TML News and Notes: Events

Thursday, October 17, 2013
Noon - 1:00 pm
Tompkins-McCaw Library - Room 109 

Attendees learn how to refine their research ideas into a competitive research question. This session is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; advance registration is encouraged. The Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag series provides a forum for students, faculty, staff, and community partners engaged in research at VCU to gain a better understanding of the research process at VCU. 

Register Online

Thursday, October 10, 2013
Noon - 1:00 pm
Hunton Student Center - TML Learning Center, Room 209

CONSEQUENCES examines the scope of the obesity epidemic and explores the serious health consequences of being overweight or obese. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. 

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Noon - 1:00 pm

Hunton Student Center - TML Learning Center, Room 209,   MCV Campus

Emotions color our everyday individual existence and shape all aspects of our interpersonal and intellectual experiences. In this film, animations and MRI images introduce students to what we now know about the sub-cortical emotional circuits in the brain and chemical processes that produce our emotional responses and contribute to our decision making and mental health. Live action sequences, both in laboratory and real life situations, illustrate Dr. Knutson's research on risk taking and provide intriguing examples of the factors involved in the interplay of affect and reason in making choices. 

Participants are welcome to bring their lunch. 

Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome.

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Open Online Workshop: RefWorks - A Citation Management Program

Monday, August 26, 2013

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

Online

Do you want to save time and energy in managing your citations and creating a bibliography? This class will discuss topics including importing citations from databases, organizing the citations, and correctly formatting citations for a manuscript. Registration is required. After registering, participants will receive the class URL via email

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Open Online Workshop: PubMed: the Basics

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

Online

Learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options and print formats. Methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed. Registration is required. After registering, participants will receive the class URL via email.

Register Online

 

Tompkins-McCaw Library Orientation & Tour

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Noon - 1:00 pm

Tompkins-McCaw Library - TML Classroom, 2-006

Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we`ll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the Tompkins-McCaw Library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility. Registration is encouraged, but not required. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch.

Register Online

Open Workshop: RefWorks - A Citation Management Program      

Monday, August 12, 2013

Noon - 1:00 pm

Tompkins-McCaw Library - Library Classroom, 2-006,   MCV Campus

 Do you want to save time and energy in managing your citations and creating a bibliography? This class will discuss topics including importing citations from databases, organizing the citations, and correctly formatting citations for a manuscript. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome.

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July 9, 2013- August 17, 2013

Tompkins-McCaw Library is proud to host the traveling National Library of Medicine exhibit," Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine." George Washington, first president, Revolutionary War general, plantation owner and businessman, and head of household, had many different concerns and responsibilities from running his estate to ensuring the stability of a new nation. Alongside the traditional demands of political life and military leadership, Washington focused considerable attention on the health and safety of his family, staff, slaves and troops.

Washington's status and wealth gave him--and his community--special privileges. During his lifetime, with the practice of medicine slowly becoming a licensed profession, he could call on a growing class of experts and new knowledge about the spread and prevention of disease. Even so, Washington encountered the limits of medicine when faced with serious illness.

Visit the exhibit's official website

Open Online Workshop: PubMed: The Basics

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Noon - 1:00 pm

Online ,   MCV Campus

Learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options and print formats. Methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed. Registration is required. After registering, participants will receive the class URL via email.

Register Online

 

Tompkins-McCaw Library Orientation & Tour

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Noon - 1:00 pm

Tompkins-McCaw Library - TML Classroom, Room 2-006,   MCV Campus

 Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we'll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the Tompkins-McCaw Library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility. Registration is encouraged, but not required. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch.

 Register Online

 

Open Workshop: RefWorks - A Citation Management Program      

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Noon - 1:00 pm

Tompkins-McCaw Library - Library Classroom, 2-006,   MCV Campus

 Do you want to save time and energy in managing your citations and creating a bibliography? This class will discuss topics including importing citations from databases, organizing the citations, and correctly formatting citations for a manuscript. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome.

 Register Now

 

Tompkins-McCaw Library Orientation & Tour

 Thursday, July 25, 2013

10:00 am - 11:00 am

 Tompkins-McCaw Library - TML Classroom, 2-006,   MCV Campus

 Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we`ll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the Tompkins-McCaw Library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome.

 Register Online

Open Online Workshop: RefWorks

 Wednesday, July 31, 2013

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

 Online ,   MCV Campus

 Do you want to save time and energy in managing your citations and creating a bibliography? This online workshop will discuss topics including importing citations from databases, organizing the citations, and correctly formatting citations for a manuscript. Registration required. After registering you will receive the class URL via email.

 Register Online

Thursday, June 13, 2013
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

Online

Do you want to save time and energy in managing your citations and creating a bibliography? This class will discuss topics including importing citations from databases, organizing the citations, and correctly formatting citations for a manuscript. Registration is required. After registering, participants will receive the class URL via email

Register Online

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Noon - 1:30 pm

Dogs on Call teams will be available in the library on May 7th at lunch time to help students de-stress during final exams. The Dogs on Call program is part of the Center for Human-Animal Interaction at VCU Medical Center. Their mission is to improve health and well-being through human- animal interaction. For more information about the Center for Human-Animal Interaction visit http://www.chai.vcu.edu/

Online Workshop: Advanced PubMed

Wednesday, April 24

12:15 - 1:00 PM, Online

During this online workshop you will learn how to get more out of PubMed by using subject headings and setting up a MyNCBI account to save search strategies and send you regular updates. Explore some of the other databases that link to PubMed covering drugs, sequences, structures and more. Register at PubMed

 

Open Workshop: Library Orientation & Tour

Tuesday, April 30

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, TML Classroom, Room 2-006

Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we`ll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the Tompkins-McCaw Library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility. Registration is encouraged, but not required. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch. Register at Library Tour  

 

 RefWorks -- A Citation Management Program                                               

Wednesday, May 1

12:15 - 1:00 PM, TML Classroom, Room 2-006

RefWorks is an extremely useful tool that allows you to easily create and manage your own personal research database. With a personalized account, you can quickly add citations to your database as you are searching the literature. When you are ready, RefWorks will automatically generate your bibliography to finalize your grant, thesis, dissertation, or manuscript. With all the needed styles contained within RefWorks, your bibliography can easily be generated in APA, MLA, or most any other style. RefWorks now includes the added module, RefShare, which allows users to share their RefWorks references with both members of their own institution and globally with any researchers via the Internet, further enhancing collaborative projects. Register at RefWorks

 

TEDMED 2013 Conference

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm through

Friday, April 19, 2013 8:15 am - 12:30 pm, Tompkins-McCaw Library

Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences will host a live simulcast of TEDMED 2013, April 16-19, during regular library hours. The University community is invited to join colleagues to listen to this provocative series of short, inspiring talks, curated by the well-known TED (technology, entertainment, design) conference series, which began in the mid-1980s. TEDMED focuses on health and medicine. According to organizers, "TEDMED believes that the future of health and medicine will be shaped by vital input from leading medical colleges, teaching hospitals, government agencies and non-profit institutions around the world." In this spirit of collaboration and information sharing, the TEDMED event is broadcast free to these institutions. 

