Welcome to the new CAHSLA season, and are we off to a great start! Many kudos go to the program committee for the pre-start preparation and work. The committee is chaired by Jennifer Heffron and members are Sharon Purtee, Val Purvis, Lisa McCormick and myself. Also thank you to all who will serve on the executive committee this year.
The members are Jennifer Pettigrew (Secretary), Emily Kean (Treasurer /Membership Chair/Technology Co-Chair), Amy Koshoffer (President/Web Mistress/Technology Co-Chair), Jane Thompson (Archivist), Lisa McCormick (Chronicle CAHSLA Co-Editor), and Barbarie Hill (Chronicle CAHSLA Co-Editor)
We held the membership meeting at the Lloyd Library and Museum. I had not been to the Lloyd in some time, and visiting reminds me that I need to get there more often. The library is such a wonderful resource with an amazing unique collection on subjects such as natural history, botany, pharmacy, medicine, scientific history and visual arts. It is truly a gem in our city. I love the way the exhibits are arranged in the space, and are a blend of the modern botanical resources with the historical scientific equipment and wonderful Cincinnati culture. I love, love the Wolfgang Ritschel stained glass pieces that hang above the Rieveschl History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry exhibit. Thank you CAHSLA for getting me back to the Lloyd.
I was very excited to see new faces at our first meeting. Boy they got to see a different side of us. I think that though slightly unconventional, our “speed dating” session at the Lloyd was great fun. The energy was high as was the conversations and I know it is going to be that kind of a year.
We have more great meetings planned, a mix of social and educational. Most are already up on the website, so check out what is coming. Oct 21st is our next meeting and we will hear a fun (yes I said fun) talk on cybersecurity.
I realized that I have an anniversary at CAHSLA this year. 11/30/2015 will be my ten year anniversary as a member. The years have flown by and I am still learning from my CAHSLA colleagues and loving the time I spend with them.
(Whew…glad I got my letter in, now just need to remember to pay my dues….thank goodness Emily made that possible with the click of a mouse…it is just so easy to be a member)
See you at the next meeting.
Amy Koshoffer, President
Secretary’s Report
CAHSLA Annual Membership MeetingSeptember 23, 2015
Lloyd Library & Museum, 5:30-7:30 pm
Attendees: Amy Koshoffer, Lisa McCormick, Edith Starbuck, Don Jason, Jennifer Pettigrew, Regina Hartman, Jennifer Steinhardt, Emily Kean, Elaine Dean, Sandra Mason, Val Purvis, Jennifer Heffron, Alex Herrlein, Judy Ten Eyck, Brigid Almaguer, Mary Kroeger Vuyk
The new association year began at the Lloyd Library & Museum with a presentation by Anna Heran, Exhibits Curator, and Education & Outreach Coordinator, and Alex Herrlein, Librarian/Office Manager and fellow CAHSLA member. We learned that the Lloyd Library & Museum has the largest medicinal collection in the Western Hemisphere. It was especially entertaining to learn about the eccentricities of the Lloyd brothers, particularly Curtis. It is fair to say that the presentation was enlightening for old and new visitors alike. Afterwards, Amy Koshoffer and current officers introduced themselves. Emily Kean reported that we have over $2000 in the bank. The evening concluded with a "Speed Dating" session to get to know other members. Based on the decibel level in the room, people seemed to enjoy themselves. The next CAHSLA program will be on October 21, 2015 – Information Security: David Baker of UC College of Medicine IT will discuss keeping your information safe in a talk entitled “Don’t Get Hacked”. 4:00 pm Room 480, University of Cincinnati, Langsam. Hope to see you there!
