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11/20/2024
Abbie Olivas

Valmora Industrial Sanatorium, a tuberculosis sanatorium located in Watrous, New Mexico, regularly hosted special Thanksgiving dinners for patients well enough to socialize and eat in the main dining hall. Along with rest and fresh air, a rich and nutritious diet was part of a patient’s treatment at the facility. Dr. Carl Gellenthien, Valmora’s second director, wrote about treating tuberculosis with diet, including, “A Resume of Diet Therapy” (1931) and “Wartime Food Rationing and Tuberculosis” (1943). 

Valmora often printed special menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other social gatherings. Here are two examples of Thanksgiving menus found in their records in Special Collections and an article about the 1938 dinner in the December issue of the Valmora Sun (one of the sanatorium’s newsletters). 

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11/19/2024
profile-icon Deirdre Caparoso

This Thursday, November 21st, is National Rural Health Day. In celebration, the Health Resources & Services Administration will offer an array of exciting and useful online events and the National Organization of State Office of Rural Health will offer a special online main event webinar featuring success stories and innovation strategies. 

HSLIC strives to support rural communities year-round. Last fall, participants in the state’s Tribal Libraries Program spent a day receiving training at HSLIC. The Outreach and Community Engagement Librarian visits libraries in both Southern and Northern New Mexico to discuss health literacy. HSLIC has also received a Network of National Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) grant to improve underserved communities’ access to health information by working with rural libraries to broaden knowledge of NNLM resources. This fall, HSLIC has offered two webinars on telehealth and consumer health to tribal libraries staff and two more webinars for rural libraries staff are scheduled this December. 

Starting in January, HSLIC will offer a different way of sharing its resources with communities, particularly those in rural areas, through a new partnership with the State Library’s Courier and Delivery Services, which serves over 120 public libraries. Libraries will be able to check out and have delivered directly HSLIC’s Reading is Health Book Club Kits, helping their populations easily access and learn about a wide variety of health topics. In the spring, this partnership will circulate and deliver HSLIC-created exhibits to libraries in communities throughout the state. These touring exhibitions will consist of full-size display panels and resources featuring HSLIC Special Collections and health literacy materials and will bring a little bit of the library to communities in all corners of all the state. 

Like many things, National Rural Health Day is only one day a year, but we should strive to remember it all year

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11/13/2024
profile-icon Kristin Proctor

We are proud to award one HSLIC Seed Funding Grant for the 2024-2025 year. This internal mini-grant program, currently in its fourth year, supports a variety of research and innovative projects by HSLIC employees. 

This program supports the library’s value of innovation, fostering an environment that values creativity, flexibility, open-mindedness, and informed risk-taking. It also provides a supportive environment for those who wish to gain experience conceptualizing, writing, and administering grant projects. 

This year’s award goes to Dierdre Caparoso (project lead), Abbie Olivas, and Amy Weig-Pickering for their Traveling Exhibits Project. This project will create two traveling exhibits that will share health history and consumer health information with rural public libraries throughout New Mexico. 

The grant award period for this fiscal year runs from November 18, 2024 through June 30, 2025. Follow our blog and keep an eye out from the project team for updates about their progress and outcomes. 

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11/12/2024
profile-icon Danielle Maurici-Pollock

The Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center is offering hands-on workshops for researchers looking to create a data management and sharing plan (DMSP). DMPTool is a free, online resource that can assist you in writing a data management and sharing plan that meets funder requirements, including those outlined in the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. This workshop will provide information about: 

1. Data management plan elements 

2. Suggested verbiage 

3. What is expected in a DMSP for an NIH grant submission. 

Data Manager Lori Sloane and Research Data Specialist Danielle Maurici-Pollock will offer sessions via Zoom on Monday, November 11 and Monday, November 25 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Register for the November 11 session: https://libcal.health.unm.edu/event/13467585 Register for the November 25 session: https://libcal.health.unm.edu/event/13467625 Contact lsloane@salud.unm.edu or dmauricipollock@salud.unm.edu with any questions. 

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11/11/2024
Rachel Howarth

The Emerging Technologies Program at HSLIC continues to grow and thrive: Anatomage digital anatomy tables are even more available; Virtual Reality headsets have been updated to the latest models; and our 3D-printer is being used in new and creative ways every week. Check out our latest promotional video here

We now have two Anatomage Tables at HSLIC. The School of Medicine generously made their Anatomage Table available 24/7 by locating it at HSLIC next to the one already locating in the group study area on the 3rd floor. Teams of students can work on different projects by using both tables at the same time. For example, take a look at the Biomedical Engineering Class using the tables here.