The TEDMED Schedule
The Speakers' Lineup
 

Film Screening: "Tapped"                                             

Wednesday, April 17

12:00 - 1:00 PM, TML Learning Center at Hunton, Room 209

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. This timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water. From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table. Attendees may bring their lunch. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. Register at Film Screening

 

RAMS Reaching Out Reception 

Thursday, April 18, 2013
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Tompkins-McCaw Library

The fourth exhibit to be featured on the newly renovated gallery walls of Tompkins-McCaw Library, the Rams Reaching Out photographic exhibit celebrates the outreach activities of VCU Health Sciences students from urban Richmond to rural Southwest Virginia to the faraway shores of West Africa. They work in free clinics, do rotations in community settings or go on group service trips. Showcased will be the breadth of those experiences. The exhibit is open during Tompkins-McCaw Library normal operating hours. Friday through Sunday, hours are limited. For a complete listing of hours, please see: http://www.library.vcu.edu/hours/tml/tml_yearly.html. The public is invited to the opening reception. To RSVP for the opening reception please contact Thelma Mack, mackta@vcu.edu or 804-828-0017. 

 

Community Health Education Center: Donate Life Blue and Green Day

Friday, April 19, 2013
10:00 am - 2:00 pm, VCU Medical Center Gateway Building - Ground Floor, MCV Campus

April is National Donate Life Month and April 19 is Donate Life Blue and Green Day! Celebrate and become better educated with us on Friday, April 19 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Community Health Education Center. Stop by during this time for the opportunity to learn more about organ, eye, and tissue donation. Wear your blue and green on this day to raise awareness and honor organ, eye, and tissue donation! For more information, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432 or email seamick@vcu.edu. The Community Health Education Center is located on the Ground Floor of the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building. 

For more information please visit:
Donate Life
Community Health Education Center
  

Searching Primo-the new VCU Libraries Discovery Tool
Tuesday, March 5
11:00 am - Noon, Sanger Hall B1-020
Have you tried the VCU Libraries Search box recently and noticed the new results format? Are you uncertain about what you have found? Please join us to learn about what you are searching and strategies for finding what you need. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. Register at Searching Primo

Tompkins-McCaw Library Orientation and Tour
Thursday, March 7
Noon - 1:00 pm, TML Room 2-006
Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we`ll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the Tompkins-McCaw Library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. Attendees may bring their lunch. Register at Library Tour

Brown Bag Lunch: The IRB - the Exempt, the Expedited, and the Full-Board
Wednesday, March 13
Noon - 1:00 pm, TML, Room 109
Understand the different levels of regulatory review required for research from Drs. Monika Markowitz, OHRP, and Betsy Ripley, IRB Chair. A second session will be scheduled to address specific questions from attendees. This session is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; advance registration is encouraged. The Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag series provides a forum for students, faculty, staff, and community partners engaged in research at VCU to gain a better understanding of the research process at VCU. Register at Brown Bag

Film Screening: Is Seeing Believing?
Thursday, March 14
Noon - 1:00 pm, TML Learning Center @ Hunton Student Center, Room 209
Horizon explores the strange and wonderful world of illusions - and reveals the tricks they play on our senses and why they fool us. We show how easy it is to trick your sense of taste by changing the colors of food and drink, explain how what you see can change what you hear, and see just how unreliable our sense of color can be. But all this trickery has a serious purpose. It is helping scientists to create a new understanding of how our senses work, not as individual senses, but connected together. Attendees may bring their lunch. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. Register at Film Screening

Monday, November 12

Monday, October 22 - Saturday, December 1

Thursday, October 18

VCU Libraries announces its 2012-13 VCU Libraries Presents series of programming. The diverse programs, all of which are free and open to the public are:

• John J. Nance, a medical and aviation safety consultant, will speak on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. at the Hermes A. Kontos Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St. He will discuss his ideas on leadership, responsibility, transparency and accountability as outlined in his book, "Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care."
• Richmond author Kitty Snow will discuss her book "From a Richmond Streetcar," which features rare historic photos of Richmond, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives, 901 Park Ave.
• Justin Torres, the 2012 recipient of the Cabell First Novelist Award, will speak on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St. Torres will read from his prize-winning novel "We Are the Animals" and discuss the publishing process.
• Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the Innocence Project, and Marvin Anderson, who was exonerated after 15 years in prison through the use of DNA evidence, will speak on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. Their lecture is titled "Justice for All: Race, Wrongful Conviction and the Innocence Project."
• Jack Spiro, D.H.L., Ed.D., director of the VCU Center for Judaic Studies, will speak on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Ave. His lecture "Is Life Meaningful? A Jewish Response" will address the Jewish perspective on the search for the meaning of life.
• A panel of Virginia history experts will discuss the impact of a failed Virginia slave rebellion. Details to be announced.
• Carmen Foster, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia, will speak in March 2013. Her lecture "Another Untold Story of Race and Richmond" will reveal the history of Hartshorn Memorial College, a private school for African American women that became a part of Virginia Union University in 1932. Details to be announced.

Additional programs are being planned.

All events are free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Broad Street and West Main Street parking decks. Doors generally open 30 minutes before the program begins.

For additional information, visit www.library.vcu.edu/events/2012-13 or contact Gregory G. Kimbrell at

Patient and aviation expert John J. Nance takes on a sensitive topic in medicine: mistakes. 

In 1999, a landmark study from the Institute of Medicine found that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die from preventable medical errors every year. These findings encouraged medical professionals to re-evaluate their system and look for new ways to keep patients safer--even if it meant looking far outside the medical field. One source of information is Nance, a nationally respected expert on patient safety. VCU Libraries partners with the MCV Hospitals Auxiliary and the VCU Health System to bring him to Richmond this month for a free program.   

Nance will give a lecture on "Why Hospitals Should Fly" at the Kontos Medical Sciences Building Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. Nance's lecture, derived from his 2009 book of the same name, examines the ways hospitals and medical professionals fail, and what they can do to catch their errors before patients are harmed, using lessons learned from the aviation industry. 

The lecture celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Community Health Education Center, the only consumer health library of its kind in Virginia. Please register online. 

A pioneer in medical and aviation safety, John J. Nance is a decorated U.S. Air Force and commercial pilot, and a founder of the National Patient Safety Foundation. His ideas about leadership, responsibility, transparency and accountability are part of the national conversation on how a team-centered approach can save lives, make patients safer and strengthen the performance of hospitals and clinics. Nance is the author of many books on best practices in human systems. He will discuss his book, "Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care," which many see as a guide to the future of patient care.