Jennifer Pettigrew, Secretary
Treasurer’s Report
CHECKING BALANCE as of 6/30/2015 : $2,316.04CHECKING DEPOSITS
Membership Dues $250.43
CHECKING DEPOSIT TOTALS $250.43
CHECKING WITHDRAWALS
Membership Meeting Costs $117.54
CHECKING WITHDRAWAL TOTALS $117.54
CHECKING BALANCE as of 9/28/2015: $2,448.93
CASH BALANCE as of 6/30/2015 : $19.44
CASH DEPOSITS
$0.00
CASH WITHDRAWALS
$0.00
CASH BALANCE as of 9/28/2015: $19.44
TOTAL ASSETS as of 9/28/2015: $2,468.37
MEMBERS
10 Regular (Paid)
0 Student (Paid)
14 Life Members
24 TOTAL
Emily Kean, Treasurer
Membership Renewal Now Due
Annual CAHSLA membership dues can be submitted with a check made payable to CAHSLA by printing and mailing the membership form. For a small convenience fee ($1.50), you can also now pay online with a credit or debit card using PayPal.Emily Kean, Membership Chair
Book Review
Have you ever heard of Dorothy Parker? If not, I bet you have heard or read her thoughts. I just read her recent biography, The Last Days of Dorothy Parker: The Extraordinary Lives of Dorothy Parker and Lillian Hellman and How Death Can Be Hell on Friendship (a Penguin
She worked in both NYC and Hollywood and earned spectacular salaries. In the late 1920’s she signed a contract for $1200 per week which, within a few years, quickly doubled to $2500 per week – and this during the Great Depression. At her peak she was pulling in $5,000 or more a week. Along with those salaries and her notoriety came the best designer clothes, limousines, furs, Champaign, caviar, and all the parties with all the rich and famous. After going on trial for suspicion of being a member of the Communist Party and her subsequent blacklisting sent her back to New York City, her income dropped drastically but not her lifestyle.
Despite her explicit instructions that she have no memorial service, no funeral, and no burial, her best friend of 30 years and the executor of her estate, Lillian Hellman, threw a star-studded memorial service attended by over 150 of Dorothy Parker’s friends and fans. The New York Times gave her a front page obituary [http://www.dorothyparker.com/nytobit.html] in appreciation for her contributions to the New Yorker magazine from its inception in 1925 until 1957.
How did Lillian Hellman come to be her best friend, her executor, and still ignore her final wishes? Well, that story is in there.
Needless to say, I am now a Dorothy Parker fan and I wouldn’t be surprised if you became one too.
Submitted by Val Purvis
Holiday Book Collection – Continuing Our Tradition
CAHLSA has a longstanding tradition of supporting
literacy for young children through our annual holiday book drive. Please
nominate an organization that serves children and has a reading/book-giving
program to be the beneficiary of our
book collection. Feel free to contact any member of the executive committee
(Amy Koshoffer, Emily Kean, Jennifer Pettigrew, and Jennifer Heffron) with your
recommendation. Please do this soon -
the holidays are fast approaching!
Join Us for Our Next Education Program
Don’t Get Hacked Presented by David Baker, UC College of Medicine IT
Time: 4-5 pm
Location: UC Langsam Library, 480 Langsam (very back of Library – just behind the Triceracopter Sculpture)
Parking: Paid parking is available in the Woodside Garage or Campus Green Garage. Free parking is on Martin Luther King Drive or Clifton Ave.
Map of UC campus: http://www.uc.edu/content/dam/common/docs/maps/campus_map_west.pdf
David Baker, UC College of Medicine IT will discuss information security tips to keep your information safe. Mr. Baker began his career at UC in January 2004 as a computer support tech in the Department of Internal Medicine. He later became a web developer for the department and is currently serving as the Information Security Officer for the College of Medicine. He has worked in the computer industry for over 30 years, including stints at NCR, Proctor and Gamble and Enerfab Industries. His current interests include 3-D printing, ham radio, model railroading and greyhound rescue. He has achieved the rating of ‘Extra” as a HAM radio operator. He is currently working on a CISSP certification. He enjoys camping and archery with his wife, Julia; son, Thomas Michael; and greyhound, Lucy.
