December

2009
Contact UT Health Science
Center Libraries
Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of
Libraries
(210) 567-2413
Email: tobia@uthscsa.edu
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

San Antonio
Administration
(210) 567-2400
Briscoe Library
Circulation Desk
(210) 567-2440
Information Desk
(210) 567-2450
Email:
Askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu

UT Health Science Center

Graciela Reyna, Assistant Library Director at the Mario E. Ramirez M.D. Library Library Downtown
at the RAHC in Harlingen, speaks about NLM resources at the 6th Annual
Seminar in Forensic Sciences, held on November 13, 2009. For more (210) 358-3939
information on recent library outreach activities, see story on page 7.
Jesse H. Jones
Comprehensive Research
Library
In the news this month:
(210) 562-5098
Logins to be required at most library computers Page 2
Collexis webinar to air on December 10 Page 3 Harlingen
Emerging technology brown bag classes: Send us your ideas Page 3
Ramirez Library
Healthy People 2020: Health and Human Services solicits your input Page 4
SciFinder/SciFinder Scholar introduces new user interface Page 5 (956) 365-8850
Library classes for December Page 6
Ramirez Library honors Dr. Richard A. Garcia, Jr. Page 7 Laredo
Ramirez librarians present at two conferences in November Page 7 Laredo Campus Extension
Hooke’s Micrographia: Featured resource of the P.I. Nixon Library Page 8 Library
Briscoe Library staffers complete Rock ’n Roll Half Marathon Page 9 (956) 523-7404
Libraries to observe holiday hours in December and January Page 9

FOR LIBRARY CLASSES, go to page 6

News from The Libraries… Page 2

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

SGA and Library Advisory Committee endorse measure requiring

logins for most library computers
In recent months, library staff have received significant feedback emphasizing the importance of ensuring
availability of computers in the library for use by students. Although our computers are primarily for
students, faculty, and staff, we also support the university's clinical and outreach missions by serving local
patients and their families, as well as area health professionals.
The library has worked with student leaders to arrive at a proposal that —hopefully — will balance those
needs. A plan for implementation of logins at library computers was endorsed by Student Government
Association on November 5 in Resolution #2009F-004, and subsequently affirmed by the Library Advisory
Committee. This plan will be implemented by Monday, January 11, 2010. Once fully implemented most
computers in the library will require users to log in with a valid uthscsa.edu username and password. The
username and password are the same ones that students currently use to log in to other campus systems, for
example Blackboard or inside.uthscsa.edu.
Some things to note in connection with this change:

• Users will need to be careful to log out when they finish using a computer. Users will be responsible for
any computer use or misuse under their logins.

• Users should be aware that as on any University-owned computer, it will be possible for University
security personnel to associate use of a particular library computer with the login in use on that computer
at the time.

• Eight computers on the 3rd floor, one on the 4th floor, and one on the 5th floor will continue to be
available without logins. However, we ask students, faculty, and staff to please use the other
computerswhenever possible, to help us meet the needs of our public users as well.

• We will have visitor logins available from the Circulation Desk and/or Info Desk for situations when
they are needed, such as for individuals with temporary health science center affiliation who do not have
uthscsa.edu domain accounts.
The Student Government Association and the library management team will review and assess the
implementation of this plan at the April 2010 SGA meeting, and make changes to the program if needed.
Luke Rosenberger
Director of Library Technology and Historical Collections
December 2009 Page 3

Collexis webinar on December 10:

View in the library or from your desktop
Thursday, December 10
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The Collexis database contains the profiles of about 400 researchers from The UT Health Science Center at
San Antonio. Profiles include information about research interests, publications, grants, research trends, a
career timeline, and a network of co-authors, both internal and external.

The next Collexis instructional webinar will be Thursday, December 10 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Two
options are available for viewing: you can join colleagues for group viewing in the library (4.074) or view
the webinar from your own computer.

To attend viewing at the Briscoe Library, please register online with the library. Feel free to bring your
lunch. To request the personal computer login information for the next webinar date, please contact Katie
Prentice at prenticek@uthscsa.edu or at (210) 567-6606.