A military and commercial pilot with more than 13,000 flight hours, Nance helped reform the aviation field, working to eliminate accidents from preventable errors. He applies the same techniques of increased teamwork, communication and better checklists to the medical field. 

But Nance said the biggest challenge that medical professionals face is in changing their culture, the belief that they cannot or should not make mistakes. "It's not just communication, it's a willingness to understand our propensity for human failure," said Nance. "Once we accept that these failure rates are a result of being human, and we accept that teamwork is the way to get around it. Then, we believe we can get to zero."

About John J. Nance Jr.: He holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University and is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. He is an aviation analyst for ABC News and the author of 19 books. In 1988, he began applying the techniques he used to improve aviation safety to the medical field. His most recent works, "Why Hospitals Should Fly" (2009) and "Charting the Course" (2012) focus on how hospitals can improve their patient care, especially involving medical errors. Nance collaborates with his wife, Kathleen Bartholomew, on his current and most recent work. Bartholomew is a registered nurse with a Masters in Nursing who also writes and speaks on improving patient care. They live in Seattle. 

Tuesday, August 21

Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences invites current MCV Campus students to share photographs from their 2011-12 health services projects anywhere in the world to the Rams Reaching Out Photography Contest. Selected photographs will be displayed in the Tompkins-McCaw Library Gallery and win cash prizes. Some will be shared on Facebook.

Here's how it works: 

• Serve. Do what VCU does best. Go out into your community and the world, and help improve lives wherever you go. It's what health professions are all about.
• Snap.Take photos of what moves you. You with an injured wheat farmer in Manitoba you're helped learn to walk again. Your clinic in San Salvador.
• Send. Submissions are accepted August 15-September 15 from all Fall 2012 MCV Campus students. Use VCU FileDrop and send a full-resolution copy the photograph(s) along with a brief description of what's going on in the photo to us at libtmlsca@vcu.edu. 

Note: All photos of identifiable individuals require signed releases. No cell phone photos accepted.  

Questions: email at libtmlsca@vcu.edu with the subject line "Photos." 

Join us in the Tompkins-McCaw Library Instruction Classroom (2-012) at 11 am on Tuesday May 15 for a PubMed searching class.  As well as the basics about searching, using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), and setting up a MyNCBI account, we will cover the new Limits side bar.  Learn how to add, change, and remove Limits with the new sidebar so you can refine your search to get the articles you need.

Tuesday, May 1

Wednesday, April 25

Monday, April 16

Monday, April 2

The 2012 VCU Technology Fair, co-sponsored by VCU Technology Services and the VCU Libraries, brings the latest in technology developments for the classroom, office and research to VCU on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 3 and 4.

Thinking about purchasing an iPad, tablet, laptop or desktop printer? Want to learn more about VCU wireless, video conferencing or the Google Apps for Education? Investigate through hands-on experiences and demonstrations of new products. Workshops by Apple, Atomic Learning, BlackBoard, Dell and Instructure will be offered.

Attendees get chances at winning a Dell laptop, an iPad, a Kindle or an Chrome Book.

Where and When
University Student Commons, Richmond Salons
Monroe Park Campus
Tuesday, April 3
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. with light refreshments, faculty and staff only
10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. with snack luncheon, students, faculty and staff

Tompkins-McCaw Library
Medical College of Virginia Campus
901 North 12th St.
Wednesday, April 4
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with snack luncheon, faculty, staff and students

For additional information
Hope Adams at the Monroe Park Campus or Shannon Jones on the MCV Campus.

The Community Health Education Center is hosting an Open House to celebrate 10 years of providing current and reliable health information in a welcoming and comfortable setting.  Come by CHEC between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm on April 17, 2012 to see what we have to offer and celebrate with us!  During this time, we will have giveaways, prizes, and refreshments available.  We hope you will visit during our Open House celebration and throughout our 10th year!
For more information please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.
The Community Health Education Center is a partnership of the VCU Health System, the MCVH Auxiliary, and the VCU Libraries.  CHEC is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Tuesday, March 6

Expressions of the science of art made to inform and the art of scientific illustration are on view March 8 through September 28 at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University.

INTERSECTIONS: ART AND SCIENCE. is curated by James Miller, chair of VCU's Department of Communication Arts, and organized by VCU Libraries' health sciences library on the MVC campus. Event Web site

The exhibition includes human anatomy: structural, muscular and anatomical drawings of the figure. Images in various media and digital technologies include plants, animals, insects, microorganisms, surgical procedures and animations.

"These artists' objective is to observe, draw, describe and reveal the majesty and wonder of our subject matter with the insight and vision of an artist and the acuity of a scientist," says curator Miller.

Works are by students, alumni and faculty of the Scientific and Preparatory Medical emphasis area. In 2006, the Department of Communication Arts created this academic focus area to prepare students for careers as scientific illustrators and for advanced study in the field of medical illustration.

Fitting for a university with both world class arts and medical schools, the VCU program is among a few in the nation. Students gain the skills and knowledge to produce images that present complex scientific and/or medical information for the purpose of explaining and understanding scientific, technical ideas, concepts, principles and facts.

"Students develop the ability to accurately interpret and portray the real and the abstract, fact and conjecture with either extreme precision or interpretive expression as required by the content," says Miller. "Observation and critical thinking are key to being a scientific or medical illustrator."

Participating artists are:

Students:

• Austin Anderson: "Insect Study," watercolor on paper
• Grace Huddleston: "Arm Study," graphite on paper
• Emily Bradfield: "Bone Study 1," and "Bone Study 2," graphite on paper
• Caitlin Johnston: "Artichoke," digital print
• Mary Carter: "Insect Study," watercolor on paper, "Phalaenopsis Orchid," digital print, "Feather Study," watercolor on paper, "Observatory," acrylic on panel, and "Chicken Heart Study," acrylic on panel
• Lucy Koo: "Figure Study," graphite on paper
• Jessica Foley: "Squid Dissection," watercolor on paper
• Lori Panico: "Cicada Study," watercolor on paper
• Juliana Phung: "Female Figure," graphite on paper.

Alumni:

• Anastasia Demson: "Portrait of a Hand II," graphite on paper, and "Performing an Emergency Cricothyrotomy," digital print
• Lauren Conroy: Animations entitled "Revolving Skulls and Endocasts," and "Bacteria World"
• Don Di Fiore: "Fish Head Study," watercolor on paper, and "Mouse," ink and watercolor Vinh Chau: "Open Clam," watercolor on paper, "Pompano Dissection," ink and watercolor on paper, "Hawk," ink and watercolor on paper, "Vulture," ink and watercolor on paper, and "Cricket," Prisma markers and graphite on paper
• Suzanne Ghuzzi: "Pedicle Graft," digital print, "Fontanelles: A Guide to an Infant's Soft Spot," digital print, "A Closer Look at Foliculogenesis," digital print, "Acute Otitis Media," digital print, "Chelydra serpentina: The Common Snapping Turtle," digital print, "Culex pipiens: The West Nile Virus Vector," digital print.