2015-2016 Programs Information
For information on 2015-2016 CAHSLA programs, consult our website for updated information: http://www.cahsla.org/upcoming-eventsDecember – Holiday Party – Date/Time/Location – TBA
February – Clifton Branch Library Tour – Feb 25th 2016 – 5:00 pm Presentation and Business Meeting to follow
April – Tech Convo – NLM Mobile Apps – Don Jason Clinical Informationist UC Libraries Date/Time/Location – TBA
June – Picnic – Date/Time/Location – TBA
Fall OHSLA Meeting
Registration for The Ohio Health Sciences Library Association (OHSLA) Fall 2015 Meeting is now open! It will be held on Friday, October 30, 2015 in Dublin, Ohio (northwest side of Columbus) at the new Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin Campus. Our presenter will be Jacqueline Leskovec, MLIS, MA, RN, Outreach, Planning and Evaluation Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region. She will be speaking about Measuring What Matters to Stakeholders: How can we get decision makers to understand the value that knowledge managers and information professionals bring to their organizations?Registration will close on Friday, October 16!
OHSLA Fall 2015 Meeting
Friday, October 30, 2015
9:15 AM - 3:30 PM
CE Class: Measuring What Matters to Stakeholders
How can we get decision makers to understand the value that knowledge managers and information professionals bring to their organizations? Measuring what matters to key stakeholders is one step in the process. This workshop will provide a framework for defining and communicating meaningful measures and offer an opportunity for participants to sample some tools that will help them demonstrate how their services make a difference to the organization. 4.0 CE contact hours awarded
Instructor: Jacqueline Leskovec, MLIS, MA, RN
Outreach, Planning and Evaluation Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine/ Greater Midwest Region
Location
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin Campus
Medical Education Building 1, Room MEB1-431
6775 Bobcat Way
Dublin, OH 43016
** Please be aware that there is extensive construction at I-270 and US 33/161. Traffic patterns have changed and your GPS is probably unaware of this. If you are coming from the East on US-161/Bridge Street in Dublin, the bridge over I-270 is closed and you will have to detour via Post Road/Perimeter Drive. Please allow extra time as traffic in this area can be extremely congested, especially during rush hour. For more details on the construction in this area, please visit I-270/33 Interchange Construction.
For more directions, contact Pam Dixson at (614) 793-5561
Breakfast and Lunch
A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. There will be a vegetarian option.
Lodging
If you need overnight accommodations, the closest hotels are at 161 and Frantz Road just to the east of the I-270 interchange. Hotels.com Listing
Fees
Lunch/Business Meeting only - $15.00
Members - $40.00
Library Student (Non-members) - $45.00
Non-members - $55.00
If you are writing a check, please make it out to "OHSLA," and mail to:
Antoinette Pallotta
OHSLA Treasurer
3603 Delamere Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43220
Several CAHSLA colleagues - Lisa McCormick (Jewish Hospital HSL) and Emily Kean (Boone County PL) – plan to volunteer at the 9th annual celebration of books and authors, Books by the Banks http://booksbythebanks.org/ on October 17th. Books by Banks is supported by libraries, literacy groups, book publishers and others who are inspired by books and reading. More than 100 authors will be in attendance talking about the writing process and answering all your questions. It is a great opportunity to meet local authors. I am sure all age ranges will find something of interest.
Amy Koshoffer, University of Cincinnati, will be attending the first Midwest Data Librarian Symposium October 14-16th in Milwaukee, WI. It will be an unconference focusing on issues in data management. Amy will also participate in the Ohio Institutional Repository Day at the State Library of Ohio October 23rd.
Mary Piper (retired UC HSL) has a new title: grandmother. Mary writes, "Our daughter, Elizabeth, had a baby girl, Piper Lucia Moore, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at 9:15 a.m." Congratulations!