Send us your ideas: Future topics for emerging technology brown

bag sessions in San Antonio and Harlingen
Recently, librarians have taught emerging technology
brown bag sessions on Facebook, Twitter, GoogleDocs,
online bookmarking, online meeting software and RSS.
Each session covers the basics as well as information on
professional and educational uses of the tools.
The next session, Picture This, will take place December
9th at 12 :00 noon in the Briscoe Library Howe Conference
Room. It will cover online photo sites such as Flickr.
Information about future emerging technologies offerings,
including a new series of offerings at the RAHC in
Harlingen, can be found here:
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/classSch edule.cfm.
We are interested in knowing what topics you want to see over the next year. If you have a topic you would
like to learn more about, please send your ideas to Katie Prentice at prenticek@uthscsa.edu or call (210) 567-
6606. Possible future topics include Zotero, mobile devices, and iPhone and iPod Touch. Let us know what
you want to learn by suggesting a topic.
For information about the emerging technology brownbag series in Harlingen, contact Kathy Carter:
CarterK3@uthscsa.edu.
News from The Libraries… Page 4

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

Health and Human Services invites participation in

the Healthy People 2020 goal-setting process

Every 10 years the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reviews
scientific lessons learned over the past decade, including current data, trends, and
innovations, to set new goals for health preparedness and prevention. The process is
designed to be collaborative, and to take into consideration current assessments of
major risks to health and wellness, changing public health priorities, and emerging
issues related to national health preparedness and prevention.

HHS is currently in the process of identifying and selecting objectives for Healthy
People 2020. A set of draft objectives, developed at three public meetings that were
held in 2009, have been posted online:

http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/Comments/default.asp

Public comments are encouraged, and will be accepted through December 31, 2009.

Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian

December 2009 Page 5

SciFinder/SciFinder Scholar introduces new user interface

SciFinder— previously known as SciFinder Scholar— has launched a new web
interface. The version of SciFinder Scholar that was available through the library web
site in the past will be phased out by mid-summer of 2010.

The current version will transition to the new web interface over the period of several
months. To avoid experiencing difficulties at inconvenient times, we suggest that users
of SciFinder upgrade to the web version at their earliest convenience.

Instructions for registering for the web interface may be found on the library’s database page for SciFinder:
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu.libproxy.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/scifinder.cfm. A valid email address ending in
uthscsa.edu is required for setup.
Please contact the Information Desk at (210)567-2450 or AskaLibrarian@uthscsa.edu with any questions.
John Weed
Head of Collection Resources
News from The Libraries… Page 6

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

Library classes for December

All classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. If you would like to
request a class or schedule a consult at any health science center campus, please contact the library at (210)
567-2450 or email AskaLibrarian@uthscsa.edu.
If you would like to request a special class for your department or group at other days/times, please contact
us!

To register for a class or to read class descriptions, visit http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/

classSchedule.cfm.
When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email now includes a file that you can
save as an appointment into your electronic calendar.

Briscoe Library, Long Campus - San Antonio

• Introduction to EndNote: Wednesday, December 2, 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m., Collaboratory

• Technology Brownbag: Picture This! Understanding Online Photo Sharing: Wednesday,
December 9, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., Howe Conference Room
• Introduction to RefWorks: Wednesday, December 9, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Collaboratory
• Collexis Webinar: Thursday, December 10, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Collaboratory
• Library Basics: Friday, December 11, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Collaboratory
• PubMed Advanced: Thursday, December 17, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Collaboratory
• Introduction to EndNote: Thursday, December 17, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., Collaboratory
• Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: Thursday, December
17, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Collaboratory
Katie Prentice, Education and Information Services Coordinator

News from the UT Health Science Center Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu
Libraries is published at the beginning of each
Kelley Minars, Web Editor: minars@uthscsa.edu
month to highlight the programs, services and
Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors
resources offered by The Libraries.

Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries: Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,
tobia@uthscsa.edu Photographers
 Page 7
December 2009

Ramirez Library honors Richard A. Garcia, Jr., former Assistant

Vice President for South Texas Programs
On November 1, the Regional Academic Health Center
in Harlingen celebrated the life of the late Richard A.
Garcia, Jr. (1941-2006), former Assistant Vice
President for Director of South Texas Programs, with
a traditional altar de muertos at the Mario E.
Ramirez, M.D. Library.