Adjunct faculty member:

•  Sarah Faris: "Laparoscopically Assisted Right Hemicolectomy," graphite and digital media, "Hands," graphite on paper, "LBWC," digital print, "Hip Bone," carbon dust on paper, "Muscles of the Pharynix," digital print, "Malaria," digital print, "Lumbar Surgery," digital print.

"Their illustrations suggest the beauty in the complexity of science and medicine," says Tompkins-McCaw Director Teresa L. Knott. "My aspiration for the attendees is that they come away with an appreciation of the amazing talent of those affiliated with this unique arts program and a broader vision of medical and scientific illustration and how it might be used. I believe that the exhibit will stimulate conversations and cooperation between the Monroe Park and MCV campuses."

Medical illustration is far more than art just for art's sake. Graduates are in demand for scientific, medical and biomedical visualization artwork in teaching, in digital and textbook illustration, as well as in patient and consumer health education. Artists with this specialty are hired for medical legal illustration, pharmaceutical advertising, web design, medical iPhone/iPad applications, to name a few. New digital imaging technologies and 3D interactive applications enable the scientific and medical and biomedical visualization illustrator to animate and employ movement and sequential imaging. These advanced technologies make possible imagery and special visual effects that are changing, expanding, and enriching the possibilities of the discipline and the way we learn and teach medical and scientific concepts.

The public is invited to attend an opening reception on Thursday, March 8, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. RSVP for the reception at www.support.vdu.edu/event/intersections. If special accommodations are needed, please contact Thelma Mack at (804) 828-0017 or mackta@vcu.edu. The exhibition will continue through September 28, 2012. The Tompkins-McCaw Library Gallery is at 509 North 12th St. on the MCV Campus. It is open to the public during regular library hours. 

On Tuesday, February 14 at noon, the Community Health Education Center will host a program about heart health in recognition of American Heart Month.

Dr. Vetrovec, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, will present "No one lives forever, but you don't need to die of your heart!"

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Take advantage of a number of upcoming classes offered by the Tompkins-McCaw Library on a variety of topics, including sessions on Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Finding Health Statistics Online, RefWorks, Finding Images, and more.

Information about upcoming events and orientations offered by the Tompkins-McCaw Library and the James Branch Cabell Library is available through the Library Events Calendar. 

For more information about training opportunities at Tompkins-McCaw Library, please contact Thelma Mack at 804-828-0017 or mackta@vcu.edu.

On Tuesday, January 24 at noon, the Community Health Education Center will host "Computers and the Eyes" presented by Dr. Juan Orellana, Associate Professor, VCU Dept. of Ophthalmology.

This presentation will cover how to work comfortably with computers, and address other causes of eyestrain and headaches.

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy will host an auction of selected paintings from Dean Victor A. Yanchick's "Watercolors" exhibit at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences. The exhibition's run has been extended through January.

Proceeds from the auction will go toward pharmacy student scholarships.

The auction will take place 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 3 at the library, 509 N. 12th St. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served.

For event details, contact Ellen Leverich at (804) 828-3016.

More about the exhibit

Tompkins-McCaw Library will host a special Training Day on Thursday, January 26 for the new McGraw-Hill Access databases - Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Pharmacy, Medicine and Surgery.  Each database contains the complete text of leading reference books, board review test materials, images and video, and an integrated drug database.  Classes will be held in the morning and afternoon on the MCV Campus.  Come learn about this suite of resources and discover tools and features created especially for the needs of today's health sciences faculty, students and residents. Registration is required.

Class Schedule - Thursday, January 26, 2012
10:30 - 11:30 am:  Tompkins-McCaw Library, 2-012 Register
1 - 2 pm:  Sanger Hall, B1-020  Register
3 - 4 pm:  Sanger Hall, B1-020  Register

Monday, December 5

Monday, November 14

November is American Diabetes Month.

Please join us on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at noon for a diabetes program presented by Dr. Sisson from VCU School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science.

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

Also, please stop by to see our display on diabetes throughout the month of November.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298. 

Monday, November 7 - Friday, December 16

Monday, October 31

With a week left of National Medical Librarians Month, the Tompkins-McCaw Library is giving away up to twenty-five Shaka Smart/VCU Libraries read posters. Win one by sharing your favorite things about the Tompkins-McCaw Library or librarians on our Facebook page.

The VCU Friends of the Library will hold the annual book sale from Monday, Oct. 24 through Friday, Oct. 28 in room B-7 of James Branch Cabell Library. There are hundreds of books, most for $2 or less. All proceeds from the sale help to fund VCU  Libraries' programs, collections and lectures.

2011 Sale Hours:
Monday, Oct. 24: Noon - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 25: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 26: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 27: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. ** Special ½ price sale
Friday, Oct. 28: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.** Special ½ price sale

Preview Sale for Friends of the Library Donors:
Monday, Oct 24: 9 am - Noon (Please present your Friends donor card for admission to the preview sale.)

Each day leading up to the sale, we are posting to the VCU Libraries Facebook wall a selection of three interesting or unusual thematically related books that give a small preview of the material in the sale. We began with "Famous Johns," a category that includes "John Adams" by Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough, "The Day John Died" by Christopher Andersen and "John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father" by Francis J. Bremer. Come to the sale to find a large selection of other books about or by famous Johns . . . in addition to novels, collections of poems, plays, books on Virginia, history books, books on film and dance, cookbooks, scientific and medical books and travel books. There are also CDs, DVDs, LPs and other media.

For further information,  see the book sale website or contact Gregory Kimbrell at             (804) 828-0593       or kimbrellgg@vcu.edu.

The book sale is made possible through the generous donations of people from the Richmond area and beyond. Anyone can donate. For more information on how you can contribute to the next book sale, please see our book donation website.

Monday, October 24

The staff at the Tompkins-McCaw Library invites all MCV Campus students, faculty, and staff to join us as we celebrate National Medical Librarians Month by joining us at these exciting events and workshops:

• Attend the 2011 Cyber security Fair to learn about the many options for protecting  personal information from cybercriminals, as well as ways to secure your electronic devices at home and at work on October 5, 2011

 

• View the Henkel Physicians: A Family's Life in Letters exhibit on display in the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room until October 15, 2011

• Learn more about anatomical education in 19^th century Richmond at our Grave Robbing, Goblins, and Ghouls lecture and ghost tour on October 31, 2011

 

• Refresh your research skills by attending an open workshop:

o   PubMed, October 17 at Noon - Hunton Student Center

o   Drug Information Resources, Wednesday, October 19 at Noon  - Tompkins-McCaw Library

o   Finding Health Statistics Online, Thursday, October 20 at Noon - Hunton Student Center

o   RefWorks, Monday, October 24 at 10:00 a.m.  - Sanger Hall

o   Where's the Evidence, Tuesday, October 25 at 4:00 p.m. - Tompkins-McCaw Library

o   Effective Literature Searching to Support Your Research, Thursday, October 27 at Noon - Tompkins-McCaw Library

 

Thanks for your Support!

