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Bridging The Electronic Journal Gaps: Just How Far Back Can The Collection Go?, Elizabeth A. Appleton, Kathe Obrig May 2008

Bridging The Electronic Journal Gaps: Just How Far Back Can The Collection Go?, Elizabeth A. Appleton, Kathe Obrig

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation describes the process of assessing the costs and availability of an electronic backfile collection that would replace the bound print journal collection in the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.

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Assessment Of Departmental Journal Requests And Impact On An Academic Health Sciences Library Collection: An Unanticipated Benefit, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig May 2007

Assessment Of Departmental Journal Requests And Impact On An Academic Health Sciences Library Collection: An Unanticipated Benefit, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

In 2005, the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library made the decision to convert from print to a predominantly electronic journal collection. The conversion was completed in 2007. This poster presentation reports the objectives, guidelines, and results of the print-to-electronic journal collection conversion process.

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Changing Space Needs: A First Floor Renovation And Assessing Its Impact On Designing The Electronic Library Of The 21st Century, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson May 2006

Changing Space Needs: A First Floor Renovation And Assessing Its Impact On Designing The Electronic Library Of The 21st Century, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson

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An increase in electronic resources, modification in both usersʼ and staffʼs working space, and an internal initiative to create a single Service Desk, all resulted in the redesign of the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library's first floor. This poster demonstrates how completion of that project has affected usersʼ perception of the library.

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Job Descriptions In Perpetual Evolution: A Result Of "Going Electronic", Kathe Obrig, Anne Linton, Cynthia Swope May 2006

Job Descriptions In Perpetual Evolution: A Result Of "Going Electronic", Kathe Obrig, Anne Linton, Cynthia Swope

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

As the demand for electronic journals increased, the Himmelfarb Health Services Library transformed the job descriptions of the library's technical services staff. This poster describes how the library accommodated both entities, print and electronic, by modifying the staff's duties.

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Transforming Nursing Practice For Today's World: Teaching Information Literacy Skills To Nurses As Preparation For Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Richard Billingsley May 2006

Transforming Nursing Practice For Today's World: Teaching Information Literacy Skills To Nurses As Preparation For Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Richard Billingsley

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation summarizes how combined entities of the George Washington University Medical Center planned, developed, and disseminated instructional programs promoting information literacy skills among professional nurses. The programs served as a precursor for research utilization and the promotion of evidence-based nursing practices (EBNP).

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Promoting Equity In Health Information: Partners For Health Information And Health Information Partners (Hips), Richard Billingsley, Betsy Gardiner, Karyn L. Pomerantz, Eduardo Pezo, Patricia Wilson May 2006

Promoting Equity In Health Information: Partners For Health Information And Health Information Partners (Hips), Richard Billingsley, Betsy Gardiner, Karyn L. Pomerantz, Eduardo Pezo, Patricia Wilson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

In 2004, a community health outreach partnership, funded by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), was launched. HIPS, Health Information Partners, promoted health literacy and health advocacy for residents of Washington, D.C., who frequented the area community health centers. This poster explores the goals, strategies, and results of the HIPS program.

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Running Out Of Library Space: Sharing Remote Storage To Increase Cost-Savings And Conserve Space, Kathe Obrig, Vani K. Murthy, Tracie E. Frederic, George P. Paul, Leah Pellegrino May 2006

Running Out Of Library Space: Sharing Remote Storage To Increase Cost-Savings And Conserve Space, Kathe Obrig, Vani K. Murthy, Tracie E. Frederic, George P. Paul, Leah Pellegrino

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

A cooperative project between two urban academic medical libraries, the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library (George Washington University Medical Center) and the Dahlgren Medical Library (Georgetown Medical Center), was designed to relocate all pre-1980 bound journal volumes to a remote-storage facility. This poster explores the goals, process, and results, both financially and physically, of the collaborative initiative.

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Collaboration In Support Of Curricular Innovation, Shelley Bader, Alexandra Gomes, James Michelson Nov 2005

Collaboration In Support Of Curricular Innovation, Shelley Bader, Alexandra Gomes, James Michelson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

The migration of traditional anatomy and pathology wet labs to a digital format requires significant planning and collaboration amongst key faculty, administrative, and technology personnel. In addition to conversion of course materials, the changed format necessitated the renovation of a traditional bench lab to a state-of-the art digital classroom, significant IT investment, and ongoing coordination by library, classroom and computer resources personnel. Standardized policies and procedures were developed to guide additional requests for software to support new educational initiatives.

