Books & Bytes, September 1991 Volume 4, Number 1

Volume 4, Number 1    September 1991

Books & Bytes is produced by the HSLIC Library Staff for Health Sciences Center personnel. Copyright University of Washington.

Table of Contents

UW REFERENCE LIBRARY on the Move!
Teaching Learning Center Supports Curriculum
New Standard ILL Fee Supports Access to Information
Services for Harborview Staff
Remodeling at K. K. Sherwood
Research Funding Service Supports Health Sciences Grantseekers
Index Medicus Price Study
Name Change for Regional Medical Library
Changes in Document Delivery/Photocopy Services and Rates
Collection Development Suggestions Welcome
Can You Provide Missing Issues?
Serial Title Changes: September 1991
Recent Gifts and Contributions to the Collections

UW REFERENCE LIBRARY on the Move!

by Terry Ann Jankowski, Information Retrieval and Management Librarian

Over the summer, the UW Reference Library (UWREFLIB) moved to Byron, the IBM UNIX (AIX) operating system on the IBM 3090. This changeover makes access and use much easier by conforming to the UNIX campus computing standard.

Searching techniques remain the same with the following enhancements:

Ten years of MEDLINE (1981 - present) in two 5-year files;
A fully functional Save (SV) command including the use of limits (LT) in a saved search;
Easier printing at workstations (although it is faster to download the results and then print.)

To use UWREFLIB, you must first establish an account on Byron by accessing Byron through the campus network. At the "byron%" login prompt, enter new and provide the information The UWREFLIB is an evolving system. Future developments include adding the online catalog records and the ERIC database.

Questions and comments about UWREFLIB are welcome. You may send them via email to uwreflib@u or call 543-3397 and speak with Terry Ann Jankowski, Information Retrieval and Management Librarian.

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Teaching Learning Center Supports Curriculum

by Leilani St. Anna, TLC Librarian

The Teaching Learning Center (TLC) supports the health sciences curriculum with the latest and most appropriate resources and technology. Services include course reserves, audiovisual software and viewing facilities, microcomputer software and hardware, and purchase or preview of course-related media. The TLC collection also includes a selection of core textbooks. Records of TLC textbook and video holdings are accessible through the Online Catalog, but software holdings are often not available online. Stop by the TLC Desk to see a complete listing of the TLC Collection. Faculty or staff may request individual copies of the list. The Course Reserve service is a major TLC function. To place materials on reserve, complete a reserve list form, available at the TLC Desk, for each course. Lists are processed on a "first come, first served" basis. Titles not owned by the UW Libraries will be ordered if still in print, but may take as long as ten weeks to obtain for some foreign titles. Submit lists as early as possible to insure that reserve materials will be available at the beginning of the quarter. Contact Margaret Sandelin at 543-3435 for further information. To preview audiovisuals or make suggestions for purchase, contact Leilani St. Anna at 685-3125. All questions concerning the TLC can be sent by email to hsltlc@max.u.washington.edu.

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New Standard ILL Fee Supports Access to Information

by Elaine Martin, Associate Director for Education, Clinical and Research and Services

Effective September 1, a flat fee of $4 per item (plus a surcharge of $3 per item for telefax transactions) will be charged for all materials obtained for UW faculty, staff, and students from other institutions via interlibrary loan (ILL). We expect that most users will see a reduction in ILL charges, since all lending library charges to HSLIC, averaging $6-8 per item, were previously passed on to the requester. The new ILL fee, which is comparable to HSLIC's charges to UW affiliates for Document Delivery and Loansome Doc services, represents a major change in service philosophy, since we will now help subsidize the cost of obtaining copies of items not in the collection.

While HSLIC's collection budget has not declined in actual dollars in recent years, purchasing power has been seriously eroded by inflation and serials price increases. Although we make every effort to acquire books and journals needed by users, funding is insufficient to purchase every title requested. Since the library should be able to provide Health Sciences faculty, staff and students with all information needed for research, patient care, or teaching, our service role may require obtaining the information from another location for the client rather than purchasing the item outright.

Under this philosophy, HSLIC will be spending some of its acquisitions funds for access to information rather than for ownership of the information. A major service priority in the next biennium will be not only to maintain and build the physical collection but also to use our resources to identify where information is located and to provide access to that information in a timely and cost-effective manner.

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Services for Harborview Staff

by Ellen Howard, K.K. Sherwood Librarian

Certain facilities and services of the K.K. Sherwood Library at Harborview Medical Center are now available 24 hours a day for ready access to patient care information resources. The computer which provides access to UWREFLIB, GRATEFUL MED (for users with individual passwords), MICROMEDEX and COMPACT LIBRARY AIDS is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Faculty, staff and students who need to consult a book for immediate patient care can ask Harborview Security to unlock the book room for in-library use of the collection. In addition, users may turn on and use the photocopier whenever they are in the Library.

