National Medical Librarians Month

This year to celebrate NMLM the librarians of the Pumerantz Library want you to be prepared for the zombie apocalypse. To help you get prepared we have the following displays and events planned. 

• Zombie Survival Prep improvised defense weapons display – all month long, Museum
• 10 C’s of Survival display – all month long – 2nd floor stairwell
• On campus interlibrary loan office delivery – All month long
• Screening of Zombieland Oct. 28 @ 6:30 pm. Please register

We will also offer the following training session

• VRLC Training
• Oct. 8, Noon – 1 pm Limit of 20, Please register
• Oct. 14,  5 pm – 6 pm Limit of 20, Please register
• Oct. 20, Noon – 1 pm Limit of 20, Please register

Our perennial favorite events will make a comeback

• Fine Free Friday – Oct. 16
• Halloween photo contest, take a picture in your Halloween costume with the library in the background and submit with the following #PumerantzHalloween on Oct. 30- 31 @pumerantzlib or Facebook
• Halloween “trick or trick” at the library 1st & 2nd floor desks – Oct. 30-31

If you have any questions please contact 909-469-5323 ask for Reference or email reference@westernu.edu for more information. 

National Medical Librarians' Month - "Saving You Time So You Can Save Lives"

Presentation 1:  Library Resources for Finding Images
Thursday, October 10th 
5:30-6:30 pm
2nd floor computer lab
In this presentation, you will learn about the various library resources that you can use to find images:
Access Medicine
Access Pharmacy
EBSCOhost
LWW Health Library
ScienceDirect
SpringerImages
UpToDate
VisualDx
This workshop is limited to 12 participants.  
Facilitated by Ruth Harris, MLIS
Education Services Librarian

Presentation 2:  Mobile Apps for Medicine
Wednesday, October 16th
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Library 2nd floor teaching lab 
Mobile devices are commonplace in today’s medical practice.  They can be used at the point of care to access information on diagnosis, patient care, and pharmaceutical dosing. 
In this workshop, an online tour of the Mobile Devices research guide will be given. This tour will expose attendees to the various library resources that offer Mobile Apps and sources for software downloads. 
Limited to 12 seats
Facilitated by Rudy R. Barreras
Marketing & Outreach Librarian

Presentation 3:  Beginning with EndNote – PC
Monday, October 21st 
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Library 2nd floor teaching lab 
Learn how to use the bibliographic resource EndNote in this hands-on workshop. The basic features of this program will be taught, including creating a library, and importing references.  To get the most out of this workshop, please download EndNote to your laptop before the presentation. 
Limited to 12 seats.
Facilitated by Alicia Prosser, MLIS
Collection Services Librarian

Presentation 4: Beginning with EndNote – Mac
Tuesday, October 29th 
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Library 2nd floor teaching lab 
Learn how to use the bibliographic resource EndNote in this hands-on workshop. The basic features of this program will be taught, including creating a library, and importing references.  To get the most out of this workshop, please download EndNote to your laptop before the presentation. 
Limited to 12 seats.
Facilitated by Frances Chu, MSN, MLIS
Associate Director of Reference & Outreach


To sign up for any of these presentations, please see the Library Workshops page.

Fall Book Sale

The library's annual Fall Book Sale begins Monday October 22. Book prices begin at $.25 and go up to $20.

All book sale items are on the first floor of the Pumerantz Library. Contact the library for more information at 909-469-5323.

National Medical Librarians Month

"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one."
-Neil Gaiman

October is National Medical Librarians Month and to help celebrate the Pumerantz Library has a number of events planned.

Workshops

·         October 10 – Services for distance students 7-8 pm

·         October 18 – Micromedex 7 – 8pm

Click on the hyperlinks to log in to these online courses.

Annual Pumerantz Library Book Sale

·         October 22 – 26, prices start 25 cents.

Book Repair Week

·         October 22 – 26, drop a book in need of care this week for the library to repair. Please see the circulation desk for details and drop off. 

Fine Free Friday

·         October 26, drop off an overdue book on this day with no fines. Sorry outstanding fines do not apply.

Halloween Candy

·         October 31, stop by the library for some Halloween tricks or treats.

National Medical Librarian's Month Annual Book Sale

The Pumerantz Library is holding a used book sale through Sunday, Oct. 30. Prices range from 25 cents to $20. There will be human and veterinary medicine items for sale. The books are on the first floor of the library, by the checkout desk. Please contact the library at reference@westernu.edu or 909-469-5323 for more information.

National Medical Librarians Month

Fall has arrived and Halloween is just around the corner. That must mean it's National Medical Librarians Month. This year we are offering two specialty workshops, as well as some of the things you have come to enjoy & expect during National Medical Librarians Month.

Specialty Workshops

Bringing Other Library Collections to You
Staff, Faculty, and students, do you know that you have access to other academic library collections? This workshop will give a brief overview of our resource sharing services and introduce you to Camino, our newest service.

Thursday, October 27, 2001
5:00 - 6:00 pm
4th Floor Library Conference Room
By Karol Almanzar, Associate Director of Access & Delivery Services

Annual Book Sale
October 23 – 29, 2011

Fine Free Friday
October 28, 2011

Halloween Candy
October 24 - 31, 2011

Pumerantz Library Used Book Sale October 25-31, 2010

The Pumerantz Library is having a book sale. The sale begins Monday, October 25th and will run until Sunday, October 31st. Prices range from .25¢ to $10. There will be human and veterinary medicine items for sale. Please contact the library at reference@westernu.edu for more information.

UPDATE - All book prices will be reduced Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. Books that were .25¢ will be .10¢; .50¢ will be .25¢… etc.

National Medical Librarian Month

October is National Medical Librarian’s Month. Come to the library and help your university librarians celebrate. We are bringing back old favorite events and workshops as well as introducing some new ones.

To start it all off on Monday, October 4th is Snapshot Day - a day in the life of your library. Come to the library and use our services and resources as you normally would. Show how much the library means to you, stop and leave your thoughts on our comment boards on the first floor.

Workshops:

• Oct 4: - Effective study techniques for medical school – Nicholas Blank-Spadoni
  
• Oct 6: - Web 2.0 tools in Medicine – Rudy R. Barreras
  
• Oct 13: - Clinical Apps in Medicine – Rudy R. Barreras
  
• Oct 14: - Using images in PowerPoints and presentations – Ruth Harris
  
• Oct 18: - Cite While You Write® and EndNote® Output Styles - Alicia Saulpaugh
  
• Oct 21:- Test anxiety and relaxation techniques – Dagmar Cofer
  
• Oct 27: - PowerPoint® for students – David Peterson
  
• Oct 28: - Researching using embase® – Ruth Harris
  

For times and more details please visit our workshop guide.  

Book Repair Day – October 19 - Leave a book in need of repair at the library. We’ll fix it and get it back to you. Please allow a few days for staff to repair the book and contact you.  

Bi-annual Library Book Sale – October 25 – 31 - Books will be replenished throughout the week so remember to stop back to see what has been added.  

Fine Free Friday – October 29 - Come in on this one day and the library will forgive a fine on a book that you currently have checked out. Sorry, we can't forgive previous or existing fines, nice try though!  

Candy! - October 25 - 31 - Our public service desks, check out and reference, will have candy on hand.