The Lamar Soutter Library invites you to its Artist in Residence Series Fotografia : an eclectic collection Photographs by Alberto Mercado Also presenting his book: From Ashes to Dreams: My Life, My Story Exhibiting: Monday, November 30, 2009 - Friday, January 15, 2010 Reception: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Place: First Floor of the Library For more information contact Nancy Harger 508-856-3334 / Nancy.Harger@umassmed.edu

(Posted on 11-6-09)

Virtual Catalog Replacement Ready for Prime Time – WorldCat Local (WCL) is here!!

WorldCat Local allows you to search the Lamar Soutter collection, the Boston Library Consortium's collections, and the collections of many other libraries worldwide. Most importantly, WorldCat Local will allow you to order books from the Boston Library Consortium Libraries (BLC) or from Interlibrary Loan (ILL) through one seamless interface.

UMMS/UMMHC faculty, staff, and students who are registered (i.e., who have an active LSL barcode) with the library are eligible to order material through WorldCat Local.

• Ordering books through BLC is free
• If the book is not available from the BLC, you can direct your order to ILL (A $12 fee applies.)

Training sessions are being planned for November/December. More information is available on the Interlibrary Loan page.

(Posted on 11-2-09)

Changes to Loansome Doc Service

Effective November 1, 2009, the Lamar Soutter Library (LSL) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School will no longer provide Loansome Doc services to corporations. Our decision is based on our increasing number of online journal subscriptions whose licensing agreements prohibit providing articles to for-profit corporations or commercial enterprises.

We will continue to fill requests for health care professionals and public health employees who are not affiliated with a medical library. Health care professionals must either provide services to patients or work for a governmental public health agency. All health care professionals who choose us as their library supplier must register with LSL and provide proof of status, including a copy of certification or license.

For more details about LSL's Loansome Doc Service, please go to the Interlibrary Loan page.

(Posted on 10-28-09)

The Humanities in Medicine Committee of The Lamar Soutter Library invites you to a talk by Ellen S. More Personal Stories, Political Change: Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine and book signing Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. The Library's Rare Book Room Ellen More, PhD, a historian of medicine at UMass Medical School, is also the author of Restoring the Balance: Women Physicians and the Profession of Medicine, 1850-1995, which was awarded the Rossiter prize from the History of Science Society, co-editor of The Empathic Practitioner: Empathy, Gender, and Medicine, and a web-based history of Family Medicine in Massachusetts, "The People's Medicine Comes to Massachusetts." She is head of the Lamar Soutter Library's Office of Medical History and Archives and Professor, Department of Psychiatry. Refreshments will be served.

(Posted on 10-27-09)

Trials to Two New AAAS Journals

The library currently has trial subscriptions to two new American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) journals: Science Signaling and Science Translational Medicine. The trial for Science Signaling ends on December 1, while the trial for Science Translational Medicine runs from October 7 thru December 16.

Your feedback on these trials is greatly appreciated.

(Posted on 10-5-09)

The Humanities in Medicine Committee of The Lamar Soutter Library presents A Special Presentation and Book Signing Navigating the Art of Medicine David Watts, M.D. October 15, 2009 Reception and Gathering: 5:30 p.m. The Library's Rare Book Room Presentation and Book Signing: 6:00 p.m. Hiatt Auditorium David Watts, MD, is the author of 6 books, including The Orange Wire Problem, a collection of stories focused upon the intricacies and complexities of the doctor-patient relationship. He is a gastroenterologist at UCSF and the founding director of the "Writing The Medical Experience Conference and Workshops" held alternately at Sarah Lawrence College and in the San Francisco Bay area. He is an NPR commentator on All Things Considered and a producer of the PBS program Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine. For more information contact Nancy Harger 508-856-3334 / Nancy.Harger@umassmed.edu

(Posted on 9-17-09)

The Lamar Soutter Library invites you to its Artist in Residence Series Celebrating the Life and Works of Tobias McConchie 1985-2008 Exhibiting: October 15 - November 25, 2009 Reception: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. Place: First Floor of the Library Special thanks to the UMass Medical and Child Life Staff for giving so much each day. Thanks to William Duffy who taught Toby to paint and to all those at the New England School of Photography who shared in the passion of photography and art. For more information contact Nancy Harger 508-856-3334 / Nancy.Harger@umassmed.edu

(Posted on 9-16-09)