The following library services are available 8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday:

Reference assistance
Staff-mediated online searches
Instruction in running your own online searching
Assistance in organizing departmental collections
Consultation
Courier or document delivery to obtain materials from any UW Libraries collection.

For further information about services for Harborview staff and students, see HSLIC Factsheet #5, call 223-3360, or send an email message to ehh@u.washington.edu.

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Remodeling at K. K. Sherwood

The K.K. Sherwood Library will be inaccessible to users for several days this fall while new carpet is being installed. When the library is closed, staff will retrieve materials for users and provide computer searches, photocopies, and courier services as usual. Closure dates will be announced in advance. Call 223-3360 for further information.

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Research Funding Service Supports Health Sciences Grantseekers

by Diana Hall, Research Funding Service Librarian

Grantseekers in the Health Sciences are invited to take advantage of the specialized information resources of the Research Funding Service (RFS). Established in 1989 as a partnership of the Health Sciences Library and the School of Medicine, RFS can help Health Sciences faculty, staff, and graduate students locate funding sources, write better proposals, and understand funding processes. The program is directed by Dr. Janet Rasey and staffed by Keith Gormezano, Program Assistant, and Diana Hall, Librarian.

RFS services include individual consultations; provision of information about National Institutes of Health (NIH) opportunities, funding process, and study sections; computerized database searches; and sponsorship of special events such as seminars and workshops. Available information resources include locally created files and databases, HSLIC's Reference collection, and computerized databases such as Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) and Federal Research in Progress. Referrals are made to other campus offices and off-campus organizations when appropriate.

RFS publishes a monthly "Funding Bulletin" announcing selected funding opportunities, as well as a reference handbook, Getting to the Bottom Line: A Guide for Grantseekers in the Health Sciences.

During the Autumn Quarter , RFS is offering "Grants for Lunch", a series of informal discussions on grantsmanship topics led by UW experts. Meet from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Mondays, September 23, October 28, and November 25 in Room C of the Plaza Cafe. No registration is required.

For more information about RFS services or to make an appointment for an individual or group consultation, call 685-8036, send electronic mail to rfs@locke.hs, or write to RFS at mailstop SC-64. The RFS office is located in HSLIC room T-311 and is open 1-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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Index Medicus Price Study

by Lorraine Raymond, Collection Development and Catalog Librarian

EBSCO Subscription Services recently published a study of journal prices from 1987-1991 for titles indexed in Index Medicus. The results were analyzed by subject and country of publication. Among the key findings:

The average price of an Index Medicus journal title is $255.39, a 72% increase over 5 years, with prices ranging from a high of $926.25 for Analytical Chemistry (79% increase) to a low of $31.74 for Military Medicine (36% increase.)
The erosion of the U.S. dollar against foreign currency resulted in the highest price increase in titles originating in the Netherlands (an average price per title of $840.57 or 102%) and the lowest increase in titles from Malaysia (average price per title of $12.73 or -4%.)
Basic science/research titles constitute 29% of Index Medicus titles, with 71% classified as patient care journals. However, basic science/research titles represent 45% of the total subscription costs, versus 55% for patient care journals.

For information about journal prices in a specific subject specialty or for more information about the study itself, contact Lorraine Raymond at 543-3438 or via email to lmraymond@u.washington.edu.

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Name Change for Regional Medical Library

by Neil Rambo, Associate Director, NN/LM, PNR

The Regional Medical Library contract renewal for 1991-1996, which began May 1, brought with it a new name for the program. The national program is now called the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), and the office and staff of the former Pacific Northwest Regional Health Sciences Library Service (PNRHSLS) are responsible for administering the NN/LM, Pacific Northwest Region. Program services and staff responsibilities as described in the May/June issue of Books & Bytes remain unchanged. If you have questions about the new name, please call 543-8262.

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Changes in Document Delivery/Photocopy Services and Rates

by Elaine Martin, Associate Director for Education, Clinical and Research Services

You just heard about a recent article on the effect of passive smoking but don't have time to come to the Health Sciences Library to find and photocopy it. Don't despair. Just call Document Delivery at 543-3436 with the complete citation and let HSLIC staff pull and copy the article for you.

Document Delivery Services are designed to save you time and money. Turnaround time is 24 hours, and patient care requests are given priority. Document Delivery rates include up to 50 pages of photocopying per item. An article of up to 10 pages can be photocopied while you wait. Other services include pulling of lists of references, transmission of telefax messages for library users, and sale of pre-formatted microcomputer disks.