 

Monday, October 17

Plan to attend the 2011 Cybersecurity Fair on Wednesday, October 5 from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm at Tompkins-McCaw Library! 

The VCU Cybersecurity fair is an annual event hosted jointly by VCU and VCU Health System. In addition to the contributions received by the vendors, VCU Cybersecurity Fair is supported internally by VCU Libraries, VCU Health Systems, VCU School of Medicine, VCU School of Nursing and VCU Technology Services.

The goal of this event is to promote a secure culture within VCU and VCU Health System, and the program is designed to provide information security education and training to all constituents within the VCU community. In addition to learning about Cybersecurity, attendees will also learn about the ways to protect their personal information from cybercriminals, as well as ways to secure their electronic devices at home and at work.

Additionally, technology vendors will be on-site to demonstrate the latest and greatest technology, and IT support staff will be on-site to answer technology and security related questions. Breakfast, Lunch and raffle prizes are also available to attendees. All VCU faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend.

For more information, please visit the Cybersecurity Fair website.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

On Thursday, Oct. 20 at noon, the Community Health Education Center (CHEC) will host a Breast Cancer Awareness Program presented by Dr. Gilda Cardenosa, Director, VCU Breast Imaging.

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

Also, please stop by to see our display on breast cancer throughout the month of October. 

The Community Health Education Center (CHEC) is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298. 

Finding and Organizing Articles for Your Research and Publication

Monday, September 19

On display Tuesday, September 6 through Saturday, October 15

Monday, August 22

Wednesday, August 17

Please join us on Wednesday, August 24 at noon for a program on snake bites presented by Evelyn Waring, Director of Public Education for the Virginia Poison Center at the VCU Medical Center. This program will be focused on Virginia's poisonous snakes and current treatment options for their bites.

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

Also, please stop by to see our display on snake bites throughout the month of August.  We have handouts available on snake bites and additional Virginia Poison Center information.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298. 

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Introduction to Searching CINAHL
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Thursday, June 30, 201
12:00 - 1:00 PM
RefWorks Online Workshop
Online

Friday, July 1, 2011
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
VCUHS Smoke Free Campus Anniversary Health Fair
Gateway Building

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Tuesday, July 12 at noon for a program on menopause. This program will be presented by Dr. Lisa Ellis, Medical Director of Clinical Services, VCU Institute for Women's Health.
Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.
The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Tuesday, June 21
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag Lunch: Making GCP Your Standard Research Practice
1st Floor Conference Room, 109

Friday, June 24
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Library Orientation
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Thursday, May 26
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Introduction to Searching CINAHL
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Thursday, May 26
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Community Health Education Center Program: Happiness at Work
Gateway Building

Tuesday, May 17
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag Lunch: Strategies and Tools for Patient Recruitment
First Floor Conference Room, 109

Monday, May 2, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
PubMed
TML Learning Center @ Hunton

Monday, May 2, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag Lunch: The IRB- the Exempt, the Expedited, and the Full-Board
Richmond Academy of Medicine Building, First Floor Conference Room

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Film Screening: Spirituality, Suffering & Illness
TML Learning Center @ Hunton

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor

Thursday, May 5, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Library Orientation
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Thursday, May 5, 201
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor

VCU Libraries is participating in Preservation Week April 25 through 29, 2011. The focus this year is on Family Treasures. Guidelines for preserving personal objects are available in TML and on the VCU Libraries website.

VCU Libraries Preservation Department

Monday, April 25, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Library Orientation
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012 

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Whetting Your Appetite for Research: The IRB- the Exempt, the Expedited, and the Full-Board  
1st Floor Conference Room, 109

Thursday, April 28, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Varicose Vein Care Program
Community Health Education Center, Gateway Building

Friday, April 29, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
CINAHL
Online

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Thursday, April 28 at noon for a program on vein care. Dr. Malcolm K. Sydnor will present "State of the Art Treatment for Varicose Veins and Spider Veins." Dr. Sydnor is Director, Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University. In his presentation, Dr. Sydnor plans to discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of varicose veins and spider veins in the lower extremities. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu. The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Monday, April 11, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
RefWorks
Sanger Hall, B1-020

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Technology Fair  
Tompkins-McCaw Library

Thursday, April 14, 2011
10:00 - 11:30 AM
New Authors' Discussion Forum
Distance Education Room, 2-010

Monday, March 28, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Open Online Workshop: RefWorks
Online

Tuesday, March 29, 2011
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PsycINFO
Sanger Hall, B1-020

Wednesday, March 30, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Library Orientation
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Thursday, March 31, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Advanced PubMed
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Thursday, March 31, 2011
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Bedpan Elegance: Opening Reception

March is National Kidney Month! Please join us as we promote kidney health and kidney disease awareness on Thursday, March 24 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm in the Community Health Education Center. Learn more about your kidneys and how to protect them. Free blood pressure screenings will be available. Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, please call Sarah or Dana at 804-828-2432 or email seamick@vcu.edu.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag Lunch: Managing the Money
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Introduction to Searching CINAHL
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
 
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Using the VCU Libraries e-Books Collection (Health Sciences)
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012

Thursday, March 3, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
PubMed
Online

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at noon for "Exercise and Nutrition in the New Year." This program will be presented by Stephen Sowulewski, Associate Professor from the VCU Dept. of Health and Human Performance, and Irene Lubker, Dietitian and Research Librarian at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences. If you would like to live a healthier and more active life this year, then come to this program for some hands-on education and encouragement!

Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at noon for a special program on eating healthy during the holidays presented by Rachel Furman, Registered Dietitian.
Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

This can be a very difficult time of year for making nutritious food choices with all of the stress and tempting sweets that often accompany the holiday season. We hope you will come by CHEC to attend our program on the 15th, and also to see this month's display on healthy eating for the holidays. We have some healthy, festive recipe ideas for you to try!

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Join Tompkins-McCaw Library's Jodi Koste for a lecture on Grave Robbing, Goblins, and Ghouls: Anatomical Education in 19th Century Richmond on Thursday, October 28 from 4 to 5 pm in Sanger Hall, Room 4-026. Anatomical instruction has been integral to medical education for centuries. Discover how anatomy was taught in Richmond during the 19th century and why students and faculty were involved in procuring cadavers for this important educational experience. A brief walking tour of the MCV Campus highlighting stories about grave robbing, goblins, and ghouls will follow the presentation. Seating is limited; advanced registration is encouraged.

