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The Big Deal: Should Libraries Stay or Should Libraries Go?
(2019)
This article examines the history of the Big Deal more than 23 years after the beginning of large journal packages being offered to libraries. This article also examines solutions and alternatives to large journal packages ...
Eastern North Carolina and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
(2019-10-28)
As the Great War came to an end in the fall of 1918, a lethal disease spread across the globe. By the time the epidemic concluded in March 1919, more people died from the “Spanish” Influenza than died in the war, including ...
Rising to the Occasion: Curating Circulating Collections Beginning with a Test Prep Book Deselection Project
(2019-10-06)
Literature and experience in health sciences librarianship show that currency is key when providing resources to students enrolled in health sciences degree programs. With frequent updates to board exams for health sciences ...
The Purple Book Poster - A Project in Print
(2019-10-05)
Kathy Cable, MLS & Carrie Forbes, MLS wanted to know if students would still appreciate or want a print resource when visiting the campus library. The idea for the resource came from observing medical students using a small ...
The Liaison Librarian's Role in Supporting Diversity Initiatives: Developing a Black History Month Exhibit in a College of Nursing
(2019-10-06)
The liaison or subject librarian traditionally takes the role of content specialist without specific content area knowledge or expertise, beyond the familiarity often gleaned through searches related to the position. While ...
Advancing the Knowledge of Public Health and Poverty in North Carolina through Oral History Interviews
(2019-10-05)
Although several U.S. advances in public health began in North Carolina (NC), the state has long faced many social and physical challenges that contributed to a high incidence of disease. This is particularly true in the ...
Gross Anatomy: Are Anatomical Models Worth the Investment?
(2019-10-05)
Our library began its anatomical model collection in the late 1980s with one model of the fetus. In intervening years, the collection has grown to 236 models ranging from single organs to entire bodies. As of July 1, 2019, ...
From Old to New: Changing the Way a Health Sciences Library Thinks About Popular Reading Collections
(2014-10-20)
Objective: The inclusion of popular reading titles among academic and health sciences libraries is heavily discussed in the library literature. A popular reading collection containing health sciences related leisure reading ...
Into the Trenches: Collaborating with Medical Students
(2017-10-23)
Objective:
After the successful implementation of a study room project to increase medical students’ use of the library’s physical spaces, the liaison librarian for the School of Medicine was challenged to increase medical ...