Richard Garcia was instrumental in the development

of medical education and research centers in
Harlingen, Laredo and Edinburg. His concern for the
promotion of health careers also resulted in the
establishment of Area Health Education Centers
(AHECs) in South Texas.

As part of the Dia de los Muertos celebration, it is

common for families to make an altar de muertos to honor their loved ones. Ramirez Library staff created the
altar to honor Richard Garcia, and to contribute to the cultural education of medical students based at the
RAHC. Attendees gathered to view the altar, share their memories, and enjoy favorite foods.

Kathleen Carter, Ramirez Library Librarian

Ramirez librarians present at forensic medicine conference and

farmworker health forum
Staff from the Mario E. Ramirez, M.D. Library made presentations at two community outreach events in the
Rio Grande Valley in November. Graciela Reyna and Kathy Carter made a presentation, “National Library of
Medicine Resources for the Forensic Sciences” at the 6th Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences on November
13th. This annual conference seeks to provide a multidisciplinary group of professionals with tools to assist
with prevention, intervention and investigations of child abuse. The library also provided an exhibit and
hands-on demonstrations of National Library of Medicine resources.

NLM resources were presented to over 200 attendees at the 2009 Midwest Stream Farmworkers Forum,
November 19-20. Sponsored by the National Center for Farmworker Health, the forum brought together
health care providers and educators, administrators, students, researchers, and farmworkers from across the
U.S. to share ideas on health care delivery for the farm worker population.
News from The Libraries… Page 8

http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

A featured resource from the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying
Glasses With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon
Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703)
Robert Hooke was one of the most penetrating and original minds of the 17th century. A scholar at the
Westminster School in England, Hooke read and absorbed Euclid’s first six books in a week and - in his spare
time - invented thirty separate flying techniques. He also explored the world of microscopy.
Early microscopes were primitive tools with a small field of view and images so distorted and dark that
peering through their lenses for any length of time resulted in blurred vision. Hooke, undeterred by such
obstacles, examined a myriad of tiny objects - from needles and razors to moulds and fungi and, ultimately,
the intricate structure of insects. Nowhere is his artistic ability more apparent than in his depiction of the
drone fly’s eye. In drawings executed with astounding accuracy and beauty, each anatomic detail was revealed
with precision, down to the cell itself, Hooke’s own discovery.
At the age of twenty-nine Robert Hooke produced his masterpiece, the Micrographia.
The National Library of Medicine has created a digitized copy of the Micrographia, which can be examined
online at http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hooke/hooke.html.
The P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library owns the beautiful 1667 edition. If you would like to have a close-
up look at this amazing book, please contact Pennie Borchers, Special Collections Librarian:
borchers@uthscsa.edu.

Eye-to-eye with a grey drone fly

“I took a grey Drone-Fly… I found this Fly to have the
biggest clusters of eyes in proportion to his head of any
small kind of Fly that I have yet seen… The surface of
each of these was shaped into a multitude of small
Hemispheres, ranged over the whole surface of the eye in
very lovely rows, between each of which were left long
and regular trenches perfectly intire. I was assured of
this by the regularly reflected Image of Objects which I
moved to and fro between the head and the light, and by
examining the Cornea or outward skin after I had stript
it off, and by looking both upon the inside and against
the light… Every one of these Hemispheres reflects as
exact and perfect an Image of any Object from the
surface as a small Ball of Quick-Silver of that bigness
would do. In each of these Hemispheres, I have been able
to discover a Landscape of those things which lay before
my window…”
From the Micrographia by Robert Hooke
 Page 9
December 2009

Congratulations to Angela Myatt, Herlinda Howard, Keith Cogdill and Patty Tello, all
of the Briscoe Library, who completed the Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon (13.1 miles) on
November 15.

Libraries observe holiday hours in December and early January

The Libraries of the University of Texas Health Science Center will
be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Please note that beginning 12/18, the Briscoe Library will

close early at 6:00 p.m. and will be closed weekends until
regular hours resume on 1/3/10.

Additional information about holiday hours at all the libraries can

be found on the library web site at
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/gethelp/help.cfm?Category=Hours.