Volume 5, Number 2 October 1992
Books & Bytes is produced by the HSLIC Library Staff for Health Sciences Center personnel. Copyright University of Washington.
- Recent Gifts and Contributions to the Collections
- EndNote Users Forum
- Library Services Support Clinical Information Needs
- Neat Tips form Users
- HSLIC's Fifty Most Expensive Subscriptions
- The Fifty Most Expensive Subscriptions in the HSLIC Serials Collection, 1992
- New Self-Service Copiers Arrive
- Mainstreaming Patient Education into Health Care
- Grantsmanship Information Opportunities
Recent Gifts and Contributions to the Collections
Acknowledgment and appreciation are extended to the following individuals and departments who have recently made contributions to the Library:
Contributors to Collections:
Dr. Stevan H. Broderson; Dr. Robert C. Davidson; Dr. Hjordis M. Foy; Ms. Terri Gonya; Dr. Geoffrey Hoare; Dr. John H. Luft; Dr. Diane P. Martin; Dr. Gilbert Omenn; Dr. Oliver H. Osborne; Dr. Dennis Reichenbach; Mrs. Dorthea Ross; Dr. Belding H. Scribner; Dr. Joseph Sturgell; Ms. Susan K. Taylor; Dr. Karen A. Thomas; Dr. Richard F. Uhlmann; Dr. Paul P. Van Arsdel, Jr.; Dr. Francis C. Wood, Jr.; Dr. Philip Worthington; Department of Family Medicine; Department of Health Services; Department of Ophthalmology; Department of Parent and Child Nursing; Department of Pharmacy Practice; Division of Nephrology; Primate Information Center.
EndNote Users Forum
A new electronic discussion group called EndNote/Endlink Users Forum is now available over the Internet. The discussion is monitored by Niles Associates, the producers of Endnote and Endlink. The first few messages have dealt with desired new features and answers to questions. To subscribe send an email message to endnote@ucsbvm.bitnet. The message should read: SUBSCRIBE ENDNOTE YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME. For more information, contact Debbie Ketchell at ketchell@u.washington.edu or 543-3409.
Library Services Support Clinical Information Needs
by Ellen Howard, K.K. Sherwood Librarian andSherry Dodson, Clinical Librarian
Both the UW Medical Center (UWMC) and Harborview Medical Center (HMC) now have librarians, Sherry Dodson and Ellen Howard. They are charged with improving access to information for UW staff, students and faculty working in the hospitals. While the major focus for both librarians is to provide patient care information to all members of the health care team in a timely fashion, service is also provided to administrative and management staff. The programs have been individualized to best meet the needs of each institution.
At both hospitals the librarians attend Resident Report and provide information related to patient care. The librarians also attend Medicine's Morning Report four mornings a week. When questions generated during the discussion can be answered using library resources, computer searches and copies of appropriate documents are quickly provided. The patient care teams are encouraged to call the librarians at any time if they have problems that require immediate attention.
The librarians have also been able to assist in the organization and management of Nursing Education's Learning Resource Centers in both hospitals. Both nursing collections are being expanded, so it is important that they be strong working collections that do not unintentionally duplicate materials readily obtained from the UW Libraries collections. Ms. Dodson has worked with UWMC nurses in promoting a patient education program by assessing information needs and arranging patient education seminars for local nurses and librarians, and she works with the Continuous Quality Improvement Team and the Risk Management Committee to assist hospital administration.
MEDLINE training is available by appointment to individuals and groups in their offices at both hospitals, and Ms. Dodson also arranges general HSLIC orientations (in cooperation with the appropriate library liaison) on request. At HMC, Ms. Howard assists clients in selecting and using bibliographic software to create files such as the ProCite-based teaching reprint file being developed by Harborview's Chief Resident, Dr. John Sheffield. Similar services are available to UWMC clients through HSLIC's Consultation Service.
For assistance locating or managing information at UWMC Hospital, call Sherry Dodson at 543-7493 or email sdodson@u.washington.edu. At Harborview call Ellen Howard, 223-3360 or email ehh@u.washington.edu.
Neat Tips form Users
by Ira Kalet, Associate Professor, Radiation OncologyI found a new use for MEDLINE. I used the institution field along with appropriate subject headings to find some names of researchers from a particular institution -- looking to see who else I know there.
HSLIC's Fifty Most Expensive Subscriptions
by Lorraine Raymond, Collection Development LibrarianWe recently compiled a list of HSLIC's fifty most expensive serial titles to provide a perspective on how a large portion of our collection funds are spent. This study was generated in part by a growing concern about escalating costs of journals, particularly of those published in Great Britain and Europe, in view of the dramatic decline in the value of the dollar against other currencies.
