Post-Secondary Partnership : BCcampus Library Services, Learning Objects, and Virtual Reference

Describes the BCcampus Library Services Gateway, chat reference pilot project and planning for a provincial post-secondary virtual reference service. The rationale, vision, models, and challenges for a post-secondary virtual reference service are discussed

Digital Tattoo: Highly Visible and Hard to Remove

Many people who use social networks do not actively manage their digital presence. This session will describe the Digital Tattoo Project, a collaborative, inter-institutional initiative designed to help people make informed choices about how their online identity affects them, their friends, their academic experience and their current and future work opportunities. Come to this panel discussion to see a demo of this blog-based, interactive tutorial

Scholarly Communication Resources for Liaison Librarians

Handout from the June 2007 BC Research Libraries Group workshop on Scholarly Communication

BC Digitization Showcase

This conference session consisted of four presentations, of which slides are available for three. Trish Rosseel spoke about the 2008 BC Digitization Symposium, including the Final Report's recommendations for advancing the initiative. Marc Saunders spoke about the Prince George Newspaper Digitization Project, an ongoing project to digitize the historical newspapers of Prince George. Kate Russell spoke about the Vancouver Public Library's collection of digitized BC city directories. Slides are not available for the fourth presenter, Gabriel Schroedter, who spoke about the Historic Video Archives Digitization Project at Vivo Media Arts

The Liaison Role in Scholarly Communication

Presentation from June 2007 BC Research Libraries Group workshop on Scholarly Communication

Digital tattoo: highly visible and hard to remove

BACKGROUND—Over 25,000 UBC students over the age of 18 have a Facebook account. The Digital Tattoo Project’s goal is to help these and other students become aware of their rights and responsibilities as creators and consumers of digital information in their personal, academic and professional lives. PRESENTATION—This Digital Tattoo presentation was one of several presentations delivered at the Canadian e-Learning Conference Program 2009 held on June 17-19, 2009 at the University of British Columbia. For more information, please visit the Canadian e-Learning Conference Program 2009 website at: http://celc.sites.olt.ubc.ca/.Continuing StudiesTeaching, Learning and Technology, Centre for (Distance Learning)Library, UBCUnreviewedFacult

Doege-Potter syndrome presenting with hypoinsulinemic hypoglycemia in a patient with a malignant extrapleural solitary fibrous tumor: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Doege-Potter syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia secondary to a solitary fibrous tumor. This tumor causes hypoglycemia by the secretion of a prohormone form of insulin-like growth factor II. We describe the diagnosis and management of Doege-Potter syndrome and the use of transarterial chemoembolization in a patient with a malignant extrapleural solitary fibrous tumor.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>Our patient was a 64-year-old Caucasian woman who initially presented with urinary incontinence and was found to have a 14.5×9.0×9.0cm retroperitoneal solitary fibrous tumor compressing her bladder. Her tumor was surgically resected but recurred with multiple hepatic metastatic lesions. The hepatic metastases progressed despite systemic chemotherapy and treatment with doxorubicin transarterial chemoembolization. Her course was complicated by the development of recurrent fasting hypoglycemia, most likely secondary to Doege-Potter syndrome. Her hypoglycemia was managed with corticosteroid therapy and frequent scheduled nutrient intake overnight.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The rarity of hepatic solitary fibrous tumors and consequent lack of controlled trials make this report significant in that it describes the diagnostic approach to Doege-Potter syndrome, describes our experience with the use of doxorubicin transarterial chemoembolization, and presents management options for tumor-associated hypoglycemia in the case of extensive disease not amenable to surgical resection.</p