Hardin News

• Iowa Public Health Information Project
• iLecture
  The Simple Online Lecture Tool
• Get Paid to Study Science Librarianship!
  The Program for University Librarians in the Sciences
• EndNote
  Version 7 Changes & Spring Semester Workshops
• Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
  An Arsenal of Surgery: Johannes Scultetus’s Armamentarium Chirurgicum
• Meet Andrea Clark
  Hardin Library’s New Technology Support Specialist
• Maximize the Potential of WebCT and Blackboard Multiple Choice Questions - A Workshop
• Hardin Library Awarded National Library of Medicine Grant to Study Internet Performance

An “Arsenal of Surgery”

Johannes Scultetus (1595-1645). Armamentarium chirurgicum. Ulm: Typis& impenis Balthasari Kühnen, 1655.

When Johannes Scultetus’s Armamentarium Chirurgicum (“Arsenal of Surgery”) was published, it was hailed as the first treatise on surgery to reflect the newfound rationalism of the 17th Century. While older authors had provided illustrated works on simple operations and devices (see: Hans von Gersdorff’s, Feldtbuch der Wunderartzney), Scultetus looked at the world of surgery afresh in keeping with the “new science” of the age.

The lengthy case descriptions are written in great detail and include dates, places, operations performed, as well as follow-up notes that often cover several weeks. The descriptions made numerous references to the first part of the book which is devoted to surgical techniques and devices, lavishly illustrated with 43 copper engravings depicting a plethora of slings, bandages, braces, scalpels, catheters, as well as the use to which they might be put. Scultetus, who was town physician of Ulm, did not live to see his work printed; it was published ten years after his death by his nephew. However, the book became a standard reference source for nearly a century after it appeared.

The Armamentarium Chirurgicum can be seen in the John Martin Rare Book Room.

For more information about the John Martin Rare Book Room please visit the Web site at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/rbr/ or contact Ed Holtum, Assistant Director for Administrative Services and Special Collections, at 319/335-9154 or edwin-holtum@uiowa.edu.

Are you still copying and pasting citations into a bibliography individually? Are you still manually inserting citations into a paper and then needing to adjust the entire bibliography when there is a change in the order of things?

We can help you!

Hardin Library for the Health Sciences continues to offer classes on how to use EndNote. EndNote 7, by Thomson ISI ResearchSoft, searches remote databases and library catalogs on the Internet, imports references into and organizes personal libraries of citations, and produces papers written in word processors with correctly formatted in-text citations and bibliographies. Want to learn more? Sign up for a class today:

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/endnoteclass.html

Here are a few of the changes for the newest version:

EndNote Version 7 For Windows (used with permission)

* Instant Subject Bibliographies: For the first time, users of EndNote 7 can create a bibliography with topic headings using EndNote’s new Subject Bibliography.
* Flexible Placement of Images from EndNote References into Microsoft Word: Users can take advantage of EndNotes new ability to insert a figure or table anywhere in a Microsoft Word® document.
* Compatibility with Popular Word Processors Using Rich Text Format (RTF) Files: EndNote 7 now offers the ability to create bibliographies using StarOffice, OpenOffice, AppleWorks, FrameMaker and more.
* New Connectivity of EndNote References Palm” Handheld and Visualization Software: EndNote 7 mobilizes a users EndNote library on Palm® OS.

Additional information about EndNote is available on Hardin Library’s Bibliographic Management Software page at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/endnote.html.

Get paid to become a leader for students and faculty in the sciences or health sciences by combining your scientific knowledge with training in librarianship.

The Program for University Librarians in the Sciences is looking for individuals with undergraduate or graduate degrees in the sciences or health sciences who wish to become academic librarians.

Earn a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science and gain valuable experience working in one of three University libraries - Iowa State University Library, the University of Iowa Libraries, or the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.