Register online for the lecture
Register online for the tour

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Monday, November 1 at noon for a program in recognition of National Diabetes Awareness Month. Adrienne Patterson and Richa Dua from the VCU School of Pharmacy will be speaking about diabetes. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu. The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Also, please stop by CHEC anytime we're open during the month of November to see our display on diabetes and pick up some information.

The VCU Libraries, Technology Services, and the Center for Clinical and Translational Research present the 2010 Research Services Day on Thursday, October 28 from 8:30 am to 3 pm at Tompkins-McCaw Library. This event will highlight the vast array of resources available at VCU to support YOUR research.

Seating limited; advance registration encouraged. Register online, via email, or by calling 828.0017.

For more information, please visit the Research Services Day website.

The VCU Medical Center is proud to host the 2010 Cybersecurity Fair in recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month on Wednesday, October 27 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Tompkins-McCaw Library. Join us as VCU's security experts, along with corporate partners, present demos and share their experiences that range from Social Networking and Anytime, Anywhere Secure Connectivity for Healthcare Professionals to data breaches and Computer Forensics in Healthcare. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy a light lunch, view exciting presentations, and enter for a chance to win a smart device of your own! Seating limited; advance registration encouraged. Register online, via email, or by calling 828.0017. Attendees must attend at least one session to be eligible for lunch and the raffle.

For more information, please visit the Cybersecurity Fair website.

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Tuesday, October 19 at noon for a program on caregiving. Dr. Joyce O. Beckett will present "Caring for the Caregiver" and share information from her book, "Lifting Our Voices: The Journeys Into Family Caregiving of Professional Social Workers." Dr. Beckett is professor emerita, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu. The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at noon for a special program on healthy eating presented by Rachel Furman, Registered Dietitian. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu. The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Please also stop by the Community Health Education Center this month to see our display on nutrition and the many health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. Get tips on portion control and learn how to add more fruit and veggies to your diet.

Check out these sites to learn more.
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov

We hope to see you in CHEC this month, and remember to eat those colorful and nutritious fruits and vegetables!!

Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Wednesday, August 25 at noon for a special program on Injury Prevention. This program will be presented by Rachel Poindexter, RN, Injury Prevention Coordinator for the VCU Medical Center's Injury and Violence Prevention Program, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu. The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Jean Cheek will speak about Domestic Violence Prevention on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 from noon to 1 pm in the Community Health Education Center. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.

Dr. Linda Hancock will present "New and Exciting Ways to Beat Tobacco: Stuff You Never Thought About" on Thursday, June 10, 2010 from noon to 1 pm in the Community Health Education Center. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center
Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA
23298.

VCU Libraries and USC&A are cosponsoring this summer's MCV Campus Summer Documentary Series. All films will be shown in the TML Learning Center @ Hunton from noon to 1 pm.

Click on the following film titles for more information and to register:

Tuesday, June 1- Typhoid Mary: the Most Dangerous Woman in America
Tuesday, June 8- Influenza
Tuesday, June 15- Coma: Part 1
Tuesday, June 22- Coma: Part 2
Tuesday, June 29- Worried Sick
Tuesday, July 6- Addiction
Tuesday, July 13- Fat and Happy
Tuesday, July 20- The Alzheimer's Project: Part 1
Tuesday, July 27- The Alzheimer's Project: Part 2

All films can be found in the library catalog and will be available for check out after their scheduled viewings.

In observance of National Mental Health Month, Dr. Victoria Menzies will
speak about the benefits of stress journaling on Thursday, May 20, 2010
from 12 noon to 1:00 pm in the Community Health Education Center, VCU
Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor. Light refreshments will be provided. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register for the event, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.

The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center
Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA
23298.

April is National Donate Life Month!

Please join us on Tuesday, April 27 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in the Community Health Education Center (CHEC), located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor.

Come learn more about organ donation and enjoy light refreshments.
For more information, please call Sarah or Dana at 804-828-2432 or email seamick@vcu.edu.

Due to the inclement weather on February 10, Tompkins-McCaw Library and USC&A have rescheduled the film screening of Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America to Wednesday, February 24 from 12 to 1:30 pm in the Hunton Student Center's Learning Center. For more information and to register, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7245.

Tompkins-McCaw Library and USC&A are proud to announce their MCVC Spring Documentary Film Series. All films will be shown in Hunton Student Center's Learning Center from 12:00 to 1:30 pm.

Wednesday, February 10
Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America
How can a seemingly healthy 44-year-old suddenly drop dead from a massive heart attack? His case is not unusual, as the 90-minute documentary explains. More than half of all people who die of heart disease succumb suddenly without warning--and the other half have the disease lurking in their bodies for many years before it strikes. There is no cure, but doctors are making remarkable discoveries about the disease: where it starts, how it occurs, and what that means for us. http://bit.ly/hiddenepidemic

Wednesday, March 10
Supersize Me
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once, and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American are now overweight. Spurlock's grueling diet spirals him into a metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac. http://bit.ly/supersizme

Wednesday, April 7
Pandemic: Facing AIDS
Narrated by Elton John, Pandemic: Facing AIDS is a documentary series of five half-hour films by Rory Kennedy that takes a unique look at the worldwide AIDS epidemic. The dimensions of the AIDS pandemic are catastrophic. During the last 20 years, HIV/AIDS has spread across social, political and cultural barriers, affecting people in every corner of the globe. Experts predict that in ten years, 112 million people may be HIV-positive, yet it is a disease whose transmission is entirely preventable. http://bit.ly/facingaids

Wednesday, May 5
Struggling in Silence: Physician Depression and Suicide
Struggling in Silence conveys the impact of physician suicide on families, patients and communities through the stories of two physicians lost to suicide. It also shares the accounts of those living with mood disorders: a freshman medical student with depression and anxiety who considered dropping out, a surgeon diagnosed with depression who overcame stigmatizing attitudes and policies within his state and profession, and a prominent neurologist whose bipolar disorder introduced her to new areas of research and patient care. http://bit.ly/silentstruggle

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tompkins-McCaw Library - 1st Floor Conference Room

This presentation will cover various aspects of how the iPhone/iPod Touch are being used in healthcare, and by healthcare providers and students. We will discuss the iPhone/iPod Touch features such as internet access, iTunes U, podcasts, and over 100,000 available applications. These features combined with the portability of the device are being used for medical imaging, alerts, patient monitoring, medical reference tools and calculators, even hospital security camera monitoring, and more. We will also touch on the basics of deploying and managing these devices. After the presentation, we encourage folks to use the remaining scheduled time to join Apple for refreshments and informal discussions with other attendees. Seating is limited; registration required.

Register online

Tompkins-McCaw Library is hosting two full-day PubMed classes offered by the National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) from 8:30 am to 5 pm on January 28 and 29 in room 2-012. These classes are designed to teach students how to use PubMed, including MEDLINE citations and an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). For more information and to register, visit http://tinyurl.com/yl88958 or http://tinyurl.com/y8gjp4j.

