TML News and Notes

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/

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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