Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

Are you a UCLA graduate student who would like to help the UCLA Library improve UC-eLinks? 

Would you like the opportunity to receive a $25 gift certificate to the campus bookstore? 

If so, please share your opinions about UC-eLinks with us at the Young Research Library (YRL) Executive Conference Room on Thursday, November 29 between 9am-5pm, or Friday, November 30 between 9am-12pm.  It will take less than an hour and qualified students will receive a $25 gift certificate for participating!

Researchers who receive grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should be aware that on November 16th, 2007, the NIH released a new Notice called “Guidance on New Law (Public Law 110-85) Enacted to Expand the Scope of ClinicalTrials.gov: Registration.” This Notice gives information about the new law requiring the registration of clinical trials, responsibility for registration and penalties for failing to register an applicable clinical trial. The release also includes dates for registration and further contact information for assistance with registering trials.

The Biomedical Library will adjust its hours to accommodate the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thursday, November 22: The library and all library services will be closed.
Friday, November 23: The library and Technology and Learning Center will be open from 9 AM-5 PM. Reference services will be available from noon-5 PM. Other services (History and Special Collections Division, Interlibrary Loan services, etc.) will be closed on this day and will reopen on Monday, November 26th.
Saturday, November 24: The library resumes its normal schedule, open from 9 AM-6 PM, with reference services available from noon-6 PM. The Technology and Learning Center will also be open from 9 AM-6 PM.

In response to faculty requests, the UCLA Library has purchased a subscription to EcoSal. This online resource is a continually-updated version of the classic American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Press title  Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology. The comprehensive resource is comprised of several hundred modules of information and interpretation, including extensive tabular and pictorial presentations.

The UCLA Library, Academic Senate, Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, and the Office of Intellectual Property Administration have created a series of lunchtime sessions to educate faculty about special topics in intellectual property. Upcoming sessions include:

• If You Don’t Ask, How Can You Tell?: Getting Permission to Use Material in Course Instruction and E-Publishing (December 6th, 2007)
• “Don’t I Own My Own Work?”: Negotiating to Keep Your Copyright (February 7th, 2008)
• “What Are My Rights?”: Software, Patents, and Open Source (spring quarter 2008; date TBA)

Read full descriptions of each workshop and register on the Library’s web page, Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: The Rights Stuff for Teaching and Publishing.

The American Academy of Nursing will honor Marie Cowan as an extraordinary role model this month by presenting her with its Living Legend Award, one of the top distinctions in the nursing profession. The full article in UCLA Today can be found here. Congratulations Dean Cowan! Copyright © Photo by Reed Hutchinson

Learn how to find the full text of articles online, how to discover the best databases for articles on a given topic, and how to search databases and other resources effectively through in-person demonstrations and hands-on instruction.

This fifty-minute session, focused on health and life sciences, will take place Friday, November 9 at 11am in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library (12-077 CHS) Classroom.  No registration is required– just bring your questions! For more information, contact us at biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu.

The Biomedical Library’s History and Special Collections Division will co-host a conference on November 16th and 17th. The conference, titled “The Architecture of Healing: an International Conference,” is co-hosted with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. To review the planned programs, pre-register for the event, and find out more about the location, visit the Architecture of Healing blog.

A color and black & white planetary scanner is available at the Biomedical Library. The scanner is easy to use and offers many options. Images can be saved in a variety of file formats (JPG, PNG, PDF, or TIFF).  The scanner also provides options to crop and enlarge, lighten and darken, sharpen and smooth.

The scanner can accommodate oversized materials (up to 17″ x 24″) that are too large for photocopiers.  Preservation quality scanning is achieved because books are scanned face up which prevents wear and tear on bindings.

16¢ for each saved image
Users can scan, manipulate, and delete images and only pay for the images saved. Images are either saved to a flash drive or sent to an email address. Each image saved costs $0.16.

The scanner is located on the library’s first floor, near the entrance to the Current Journal Reading Room.  If you need assistance ask Circulation or Reference Desk staff or contact Bob Freel, Head of Access Delivery Services, bobfreel@library.ucla.edu, 310.206.3004.