamar Soutter Library

Invites you to its

Artist in Residence Series

 “Student Art Exhibit”

 March 28 – May 9, 2012

 Reception on Thursday,  April 19 at 5:00pm

 First Floor of the Library

Exhibiting artists: Oksana Babchenko, Marcos Bachman, Sara Barmettler, John Cao, Nathalee Kong, Shadi Miri, Cara Weinstein

 Above pencil drawing is by Nathalee Kong, “The Creation of MD” 

To view UMass Med Now Publication “The many perspectives of a medical student” visit:

http://www.umassmed.edu/news/2012/community/artist-in-residence-student-art.aspx

The Library is pleased to announce that the point of care tool UpToDate will be renewed in 2012.  The Library would like to thank the faculty, students, and clinicians for their thoughtful comments during the negotiations period.  The Library would also like to thank Dean Flotte and representatives from the clinical system for their attention to this issue and being available to participate in the difficult contract negotiations.  As a result of their effort and financial commitment, the University, the Clinical System and the Medical Group  have reached a five-year contract with UpToDate.  Expanded services like remote access and CME credit will be implemented in April 2012.  Additional information on the details of these services will be forthcoming.  Please direct specific questions to  Elaine Martin, Director of Library Services.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of the Journal of eScience Librarianship, a new online journal published by the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.  The Journal of eScience Librarianship is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that advances the theory and practice of librarianship with a special focus on services related to data-driven research in the physical, biological, and medical sciences.  The inaugural issue includes the Proceedings of the Third Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium held in the Spring of 2011. Feature articles include topics such as DataOne, librarian competencies, and the various levels of data services.

The Journal of eScience Librarianship explores the many roles of librarians in supporting eScience and is currently seeking submissions related to education, outreach, collaborations, current practices, and reviews of relevant resources and tools, by contributors from all areas of the globe. Articles covering both the theoretical and practical applications are welcomed. The Journal of eScience Librarianship also provides special features in each issue which include book reviews on subjects of interest to librarians supporting eScience and information on new technologies.  To read more, including our aims and scope and editorial board membership, please visit our website: http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/

Recognizing a pressing need for data management education in the sciences, the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the George C. Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have collaborated on an IMLS National Leadership Planning Grant, “Planning a Data Management Curriculum  and Requirements for a Collaborative Repository,” to develop frameworks for a case based data management curriculum for science, health sciences, and engineering students at undergraduate and graduate levels, and to identify user needs for repository software for storing data sets.

The purpose of this grant has been to develop:

• a flexible, case based curriculum that teaches data management best practices to students enrolled in a broad range of scientific disciplines
• an evaluation of user requirements for open source software for storing data generated by student research projects

The libraries have worked with faculty, curriculum, evaluation, and instructional design consultants to develop Frameworks for a Data Management Curriculum , a modular case-based approach for data management instruction. Included in these frameworks are lesson plans for seven course modules, real life research cases, readings, assignments, a simplified data management plan, a prototype of developed content for one module, and assessment questions and answers.  The modular design of the curriculum allows faculty to pick specific course module(s) that are relevant to their courses.   The curriculum could be delivered by faculty or librarians in a variety of ways:  face-to-face classes, as self-paced online modules, or a hybrid format.

The Research Computing and Academic Support Group at WPI conducted testing of three open source software programs to evaluate user requirements for storing data. A summary of the testing process and a matrix of the results of the software testing are available on the project website below the heading “Project Deliverables”.

For further information, contact Donna Kafel, Project Coordinator.

The Lamar Soutter Library invites you to its

Artist in Residence Series

“Impressions of New England”

by Alberto Mercado

Exhibiting February 13 – March 26, 2012

Reception on Thursday, February 16 at 5:00 pm

First Floor of the Library

To view more of Alberto’s photography visit:

http://www.wix.com/lasher41/unique-vision-photography

The Library is currently conducting a trial of BMJ Clinical Evidence, First Consult, and the 5 Minute Clinical Consult; three new clinical information resources.  All three tools are designed to provide quick, evidence-based answers to questions generated at the point-of-care.  BMJ Clinical Evidence contains links to other helpful evidence-based resources provided by the British Medical Journal publishers, while First Consult offers a differential diagnosis tool as well as information on procedures that include some video content.  The 5 Minute Clinical Consult is edited by Dr. Frank Domino of the UMass Department of Family Medicine and Community Health with sections authored by many in the UMMS/UMMHC community.  The library would like your feedback on these three reference tools.  Please direct your comments or questions to Len Levin in the Lamar Soutter Library.

There are three upcoming learning opportunities for librarians in the field of e-Science:

• Wednesday, April 4, 2012: Fourth Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium.  Hoagland-Pincus Center, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
• Wednesday, May 9, 2012: Professional Development Day for New England Librarians – <Metadata>.  Hoagland-Pincus Center, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.  Sponsored by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.  (More information will be forthcoming.)
• June 13-15, 2012: Science Boot Camp for Librarians.

For more information as it becomes available, please see the e-Science Portal for New England Librarians.