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TML News and Notes: November 2006

Now on Display: Exhibit features US Army Nurse's Experience

Posted November 13, 2006 10:06 AM in Exhibits

A new exhibit has been added to Tompkins-McCaw Library Special Collections Reading Room. This exhibit highlights pieces from Evelyn Crary Bacon's time in the United States Army Nurse Corps.

Evelyn Crary Bacon was a trailblazer in nursing and nursing education in Virginia . As the Virginia Pioneer Nurses Centennial Program states, "she taught distance education before it was the popular 'buzzword' it is today. She founded and taught in ADN programs when the concept was very new. The curriculum model she designed at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College is still a successful one. Evelyn was also responsible for the RN to BSN program at the Academic Division of Virginia Commonwealth University -- one of the earliest programs of its kind."

Upon her passing, Mrs. Bacon left VCU Libraries her personal files, running in time from her days as a student at the University of Iowa in the 1930's all the way up to her work in processing the voluminous Virginia Nurses' Association Archives in the 1990's. Many of these items are included in the new exhibit.

Learn more about the exhibits at Tompkins-McCaw Library at http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/speccoll/.

For more information about this exhibit, contact Andrew Bain, Special Collections Assistant, at albain@vcu.edu or (804) 828-9898

Drug Information Resources

Posted November 6, 2006 4:31 PM in Workshops

Need a prescription for finding drug information? This class will describe options for searching full-text resources such as STATRef! and MD Consult, databases to identify journal articles such as International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and Internet sites for reliable and up-to-date drug information. Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012, MCV Campus.

*Monday, January 29, 2007 11:00 am - Noon
*Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
*Thurday, March 22, 2007 9:00 am - 10:00 am

For more information about this workshop, and other VCU Libraries events and classes, log on to http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/index.html

Moving at the Speed of Byte: Emerging Technologies for Information Management Webcast

Posted November 1, 2006 4:35 PM in Webcasts

This webcast will offer participants the opportunity to learn more about new and emerging technologies and to encourage the use of these technologies in information management. Seating is limited and advanced registration is required. CE credit available. Register Now

For more information, please contact Thelma Mack at 828-0017.