Hardin News

Tuesday: Showing of Their Brothers’ Keepers: Orphaned by AIDS, a powerful, award-winning documentary about Africa’s AIDS orphans at 7pm in the International Commons, 1117 UCC. (Global Health Club and College of Public Health Student Association)

Wednesday: Addressing the AIDS Pandemic: How Should We Respond? A talk by Alan Brody, former UNICEF officer in Swaziland, China, Afghanistan, Turkey and Nigeria, followed by a discussion of presidential candidates’ stances on the issue at 7pm in the International Commons, 1117 UCC. (Global Health Club, Iowa Chapter of United Nations Association, and College of Public Health Student Association)

Thursday: Bake Sale in MERF Atrium from 8am to 1:30pm. (Global Medical Society)

Friday: WEAR RED. Promote HIV/AIDS awareness by wearing red.  Free condoms will be given at table in IMU. (Global Health Club and College of Public Health Student Association)

Saturday: World AIDS Day 

                11am to 5pm: Display on Ped Mall (Downtown Iowa City) of flyers with statistics by country showing how the HIV/AIDS pandemic has impacted social, financial, and economic structures around the world (AIDS Project for Women and Children – Uganda).

                1pm to 3pm: Showing of Emmy: The Story of an Orphan followed by a discussion at the Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A. (Iowa City Human Rights Commission and AIDS Project for Women and Children-Uganda)

                5pm to 7pm: Candlelight Vigil on Ped Mall to commemorate the lives of those taken by AIDS, including a name reading. Suggested donation of $10 per candle. (AIDS Project for Women and Children - Uganda)

                5:30pm to 8:00pm: Artists’ Response to HIV/AIDS at Chait Galleries, 218 E. Washington Street. Over 50 artists will present their response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.  Food will be served.  Admission is a $5 red ribbon pin. (The James Gang, Global Health Club, College of Public Health Student Association, Global Medical Society, UI College of Liberal Arts, UI Center for Human Rights)

A Newsletter for the Health Sciences Campus at the University of Iowa

November 2007 | Issue 4.07

Hardin Scholarly Communication News brings together a variety of topics that affect the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new developments, open access and alternative publishing models in the health sciences. This newsletter aims to reflect the interests of its readers so please forward comments, suggestions and entries to include to karen-fischer@uiowa.edu.

Table of Contents:

U of Iowa Faculty Senate Approves Author’s Addendum for Publishing Agreements

So Close, Yet Still so Far? Bill Containing NIH Public Access Provision Is Vetoed

NLM Releases New Reference Publication

HHMI Deal with Springer

Max Planck Society Cancels Licensing Agreement with Springer

Drug Industry Said to Exert Vast Power Over Research by Ghost-Managing Articles

Clinical Drug Trial Data - LA Times article

Elsevier Launches a Medical Wiki

Decision to Disclose Information Can Enter Gray Area

First PLoS Hub on Clinical Trials

ACS editor makes the case for ACS Author Choice program

Retaining Copyrights to Increase Research Impact: Online Tutorial

Jonathan Koffel, Education and Outreach Librarian, has been appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Division of the College of Pharmacy. This is a 3 year appointment.

Jonathan will teach sessions on drug information skills and concepts within College courses (notably the Pharmacy Practice Lab sequence), serve on the College Curriculum Committee, and collaborate with other faculty to ensure that faculty, staff, and students have the information resources and skills necessary to provide the highest level of care.

“Jonathan has quickly become a valuable member of the Pharmacy Practice Lab team as well as the entire College of Pharmacy,” says Jeff Reist, Clinical Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Pharmacy Practice Lab. “He is a valuable resource and provides excellent instruction to both students and faculty in the area of health informatics and related topics. His intellect and wit make him a respected and popular instructor and is a pleasure to work with on curriculum development and delivery.”

The public is invited to a University of Iowa History of Medicine talk on “Iowa Leading the Way: Dr. Ralph Waters and the First Ambulatory Surgery Center” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, in Room 401 of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

The speaker will be Douglas Merrill, Medical Director, Ambulatory Surgery at the UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Light refreshments will be served. The lecture is part of a series of presentations sponsored by the UI History of Medicine Society.

Merrill will discuss the life and career of Dr. Ralph Waters, who established the world’s first outpatient surgical center in Sioux City, Iowa in 1918. It was the start of a career that would see him invent anesthesia delivery systems whose ilk are still in use today, and to become a founding father of academic anesthesiology in the United States.

While outpatient surgery centers are commonplace today, they were unknown until Waters (“The Wizard of Gilman Terrace”) saw the opportunity to combine his professional qualifications as an anesthesiologist with those of local dentists and surgeons. In doing so, he helped establish anesthesiology as a medical specialty.

Merrill will also speak on the nature of anesthesia and surgery during the early decades of the twentieth century and Water’s later career as the head of the first full-time university department of anesthesia at the University of Wisconsin.

Are you looking for some fun and easy reading over Thanksgiving break? Try Patricia Cornwell’s newest release Book of the Dead! Follow forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta as she skillfully tries to solve the murder of a U.S. tennis star found dead in Rome.

After the holiday break, come and join us over lunch for a book discussion as well as a visit from a local autopsy and forensic pathologist who will be on hand to provide an expert’s perspective. Cookies and drinks provided.

Copies of the book are available on loan from Hardin Library or the Patients’ Library at UIHC.
When: Friday, November 30, 11:30-1:00

Location: John Colloton Pavilion, Solarium, 8th Floor 

The next time you visit the Hardin Library, peek into the John Martin Rare Book Room for a glimpse at the antique dark oak desk just inside the entrance. It once belonged to Sir William Osler (1849–1919), unquestionably the most famous English speaking physician of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Read the rest of this entry »

Angel of Harlem - Brown Bag Book Discussion

As part of the Changing the Face of Medicine exhibition, Hardin Library will host two brown bag book discussions. The first will be Friday, November 9th at 12 p.m. in 401 Hardin Library Conference Room. 

Angel of Harlem by Kuwana Haulsey won the 2005 Blackboard Medal of Courage Award. Inspired by the extraordinary events of Dr. May Chinn’s life, Angel of Harlem is a deeply affecting story of love and transcendence. Weaving seamlessly scenes from the battlefields of the Civil War, during which her father escaped from slavery, to the Harlem living rooms and kitchen tables where May is sometimes forced to operate on her patients, this fascinating novel lays bare the heart of a woman who changed the face of medicine.

Bring your lunch, we’ll provide the cookies and drinks, and we’ll talk about this remarkable story.

Have you ever left the doctor’s office with questions about a condition or medication? The Internet is full of health resources, but not all information online can be trusted. At a free workshop Wednesday, Nov. 7, librarians from the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa will demonstrate some high-quality consumer health resources to help make you a better-informed patient.

The workshop begins at 7 p.m. in the Information Commons, Level 2,  at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. A hands-on opportunity exploring these resources will also be provided.

According to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 80 percent of American Internet users, or some 113 million adults, have searched for health information online. The report also says most Internet users start at a general search engine when researching health and medical advice online and 22 percent of these searchers feel frustrated by the lack of health information or an inability to find what they were looking for online.

This workshop is being held in conjunction with the “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” exhibit that will be on display at Hardin Library through Friday, Nov. 30. This exhibit tells the extraordinary story of how American women who wanted to practice medicine have struggled over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the medical specialty they chose.