Introduction Rittenhouse Book Distributors, Inc. is pleased to offer to HSLI members the following consortium pricing for purchase of eBooks on The R2 Digital Library. The business model for the R2 Digital Library enables individual institutions to purchase collections that are tailored for each individual institution. The R2 Digital Library business model is…
Author: Stacey Knight-Davis
East Central Illinois Consortium Meets
The East Central Illinois Consortium met on February 27, 2015 at the Mills Breast Cancer Institute, Urbana, IL. Members present were Miranda Shake, consortium coordinator, Lakeview College of Nursing, Frances Drone-Silvers, host, Carle Foundation Hospital Library, Scott Drone-Silvers, Lake Land College, JJ Pionke, Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) UIUC, Sarah Isaacs, Illinois Early…
Medical Heritage Library: Great Archival resource You’ve Likely Never Heard of
Sometimes massive digitization projects happen and it takes a while to notice. Virginia just tipped off Stacey to the existence of the Medical Heritage Library, http://www.medicalheritage.org/. Founded in 2010, the MHL has quietly grown on Archive.org to contain over 76,000 items, 3,000 of which are volumes out-of-copyright historical American medical journals published from 1797 to 1923. Unlike the…
Two NLM exhibits in Illinois this spring
Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness will be hosted by Trickster Art Gallery in Schaumburg, IL, from January 27 – March 20, 2015. Online Exhibition: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/ Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine will be hosted at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine – Medical Library, Springfield, IL, from…
Library Advocacy Unshushed: Values, Evidence, Action
The American Library Association is proud to announce its partnership with the Canadian Library Association (CLA) and the University of Toronto iSchool in offering its popular MOOC (Massively Open Online Course), entitled “Library Advocacy Unshushed: Values, Evidence, Action”, beginning February 1, 2015. Offered through the EdX consortium, in which the University of Toronto collaborates with…
Free webinar on instutitional repositories in health care systems
New Services to Enhance a Health Care Network’s Reputation Tue, Jan 27, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST ________________________________________ Live for a little over two years, Lehigh Valley Health Network’s repository, LVHN Scholarly Works, has enhanced the Network’s reputation and research credibility by increasing the visibility of its scholarship. In addition to enhancing the…
“And There’s the Humor of It” on Exhibit at Galter Health Sciences Library
The Galter Health Sciences Library will be hosting “‘And There’s the Humor of It’: Shakespeare and the Four Humors, an exhibition developed and produced by the Exhibition Program at the National Library of Medicine and the Folger Shakespeare Library. An opening event will be held Thursday, December 11th, 2014, 4:00 to 5:00 pm at Galter…
Changes at Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine Library, Springfield, IL
Rhona Kelley, Head, Reference & Education at SIU plans to retire at the end of 2014 after 30 years of service. Rhona served on 9 MLA committees and chaired 3 of them. She is an active member of Midwest Chapter MLA. She authored “Teaching Technologies in Libraries” in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. In…
Proposed HSLI Bylaws Amendment
For two years there has been an ad hoc Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship Committee reporting to the HSLI board on the Jira Scholarship fund. As this committee has a permanent role, the proposed bylaws amendment adds the Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship Committee to the list of standing committee and lists the proposed committee’s charges. Please…
Silent Auction raises $265
Luggage, gift baskets, homemade jam, and other items were auctioned at Nancy’s Reception on November 13, 2014. The auction raised $265.00 to go toward the Syed Magrabi Scholarship. This scholarship covers conference fees an lodging to allow as many people to participate in HSLI meetings as possible. If your institution no longer covers your travel,…