The History of Medicine Room will not have open hours this Thursday, March 27th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have questions about using the History of Medicine Room, please contact Sara Piasecki, History of Medicine Librarian, at 503-418-2287.
At the end of March, with a lack of fanfare that has been a hallmark of his quiet leadership style, OHSU University Librarian Jim Morgan will retire.
When Morgan arrived at OHSU in 1976—as only the third library director since 1919—one of his first tasks was to automate functions throughout the library. In many ways, that project never ended. The rapid acceleration of technology that began in the 1980s and exploded with the internet in the 1990s ultimately led to a fundamental transformation of libraries. At the same time, OHSU was undergoing dramatic growth and transformation as an institution.
“One of the unique qualities of Jim is his ability to understand large systemic changes and simultaneously grasp how to respond to them at a human level,” said Provost Lesley Hallick. “His support for staff, mentorship of emerging leaders, and encouragement of faculty has helped both the library personnel and its users successfully adapt to a world of information that is dramatically different than when he arrived at OHSU.”
During Morgan’s tenure, the library moved from print-based collections and in-person services to an “always available” electronic service model. The full scope of changes involved in that transformation is extensive, and you can learn more about them at the library’s history website.
A signature moment for the library under Morgan was its transition into the Biomedical Information Communication Center in 1991. In 15 days, 60,000 volumes were moved from the Old Library to stacks in the BICC. The new building quickly became a vital campus resource as well as an information hub for users all across Oregon.
“Throughout his more than thirty years of service, Jim has been an outstanding, compassionate leader,” said Hallick. “He has successfully guided the library through a period of extraordinary external and internal changes, managing change with resilience and difficult times with grace. His steady and reassuring presence will be greatly missed.”
Please join us in wishing Jim a fond farewell on Thursday, March 20, 2008 in the BICC Gallery from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Special thanks to all our library users who came in and paid overdue fines on February 14. A total of $45.50 was donated to OHSU’s Food Drive. An additional $39.05 was donated by users, dropping their quarters, dimes and nickels into the Food Drive can at the Circulation Desk. This brings the total to $84.55, which will enable the Oregon Food Bank to distribute over 421 pounds of food to those in need throughout the state.
CatalogConnect, now available in the OHSU Library catalog, will give you access to tables of contents, summaries, book jackets, and reviews of books in the health sciences. This information, available for most health sciences books published after 1992, comes from Doody Enterprises, who also produce the MedInfoNow database. CatalogConnect provides more detailed information about a book, making it easier for you to determine whether a book in our collection will meet your needs. An example of CatalogConnect can be seen in the screenshots below.
For more information on CatalogConnect, go to http://www.doodyenterprises.com/Catalog+Connect.htm. If you have questions about this new feature, please contact Janet Crum, crumj@ohsu.edu, 4-0691.