In 2022, HSLIC increased our Virtual Reality headset inventory to include 6 Meta Oculus 2 headsets; this semester we replaced those with updated Meta Quest 3 headsets. These new headsets have much higher resolution and an exceptional pass-through viewing option. These features make it much easier to navigate both physical and virtual spaces. They also have comfortable Elite Straps that include an extra battery for extended use. 3D printing this semester has been used for everything from samples of New Mexico parasites, to teaching models of the Circle of Willis arteries in the brain. Through the generosity of their maker, Eugenia Papodopoulos, we also have 3D printed prosthetic arms and hands on display. We hope these will inspire our students to keep exploring the boundaries of new technology! 

 

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11/08/2024
profile-icon Amy Weig Pickering

This time of the year can be challenging for many of us, but there is always something to be grateful for. Some of those things may include your family, friends, health, pets, or even passing a difficult exam. Please stop by the 3rd floor at HSLIC and help us fill our trees of gratitude. It is easy to do. We will supply the paper leaves, markers, and twine. All you need to do is write down something you or someone you appreciate or brings you joy. Then you can hang your leaf up on the tree. As the trees become full of leaves, we are able to see and appreciate everything we are thankful for. 

 

Also, as we reflect upon the good in our lives, remember that there are people within our own community that may not have as much. This year we are conducting a food drive for the Health Sciences Student Council Food Pantry. We will be collecting items from Monday, November 11 through Friday, December 6. There will be a box located on the 3rd floor where you may place your non perishable items. All items must be packaged. If you would like to make a monetary donation, please click here. Thank you for participating in both our gratitude trees and food drive. 

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11/06/2024
profile-icon Lori Sloane

The Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center is pleased to offer "Ethically Sharing Qualitative Data". This free session will provide information about the ways to address ethical and logistical challenges of sharing qualitative research data. This workshop focuses on practical, hands-on strategies to facilitate both ethical research and data sharing spanning the entire course of research: research design, informed consent, documentation, and data publication. 

It will specifically introduce using the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) hosted at Syracuse University. It is a data repository that is a searchable archive dedicated to storing and sharing research data that was generated or collected through qualitative and multi-method research. 

Dr. Sebastian Karcher is the Associate Director of the Qualitative Data Repository and Research Assistant Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. His research focuses on research transparency, management, and curation of qualitative data and the intersection of digital technology and scholarship. 

Come spend your lunch hour with us to learn about sharing your research data. 

Workshop Details: 

Register on HSLIC Event Calendar: https://libcal.health.unm.edu/event/13442959

When: Tuesday, November 19th from 12:00pm until 1:00 pm. Please contact Lori Sloane lsloane@salud.unm.edu if you have any questions. 

 

 

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11/04/2024
profile-icon Leah Everitt

The Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center is pleased to offer the online workshop Generative AI in Health Science Higher Education on 11/18/2024 from 12-1pm.

This session will go over:  

  • Overview of how generative AI works

  • Advantages/disadvantages of generative AI

  • Emerging professional standards for healthcare professionals and researchers

  • Strategies for modifying course assignments with generative AI in mind

Link to registration: https://libcal.health.unm.edu/calendar/events/generativeAI

For further information or questions please reach out to Leah Everitt MSLS, leveritt@salud.unm.edu, Research and Education Librarian.

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10/31/2024
Abbie Olivas

October is American Archives Month and to celebrate HSLIC Special Collections is getting into the Halloween spirit and sharing some of its spookier items. 

Happy Halloween!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mahogany-handled fleam, made by Miller Bros. USA. Fleams were used to cut into a vein during bloodletting. Bloodletting did not produce positive results, and often caused harm or even death, but it was still practiced into the late 19th century. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bleeding bowl, early 1800s, France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brass-spring loaded, hand-engraved fleam in original case

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scarificators were developed in the 18th century as a more "humane" and efficient bloodletting tool. By pressing a spring-loaded lever, multiple blades shot out and made parallel cuts into a patient's skin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amputation saw used during surgery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Railroad spike from the Santa Fe Railroad. The spike was used by Dr. P.G. Cornish Sr. in orthopedic surgery during his time as chief surgeon of the Santa Fe Railroad (circa late nineteenth century). 

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10/30/2024
Evelyn Wang
HSLIC Workshop - Powering Up Clinical Practice: Mastering Clinical Literature Search Techniques in EMBASE