Rate Changes

Document delivery and photocopy rates are expected to change approximately November 1. The new rates (subject to UW Budget Office approval):

Charged to UW Budget	$4.00/item
Cash -- UW Faculty, Staff, and Students	$4.90/item
All Others	$8.00/item

HSLIC Copicard rates are expected to increase to 6.5 per page for UW affiliates, while You Pull/We Copy rates will increase to 11.5 for UW affiliates. The coin or currency charge for all self-service machines will remain at 10 per exposure. Document delivery rates include the state required 13% cash surcharge and 8.2% sales tax for transactions not charged to a UW budget number.

Document Delivery and Photocopy services have been designed to meet your busy schedule. For additional information see HSLIC Factsheet #9 or call 543-3436.

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Can You Provide Missing Issues?

The following journal issues are needed to fill gaps in the HSLIC serials collection. If you have copies of any of these publications to donate, please call Colleen Weum at 543-3439, or send an email message to weum@u.washington.edu.

Annual review of biochemistry, 1986-1990.

Archives of ophthalmology, v.107:n.1(1989).

Cell biology international report, v.7:n.3 (1983).

Professional medical assistant, v.23:n.4, (Jul/Aug 1990).

Postgraduate medical journal, v.65:n.770, (Dec. 1989).

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New Serial Titles Added, July-August 1991

APGO/CIBA directory of residencies in obstetrics and gynecology, 1990/1991--.
Reference Book Stacks: W22 AA1 A641.

Annals of hematology, v.62(1991)--.

Annotated bibliography on mosquito borne diseases in Southeast Asia, 1986-1987.

Biomedical letters, v.46(1991)--.

Council of Teaching Hospitals survey of housestaff stipends, benefits and funding, 1990--.
Reference Book Stacks: W1 CO957M.

Directory of agents being tested for carcinogeni-city, n.14(1990)--.
Reference Book Stacks: QZ 22.1 I43.

Directory, investor-owned hospitals, residential treatment facilities and centers, hospital management companies, health systems, 1991--.
Reference Book Stacks: WX 22 AA1 D652.

Egyptian journal of bilharziasis, v.1(1974)--.

European journal of basic and applied histochemistry,v.35(1991)--.

European journal of clinical chemistry and clinical biochemistry, v.29(1991)--.

Freelance directory of medical communication services. 1991--.
Reference Book Stacks: WZ 22 AA1 A513fr.

Hospital prices and rates, 1987.
Reference Book Stacks: W2 AW2 H818.

International journal of hematology, v.54(1991)--.

International journal of paediatric dentistry, v.1(1991)--.

Issues in biomedicine, v.13(1990)--.

Journal of ET nursing, v.18:n.3-6(1991) v.19(1992)--.

Journal of experimental animal science, v.34(1991)--.

Journal of wilderness medicine, v.1(1991)--.

Lymphokine and cytokine research, v.10(1991)--.

Physician's drug handbook, 1991_.
Reference Book Stacks: QV 39 P578.

Physiological research, v.40(1991)--.

Research note (Hospital Studies Program , Agency for Health Care Policy and Research ), n.13(1990)--.

Scientific directory ... annual bibliography, 1989/1990--.
Reference Book Stacks: ZWA 4 S416.

Source book of national healthcare decisionmakers, 1989.
Reference Book Stacks: WX 22 AA1 S724.

Washington occupational injury and illness survey, 1988--.

Washington state health report, 1990--.
Reference Book Stacks: W1 WA685T.

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Recent Gifts

Acknowledgment and appreciation is extended to the following individuals and organizations who have recently donated materials to the Library:

Dr. George N. Aagaard; Dr. Earl Benditt; Dr. John R. Blackman; Dr. John D. Brunzell; Dr. Charles H. Chesnut; Dr. Rheba de Tornyay; Dr. Mary Durand Thomas; Dr. William E. Fassett; Dr. Philip J. Fialkow; Dr. Sherrilynne Fuller; Dr. John Geyman; Dr. Bruce C. Gilliland; Dr. Eli Gold; Dr. Allen M. Gown; Dr. Bertil Hille; Dr. Rebecca Kang; Dr. Richard Lamont; Dr. Gordon D. Lazerte; Dr. John A. H. Lee; Ms. Brooks McMillan; Dr. Sylvia B. Pollack; Dr. Cornelius Rosse; Mrs. Donna Salins; Dr. David Saunders; Mr. Eugene Smirnov; Dr. Mary Ellen Smith; Dr. Jack M. Snyder; Dr. Doris J. Stiefel; Dr. Wade Volwiler; Dr. Ralph J. Wedgwood; Dr. Steven Weiss; Dr. Fayth K. Yoshimura; Children's Hospital and Medical Center; Division of Dermatology; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Library; Department of Gastroenterology; Division of Immunology; Fondation Meriux (Lyon, France); Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Department of Pharmacy Practice; Psychological Services and Training Center; Department of Radiology; Medicine, East Clinic, UWMC; Department of Urology Library; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Library.

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