From the Executive Director

Summer is here! Everyone please have a safe and relaxing time. The library never goes on vacation; we’ve reduced library reference hours but otherwise are open as usual. Please see our posted schedules http://www.library.tmc.edu/kns.html#hours

Recently, several of the HAM-TMC Librarians presented posters at The Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Meeting in Washington , DC., May 21-26, 2004 . InformingNeighborhood Health, Jeffrey T. Huber, Teresa J. Walsh & Beatriz Varman , Camp For All Connections, Jeffrey T. Huber, Teresa J. Walsh & Beatriz Varman and CHARTing Local Health Data: Teaching Librarians Statistical Tools for Public Health Research, Helena VonVille & Deborah Halsted. MLA offers the librarians opportunities to gather, discuss and become better informed about current issues and trends. The leading ones are: the changing publishing trends, including the escalating costs of current subscriptions and how best to archive and preserve digital content; and the open access issues in scholarly publication Public Library of Science (PLOS), and PUBMED Central being two examples of trend setters.

http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/

http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/

The HAM-TMC Library staff invites comments from users. We are a better place when our users are fully involved. Our newsletters and our web site will always have up-to-date information, please peruse them regularly.

http://www.library.tmc.edu/

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The Library Conference, May 18 th, 2004 , featured Dr. Walter Menninger speaking about the history of the Menninger Clinic and the trends in treating mental illness. The web cast of the event is available at: http://library.tmc.edu/

Elizabeth Eaton, PhD
Executive Director