November 29, 2004
HealthLinks Upgrade in Progress
The HealthLinks website will be unavailable for approximately 10 minutes starting at 7:30 am on Monday, Dec 6, 2004, for scheduled maintenance and system upgrade work. PrimeAnswers, the UW Libraries Catalog, and the UW Libraries website will provide alternative access to some HealthLinks resources during that time. Save these links now.
November 23, 2004
HSL Student Technology Fee Proposal
You can comment on these two proposals by following the links below.
SCC Study Rooms
Additional study areas are located at the South Campus Center (SCC). Study rooms are available to students, at no charge, for groups of 4 or more. To reserve a study room, go to the Candy Counter at the SCC and request use of the space. For room availability
November 10, 2004
UW Libraries Catalog Down for Maintenance Nov 11, 2004
The UW Libraries catalog will be down for maintenance Thursday morning, Nov 11, 2004 until noon. Pease use the Summit catalog for catalog access and ERes for access to Electronic Reserves during the outage. You will need your UWNetID and password to log onto the reserves page.
November Holiday Hours
In recognition of Veteran's Day, on Thursday, Nov 11, 2004, the Health Sciences Library will be open 9 am - 4:45 pm . Both the Social Work Library and KK Sherwood Library at Harborview will be closed on that day.
Changes for the Thanksgiving break are as follows:
- Wed, Nov 24, 2004
HSL 7:30 am - 4:45 pm
KK Sherwood (Harborview) 8 am - 5 pm
Social Work Library 9 am - 5 pm - Thur, Nov 25, 2004 All units closed
- Fri, Nov 26, 2004
HSL 9 am - 4:45 pm
KK Sherwood & Social Work Library Closed
All electronic resources remain available with the exception of the UW Libraries Catalog on Nov 11th. (See related article.)
HSL NCLIS Blue Ribbon Award Winner
HSL is being honored with a 2004 Blue Ribbon Consumer Health Information Recognition Award from the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). These awards highlight libraries that promote healthy lifestyles. The award will be presented by Washington Secretary of State, Sam Reed, in a ceremony on Nov 17, 2004, to Sherrilynne Fuller, Director, HSL.
HSL receives the award for its efforts in providing accurate, useful, consumer health information in a variety of ways (e.g. the EthnoMed web site, Tribal Connections project and reference services) to the people of the state of Washington.
Award winners were chosen based on the overall success of the library's consumer health information services program, with particular emphasis on the program's potential impact, innovativeness, and replicability. Winning entries will be compiled into a report of best practices in consumer health information distribution done through libraries.
Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research
The NIH is proposing that all published research supported by NIH funding must be included in their open access digital repository, PubMed Central , within 6 months of publication. The deadline for public comment has been extended to Nov 16, 2004. Visit the proposal site to voice your opinion!
For more information, see the NIH Public Access Q&A or visit HSL's page on Publishing in Today's Research Environment.
November 09, 2004
AOL Users and Off-Campus Access to UW-Restricted Resources
AOL's browser does not work with the new proxy service. AOL users should download and install Mozilla and use that browser for access via the proxy service.
For more information, read the New Proxy FAQ
NHGRI Policy and Legislation Database
The National Human Genome Resource Institute (NHGRI) has released a new, free, database containing Federal and State laws/statutes; Federal legislative materials; and Federal administrative and executive materials, including regulations, institutional policies, and executive orders, in areas of privacy of genetic information/confidentiality; informed consent; insurance and employment discrimination; genetic testing and counseling; and commercialization and patenting.
Micromedex Access Change
In order for the Micromedex search box on HealthLinks to work, you must enable pop-up windows for this domain: washington.edu
Instructions for enabling pop-ups are specific to the browser you are using. Instructions for Mozilla, Internet Explorer and the Google Toolbare are available as follows:
Mozilla
Internet Explorer
Google Toolbar
If you don't want to enable pop-ups for this site, you can go directly to the MicroMedex web site (click the 'search micromedex' link above the search box).