Warner Yuen, Apple Consulting Engineer for Scientific Computing
Tuesday December 8, 2009
9:30 am - Noon
Tompkins-McCaw Library - First Floor Conference Room MCV Campus

Breakthrough concepts from Apple have revolutionized print publishing, the music industry, and mobile connectivity. Apple technology and innovative partner solutions are now transforming the continuum of mobility from portable to mobile learning tools in medical education. This session will highlight the use of Apple technology in medicine. - Medical imaging applications - Collaboration Services - Publishing and presentation tools - iPhone and iPod touch - Applications for medical education - Applications for practicing medicine. Free and open to the public,

Seating is Limited; Registration encouraged! Register online today!

This event is sponsored by the VCU Libraries and VCU Technology Services.

Refreshments provided courtesy Apple, Inc.

The first international Open Access Week is intended to raise awareness of the benefits of free, open, online and immediate access to scholarly research. Celebrate by learning more about Open Access at the following sites:
Open Access Week Organization
SPARC: The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
VCU Libraries - Open Access Resources

VCU Libraries will be providing research reference help and consultations in the Learning Center on the 2nd floor at Hunton Student Center (Room 209), MCV Campus. Librarians with expertise in the biomedical sciences will be available to help you find articles and other information for reports and research. Drop by Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - noon, or 1 p.m - 4 p.m. to get expert help.

The Learning Center is open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 11:00 am - 8:00 pm Sunday. Computers and Pay for Print are available during these times. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 828-3736 or email sdjones@vcu.edu. Walk-ins are welcome.

Print the Flyer!

VCU Libraries and USC&A are cosponsoring this summer's MCV Campus Summer Documentary Series. All films will be shown in the Hunton Student Center Learning Center from noon to 1 pm.

Click on the following dates for more information and to register:

Tuesday, June 2- Depression: Out of the Shadows
Thursday, June 11- Sick Around the World
Tuesday, June 16- Babyland
Thursday, June 25- Remaking American Medicine Series: The Silent Killer
Tuesday, July 7- Remaking American Medicine Series: First Do No Harm
Thursday, July 16- Remaking American Medicine Series: The Stealth Epidemic
Tuesday, July 21- Remaking American Medicine Series: Hand in Hand
Thursday, July 30- Secrets of the Mind

The VCU Libraries invites all VCU students, faculty, and staff to view the live, live, televised broadast of the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama. The Swearing-in ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 11:30 am (EST). Print the Flyer!!!

Date: January 20, 2009
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Locations
Distance Education Rm., 2-010, Tompkins-McCaw Library

Learning Center, Rm. 209*, Hunton Student Center
*Refreshments will be provided by MCV Campus Program

For more information, contact Shannon Jones at 828-0626.

Thursday, September 18th, 2008, 12:00PM
Tompkins-McCaw Library Room 2-012 (Library Instruction Classroom)

Join us for the screening of a 30-minute video featuring Supreme Court justices Kennedy, O'Connor, and Breyer. In a conversation with students, the justices discuss the Constitution and the role of judges who are sworn to uphold the laws of this nation and to protect the rights of all citizens.

with Addeane S. Caelleigh, MA , Former Editor, Academic Medicine
Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh Street, Ball Conference Room
$20 Registration Fee | Print the Flyer and Registration Form | Session Handouts
Register online at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=43608

Publishing in peer-reviewed journals can be intimidating and often frustrating. This session is an overview of publishing in peer-reviewed research journals and will focus on how the process works and how to make it work for you. Topics to be covered include how editors make decisions, tips for improving your chances of a good review and/or publication, writing effective abstracts, tips for dealing with the editorial office, and online and print resources.

This workshop will include presentation, handouts, hands-on exercises, discussion, and Q&A.

Guest Speaker: Addeane S. Caelleigh, Former Editor of Academic Medicine
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00PM
Location: Ball Conference Room, Biotech One, 800 E. Leigh Street
Cost: $20

Register online using your VCU eID at:

Print the Event Flyer | Registration Form

For more information about this session, contact Shannon D. Jones at 828.0626.

This event is cosponsored by the VCU Libraries and the Office of Research.

Learn about cool technology tools available on campus that can make your life easier! Attend the VCU Technology Fair on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 10 am to 2 pm in the Richmond Salons, University Student Commons, Monroe Park Campus and Wednesday, April 9, 2008 from 9 am to 2 pm at the Tompkins-McCaw Library, MCV Campus. This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided and participants can enter a chance at prizes including 20 iPods, an iPod Touch and other great prizes. For more information visit http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/tdays/

This webcast features the keynote lecture of the 29th Annual UNC School of Public Health Minority Health Conference on "The Impact of Poverty, Culture, and Environment on Minority Health". This program will include a live call-in question-and-answer session with Dr.Krieger, moderated by Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; advance registration encouraged. Print the Flyer

Date: Friday February 29, 2008
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library, Room 2-010

Register Online at http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=5609

For more information, contact Shannon Jones at 828-0626

This program is sponsored by the VCU Libraries and the VCU Center on Health Disparities.

Need help finding articles for your research paper? Do you want to learn more about creating bibliographies using RefWorks and searching specialized sources for grant funding or biotechnology information? Join your librarian for office hours in Room 350 at 12:00PM and get individual assistance with your information questions.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

For more information, contact Virginia Stone, Library Liaison for the School of Pharmacy, at 828-1881

VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture "Richmond Women in the Civil Rights Movement" is a panel discussion with Civil Rights pioneers Ora Lomax, Elizabeth Johnson Rice, and Hilda Warden. Moderated by Bonnie Winston. This special event will be held on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 starting at 7:30 pm in the University Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballroom on the Monroe Park Campus. Free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main or West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please contact the VCU Libraries at 804-827-1165 or 804-827-1163 prior to February 8, 2008. A reception will be held immediately following the event. The 6th annual VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture is sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library. For more information contact Donna Coghill, 828-6554.

In celebration of the center's fifth anniversary, the Community Health Education Center (CHEC) will hold an open house on Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All VCU/MCV students, faculty and staff are invited to visit CHEC, located on the ground floor of the VCUHS Gateway Building, 1200 East Marshall Street. Stop by to meet the staff and to learn more about CHEC. Light refreshments and door prizes will be available. Sponsored by the VCU Libraries, the VCU Health System, and the MCVH Auxiliary of the VCUHS. Print the flyer!

For more information or for special accommodations, contact Dana Ladd, CHEC Librarian at 804-628-2429.

Want to know more about VCU Libraries services and resources? Having trouble using PubMed, CINAHL, or Refworks? Interested in connecting to the library from home or off campus? If so, then, join us in the lobby at Sanger Hall on October 16th and1 8th from 9:00AM - 1:00PM to get your questions answered. ALL MCV Campus students, faculty, and staff are invited to stop by our table to learn more about the VCU Libraries services and collections. We're here to help!

