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Fourth Annual Houston Conference on Health Informatics ,Vol.13 (4) July - August 2000

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VOLUME XIII NUMBER 4Online edition: http://www.library.tmc.edu/liblines/HOUSTON ACADEMY OF MEDICINE–TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER LIBRARYCELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF QUALITY SERVICELIBRARY LINESIN THIS ISSUEConference On Health InformaticsFall Class ScheduleNew Database Findarticles.comLibrary ForumsNoteworthyLIBRARY HOURSMonday–Thursday 7:00 am–MidnightFriday 7:00 am–9:00 pmSaturday 9:00 am–5:00 pmSunday 1:00 pm–10:00 pmThe Library will be closed on MondaySeptember 4, 2000 for Labor Day.CIRCULATION POLICIESAudiovisual materials: 7 days, 2 renewalsBooks: 2 weeks, 2 renewalsBound journals: Same day, non-renewableNursing journals: In-house use onlyUnbound journals: 2 hoursRENEWALS: Call 799-7147OVERDUESOverdue charges are $1.00 per item perday. Unpaid fines result in the suspensionof borrowing privileges.TELEPHONE NUMBERSLocation and Hours 713/795-4200Administrative Offices 799-7116Circulation Desk (renewals, fines) 799-7147Knowledge Network Services 799-7161Health Informatics Education Ctr. 799-7128Education and Training 799-7120McGovern Historical Center 799-7139Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan 799-7179Publications Services 799-7120FAX NUMBERSAdministration 790-7052Knowledge Network Services 797-0163Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan 790-7056Regional Medical Library 790-7030WORLD WIDE WEB ACCESShttp://www.library.tmc.eduJULY • AUGUST 20001 see story on page 2FOURTH ANNUAL HOUSTON CONFERENCE ONHEALTH INFORMATICSPaul Theerman, PhD Kim Dunn, MD, PhDMedsite ExhibitSpeakers and Panelists in the FourthAnnual Conference on Health InformaticsNN/LM SCR ExhibitJohn Harold, MLIS, PhD, teaching HealthResources on the WebNLM             UTH-HSCDennis Dillon, MA, MLIS           UT-Austin2continued from page 1J. Robert Beck, MD, Program Chairman and Interim Executive Director of the HAM–TMC Library, gave the opening remarks, addressing conference attendees from Chicago viaWebCam.Presentations included: Dennis Dillon, Head of Collections and Information Resources, TheUniversity of Texas Austin General Libraries, The Varieties of Electronic Pricing: New Road, New Ruts?; PaulTheerman, PhD, Head of Non-Book Collections of the History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine,Digital Manuscripts: How will the User of the Future Interact with the Documents of thePast?; Kim Dunn, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Informatics, University of Texas HoustonHealth Science Center, Telemedicine: From Promise to Reality. Donald A. Barclay, MA, MLSwas Master of Ceremonies.A panel response and audience questions followed each presentation. Participating panelistsincluded: Charles F. Bearden, Rice University; Paul Bracke, UTMB; Ana Cleveland, UNT; MarylinGoff, TWU; Fannie Hawkins, TSU; Cathy Montoya, BCM;  Jeremy Corry, Elizabeth Davies, andJack Smith, UTH–HSC; and Richard Jasper and Dennis Moser, HAM–TMC Library.The Gale Group, Medsite, Swets Blackwell, MD Consult, National LawLibrary, Texas Cancer Data Center, NN/LM SCR, and HAM–TMC Libraryexhibited at the conference. Elsevier Science B.V., Majors Scientific Books,The Institute of Scientific Information and UT Graphis Communication Groupwere sponsors. There were 100 conference attendees and 119 hits wererecorded on Webcast. After the conference, John Harold, MLIS, PhD,Technology Coordinator at the NN/LM SCR taught Health Resources on theWeb.Digitization: Designing the Future, Preserving the Past was the theme of theHouston Academy of Medicine–Texas Medical Center (HAM–TMC) Library’s FourthAnnual Houston Conference on Health Informatics, held Monday June 5, 2000 in theKleberg Auditorium at Baylor College of Medicine.FOURTH ANNUAL HOUSTON CONFERENCE ON HEALTH INFORMATICSJ. Robert Beck, MDDonald Barclay,Texas Cancer Data Center ExhibitorFALL LIBRARY CLASS SCHEDULEBasic HTML: September 13, 3:00-5:00CINAHL: August 30, 10:00-11:00; September 7, 2:00-3:00, September 20, 9:00-10:00Creating Tables & Graphs: September 20, 2:00-4:00End Note (Fee): August 22, 3:00-5:00; September 19, 3:00-5:00Internet for Medical Research: August 28, 9:00-11:30; September 12, 2:30-5:00Navigating Full-Text Journals: August 18, 29, 1:00-2:00; September 6,12, 25, 11:00-12:00; September 21, 1:00-2:00Power Point (Fee): August 29, 9:00-11:30; September 8, 9:00-11:30PubMed: August 18, August 29, 12:00-1:00; September 6,12, 21, 25, 12:00-1:00Reference