Library Bulletin

November 1998

LIBRARY EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES
By Mary Doherty

The Educational Services librarians have been working on new  initiatives that will gear library instruction to curricular needs. On September 8th, Mary Doherty participated in  the Community Assessment course in the College of Nursing. Students were made aware of print and electronic resources available in the library that would be useful  in their assignments. Information was also given on how to utilize them effectively.

The instructor had consulted in advance with the    librarians to determine how best to meet the library instructional needs of her students. This customized effort was arranged at a time  which the instructor and library staff felt would be most beneficial.  Librarian consultation and customized instruction can meet the specific needs of the course, making it more useful and meaningful to the students. In this case, the students needed to access local statistical data by community district. The class was therefore centered on finding census data and reviewing sources covering community district and neighborhood information in Brooklyn.

This information was given early in the course so that the students would be familiar with the necessary library resources before they began their assignment, and library staff would be made aware of their needs. We hope that more faculty will take advantage of customized  instruction offered by the Educational Services librarians.

After a short hiatus, the library is proud to re-introduce the New Books shelf which will display a collection of about one hundred new books weekly.

The labelled New Books area can be found on the first range of shelves behind  Library Information Kiosk #1.  Just look for the books with the dots on them.  These are available for browsing and borrowing.  Patrons will see a new collection each week as the previous set of books will be shelved on the lower level with the rest of our monographs.

Our New Books shelf is one more service provided to enhance information access for our patrons.

In recent years the library has been assessing its journal collection in terms of use and cost.  Economic realities have made it necessary  for us to ensure that cost is justified by use.  Reports of usage are compiled and a list of titles are proposed for deaccessioning to the faculty and the Library Committee of the campus.  The feedback from these bodies helps us to determine what is finally deaccessioned.  In like manner, Interlibrary Loan statistics and internal, monthly, non- circulating journal counts are considered in the decision process. InterLibrary Loan statistics are considered for accessioning.  For 1999, 92 titles are to be deaccessioned while 14 new titles will be added.

DEACCESSIONED  TITLES 1999
Abdominal Imaging
Academic Psychiatry
Academic Radiology
Accounts of Chemical Research
Acta Cardiologica + Supplements
Activities Adaptation and Aging
Addictive Behaviors
American Imago
American Journal of Health Behavior
American Journal of Orthopedics
Anatomia Histologia Embryologia
Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Struc
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Archives Des Maladies du Coeur et Des Vaisseaux
Behavior Genetics
Behavior Therapy
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
Bulletin ( Hospital for Joint Diseases )
Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology
Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports
Chemtracts : Organic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry
Child Welfare
Clinical Imaging
College and Research Libraries
Computers and Biomedical Research
Contemporary Psychology
Culture Medicine and Psychiatry
Dental Clinics of North America
Developmental and Comparative Immunology
Digital Publishing Technologies : Dpt
Document Imaging Report
Drug Information Journal
East African Medical Journal
Emergency Radiology : a Journal of Practical Imagi
European J Surgery +Scan J Plastic & Recon+ Scan ...
Foot and Ankle International
Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology
Growth Development and Aging
Health Education and Behavior
Human Development
International Angiology
International Journal for Quality in Health Care
International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition re
International Journal of Language and Communication
International Journal of Technology Assessment ...
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Dis
Intervirology
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
Journal of Audiovisual Media in Medicine
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
Journal of Chromatographic Science
Journal of Clinical Immunology
Journal of Clinical Pathology + Clinical Molecular
Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Journal of Immunotherapy
Journal of International Medical Research + Supple
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing
Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics : JPO
Journal of Research in Reading
Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Care
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Md Computing : Computers in Medical Practice
Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
Medical Education
Midwives : Official Journal of the Royal College ...
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
Nucleic Acids Symposium Series
Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews / Series a : Human
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
Pathology International
Physiotherapy Canada
Physiotherapy Index W/ Cumulated Annual Indexes
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Prostate
Psychological Bulletin
Psychophysiology + Supplement
Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
Respiratory Care : the Official Journal of the ...
Rheumatology International
Seminars in Urologic Oncology
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Studies in Family Planning
Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy
Teaching and Learning in Medicine
Telemedicine Journal
Topics in Emergency Medicine
Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Vision Research / Incorp Clinical Vision Sciences
Windows Magazine

Appendix:  New Titles to Be Added
Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy
American Journal of Dermatopathology
Birth
Contact Dermatitis
Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Families in Society
Journal of Molecular Medicine
Journal of Neurotrauma
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Leukemia
Molecular Cell
OR Manager
Pediatrics in Review
Perception and Psychophysics