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Reaching Out To All: Medical Informatics As Service To Diverse Populations In An Academic Medical Center, Patricia Wilson, Richard Billingsley May 2005

Reaching Out To All: Medical Informatics As Service To Diverse Populations In An Academic Medical Center, Patricia Wilson, Richard Billingsley

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

As an academic health sciences library in an urban area, the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library is challenged to provide outreach services to a diverse user population and to the surrounding community. To respond to this challenge the librarians provide outreach services and programs to accomplish the following goals: Provide additional education to user groups within the medical center; Provide focused services at the point of need within the curricula and the hospital; Reach out to the surrounding health care community, offering medical information and consumer education; Promote consumer resources to underserved populations.

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Changing Space Needs And Electronic Resources Migration: Moving Towards A Library For The 21st Century, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson May 2005

Changing Space Needs And Electronic Resources Migration: Moving Towards A Library For The 21st Century, Anne Linton, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library underwent a major space renovation during the summer of 2005. Administration and librarians felt the need to modernize the environment to better reflect the needs of the users. This poster describes the planning, changes, and results of the "21st century" version of the library.

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How Diverse Librarians Increased Access To Electronic Journals, Developed A Print/Electronic Collection Development Policy And Preserved The Collection, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson, Cynthia Swope, Laura E. Abate, Anne Linton May 2005

How Diverse Librarians Increased Access To Electronic Journals, Developed A Print/Electronic Collection Development Policy And Preserved The Collection, Kathe Obrig, Patricia Wilson, Cynthia Swope, Laura E. Abate, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster reports on a project initiated to establish a framework for evaluating our serials collection in order to preserve the collection from a flat budget and ever increasing serial costs and to meet patron demand for expanded access to electronic resources. An additional outcome was the development of a combined print and electronic serials collection development policy. A Journals Committee was formed to assess the value and most appropriate format(s) of individual journal titles. Methods used included a mathematical formula calculating a title's relative value and a faculty survey soliciting most-used titles and preferred format. Faculty department heads were …

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Skyrockets 24/7: A Response To Flat Budgets, Skyrocketing Serials Costs, And Patron Pressure For Increased Access To Electronic Journals, Cynthia Swope, Kathe Obrig, Laura E. Abate, Anne Linton Oct 2004

Skyrockets 24/7: A Response To Flat Budgets, Skyrocketing Serials Costs, And Patron Pressure For Increased Access To Electronic Journals, Cynthia Swope, Kathe Obrig, Laura E. Abate, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster represents the culmination of a year’s work by the Journals@Himmelfarb committee. This intra-library committee was formed to discuss the critical issues surrounding transitioning print journal subscriptions to electronic access only. In response to these discussions, collection development policies were created to reflect both print and electronic resources, a model electronic license was created, and faculty department heads were surveyed as to the usefulness and format preference for titles in their subject area. This resulted in improved understanding of the existing collection and assisted in developing the first steps for migrating from a print to an electronic collection.

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Seize The Power: Librarian Roles In Developing And Implementing Enterprise-Wide Hipaa Training, Shelley Bader, Alexandra Gomes May 2004

Seize The Power: Librarian Roles In Developing And Implementing Enterprise-Wide Hipaa Training, Shelley Bader, Alexandra Gomes

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Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library librarians collaborated to develop a web-based HIPAA training module for the medical center. Content was based on materials from an outside legal expert. Special attention was given to clinical scenarios illustrating key issues in HIPAA regulations. Librarians drafted the module which was then reviewed by legal consul, the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the Graduate Medical Office. The final module was disseminated via the university's course management system. A corresponding module was developed for CME credit.

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Integration Of Medical Informatics Curriculum Into Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) Course For 1st Year Medical Students, Laura E. Abate, Anne Linton, Patricia Wilson May 2004

Integration Of Medical Informatics Curriculum Into Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) Course For 1st Year Medical Students, Laura E. Abate, Anne Linton, Patricia Wilson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library librarians developed and taught "Introduction to Medical Informatics" to first-year medical students through the 2002/03 school year. In 2003/04, this course was restructured and integrated into the "Problem-Based Learning" (PBL) course taken by all first-year medical students. The goal was to improve resource selection and search skills, provide point-of-use learning and instruction, and to enhance the student experience. Librarians were assigned to individual PBL groups to act as advisors and guided the students through the informatics-related curriculum.

