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UCSF Library News
- April 11, 2011Back to top
Music in the Library: David Luning
David Luning captivates audiences with his award-winning original songs, charming personality, and warm rich voice. His compositions include surprising insights into love and car troubles, tales of ramblin' and homesick desperation, and foot stompin' sing-alongs. Luning has been compared to a young John Prine or Bob Dylan, his original music and lyrics continue to win songwriting competitions, and his fan base is quickly expanding. Listen to David's music here.
There will be light refreshments and free chair massages (first-come, first-served).
Wednesday, April 13, Noon - 1 p.m.
Lange Room
Free admissionPresented by Campus Life Services Arts & Events and sponsored by the Sarah B. Childs Fund.
- April 8, 2011Back to top
Thieme E-Books: Online Textbooks, Full-Color Illustrations
The UCSF Library now has access to the Thieme E-Book Library, a collection of online textbooks covering a wide range of subjects in medicine and the life sciences, including anatomy, dentistry, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, and radiology. The collection includes Thieme's Flexibook and Color Atlas series, which features renowned full-color photos and illustrations.
- April 7, 2011Back to top
Starved For Attention: 195 Million Stories of Malnutrition
Doctors Without Borders and VII Photo present "Starved for Attention," a multimedia campaign exposing the neglected and largely invisible crisis of childhood malnutrition.
"Starved for Attention" aims to rewrite the story of malnutrition through a series of multimedia documentaries that seamlessly blend photography and video from some of the most accomplished and award-winning photojournalists working today. The campaign presents frontline stories of malnutrition from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, India, Mexico, and the United States.
This video exhibit will be on view through June 2011, on the Parnassus Campus Library's main floor, around the corner from the elevators.
For more information, visit the official website.
Image: Burkina Faso, 2009. © Jessica Dimmock/VII Network
- April 7, 2011Back to top
Free Classes on Digital Video, Elluminate, and the CLE
Are you ready to enhance your teaching materials with advanced tools in the CLE, live web conferencing, and digital video? If so, check out the Library's educational technology workshop schedule, available in the CLE Support Center. Taught by Learning Technologies staff, sessions are held in the new Technology Commons, and include discussion of best practices as well as hands-on learning time.
- April 6, 2011Back to top
Use AccessMedicine on Your Mobile Device
AccessMedicine Mobile is now available! The mobile site is optimized for iPhone, Google’s Android, and BlackBerry Bold and includes a targeted subset of AccessMedicine’s content. You must log in using an AccessMedicine personal profile.
Get a personal profile:
- Visit http://accessmedicine.com/ using a non-mobile browser.
- Click the "My AccessMedicine" link in the upper right, and follow the directions to create a personal profile.
- Once complete, visit AccessMedicine Mobile on your mobile device and log in with the username and password you just created.
- March 29, 2011Back to top
April 4: Apple Event on Podcasting and Ebooks
On Monday, April 4, Apple will be sponsoring two training events in the UCSF Teaching and Learning Center.
NEW! Podcasting and ePub
Monday, April 4
1 - 3 pm
TLC Room 221-22Learn how to author engaging, multimedia podcasts and ebooks in this hands-on session.
- March 24, 2011Back to top
Library's Hearst Room Opens 24/7 as of Tuesday, March 29
The Kalmanovitz Library and Center for Knowledge Management is extremely pleased to announce that The Hearst Reading Room will be accessible to students for individual and group study 24 hours a day, seven days a week, effective Tuesday, March 29th. Students may access the Room during regular Library hours via the main doors to the Library. At all other times, students may use the secure entrance (to the left of the main entrance as you face the building) and go directly into The Hearst Reading Room. Access during non-library hours requires a valid UCSF student ID card.
Among the resources available in The Hearst Reading Room are several lighted study carrels and tables as well as five group study rooms. Recent renovations include security features around the entrance and new restrooms for use when the Library is closed. In addition, the UCSF Police Department will maintain a small substation inside The Hearst Reading Room, which will further enhance security after-hours.
- March 14, 2011Back to top
Genentech Hall Study Space Closed as of March 21
Effective Monday, March 21st, Genentech Hall Room S-227 will no longer be available as a study space. This room is being converted into a much needed Teaching Lab that will be a shared-use facility for class-based instruction of wet bench methodologies, techniques, and projects. Construction of the new Teaching Lab is expected to be completed by this summer.
The Library in the Mission Bay Community Center will continue to be open Mondays - Thursdays, 9:00am to 9:00pm, and Fridays, 9:00am to 5:30pm.
Alternate study spaces are available for UCSF students in Genentech Hall and in several buildings on the Parnassus Campus. View a list of additional study spaces for UCSF students.
- March 7, 2011Back to top
A Journey from Earthenware to Porcelain
A new exhibit presents Japan's ceramic journey from earthenware to porcelain, demonstrating the technical brilliance, refined aesthetics, and feeling for nature that lies at the heart of Japanese ceramics.
The exhibition features 35 ceramic objects from the early 20th century including works by the world famous Japanese potter, Kitaoji Rosanjin, and nine designated Living National Treasures recipients. The works are from the collection of Japanese ceramics given to Mills College in the 1970s by William S. Picher, a prominent San Francisco patron of the arts, and Dr. Herbert Sanders, a Bay Area teacher, writer, and collector.
This exhibit will be on view through December 2011, in the Parnassus Campus Library's third (main) floor gallery.
See the exhibit brochure (PDF).
- March 3, 2011Back to top
Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy Now Available Online
The fifth edition of the popular Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy is now available on the UCSF network via Netter Reference.
Over 500 of Netter's classic anatomy images are included in this edition, and selected videos from Netter's 3-D Interactive Anatomy complement the images. Some features of the new web version include:
- Labels for each image that can be turned on or off;
- Images can be easily downloaded as a zip file for documents, presentations, and other teaching materials (for use at UCSF only; requires StuffIt program for use on Mac);
- Images can also be saved into a "Lightbox" for use in a slideshow within the Netter site (requires Individual login);
- Up to 200 copies of presentations with content from the Atlas may be printed.