The Rogue Scholar

Thomas R. Frieden to Speak at NYAM

This just in from the Academy's Office of Programmatic and Academic Affairs:

The New York Academy of Medicine invites you to attend the 2006 Medical Student Forum, Thursday, Sept. 14, 5:30-7:70 pm. The Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Commissioner, New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, "Take Care New York: Acheiving New York City's Health Potential."

Registration information is behind the cut.

Museum Mile and NYAM

An announcement from Chris Warren, Historical Collections, NYAM:

"This year, prompted by the Freud exhibit and interest in building relationships with the Museum of the City of New York, NYAM is participating in Museum Mile on June 13 (if you're not familiar with this great event, visit their website:  http://www.museummilefestival.org/ .

 

Library staff will be hosting a table on Fifth Ave., handing out balloons, giving away door prizes, and luring visitors into the building to view our exhibition of Freud's drawings. We will also be glad to distribute literature about your activities to the thousands of Museum Mile visitors.

 

We hope you will visit Museum Mile, and come by the NYAM booth."

 

Hope to see you there!

Happy Birthday, Sigmund

Okay, today was not Freud's 150th birthday, this past Saturday was. (Meghan Daum writes a rather awkward birthday greeting for him here.) In any case, the "Freud on Fifth" exhibit at the Academy is now in full swing and open to the public (Alan Alda stopped by to see the collection for a half hour or so yesterday.) If you're in the neighborhood and have the time, this is definitely worth checking out.

Medical Information Day

Howdy, Librarians! Just a fast reminder that Tuesday, April 11, 2006 is Medical Information Day, and the Academy is celebrating thusly:

Tap into the 4-1-1 on medical information, on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, when the Medical Library Association (MLA) celebrates "Medical Information Day" in recognition of the invaluable information and vast range of services medical librarians provide for their institutions and local communities.

To celebrate information day and learn more about how medical librarians can help you, the staff at the New York Academy of Medicine Library invites you for a day of demos at 1216 5th Avenue on the third floor of the Library.  These mini-classes, designed to help you more effectively use the library’s various electronic resources, will be held every hour on the half hour from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm in the Hartwell Room.  In addition, a staff-only demo on the new features in Groupwise will be held at 12 noon. All demos are free and open to the staff as well as the general public unless otherwise noted.

9:30               e-Journals 
10:30             My NCBI (How to Save Your Searches in PubMed and More)
11:30            Genetics Home Reference
12:00          Groupwise (staff only)
12:30             New Features in the NYAM On-line Catalog
1:30               The Clipboard in PubMed
2:30               Grey Literature

For more information contact Winifred King x 7323.

(As a fast FYI, I'm teaching the 9.30 class on E-Journals. Hope to see you there.)

NYAM Lecture--Looks Like a Good One!

When Germs Travel: Epidemics and Immigrants in the 20th Century
The John K. Lattimer Lecture
Howard Markel, MD, PhD
Thursday, April 21, 6:00 PM
Reception, 5:30PM