Below is a list of articles, books, and presentations by the A.T. Still Memorial Library staff: New publications Swogger, S. (2017). Managing a Health Sciences Collection. In Kendall, S.K, (ed), Health Sciences Collection Management for the 21st Century. Lanham, ME : Rowman & Littlefield. Forthcoming book news University Librarian Mike Kronenfeld, MLS, MBA, has had […]
The library will not be renewing View-OMT Rapid Video Review, the osteopathic manipulation video collection. This decision was taken in conjunctions with the ATSU-SOMA and ATSU-KCOM OMM/OPP departments due to lack of use. The subscription will end June 30, 2018. by Hal Bright, MIRLS, director of the Arizona branch library
The A.T. Still Memorial Library held an open house to display “Over there: Missouri & the Great War” traveling exhibit on March 9, 2018. As part of the open house, members of American Legion Post 784 and Post 20 of Schuyler and Adair Counties, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 48, and VFW Post 2508 of Adair […]
Charging station The library has added a rapid charging station for smartphones and tablets. The new charging station sits in front of the circulation desk on the old dictionary stand–an excellent repurposing of old technology for new! If you are interested in consulting an elderly dictionary, they are still available from the lower shelf of […]
Data for health and research has been discussed extensively, and a strategic plan has been formulated by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for 2017-27. The plan’s main focus is on data and information, and how to utilize this vast wealth of knowledge to advance healthcare. According to the NLM Strategic Plan Overview, its three […]
The Arizona branch campus was alive and active during Spring 2018. Adrienne Brodie, MLS offered several classes for faculty on predatory publishers and several webinars for clinical faculty/preceptors on the new OneSearch available to them. Samantha Maley finished our journals and book deselection project, and most journals, including back files, are now exclusively online. We […]
Despite the fluctuating weather in Missouri, our A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) students returned from spring break and have been hard at work looking forward to their summer vacation. Several will be staying around campus to study for their boards. At the end of November, the library purchased a new 3D F170 […]
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have set a major goal in their new strategic plans to use new technology to expand access to and usability of research-generated data as they see a major shift in clinical research and practice to a data-driven model of healthcare. Academic libraries […]
Karen T. Snider, DO, FAAO, FNAOME, assistant dean, curriculum, was elected to the board of trustees of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO). AAO is the largest medical society in the United States devoted to fostering osteopathic manipulative medicine and neuromusculoskeletal medicine (NMM/OMM). Dr. Snider was one of two osteopathic physicians to be newly elected […]
Wayne Cottam, DMD, MS, has been appointed as a board member to the Beyond Flexner Alliance. The Beyond Flexner Alliance movement started with a 2012 conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that brought national attention to medical schools with strong social mission commitment, created a forum for collaboration and shared innovations, and legitimized the important role of […]