Look How Far We've Come (and How We Got Started) The Lamar Soutter Library Celebrates American Archives Month and The History of UMass Medical School Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Events to Celebrate: Open House Rare Book Collection and UMass Med Archives 10:00-11:00AM, Rare Book Room, Library Lunchtime Panel Look How Far We've Come: Personal Reflections Moderator: John Sullivan, MD Panelists: Sue Gagliardi, PhD, Maurice Goodman, PhD, J. Barry Hanshaw, MD, Allan Jacobson, PhD, Linda Pape, MD, H. Brownell Wheeler, MD Faculty Conference Room, 11:30-1:00PM Doors open for lunch at 11:30 RSVP to Ellen More by October 5

(Posted on 9-16-09)

Pull and Copy Service Integrated Into ILL

To serve you better, we have integrated the Pull and Copy service into Interlibrary Loan (ILL). One form will handle both types of requests. Please use the ILLiad form to order your Pull and Copy request(s).

The service cost for Pull and Copy is $11.00 per article.
The service cost for ILL is $12.00 per article. Rush requests (24 hours) are $23.00 per article.

(Posted on 8-24-09; revised 8-25-09)

The Humanities in Medicine Committee of the Lamar Soutter Library and the Department of Psychiatry Invite you to a Presentation and Book Signing by Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD Keeping Modern in Medicine: Pharmaceutical Promotion and Continuing Medical Education, 1959-2009 Jeremy Greene, M.D., Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of the History of Science of Harvard University, Instructor in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics of Harvard Medical School, and Associate Physician in the Department of Medicine of Brigham & Women's Hospital. His research interests focus on the history of the pharmaceutical industry and its interactions with medical research, clinical practice, and public health, and his first book, Prescribing By Numbers: Drugs and the Definition of Disease (2007, Johns Hopkins University Press) traces the development of chronic disease categories as markets for risk-reducing pharmaceuticals. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:00 p.m. Rare Book Room, Lamar Soutter Library Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Ellen More or call 508-856-7633.

(Posted on 8-17-09; revised 9-8-09)

Audubon Passes Available in the Library

As part of the comprehensive Working on Wellness initiative, we are pleased to offer employees and students passes to any Massachusetts Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary. There are thirty Sanctuaries throughout Massachusetts with nine in Central MA. Many of the Sanctuaries have trails, some have ponds and marshes that attract diverse wildlife and some, like Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, offer Nature Centers and Educational Programs.

• There are three passes available
• One pass admits 2 adults and 2 children for a fee of $1.00 per person
• You may check out a pass at the Library Service Point
• You may also check out a guide to the sanctuaries with the pass
• The pass may be signed out for a maximum of one week

(Posted on 8-5-09)

IEEE Xplore® Digital Library Now Available

The library now has access, through a contract at UMass Amherst, to the full-text of all journal and magazine articles, conference papers, and approved and published standards in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library.

(Posted on 8-3-09)

New Printing/Photocopying Service Vendor

The library has switched its printing/photocopying service vendor to Copy Data Solutions Inc. In addition to upgrading the equipment and software, we are happy to announce that the new system allows for duplex printing, an eco-friendly feature that patrons have been requesting.

Copy Data has agreed to honor your old copy/printing card with value for 90 days, through October 15, 2009. After 90 days, the old cards will no longer work, and you will be required to purchase a card from Copy Data.

You will be able to purchase and add value to Copy Data cards either in person in the library, cash only, or by purchase order through Copy Data. Copy Data does not accept credit cards.

To obtain cards by purchase order, contact Copy Data via email or phone.
For additional information, see the library's website or contact Jane Fama.

(Posted on 7-23-09)

Changes to ILLiad Log In

Effective immediately, users of the ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan) system must use their library-issued barcode number as the username to gain access. This change was necessary to support the forthcoming WorldCat Local resource. If you have questions, please contact Vivian Okyere at 508-856-2080.

(Posted on 7-16-09; revised 7-17-09)

Legacy Content Now Available for The Endocrine Society Journals

The library has acquired the Legacy Content collection from The Endocrine Society, which extends our online subscriptions back to Volume 1 for the four Society journals:

• Endocrine Reviews
• Endocrinology
• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Molecular Endocrinology

(Posted on 7-13-09)

Virtual Catalog Change

The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) is switching vendors for their Virtual Catalog Service. Access to the current system is no longer available. The new system, WorldCat Local, is scheduled to go live on July 15, 2009. The BLC is made up of 20 institutions; however, not all institutions will be live on July 15. We will post an announcement to our website when WorldCat Local will be available for your use.