Barbarie Hill (retired CCHMC) has joined the Reading Circle for the Festival of the Book sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and held in Charlottesville in March every year. The Reading Circle is a group of volunteers who read and critique all of the 400-500 books submitted for inclusion in the dozens of events during the five-day festival. "I've enjoyed reading so many new books in many genres, and only two or three of the ones I read are duds." Barbarie also attended a Sound of Music sing-along with her grandchildren, daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law's mother costumed in sailor outfits with handmade collars. The Hills are Alive ...Jane Thompson (retired UC HSL) writes "now entering my second year of Polish language lessons. Our text is called Polish in 4 Weeks, which we in the class find a hilarious title. I also have taken up several classes offered through Olli, a wonderful institution. One of the classes is at UC, so I am reacquainted with the shuttle bus system. Our older daughter, Gillian, recently completed a big project at Lower Price Hill Community Center, which used to be St Michael's Catholic Church. Gillian restored or replaced a total of 12 stained glass windows which were in dire need of repair. At the formal opening of the community center everyone was bowled over by the effect of these beautiful windows, glowing even on a gray rainy day. And our other daughter, Jennifer, will be coming with her husband Jacek from Poland to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. Our lives are still busy!"
Back issues of the CAHSLA Chronicle from 2001 to 2008 were recently added to the CAHSLA website: http://www.cahsla.org/archives/chronicle-archives
New MLA Social Platform
For those of you MLA members, you can read the post on how to update your profile http://www.mlanet.org/p/fo/st/post=130#p130, and continue the conversation.It says:
"Please take a moment to review your profile and make changes to your “My Page”! Your “My Page” determines what other members can see about you.
We were unfortunately not able to transfer your directory settings to the new system. Every system differently manages/makes assumptions about how addresses appear and what they are used for, and every member has different settings as to which address--home or work--is used for mailing or directory (or both). We were not able to find a “one size fits all” solution, unfortunately, in the transition between one system to the next.
To quickly change what others see: in “My Options” below your name in the upper right, you can choose to immediately go to your profile or your “My Page.”
On your My Page, select the “dot-dot-dot” and choose “Edit visibility settings.” Here you can select which items you want other MLA members to see. Remember: no personal information is visible to the general public."
Kevin Baliozian
MLA Executive Director
NLM Citing Medicine Style Guide Updated
From the NLM Technical Bulletin, Jul-Aug. 2015. Citing Medicine has new examples.Over forty new examples have been added throughout Citing Medicine
( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/) , the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers. New references are for datasets, data repositories, ahead-of-print articles, and more. Corrections and clarifications were made based on user feedback or our own quality assurance efforts. Almost every chapter and two of the appendixes were edited and a new foreword
( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK310495/) was added. The full list of changes is available in the Content Updates
( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK24595/) appendix.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/ (link to book itself)
Free Ebook for Librarians
Elsevier is making freely available for download the book Facing Contemporary Challenges in Librarianship.
ALA Updates Health and Medical Reference Guidelines
Thanks to Brigid Almaguer (Cincinnati State) for alerting us to the updated Health and Medical Reference Guidelines from the American Library Association’s Health and Medical Reference Committee. The guidelines first appeared in 1992 from the Standards and Guidelines Committee, Reference and Adult Services Division. “The purpose of these guidelines is to assist staff in responding to health or medical inquiries. For staff who rarely answer medical questions, the Guidelines are intended to assist staff to be prepared and feel confident that they are providing the best possible response. For staff who regularly answer medical questions, the Guidelines are intended to ensure that reference skills are well-rounded.”Librarian Uses “Cutting Edge Data”
A recent online newsletter from the Department of Labor nicely highlights the work of a California Kaiser Permanente medical librarian Rachel Stark’s contribution to improved patient care.25th Annual Ig Nobel Awards Announced
“The Annals of Improbable Research has recognized 10 "improbable" research projects, including on the "law of urination" and how childhood natural disasters affect executives later in life.The 2015th annual Ig Nobels were announced at an awards ceremony at Harvard University. The awards —which were distributed by Nobel Prize winners — “recognize unique scientific breakthroughs that" first make people laugh, then make them think.