Benefits include:
- $18,932 annual stipend (varies by year and location)
- In-state tuition and partial tuition credit
- Extensive real-world experience to prepare you for the job market
- Earn your MA in Library and Information Science in 19 months

"Having a background in Medical Technology serves me well as a health sciences librarian because I am comfortable with the vocabulary and working with the personnel associated with the field. And my job affords me the opportunity to learn more about a variety of fields every time I assist a patron in a literature search." - Denise Britigan, Reference and Education Librarian, University of Iowa’s Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, B.S. Medical Technology.

Learn more about this exciting opportunity at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/imls/
Application deadline is March 1, 2004.

Funding for this Program is provided by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The Information Commons Productions Services in Hardin Library has released a beta edition of iLecture, the simple online lecture tool.

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/commons/ilecture/

iLecture makes preparing an online lecture an easy process. Simply import your PowerPoint slides, plug in a microphone and record your narration. iLecture does the rest. It packages the images and audio, along with the individual timings for each slide, in a directory that’s ready for upload to any web server. Not only does iLecture offer convenient features to any instructor narrating an online lecture, it also makes viewing and listening to that lecture simple for students. Students aren’t locked in to a particular piece of software, particular file formats, or any specific computer platform (operating system). The online lectures created by iLecture can be viewed on any Internet connection in any web browser. iLecture is open ended, accessible and easy to use, unlike many products on the commercial market. iLecture makes the task of creating and viewing online lectures simple. Best of all–iLecture is free.

We invite you to download the beta edition of iLecture from the URL above and let us know what you think.

For the past year, Hardin Library staff have been working on the Iowa Public Health Information Project (IPHI) in cooperation with the University of Iowa College of Public Health, the Iowa Department of Public Health and public health professionals across the state. The project addresses information needs of Iowa public health professionals by creating an easy-to-use web site that emphasizes local and state public health resources. The website design portion of the project has now been completed, and public release of the website is scheduled for March 2004. You will be able to view the site at http://www.iowapublichealth.org

During the next few months, Hardin Library staff will provide training to at least 15 public health departments across the state. Public health staff will learn how to use the new IPHI site, and how to use the National Library of Medicine and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) systems and resources. Hardin Library will maintain this website after the project period as a service to Iowans. For more information about IPHI, contact us.

IPHI is funded with federal funds from the CDC and the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health under contract number NO1-LM-1-3513.

Hardin Library has been awarded a $20,000 contract for testing Internet performance between the National Library of Medicine and the University of Iowa 

By participating in the "NLM-Centric Internet Performance Evaluation Network," Hardin Library will be contributing to a greater understanding of network connectivity issues between the NLM and Iowa. Data from this project will inform technology staff members on both ends and will help in the management, evaluation and troubleshooting of the network. Jim Duncan, Assistant Director for Technology Services at Hardin, is the Project Director for this contract. For more information, contact him by email at jim-duncan@uiowa.edu.

Maximize the Potential of WebCT and Blackboard Multiple Choice Questions - A Workshop 

Most of us, at some point of our academic careers, have taken an exam where the questions were confusing and at times misleading. Did you get the feeling the instructor was trying to "trick" you? As an instructor have you written a question or two that you weren’t entirely happy with?

We’ve all been there as examinees or examiners. The purpose of this workshop is a brief introduction into improving a widely-used format on university exams: the multiple-choice item. In this workshop, the basic elements of the multiple-choice item will be broken down and explained along with a variety of traps that people can fall into when writing their items. This workshop also includes a non-stats person’s description of item statistics and what to look for from exam service when you are trying to improve your items.

Philip Bailey, from Academic Technologies will be conducting these sessions.

Sign up today!

In early January, Hardin welcomed Andrea Clark as its new Technology Support Specialist. Andrea is responsible for providing building-wide technical support and will contribute to technology planning at Hardin. She also supervises the 15-18 student assistant staff members who work at the Information Commons service desks and is working to refine support strategies in this facility. Andrea brings deep technology experience to the position. For the past three years she managed hardware, software and network support needs for Moore Business Forms in Iowa City. Her impact at the company was significant, and her innovative ideas resulted in process changes both locally as well as at the corporate headquarters. Hardin Library staff members are delighted to have Andrea join their ranks.