Library Notes

A newsletter for patrons of the Galter Health Sciences Library

Fall 2007
New Series #45

Inside this issue:

Welcome New Students!

Milestones in Dermatology, 1572-1808: Selected Treasures in the Galter Library's Special Collections

Library Computer Center Available for Teaching

Recent NU Faculty Publications

New and Updated Resources Roundup

Overdue Book Fines Eliminated

Galter Health Sciences Library Web Site

Staff News

Patty Sekirka, BPhil, Program Assistant, Email Patty

Ramune Kubilius, MALS, Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian served as compiler of a Lithuanian language memoir with letters and correspondences, published in Kaunas, Lithuania in Spring 2007. The typewritten manuscript, About Events, People and My Life (“Apie įvykius, žmones ir save”), was written by post- World War II Canadian immigrant, agronomist and plant geneticist, Bronius Povilaitis, and was completed before the author’s death in 1985. The idea began as an outgrowth of the author’s participation as an interviewee for a Multicultural History Society of Ontario (Canada) project. The book was published in 2007, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. Compiling the book took up quite a bit of free time outside of work, collecting photographs and corresponding with persons in Canada, Lithuania, Brazil, and the United States. Ramune hopes to share insights on the interesting journey into publishing during the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) conference at Indiana University in 2008.

Congratulations!

On June 30, library staff member Abebi Pendleton gave birth to a beautiful boy named Kymani (which means "Adventurous Traveler"). Congratulations Abebi!

Upcoming Events

Ron Sims, M.A., Special Collections Librarian, and Ramune Kubilius, MALS, Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian, are members of a local group, Chicago Area Medical Archivists (CAMA). CAMA is an informal group of archivists, librarians, healthcare professionals, and others interested in research and promotion of medical history about the Chicago area. Ron Sims is the primary coordinator of CAMA's 6th annual Symposium on Medical History to be hosted at the Galter Health Sciences Library on Friday, October 26, 2007. Some featured speakers are affiliates of Northwestern University and its affiliated hospitals, and in some cases, the presenters have obtained research information assistance at Galter Health Sciences Library, particularly from its Special Collections Librarian, Ron Sims. Topics will include: the Northwestern University translation project of Andreas Vesalius' work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, early Chicago-area medical advertisements, the gland transplant experience in Chicago, the history of Prentice Women's Hospital and other interesting medical history findings.