Thank you for your patience during this transition period. The new system offers additional features to make your searching and ordering easier. Additional information will be available when the system is live.

Note: If you have outstanding items borrowed from the Virtual Catalog, please return them by July 31, 2009.

(Posted on 6-29-09; revised 7-8-09)

PsycARTICLES® Now Available on Ovid

Library users now have access to the American Psychological Association's PsycARTICLES® journal collection on the Ovid platform. PsycARTICLES® is a database of full-text articles from 66 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. These journals are incorporated into search results of Ovid's PsycINFO database.

(Posted on 6-19-09)

MICROMEDEX® "Point of Care" Training

On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, representatives from Thomson MICROMEDEX will be in the library to conduct training sessions on the new "Point of Care" interface. These 30-minute sessions will be conducted in the library Computer Classroom at 8:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.

Registration is encouraged, as seating is limited. To register, please contact Len Levin.

(Posted on 6-16-09)

Elsevier Backfiles and New Ovid Book Titles

The library is pleased to announce the addition of two backfile collections from Elsevier, including the Cell Press Collection and the Immunology and Microbiology Collection. Acquisition of these collections extends coverage of several of our online journals back to their first year of publication.

Also, the library has licensed access to over 30 additional titles from Books@Ovid, which doubles the number of online textbooks from the Ovid platform.

(Posted on 6-12-09)

Fee Increases for Some Library Services

In order to cover rising costs, which include increases in copyright charges, the Lamar Soutter Library must raise the fees for several Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services. These increases will help us to partially recover costs while continuing to provide the services you need.

• Interlibrary Borrowing will increase from $11.00 to $12.00 per request.
• Pull and Copy Service will increase from $8.00 to $11.00 for the first 20 pages of an article. Additional pages will be charged at the current rate of $.20 per page.
• Loansome Doc Service will increase from $25.00 to $35.00 per article, with a surcharge of $5.00 for material held at other institutions.

These price changes will go into effect on July 1, 2009. The library continues to pay all the necessary copyright fees for articles supplied. We remain dedicated to providing you with the materials that you need to continue with your research. If you have any questions about the fee increases, please contact Jane Fama at (508) 856-2099.

(Posted on 6-1-09)

The Lamar Soutter Library invites you to its Artist in Residence Series Flights of Fancy A Photographic Journey by Felicia Kuo, M.D. Exhibiting: June 8 - July 22, 2009 Reception: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. Place: First Floor of the Library For more information contact Nancy Harger 508-856-3334 / Nancy.Harger@umassmed.edu

(Posted on 5-27-09)

Format of the Library Journal Collection

Elaine R. Martin, DA, Director of Library Services, has sent out a letter to the campus community regarding upcoming changes to the format of the library's journal collection for 2010.

(Posted on 5-21-09)

Follow Us on Twitter!

You can now keep up with library news and events by following us on Twitter.com. The address is:


(Posted on 5-19-09)

The GLBT Quality Improvement Committee of UMass Memorial Health Care Systems is proud to host: "Love Makes a Family" and "Pioneering Voices" A museum-quality traveling exhibit of photographs and interviews with families that have GLBT members. On display: June 1-5, 2009 Reception: June 3, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Place: First Floor of the Library

(Posted on 5-19-09)

EBSCO has added a Citation Matcher to many of its databases. This feature enables users to search for article citations for which they have incorrect or incomplete information. To access this feature, click the More link at the top of most EBSCOhost pages.



(Posted on 5-11-09)

Photo by Max Westby

Due to the current swine influenza public health emergency, the library has produced a webpage listing current sources of information on the outbreak.

(Posted on 4-30-09)

The Worcester District Medical Society, The Humanities in Medicine Committee of the Lamar Soutter Library, and The Department of Medicine Present a Special Presentation and Book Signing Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness Rita Charon, MD, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She directs the Narrative Curriculum for Columbia's medical school and teaches literature, narrative ethics, life-telling, both in the medical center and Columbia's Department of English. Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Presentation: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Hiatt Auditorium, UMass Medical School Reception in the Lamar Soutter Library: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Please RSVP to Nancy Harger or call 508-856-3334.

(Posted on 4-24-09)