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Empowering Faculty To Choose: Open Access And Alternative Publishing, Laura E. Abate, Leah Pellegrino, Anne Linton, Patricia Wilson May 2004

Empowering Faculty To Choose: Open Access And Alternative Publishing, Laura E. Abate, Leah Pellegrino, Anne Linton, Patricia Wilson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library librarians initiated an effort to increase awareness of alternative publishing venues which exist outside the commercial arena; to encourage faculty to investigate electronic publishing alternatives; and to provide a connection to open access initiatives. George Washington University now participates in four open access initiatives and interest is growing among GWU faculty.

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Pda Power At The Bedside, Patricia Wilson, Richard Billingsley, Leah Pellegrino May 2004

Pda Power At The Bedside, Patricia Wilson, Richard Billingsley, Leah Pellegrino

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library developed a pilot project to evaluate PDA use in medical education. A grant was secured to fund the purchase of medical reference software. The objective of the pilot project was to analyze usage of PDA software by medical students, residents, and physician assistant students in a clinical setting.

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Consortia Purchasing: The Himmelfarb Experience, Patricia Wilson, Anne Linton Mar 2004

Consortia Purchasing: The Himmelfarb Experience, Patricia Wilson, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Most academic health sciences libraries are faced with either zero growth or shrinking budgets. At the same time, faculty, staff, and students are demanding access to more and more resources, and libraries are expected to support students in new and expanding programs in areas such as public health and genetics. The format of choice is electronic, and 24/7 service from any location is the expectation. The Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library found it was necessary to build a series of strategic alliances to meet these new demands in difficult financial times. Alliances have been formed with campus libraries, campus academic support …

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2004 Mla Poster, Himmelfarb Staff Jan 2004

2004 Mla Poster, Himmelfarb Staff

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Online Requests: Toward Expanded And Efficient Management, Michael Acadia, Natalie Collins, Patricia Wilson May 2003

Online Requests: Toward Expanded And Efficient Management, Michael Acadia, Natalie Collins, Patricia Wilson

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

In 2003, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library converted all interlibrary loan (ILL) and course reserve services to electronic format. This poster presentation is a synopsis of the steps taken to complete automation of the two (2) departments.

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Testing Search Skills In A Real-Time, Cased-Based Setting, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton May 2003

Testing Search Skills In A Real-Time, Cased-Based Setting, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Using the web-based course management system, Prometheus, the librarians of Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library gave a real-time skills testing exam to 48 medical students. This poster presentation explores the goals and results the exam.

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Evaluation Of Evidence-Based Medicine Search Skills In The Clinical Years, Anne Linton, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Matthew Mintz May 2003

Evaluation Of Evidence-Based Medicine Search Skills In The Clinical Years, Anne Linton, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Matthew Mintz

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Using a collaborative approach, the librarians of the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library worked with the director of the Primary Care Clerkship and senior residents in informatics training for evidence-based medicine case studies.

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Solutions For The Crisis In Scholarly Publishing In The Sciences, Anne Linton, Leah Pellegrino, Laura E. Abate, Kathe Obrig Apr 2003

Solutions For The Crisis In Scholarly Publishing In The Sciences, Anne Linton, Leah Pellegrino, Laura E. Abate, Kathe Obrig

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation explores possible solutions to a scholarly publishing crisis in the health sciences industry.

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"Real-Time" Computer-Based Pbl Exam, Matthew Mintz, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton Nov 2002

"Real-Time" Computer-Based Pbl Exam, Matthew Mintz, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation focuses on the adminstering of a PBL (Problem-Based Learning) exam online, using a content management software called Prometheus. This exam took place in the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.

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Real Time Testing Of First Year Medical Students, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton Oct 2002

Real Time Testing Of First Year Medical Students, Patricia Wilson, Alexandra Gomes, Anne Linton

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation focuses on the administering of a PBL (Problem-Based Learning) exam online, using a content management software called Prometheus. This exam was facilitated in the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.

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E-Journals - Toward Expanded Access And Efficient Data Tracking, Laura E. Abate, Leah Pellegrino, Michael Acadia Oct 2002

E-Journals - Toward Expanded Access And Efficient Data Tracking, Laura E. Abate, Leah Pellegrino, Michael Acadia

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

This poster presentation outlines the steps taken by the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library resulting in streamlined resource management for e-journals holdings.

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