The fifty most expensive titles cost us $126,220 to renew in 1992, or 13.3% of the total amount spent on all serial renewals. Yet those titles represent only 1.1% of our total 4,273 current subscriptions. Eleven of the most expensive titles are from U.S. publishers, and 37 are from European and British publishers, where costs are predicted to rise by approximately 28% in the coming year. Publishers claim that price increases are due to a combination of increased costs for additional pages, inflation, and the shrinking value of the dollar. Most are research journals, with very few clinical medicine titles being represented.
While another major serials cancellation project is not planned at this time, we do intend to watch our expenditures for new journals carefully. We will do more consulting with departments before deciding to order a new title, and we will continue to monitor user demand.
We will also adopt a "cancel in order to buy" strategy. For instance, in August 1992, we ordered 16 new subscriptions totaling $572 (five of which are free) for the HSLIC collection. After a use study extending over six months, we decided to cancel our subscription to the Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences (Paris). Serie III. Sciences de la vie, a title which is available at the Natural Sciences Library. We will recover $745 from this cancellation, for a net savings to the serials budget of $173.
If you have any questions or suggestions about our serials collection, we would be happy to hear from you. Our goal is to provide a collection which best suits your needs.
The Fifty Most Expensive Subscriptions in the HSLIC Serials Collection, 1992
Title -- Publisher -- 1992 price
Chemical abstracts, with indexes -- *American Chemical Society -- 15,100
Science citation index -- *Institute for Scientific Information -- 10,500
Biological abstracts -- *BIOSIS -- 7,315
Brain research (full set) -- Elsevier Science Publ. -- 6,750
Biochimica et biophysica acta -- Elsevier Science Publ. -- 5,385
Journal of comparative neurology -- *Wiley-Liss -- 4,910
Comparative biochem. & physiol. -- A-C Pergamon Press -- 3,891
Mutation research (full set) -- Elsevier Science Publ. -- 3,132
European journal of pharmacology -- Elsevier Science Publ. -- 3,099
FEBS letters -- Elsevier Science Publ. -- 2,609
FEMS microbiology letters -- Elsevier Science Publ. -- 2,606
Gene -- Elsevier Science Publ. -- 2,491
Neuroscience letters -- Elsevier Sci. Publ. Ltd. -- 2,448
Experimental brain research -- Springer-Verlag -- 2,275
Cell and tissue research -- Springer-Verlag -- 2,204
Biochemical pharmacology -- Pergamon Press -- 2,143
European journal of biochemistry -- Springer-Verlag -- 2,061
American journal of medical genetics -- *Wiley-Liss -- 1,730
Psychopharmacology -- Springer-Verlag -- 1,701
Journal of molecular biology -- Academic Press Ltd. -- 1,692
Journal of immunological methods -- Elsevier Science Publ. B.V. -- 1,688
Molecular and general genetics -- Springer-Verlag -- 1,628
Human genetics -- Springer-Verlag -- 1,575
Journal of cellular physiology -- *Wiley-Liss -- 1,575
Molecular and cellular biochemistry -- Kluwer Academic -- 1,558
Inpharma (N.Amer.& S.Amer.) -- ADIS Press -- 1,550
Archives of microbiology -- Springer-Verlag -- 1,520
Toxicology Elsevier -- Sci.Publ.Ltd. -- 1,514
Health devices program -- *Emergency Care Research Institute -- 1,490
Clinica chimica acta -- Elsevier Science Publ. B.V. -- 1,488
Acta neuropathologica -- Springer-Verlag -- 1,477
Biochemical journal -- Portland Press -- 1,460
Cancer letters -- Elsevier SCI Publ. Ltd. -- 1,458
J steroid biochemistry& molec. biology -- Pergamon Press -- 1,437
Journal of physiology -- Cambridge University Pr. -- 1,430
Prostagland.,leukotr.& essential fatty acids -- Longman Group Ltd. -- 1,399
Molecular and cellular endocrinology -- Elsevier SCI Publ. Ltd. -- 1,392
Index to scientific & technical proc. -- *Institute for Scientific Information -- 1,360
Pfluegers archiv: Eur.j of physiology -- Springer-Verlag -- 1,345
Histochemistry -- Springer-Verlag -- 1,341
Hearing research Elsevier -- SCI Publ. B.V. -- 1,335
Social science and medicine -- Pergamon Press -- 1,320
Molecular & biochemical parasitology -- Elsevier Sci.Publ. B.V. -- 1,303
Anatomical record -- *Wiley-Liss -- 1,280
Anatomy and embryology -- Springer International -- 1,253
Journal of neuroscience research -- *Wiley-Liss -- 1,242
Journal of clinical epidemiology -- Pergamon Press -- 1,231
Biotechnology & bioengineering -- *John Wiley & Sons Inc. -- 1,225
Mechanisms of ageing and development -- Elsevier SCI Publ. Ltd. -- 1,218
Atherosclerosis -- Elsevier SCI Publ. -- 1,203
TOTAL = $126,220
* Indicates US publisher
New Self-service Copiers Arrive
by Elaine Martin, Associate Director for Education, Clinical and Research ServicesSeven new public access photocopy machines are now available for HSLIC users. The new machines, which are faster and produce higher-quality prints, replace six old Pitney-Bowes self-service copiers. An additional self-service machine was added to alleviate growing lines in the photocopy area.
