It is with mixed feelings that I discuss the retirement of Jean Sidwell, MALS, as manager of the A.T. Still Memorial Library Missouri branch at the end of the year. I am sad as Jean has been a partner since 2011 when the two campus-specific libraries were combined into a single University library. As the […]
This summer, the Arizona branch library staff welcomed the incoming classes of A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Arizona campus programs: School of Osteopathic Medicine Arizona (ATSU-SOMA), Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH), and Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS). Our liaison librarians attended orientations for our new and returning students to introduce the library […]
Over the summer, the Missouri branch hosted a number of events, including a student orientation fair, work-study training/pizza lunch in July. We have continued hosting National Library of Medicine poster exhibits, including “Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s Lives” from July to mid-September, then “Every Necessary Care & Attention: George Washington & Medicine,” displayed from October through […]
I have spent the majority of my career at A.T. Still University (ATSU), and am fortunate to have worked with so many talented and wonderful colleagues over the years. When I began as a library clerk in November 1986, we were just a small medical library, with one computer, that supported ATSU’s Kirksville College of […]
The Educational Technology Development Center (ETDC) is pleased to report the successful University-wide launch of Qualtrics, in collaboration with the Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) and Information Technology Services (ITS). As of Sept. 5, the University license is now available to all faculty and staff and can be used for research purposes, innovative instruction, and […]
The library added about 5,000 books from Wiley and almost 200 medical titles from Oxford. The collections can be found in the catalog and Still OneSearch or can be browsed at WileyOnline or Oxford Medicine. The Wiley collection contains a broad subject collection including titles in medicine, sciences, business and education, among others. The Oxford Medical […]
This past May and June, the Arizona campus library hosted the National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibit Native Voices: Native People’s Concepts of Health and Illness in conjunction with the National Center for American Indian Health Professions. The exhibit featured information on Native concepts of health and illness. The exhibit included a number of interviews […]
Library staff have been productive in professional activities since the last edition of this newsletter. Recent publications Swogger, S. E. “Collecting to the Core—Osteopathic Medicine.” Against the Grain, 30, no. 4 (September 2018): 48-49. Recent conference presentations Swogger, S. E., Loguda-Summers, D., Sidwell, J. (2018, October 11). 3D Printing in Research and Curriculum: One Year […]
The Missouri branch library is going back to its roots: it’s starting a new print book collection! A very small one, compared to our enormous collection of electronic books, but it will exist. You will be able to find it on the shelves in the open study space on the ground floor of the Missouri […]
The A.T. Still Memorial Library has some exciting news and interesting new prints coming out of the 3D print shops on each campus. Interesting recent print projects from Missouri Poster presented at Interdisciplinary BioMedical Research Symposium (IBRS) The poster “Innovation Spine And Pelvic Models For The Joint Injection Techniques Training” was presented at the IBRS […]