This year's recipients include:
· Medicine prize: Two groups of researchers received this award for their findings on the health benefits of "intense kissing and other intimate personal acts." A study by Japanese scientist Hajime Kimata on 60 patients—half of whom were allergic to cedar pollen and half of whom had atopic symptoms—found that patients kissing their significant others for 30 minutes in private while listening to soft music reduced their allergic reactions.
· Diagnostic medicine prize: Researchers were awarded this prize for a study finding that not experiencing pain while driving over a speed bump can be a "good rule-out test" for whether a person has appendicitis, according to co-author Helen Ashdown.
· Biology prize: This prize was awarded for a study finding that attaching a weighted artificial tail to a chicken leads it to walk in a similar manner to the way dinosaurs are believed to have walked.
· Physics prize: The award went to team of physicians who say they found "the law of urination": that almost all mammals empty their bladders in approximately 21 seconds, give or take 13 seconds.
· Management prize: The recipients of this prize published a study concluding that business leaders, such as Apple's Tim Cook, that experienced natural disasters in their childhood that did not have "dire personal consequences" for them take on more risk during their careers, while those more directly affected take on less risk.
· Mathematics prize: This award went to researchers who calculated whether it was possible—and how it could have happened—for the Sharifian Emperor of Morocco, Moulay Ismael the Bloodthirsty, to father 888 children between 1697 and 1727. They determined it was possible, but took "a lot of work"
Source: Associated Press/The Patriot-News, 9/18; Yuhas, The Guardian, 9/17; Hongo, "Japan Realtime," Wall Street Journal, 9/18; Moyer, "Morning Mix," Washington Post, 9/18.
“A little help, please”
"Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles" (it's in Norwegian) as they try to learn how to turn the pages in a book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ
The Top Five Doctor Lies
Yes, occasionally doctors tell an untruth (also know as a lie), usually with the best of intentions. Here are the top five.(1) “I’ll be there soon.”
(2) “I’ve seen this hundreds of times.”
(3) “I’ll be done here in 20 minutes.”
(4) “I’ll send a note to your referring doctor tonight.”
(5) “This won’t hurt a bit.”
Profound Questions to Ponder
· If a turtle loses his shell, is he naked or homeless?
· Are vegetarians allowed to eat animal crackers?
· What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
· Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
· Why is the word abbreviation so long?
More Reasons to Proofread Your Dictation
· Pancreatitis of unknown ideology.· The patient has had a hard time breeding (breathing).
· Preoperative Diagnosis: Humorous Fracture.
· Discharge diagnosis: Delivery of the abdomen.
· The patient’s gait is normal. I am able to stand on her toes.
· If he squeezes the back of his neck for 4 or 5 years it comes and goes.
· Her menses have been irregular during the pasta year.
· Diagnosis: Hunting stents in Korea.
Really Specific ICD-10 Codes
· W61.12 Struck by Macaw
· W61.01 Bitten by parrot
· V97.33 Sucked into jet engine
· W56.22 Struck by Orca, initial encounter
· W56.32 Struck by marine mammals
· W56.11 Bitten by Sea Lion
· V9542XA Spacecraft crash injuring occupant, initial encounter
· V96.00XS Unspecified balloon accident injuring occupant
· V0001XD Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with roller-skater, subsequent encounter
· Y92146 Swimming pool of prison as the place of occurrence of the external cause.
Final Thought
"Every show will go off the air eventually, with the exception of Jeopardy, and I'll tell you why. The sun could burn out, humanity could flee to another galaxy, time as we know it could cease to exist, but Alex Trebek will still be there scolding librarians from Ames, Iowa, to answer in the form of a question and passively aggressively insulting their hobbies." — John Oliver, presenting the award for directing for a limited series/movie.”Source http://www.cincinnati.com/story/life/tv/2015/09/20/emmys-2015-best-jokes-andy-samberg/72531354/
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