Manager (Fee): August 22, 10:00-12:00; September 19, 9:00-11:00Registration for Fee classes is $ 25.00 for faculty, staff, residents, and post-docs. Those holding valid student ID’s fromTMC-affiliated institutions may attend any of these classes free. Register at: http://library.tmc.edu/classform.html3FINDARTICLES.COM HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE LIBRARY’S LIST OFDATABASESFindArticles.com (http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml) provides full-text articles (without illustrations)from over 300 magazines and journals. You can search the entire database, search subject areas, or search specificjournals. It is a free database and will be especially useful for those who do not have remote access to the Library’selectronic journals or who just need a quick article or two.The health and fitness publications in FindArticles.com are:GeriatricsHealth Services ResearchIDEA Health & Fitness SourceJournal of Abnormal Child  PsychologyJournal of the American Academy of  Child and Adolescent PsychiatryLancetMedical EconomicsMen’s FitnessMental Health WeeklyMuscle & FitnessNatural HealthNursingNutrition Action HealthletterNutrition ForumNutrition Research NewsletterNutrition TodaySex Roles: A Journal of ResearchUrology TimesVegetarian TimesAge and AgeingAmerican Family PhysicianAnnual Review of PsychologyBBI NewsletterBritish Medical JournalBusiness & HealthChestDermatology TimesDiabetes CareDrug Store NewsFamily and Community HealthLIBRARY FORUMS: ON OUR OWN TERMSBased on the Bill Moyers Series On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying to air on PBS, Channel 8 starting September10, at 8:30 pm, the HAM–TMC Library will host in conjuction with KUHT and the Houston Hospice, four discussionforums as follows:• Living with Dying will discuss the many ways of perceiving death based on tradition, religion, and familyexperience in a multicultural society. Susan Krauter, MD, Keynote Speaker. October 5, 2000, from 12:00-2:00at KUHT, 4343 Elgin Road, on the University of Houston campus.• Community Panel on Palliative Care will discuss how palliative care is evolving as a major treatment mode forterminally ill people. Porter Storey, MD; Margaret Caddy, RN; Jane Sidwell, RN; Todd Edwards, Panelists.October 19, 2000, from12:00-2:00 at KUHT.• A Death of One’s Own a National Issues Forum (NIF) will moderate the discussion on the importance ofcontrolling choices of care at the end of life. Jule Zimet, NIF Facilitator. November 2, 2000, from 12:00-2:00 atKUHT.• Improving End of Life Care in Our Community: A Time To Change will focus on the future of end of lifeissues in our community. Rabbi Samuel Karff, Keynote Speaker; George Gaston, PhD; Maureen Kelly, PhD;Marcia Levetown, MD; Kim Szeto, Breakout Session Leaders. November 18, 2000 from 10:00am-3:00pm, St.John the Divine Episcopal Church, 2450 River Oaks Blvd.For more information contact: Beatriz Varman, Assistant Director of Public affairs at (713) 799-7160 orbeatrizv@library.tmc.eduNOTEWORTHYHouston Academy of Medicine –Texas Medical Center Library1133 M.D. Anderson BoulevardHouston, TX 77030Nonprofit OrganizationU.S. PostagePAIDHouston, TexasPermit No. 5142LIBRARY LINESLibrary Lines is published six timesper year. Please call (713) 799-7169 tobe placed on our mailing list.Editors: Beatriz Varman, MLISDeborah Halsted, MLSInterim Executive Director:J. Robert Beck, MD This year Library’s donations totaled 352pounds of food and $257.99.WELCOMEMaria Tripovich,MA, JD is thenew InstitutionalAdvancementOfficer for theLibrary. Recently,she worked asthe Fund Development Manager for theHouston Public Library.Maria has worked for the University ofTexas Health Science Center at SanAntonio, Department of Gastroenterologyas a fund raiser.  After law school, sheworked for the Galveston County CriminalAttorney. Upon returning to Houston, shewrote grants for the Asian immigrantcommunity, especially the ChineseCommunity Center’s social serviceprograms in immigration law, education,daycare, and eldercare.Library staff volunteersTerri Smalls-Hall and Willetta Smithcoordinated the Library’s Food DriveMarsha Sullivan,MLIS, is theLibrary’s newConsumer HealthLibrarian. She waspreviouslyConsumer HealthLibrarian for theNN/LM SCR.Mary W. Jackson,MLS,  is theLibrary’s newOutreachReferenceLibrarian. She waspreviouslyOutreachCoordinator for theNN/LM SCR.FAREWELLElizabeth Williams, MLS, ConsumerHealth Librarian, has moved to FresnoCalifornia to start a new job at theCalifornia Community College.Dancer the Clown with Smoothie King

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