Encore service to restored evening of Aug. 28
We apologize for the inconvenience, but Encore needs to go through some unscheduled maintenance. If you are unfamiliar with Encore, it’s a discovery platform and better way to search the catalog. It will be unavailable this afternoon, but you can still search for books, journals, and other materials through the traditional catalog.
UH Libraries on Facebook
M.D. Anderson Library at night
Did you know that the UH Libraries is on Facebook? Follow the news of the UH Libraries and interact with other fans and librarians. Ask questions, share pictures, learn about events, and have fun.
Federated Serarch Tool – Temporarily Unavailable
On Tuesday, August 25th from 6:30-7pm, the federated search tools will be down due to scheduled web server maintenance. You will not be able to use any of the federated search tools on the UH Libraries’ website. This includes doing a search on the homepage for articles. You can still go into individual databases to look for articles. We apologize for this inconvenience.
If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Vacek, Web Services Coordinator, revacek@uh.edu. Thanks.
CougarOne Card Activation site
http://cougarcard.uh.edu/activate
Students need their:
- PeopleSoft ID
- Birthdate
- 60XXX number off the back of their NEW card.
Do you love your librarian?
Have you worked closely with any of the librarians here within the UH Libraries? Have they helped you or gone out of their way for you? If you want to say thanks to that special person, now if your opportunity!
Nominate your favorite librarian for the 2009 Carnegie Corporation Of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award!
The award invites library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Nominations will run through October 9 and are being accepted online at http://www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
Up to 10 librarians will be selected. Each will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and a $500 travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times in December. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award winner’s library.
For more info about this contest, please see this press announcement on the American Library Association website.
Assistant Professors Speaker Series
The University Community and Public are invited to bring their brown bag lunch and meet two of the University’s rising stars at noon on July 9, 2009 in the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion:
Jason Porter, College of Optometry,
“Adaptive Optics”
Clinicians and vision scientists have known for centuries that human vision is degraded by the eye’s poor optical quality. Even when wearing conventional glasses or contact lenses, our eyes still suffer from subtle optical imperfections that not only limit our ability to see fine detail in the outside world, but also limit the ability of clinicians and vision scientists to look inside normal and diseased eyes with fine detail. We use adaptive optics, the same technology used by ground-based telescopes to take clear images of outer space through Earth’s turbulent atmosphere, to correct for the eye’s optical imperfections and acquire images with unprecedented resolution. Adaptive optics imaging now allows for the routine examination of single cells in living eyes, providing a non-invasive, microscopic view of the living retina that could previously only be obtained in excised tissue. The ability to see cellular structures in the living eye provides the opportunity to better understand normal retinal structure and function while potentially enhancing our ability to earlier detect and diagnose retinal diseases and track the progression and efficiency of disease treatments. We will highlight some of the scientific discoveries that adaptive optics has made possible, and will also discuss the development of an adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope in our lab at the College of Optometry.
and
Kirill Larin, Cullen College of Engineering
“Noninvasive Optical Imaging and Diagnostics of Tissues and Cells”
Development of novel methods for functional imaging, monitoring and quantification of different biological processes in tissues, small organs, and cells has gained tremendous interest in view of the varied applications of Biomedical Optics. This talk will overview recent developments in functional imaging of different tissues and cells with several low-coherence interferometry (LCI) methods developed at the University of Houston, including noninvasive monitoring of drug diffusion and optical clearing, detection and assessment of microbubbles in tissues and blood, early diagnostics of arteriosclerosis, imaging of early embryonic cardiovascular system development, and depth-resolved fingerprint recognition. Additionally, recent progress in development of minimally-invasive glucose biosensor, based on unique micro-retroreflector technology, will be discussed.
Cookies and beverages compliments of the University Libraries. This free event is co-sponsored by the Faculty Senate. For more details, please review the attached sheet or call the Faculty Senate Office at 713-743-9181.
Summer Book Club is back: July 30
The UH Libraries & UH Women’s Resource Center joint Summer Book Club is back!
Join us on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Noon in the Women’s Resource Center (in the UC Satellite) for Summer Book Club.
We’ll be discussing Ayelet Waldman’s new memoir, Bad Mother.
Questions? Contact Veronica Arellano (varellano [at] uh.edu) or Beverly McPhail (bmcphail [at] central.uh.edu).
Finals Mania Draws Hundreds of Students to Library
Finals Mania, Spring 2009 Edition, kicked off at 10pm last Wednesday, May 6 at the UH M.D. Anderson Library. Hundreds of students were drawn to the library for a free late night pancake breakfast, made and served by UH faculty, staff, and student leaders.
The library’s own Dean Dana Rooks and Associate Dean Diane Bruxvoort were on hand to flip pancakes, along with Faculty Senate President Dr. Dan Wells, SGA President Kenneth Fomunung, Vice President for Administration & Finance Dr. Carl Carlucci, VP for Student Affairs, Dr. Elwyn Lee, and Staff Council representatives.
President Khator joined in the late night study break festivities to mingle with students and play a heated match of Hungry, Hungry, Hippos.
Finals Mania is a biannual study break for UH students sponsored by UH University Services, the UH Libraries, the Student Government Association, Student Affairs, Staff Council, and Faculty Senate.
For photos of Finals Mania, check out the UH Libraries on Facebook.
H1N1 Flu Information
If you are concerned about the H1N1 flu outbreak (formerly known as swine flu) and want information about it, here is a link to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) site: H1N1 Outbreak. As of June 11, the H1N1 outbreak is now considered a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Library Privileges Continue Throughout the Summer
Spring Semester Students:
Your library privileges, including access to electronic resources, continue throughout the summer. You must be enrolled on the last day of the Spring semester and be in good standing on your library account for access to library materials.
