What’s New at NLM, NN/LM and Their Partners - March/April 2006
NLM
1. NLM now adds NIH and Wellcome Trust GrantList data obtained from author manuscripts deposited in PubMed Central per NIH’s public access policy (see http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/about/authorms.html).
2. Added Security During My NCBI RegistrationAn additional step will be added to the My NCBI registration process in order to prevent automated programs from setting up accounts. On the registration screen, five characters will be displayed as an image and registrants will be asked to type the five characters into a text box.
3. New Animated Tutorials Available on the LinkOut for Libraries Web page
Two new animated tutorials are now available on the LinkOut for Libraries Web page. These brief, narrated demonstrations in Flash® format are on the following topics:
Displaying Icons Using a Special URL
Implementing Open URL-based Services in PubMed
All tutorials are available under the Tutorials menu on the LinkOut for Libraries Web page as well as the Distance Education Program Resources page. The tutorials require Macromedia Flash® Player to view and were created using Quarbon’s ViewletBuilder®.
Please direct questions or comments to lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
4. Exhibition Traces the History of Forensics, the Roots of Today’s “CSI”-style Crime Solving in Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body a new exhibit at the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine.
Who figured out that fingerprints were unique forms of identification? How did detectives capture crime scenes in the days before photography? How did scientists learn to collect and analyze the DNA evidence we so regularly rely on in court today? What can stages of body decomposition and insect infestation tell us about a cadaver?
A new exhibition, opening at NIH’s National Library of Medicine, traces the history of forensic medicine–the efforts of physicians, surgeons and other specialists to translate views of bodies and body parts into hard evidence or “visible proofs” that testify on behalf of the victims of violent crime and against the guilty. Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body opened in February, 2006.
Visible Proofs pulls back the curtain on the field of forensic medicine, and is rooted entirely in fact. NLM’s exhibit staff reached back to medieval times to show how medical professionals around the world have, over the centuries, developed methods for seeing inside the body and making visible what the untrained, unequipped eye cannot.
Visible Proofs shows how forensic views of the body–in the laboratory, at the crime scene, and in courts of law–and views of forensic science itself have evolved through time and changed our world. Items on display include:
Surgical instruments used in the autopsy of Abraham Lincoln
Some of the first medical treatises on forensics, dating back to the 1600s
A human heart with a bullet hole in it, a stomach poisoned by arsenic, and a kidney punctured by a fatal knife wound
The famous “Nutshell Studies” dollhouse crime scenes, based on true cases and created in the 1940s as a forensic teaching tool
Fingerprints from the first investigation to use fingerprints to help secure a conviction for murder–the 1892 Francesca Rojas case
Film clips of actual forensic autopsies
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body also has an Experience Zone, where detectives of all ages explore forensics firsthand. Participants can work with recreated miniature murder scenes, use black lights to test for evidence of fingerprints and bloodstains, examine human bones for tale-telling characteristics, and use software to create a composite face from hundreds of facial features.
5. RSS Feeds Available from the NLM Technical BulletinThe NLM Technical Bulletin is now offering RSS 2.0 (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. RSS is a Web standard for sharing and distributing news and other frequently updated content provided by Web sites. With the Technical Bulletin feed you will be notified when a new article or Technical Note is published on the Web site.An RSS reader, also called an aggregator, is required to use this service on your computer. There are many RSS readers from which to choose and many are available to download free from the Web. They give you a variety of functions and each has its own advantages. Instructions for adding the Technical Bulletin RSS feed to your reader are available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/rss.html
NNLM
1. Katrina Relief AwardThe NN/LM SE/A regional office offered Katrina Relief Awards of up to $5,000 to Network member libraries and health care clinics and hospitals in Alabama and Mississippi that were adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina. NN/LM SE/A has now made ten awards to the following organizations:
Garden Park Medical Center
University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Library - MSUZQQ
Hancock Medical Center
Medical Foundation of South Mississippi
LMA Anesthesiology Group at Hancock Medical Center
Gunter Library/Gulf Coast Research Laboratory - MSUEFM
William Carey College Libraries - MSUKRS
Bay St. Louis Pediatrics
Memorial Hospital of Gulfport - MSUZAF
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center - ALUMIM
Partners
1. The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Library released a new edition of its Spanish-language health resources knowledge path that includes information on (and links to) Web sites, electronic and print publications, and databases for health professionals and consumers. The resources cover a wide range of health topics, including many of interest to families and professionals in the maternal and child health (MCH) community. The knowledge path is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_spanish.html.
2. FDA & You. News for Health Educators and Students - An educational newsletter intended for use by health educators, secondary school students and their parents. It contains news about medical products from each of FDA’s five Centers. See: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/fdaandyou/
3. Cities in the Southeastern/Atlantic Region. among others, have been awarded $millions by HRSA to fight HIV and AIDS. Monies are to be expended to fund HIV/AIDS primary care and support services for low-income residents living in major metropolitan areas hit hardest by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
4. The Centers for Medicare, & Medicaid Services issues a Transitional Coverage Toolkit to help counselors, health care providers and others who care for people with Medicare. CMS has developed training and educational materials about the transition period. These materials will help you provide assistance to clients, patients and members of the community. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/partnerships/downloads/transitiontoolkit.zip