For more information, contact Shannon Jones at 828-0626.

Join us for the screening of a 30-minute video featuring the justices taking questions from Philadelphia area high school students. The justices discuss why we have and need a constitution and explain what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined, and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power. Free and open to the public.

Date: Monday September 17, 2007
Time: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - Library Instruction Classroom, Rm 2-012 MCV Campus

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

The Sept. 19 author's reception for Dr. Ian Nixon has been canceled due to a scheduling change. Check the VCU Friends of the Library events page for upcoming events.

Elvatrice Parker Belsches, VCU/MCV Alumna School of Pharmacy Thursday, July 12, 2007, Noon - 1:30 p.m., Directions and Map

Ms. Elvatrice Parker Belsches, MA, RPh, is an archival researcher, author and pharmacist living in the Richmond area. Ms. Belsches is an emerging authority on the life of Dr. Sarah G. Jones MD, the first known woman of any race to be granted a medical license by the the Virginia State Board of Medicine. Belsches will discuss her new and corrective scholarship on this pioneering physician as the author of her biographical entry for Harvard University's upcoming publication, the African American National Biography, (Oxford University Press, Spring 2008) and the author of Richmond, Virginia, a Black America Series publication (now in its sixth printing).

June 29, 2007, 5:00 p.m – 7:00 p.m.
Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences
509 N. 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23298
Directions and Map

Join the VCU Libraries in honoring women in all fields of medical sciences. The opening reception celebrates the contributions of VCU's own Dr. Marcella Fierro, Dr. Eleanor Sue Cantrell, and Dr. Yvonnecris Smith Veal, who are featured in this exhibit. The reception is free and open to the public, but a reservation is required to reserve your space.

To RSVP, contact Shannon Jones at (804) 828-0626.

Photo credit: S. Josephine Baker

Technology Days 2007, sponsored by VCU Libraries and VCU Technology Services, will be held on the Monroe Park Campus in the Student Commons on April 11th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on the MCV Campus at the Tompkins-McCaw Library on April 12th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Topics include the latest trends in technology; purchasing PDAs, BlackBerrys, cell phones and iPods; and how others are using emerging technologies to streamline their research, workflow, patient interactions and educational experience. Door prizes will be given. This event is free for VCU students, faculty and staff. For more information, or for special accommodations, contact Shannon Jones at sdjones@vcu.edu or 828-0626, or visit http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/techdays/index.html.

A chronicle of the legacies of the graduates of the Leonard Medical School, a former department of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In existence from 1882 -1918, this historically black medical school produced over four hundred graduates. The major contributions of these graduates on the City of Richmond, the state of Virginia and various medical organizations will be discussed.

About the Speaker: Elvatrice Parker Belsches MA RPh is an archival researcher, author and pharmacist living in the Richmond area. She is a multiple contributor to Harvard University's upcoming publication, the African American National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2008) and the author of Richmond, Virginia, a Black America Series publication (now in its sixth printing). She is also the February 2007 speaker for the Duke/UNC-Chapel Hill Collaborative Lecture Series on the History of Medicine.

Date: Monday, February 26, 2007
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - Distance Education, Rm. 2-010
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm
Reserve your seat today: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=39219

For more information about this lecture, contact Irene Lubker, Interim Head, User Services, 828-2004.

Join us for a screening of Patch Adams starring Robin Williams. Refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by the VCU Libraries and MCV Campus Programs. This event is free.

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2007
Location: Hunton Student Center - Rm. 209 - Hunton Learning Center
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
For more information: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=39203

Partners of the Heart tells the story of Vivien Thomas, an African American determined to make something of himself during the time of segregation, and his relationship with Alfred Blalock, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thomas, initially hired as a janitor, was soon promoted by Blalock to learn the complexities of surgery, eventually becoming a trainer of novice surgeons and a major force in the advancement of African Americans in medicine. This event is free and open to the public.

Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Reserve your seat today at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=39191

Something the Lord Made tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas from an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures threaten to undermine their collaboration and tear them apart. This event is free and open to the public.

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2007
Location: Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Reserve your seat today at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=37936

Have you noticed recent changes in the VCU Libraries' web site? In the spring, the VCU Libraries will debut an all new web site.

We invite you to preview the new site and to share your feedback by participating in a focus group discussion. Lunch and other incentives will be provided.

Focus Group Schedule for Tompkins-McCaw Library:

Graduate and Professional Student Sessions
Monday, October 16th 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Tuesday, October 17th 12:00 - 1:30 pm

Faculty and Staff Sessions
Wednesday, October 18th 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Friday, October 20th 12:00 - 1:30 pm

For more information, download the flyer

Sign up today to participate in a Focus Group session; please contact Shannon Jones at sdjones@vcu.edu or 828-0626.

This hands-on course focuses on the advanced search features of web search engines and the cutting edge of searching. Participants will use various search engines, compare the features and utility of each and develop search strategies that will increase the precision and scope of their searching. The students will have discussions, exercises and view short presentations as a part of the class. The class includes: discussions of web search engines, indexes and hybrids of the two, commercialism and how it influences searching, finding current events information with search engines, specialized databases for special needs and topics suggested by the participants. This class will be taught by a librarian from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Advanced registration is required. Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012, MCV Campus.

* Friday, October 27, 2006, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
* Friday, October 27, 2006, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Session Full)

For a complete listing of all library instruction sessions, download the flyer

Register Now at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/detail.html?ID=38208

Learn tips to help make your research efforts more effective and efficient. Attendees will be shown how to customize library services, store searches and find the most current research using PubMed and Web of Science (WOS), NCHS data sources, CRISP, and an introduction to searching for funding. Tompkins-McCaw Library - LIMERC, Rm. 2-012, MCV Campus.

* Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm
* Monday, February 19, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm
* Thursday, March 8, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm (Hunton Hall)
* Monday, April 16, 2007 Noon - 1:30 pm

Registration Today at: http://www.library.vcu.edu/events/index.html

The Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Science will sponsor the Changing the Face of Medicine Traveling Exhibit from June 20-August 3, 2007. The exhibit, sponsored by the US National Library of Medicine, celebrates the lives and achievements of America's women physicians.

The VCU Libraries and the Center on Health Disparities Presents a discussion on the use of Graphic Information Systems (GIS) at VCU and in the larger public health community. This brown bag discussion will focus on the needs of researchers, public health professionals and others as they relate to the utilization of GIS to better understand geographic relationships and how they impact health outcomes, public health risks, disease transmission, access to health care and other public health concerns. Dessert and drinks provided.

Location: 1st floor Conference Room, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, MCV Campus
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2006
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 p.m.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Shannon Jones at 804-828-0626 by September 22, 2006.

For directions to Tompkins-McCaw Library, visit http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/information/tmldirections.html