Watch for the installation of a paging phone in the self-service copy area later this fall for reporting machines which need service. The service phone is scheduled as part of the remodeling which is currently under way.
Mainstreaming Patient Education into Health Care
As health care workers struggle with the how to's of mainstreaming patient education into care delivery, many issues surface, such as organizational design, physician and hospital linkages, multidisciplinary case management, consumer health library services, telephone nurse consulting, and video outreach programs. Let's Get Real: Mainstreaming Patient Education Into Healthcare will look at the way health care is meeting this challenge. The conference is scheduled for Thursday, November 19, 1992, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at Providence Medical Center in Seattle.
Featured speakers include Mark Scott, President of MidColumbia Medical Center in The Dalles, Oregon, who will discuss the Planetree philosophy of care, which is designed to humanize, personalize, and demystify health care. MidColumbia Medical Center, which is the only hospital that has implemented the Planetree philosophy hospital-wide, operates the Planetree Health Resource Center Library in downtown The Dalles.
Dr. Steve Overman, formerly Chief-Resident in Internal Medicine at UWMC and currently a rheumatologist in private practice in Seattle, has a long-standing commitment to patient education. He will be speaking on "The Bigger Picture: Physician and Hospital Linkages."
Kathleen Bower, Center for Nursing Case Management in Boston, will discuss integrating patient education into multidisciplinary case management. Ms. Bower, who recently published Case Management for Nurses, is a consultant at UWMC, helping the nursing staff to construct care maps.
"Working Together: Community and Hospital Collaboration" is the title of a panel to be held in the afternoon. Maureen Carleton, Medical Librarian, King County Library System; Sue Berryhill, Telephone Consulting Nurse at Providence Medical Center; and Jan Santora from the Early Childhood Telecommunications Project at the University of Washington will be featured panelists.
A Resource Fair, with displays of pamphlets, publications and services available from health care agencies in the Seattle area, will also be presented. Book, database and patient education vendors have been invited to exhibit their programs and collections. Participants can tour both the Horton Health Sciences Library Consumer Health Service and the Telephone Consulting Service at Providence Medical Center.
The conference is jointly sponsored by Providence Medical Center's Department of Nursing Education and Horton Health Sciences Library, and the UW Health Sciences Library and Information Center. Conference registration fee is $50 (includes lunch). For further information, contact Elaine Martin, HSLIC Associate Director, Education, Clinical, and Research Services, at 543-3408 (email mickey@u.washington.edu) or Gail Pyper, Patient Education Coordinator, Providence Medical Center, 500 17th, C-34008, Seattle, WA 98124, phone: (206) 320-3791, fax: (206) 323-7323.
Grantsmanship Information Opportunities
"Funding Facts in a Nutshell for Investigators New to the UW Health Sciences" will launch the 1992-93 "Grant$ for Lunch" informal noon-time discussions on grantsmanship topics sponsored by the Research Funding Service (RFS). Campus experts will present information and answer questions to orient new faculty and beginning investigators to the basic processes at UW in obtaining research grants in the Health Sciences. This event is scheduled on Wednesday, October 28, noon to 1:00 pm in room 348/350, South Campus Center. Registration is not required. A future "Grant$ for Lunch" session will focus on funding opportunities for postdoctoral fellows.
"Getting to the Bottom Line: The Art of Grantsmanship" will emphasize the process, art, and strategy of research grantsmanship in the current context of academic health sciences. Scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, this half-day symposium will feature presentations and panel discussions by UW faculty who will address how to develop proposals, the grant review process, and how to plan for long-term research support. Preregistration and a nominal fee are required. Details will be announced in RFS' Funding Bulletin and in University Week.
RFS, a partnership of the Health Sciences Library and the School of Medicine's Office of Scientific Affairs, is open 1-5, Monday-Friday, in HSLIC room T-311. For more information on RFS's resources and services, call 685-8036, send email to rfs@u.washington.edu, or write to mail stop SC-64.
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