November 30, 2005
Chronicle of Higher education is live!
Keep up with the latest news in higher education with the UW Libraries' online subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Published every weekday, the Chronicle is the number one source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and administrators.
To access the Chronicle from home, use the "Off-Campus Access" link on the HealthLinks Web site.
November 22, 2005
Nursing Consult Trial Begins
HSL is providing trial access to Mosby's Nursing Consult through December 2005 to evaluate it for possible purchase. Please send your comments to us by completing a brief survey.
Mosby's Nursing Consult, developed by Elsevier, is an online resource of information designed for nurses and organized similarly to MDConsult. Nursing Consult contains books, journals, patient handouts, news and updates.
November 16, 2005
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours for HSL
During the Thanksgiving break, HSL will be open limited hours as follows:
- Wednesday, Nov 23, 2005
- HSL 7:30 am - 5 pm
- KK Sherwood (Harborview) 8 am - 5 pm
- Social Work Library 9 am - 5 pm
- Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov 24, 2005
- All units closed
- Friday Nov 25, 2005
- HSL 9 am - 5 pm
- KK Sherwood & Social Work Library closed
Standard hours resume on Saturday, Nov 26, 2005. All electronic resources remain available throughout the break.
November 15, 2005
PLEASE USE OUR RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY
Recently an attempt was made through the UW campus system to systematically download the entire contents of an extremely expensive, and critical clinical information resource. This action is illegal and almost resulted in the loss of access to this resource for the entire UW community. Fortunately, it was detected and steps taken to prevent it.
It is critical that all users in the UW community understand that any attempt to systematically download any University of Washington contracted resources violates our contracts and can result in termination of the resource. PLEASE USE OUR RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY.
If you have questions about what is and is not acceptable, please refer to the UW Libraries Electronic Resources Usage Guidelines or contact one of the librarians.
November 08, 2005
Health Sciences Library Learning Commons STF Survey
Your reply to this survey helps us prioritize our Student Technology Fee (STF) proposal requests. Please take this opportunity to express your opinion and to provide support for STF funding for Learning Commons updates.
Background: Equipment and software in the Learning Commons are primarily funded by the $40/quarter Student Technology Fee you pay. Campus organizations submit proposals to the STF committee to determine how your money is spent. Specific proposals have no impact on the amount of the fee.
Workstations in the Learning Commons have been replaced on a staggered 4-year rotation. This year the workstations in the drop-in area were replaced. In two years we will request that all of the classroom stations be replaced. So, at any time, students always have the option of using equipment that is less than two years old. This is an "off" year for major equipment purchases. So we're concentrating on smaller requests such as software, and a few pieces of peripheral hardware. You can see information about our past proposals.