8th Annual Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center
Library Conference
On May 18, 2004, the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas
Medical Center (HAM-TMC) Library held its 8th annual conference in the
Kleberg Auditorium of Baylor College of Medicine. Previous conferences
focused on medical informatics, but this year's conference took its cue
from National Mental Health Month. read
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Reference Desk Summer Hours
The Library will reduce the Reference Desk Hours during the
summer. read more
New Version of PubMed on Tap
What is PubMed on Tap? It is an application for Personal
Digital Assistants (PDAs) that retrieves MEDLINEŽ citations directly from
the PDA through a wireless connection to the Internet. read more
Food for Fines
Do you have a Library fine from books that were not
returned on time? Would you like to have that fine deleted from your
record? read more 
9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Friday and Saturday
Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library
The Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library are
launching a new membership campaign. read
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Library Class Schedule
Need to attend a Reference Manager class? Or would you like
to attend an Advanced PubMed class? Attend one of the many free classes at
the HAM-TMC Library.
For class schedule and registration information visit:
http://hhw.library.tm
c.edu/lib200/classes/Cart/
The keynote speaker was W. Walter Menninger, M.D., Chair of
the Board of Visitors of the Menninger-Baylor College of Medicine-The
Methodist Hospital Foundation. His speech, A Psychiatric Perspective of
Medical History, recalled the development of the psychiatric specialty.
Richard Munich, M.D., Chief of Staff and Medical Director, the Menninger
Clinic, and Vice Chair, Clinical Services, Menninger Department of
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, spoke as
well. His lecture, Clinical Services at the Menninger Clinic,
focused primarily on what services the Menninger Clinic currently provides.
Finally, Elizabeth K. Eaton, Ph.D. Executive Director of the HAM-TMC
Library and Elizabeth Borst White, Associate Director of the John P.
McGovern Historical Research Center, discussed the gift of the Menninger
Library to the HAM-TMC Library in June of 2003. They presented an
entertaining slide show, illustrating the move and highlighting the
extensive treasures of The Menninger Collection on Psychiatry and
Psychoanalysis, one of the premiere collections of books, papers and
journals in these disciplines in the world. The Menninger Clinic relocated
from Topeka, KS to Houston in July of 2003. The web cast of the Library
Conference is now available at: http://library.tmc.edu/
The Conference was held in conjunction with the exhibit
Depression: More Than Just the Blues, on loan from the John P.
McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, which will be on display in
the HAM-TMC Library through June 2004. Books on depression along with items
from the Menninger collection are also on display in the Library. We invite
you to stop by the Library to see this wonderful exhibit.
Support for both the Conference and the Menninger Collection
is necessary and welcome. Through your contribution, you are helping the
Library continue its mission of providing access to health information and
education. We thank you for your generosity.
Make checks payable to The HAM-TMC Library, 1133 John
Freeman Blvd., Houston TX 77030-2809. If you wish to support the collection
with a credit card donation, please call the Library Development Office at
713 799 7153.
From June 1st through August 13th, the Reference Desk hours
will be:
9:00 am – 7:00 pm, Monday – Thursday1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Sunday
The National Library of Medicine has released version 1.4
of "on Tap" for Palm OS.
For more information visit: http://archive.nlm.nih.
gov/proj/pmot/pmot.php
From June 28 through July 9, 2004, the Library will pardon
fines. For every non-perishable food item donated, $1.25 will be deducted
from your Library fine up to a maximum of $10.00. Donations will be
forwarded to the Houston Food Bank.
For more information call the Circulation Desk at: (713) 799-7147.
Through your membership, you become a consumer of the
Library's unique services and help support the Library through our
programs: Adopt-a-Journal, the E. L. Crain Memorial Book Fund, consumer
health projects, and general collection support. We would appreciate your
assistance in maintaining the library as the vital source of information
for health professionals and consumers in the Houston area.
For more information, please call Aimee Postell at
713-799-7153, or e-mail
apostell@library.tmc.edu.