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Objective: To demonstrate the value of the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine Library to library users using the vehicle of National Medical Librarians Month. Methods: A descriptive analysis of techniques used to enhance the value of the East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine Library in the eyes of its parent organization and users. Interventions undertaken were exposure on television, a barbeque for students, a library exhibit fair patterned after conference exhibits in which all major facets of library services were presented using handouts and posters of the services and accomplishments of their unit, and a reception for faculty and staff. Results: The Quillen College of Medicine Library had a turnout of 300+ to the barbeque. The library exhibits drew interest and comments from faculty, staff, and students. The promotion of National Medical Librarians Month allowed the library workers from all departments to a chance to interact with the patrons and it gave patrons a chance to put a face to the library workers they normally just email. Conclusions: The Quillen College of Medicine Library will try to incorporate into National Medical Librarians Month this year some more instruction aspects, giveaways, and more exhibits

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Objectives: An important issue in the field of librarianship is what we will look like in the future. Prognosticators’ predictions range from doomsday to utopia. This poster seeks to identify what the perceptions of the future of libraries are from the published literature. The future of medical libraries in particular will be examined. Methods: This research will analyze the literature published in the field of library science. The literature will then be qualitatively analyzed to determine themes about the perceptions of the future of libraries and librarians. NVIVO qualitative analysis software will be utilized to analyze the data for themes and trends. Three coders will independently code the data. Results and Conclusions: A review of the literature paints a cautiously optimistic picture of the future of medical libraries and librarians. The general perception appears to be an ever increasing involvement in the community outside the walls of the medical library. With expanding collaborative technologies, medical librarians have both the challenges and opportunities to evolve to fill a great need in medical knowledge management and point-of care resources.

This study investigates the extent to which hospital librarians use and are satisfied with Loansome Doc. One hundred and ninety-two libraries in the southeast region were surveyed. Results indicate that hospital libraries using Loansome Doc were not overburdened with end-users or requests. Hospital libraries’ satisfaction with Loansome Doc was generally high. However, many libraries did not offer Loansome Doc services due to limited staff, fear of increased workload, cost/billing issues, and unfamiliarity with the system. Hospital librarians should consider offering Loansome Doc because of the potential for considerable timesaving benefits. Also, Loansome Doc can be an important promotional tool, fostering user confidence in the library’s ability to quickly and conveniently meet information needs.

Prairie (Microtus ochrogaster) and woodland (Microtus pinetorum) voles, which exhibit distinctly different ecological preferences (grassland versus forest), commonly co-occur in paleontological deposits in eastern North America. Despite their ecological differences, their molar morphology is similar. Assuming that those ecologic differences occurred in the past, differentiation of these two taxa is important for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. A sample of 51 lower first molars from living populations were viewed via scanning electron microscope to qualify and quantify schmelzmuster (enamel microstructure) to species-specific standards applicable to the fossil record. The most obvious differences between schmelzmuster of the two taxa are the relatively thicker bands of radial enamel on the leading edges of triangles of M. ochrogaster, as well as the consistent retention of tangential or primitive tangential enamel on the trailing edges and posterior enamel band of the posterior loop of M. pinetorum. Discriminant analysis of landmark data from the same 51 specimens established morphological boundaries for these taxa and successfully separated the recent m1s of M. ochrogaster from those of M. pinetorum. To test identification confidence from previous work, and to add an independent means of identification for future work (at any site), both techniques were applied to a sample of three-closed triangle (“M. ochrogaster” type) m1s from the late Pleistocene Wapsipinicon Local Fauna of Jones County, Iowa. Identifications of the specimens from the Wapsipinicon l.f. based on schmelzmuster and morphometric analysis are consistent with those reached using traditional morphology. Such methods serve as independent “check” of traditional (qualitative) identification, highlight new species-level characters, and quantify previously described features, for discrimination of these taxa.

Objective: The population for this project is Hispanic migrants who have limited English proficiency. They have a low education level, and this is accompanied by a lack of exposure to health education. The objective is too increase health knowledge of participants about: diabetes, importance of early prenatal care, and importance of early detection of breast cancer, as well as increase awareness of drug and alcohol abuse and depression. Methods: The project will partner with the church, Nueva Esperanza, to provide health education to the Hispanic migrant and seasonal farmworker population in the area. The church’s existing theater group will be trained to be volunteer lay health promoters and will get additional training in using theater to provide health education. Skits will be performed at migrant farmworker camps, parks, and churches on the following topics: alcohol and drug abuse, depression, diabetes, early prenatal care, and breast cancer. The goal is that 12 volunteer promoters will be able to provide basic health education in their community so that 640 people will receive health education in at least 2 of the following topics: depression, drug and alcohol abuse, diabetes, early prenatal care, and early detection of breast cancer.