A newsletter for patrons of the Galter Health Sciences Library |
Summer 2005 |
LibQUAL+ 2005: The Results are inJames Shedlock, AMLS, AHIP, Director, j-shedlock@northwestern.eduThe results of the 2005 LibQUAL+ survey on users’ perception of Galter Library quality are in. This year is the fourth time the library has used this survey to assess current issues in the quality of its services, collections and staff. Overall, the library received positive marks; however some new issues are revealed while some old ones have re-surfaced. On the Eye: Optic, Ophthalmic and Oculist Treasures from Special CollectionsRon Sims, MA, Special Collections Librarian, rnsms@northwestern.edu
Galter Library Hosts New ArtJames Shedlock, AMLS, AHIP, Director, j-shedlock@northwestern.edu
Welcome New Residents and Fellows!Linda O'Dwyer, MSLIS, Education Librarian, l-odwyer@northwestern.eduThe Galter Library would like to extend a warm welcome to all new and continuing residents and fellows. While we try to make contact with all new interns and fellows at hospital orientations, we may have missed you this year. Did you know that you can access all library resources from both on and off campus? |
Library CalendarAugust 9, September 8 & 20EndNote 8.0Do you need to organize your references and create quick and easy bibliographies? Join us for one of our EndNote training sessions. No experience is necessary. August 17, September 7 & 22Creating Posters with PowerPointLearn how to use PowerPoint to create professional-looking conference posters. September 13Basic Ovid MEDLINEAn introduction to basic searching of MEDLINE, using the Ovid search interface, including how to access full-text articles. September 21Copyright: Your Rights and ResponsibilitiesLearn about how copyright law affects the medical school community. September 28Web of Science and Journal Citation ReportsFind out who's citing your work and which journals have high impact factors. See our Classes page to register or to view our complete schedule. We also offer all our classes on a by request basis. |
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Scanning the Library's Special Collections holdings in optics, eye anatomy and eye diseases, I was amazed by the number of titles available in the Special Collections stacks. A new exhibit featuring a number of of these treasures is now on display in the second level show windows and in the Special Collections Reading Room. The examples chosen reflect the depth of the collection, ranging in scope from scientific treatises (Newton and Zinn) to medical quackery (Turner and Taylor). 
The Galter Library is now home to a new piece of university artwork. Earlier in the year, Alan Cubbage, Vice President for University Relations, inquired if the library had space to house a rather large poster. He thought it appropriate that the newly acquired work, showing an artist’s rendition of the proposed medical school building, should be displayed in a public space on the Chicago Campus. The poster’s size – nearly 8ft by 4 ft – precluded it from hanging in most office areas. Fortunately, the library had space in the Barnes Learning Resources Center (LRC) to hang the new artwork. The gallery owner who sold the poster to the university thought that there are only two known copies of this work.