University Libraries Newsletter
March 2022
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Spring Semester Building Hours |
Marx Library Hours
Mar 6 - Apr 29
Mon. - Thurs. 8:00 am - 11:00 pm
Fri. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sun. 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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McCall Library Welcomes Dr. Ryan Morini as Director of Community Oral History Collections |
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The McCall Library is pleased to welcome Dr. Ryan Morini as Director of Community Oral History Collections, our National Endowment for the Humanities funded oral historian. Ryan has spent his first week getting acquainted with our existing oral history collections and making connections related to ongoing and new projects to which he will contribute. We’re delighted to have his expertise as we build the foundations of a strong Oral History program to promote research, learning, and connection through the many voices of Mobile. |
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Amy Prendergast, Science and Technology Librarian, Retires |
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After 37 years of service, seven as a paraprofessional and 30 as a librarian, Amy Prendergast, the Science and Technology Librarian, is retiring as of May 31, 2022. Amy first came to the USA Libraries in 1982 and worked in Government Documents for two years before moving to Interlibrary Loan and Reference, where she worked for five years.
In 1989, she left USA to pursue her master’s in library science from the University of Alabama. Amy worked at the University of Missouri in Rolla for two years after she received her MLS, but when she saw an opportunity to return home to Mobile when a position opened up at the USA Libraries in 1992, she took it. She was originally the Technology & Education librarian, but her duties shifted over the years so that she ended up concentrating on science and technology. In order to better increase her knowledge and to better serve her faculty and students, Amy earned a master’s in history with a concentration in the history of science from USA in 1999.
When asked what she would miss the most about working at the USA Libraries, Amy said that she would miss her colleagues as they have been both fun and easy to work with. After her retirement, Amy plans to travel. Her first post-retirement trip is already planned for July, when she will be going on a cruise to Alaska. Amy also plans to spend more time on her other hobbies, which include photography, quilting, and baking.
We, at the USA Libraries, will miss Amy, and we wish her the best in her retirement.
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Featured Resource: dataplanet
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Are you in need of standardized and structured statistical data to support your research? Check out dataplanet from Sage, provided to you by the USA Libraries. This database has over 65 billion datasets from more than 550 sources and over 90 data providers and includes international data as well as data from the United States. It covers over 16 major subject areas, including energy resources and industries, labor and employment, prices and cost of living, education, health and vital statistics, and transportation and traffic.
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Sage’s dataplanet can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject, source, or geography. The home screen includes featured datasets that you can view as well. At the time of this writing, the featured datasets were Weekly Reported COVID-19 New Cases (internationally), Unemployment Claims (USA), and Mortgage Rates (USA.) If you find yourself needing help with the data, you can get step by step guides to working with and evaluating datasets and sources. The help section of dataplanet also includes videos to help you use statistics in your research.
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Students from Honors 390-103 Class Learn About Digitization in the McCall Library |
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Students from Honors 390-103 are hard at work in the McCall Library, learning the processes involved in digitizing community assets as part of their coursework. This project supports the goals of the Mobile Creole Cultural-Historical Preservation Society (MCCHPS) and introduces concepts related to archives, community history, and representation. Tracy Neely (2nd from right), President of the MCCHPS, demonstrates the equipment setup and process for digitizing Title Insurance ledgers that can be useful in facilitating genealogical research. According to the MCCHPS website, “these title searches trace the lands of Mobile and their owners back to the original Spanish Land Grants of the area.”
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Are you familiar with Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy? Acland’s is a very popular three-dimensional video atlas with dissections of the human body, suitable for use by medical practitioners, health science students in medicine, dentistry, allied health, nursing, or high school, as well as by the general public. It’s even used as assigned course materials here at USA. Acland’s is designed to be a review tool or as a learning tool when cadaveric dissection is not an option.
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Featured Biomedical Library Resource: Acland's Anatomy
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Bodies used for the videos have not been embalmed, since embalming would discolor and stiffen the tissues. Audio recordings with narration accompany the video recordings. The recordings rotate. Acland’s is divided into five volumes: Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, the Trunk, Head & Neck, and Internal Organs.
Dr. Robert D. Acland, MBBS, FRCS (1941-2016) taught anatomy at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and established/directed the Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory at the University of Louisville.
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University Libraries Recent Publication & Staff Updates |
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Clista Clanton - Clista Clanton, Senior Librarian, Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives, Baugh Biomedical Library, co-authored a book chapter, "Evolution of Evidence-based Practice: Implications for Implementation and Dissemination Sciences and Translational Nursing," published in Implementation Science in Nursing: A Framework for Education and Practice. Roussel and Thomas. Slack, Inc., April 1, 2022.
Clista Clanton - Clista Clanton, Senior Librarian, Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives, Baugh Biomedical Library, co-authored a peer-reviewed article, "The Prevalence of Pathologic Q Waves on Electrocardiograms of Pediatric Patients with Confirmed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: a Systematic Review of the Literature," published in Emergency Medicine Open Journal, Oct 2021.
Clista Clanton - Clista Clanton, Senior Librarian, Assistant Director for Strategic Initiatives, Baugh Biomedical Library, co-authored, "Using REDCap Application in Tracking and Evaluation of Occupational Health Questionnaires for Animal care and Use Program," published in Research Management Review, 2021;25(1):57-70.
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USA Libraries Exhibits
March/April 2022
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